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HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 06.k Date: Item No. ENCROACHMENT AGREEMENT WITH BAURS FOR PRIVATE IMPROVEMENTS IN PUBLIC EASEMENTS Proposed Action Staff recommends adoption of the following motion: Move to approve Encroachment Agreement with the Baurs for private improvements in public easements. Overview Kevin Baur and Annie Baur (17645 Iberia Avenue) request approval to construct privately owned and maintained shed in public easements. The property owner will own and maintain the private shed. Primary Issues to Consider • What happens if the City needs to use/access the public easements? The property owners are responsible for removing the private improvements if the City determines the public easements must be utilized. Supporting Information • Encroachment Agreement Financial Impact: $ Budgeted: Y☐ N☐ Source: Related Documents: (CIP, ERP, etc.): Envision Lakeville Community Values: Design that Connects the Community Report Completed by: Alex Jordan, Assistant City Engineer July 6, 2020 0 N/A 210600v1 1 [Reserved for recording information] ENCROACHMENT AGREEMENT AGREEMENT made this _______ day of _____________, 2020, by and between the CITY OF LAKEVILLE, a Minnesota municipal corporation (“City”) and KEVIN BAUR and ANNIE BAUR, husband and wife (“Baurs” or “Owners”). 1. BACKGROUND. The Baurs are the fee owners of certain real property located in the City of Lakeville, County of Dakota, State of Minnesota, legally described as follows: PID 22-11920-02-090 Lot 7, Block 1, Daniels 2nd Addition, according to the recorded plat thereof, Dakota County, Minnesota, (abstract property) having a street address of 17645 Iberia Avenue, Lakeville, Minnesota 55044 (“Subject Property”). The City owns an easement for drainage and utility purposes over part of the Subject Property. Owners desire to construct a shed on the City’s easement within the Subject Property as depicted on the survey sketch attached hereto as Exhibit “A”. 2. ENCROACHMENT AUTHORIZATION. The City hereby approves the encroachment on its easement for the installation of the shed. The conditions of encroachment approval are as follows: 210600v1 2  The City shall have no responsibility to maintain or repair the shed located within the City’s easements.  The shed located on the Subject Property must not impact or increase water drainage on the abutting properties or cause any adverse drainage patterns or erosion to the abutting properties.  Baurs are fully responsible and liable for any and all damage caused to the shed because of it being constructed in the City’s easement area.  Baurs will own and must maintain the shed. 3. HOLD HARMLESS AND INDEMNITY. In consideration of being allowed to encroach on the City’s easement within the Subject Property, Owners, their heirs, successors and assigns, hereby agree to indemnify and hold the City, its officers, employees and agents, harmless from any damage caused by the installation, operation and maintenance or lack of maintenance of the of the shed. 4. TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT. The City may terminate this agreement as to the City easement within the Subject Property at any time if the City needs to occupy the easement for drainage and utility purposes by giving the then owner of the Subject Property thirty (30) days advance written notice. The owner of the Subject Property may be required to remove the shed if it is deemed necessary by the City in order to exercise the purpose of the existing drainage and utility easement. No notice under this paragraph shall be required in the event of an emergency. 5. RECORDING. This agreement shall run with the land and shall be recorded against the title to the Subject Property. 210600v1 3 CITY OF LAKEVILLE By: _____________________________________ Douglas P. Anderson, Mayor (SEAL) And ____________________________________ Charlene Friedges, City Clerk STATE OF MINNESOTA ) )ss. COUNTY OF DAKOTA ) The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this _________ day of __________________, 2020, by Douglas P. Anderson and Charlene Friedges, respectively the Mayor and City Clerk of the City of Lakeville, a Minnesota municipal corporation, on behalf of the corporation and pursuant to the authority granted by its City Council. ______________________________________ Notary Public 210600v1 5 EXHIBIT “A”