14-004
CITY OF SHOREWOOD
RESOLUTION NO. 14-004
A RESOLUTION APPROVING MINNEHAHA CREEK WATERSHED DISTRICT
FUNDING AGREEMENT
APPLE ROAD STREAMBANK IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
CITY PROJECT NO. 11-15
WHEREAS
, The City of Shorewood has entered into a funding agreement with the Minnehaha
Creek Watershed District, to construct streambank improvements along Apple Road, and
WHEREAS
, The City has applied for funds in partnership with the Minnehaha Creek Watershed
District to construct streambank improvements to reduce phosphorus loading, erosion and sedimentation to
Galpin Lake and Lake Minnetonka, and
WHEREAS
, The City has prepared plans and specifications, bid and awarded the project for
construction in 2014, and
WHEREAS
, The City has acquired easements and maintenance declarations from property
owners along the streambank improvements area, as requested by the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District,
and
WHEREAS
, The Minnehaha Creek Watershed District, by the funding agreement, will reimburse
the City $21,812.50 or 50% of the documented project costs, whichever is less, and
WHEREAS
, The Minnehaha Creek Watershed District, by the funding agreement, is entitled to
reimbursement of the funds contributed, in addition to other remedies, for a period no longer than five years
if the City fails to maintain the constructed improvements, and
WHEREAS
, The City agrees to maintain the project in perpetuity, in accordance with the easements and
maintenance declarations recorded against the affected streambank properties.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SHOREWOOD, MINNESOTA:
1. The Mayor and Council approve the “Apple Road Streambank Improvement Project Funding
Agreement” between the City and Minnehaha Creek Watershed District,
2. The Mayor and City Administrator are hereby authorized and directed to execute the Apple Road
Streambank Improvement Project Funding Agreement” with the Minnehaha Creek Watershed
District.
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SHOREWOOD
this 13th day of
January, 2014.
ATTEST: Scott Zerby, Mayor
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Jean Panchyshyn, City Clerk