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HOV— 4 —'94 FR T 8 0 39 MSA ST F UL Attachment A tall I UM 4011408 November 3, 1994 File No: 330 031 -10 Ms. Susan Hoyt City Administrator City of Falcon Heights 2077 West Larpenteur Avenue Falcon Heights, MN 55113 t. MI €S4Goltfitt6 RE: ALLEY ASSESSMENTS f Wikvaoif lVTAt Dear Ms. Hoyt: PAJNIOTA As you requested, I have prepared this correspondence to summarize my thoughts relative to potential policies that the City Council could adopt, with regards to assessments of alley improvements. The one major assumption I have made is that the ..`V:;CMA. City Council would desire to keep the total property assessments in the Northome area of the city similar to total assessment in other areas. As you recall between the 1991 '.'FYI. Street Improvement Project and the 1993 Street. Improvement Projort, the City Council implemented a change in the percentage of street assessments in an effort to keep the dUFFd(. total assessments per property in the same general area. :AAlSri >u-ANA In looking at the various neighborhoods within the city, each has different amenities which are components of their total assessment. In the University Grove area assessments included streets, sidewalks, and storm sewer. The typical lot width in that area is 60 to 70 feet, total assessments for these three items generally amounted to $2400 to $2700 per lot. In the Falcon Woods area the lots are wider. Typically, the lots are 100 feet wide, however there are no sidewalks and the storm sewer was in good shape. Therefore, the only assessments were for street reconstruction at $24.00 per front foot, resulting in a typical assessment amount of $2400 per lot. When we look at the Northome neighborhood, we see lots that are typically 50 feet wide, but have frontage on both an alley and the street. Generally, there are no sidewalks and the storm sewer 1326 Energy Pork We is in good repair. It is reasonable to assume that streets assessments at some point in sa. pnul, ANA 55106 the future will be much like the Falcon Woods area. Therefore, the question is how 612444-4389 much should be assessed for alley improvements such that if streets were assessed at the same time the total assessment would be in that $2400 to $2700 range. fax 612 -644 -9446 As you are aware, the feasibility study for the alley improvements estimates a 100% 9800 sl p assessmeent would result in a rate of just over $25.00 per front foot. If the properties 55 41 were also assessed for street construction in 1995, it is reasonable to assume that the rate Minneapolis, NtN would be slightly higher than the 1993 rate of $2.4.00 per front foot. If we assume that 612 -546 --0432 four 612 544.4398