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WS – Item 2 WORK SESSION STAFF REPORT Work Session Item No. 2 Date: June 3, 2013 To: City Council From: Jason Wedel Re: 74 th Street Paving Background The City Council ordered the preparation of plans and specifications for the 2013 Mill an d Overlay project at their regular meeting on March 25, 2013. The proposed project area includes Marvy Street and Jon Avenue. These streets are immediately adjacent to 74 th Street which is currently a gravel, minimum maintenance road. The Council direct ed staff to contact the property owners along 74 th Street to determine their interest in having 74 th Street paved. Staff sent letters to all of the property owners that have frontage and driveway access along 74 th Street. Not including the City owned pro perty, there are four property owners that directly access 74 th Street. Two property owners responded that they were in favor of the paving and would be willing to pay some level of assessment. One property owner did not want the street paved and preferr ed to leave it gravel. The final property owner did not provide a response. To move forward with the paving of 74 th Street, the City Council has several options to consider: 1. Obtain assessment waiver agreements from all of the property owners and assess 100% of the cost. 2. Obtain some level of assessment from the property owners that are willing to contribute and have the City provide the balance of the required funds. 3. The City pays 100% of the cost. 4. Complete the paving as a State Statue 429 project. Opt ion 1 doesn’t appear to be feasible due to the one property owner who is opposed to the project. Option 2 will have City Charter implications due to the City paying a portion of the cost and assessing the balance and would likely require a voter referen dum in the fall. This would then push the project into 2014 and eliminate the cost benefit from doing the adjacent Marvy Street and Jon Avenue paving this year.