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BUILDING PERMIT ESCROW AGREEMENT Orono Building Permit#2014-00610& Land Use Application#13-369 AGREEMENT made this day of . 20 by and between the CITY OF ORONO, a Minnesota municipal corporation ("City") Brian&Judith Buttfield ("Owners"). Recitals 1. A building permit application has been filed for a new principal structure located at 3966 Watertown Road the ("Subject Property"), legally described as That part of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 32, Township 118 North, Range 23 West of the a Principal Meridian, described as follows:Commencing at a point on the West line of said Section 32, distant 876.6 feet South of the Northwest comer of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 32, thence East and parallel to the North line of said Southwest Quarter a distance of 100.81 feet to a point which is the actual point of beginning of the tract of land to be described; thence a left deflection of 10 degrees 57 minutes from aforesaid East line, extended a distance of 339 feet, more or less, to the center line of County Road 45;thence Northwesterly along said center line of road to a point distant 313 feet Southeasterly from a point on the West line of said Southwest Quarter, distant 304.6 feet South of the Northwest comer thereof, thence Southwesterly a distance of 147.4 feet to a point distant 100.81 feet East of the West line of said Southwest Quarter and distant 284 feet North of the actual point of beginning,thence South to the actual point of beginning. 2. Owners request the City to review this application. 3. The City will commence its review of the application and incur costs associated with said review only if the Owner establishes an escrow to ensure reimbursement to the City of its costs. NOW THEREFORE,THE PARTIES AGREE AS FOLLOWS: 1. DEPOSIT OF ESCROW FUNDS. Contemporaneously with the execution of this Escrow Agreement, the Owners shall deposit$2,500 with the City. All accrued interest, if any, shall be paid to the City to reimburse the City for its cost in administering the escrow account. 2. PURPOSE OF ESCROW.The purpose of the escrow is to guarantee reimbursement to the City for all out-of-pocket costs the City has incurred (including planning,engineering, in excess of$500, or legal consultant review) or will incur in reviewing the plan. Eligible expenses shall be consistent with expenses the Owners would be responsible for under a building permit application. The escrow will also guarantee reimbursement to the City for all out-of-pocket costs the City has incurred to assure that the work is completed in accordance with the Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan and the provisions of Orono City Code Chapter 79.The financial security may also be used by the City to eliminate any hazardous conditions associated with the work and to repair any damage to public property or infrastructure that is caused by the work (including planning, engineering, or legal consultant review) associated with building permit #2014-00610&land use application#12-3692 if compliance with the approved building permit is not accomplished. 3. MONTHLY BILLING. As the City receives consultant bills for incurred costs, the City will in tum send a bill to the Owners. Owners shall be responsible for payment to the City within 30 days of the Owners' receipt of bill. 4. DISBURSEMENT FROM ESCROW ACCOUNT. In the event that the Owners do not make payment to the City within the timeframe outlined in#3 above, shall issue a Stop Work Order until the Owners pay all expenses invoiced pursuant to #3. The City may draw from the escrow account without further approval of the Owners to reimburse the City for eligible expenses the City has incurred. 6. CLOSING ESCROW. The Balance on deposit in the escrow, if any, shall be returned to the Owners when all requirements related to the project are complete. City Staff shall review the terms of this escrow agreement two times per year to determine whether the requirements of the project have been successfully completed and whether it is appropriate to return the funds. Owner may also request the release of the funds, and such funds shall be released upon City Staff receiving the appropriate verification that all requirements of the project have been successfully completed. 6. CERTIFY UNPAID CHARGES. If the project is abandoned by Owners, or if the eligible expenses incurred by the City exceed the amount in escrow, the City shall have the right to certify the unpaid balance to the subject property pursuant to Minn. Stat. §§415.01 and 366.012. CITY: CITY OF ORONO OWNER: o 1' i By: r Its: