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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL FEBRUARY 12, 2014 RECOMMENDED BY THE CITY ENGINEER SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY ATTORNEY, AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR, ACTING MAYOR, AND CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY The foregoing resolution was duly seconded by Boss. Ayes (4). Nays (0). Resolution declared adopted. SCHLETTY The City Administrator noted that at the recent Improvement Hearing for DRIVE Schletty Drive (south of Little Canada Road), the Council acted to not IMPROVEMENT proceed with the improvement given concerns that were expressed relative to the watermain portion of the improvement. The Administrator pointed out that there appeared to be support for the improvement at the neighborhood meeting that was held prior to the Improvement Hearing. The Administrator stated that based on the discussion that occurred at the Improvement Hearing, the City Engineer put together some additional assessment scenarios which the Administrator reviewed. He noted that the original assessment for the project had the street being assessed at the cap of $65.25 per front foot for an average of $6,408.50 and the watermain averaging $7,100. Given the discussion of the fact that several properties were allowed to connect to water from Little Canada Road which reduced the number of properties available to assess, the Engineer looked at alternatives to equalize the assessment. Therefore scenario 2 maintained the street assessment, but resulted in a reduced watermain assessment of just over $6,000. The Engineer then looked at eliminating the watermain portion of the improvement and proceeding with a rehabilitation of the street. That resulted in a street assessment averaging just over $5,100. The Administrator noted that the rehabilitation could still be coupled with the watermain improvement, with street costs at just over $5,100 and watermain at just over $6,000. The Administrator felt that the third scenario, including the watermain portion of the improvement, is equitable and the assessment level can be supported. Again, this scenario equalizes the assessment for the watermain based on Little Canada Road connections, and provides for a street assessment of just over $5,100 and watermain of just under $6,100. He noted that there was discussion at the assessment hearing relative to the need to replace all the curbing. The Administrator indicated that the City Engineer is recommending that all the curbing be replaced so that the appearance is uniform and in order to blend in some grade changes that need to occur as part of the street improvement. The Administrator stated that given cap rates are in effect, the curbing costs do not have much of an impact on the assessment amounts. The Council was in agreement with 11