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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10A - Eagle Crk. Cir. Water Con 16200 Eagle Creek Avenue S.E. Prior Lake, MN 55372-1714 MEETING DATE: AGENDA #: PREPARED BY: AGENDA ITEM: DISCUSSION: ISSUES: CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT MARCH 6, 2006 10A STEVE ALBRECHT, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FOR THE EAGLE CREEK CIRCLE WATER CONNECTION WITH THE SHAKOPEE MDEWAKANTON SIOUX COMMUNITY Introduction The purpose of this agenda item is for the City Council to approve a cooperative agreement with the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) for the Eagle Creek Circle Water Connection. Historv A 10 acre parcel of SMSC Trust Land identified as the Eagle Creek Subdivision is locate immediately to the west of CR 21 along Eagle Creek Circle (see attached exhibit). This segment of trust land is isolated from the balance of the SMSC. The subdivision contains 10 home sites that are currently served by 3 wells and a sewer system connected to the City of Prior Lake. The City of Prior Lake currently has water available at each end of Eagle Creek Circle. Current Circumstances In an effort to provide a more reliable source of water, better fire protection and eliminate maintenance on individual wells the SMSC has proposed a Cooperative Agreement with the City of Prior Lake to provide water to the Eagle Creek Subdivision. This will also allow the City of Prior Lake to complete a watermain loop to Jeffers South eliminating a dead end segment of watermain (and in the process improve water quality and availability). Additionally the proper abandonment and reduction of the number of wells within the City helps protect the City's existing groundwater resources. The City and SMSC currently have two water system interconnects that allow us to provide and obtain water as needed. It is not feasible for the SMSC to install an independent water system to serve these 10 lots. As stipulated in the Cooperative Agreement the SMSC has agreed to pay all of the required development fees for the water connection. The water system related fees for these parcels are $74,700.00. This is the same amount that a developer would pay on non-trust land. Additionally the SMSC will be responsible for all maintenance of the water system on SMSC Trust Land. In a ,c2G:e C"r'~:,2k: , ;..www.tityofpriorlake.com Phone 952.447.4230 / Fax 952.447.4245 standard development the City would be responsible for the water system once the improvements are accepted. In this case the City will collect for the development fees and metered watered use without any maintenance obligations for the system. FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact to the City. ALTERNATIVES: 1. Approve a resolution authorizing a Cooperative Agreement for the Eagle Creek Circle Water Connection with the SMSC. 2. Deny this agenda item for a specific reason and provide staff with direction. 3. Table this item to a certain date in the future. RECOMMENDED MOTION: Staff recommends alternative number 1. A~er'C3 2 DO;3",Eag:e 16200 Eagle Creek Avenue S.E. Prior Lake, MN 55372-1714 RESOLUTION 06-xx Motion By: Second By: WHEREAS, The City desires to cooperate with the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) on water system issues; and WHEREAS, Connection of Eagle Creek Circle to the City's water system will eliminate 3 private wells and a dead end segment of watermain within the City; and WHEREAS, The SMSC has agreed to pay the required water system related development and building permit fees in accordance with the City's 2006 fee schedule; and WHEREAS, The SMSC has agreed to pay for water use in accordance with the City's current water rates; and WHEREAS, The SMSC will maintain all water system improvements on trust land. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA as follows: 1. The recitals set forth above are incorporated herein. 2. The Mayor and City Manager are authorized to execute a Cooperative Agreement with the SMSC for the Eagle Creek Circle water system connection. PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 6TH DAY OF MARCH, 2006. Hauaen Hauaen Dornbush Dornbush Erickson Erickson LeMair LeMair Millar Millar YES NO Frank Boyles, City Manager ~:\i~,,;e";:ia Repons\r\4~ar "",,,, .........1""'_ _ .... _ __ _ ,"'! ;""-'.'-..; -.., ..... --"-'~",- ~ _.~._- ..., ~ .... ~.cityofpriorlake.com Phone 952.447.4230 / Fax 952.447.4245 8~*Z ~ tIl !2. DRAFT INTERGOVERNMENTAL COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF WATER SUPPLY CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE SHAKO PEE MDEW AKANTON SIOUX COMMUNITY AND THE CITY OF PRIOR LAKE This Agreement made and entered into this day of 2006, by and between then Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (hereinafter the "Community"), a sovereign Indian Tribe, federally recognized and organized under the provisions of the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, and is governed under the terms of the Constitution approved by the Secretary of the Interior on November 28, 1969, as amended, and the City of Prior Lake ("City"), a Minnesota municipal corporation. RECITALS WHEREAS, the Community desires to cooperate with the City on issues of mutual concern that will encourage and enhance the govemment-to-govemment relationship between