Proposal for Mechanic's Lien Settlement regarding Landform COR II Claims

The City's former Development Management consultant has placed a Mechanic's Lien on property that prohibits the filing of the COR 2 (West Sunwood retail) Final Plat.   Attached is a list of the outstanding COR 2 invoices, currently totaling $34,732.25.  The Council Landform subcommittee (Backous, Riley, Strommen) met recently with the City/HRA attorney's and staff and agreed on an approach to negotiate this dispute.  The Attorney will be working with Landform to negotiate a settlement amount that will be presented to the HRA on Tuesday.  It was the desire to address this issue in a timely manner to avoid delaying any development or final settlement of the overall Landform contract.

Not approving a settlement will delay the filing of the plat, the related development and final settlement of the overall Landform contract.  It is a priority of the City to move the COR property to development as soon as practicable, and removing any lingering contractor claims allows that to happen.

 Consider the negotiated settlement offer on outstanding claims.

Funding for the the settlement with be charged to the various project accounts (e.g., Sunwood Drive, COR 2 Plat) and paid for as part of those project costs.

Approve the negotiated settlement offer as presented by the attorney.