To:

Members, Board of Education

From:

Maurice O. Green, Superintendent
Leo Bobadilla, Chief Operations Officer

Date:

January 9, 2009

RE:

Assignment of Sewer Easements to City of Greensboro, McLeansville Elementary School

The Guilford County Board of Education previously authorized the acquisition of two easements for a new sewer line to McLeansville Elementary School.

The City of Greensboro is requiring, as a condition to providing permits for any future additions or mobile units at this site, that GCS assign these sewer easements to the City and that the school be annexed into the City per City of Greensboro policy regarding property that is connected to City water/sewer service. Annexation into the City of Greensboro will result in water and sewer service fee savings of up to 50 percent. GCS maintenance costs associated with the sewer easement and associated sewer line will also transfer to the City upon assignment of the sewer easement.

In addition, the Board was required to install a sewer manhole on the school property as part of the City sewer service commitment and the City is also requiring a 359 square foot easement for this manhole in order to accept maintenance of the manhole.

RECOMMENDATION: The administration recommends that the Board approve and authorize its Board Chairman to execute the required assignment instrument prepared by GCS legal counsel assigning the two (2) sewer easements to the City of Greensboro, approve and authorize its Board Chairman to execute the Utility Agreement and Annexation Petition affecting the McLeansville Elementary School campus and approve and authorize its Board Chairman to execute a utility easement to the City prepared by GCS legal counsel affecting that area that was required for the existing sewer manhole at McLeansville Elementary School.

Attachment #1 - Site Map
Attachment #2 - Description