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1 Item No. 10C Staff Report No. Meeting Date: February 12, 2001 Type of Business: C.B. WK: Work Session; PH: Public Hearing; CA: Consent Agenda; CB: Council Business City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Michael Ulrich, Director of Public Works Item Title/Subject: Discussion of Street Projects and Assessment Policy Date of Report: August 15, 2018 Background: In the past several weeks, staff has presented the City Council with the results of two surveys for two separate street improvement projects. Each project has it’s own separate issues of pavement condition, drainage, traffic and pedestrian traffic. These projects have been initiated through the guidelines of the new assessment policy and street standards adopted by the Council based on recommendations from the Street Committee, each with differing results. Discussion has taken place at two work sessions regarding the condition of the streets (PCI), drainage, and traffic which has spurred further discussion of what the City should do with street reconstruction when opposition to improvements are voiced. Thoughts of revising the standards and assessment policy has surfaced again with little change in the City’s ability to provide additional financing to lower assessments, which on the surface, appear to be the major hurdle in reaching the property owners’ approval for an improvement. The following is a brief history of the City’s street standards and assessment policy. November 13, 1995 • Assessment policy is adopted with 50% assessment and standard of construction is 30 feet wide is recommended with a 28-foot minimum with B618 Concrete Curb and Gutter. Summer 1996 • Bronson Drive is reconstructed to 32 ft. wide with a sidewalk, utilizing existing assessment policy and MSA standards. Summer 1997 • Old Highway 8 is reconstructed utilizing Municipal State Aid (MSA) Standards, 50% Assessment for street, Surface Water Assessment revised • Initial process commences for reconstruction of Spring Lake Road and Co. I begin • After approximately 8 months of meetings and deliberation, Council rejects project and orders Ramsey County to recycle and overlay the project. Project proceeds in summer of 1998. Street Committee appointed to provide recommendations for new assessment policy and street standards. February 2000 • Street Committee Recommendations adopted, Assessment Policy Amended, Street Construction Standards Amended.