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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Deerfield 3rt! Addition Informational Meeting December 5, 2006 Q: I live at the comer of 1915t Avenue and Baldwin Street. There seems to be a problem with the curve at that point. Every year there are people that go off the road. Can the alignment be changed there? Page 3 A; The alignment cannot be changed unless more right of way acquisition is provided. We could look at potential ways to provide traffic calming to lower the speed of the traffic so that the curve in the road is driven at a safe speed. Q: Baldwin Street is the most congested street with the highest volume of traffic: What can be done in this area? A; I am currently working with representatives of the Police Department and Street Department to come up with a traffic calming policy for the City Council to consider. Some of the items we are looking at are "chokers", where the street is narrowed to slow traffic dovm over short stretches of the street. We are also looking at the potential for installing speed humps and traffic circles at intersections. Once a final policy is approved by the City Council, items contained in the policy could be considered for inclusion in the street reconstruction project. Q: Are handouts of the presentation you showed available? - A; Not at this time. It will be a part of the feasibility stUdy. I typically wait until the feasibility study and the information is provided to the City Council before providing it to the general- public;- That way it avoids Couilci1 members receiving questions on something they have not seen. Q: Can you explain options for paying the assessment? A:. The assessment can be paid in full when it is levied to avoid any interest. Partial - payments can be made to lower the yearly annual payment. The assessment can also be prepaid at any time during the life of the assessment. However, it is somewhat different than an installment loan. If you pay off the assessment at any time during its life, you will be asked to pay the full interest amount for the year in which you are prepaying the assessment. Therefore, if you decide to prepay the assessment during its life, it is better to do it later in the year, but preferably before November, because the City will be certifying the next annual payment to the County for collection. Q: The City approved sub-par work in 1986. Will the City increase their funding, thereby lowering the assessment to the property owriers? - - - - - - A; The City approved plans in 1986 were in compliance with the standards of the time. As I indicated in the presentation, this is the last development of an urban nature that was allowed in with the standards. After this development was completed, the standards were changed. As you can see from the adjacent neighborhoods, they were built with concrete curb and gutter. The street section was also changed to add a second lift of bituminous. Therefore, it is unlikely that the City would contribute anything additional thereby lowering the assessment, based on the argument that the original construction was sub-par. Q: We have been here since the plat was originally built. We were told by someone that the first layer of blacktop was not the completion of the project; they would be back and put in another layer of blacktop. That never happened.