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Mounds View City Council April 12, 2010 Regular Meeting Page 3 position would not affect the General Fund or rates charged to property owners. 1 2 Council Member Mueller stated this action would replace a position vacated last fall and having 3 this part-time intern to do GIS mapping will save the City some consulting fees and allow 4 Engineering Technician Hess to complete higher-level work tasks, so it is a good value for the 5 City. 6 7 Mayor Flaherty noted that a lot of money will be saved in consulting fees. 8 9 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 10 11 B. Resolution 7603, Approving the Schedule of Costs and Schedule of Payment 12 for Private Improvements in the 2010 Street and Utility Improvement Project 13 – Area B/C. 14 15 Public Works Director DeBar reviewed that the Council had adopted a Private Improvement 16 Program (PIP) that established the components in which property owners can have their driveway 17 and utility services improved as part of the Street and Utility Improvement Program. He 18 explained that prior to the project there were no barrier curbs, which resulted in the creation of 19 multiple access points to properties. When the project was designed, the engineers addressed 20 Code compliance of one driveway access per property with some exceptions. 21 22 Public Works Director DeBar advised that the PIP had good participation during last year’s Area 23 A project. Staff solicited prices to do the work and converted it into a lineal foot basis to widen a 24 driveway and lengths of service pipes. The Area B/C project bid form included prices to be used 25 for private driveway improvement and sanitary sewer replacements. The resident is responsible 26 for 100% of this cost and will receive a reduced cost due to the scale of the City’s project. He 27 noted the schedule of costs for this year’s project include updated costs for the same driveway 28 improvements as last year, but only includes sanitary sewer service replacement costs for private 29 utility improvements. The schedule of payment remains unchanged from last year’s project. 30 Payment in full is required for any private improvement costs less than $500. Otherwise, 31 property owners have the option to assess the improvement costs. An assessment administrative 32 fee is required of $35 and the assessment interest rate is 5.50%. 33 34 Public Works Director DeBar referenced Exhibit A and reviewed the project costs, noting 35 driveway prices are lower than last year; however, the sanitary sewer replacement costs have 36 increased. One property was identified that could be divided but that property owner indicated 37 they were not interested so it was not included in the schedule. 38 39 Council Member Mueller asked whether the assessment plan will be discussed at the April 13, 40 2010, neighborhood meeting. Public Works Director DeBar answered in the affirmative and 41 advised that the forms for participation and waiver, as drafted by Kennedy and Graven, will also 42 be available. 43 44 Council Member Mueller asked how long a sewer pipe lasts and how residents know if their 45