Title
Salt River Project Land Use License for City Encroachment onto Appropriator's Canal Land Rights (Ordinance S-47993)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to enter into a land use license with Salt River Project to provide ingress and egress access for City of Phoenix residents along 17th Street from Osborn Road to Indianola Avenue, and along Indianola Avenue west of 17th Street. Further request the City Council to grant an exception pursuant to Phoenix City Code 42-20 to authorize inclusion in the documents pertaining to this transaction of indemnification and assumption of liability provisions that otherwise should be prohibited by Phoenix City Code 42-18.
Report
Summary
The City of Phoenix has roadways that encroach onto Salt River Project's Appropriator’s Canal land rights in the area of 17th Street from Osborn Road to Indianola Avenue, and along Indianola Avenue west of 17th Street. This license will allow the City to continue to use the areas as they provide ingress and egress into a neighborhood for City residents. The license will allow access and maintenance of the roadway and will be consistent with, and shall not interfere with, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation fee property.
Contract Term
The term of the license shall be for 25 years beginning Nov. 1, 2021 and ending Oct. 31, 2046. The license may be renewed upon written agreement by the parties.
Financial Impact
There is no financial impact to the City of Phoenix for this license.
Location
17th Street from Osborn Road to Indianola Avenue
Indianola Avenue from 17th Street to Appropriator’s Canal
Council District: 4
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Mario Paniagua and the Street Transportation Department.