City Council Meeting Date: March 12, 2024
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Ben Martig, City Administrator
Sara Hoffman, Deputy City Clerk/Executive Assistant
Title
Consider Joint Resolution for Orderly Annexation with Northfield Township for Water Tower and Water Treatment Plant Property.
Body
Action Requested:
The Northfield City Council approves the attached Resolution for Orderly Annexation with Northfield Township.
Summary Report:
The City of Northfield purchased land from the Eugene S. Lyman and Elain G. Lyman Trust on April 18, 2023 through Resolution 2023-036. This land will house the new water treatment plant and is adjacent to the land where the existing water tower sits. Rice County has combined these two properties into one parcel (Attachment 2). The township has reviewed the attached resolution and is scheduled to approve it at their March 13, 2024 meeting.
The Subject Area is described in Exhibit A and depicted in Exhibit B. As part of the ongoing discussions between the City and Northfield Township regarding a new orderly annexation agreement, the City would agree to pay the township $23,736.00. This number was reached as an estimate of what the existing water tower property would have generated annually in taxes for the township as a commercial property times nine years. These numbers are tied to ongoing discussions related to a new orderly annexation agreement as good faith efforts to continue negotiations.
The current orderly annexation agreement that is still in effect with Northfield Township would allow the City to annex this property without a fee as it is tax exempt (see section 10A). The City Council representatives (Pownell, Ness, Peterson-White) on the orderly annexation agreement negotiations were supportive of this offer in consideration of "good faith" effort on negotiations for a new orderly annexation agreement.
Staff is intending to start the process for subdivision and site plan approvals. If this proper...
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