HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2014-56 Ordering Preparation of a Feasibility Report for the 2015 Street and Utility ImprovementsWHEREAS, the City maintains a 5 -year revolving Street Capital Improvement Program
(Street CIP) to promote the strategic use of limited financial resources while maintaining,
developing or replacing the City's local street network; and
WHEREAS, the Street CIP represents the City's long-range street improvement program
that identifies the present and future needs and priorities, and develops a schedule of public
improvements to address the most essential improvements first; and
WHEREAS, with a street reconstruction project the City reviews and considers the
potential replacement or need for utility improvements in accordance with the City's 2030
Comprehensive Plan, including watermain or sanitary sewer, to be constructed in conjunction
with the street improvement; and
WHEREAS, it is proposed to initiate the 2015 Street and Utility Improvement project to
improve the following local streets;
® 36"' Street North, from Jamaca Avenue to Irwin Avenue,
® 37th Street North, from Jamaea Avenue to Irwin Avenue,
® Irwin Avenue North,
« 38th Street North, from Ideal Avenue to Innsdale Avenue,
® 39th Street North, from Ideal Avenue to Innsdale Avenue,
i Innsdale Avenue North,
® Kelvin Avenue North, from Trunk Highway 5 to cul-de-sac; and
WHEREAS, it is proposed to assess the benefiting properties for all or a portion of the
cost of the improvement, pursuant to the City's Special Assessment Policy and Minnesota
Statues, Chapter 429.
That the proposed improvement, called the 2015 Street and Utility Improvements, be referred to
the City Engineer and FOCUS Engineering, and that FOCUS Engineering is instructed to
complete a feasibility report in accordance with Minnesota Statues, Chapter 429 for the proposed
improvements, and to report to the council with all convenient speed advising the council in a
preliminary way as to whether the proposed improvement is necessary, cost-effective, and
feasible; whether it should be best made as proposed or in connection with some other
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improvement; the estimated cost of the improvement as recommended; and a description of the
methodology used to calculate individual assessments for affected parcels.
ADOPTED BY THE LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL ON THE FIRST DAY OF JULY
2014.
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Mike
Pearson
Mayor
(Seal)
ATTEST:
Adam Bell'
City Clerk
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