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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes February 28, 2017 Page 2 A. Resolution 17-027; a Resolution Ordering Improvements for the 2017 Street and Utility 1 Improvements. 2 3 B. Resolution 17-028; a Resolution Adopting and Confirming Assessments for the 2017 4 Street and Utility Improvements. 5 6 Mayor Faust opened the public hearing at 7:02 p.m. 7 8 City Engineer Todd Hubmer reviewed the Resolution 17-027 states that the Council has 9 completed the public hearing process and orders the project to be completed. Included in the 10 Council packet are the assessments that have been calculated in accordance with the City’s street 11 assessment policy for the 2017 Street and Utility Improvement Project. The second Resolution 12 17-028 declares the amount to be assessed at $617,459,459.78 and outlines the assessment 13 process in accordance with Minnesota Statutes Chapter 429. 14 15 Mr. Hubmer provided the project locations for the street reconstruction, mill and overlay, 16 sanitary sewer improvements, water system improvements, drainage improvements, and street 17 reconstruction. Common resident concerns and sanitary service repairs were reviewed. The 18 project schedule was reviewed. A public information meeting was held on February 16, 2017 19 where resident concerns were addressed. 20 21 Mr. Hubmer stated the project will be funded by special assessment and 429 Public Improvement 22 Bond. Mr. Hubmer reviewed the assessment calculations following the City Policy for Street and 23 Local Drainage Improvements along with the project costs and portions covered by special 24 assessments and City costs. The method for determining front footage was provided. The one-25 time assessment notice will be sent to affected residents in May 2017 and the assessments are 26 paid over a 15-year period. Various options are available for paying the assessments. A map 27 showing the assessed parcels was provided. 28 29 Residents can sign up to receive weekly email updates and notification regarding the 2017 Street 30 & Utility Improvement project by visiting the webpage located under “Community Projects” on 31 the City’s website at http://www.ci.saint-anthony.mn.us. 32 33 Mayo r Faust stated this is a great opportunity to give the resident’s whose sewer line may have 34 some issues for repairs or replacements to be done. Mayor Faust asked about the water service 35 line and copper pipe failure. Mr. Hubmer stated new copper pipe is run and generally they have 36 not found the existing pipe serving the home to be brittle with no issues to connect to it. Mayor 37 Faust stated every Friday the affected residents will receive an email update. There is also 38 someone on site that can be communicated with regarding any issues. 39 40 Mayor Faust closed the public hearing at 7:20 p.m. 41 42 Motion by Councilmember Gray, seconded by Councilmember Brever, to adopt Resolution 17-43 027; a Resolution Ordering Improvements for the 2017 Street and Utility Improvements. 44 45 Motion carried 5-0. 46 2