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MAYOR Bill Blesener COUNCIL Rich Montour Barbara Allan John Keis Michael McGraw 515 Little Canada Road. Little Canada, MN 55117 -1600 ADMINISTRATOR (651) 766 -4029 / FAX: (651) 766 -4048 Joel R. Hanson www, ci.little- canada. mn. us MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor Blesener, Members of the City Council FROM: Joel R. Hanson, City Administrator DATE: August 3, 2007 RE: Valor Property Purchase Update We approved a purchase agreement with Valor Enterprises, Inc. on July 11t1i. Pursuant to the terms of that agreement, we are to close on the property by August 15th. We also had 30 days to complete soils and environmental testing. Finally, we have 10 days from the receipt of title evidence to object to any marketability issues. (Title work was received on July 25`h.) The City Attorney and I have reviewed the title work (attached) and found there is nothing to object to in terms of marketability, subject to the items identified in the title work. However, closer examination has indicated some potential conflicts with easements on the property. On the west side, St. Paul Regional Water Services has an easement that takes up the west 60 feet. (I have noted the location on the attached map.) This easement could impact our usage of the property, especially if the ponding area we assume will be needed needs to be moved off of the easement area. I will obtain SPRWS's position on this prior to Wednesday's meeting. There also appears to be a 20 -foot easement on the north side of the property that I believe belongs to Xcel for power transmission lines. (Indicated by the dashed line I've drawn on the attached map.) There is also a 20 -foot MCES sewer easement along the road, but that should not create any impacts given setback requirements. Staff will review both of these issues in terms of site utilization and report on the outcome at Wednesday's meeting. We have also completed soil borings and the report is attached. The soils will need substantial corrections to accommodate a building that complies with City Codes and that can accommodate our needs. I will have the City Engineer review this in greater detail and prepare an estimate of costs to address the correction issues in time for your consideration Wednesday night. (Given that the report was received late Thursday afternoon, I did not have time to get it in this agenda.) There is also some environmental testing result on a couple of the boring samples that won't be available until early next week. Once all of the information is received, we will need to decide if we are to move forward with the purchase or not. cc: Pat Sweeney Lee Elfering Bill Dircks