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Cell , 972 anccia 615 Litile Canada Road, Little Canada. MN 55117 -1600 (651) 766 -4029 / FAX: (651) 766 -4048 www.ci.little- canada.mn.us MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor Fahey & Members of the City Council FROM: Joel Hanson, City Administrator DATE: June 4,2004 RE: County Road D /Edgerton Improvement Hearing MAYOR Michael 1. Fahey COUNCIL Jim LaValle Matt Anderson Rick Montour 13111 Blesener ADMINISTRATOR Joel R. Hanson Attached are the minutes from the Neighborhood Meeting staff held with the impacted property owners on June 1". You will note that turnout was very light. Staff's recommendations are as follows for this project: Water main: The improvement should be ordered. Costs should be assessed as provided for in our single - frontage water main assessment policy. (Note: the assessment hearing would be held at a later date ) The vacant lot noted on the preliminary assessment role belongs to the Heinel's and may not be buildable due to standard setbacks as well as the existence of the Amoco Pipeline transversing this property. If you consider our pipeline setback policy, no buildable area may exist. If tnre, there would be no benefits received. Street Costs: This is a difficult project. On one hand, the City has no out of pocket costs for the road improvements. However, we do have over $180,000 in storm sewer costs that our policy says we do not assess for. Staff does not believe the use of other fimding sources precludes the assessment of costs for public improvements nor does it limit us as to what portions of the project we assess for versus what we actually pay for. A contrary position to the one stated above is the impact this project has on abutting properties. While we will provide drainage enhancements, grades changes will have increasingly negative impacts the closer one is to the intersection of County Road D and Edgerton Street. Driveways will need to be steeper and ditches will be deeper unless we can soften that impact through filling. As a result, I believe the Council needs to make policy decision. If not for the negative impact of the grade changes, it would be much easier to recommend we assess for street costs on a "normal basis ". If the Council feels assessments are warranted, then I would recommend we base it on appraisals of impacted properties to ensure we do not exceed the benefits received test. Therefore, it cannot be assumed our assessments will be based on our normal capitated rate. ($5L50 per assessable foot.)