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i��II il <br /> LAND USE APPLICATION ESCROW AGREEMENT <br /> Application #09-3436 <br /> AGREEMENT made this 19th day of November 2009, by and between the CITY OF ORONO, a <br /> Minnesota municipal corporation ("City") and Lori & Richard Gherardi ("Owner"). <br /> Recitals <br /> 1. Owner has filed Zoning Application #09-3436 formally requesting a variance from the City for an <br /> attached garage located at 2700 Ethel Avenue the ("Subject Property") as legally described as Lots 13 and 14, <br /> Block 2, Casco Heights, Hennepin County, Minnesota. <br /> 2. Owner requests the City to review said pians. <br /> 3. The City is willing to commence its review of the application and incur costs associated with said <br /> review 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 Owner shall deposit $2,500.00 with the City. All accrued interest, if any, shall be paid to the City <br /> to 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, or legal consultant review) or will <br /> incur in meeting with the Owner, reviewing the plans, and preparing agenda packet material for City Council <br /> review of application #09-3436. Eligible expenses shall be consistent with expenses the Owner would be <br /> responsible for under a zoning and subdivision application. <br /> 3. MONTHLY BILLING. As the City receives consultant bills for incurred costs, the City will in turn <br /> send a bill to the Owner. Owner shali be responsible for payment to the City within 30 days of the Owner's receipt <br /> of bill. <br /> 4. DISBURSEMENT FROM ESCROW ACCOUNT. In the event that the Owner does not make <br /> payment to the City within the timeframe outlined in #3 above, the City may draw from the escrow account without <br /> further approval of the Owner to reimburse the City for eligible expenses the City has incurred. The City shall <br /> notify the Owner of such draw and the nature of the expense for which the reimbursement is being made. If the <br /> Escrow amount falls below 75% of the original escrow amount the Owner shall deposit additional sums as <br /> directed by the City, or the City shall discontinue all review. <br /> 5. CLOSING ESCROW. The Balance on deposit in the escrow, if any, shall be returned tp'the <br /> Owner when the review has been completed. � <br /> 6. CERTIFY UNPAID CHARGES. If the project is abandoned by Owner, 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 /> `� r <br /> CITY: CITY,QF �NC� OWNER: ,� , <br /> /' �F �f / ` ` <br /> By: = By:__ (',�����it _ , � <br /> � <br /> Its: ! _� (`�;�Vl �"L�. -4� Its; <br /> Internal Use Onty: 0 Original to Finance Department 0 Copy to Zoning File � Copy to Street File <br />