Agenda - Council - 09/09/2003 - Laserfiche WebLink

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· ~' 1l~8 tracks. The owner of the trailer park has indicated support for this recommendation. If ~ns~a~, a stonr~ sewer system-may dischargeXinto the Sunfish Commons detention pond since it is encumbered with an easement; however, the mobile home park must meet its own pending requirements prior to discharge. The existing feasibility study addressed th/s element in only a cursory fashion. The volume of the pending requirements needs to be determined as well as pond location prior to proceeding with preparation of plans and specifications. Finally, there was an issue regarding the cost of extending the sanitary ~ewer to the eastern property line of the mobile home park through the Sunfish Commons development. The cost of this extension is estimated to be $13,228. At the public hearing, a representative of Sunfish Commons contended that the a~eement with the City required that the sewer extension would be required when a frontage road was constructed. There is no frontage road associated with this project and therefbre Sunfish Commons should not be responsible for this cost. At the meeting, the City Attorney disagreed with this reasoning. The City Attorney has recommended that Oak Terrace Estates be considered to be the sole benefited party to this improvement project, but that Sunfish- Commons should be held to its responsibility to pay the cost of extending the sanitary sewer to its west property line. Various legal remedies are available to the City to recover this cost. Staff also recommended that prior to ordering the project and directing plans and specifications to be prepared, that the mobile home park hires an engineer, at their own cost, to identify ~he necessary storm sewer improvements and obtain the necessary permits from the Lower Rum River Water Management Organization for that proposed system· City Administrator Norman stated that the City is looldng at the possibility of the realignment of Highway #10, which could impact this property. He recormnended tabling action on the issue and leaves the health issue up to the State. Mayor Gamec replied that even if the land is in the morator/um it may be several years before the highway may be redeveloped. Councilmember Cook stated that the City could consider officially mapping the property and buying out the trailer park for road right of way, which is why they have a moratorium on the property to discuss those issues. Councilmember Strommen inquired as to what kind of delay were they talking about for engineering. City Engineer Jm~owski stated they would need to determine the extent of storm sewer that is needed and when they have that information they would bring it forward. Councilmember Strmmr~en stated that she understood that there was a moratorium on the property, but there are also health concerns they have to consider. Mayor Gamec inquired if they were to move forward with the project could they have an agreement that the City would not be responsible for paying them for the increased value in the property if the property is needed for ~rure road right of way. City Council/August 12, 2003 Page 19 of 30 -67-