SUBJECT
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Approve Utility and Access Easements with Polk County for the Central and East Regional Utility Service Area Receiving Stations Associated with the Southeast Wellfield Transmission Main Project (Action)
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DESCRIPTION
As part of its Southeast Wellfield Transmission Main Project, the PRWC is constructing a water transmission main for the purposes of distributing alternative water supply to the PRWC members. The transmission main will provide water to the Polk County Central and East Regional Utility Service Areas (CRUSA and ERUSA). The CRUSA receiving facility is located to the northwest of US Highway 17 across from Bartow Municipal Airport on Old Bartow Eagle Lake Road. The ERUSA receiving facility is located on Masterpiece Road north of Lake Wales. (Exhibit A).
The Utility and Access Easements have been prepared by Polk County and reviewed by the PRWC to allow water transmission pipeline construction and long-term maintenance at the two receiving facility locations. The easement documents do not require signatures from the PRWC Board of Directors officers and are attached as Exhibit B. The Polk County Commission is scheduled to consider approval of the easements at the March 17, 2026 BoCC meeting.
RECOMMENDATION
Approve the Utility and Access Easements with Polk County for the Central and East Regional Utility Service Area Receiving Facilities Associated with the Southeast Wellfield Transmission Main Project
FISCAL IMPACT
No fiscal impact.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Eric DeHaven