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attached map). Only a very small sliver of the corridor now protrudes onto the remainder of the <br />educational campus. This sliver of easement corridor was necessary to design around a stream <br />buffer on the elementary school site. In staff's opinion, this redesign has negated the impacts on <br />the remainder of the campus. <br />The easement language includes a provision, similar to that included in the previous easement, <br />that allows for open space and future trails in the easement corridor. <br />For some time now, the County has been working on acost-sharing arrangement with M/I <br />Homes and Priority Development, the two landowners to the south of Twin Creeks that are <br />involved in the off-site sewer extension to the school. Acost-share agreement has been <br />developed by the County Attorney and attorneys for the landowners that will split the cost of <br />construction of the sewer extension among the County, M/I Homes and Priority Development. <br />This agreement is attached. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact associated with the granting of the sewer <br />easement. The cost of the sewer line construction is addressed within the capital project <br />ordinance for Elementary School #10. <br />The proposed cost-share agreement involves a cost share for sewer construction among the <br />County, M/I Homes and Priority Development. The County's share of the cost of the off-site <br />sewer extension is $82,941 (out of a total of $219,931), with provisions for sharing any <br />additional costs for rock removal as noted in Exhibit F of the proposed agreement. <br />Funding for the County's share of the sewer construction covered by the cost-share agreement <br />is included in the Twin Creeks Infrastructure capital project. Specific amounts will be brought <br />back for approval in a capital project ordinance at a subsequent time. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that: <br />1. The Board approve the easement document granting a sanitary sewer easement to <br />OWASA as depicted on the map attached to this abstract which easement will be <br />finalized by the County Attorney when the revised utility easement map is prepared by <br />the architecture and engineering firm for the Schools, and <br />2. Authorize the County Manager to execute, on behalf of the County, the cost-share <br />agreement, including any changes to it that are approved by the County Manager and the <br />County Attorney, provided said changes do not substantially alter the agreement in the <br />form attached. <br />