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City Council meeting of 4/17/89 Page 2 appear before the Council and express their concerns and discuss various alternatives that may be available to the City. The roadway in question was a part of the city's Phase 2 Capital Improvements Program scheduled for 1991. The estimated cost for this project reconstruction to 7 ton bituminous road was $118,615. This was based on 1988 prices. In the fall of 1988, the Council responded to complaints in the area and hauled a significant amount of fill into the south portion of this roadway at needed locations. Because of the lateness of the year in which this material was placed on the road, and the extremely wet spring, these areas turned into a virtual quagmire creating problems for residents using this road. Without the advantage of some warm weather and drying winds, it was impossible to deal with this situation without removing the materials that were deposited in the fall. The residents on the roadway have a legitimate complaint; however, the resolution of this problem is not simple. The County has estimated that to bring in the needed fill and crushed rock to deposit in the needed areas of the roadway, it would cost the City between $10,000 and $12,000. The City's total gravel budget for 1989 is $1,000. Compounding the problems of developing long-range solutions to this needed roadway improvement, is the fact that portions of the roadway are in two different counties as well as two different_ municipalities. Because of tax levy limits, the freezing of homestead credit and local government aids, and the cutbacks of other revenues available to the cities, we Have not only been unable to increase our road maintenance budget, but have had to decrease certain expenditures in the last several years. The prospects of the situation changing in the near future is not good, and the most realistic option available to cities to deal with these kinds of problems is to bond for the financing of these improvements via Chapter 429 of the Public Improvement Code. There are, however, a number of options that the City Council may want to consider depending on the general feeling of area residents as to their willingness to pad; for improving this roadway: 1. Deposit rock: and additional fill on needed areas of the roadway. The estimated life of this bandaid improvement would be approximately two years, and would cost $10,000 to $12,000. . Accelerate Phase 2 of the City's Capital Improvement Project which would schedule the improvement of Elmcrest. Avenue along with other projects for construction in 1990. _. Require property owners in the area in question to petition for the improvement of the roadway pursuant to Chapter 429 of the Public Improvement Code, and consider the making of this improvement as per - the city's policy regarding the improvement of collector streets. This would involve a. tax levy not subject to levy limits, and the assessment of a minimum of 21 of the cost to abutting {property owners in the City of Hugo. 4. The City Council could initiate an action to hold a public .impro'vement. Hearing on this project pursuant to Chapter 429 of the P.l. Code; however, the process of dealing with this matter would be somewhat_ different as all action by the City Council, using this procedure. would require a 4/5' vote of the Cit.': Council. 5. The City Council could initiate a series of meetings with the various counties and cities affected by this roadway to discuss other options ' improvement_ We would caution area residents,o� financing ti -11. . however, that this procedure C.G(_l).Ct take from t b` t CJ to three r'ec.!rc=, coordinat•.e and facilitate the needed improvements.