HomeMy Public PortalAbout2015_05_26_060 Conveyance of Easement to Washington Gas for Town Hall Emergency Generator Upgrade The Town of
Leesburg,
Virginia
PRESENTED: May 26, 2015
RESOLUTION NO.2015-060 ADOPTED: May 26, 2015
A RESOLUTION: AUTHORIZING THE CONVEYANCE OF AN EASEMENT TO
WASHINGTON GAS LIGHT COMPANY TO INSTALL A GAS SERVICE
LINE ON TOWN PROPERTY FOR THE LEESBURG TOWN HALL
EMERGENCY GENERATOR UPGRADE
WHEREAS, Washington Gas Light Company has requested an easement to install a gas
service line on Town property for the proposed emergency generator; and
WHEREAS, Town staff recommends that the easement be granted to Washington Gas Light
Company for the same; and
WHEREAS, the easement, if granted to Washington Gas Light Company by the Town, will not
be a detriment to Town-owned property in any way, and will provide an improved gas service line to
Leesburg Town Hall for the emergency generator upgrade.
THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia that the
Mayor is authorized to execute the Washington Gas Light Company easement on a form approved by
the Town Attorney for the installation of a gas service line on Town property for the Leesburg Town
Hall emergency generator upgrade.
PASSED this 26`"day of May.,2015.
Kristen C. Urn attd, Mayor
Town of Leesburg
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Clerk of Counci
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Washington Gas
EASEMENT
THIS EASEMENT made and entered into this day of U'e' , 2015, by
and between THE TOWN OF LEESBURG, a municipal corporation, State of Virginia,
executors, administrators, legal representatives, successors and assigns (hereinafter called
Owner or Owners)and WASHINGTON GAS LIGHT COMPANY, a corporation, its successors
and assigns (hereinafter called the Company).
WITNESSETH: That for and in consideration of the sum of One Dollar($1.00)cash in
hand paid, and other good and valuable considerations, the receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged,the Owner does hereby grant and convey to the Company, its successors and
assigns, a 40 year exclusive easement and right of way (Easement) 4' Feet in width, for the
purposes of laying, constructing, maintaining, operating, removing, replacing, altering,
extending, repairing, and increasing or decreasing in size a gas pipeline or pipelines, service
pipes, valves, regulators and accessory equipment(Equipment),as well as wire or fiber optic
communication cable, in through and across its property described and recorded by deed
dated 15th day of April, 1988, from THE TOWN OF LEESBURG, a municipal corporations
State of Virginia,to Owner, and recorded in DEED BOOK#1003 and PAGE#1296 of the land
records of Loudoun County In the State of: Virginia,, the gas pipeline to be installed along a
line as described on Drawing No.BCA-138640-1, attached hereto and made a part hereof.
GPIN / Parcel ID/Tax Map No: 231-37-9774.
Washington Gas Light Company BCA# 138640
Gas Transportation Unit WR# 1760432,
Survey& Land Rights Section, Room 272 QUAD MAP#CA&CB-034-NW
6801 Industrial Road
Springfield, VA 22151
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Washington Gas
The Easement is subject to the following conditions:
1. The Equipment shall be and remain the property of the Company.
2. The Company and its agents shall have full and free use of the Easement for the
purposes named, including the right of access to and from the Easement; and, in addition,the
Company shall have the right during the period of original construction of the Equipment, to
use additional space, as needed, for construction use only.
3. The gas pipeline and service pipes shall be installed below cultivation and regulators
and accessory equipment may be above the surface and the Owner reserves the right to
construct and maintain private roadways and fences over the Easement without restricting the
Company access to the easement and to make any use of the Easement herein granted not
inconsistent with the rights herein conveyed to the Company or with the use of the Easement
by the Company for the purposes named. Uses inconsistent with the easement include, but
are not limited to, the erection of any building or other structure within the Easement, the
making of a fill or an excavation on the Easement, or the inundation of the Easement,without
written approval of the Company.
4. The Company shall have the right to trim, cut, and remove trees, shrubbery, fences,
structures, or other obstructions or facilities in the Easement deemed by the Company to
interfere with the proper and efficient use of the Easement for the purposes named; provided,
however, the Company at its own expense shall restore, as nearly as possible,the property to
its original condition, including the back filling of trenches,the replacement of fences, and the
reseeding of lawns or pasture areas, but not the replacement of structures, trees, or other
obstructions.
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5. The Owner warrants generally said Easement and will execute such further
assurances thereof as the Company may request.
6. The Company shall pay the Owner actual damages that may arise from the original
construction, maintenance, replacement, operation and removal of said Equipment.
*NOTICE TO LANDOWNER: You are conveying rights to a public service corporation.
A public service corporation may have the right to obtain some or all of these rights through
exercise of eminent domain. To the extent that any of the rights being conveyed are not
subject to eminent domain, you have the right to choose not to convey those rights and you
could not be compelled to do so. You have the right to negotiate compensation for any rights
that you are voluntarily conveying.
IN WITNESS the following signature(s):
By: Signed Name: -l, k,
Printed Name: �1—rE1 '. 1 NVI +-tb
Title: Mak bP.
By: Signed Name:
Printed Name:
Title:
STATE OF Vtlint ■
COUNTY OF LOO d0kin
The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this " day
of .JU neJ , 2015 by her tstt',n G . Ums-Wick
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Notary Public
Tara Marie'elate
NOTARY PUBLIC _3_
Commonwealth of Virginia
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