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2009 Projects Page 2 <br />Apri12, 2009 <br />would be an assessment of approximately half of the project cost. That would leave <br />approximately $250,000 of city contribution. <br />B. Railroad Drive, Freeport, Evans Avenue Neighborhood <br />This area needs more extensive improvements. The streets are relatively narrow; there is no <br />concrete curb and gutter; and the area is lacking an underground drainage system. The other <br />issue we uncovered in this area is that it appears a portion of Evans Avenue as it crosses the <br />Vernon Cemetery property was vacated sometime in the past. It would be necessary to work <br />with the property owners and the cemetery association to re-establish a public right-of--way <br />in this area. <br />The proposed improvements in this area would be a general widening of the roads to a <br />minimum of 26 feet. Freeport and Evans, for the first block south of Main Street, would <br />need to be wider to accommodate the on-street parking that often overflows from the <br />commercial buildings located on Main Street. A storm sewer piping system would be <br />extended into the area from the intersection of Main Street and Evans Avenue to pickup <br />runoff that in the past has caused isolated flooding problems. There are no anticipated <br />sanitary sewer improvements necessary and only minor hydrant replacement and relocations <br />anticipated on the water system. The estimated cost of the improvements in this area <br />including overhead and a small contingency are just under $1 million. A review of the <br />properties estimates that there are approximately 50 assessable units throughout the area, <br />ranging from multi-family, townhome, single-family and some commercial. It is anticipated <br />that because of the density of the neighborhood, that the assessment rate used in 2007 for <br />street reconstruction of $6,500 per single-family resident would appropriate to use in 2009. <br />This is a relatively expensive project with a significant assessment against the properties in <br />the area. One other option that could be explored and presented at an informational <br />meeting would be to extend storm sewer into the area, widen Freeport and Evans Avenues <br />for the first block south of Main Street, including concrete curb and gutter, to accommodate <br />the on-street parking, and then look at an overlay or other rehabilitation of the bituminous <br />surfaces throughout the remainder of the area in an effort to reduce the project costs and <br />therefore, reduce the potential assessments to the benefitted properties. <br />C. Main Street Mill and Overlay between Lowell Avenue and Orono Road <br />This project would consist of simply milling the existing bituminous surface, removing the <br />milled material, and repaving between the existing concrete curb and gutter. This is a project <br />that the city submitted for stimulus funding but was unsuccessful in the first tier of local <br />projects in our MnDOT district. MnDOT has indicated that there may be another tier of <br />local projects, but there has been no specific information provided on when or how this <br />second tier of projects may be chosen. If stimulus funding is not forthcoming for this <br />project, there is $500,000 earmarked in the city's 2009 CIP. One other funding option for <br />this construction would be use of Municipal State Aid dollars. However, State Aid dollars <br />for the next 2 - 3 years have been committed to the 193`d Avenue project. In order to use <br />State Aid dollars on Main Street, the city would have to fund the construction in the short <br />term and then get reimbursed when Municipal State Aid dollars become available after <br />payment for the 193`d Avenue project. <br />C:\Documents and Settings\jjohnson\Local Settings\Temporuy Internet Files\OLK49\04 O6 09 cc memo projects.doc <br />