HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 18 - 2014-08-14 Revised offer -Booster Station Site Acquisition-signed
3800 Laverne Avenue North • Lake Elmo • Minnesota 55042
Phone: (651) 747-3900 • Fax: (651) 747-3901 • www.lakeelmo.org
July 10, 2014
Mr. Al Eberhard Via Email
Eberhard Trust
RE: Inwood Avenue Booster Station
City/County Joint Site Acquisition offer ‐REVISED
Mr. Eberhard,
Per our phone conversation yesterday please see the below REVISED purchase offer for the Inwood
Avenue Booster Station site related to your property located along Inwood Avenue in Lake Elmo; Parcel
ID 2102921310001. The revisions now incorporate the additional items agreed to and documented in
the City’s email dated July 2, 2014. The City of Lake Elmo and Washington County have agreed to make a
joint offer consisting of the following terms:
1. The County is offering to purchase future R/W width consisting of approximately 19,650 square
feet. This consists of approximately 15 feet of width along the entire length of the parcel which
is estimated at 1,310 feet in length. The County is offering between $1.00 and $1.20 per square
foot, or $23,580.
2. The County is also offering to identify a future street access for this property to ensure that this
property may develop in the future with a full access road to Inwood Avenue.
3. The City is offering to purchase approximately 5,625 square feet of property abutting this new
R/W, to be located in the northeast corner of the property. The City is offering $4.00 per square
foot for this parcel for the total City offer of $22,500. The City can work with you to prepare a
site plan that shares access for the new booster station with the existing farm operations.
The City/County will pay all costs for survey, legal descriptions and transaction costs
associated with the purchase and property description changes including recording
documents at the County. Your involvement will include review and signature of the
closing documents. However, the City/County will not reimburse you for costs incurred
by you should you choose to have representation to review documents on your behalf.
The new access road will be a minimum of 20 feet wide and will be a shared access for
the Booster Station site and farm operations.
The City will work with you and consider your input to minimize impacts to the farm
operations on your property while developing the booster station site plan and defining
the final parcel size and dimensions of the parcel to be purchased.
4. The City will agree to waive the proposed $5,800 water lateral benefit assessment associated
with the Inwood Trunk Watermain Improvements passing your existing property at 2298
Inwood Avenue North.
5. This offer is valid until 4:00 PM on Friday, July 11, 2014.
The City believes that this offer is both fair and beneficial to the Eberhard Trust. As discussed over many
occasions, the City believes that the true benefit in this offer is the increased future value to the
property by ensuring that the City water supply abutting this property is on the high pressure side of the
booster station. If the booster station is located to the south of this property the developer will be
responsible for the full cost of extending high pressure water to the site at the time of any future
development. This is consistent with the City’s adopted policy on public improvements.
We apologize for having to attach a deadline to this offer but as we have shared with you in the past,
the timing for this improvement is critical. Given the time considerations please be aware that the City
will concurrently seek alternative sites. Thank you for your consideration. Please contact me at
651.300.4264 should you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Jack Griffin, P.E., City Engineer
Cc: Dean Zuleger, City Administrator