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Mounds View City Council August 23, 1999 Regular Meeting Page 26 Council Member Marty commented he had driven by the wetland with his two sons, and thought the area was beautiful. D. Public Hearing Amending Chapter 202 of the Mounds View Municipal Code Entitled "Public Improvements." Mayor Coughlin opened the Public Hearing at 9.05 p.m. Director of Public Works Ulrich stated this item was in consideration of amending Chapter 202 of the Municipal Code, pursuant to the recommendations provided by the Streets Policies Committee. He stated staff had provided a report at the last Council meeting, which briefly outlined the possible proposed changes in this chapter, which pertains to assessments. He stated staff has included the proposed changes to the draft ordinance, as indicated in bold print. He stated that blank spaces have been inserted for the percentages of street improvements, to include total reconstruction, overlays, mill and overlays and recycle and overlays. He stated that verbiage has also been included relating to the percentage of pavement assessed, percentage of curb and gutter assessed, the percentage of an MSA street project assessed, as well as language regarding the assessment of improvements performed on a County or State Highways. He read the proposed changes to Section 1, Subdivision 2 of the ordinance as follows: a. The cost of street reconstruction shall be recovered by the adjusted front footage method. The front footage rate shall be determined by dividing the project cost by the total number of adjusted front feet in the project area, times the individual adjusted front footage xone-half (~/z). The assessments per adjusted front foot may vary depending on the underlying zoning of a parcel. Assessments for residential properties, which are on collector or arterial streets, (MSA) shall be assessed for percent of the pavement surface equally divided by both sides of the street. a.l. Residents requesting Curb and Gutter installation on a construction project will be assessed percent of the total cost of the Curb and Gutter, which will include engineering, additional removals, base and all other associated expenses. a.2. percent of the turn back funds received from Ramsey County will be applied to the new construction or pavement cost of the road that was received. b. Assessments shall be determined by the adjusted front footage method at percent to properties on both sides of the street. A mill and overlay to an existing paved road will be assessed by the adjusted front footage method at percent, to properties on both sides of the street. A recycle and overlay to an existing paved road will be assessed by the adjusted front footage method at -percent to properties on both sides of the street. 26C:~ADMIN\MINUTES\CC\8-23-99.CC