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4 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes March 10, 2015 Page 2 1 City Engineer Hubmer explained that the 2015 street and utility improvement project includes 2 street reconstruction of 36`h Avenue from Silver Lake Road to Highcrest and Chelmsford Road 3 from 36`h Avenue to 37th Avenue, as well as backyard drainage improvements on Belden Drive, 4 alleyway improvements south of 291h Avenue between Coolidge Street and Silver. Lake Road, an 5 LED pedestrian crossing at Kenzie Terrace, and mill and overlay on St. Anthony Boulevard from 6 Ridgeway Parkway to the Diagonal Trail. He advised that the City is aware of special needs and 7 events in this year's project and urged residents to contact the City as soon as possible if there 8 are other events the City needs to be made aware of He stated that notices have been sent to 9 residents advising them that CenterPoint Energy will be replacing their gas lines during this 10 year's project and noted that CenterPoint is obligated to televise all gas mains as a precautionary 11 safety measure and the company performing this work is Mi -Tech Services. He stated that the 12 City will replace the portion of driveways removed during reconstruction and residents have the 13 option of obtaining an estimate from the contractor for replacement of their entire driveway. He 14 stated construction is anticipated to begin in April or May with substantial completion in 15 September 2015. He reviewed the project costs and funding breakdown and stated the total 16 project costs are estimated at $2.8 million with approximately $621,000 assessable to residents 17 and the remaining costs paid by the City. He advised that the backyard drainage improvement 18 project was brought by resident petition and will be funded from the City's flood grant program 19 with 35% assessable to residents or $32,447 and the City paying $80,753. He reviewed the 20 assessment calculations used by the City as well as the City's policy related to street and local 21 drainage improvements. He explained the City's method for determining front footage and 22 presented examples of how the City calculates front footage. He stated that residents can pay off 23 the entire assessment in the first year by November 30th or they have the option of making a 24 partial payment by November I" of the first year to avoid future interest charges; otherwise the 25 assessment is applied automatically to property taxes payable over 15 years at an interest rate 26 that is 2% over the True Interest Cost. He presented an assessment payback table listing several 27 examples. He also presented a map depicting the assessed parcels in the 2015 project and stated 28 that notices will be sent to residents advising them when the project will start. 29 30 Ms. Eugenia Voytovich, 3300 36th Avenue NE, asked about the impact to her underground 31 sprinkler system. 32 33 City Engineer Hubmer advised that the contractor will remove a portion of the sprinkler system 34 and plug it off so that the rest of the system remains operational and when the project is done, the 35 contractor will put the sprinkler system back in place. 36 37 Mr. Rod Rabine, 2800 34th Avenue NE, asked if the Belden Drive drainage project was set to go 38 and stated he was not in favor of this project and did not think there was a problem. 39 40 Mayor Faust stated that the City Council considers these projects in a holistic manner and 41 acknowledged that some improvements do not always impact all properties and that is why the 42 City assesses at 35 %. He stated the City Council believes this policy represents good 43 government and aims to treat all residents fairly and equitably, adding that the City Council will 44 make its decision based on what is best for the entire City. 45 46 Mr. John Froehle, 2812 30 Avenue NE, stated he is being assessed for drainage improvements 47 because the water runs off his land but he has made no changes to his property. He stated when 48 the houses at the bottom of the hill were built, someone should have put in this drainage at that