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and maintenance costs; and provide sewer access to several area properties not currently having such access (including the lot at 106 Hill Street). OWASA's new gravity sewer collector layout (see attached OWASA project map) provides for the installation of a gravity line along the southern property line of the lot at 106 Hill Street. OWASA has requested that the County grant a 15' wide sewer easement (10' of which is already included in the existing setback from the property line) across the southern end of the property (see attached easement drawing). As the lot is essentially un-developable, it does not appear that granting the requested easement would materially affect the utility or value of the lot. FINANCIAL IMPACT: None RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager, in recognition that: the proposed easement does serve an important public purpose by helping address an existing and undesirable situation involving potential sanitary sewer overflows and spills from the existing pump stations; the proposed easement and sewer construction does not materially impair either the buildability or the value of the County's property at 106 Hill Street; and the availability of sewer service to 106 Hill Street actually could actually enhance the value and utility of the property should the Special Exceptions or variances necessary to develop the property be obtained, recommends that the BOCC direct staff to: 1) prepare the documents necessary to assign the requested easement to OWASA under the signature of the Chair, and 2) develop/evaluate strategies necessary to preserve the lot as permanent open space for Board approval.