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RESOLUTION NO. 6555
CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW
COUNTY OF RAMSEY
STATE OF MINNESOTA
ADOPTING AN EASEMENT USE AND RESTORATION POLICY
WHEREAS, the City owns and maintains numerous infrastructure items
throughout the City, including: water, sanitary, and storm sewer pipes, manholes,
catch basins, data and electrical transmission lines, signage, lighting, ponds, and
drainage ways; and
WHEREAS, some of these infrastructure items are located on private
property over which the City has an easement; and
WHEREAS, it is important that that the City is consistent in how it uses
and restores the easement areas once maintenance activities have been
completed; and
WHEREAS, Staff has developed a draft Easement Use and Restoration
Policy that was presented to the City Council at the June 6, 2005, City Council
Work Session Meeting; and
WHEREAS, the City Council expressed a desire to revise the draft policy
to include timeframe information in regards to notification provided to the property
owner; and
WHEREAS, Staff has revised the draft policy to reflect notification time
frames.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, THAT the Mounds View City
Council does hereby approve the attached Easement Use and Restoration Policy
and authorize the City Administrator to execute it.
Adopted this 13th day of June 2005.
(ATTEST)
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ROD Marty, Mayor -
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KurYUlrich, City Administrator
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Public Works
EASEMENT USE AND RESTORATION POLICY
Purpose
In order to maintain the City facilities, it is important that that the City is consistent
in how it uses and restores the easement areas once maintenance activities
have been completed The purpose of this policy is to define consistent
restoration action in cases where the City must utilize its easement rights to
maintain its infrastructure.
Policy
The City and/or its authorized agents will use City-owned easements to maintain
City-owned infrastructure and facilities.
The City and/or its authorized agents will make every effort to contact and notify
the affected property owner a minimum of thirty (30) days prior to the City
utilizing easements to maintain City-owned infrastructure. It must be noted that is
the targeted and preferred time period; there will be occasions when this is not
possible due to emergencies or circumstances beyond the City's control.
The City and/or its authorized agents will remove any and all obstacles to allow
proper access and maintenance activities. These items will be removed with
reasonable care and NOT REPLACED. Examples include, but are not limited to:
trees, shrubs, landscaping, sheds, fences, playground equipment, and gardens.
If the property owner wishes to retain possession of these items, they will be
removed from the easement area and placed at the easement boundary.
The City and/or its authorized agents will re-vegetate disturbed areas. In areas
where maintained, cultured sod exists, the City will re-sod those areas. In areas
that lack maintained cultured sod, the City will seed those areas with an
appropriate seed mixture. The City will be responsible for the viability of the
sodded areas for a period of thirty (30) days from installation; after that it will be
the property owner's responsibility. For seeded areas, the City will be responsible
until which time the area has been re-vegetated.
As this is a policy. the City Council reserves the right to deviate from this policy if
it is in th~ best inter~_:~ of ~e ~
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City Administrator Date I ,
Effective Date: June 13, 2005
Revision Date: