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Hugo City Council Meeting Minutes for October 5, 2020 Page 5 of 9 funds. Steinman informed Council that S&P had affirmed the City’s AA+ rating. He recommended Council accept the bid for 1.62% from Robert W. Barid and Company, Inc. Weidt made motion, Klein seconded, to approve RESOLUTION 2020- 57 PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF $8,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN BONDS, SERIES 2020A AND LEVYING A TAX FOR THE PAYMENT THEREOF. Roll call vote – all ayes. Motion carried. Goodview Avenue Improvement Project Assessment Hearing At its September 8, 2020 meeting, the Council adopted the resolution declaring costs to be assessed for the Goodview Avenue Improvement Project, and scheduled the hearing on the proposed assessments for this evening. The Notice of Assessment Hearing has been published in the official newspaper and mailed to the owners of each parcel described in the assessment roll at least two weeks prior to the hearing. City Engineer Mark Erichson presented a summary of the project, the assessment process, and related costs of the project. Work was generally completed except for the second lift, gravel shouldering work, restoration, and striping that would be complete in the next week. Weidt asked about the shoulders and having room for pedestrians. Erichson recalled discussions during the public input process regarding speed and room for pedestrians on the side of the roadway. The roadway existed as 24 feet wide and was increased to provide more room. A 50 mile per hour road had primarily 11 feet wide lanes, and they were looking at striping it to 10- foot wide lanes which would provide 3-foot wide shoulders. Speed on the road would be discussed later in the meeting. Haas questioned if it would be better to have a shoulder on one side small and larger on the other side. Erichson explained that walkers travel opposite the flow of traffic and bicycles go with traffic, so it was felt both sides should be uniform. He explained it was not identified as a pedestrian trail and did not meet the State Aid requirement as a street with pedestrian facility. Erichson explained overall project costs were estimated to be $929,600 with $137,700 paid for by assessments and the rest from City Capital Improvement Fund and State Aid since 125th Street to the north was a state aid roadway. He explained the appeal process and presented three objections that were received. He discussed the memo from Grace Axelson who owned the 80 acre parcel at the corner of Goodview and 125th Street. Council discussed their concern over their large parcel that was to receive five assessments. Erichson explained it was based on the number of accesses onto Goodview if subdivided. In the memo, the Shooting Range Protection Act was referenced which discussed a required 750 foot perimeter around the property that limited their building area. Erichson said that was taken into consideration. Juba explained the Act required a 750 foot buffer around the property line of a shooting range, but there were things that could be done to reduce the impact and allow buildings to be closer. Erichson read the portion of the email that talked about the parcel being one PID number and the owner felt it should get one assessment. He explained that was contrary to the Assessment Policy which looked at future buildable land, not just the PID. He said the memo further explained their intention to keep the property greenspace. Erichson said the property was in green acres and assessments would not be due immediately, but interest