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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND DIRECTION Date: 05/1 0105 Item No. Agenda Section: City Manager Approval Department Approval: DW Item Description: Origins of City Owned Storm Water Pond Facility west of2785 Fairview and adjacent to Langton Lake Park (PF3595) 1.0 BACKGROUND: On May 9, 2005 the City Council requested a report on the origins of the city owned storm water pond located off the southeast corner of Langton Lake Park and due west of the Robert Hagen Property located at 2785 Fairview Avenue. 2.0 PROJECT HISTORY: 2.1 In August of 1994 the City of Roseville purchased the west 2.05 acres of the Robert Hagen Property, located at 2785 Fairview Avenue, for $225,000. Until 2003 this site was zoned I-I, Light Industrial and has been a P~9:1~ of existing TIF Re4~!,~lopment Distlict 11. It was originally part of a truck tenninal, and later a Recycling Center operatecfby Mr~~"' Hagen. (On the east side and south side of this parcel is trunk sanitary sewer easement, including for the metropolitan area sanitary sewer interceptor.) 2.2 As part ofTIF District 11, Ryan Companies (the developer) and City were required to build storm water piping and ponding to accommodate the newly reconfigured impervious surfaces being created for the Twin Lakes Medical Building (1835 County Road C), the Twin Lakes Corp. Center Phase III building (2660-2680 Arthur Street), the Twin Lakes Corp. Center Phase II building (2720-2754 AIihur Street) and the Twin Lakes Corp. Center Phase I (1985-1915 County Road C). 2.3 The City hired engineering and hydrology consultant OSM to design a sedimentation pond on the 2 acre site. l)e site Qlan illclllcled anistl1l}lll~LfQl!l1e~~Y~l]lll~Lg:ossillg of the pond by Twin L~kesP~rk'N.9:Y' The pond was designed with capacity to be a -catcl1llle;t basin for surface water running nOlih on the City's Arthur Street right-of-way and from abutting properties. In addition, this sub-watershed included contributing properties on the south side of County Road C. Portions of the pond and piping system were paid for from an assessment to benefiting propeliy owners. 2.3 The pond (with the road istlmms) has functioned properly as a sedimentation pond since the completion of construction in late 1994. hl October of 1998, with the help of --"~"r"~~~-"~~"""~~---" consultant BRW, the City completed a detailed site study for the location for proposed Twin Lakes Parkway and by O!~~J?roveQ an '~Qifi~i~of~~~~:igl1L9f way location. The City's "Official Map" ofthe road right of way (including space within the pondsIte) was then recorded at the on each of the parcels it crossed. 1