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Mounds View City Council June 14, 2004 Regular Meeting Page 6 C. 7:16 PM Public Hearing for 2003 Street Improvement Project Resolution 1 6265, Assessment Hearing, and Adoption of a Special Assessment Levy. 2 3 Public Works Director Lee stated this is a continuation of the assessment hearing from May 24th. 4 He proposed holding the assessment hearing and then going to item 10D, which is to look at 5 awarding the contract for the 2003 Street Improvement Project, and then coming back to 6 adopting the assessment levy. He stated whether some of the items are awarded or not will affect 7 the assessment amounts, and so they need to award the contract before they approve the adoption 8 of the assessment levy. 9 10 Public Works Director Lee stated the 2003 Street Improvement Project calls for upgrade of the 11 streets that lie generally south of County Road 10 and north of County Road H2, and west of 12 Long Lake Road. He stated Lake Court Drive & Circle was originally part of the project, but 13 they were deleted since they had some issues with those private streets being converted over to 14 public streets. 15 16 Public Works Director Lee stated that the project as proposed calls for total reconstruction of the 17 streets west of Silver Lake Road, and the streets will be adjusted to 28 feet in width. He stated 18 the streets east of Silver Lake Road, since they already have concrete curb and gutter, would have 19 upgraded bituminous surface, some minor replacement of the curb and gutter, and replacement 20 and upgrade of the infrastructure. He stated sanitary sewer improvements that were necessary 21 would be part of the 2003 Street Improvement Project. 22 23 Public Works Director Lee stated bids were received for a proposed sidewalk on the west side of 24 Groveland from County Road I to County Road 10, and bids were also open for the parking lot at 25 the Lakeside Lions Park. He stated the estimated total cost for the project is $2,178,000, of 26 which $557,000 would be assessed. He stated Spring Lake Park would pay for their portion of 27 the project, and also Municipal State Aid would be paying for a portion of it. He stated Mounds 28 View Special Project funds would be used depending on whether or not the City Council awards 29 the contract for Lakeside Lions Park. 30 31 Public Works Director Lee stated on April 22 the City received five bids for the project, and that 32 the low bidder was Hard Drives, Inc. at $1,574,000. He stated Alternate No. 1 for the Groveland 33 sidewalk was $40,234, and Alternate No. 2 for Lakeside Lions parking lot is a little under 34 $100,000. He stated the base bid came in 8.8 percent less than the engineer’s estimate for this 35 project. He stated assuming the City adopts the assessment levy for this project, payments would 36 be due with interest up until October 31st of this year. He stated the assessments period would be 37 certified to the county, and residents would have a period of ten years to pay those assessments at 38 an interest rate of 5 percent. 39 40 Public Works Director Lee stated there was a neighborhood reconstruction meeting on June 3rd. 41 He stated the meeting is on tape and it’s also being re-broadcasted on cable. He stated there is 42 also a preconstruction meeting on June 21st. He stated that at that time they’ll be meeting with 43 the contractor and getting a lot more information on the project in terms of start dates and the 44 general plan from Hard Drives. He stated notice would be sent to residents the week of June 21st 45