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City of Elk. River REQUEST FOR ACTION To Item Number Ma or and Ci Council 6.1. Agenda Section Meeting Date Prepared by Public Works Ma 18, 2009 Ter Maurer, Public Works Director Item Description Reviewed by Resolutions Authorizing the Norfolk, Morton, Lowell, and King Lori ohnson, Ci Administrator Avenues Area Street Rehabilitation Project to Proceed Reviewed by Action Requested Consider adoption of the attached four resolutions moving the Norfolk, Morton, Lowell, King Avenues Area Street Improvement forward. Background/Discussion Earlier in the month, the City Council authorized the preparation of the attached feasibility report for the Norfolk, Morton, Lowell, King Avenues Area Street Improvement after an informational meeting with the affected residents was held. As has previously been discussed with the City Council, this project is on the same schedule as is used for overlay projects. That schedule provides for a public hearing/assessment hearing to be held the same evening after a bid is received for the work so that actual costs and assessments can be discussed at the hearings. The resolutions the Council is asked to consider include: Receiving the Feasibility Study and Ordering the Public Hearing to be held on July 20, 2009; Determinuig the Cost to Be Assessed and Ordering the Preparation of the Assessment Roll; Establishing the Date for the Assessment Hearing to be held also on July 20, 2009; and Ordering the Preparation of Plans and Specifications and Allowing for the Project to be Bid on July 7 so that a firm construction cost will be available on July 20, 2009. Financial Impact The feasibility for the improvement recommends that the assessment cover approximately 50 percent of the cost of the project. There is a mixture of single family homes, townhomes, apartment buildings, and commercial establishments in this project. Single family homes are assessed one unit; townhouses are assessed 0.75 units per dwelling; apartments are assessed 0.25 units per apartment, and the two commercial properties are proposed to be assessed two units each. The finance director has recommended that this project be funded internally through the Street Improvement Reserve fund. Ordering the preparation of plans and specifications and bidding the project will commit the City to engineering expenditures of approximately $17,500 beyond the feasibility costs.