Presenter
Presented by Ms. Harris
Title
Resolution granting to Equitable Gas Company a permanent pipeline easement and a temporary construction easement through designated City of Pittsburgh property bounded by lands within Sheridan Park.
Body
Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:
Section 1. The Mayor and the Directors of the Department of Parks and Recreation and Public Works, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, are hereby authorized to execute an agreement granting to Equitable Gas Company a thirty foot (30') wide permanent easement and a twenty foot (20') wide temporary construction easement, upon which to lay, maintain, operate, replace with the same or other size pipe, and remove a pipeline of twelve (12”) inches in diameter, together with necessary gates, drips, meters, regulators, and other gas line related equipment with their housing above or below ground level on, over and through that certain tract of land situate in the 20th Ward, City of Pittsburgh, County of Allegheny, and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, bounded by lands within Sheridan Park. Said agreement shall be in the form approved by the City Solicitor and shall contain such terms and conditions for the protection of the City of Pittsburgh and Sheridan Park as the Solicitor may require.
The easements granted to Equitable Gas Company hereunder are further described on the legal description and survey attached respectively hereto as Exhibit “A-1” and “A-2”.
Section 2. The privileges and easements hereby granted shall be subject to the following
terms and conditions as shall be more specifically set forth in the agreement authorized by this
Resolution:
a) Equitable Gas Company shall bear the full cost and expense of the installation, construction, use and maintenance of said easements.
b) Equitable Gas Company shall indemnify, save harmless, and defend the City of Pittsburgh from any and all damages or claims for damages, whether to...
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