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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes July 23, 2002 Page 5 •1 • Sanitary sewers stem back-ups into adjacent homes. 2 • Streets, sanitary sewer, water main lines are approximately 40 years old and are 3 exhibiting deterioration problems. 4 5 As a result, the City Council provided funding in the 2003 budget for street and utility 6 improvements. On May 28, 2002, the St. Anthony City Council authorized the 7 preparation of an engineering feasibility report for the 2003 Street and Utility 8 Improvement Project. 9 10 Hubmer reviewed the proposed improvements with the Council, which included sanitary 11 sewer, watermain, storm sewer, street, permits and approvals, and detour routes. 12 13 Hubmer reviewed the funding for the project: 14 • Sanitary Sewer $400,600 15 • Watermain Improvement $365,4000 16 • Storm Sewer Improvement $18,500 17 • Street Reconstruction $951,700 18 • Total $1,736,200 19 20 Hubmer reviewed the funding sources with the Council. The assessable total is 6 $364,370, and the City total is $1,371,830, for a grand total of$1,736,200. 23 Councilmember Thuesen asked if fixing the project area would help the area south of it 24 that also have back-up problems. Hubmer stated that it would not help individuals to the 25 south. 26 27 Councilmember Thuesen asked about the borings taken on for the streets included in the 28 project. Hubmer indicated that they borings are now complete. 29 30 Councilmember Thuesen asked what the City can do before the project starts, so that 31 residents will know well in advance what alternate routes will be in place for them. 32 Hubmer stated that they will hold a number of public meetings with the residents, that a 33 newsletter will go out to residents every three weeks, and an observer on site full-time 34 (Hank Abbott: 612-998-3675)who can be contacted regarding any questions associated 35 with the project. 36 37 Hubmer added that they would be going door-to-door along 31s` Avenue beginning 38 tomorrow evening to provide residents with additional information on the progress of the 39 project. He added that the 2003 project is not as large as the 2002 project. 40 41 Councilmember Faust asked if they were biting off more than they can chew regarding 42 the 2003 project. Hubmer stated that he would be proposing a different way of staging 43 the project from the way that the 2002 project has been done. *5 Councilmember Faust stated that a concern of his was with trash receptacles for elderly 46 people need to be considered, as they should not be expected to drag them two blocks to