PUBLIC HEARING - Dan Schluender, City Engineer
Title
ORDER IMPROVEMENT AND ORDER PREPARATION OF PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR 2019 STREET RECONSTRUCTIONS, IMPROVEMENT PROJECT NO. 19-07
Background
Notice for this hearing has been published and mailed. Neighborhood information meeting was held on February 6, 2019.
The proposed project will reconstruct the following streets:
• Baltimore Street from 105th Avenue to approximately 575 ft north of 105th Avenue
• Aberdeen Street from Cloud Drive to 125th Avenue
• 123rd Ave from Aberdeen Street to approximately 200 ft west
• Ulysses Street from Paul Parkway to approximately 750 ft south of 125th Avenue
• Quail Creek Parkway from Radisson Road to Palisade Court
• Radisson Road from 123rd Lane alignment to cul de sac
• Tournament Players Parkway from 109th Avenue to Radisson Road
• Flanders Street from 95th Avenue to Rice Creek Parkway
• Rice Creek Parkway from Flanders Street to Xylite Street
• Xylite Street from Rice Creek Parkway to 85th Avenue
• 91st Avenue from Xylite Street to Bataan Street
• Jamestown Street from 93rd Avenue to cul de sac
• 94th Lane from Jamestown Street to Harpers Court
• Harpers Court from 94th Lane to cul de sac.
Proposed improvements include repair/replacement of concrete curb and gutter and sidewalk, pedestrian ramp improvements, storm sewer and structure improvements, full depth reclamation, new sanitary castings and rings, and appurtenant construction.
The estimated cost of improvements is $6,782,800 with $1,967,800 proposed to be assessed over a fifteen-year period. Replacement of existing sanitary sewer castings/rings has an estimated cost of $103,400 and is proposed to be paid for by City Public Utility Funds. The remaining portion of $4,711,600 is proposed to be paid from the City’s Pavement Management Program Fund and City Municipal State Aid Funds. The project is necessary, cost-effective, and feasible and will result in a benefit to the properties proposed to be assessed.
Schedule of Actions
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08/02/18 |
Initiate Project and Order Preparation of Feasibility Report |
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02/07/19 |
Receive Feasibility Report and Order Public Hearing |
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02/06/19 |
Hold Public Information Meeting |
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02/21/19 |
Hold Public Hearing, Order Improvement, and Order Preparation of Plans and Specifications |
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04/01/19 |
Approve Plans and Specification and Order Advertisement for Bids |
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04/30/19 |
Open Bids |
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05/06/19 |
Accept Bid |
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05/19-09/19 |
Construction of Improvements |
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09/2019 |
Assess Improvements |
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2020 |
First Assessment Payment Due with Real Estate Taxes |
Recommendation
Hold Public Hearing and, by motion, adopt the resolution.
Body
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 19-14 of the Blaine City Council, adopted on the 7th day of February, 2019, ordered a public hearing on the proposed project; and
WHEREAS, the required notices were published and mailed to benefitting property owners, and the public hearing was held on the 21st day of February, 2019, at which time all persons desiring to be heard were given an opportunity to be heard.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Blaine as follows:
1. Such improvements are hereby ordered as proposed in the Feasibility Report, which was accepted by Resolution No. 19-14 adopted on the 7th day of February, 2019 with the exception that Tournament Players Parkway will be constructed in 2019 and the remainder of the streets identified in the report be constructed in 2020.
2. The City Engineer is hereby designated as the Engineer for this improvement and is directed to prepare plans and specifications for the making of this improvement.
3. The City Council shall let the contract for Tournament Players Parkway no later than February 20, 2020.
4. The City Council shall let the contract for the remainder of streets identified in the report no later than May 29, 2020.
4. The City Council declares its official intent to reimburse itself for the costs of the improvement from the proceeds of tax exempt bonds.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Blaine this 21st day of February, 2019.