HomeMy WebLinkAbout05(F) - Resolution Approving Public Improvements for the Preserve at Jeffers Pond Development (2022-13) Report
ITEM: 5F
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
MEETING DATE: August 25, 2026
PREPARED BY: Luke Schwarz, Assistant City Engineer
PRESENTED BY: Nick Monserud, Public Works Director/City Engineer
AGENDA ITEM: Resolution Approving Public Improvements for the Preserve at
Jeffers Pond Development (2022-13)
STRATEGIC WELL MANAGED GROWTH
PRIORITY: 3. $0 in development costs transferred to taxpayers.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Adopt a resolution accepting the public improvements for the Preserve at Jeffers Pond
Development.
BACKGROUND:
This action is called for as part of the development agreement between the developer and the
City. It is the process through which privately installed improvements come into public ownership
pursuant to the development agreement. The development agreement outlines the mechanisms
for City acceptance of the developer-installed improvements, requiring City Council authorization
to accept the improvements in addition to the final written acceptance by the City Engineer.
The developer has now completed the improvements as outlined in the development agreement.
The improvements have been inspected by the City for compliance with City standards and the
approved drawings. In some cases, minor field changes were necessary during construction.
These improvements, including any field adjustments, were documented in the as-built drawings
that were completed by the developer and reviewed by the City.
This acceptance will be retroactive to August 1, 2025. Scott County and the developer were
coordinating on punchlist items that were ultimately not pursued by Scott County, and therefore
acceptance and the beginning of the warranty period should have started last August.
Public Works staff have reviewed the improvements and have written the acceptance letter for
this development. It is now appropriate for the City Council to accept the improvements for this
project.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Acceptance of the improvements by the City Council, retroactive to August 1, 2025, will initiate
the 2-year warranty period beginning on that date. A financial security will be held by the City until
the completion of the warranty period 2027.
ALTERNATIVES:
1. Motion and second as part of the consent agenda to adopt a resolution accepting the
public improvements for the Preserve at Jeffers Pond Development.
2. Motion and second to remove this item from the agenda for further discussion.
City of Prior Lake | 4646 Dakota Street SE | Prior Lake MN 55372
Item 5F
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ATTACHMENTS:
1. Resolution
4646 Dakota Street SE
Prior Lake, MN 55372
RESOLUTION 26-
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE IMPROVEMENTS FOR
THE PRESERVE AT JEFFERS POND DEVELOPMENT (2022-13)
Motion By: Second By:
WHEREAS, on June 5, 2023, the City Council adopted Resolution 23-090 which authorized
the City to enter into a development agreement with Gallery Prior Lake, LLC
for the Preserve at Jeffers Pond Development; and
WHEREAS, the development agreement outlined the improvements the developer was
responsible for installing; and
WHEREAS, these improvements are now complete to the satisfaction of the City; and
WHEREAS, the City has received the as-built drawings; and
WHEREAS, Public Works staff have reviewed the improvements and have written the
acceptance letter for this development.
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 City Council hereby accepts the improvements for the Preserve at Jeffers Pond
development, retroactive to August 1, 2025.
3. Any remaining escrow dollars for construction inspection will be returned to the developer at
the conclusion of the warranty period in 2027.
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Passed and adopted by the Prior Lake City Council this 25 day of August 2026.
VOTE Briggs Braid Churchill Lake Hellier
Aye
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Nay
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Abstain
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Absent
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Jason Wedel, City Manager