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City of Elk River REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Agenda Section Meeting Date Communi Develo ment 16, 2007 Item Description Pavement Management Program 2007 - Public Hearing eerfield 3rd Addition) Item Number 5.2. Prepared by Ter Maurer, Ci Reviewed by Introduction The public hearing for the Deerfield 3rd Addition Street/Storm Drainage Reconstruction Project is scheduled for this evening's Council meeting. Please bring your feasibility study which was distributed at a December meeting. Discussion As with previous street reconstruction projects, an informational meeting has been held. The minutes and presentation from that meeting are in the appendix of the feasibility study. I will have a PowerPoint presentation very similar to the informational meeting, which I will go through at the public hearing. As with previous reconstruction projects, the assessment is proposed based on a per residential unit basis. The proposed assessment rate for 2007 has increased modesdy from 2006 and is proposed at $6,650 per residential unit. Because of the amount of storm sewer to be constructed and of the need for a sub cut prior to reconstructing the streets, it is estimated that this assessment rate will fund less than 30 percent of the project cost. The City Council's original goal when they initiated the pavement reconstruction projects was to assess one-third of the cost and have the City fund two-thirds of the cost. The biggest issue beyond the assessment amount at the informational meeting was the issue of whether or not sidewalks are needed in the Deerfield 3rd Addition. At the public hearnig, I will have a recommendation for sidewalk routes through the development. At the end of my presentation, I will be available to answer questions of the City Council and/or public. At the close of the public hearing, it would be appropriate for the Council to consider four resolutions. The first orders the improvement and the preparation of plans and specifications, the second approves the plans and specifications and orders the advertisement for bids. This will allow the project to be bid prior to assessment hearing. The third determines the amount to be assessed and orders the preparation of the assessment roll, and the last resolution sets the assessment hearing for March 19,2007. Financial Impact As mentioned earlier, over 70 percent of the project is anticipated to be funded by the City in the amount of approximately $3.4 million.