HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 1977-722CITY OF PLYMOUTH
Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, a �____� meeting of the City
Council of the City of Plymouth, Minnesota, was a on n the l9th day of
December , 1977 . The following members were present:
ng members were abs
Councilman Hunt introduced the following Resolution and moved
5 adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 77-722
AUTHORIZING THE HENNEPIN COUNTY PARK'RESERVE DISTRICT TO ACQUIRE
PROPERTY WITHIN THE NORTH HALF OF SECTIONS 1 AND 2 OF THE CITY
OF PLYMOUTH FOR EXPANSION OF EAGLE LAKE REGIONAL PARK (A-779)
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Parks and Open Space Commission and the Metropolitan
Council have included the land around Pike Lake and the south shore of Eagle Lake
as a regional park in the Regional Recreation Open Space System Plan (identified
as Eagle Lake Regional Park); and
WHEREAS, the Hennepin County Park Reserve District has been designated as the
implementing agency for the purpose of acquisition, development and maintenance
of said parkland; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the provisions of Minn. Stat. Section 398.09 said
Hennepin County Park Reserve District is required to obtain the consent of the
City of Plymouth in order that it may proceed to acquire such property; and
WHEREAS, the City's sanitary sewer and water distribution plan provide that a
major portion of the City's trunk sewer and water systems must cross through,
under and adjacent to said land which the Hennepin County Park Reserve District
seek to acquire; and
WHEREAS, the City wishes to preserve its ability to obtain the necessary easements
and right-of-way over and across said land and to preserve its ability to recover
from such land its fair share of the costs of either currently in place or required
future extensions, including central systems costs;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH,
MINNESOTA that it should and hereby does grant consent to the Hennepin County
Park Reserve District to acquire property within the proposed boundary of Eagle
Lake Regional Park located in the City of Plymouth as illustrated in Exhibit A,
upon the conditions that:
the H.C.P.R.D. will enter into a written agreement with the City of
Plymouth that at such time as the City may determine to extend its
sanitary sewer and water system under, across and adjacent to said land
the H.C.P.R.D. will provide the required easements to the City without cost;
Resolution No. 77-722
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b. the H.C.P.R.D. will agree to accept the assessments and REC charges
levied at such time by the City of Plymouth which assessments shall be
levied in the same manner and in the same amount as levied against
residential properties in the area assessed for such work after crediting
to the District savings that the District and the City determine can be
affected by redesigning and reengineering the system attributable to the
change in land use; and
c. that the H.C.P.R.D. shall reimburse the City of Plymouth for any costs
incurred for the redesign and reengineering of the system; and
d. the H.C.P.R.D. agrees that such assessments and charges shall include
an amount for lateral benefit, area charges and REC charges; and
e. that the H.C.P.R.D. shall have a voice in the redesign of the sewer system
and the location of easements across the park property and the City of
Plymouth shall not unreasonably withhold cooperation in the routing and
design of the line to meet the reasonable regyirements of the N.C.P.R.D.; and
f. that the Board of H.C.P.R.D. will adopt a formal resolution accepting the
within provisions in principle whereupon this resolution will be deemed to
have become effective.
The motion for the adoption of the foregoinu Resolution
Councilman Neils, and upon vote being taken thereon, the
favor thereof: Mayor Hilde, Councilmen Hunt and Neils.
against: Councilman Seibold. Whereupon the Resolution
and adopted.
was duly seconded by
following voted in
The following voted
was declared duly passed