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HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 06.l Date: Item No. ENCROACHMENT AGREEMENT WITH BRANDL/ANDERSON FOR PRIVATE IMPROVEMENTS IN PUBLIC EASEMENTS Proposed Action Staff recommends adoption of the following motion: Move to approve Encroachment Agreement with Brandl/Anderson Homes, Inc. for private improvements in public easements. Overview Brandl/Anderson Inc. (17950 Eventide Way) requests approval of a privately owned and maintained retaining wall in public easements. The property owner will own and maintain the private retaining wall. Primary Issues to Consider • What happens if the City needs to use/access the public easements? The property owner is responsible for removing the private improvements if the City determines the public easements must be utilized. Supporting Information • Encroachment Agreement Financial Impact: $0 Budgeted: Y☐ N☐ Source: N/A Related Documents: Envision Lakeville Community Values: Design that Connects the Community Report Completed by: Christina Orlowsky, Project Engineer November 2, 2020 211435v1 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 BRANDL/ANDERSON HOMES, INC., a Minnesota corporation (“Brandl/Anderson” or “Owners”). 1. BACKGROUND. Brandl/Anderson is the fee owner of certain real property located in the City of Lakeville, County of Dakota, State of Minnesota, legally described as follows: PID 22-42275-03-140 Lot 14, Block 3, Knob Hill Of Lakeville, according to the recorded plat thereof, Dakota County, Minnesota, (abstract property) having a street address of 17950 Eventide Way, Lakeville, Minnesota 55044 (“Subject Property”). The City owns easements for drainage and utility purposes over portions of the Subject Property. Brandl/Anderson has constructed a retaining wall on the City’s easements within the Subject Property which encroach on the City’s easement areas as depicted on the survey sketch attached hereto as Exhibit A. 211435v1 2 2. ENCROACHMENT AUTHORIZATION. The City hereby approves the encroachment of the retaining wall in its easement areas on the Subject Property. Further conditions of encroachment approval are as follows:  The retaining wall located on the Subject Property shall not impact or increase water drainage on the abutting property or cause any adverse drainage patterns or erosion to the abutting property.  Owner agrees that the construction of the retaining wall is consistent with all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations.  The Owner of the Subject Property will own and maintain the retaining wall. 3. HOLD HARMLESS AND INDEMNITY. In consideration of being allowed to encroach in the City's easement areas, Owner, for itself, its successors and assigns, hereby agrees to indemnify and hold the City harmless from any damage caused to the Subject Property, including the retaining wall in the City’s easement areas, caused in whole or in part by the encroachment into the City's easement areas. 4. TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT. The City may, at its sole discretion, terminate this agreement at any time if the City needs to occupy the easements for drainage and utility purposes by giving the then owner of the Subject Property thirty (30) day advance written notice. The owner of the Subject Property may be required to remove the retaining wall if it is deemed necessary by the City in order to exercise the purpose of the existing drainage and utility easement. If the owner fails to do so, the City may remove the retaining wall and charge the cost of removal back to the owner for reimbursement. No notice under this paragraph shall be required in the event of an emergency condition determined solely by the City and the Agreement may then be terminated immediately. 5. RECORDING. This Agreement shall run with the land and shall be recorded against the title to the Subject Property. 211435v1 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 ST A TE OF MINNESOTA ) () )ss. COUNTY OF OXi)tCA.. ) The foregoing inshument was acknowledged before me this l 3 day of DQ_i-ooer , 2020, by a so , the -¥-L.;"�,.,,· ......___._...,__,,=->.l....l..>o<e""'-"'-LI,-------of Brandl/Anderson Homes, Inc., a Minnesota corporation, on behalf of said corporation. DRAFTED BY: CAMPBELL KNUTSON, Professional Association Grand Oak Office Center I 860 Blue Gentian Road, Suite 290 Eagan, Minnesota 55121 Telephone: 651-452-5000 AMP/smt r 211435v1 4 211435v1 5 EXHIBIT “A”