the City and the Community; and WHEREAS, the parties each respectively desire to provide for the protection of people and property and ensure a continuous supply of safe drinking water for public and private users within each respective jurisdiction; and WHEREAS, the Community currently provides water services to ten (10) home sites located on Community lands, commonly known as the Eagle Creek Subdivision, through three (3) residential water well systems; and WHEREAS, a feasibility report prepared by the Community, indicates that such water services can be more efficiently provided from a water main owned and operated by the City; and WHEREAS, the Community and the City have preliminarily agreed on a plan for the construction and maintenance of a water facility to be located on lands of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community in Prior Lake to serve the Eagle Creek Subdivision; and WHEREAS, pursuant to such plan, the Community shall design and construct the water facility and the City shall review the design and inspect the construction of the facility; and WHEREAS, the facility will be constructed as a Community project rather than a City project; and DRAFT INTERGOVERNMENTAL COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF WATER SUPPLY CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE SHAKOPEE MDEWAKANTON SIOUX COMMUNITY AND THE CITY OF PRIOR LAKE wq~~"'!:t"wm:t'>";~,,; This Agreement made and entered into this day oflBllll, 2006, by and between then Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (hereinafter the "Community"), a sovereign Indian Tribe, federally recognized and organized under the provisions of the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, and is governed under the terms of the Constitution approved by the Secretary of the Interior on November 28, 1969, as amended, and the City of Prior Lake ("City"), a Minnesota municipal corporation. RECITALS WHEREAS, the Community desires to cooperate with the City on issues of mutual concern that will encourage and enhance the government-to-government relationship between the City and the Community; and WHEREAS, the parties each respectively desire to provide for the protection of people and property and ensure a continuous supply of safe drinking water for public and private users within each respective jurisdiction; and WHEREAS, the Community currently provides water services to ten (10) home sites located on Community lands, commonly known as the Eagle Creek Subdivision, through three (3) residential water well systems; and WHEREAS, a feasibility report prepared by the Community, indicates that such water services can be more efficiently provided from a water main owned and operated by the City; and WHEREAS, the Community and the City have preliminarily agreed on a plan for the construction and maintenance of a water facility to be located on lands of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community in Prior Lake to serve the Eagle Creek Subdivision; and WHEREAS, pursuant to such plan, the Community shall design and construct the water facility and the City shall review the design and inspect the construction of the facility; and WHEREAS, the facility will be constructed as a Community project rather than a City project; and DRAFT WHEREAS, the Community has determined a need for the delivery of water services to the Eagle Creek Subdivision, and has proceeded to order plans and specifications and incurred other costs in anticipation of construction of the facility as set forth in the feasibility study; and WHEREAS, the water facility referred to in this Agreement is intended to serve the service area depicted in Drawing No.1 of Exhibit A [to be attached]; and WHEREAS, the parties agree that the plan to construct and maintain the water facility as a joint cooperative intergovernmental effort will serve the parties mutual best interests. NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants set forth herein, and for such good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency of which is not disputed, the City of Prior Lake and the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community hereby agree as follows: 1. Definitions. As they are used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meaning given to them in this Section: City shall mean the government of the City of Prior Lake, Minnesota. Community shall mean the government of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, a federally recognized Indian Tribe. County shall mean the government of Scott County, Minnesota. Connection Unit shall mean a residential or commercial building connection to the Facility system or any independent water service line that would utilize the Facility. Facility shall mean the water facilities to be constructed by the Community and connected to City utilities to serve the service area depicted as Figure 3 of Exhibit B [to be attached]. Parties shall mean the City of Prior Lake and the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community. 2. Purpose. The Community and the City desire to provide a responsible solution to providing water services for the Eagle Creek Subdivision. 2.1 Recitals. The recitals set forth above are incorporated herein as if fully set forth. 2.2 Exhibits. Exhibit A referred to in the Recitals above is incorporated by reference into this Agreement as if they were fully set forth herein. 