HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 2004-381CITY OF PLYMOUTH
RESOLUTION NO. 2004-381
APPROVING COST SHARING AGREEMENT FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION OF A PRIVATE RETAINING WALL AT
5115 AND 5125 IVES LANE
CITY PROJECT NO. 1044
WHEREAS, the City completed a public improvement project during the summer of 2002
consisting of improving the public drainage swale down the back property lines of residents living
north of Schmidt Lake Road off of Jonquil Lane and Ives Lane; and
WHEREAS, the City has a public drainage and utility easement over the entire area where the
drainage improvement work was completed; and
WHEREAS, some of the back yards of the properties on the east side of the channel improvement
were steeper after the improvement than before and resulted in slopes steeper than 3:1; and
WHEREAS, the City Council held a special meeting on June 10, 2003 to consider options
addressing the residents' concerns with their steep slopes; and
WHEREAS, at the June 10, 2003 meeting a motion was approved which required that any other
improvement options would need to be neighborhood initiated for staff s review; and
WHEREAS, two of the affected property owners located at 5115 and 5125 Ives Lane have
obtained quotes for the constriction of a retaining wall across their back yards to lessen the
existing 2:1 back yard slopes and potentially obtain some additional back yard; and
WHEREAS, the City Council discussed these retaining wall options at a special meeting on
August 31, 2004; and
WHEREAS, there is also a slope failure adjacent to the improved drainageway which is a City
maintenance responsibility;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA: That:
1. Subject to the property owners at 5115 and 5125 Ives Lane signing an
Encroachment Agreement for the constriction of a private retaining wall in a
public drainage and utility easement, the City would share in the cost of a two -
foot high by 140 -foot long retaining wall at a cost of $3,080.
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2. That the City authorize the expenditure of a not -to -exceed amount of $8,000 to
repair the slope failure in the drainageway adjacent to the properties at 5115
and 5125 Ives Lane.
3. Funding for these improvements will be from the Water Resource Fund at a
not -to -exceed amount of $11,080.
Adopted by the City Council on September 13, 2004.
STATE OF MINNESOTA)
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN) SS.
The undersigned, being the duly qualified and appointed City Clerk of the City of Plymouth,
Minnesota, certifies that I compared the foregoing resolution adopted at a meeting of the Plymouth
City Council on September 13, 2004, with the original thereof on file in my office, and the same is
a correct transcription thereof.
WITNESS my hand officially as such City Clerk and the Corporate seal of the City this
day of
City Clerk
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