PUBLIC HEARING - Dan Schluender, City Engineer
Title
ORDER IMPROVEMENT AND ORDER PREPARATION OF PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE 99TH AVENUE/101ST AVENUE REHABILITATIONS, IMPROVEMENT PROJECT NO. 21-08
Background
Notice for this hearing has been published and mailed.
The proposed project will reconstruct the following streets:
• 99th Avenue from Trunk Highway 65 to 101st Avenue
• 101st Avenue from 99th Avenue to University Avenue
The project area consists of a State Aid collector route with curb and gutter. The proposed project would rehabilitate 99th Avenue/101st Avenue, from Hwy 65 to University Avenue by means of a mill/overlay. It is also proposed to perform a chip seal on the milled surface, just prior to paving the overlay. The purpose of this treatment method, which is known as a Texas Underseal, is to extend the life of the mill/overlay and delay reflective cracking.
Additional proposed street improvements include upgrades to the existing signal system at the intersection of 99th Avenue/Cover Leaf Parkway (i.e. battery backup and pedestrian push buttons) concrete pedestrian ramps, replacement of damaged concrete sidewalks, construction of a new sidewalk on the north side of 99th Avenue, from Ulysses Street to the Holiday Station Store driveway, and replacement of all signage. Proposed utility improvements consist of replacement of the old-style hydrants and minor maintenance of the sanitary and storm sewer structures, such as patching the existing concrete adjusting rings, inverts, doghouses, etc.
The total estimated project cost of the proposed improvements is $1,801,845, of which $35,962 is proposed to be assessed over a five-year period. In addition, patching of the existing sanitary sewer adjusting rings at an estimated cost of $4,725 and replacement of 7 hydrants at an estimated cost of $130,140 is proposed to be paid for by City Public Utility Funds. The remaining portion of $1,631,018 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 would result in a benefit to the properties proposed to be assessed.
Schedule of Actions
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09/21/2020 |
Initiate Project and Order Preparation of Feasibility Report |
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01/04/2021 |
Receive Feasibility Report and Order Public Hearing |
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02/01/2021 |
Hold Public Hearing, Order Improvement, and Order Preparation of Plans and Specifications |
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03/01/2021 |
Approve Plans and Specification and Order Advertisement for Bids |
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03/30/2021 |
Open Bids |
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04/05/2021 |
Accept Bid |
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05/21-10/21 |
Construction of Improvements |
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10/2021 |
Assess Improvements |
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01/2022 |
First Assessment Payment Due with Real Estate Taxes |
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Recommendation
Hold Public Hearing and, by motion, adopt the resolution.
Body
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 21-005 the Blaine City Council, adopted on the 4th day of January, 2021, 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 1st day of February, 2021, 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. 21-005 adopted on the 4th day of January, 2021.
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 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 1st day of February, 2021.