Minutes - Public Works Committee - 02/17/2004

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Councilmember Elvig stated that if they are going to have stamped sidewalks in the Town Center it may be must to have the heated sidewalks. Consensus was to direct staff to put together information regarding heated streets and sidewalks as well as snow heaters for the Committee to review. Councilmember Elvig suggested that staff talk to Ramsey Town Center, LLC to see if they had any. suggestions regarding the heated streets or sidewalks. There was no action required. Case #2: Consider Assessment Policy Regarding Townhomes City Engineer Jankowski stated that at the January 1 ih Public Works Committee meeting a copy of the proposed 2004 Street Maintenance Program was presented. This year's program calls for an overlay project within the Rum River Estates subdivision, IP 04-14. This project was noted to be somewhat unique in that the benefited properties included a mix of uses, which included single-family residences, townhomes and the golf course and raised a question as to the proper method for assessing the townhomes. Staff was directed to survey other communities, report on the methods they employed in similar situations, and make a recommendation for modifying the City's current assessment policy. A review was conducted of all the townhome developments within the City. Below is a listing of all such developments along with an identification of how a street project might be assessed: . Sunfish Ponds - P . Birch Hill Lodges - Unit . ACCAP Townhomes (SunwoodTownhomes) - MSA . Orchard Hill Townhomes - P . Alpine Meadows - Unit . Rum River Townhomes-P . Rivenwick 3rd - Unit & MSA . The Ponds - P . Alpine Acres - Unit . Evergreen Point Townhomes - Unit . Senior Apt Dysprosium - MSA Of the eleven developments listed above, the majority of them lend themselves to assessment under the current policy where the total assessable project cost is divided equally by the benefiting units. This is because all of the public streets in the subdivision exclusively serve the townhouse units. These subdivisions are identified by the word "Unit". Three developments, ACCAP, Senior Apt on Dysprosium Street, and Rivenwick 3rd, have frontage on MSA streets and could be assessed by our current policy, which assesses such unit the "average" cost of that type of improvement for that year. The remaining four-townhome subdivisions, including Rum River Townhomes associated with I P 04-14, are labeled "P" for being problematic. The Ponds Public Works Committee/February 17,2004 Page 3 of9