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These MicroPAVER ratings are used by the Public Works staff every year during their annual review of the City's street system for prioritizing and scheduling street maintenance efforts. The streets proposed for major maintenance improvement were again reviewed by City Staff to provide an estimated current rating. 1L SCOPE The purpose of this study is to determine the feasibility of improving two City streets by full reconstruction along with the installation of watermain. This report will include information on the existing conditions, proposed improvements, and estimated costs and property assessments as outlined in the City's Assessment Manual. Estimated construction costs will be provided, along with the total project costs that will include overhead costs, such as City administration, engineering, fiscal, and legal costs. 111. HISTORY This is the first time that either of these streets has been proposed for recent improvement. Australian Avenue from Lakeside Avenue to its termination point to the east existed in some fashion in the 1950's. Over the years it was slowly extended and improved and the last significant work was completed when the street was paved when sanitary sewer was installed on the street in the 1970's. Schletty Drive was constructed as part of the Schletty Woods Development in the late 1970's. At that time municipal sewer was included as part of the improvement along with an urban street section with surmountable concrete curb and gutter, however municipal water was not installed on the street, In 1980 when watermain was installed along Little Canada Road the properties within Schletty Woods that abutted Little Canada Road were originally included on the assessment roll, however the City Council choose to take off all the properties west of Schletty Drive (521, 525, 529, 533, 537, 541) based on the rational that those properties front Schletty Drive and should be included in a watermain project that would serve the rest of the homes on Schletty Drive. The two properties east of Schletty Drive (550 and 554) were kept on the assessment roll because it was determined that their front yard was to Little Canada Road and have already paid a watermain assessment. After the decision decision to not assess the properties west of Schletty Drive several of the properties came before the Council at various times in the 1980's and were granted permission to hook up to the water on Little Canada Road. Most of the properties that were allowed to hook up were required to pay the amount of the original proposed assessment calculated as part of the 1980 Little Canada Road watermain project ($1,442.00). The City Council also indicated that in the event that the assessments for watermain on Schletty Drive were more than the $1,442.00 the owners would need to pay the increase. Of the properties that abut Little Canada Road only 525 and 541 do not currently have municipal water service. IV. NECESSITY AND COST - EFFECTIVENESS -3. 7