Agenda - Council - 06/10/2008 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

Background: RECEIVE INFORMATION ON ANDRIE STREET /164TH LANE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION SURVEY AND UPDATE ON IP 08 -06 By Steven Jankowski, City Engineer CASE# At the May 13, 2008 City Council meeting the 2008 Street Maintenance Program was authorized, excepting IP 08 -06, which is a bituminous overlay of Andrie Street and 164 Lane and the cul de sac streets to the north in the Northfork Subdivision. This project was not ordered, however, Council directed that an alternate bid be solicited in the event that the City wishes to proceed with this project in 2008: A number of residents were in attendance at this meeting and a spokesman for the group, Mr. Bill Kingston, gave an oral presentation of a survey that was conducted by the Northfork Homeowners Association that was designed to determine the interest levels among the project area residents for various improvements to these streets. Neither staff nor the Council has had an opportunity to review this material: Mr. Kingston had agreed to provide this survey which will be useful in determining the scope of an alternative project to IP 08 -06. A copy of this survey has not been received at the time of this writing and is anticipated to be distributed at the meeting. In order to determine whether IP 08 -06 should be awarded under the alternate bid which will be solicited it will be necessary to determine whether there would be enough support for the alternative project. There are two elements which should be initially determined so that this determination may be completed as quickly as possible. Benefitted Properties - Determining which properties are to be considered benefitted is essential in determining the number of supporting property owners necessary for an alternate project to be viable. IP08 -06 proposed to assess 78 benefitted properties consistent with the current policy for street maintenance improvements. This number includes 8 lots on the cul de sacs north of 164 th Lane which have no frontage on this street. These lots should be separated from an expanded project: There are a total of 78 lots having frontage on Andrie Street and 164 Lane of which 20 are corner lots. Under the current maintenance assessment policy 10 of these properties would not receive an assessment for an expanded project, but would be assessed for the future improvement on the side street on which their driveway and house fronts. Alternately, if it is decided that all lots fronting on Andrie and 164 Lane should share in the cost of an expanded project, some consideration needs to be given to the fact that these corner lots have a financial commitment for the side street. One suggestion might be to assess a half share for each street improved. Financing: The level of participation by the City will also be a major factor for residents in deciding whether they will support the alternate project. The table below has been prepared to show the estimated project costs for each of the four major project elements. Possible funding