City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: SEPTEMBER 28, 2016
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: MARK B. JINKS, CITY MANAGER /s/
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Consideration of a Request to Authorize the City Manager to Execute All Necessary Documents That May Be Required to Acquire the Potomac Yard Rail Corridor Property.
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ISSUE: Consideration of a request to authorize the City Manager to execute all necessary documents that may be required to acquire the Potomac Yard Rail Corridor Property.
RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council authorize the City Manager to sign the deed to acquire the Potomac Yard Rail Corridor Property.
BACKGROUND: Potomac Yard Development LLC (i.e., Pulte) approached the City in 2015 with an offer to donate a portion of their property known as the 'Rail Corridor' to the City of Alexandria. The property, which is also identified on plats as Parcel 518 (Attachment 1), is approximately 100 feet wide and extends from Braddock Road to the northern City line at Four Mile Run. It is subject to a number of rail, utility and other easements, and is currently used as part of an active railroad line operated by CSX Transportation, Inc. CSX has a perpetual easement to use the rail corridor and it is expected to remain in use by CSX, Amtrak and Virginia Railway Express for the foreseeable future.
The Rail Corridor also forms a major portion of alignment under consideration by Dominion Virginia Power (Dominion) as a potential route for a 230kV transmission line between Dominion's Glebe Substation located in Arlington County and the Potomac River Substation (also known as Pepco's Station C Substation) at the NRG site. The 230kV alignment that includes the Rail Corridor property is part of the least objectionable alternative under consideration by Dominion for potential submission to the State Corporation Commission (SCC). City ownershi...
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