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"T--1-Tern 3 . • Howard R. Green Company p Y February 7, 2001 File: 813320J-0325 Honorable Mayor and City Council Honorable Chairman and HRA Commissioners City of Elk River 13065 Orono Parkway P.O. Box 490 Elk River, MN 55330-0490 RE: DOWNTOWN SIDEWALK REPLACEMENT PROJECT Dear Council Members and Commissioners: Attached to this correspondence are several pieces of information to assist you in your deliberations relative to the proposed downtown sidewalk replacement project. They are as follows: • 1. TENTATIVE DOWNTOWN SIDEWALK SCHEDULE In discussions held with the City and Municipal Utilities staff, it was felt that an early construction schedule was preferable to later in the year. This was assumed for a couple of reasons. First, in the 1988 major downtown construction project, the business owners at that time indicated that early construction was preferable to later in the summer based on their business patterns. Also, Bryan Adams, General Manager of the Elk River Municipal Utilities, indicated that he felt they would save money on the underground electric installation if it could be done early in the season rather than later in the year when there is a great demand for subcontractors that do this type of work. A tentative schedule for the sidewalk replacement that was put together by staff indicates how the project could proceed, assuming an assessment of a portion of the cost is to be levied against the benefited property owners. As you can see from the schedule, the preliminary feasibility study would need to be ordered on February 12, a final decision on the amount of the assessment would need to be determined on February 26, with both the public hearing and assessment hearing held on March 19. Prior to that evening of hearings, an informational meeting would be held with both the business owners and the property owners of the downtown area. That would be held at City Hall on Thursday, March 1. The schedule assumes that the adoption of the final assessment roll and the ordering of the improvement would take place on March 19, along with direction from the City Council to approve plans and authorize advertisement for bids. Bids could be received and presented to the City Council at their April 16th meeting. We are assuming construction on the sidewalk would begin the week after and S O:\PROJ\813320J\0325\Ltr 02-07-01 CC.HRA.doc 1326 Energy Park Drive • St. Paul, MN 55108 • 651/644-4389 fax 651/644-9446 toll free 888/368-4389