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9 774 `tJ"CGn'6CC <br />MAYOR <br />Michael 1. Fahey <br />COUNCIL <br />Jitn LaValle <br />Matt Anderson <br />Rick Montour <br />Bill Blesener <br />515 Little Canada Road, Little Canada, MN 55117-1600 ADMINISTRATOR <br />(651) 766 -4029 / FAX: (651) 766-4048 Joel R. Hanson <br />www.ci.little-eanada.mn.us <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Mayor Blesener and Members of the City Council <br />FROM: Joel Hanson, City Administrator <br />DATE: January 7, 2005 <br />RE: 2005 Improvement Projects <br />Under separate cover, you will find the feasibility report prepared by Lee Elfering of Elfering <br />& Associates for the proposed 2005 Improvement Projects. Three neighborhood meetings <br />have been held (notes from those meetings are included in the feasibility report). Those <br />included County Road B2 from Rice Street to Viking Drive, Carla Lane, and Noel Drive from <br />Little Canada Road to LaBore Road. A fourth project may also proceed. That would be <br />Condit Street from Burke Lane to Owasso Boulevard. The neighborhood meeting for the <br />possible project will occur on January 24th. <br />Public improvements are made pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 429. They result in <br />special assessments to benefited property. We typically levy those assessments over a 10- <br />year period with the interest rate based on market conditions at the time of the assessment <br />hearing (fall of the year). These projects are reflected in our capital improvement program. <br />Staff conducts neighborhood meetings with affected property owners to discuss the project as <br />we see it and to receive their input. Depending on the outcome of those meetings, staff will <br />then recommend to the Council whether the project should proceed to an improvement <br />hearing. In the case of our projects this year, all were favorably received at their respective <br />neighborhood meetings. Therefore, staff is recommending we call for improvement hearings <br />to determine if they should continue forward. <br />Improvement hearings are held before the City Council after required published and mailed <br />notice is provided. The City Engineer will review the projects at the hearing. Affected <br />residents can then offer testimony as to whether they believe the project should proceed or <br />not. At the conclusion of the hearing, the City Council will vote the project up or down. It <br />should be noted that because these improvements are city initiated (versus being petitioned for <br />by affected residents), four affirmative votes are needed to move the project forward. <br />1 <br />