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EASEMENT ACQUISITION AND ASSESSMENT AGREEMENT McKINLEY STREET EXTENSION By: William K. Goodrich, City Attorney and David Hartley, City Administrator BACKGROUND: In 1987 the city installed trunk sanitary sewer between the City of Anoka border and Sunfish Lake Blvd. This sanitary sewer trunk was located approximately 300 feet north of the Burlington Northern Railroad in order to utilize the same right-of-way as the future extension of McKinley Street. By previous action the Council has authorized building of Mckinley Street with tax increment financing. The sanitary sewer crossed the Ramsey 67 Industrial Park and the Leonard Spohn property. At that time, the landowners signed waivers of trespass to allow for the construction of the sanitary sewer. Since that time, the landowners have been reluctant to sign permanent easements for the sewer and the McKinley Street extension without a commitment from the City regarding assessments and the construction of the McKinley Street extension. As you may recall, preliminary discussion between Mr. Spohn and Mr. Eggum, representative of the Ramsey 67 Industrial Park and City staff have resulted in the landowners being agreeable to the following conditions in exchange for the necessary 80' wide right- of-way. The city will construct a street and storm sewer system along the right-of-way using tax increment financing. The city will install watermain prior to constructing the street. The landowners will not be assessed for the street since it will be paid for by tax increment financing. o The cost of trunk watermain or sanitary sewer will not be assessed, however, at the time the land is developed, the developers will be required to pay a service availability surcharge (SAS) at the time connection is made to the utilities. In addition, the landowners will need to pay for any sewer and water laterals they deem necessary for development of their property.