ADOPTED - MAY 11, 2004

Agenda Item No. 8

Introduced by the County Services and Finance Committees of the:

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF AN EASEMENT TO WOLVERINE PIPELINE COMPANY FOR A CATHODIC PROTECTION UNIT

RESOLUTION #04-145

WHEREAS, the Wolverine Pipeline Company, pursuant to an existing easement, owns and operates a pipeline running through County-owned property in Meridian Township, adjacent to the Ingham County Medical Care Facility on Dobie Road; and

WHEREAS, Wolverine Pipeline Company, in compliance with federal and state regulations governing underground transmission pipelines, desires to protect the existing pipeline from corrosion and possible rupture through the use of a cathodic protection unit, which involves the application of an external DC current through long-lasting anodes to transfer the corrosion reaction (oxidation) from the metal surface to an external anode; and

WHEREAS, Wolverine Pipeline Company desires to construct a cathodic protection unit on County-owned property adjacent to the existing pipeline, and thus requires an easement for the construction and installation, operation, maintenance and repair of a cathodic protection unit, a copy of which easement is attached and incorporated by reference; and

WHEREAS, Wolverine Pipeline Company is prepared to pay the County the sum of $500.00 as consideration for the cathodic protection unit easement; and

WHEREAS, Wolverine Pipeline Company agrees to remove and relocate the cathodic protection unit off County property within a reasonable time in the event the County, in its sole discretion, determines that the easement area is needed by the County for the construction of additional buildings or facilities.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Commissioners authorizes the execution of a cathodic protection unit easement pursuant to this resolution after review by the County Attorney.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board Chairperson and County Clerk are authorized to sign the document entitled Cathodic Protection Unit Easement and any other necessary documents regarding the easement, after review by County Attorney.

COUNTY SERVICES: Yeas: Swope, Thomas, De Leon, Hertel

Nays: None Absent: Severino, Nevin Approved 5/4/04

FINANCE: Yeas: Lynch, Grebner, Dedden, De Leon, Thomas, Minter

Nays: None Absent: None Approved 5/5/04