2 DRAFT 3. Connection Fees. As part of the consideration for permitting the Community to connect the Facility to the City's water pipes, the Community agrees to pay the following City fees: * Connection fee: * Water Trunk Acreage Charge * Water Tower Charge * Water Inspection: * Water Meter * Pressure Reducer 10 units @ $ 9.55 acres 10 units @ 10 units @ $17.50 10 units @ $250.00 10 units TOTAL: $ '4~100H)Q 3.1 Amount of Fee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the amount charged by the City exceed the aggregate fee according to the schedule duly adopted by adopted by the City Council and in effect citywide at the time the fee is required to be paid. 3.2 Payment of Fees Required. All fees set forth in this Paragraph 3 for those connection units utilizing the Facility at the date of completion shall be paid by the Community upon completion of the construction of the Facility and before the Facility is operational. 4. Preliminary Desh!n. The preliminary design of the Facility shall be in substantial accord with the design outlined in the Preliminary Engineering Report of Bolton & Menk, Inc., March 22, 2004. A copy of this Preliminary Report is attached hereto as Exhibit B and incorporated herein as if set forth fully at this point. 5. Plans and Specifications. Prior to the commencement of construction of the Facility, it shall be the obligation of the Community to provide to the City plans and specifications for the Facility, prepared by a professional engineer licensed by the State of Minnesota. Such designs shall be in accordance with the requirements of the City Public Works Design Manual, incorporated by reference herein. The designs shall include individual water metering with remote reading capabilities required by Paragraph 12 of this Agreement. The Community shall purchase the water meters from the City. The City shall have the right to review and approve the plans and specifications for the Facility, said comments to be received within fifteen (15) business days after submission of a complete set of the plans and specifications to the City. The plans and specifications shall be submitted by the Community to the Indian Health Service and Minnesota Department of Health for review, comment and approval. 6. Necessary Approvals and Ri!!hts-Of-Wav. All parts of this project are located on lands held in trust for the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community and the Community hereby grants approval for location of the Facility on said trust lands. 3 DRAFT 7. Permits. The Community shall not be required to obtain any State, County or City permits. The Community shall apply for applicable Tribal and Federal permits including, but not limited to, a Site Deve10 ment Permit and a Construction Site NPDES Permit. 8. Inspection Durine Construction. It shall be the obligation ofthe Community to provide for adequate and customary construction observation and testing of the Facility during its construction by inspection personnel under the direction of a professional engineer licensed in the State of Minnesota in order to ensure that the construction comports with the plans and specifications described in Paragraph 5 of this Agreement. The City may, in its discretion, inspect the Project at any time during regular business hours with proper notice of intent to inspect. The Community shall ensure that all bacteria testing methodology and results will meet or exceed Federal and State of Minnesota standards. The Community further agrees to provide the City copies of all such bacteria test results before the City provides water service to the Community. 9. Costs. The cost of all aspects of the design, construction, construction observation and testing of the Facility shall be borne by the Community. 10. As-Built Drawines. Within three (3) months of completion of the Facility, the Community shall provide As-Built Drawings, certified by a professional engineer licensed in the State of Minnesota, to the City and shall retain a copy of the same in the records of the Community. The Community shall also submit the As-Built Drawings in electronic format to the City in a format compatible with the City's current software. If the As-Built Designs indicate that the Facility as constructed is not substantially in conformance with the City Public Works Design Manual and the approved plans and specifications and all modifications thereof, the City shall notify the Community in writing of the alleged deficiencies. The Engineer and the City Engineer shall meet to determine whether such lack of conformity with the design Manual or approved plans and specification is, in their professional opinion, substantial and whether the alleged deficiency will adversely affect the City water systems. If it is determined that any nonconformity is substantial and may, if not corrected, adversely affect the Facility or the City system, the Community shall, after notice, promptly make the corrections to the system to bring it into conformity. 11. Ownership of the Facility. Upon completion of the Facility, the Community shall retain all right, title and interest in and to all portions of the Facility which lie within the Community, either on lands held in trust or lands owned in fee. The Community shall convey to the City by quit claim deed all of the Community's right, title and interest in and to the portions of the Facility, if any, which lies within the City and not on Community property. 