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Page 1 of 2 10062 Flanders Court NE – Blaine, MN 55449 – Ph: (763) 780-0450 Fax (763) 780-0452 Z:\PROJ\120210E - 2018 Street & Utility\0030\Feasibility\Memo-121317-CC (2017 Feasibility).doc Memo TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members FROM: Lee Elfering, City Engineer DATE: December 13, 2017 RE: 2018 Street & Utility Project Feasibility Report Call for Public Hearings As required as part of the chapter 429 process a feasibility report has been completed for the proposed 2018 Street and Utility Improvements project. The streets where improvements are proposed are as follows:  Jackson/Old C/Lake Shore – Demont Ave. to Little Canada Road  Park View Court – Little Canada Road to the cul-de-sac  Condit Street & Burke Lane – Nadeau Road to Nadeau Road As directed by the City Council, informational meetings were held with each neighborhood to obtain resident input and gauge project acceptance. Minutes from those meetings are included in the report. In general those present at the meetings were in favor of moving forward with the street improvements. The feasibility report includes information on the existing conditions, proposed improvements, estimated costs, and property assessments as outlined in the City’s Assessment Manual. Staff is recommending an increase of 3% of the maximum residential capped assessment rate to $73.44 per assessable front foot for 2018. The final determination on the assessments will not be made until the assessment hearing, but staff feels that the recommendations of the report provide for an equitable treatment of all properties based on the information known to date. The feasibility also outlines that there is only 30 feet of right-of-way on Condit Street south of Nadeau Road. This is significantly narrower than the standard 50 feet of right- of-way currently required to be dedicated for new roadways in the City, but this is an existing condition. In review of the area it appears that additional right-of-way could be acquired without creating non-conforming lots. However, we feel that the street could be improved to the proposed width of 24 feet with the use of temporary construction easements from adjacent property owners for construction disturbances outside the right of way. At this time we are not proposing sidewalk along Condit Street and this corridor has not been included in any future trail extension planning, therefore the largest negative to the narrow right-of-way width is the limited area outside the paved street surface for other uses, primarily private utilities. The private utilities that currently exist