File #: LM-2023-0602    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Order Status: Passed
File created: 10/30/2023 In control: City Clerk
On agenda: Final action:
Title: ORDER OF THE NEW HAVEN BOARD OF ALDERS GRANTING A TEMPORARY WORKSPACE EASEMENT OF APPROXIMATELY 0.33 ACRES AND A PERMANENT EASEMENT OF APPROXIMATELY 0.093 ACRES WITH TEMPORARY WORKSPACE OF APPROXIMATELY 0.34 ACRES IN FAVOR OF THE UNITED ILLUMINATING COMPANY (OWNED BY AVANGRID) FOR THE SITING AND CONSTRUCTION AND ERECTION OF CERTAIN ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION POLES AND TOWERS OVER PROPERTIES OWNED BY THE CITY OF NEW HAVEN KNOWN AS 230 ELLA T. GRASSO BOULEVARD (MBLU 272-0017-00100, PID 15805) AND ELLA T. GRASSO BOULEVARD (MBLU 272-0017-00400, PID 15807); AND ACCEPTING $46,724.00 AS COMPENSATION.
Attachments: 1. CHECK LIST_United Illuminating_(N5952089-2) MP signed, 2. CHECK LIST_United Illuminating_(N5952089-2), 3. Cover Letter for Easement Submission - Executed (N5952164), 4. BOA Cover Letter for Easement Submission (N5952091-2), 5. BOA Order (N5952049-2), 6. PRIOR NOTIFICATION FORM_United Illuminating_(N5952094-2), 7. FISCAL IMPACT STMT_UI Easement_(N5952092-2), 8. 006 - BOA Exhibit A . Easement Map (N5951045), 9. 007- BOA Exhibit B. Temporary Easement EWS 1314 (N5950419), 10. 008 -BOA Exhibit C Permanent Easement EWS 1315 (N5950422), 11. 009 - BOA Support Siting Council Decision [Support to BOA Submission], 12. signed checklist LM-2023-0602 UI Easements
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ORDER OF THE NEW HAVEN BOARD OF ALDERS GRANTING A TEMPORARY WORKSPACE EASEMENT OF APPROXIMATELY 0.33 ACRES AND A PERMANENT EASEMENT OF APPROXIMATELY 0.093 ACRES WITH TEMPORARY WORKSPACE OF APPROXIMATELY 0.34 ACRES IN FAVOR OF THE UNITED ILLUMINATING COMPANY (OWNED BY AVANGRID) FOR THE SITING AND CONSTRUCTION AND ERECTION OF CERTAIN ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION POLES AND TOWERS OVER PROPERTIES OWNED BY THE CITY OF NEW HAVEN KNOWN AS 230 ELLA T. GRASSO BOULEVARD (MBLU 272-0017-00100, PID 15805) AND ELLA T. GRASSO BOULEVARD (MBLU 272-0017-00400, PID 15807); AND ACCEPTING $46,724.00 AS COMPENSATION.
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WHEREAS, The City of New Haven is the owner of certain real property located in the City of New Haven known as 230 Ella Grasso Boulevard (MBLU 272-0017-00100, PID 15805) and Ella Grasso Boulevard (MBLU 272-0017-00400, PID 15807) (collectively, the "Property"); and

WHEREAS, the Property is located immediately adjacent to the Metro North rail corridor and Connecticut Department of Transportation ("CTDOT") property at the rear of the New Haven Fire Academy, as more particularly shown in the site map attached as Exhibit A (the "Site Map"); and

WHEREAS, the United Illuminating Company ("UI") is engaged in a project known as the UI Railroad Transmission Line Upgrade Project which will rebuild UI transmission lines along the 25 miles of the Metro North Railroad ("Metro North") corridor between Fairfield and the West Haven-New Haven town line, and includes installation of approximately 500 new foundation supported galvanized transmission poles, upgrading of conductor size and installing sectionalizing switches at nearby substations (the "Project"); and

WHEREAS, the Project was approved by the Connecticut Siting Council on August 18, 2022, in Docket No. 508 and will enhance the structural integrity and reliability of the high voltage transmission lines along the Metro North corridor; and

WHEREAS, UI has coordinated with the City Economic Development Administration, the...

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