03-21-94 Council Workshop Minutes

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MINIITES CITY COUNCIL MARCH 21, 1994 Administrator stated that the City and property owners have to work together to resolve the situation. The City wants to ensure that it has good streets. If a street has not met its expected useful life, then there should be some credits granted to the property owners on their assessments. The next section of the Administrator's letter addressed Rehabilitated Urban Streets. The City's policy calls for a 100~ assessment. In surveying other cities, the majority assess 50% of the costs or less, while some assess nothing. The Administrator felt that the 50/50 approach may be the better way to address rehabilitated urban streets. There is also the deferred maintenance issue involved. The Administrator pointed out that from a benefits received standpoint it is easier to prove benefits received in assessing a lesser amount. Morelan asked how many urban streets the City has rehabilitated. The Administrator replied that Payne Avenue was rehabilitated. Morelan stated that from a fairness standpoint this would be the time to address the assessment policy for rehab of urban streets since the City has done very little of this work. The Administrator reported that for the Payne Avenue rehabilitation, the grind and overlay portion was assessed on an 80/20 basis. For the portion of Payne Avenue which was reconstructed, the City paid 75% of those costs. Morelan asked if the City would bond for rehab projects. The Administrator replied that typically the City would bond since improvements for a given year would be lumped together. The Administrator pointed out that the estimated cost of the 1994 improvements is at $600,000. The City would bond for the assessable portion of the cost at a minimum. That bond would not be levy supported. 6