12. Meterine. The Community agrees to install and maintain individual water meters approved by and purchased from the City for each residence connected to the system. The Community shall be responsible for the costs of acquisition, installation ande 4 DRAFT maintenance of the water meters. The meters shall be remotely read and the City will bill the Community according to the City's scheduled utility billing cycle. 13. Payment of Water ConsumDtion Fees. The City shall bill the Community based on the flow reported at the prevailing City water rates in effect at the time of billing. The Community shall be responsible for determining and implementing a method to bill and collect fees from individual properties connected to the Facility within the Community. Payment to the City shall not be dependent on the Community collecting fees from the individual properties connected to the Facility. 14. Maintenance of the Facilitv. The Parties agree that the Community shall be responsible for all regular ongoing maintenance of the Facility for all portions of the Facility located on Community lands. The City agrees to be responsible for all regular ongoing maintenance of the Facility for all portions of the Facility lying in the City at the same level as other facilities within the City and as reflected in the fee charged for services for all other portions of the system. Each Party shall be responsible for any replacement or repair to the system beyond regular maintenance with their respective territories. The City shall provide a semi-annual water main flushing for the entire system. In the event of water main breaks, the Community shall notify the City immediately of the situation. Service requests and complaints shall be separately received and handled by each Party depending upon who owns the portion of the water main where the break occurs. 15. Service. The City shall provide a regular and uninterrupted water supply service except for periods of regular maintenance, and except for events not within its control including, but not limited to, flood, natural disasters, or other natural events beyond the control of the City. 16. Notice. Notice provided under this Agreement shall be in writing, signed by the officers signatory to this Agreement or their successors and shall be sent by Certified Mail, Return Receipt Requested, to the Parties at the following addresses: To the Community: Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Attention: Tribal Administrator 2330 Sioux Trail, NW Prior Lake, MN 55372 To the City: City of Prior Lake 4646 Dakota Street SE Prior Lake, MN 55372-1714 Attention: City Manager 17. Hold Harmless and Indemnification. The Community hereby indemnifies and holds the City harmless from any and all causes or claims arising out of or in connection with the Facility or this Agreement. The Community further agrees to indemnify the City against, and hold them harmless from those claims, liabilities, demands, damages, costs and expenses arising out of negligent or willful actions by the Community, its employees 5 DRAFT or residents which result in penalties imposed against the City, whether by federal, state or local governmental units, for violations of permits which are required for the City to continue operation of the water facilities to which the Community is connected. The City of Prior Lake hereby indemnifies and holds the Community harmless from any and all causes of action or claims arising out of negligent or willful actions by the City in connection with services provided pursuant to this Agreement. 18. Governmental Authoritv. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed or interpreted to limit or expand any jurisdiction or authority of either of the parties, to waive any immunities, or to otherwise modify the legal rights of any person, to accomplish any act violative of tribal, state or federal law or to subject the parties to any liability to which they would not otherwise be subject by law. 19. Sovereie:n Immunitv. Nothing in this Agreement or in any amendment or other documents made part of this Agreement is nor shall be construed to be a waiver of the Community's sovereign immunity from suit, and the Community hereby expressly retains its sovereign immunity from suit. In the event of a conflict between the provisions of this paragraph and any other language contained herein, the language of this paragraph shall control and prevail. 20. Successors and Assiens. The rights, privileges and obligations of the Parties under this Agreement are intended to, and shall remain in full force and effect and shall bind any successor agencies or entities to which the authorities and obligations of the Parties may be assigned by law. 21. Effective Date. The Agreement shall be effective upon all of the following having taken place: (a) this Agreement having been approved by the Community Business Council and by Resolution of the City Council; and (b) this Agreement having been signed by all of the officers designated as signatories below. 22. Duplicate Orieinals. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement the day and year first hereinabove written. Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community 6