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Item ~ 4.1. Howard R. Green Oompany August 9, 2001 File: 814700J-0564 The Honorable Mayor and City Council City of Elk River 13065 Orono Parkway P.O. Box 490 Elk River, Minnesota 55330-0490 RE: 2001 OVERLAY IMPROVEMENT Dear Council Members: As you are aware, the public hearing/assessment hearing for the 2001 Oveday Improvement project is scheduled for Monday, August 13, 2001. I will have a prepared presentation regarding the proposed improvements and assessments of the project. At the close of my presentation, I will be available to answer questions from the City Council and/or affected property owners. As directed previously by the City Council, bids were opened for the 2001 Overlay Improvement on Tuesday, August 7, 2001. The Iow bidder was Bauedy Companies Inc. at $293,926.88 (This total bid includes the paving of 221st Avenue which will be funded by the developers of Ridges of Rice Lake.). Bauerly Company's total bid is significantly below the construction cost estimated in the project feasibility study. Therefore, staff is recommending a reduction in the proposed assessments from $1,550.00 per assessable unit to $1,375.00 per assessable unit. As a point of reference, the 1998 Oveday Improvement was assessed at $1,450.00 per assessable unit. As the City Council is aware, assessed property owners have the dght to appeal the assessment of this project again their property. In order to preserve their rights to appeal, the property owner must submit a written objection to the Mayor or City Administrator at or before the assessment headng. SimlMv orally stating an objection to the assessment at the assessment hearing does not preserve the property owner's right to appeal the assessment. As of the date of this memo, staff has received no wdtten objections to the proposed assessment. There are three areas the staff would like the City Council to consider potential modifications to the assessment roll. They are as follows: 1. The area on 197th Avenue from Trunk Highway (TH) 169 to Evans Street was inadvertently included in the assessment. This portion of the street was newly constructed with the Hillside Crossing development. Therefore, we would recommend that three parcels be removed from the assessment roll. They are as follows: · 75-510-0170 Dickie, Kenneth and Susan 1 unit · 75-510-0175 Plude, David and Joyce 1 unit · 75-620-0105 Phoenix Enterprises LLC 2 units 1326 Energy Park Drive · St. Paul, MN 55108 ° 651/644-4389 fax 651/644-9446 toll free 888/368-4389