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REQL^ST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Department Approval: Name Ron Moorse Title City Administrator Administrator Reviewed: XDATE: May ITEM NO: f^0^ Agenda Sectionr*#^ City Administrator ’s Repon Item Description: Wayzata Public Works Facility Site Concurrent Detachment and Annexation Attachments:1. 2. Annexation Resolution Joint Site Development Agreement The City of Wayzata has requested that a parcel of property owned by the City ot Wayzata in Orono be concurrently detached from Orono and annexed to Wayzata to enable the construction of a public works facility on the site. As part of this process the City of Wayzata is also proposing that three (3) parcels be concurrently detached from Wayzata and annexed into Orono. Two of these are residential parcels partially in Orono and partially in Wayzata. The third is rieh»-of-way for Femdale Road that would enable the City of Orono to add Femdale Road to the Municipal State Aid roadway system to obtain funding for reconstruction of the roadway. As both the Council and staff reviewed the proposal by Wayzata regarding the public works facility several concerns were raised in tenns of the development of the site, and the impact on Highway 12 traffic - especially in terms of the need for a semaphore. Staff has worked with the City of Wayzata to develop a set of parameters for the development of the site. These parameters are set out in the attached joint site development agreement. The major concern expressed by the Council in its preliminary review of the Wayzata proposal was the impact of the facility on the Highway 12 traffic at the proposed entrance to the site. The Council had indicated opposition to a semaphore the intersection. The City ot Wayzata has prepared a plan which redesigns the intersection to improve traffic movement both for the public works vehicles using the site and for the traffic on Highway 12. This plan replaces the semaphore as the solution to traffic movements at this access point.. Site Development Issues ■ a a. Initially staff had several concerns regarding the development of the site. These include , screening and landscaping, construction materials, and exterior storage. Through a tour of the site staff learned that the actual location of the proposed building is significantly different from the location originally perceived by staff The building is located behind the cemetery and is well screened both by the topography and by existing trees. This has significantly reduced staffs concerns regarding the development of the site. COUNCIL ACTION REQUESTED: Motion to take action regarding the attached annexation resolution and joint site development agreement.