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BUILDING PERMIT ESCROW AGREEMENT <br /> Orono Building Permit#2014-00500 <br /> qAGREEMENT made this ',"^day of J GI%-)e ,201 q by and between the CITY OF ORONO, <br /> a Minnesota municipal corporation("City')James&Heidi Williams('Owners'). <br /> Recitals <br /> 1. A building permit application has been filed for an in-ground pool located at 840 Old Crystal Bay <br /> Road S the("Subject Property"), legally described as the South 226.8 feet of the North 391.8 feet of the West 60 <br /> Rods of the Northeast Quarter of Section 9,Township 117,Range 23, Hennepin County Minnesota. <br /> 2. Owners request the City to review this application. <br /> 3. The City will commence its review of the application and incur costs associated with said review <br /> only if the Owner establishes an escrow to ensure reimbursement to the City of its costs. <br /> NOW THEREFORE,THE PARTIES AGREE AS FOLLOWS: <br /> 1. DEPOSIT OF ESCROW FUNDS. Contemporaneously with the execution of this Escrow <br /> Agreement,the Owners shall deposit$2,500 with the City. All accrued Interest, if any, shall be paid to the City to <br /> reimburse the City for its cost in administering the escrow account. • <br /> 2. PURPOSE OF ESCROW. The purpose of the escrow is to guarantee reimbursement to the City <br /> for all out-of-pocket costs the City has incurred (Including planning, engineering, in excess of $500, or legal <br /> consultant review) or will incur in reviewing the plan. Eligible expenses shall be consistent with expenses the <br /> Owners would be responsible for under a building permit application. The escrow will also guarantee <br /> reimbursement to the City for all out-of-pocket costs the City has incurred to assure that the work Is completed in <br /> accordance with the Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan and the provisions of Orono City Code Chapter 79. <br /> The financial security may also be used by the City to eliminate any hazardous conditions associated with the <br /> work and to repair any damage to public property or infrastructure ture that is caused by the work(including planning, <br /> engineering, or legal consultant review) associated with building permit #2014-00500 if compliance with the <br /> approved building permit is not accomplished. <br /> 3. MONTHLY BILLING. As the City receives consultant bills for incurred costs, the City will in turn <br /> send a bill to the Owners. Owners shall be responsible for payment to the City within 30 days of the Owners' <br /> receipt of bill. <br /> 4. DISBURSEMENT FROM ESCROW ACCOUNT. In the event that the Owners do not make payment <br /> to the City within the timeframe outlined In#3 above,shall issue a Stop Work Order until the Owners pay all expanses <br /> invoiced pursuant to #3. The City may draw from the escrow account without further approval of the Owners to <br /> reimburse the City for eligible expenses the City has incurred. <br /> 5. CLOSING ESCROW. The Balance on deposit in the escrow, if any, shall be returned to the <br /> Owners when all requirements related to the project are complete. City Staff shall review the terms of this escrow <br /> agreement two times per year to determine whether the requirements of the project have been successfully <br /> completed and whether it is appropriate to return the funds. Owner may also request the release of the funds, <br /> and such funds shall be released upon City Staff receiving the appropriate verification that all requirements of the <br /> project have been successfully completed. <br /> 8. CERTIFY UNPAID CHARGES. If the project is abandoned by Owners,or if the eligible expenses <br /> incurred by the City exceed the amount in escrow,the City shall have the right to certify the unpaid balance to the <br /> subject property pursuant to Minn.Stat.§§415.01 and 366.012. \. <br /> Cl : C ,•F O t O OWNER: <br /> 4/(r�d. <br /> By: 1 � <br /> Its: IL it L I : <br />