Agenda - Council Work Session - 08/30/2011

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Proposal to the City of Ramsey The Parish Council has been given permission by the Archdiocese of St. Paul to act on the proposal that was presented earlier this year by the City of Ramsey. While we agree with many of the terms of the proposal, the following is a list of items that we propose to be included in the agreement. 1. All costs that are related to the proposal would be paid for by the City of Ramsey (City). The Catholic Church of St. Katharine Drexel (Church) would not be responsible for any monetary contribution associated with completing this transaction. 2. The contribution of the 2.0 acres of land (Value based on appraisal: $ 200,000.00) will cover all park dedication and trail development fees for the entire 37.5 acre property at the commercial rate (land contribution equal to 5% of gross area for park dedication and $1090.00 per acre for trail development fees). The Church and /or archdiocese will not be required to pay any additional park dedication or trail development fees regardless of the type of development as long as the Church and /or archdiocese is the owner of the property (i.e. Residential, PUD, etc). If any of the land is to be sold, the purchaser would not be required to pay park dedication fees unless the purchaser chooses to develop the property with a development classification other than commercial. The purchaser would be required to pay any difference based on type of development. 3. Access points to the west boundary will be established as part of this agreement and will be included in the construction on the roadway at no cost to the Church. 4. The Church will provide a natural path that parallels 161st Ave. from Variolite St. to Central Park for public use. If a paved path is desired, the Church will allow the City to install a path along the same route as the natural path. If a paved path is constructed, the cost will be picked up by the City and the cost of the path will not be assessed to the Church. 5. Completion of the road to the North is required within five (5) years. All costs associated with completion of the road will be covered by the City and no costs will be assessed to the Church. Additional access points to the West boundary will be established at the point of construction and will be included at no cost to the Church. 6. If the initial construction of either roadway does not include curb and gutter, any costs associated with the installation of curb and gutter in the future will be picked up by the City and no costs will be assessed to the Church.