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COUNCIL MEETING OF 10/8/91 ADDITIONS TO CONSENT AGENDA: 23) Schedule public hearing at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 22, 1991 regarding Greg Muller's request for an on-sale non-intoxicating liquor license for the Ramsey cZZaFactory. heduleaYU31ic-he~ng ~a~7,30~ Tuer, d~ 22~rI~ingJoeh ADDITION TO COUNCIL BUSINESS: CASE g6: EASEMENT ACOUISITION AT THE WOOD POND PROJECTS By: Ryan R. Schroeder, City Administrator Background: As Council is aware, Staff is conducting several activities relating to the Wood Pond Projects in order to ensure placement of the utilities: 1) 2) 3) 4) Hakanson Anderson Associates, Inc. has been designing the project itself. We have been gaining appraisals in order to determine value of the parcels we are taking. Two of the three developers have inititated rough grading on their first phase roadway construction. We have filed with the court as of September 24, 1991 the petition for quick take. We expect to have the public purpose hearing for the quick take on November 8, 1991 and expect to have an award on December 23, 1991. We also expect to have the appraisals for value by about mid-October. Because of the proposed construction schedule, we will not be able to enter into purchase agreements or receive the benefit of the quick take prior to when the consulting engineer would like to have access to the easement properties. Therefore, we have had to draft fight-of-entry agreements to which we expect the owners of these easement areas to agree. This allows us to utilize the easement areas even though we do not have ownership of them prior to eventual acquisition of the easements. It is fairly typical, however, that in gaining right-of-entry signatures, that the public agency conducting the taking must make a deposit in the amount of the quick take appraised value. Staff is comfortable with proceeding on the fight-of-entries in this manner, but to date we had not yet asked Council for authority to provide for the appraisal deposits should such be a demand by any of the owners involved. We are at this point uncertain as to whether such a demand should be asserted, however, in the case that this does occur, Staff would appreciate the authority to enter into the requisite agreement. Council Action: Motion to authorize Staff to enter into right-of-entry agreements with the owners of property in the Wood Pond developments for purposes of utility easements and further allowing Staff to enter into these agreements compensating the owners up to the amount of the quick take appraisal deposit. Review Checklist: City Administrator