PUBLIC HEARING - Jean M. Keely, City Engineer
Title
ADOPTING ASSESSMENT FOR TRUNK UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS TO SERVE THE NORTH HALF OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 23 AND THE PLAT OF GLENN MEADOWS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT NO. 14-14
Background
Project No. 14-14 involved trunk and lateral sanitary sewer and trunk and lateral water main, and appurtenant construction. The total cost of the project is as follows:
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Construction Costs…………………. |
$1,016,457.18 |
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Engineering Costs………………… |
$ 173,598.01 |
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Interest……………………………... |
$ 40,592.00 |
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Administration, Assessing, Other…... |
$ 95,016.67 |
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Total………………………………… |
$1,325,663.86 |
The total project cost indicated in the Feasibility Report was $1,011,546.00.
Project costs were higher than estimated due to winter construction caused by delays in the wetland permitting process, wetter than normal climate, and a tight completion date. The assessment roll has been prepared consistent with the Feasibility Report. Of the total cost, the amount to be assessed is $762,062.46. The Public Utility Fund will contribute $50,000.00 for water main oversizing. Pooled TIF/EDA Funds will contribute $116,288.50 for platted Austin Street and $397,312.90 for water main.
Any parcels that connect directly to the water main or the sanitary sewer in the future will pay the typical lateral connection charge.
Recommendation
Conduct public hearing and, by motion, adopt the resolution.
Body
WHEREAS, pursuant to proper notice duly given as required by law, the City Council has met and heard and passed upon all objections to the proposed assessment for the improvement of the following: trunk and lateral sanitary sewer, and trunk and lateral water main, and appurtenant construction in the following described area:
On the Austin Street NE Alignment from Pheasant Ridge Drive to the 112th Avenue alignment in the plat of Glenn Meadows to serve the North Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 23 abutting Lexington Avenue and 109th Avenue, and the Plats of Glenn Meadows Addition, Corrected Plat of Sanctuary Preserve, Sanctuary Preserve 2nd and Sanctuary Preserve 3rd (South Half of Section 14) abutting Lexington Avenue and 109th Avenue.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Blaine as follows:
1. The proposed assessment, a copy of which is attached hereto and made a part hereof, is hereby accepted and shall constitute the special assessment against the lands named therein, and each tract of land therein included is hereby found to be benefited by the improvement in the amount of the assessment levied against it.
2. The owner of any property so assessed may within thirty (30) days of the adoption of this resolution pay the whole of the assessment with no interest to the City’s Special Assessment Clerk or make partial prepayment in the amount of at least ten percent (10%) of the total assessment to the City’s Special Assessment Clerk with no interest. Any remaining assessment will be payable according to this resolution.
3. Assessments shall be payable in annual installments extending over a period of ten (10) years, the first of the installments to be payable on or before the first Monday in January, 2018. Installments shall bear interest at the rate of four and five tenths percent (4.5%) per annum from the date of the adoption of this assessment resolution. To the first installment shall be added interest on any remaining balance of the assessment from the date of this resolution until December 31, 2018. To each subsequent installment when due shall be added interest for one (1) year on all unpaid installments.
4. The owner of any property so assessed may, at any time prior to certification of the assessment to the county Auditor, as herein provided, pay the whole of the assessment against any parcel with interest accrued to the date of payment to the City’s Special Assessment Clerk, except that no interest shall be charged if the entire assessment is paid within 30 days from the adoption of this resolution; and he may at any time thereafter prior to November 15 pay to the City’s Special Assessment Clerk the entire amount of the assessment remaining unpaid with the interest accrued to December 31st of the year in which such payment is made.
5. The owner of any property so assessed may at any time thereafter pay to the City’s Special Assessment Clerk the remaining principal after payment of the current installment prior to November 15 of any year with no further interest charged on the remaining principal.
6. Assessments on PINS 14-31-23-43-0002, 14-31-23-44-0002, 23-31-23-11-0001, and 23-31-23-12-0001 will be deferred until developed. Upon development the assessment will become current along with interest charged at the rate of four and five tenths percent (4.5%) from the date of adoption of this resolution through the year in which the deferral is terminated. The interest will be added to the principal of the assessment and spread over a period of ten (10) years. To each subsequent installment when due shall be added interest for one (1) year on all unpaid installments.
7. The City Manager shall forthwith transmit a certified duplicate copy of this assessment to the County Auditor to be extended on the proper tax lists of the County and such assessments shall be collected and paid in the same manner as other municipal taxes.
PASSED by the Blaine City Council this 7th day of, September, 2017.