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Background: PUBLIC HEARING ON IMPROVEMENT PROJECT 08 -33 THE BITUMINOUS PAVING OF UTE STREET NORTH OF 179 LANE By: Steven Jankowski, City Engineer Attached to this case is a copy of the feasibility study which contains current and proposed conditions of the street along with the project costs and the anticipated method of financing the improvements. This evening's public hearing will gather input and comment on the project details. A copy of the feasibility study has been mailed to each property owner along with notice of this hearing. CASE # 1 On. May 27, 2007 a petition was received by City Council requesting the bituminous paving of Ute Street from 179 Lane to a distance approximately 800 feet to the north (terminating at the dead end turn around). City Council directed the preparation of a feasibility study in response to this petition. A draft feasibility study was prepared and discussed with the residents at an informational meeting held on September 10, 2008 and again with the Public Works Committee on September 16, 2008. Concern was expressed by the property owners regarding several elements proposed in the draft feasibility study. These concerns focused primarily upon the proposed width of the street and its exact Location relative to property lines. On January 24, 2009 a meeting with residents was held on site to discuss issues of concern. Results of this meeting were presented to the Public Works Committee on February 17, 2009. While the preference from the property owners was for a street no wider than 22 feet, staff and the Public Works Committee agreed that a 24 foot wide roadway with parking restricted on both sides of the street was the minimum acceptable width from a standpoint of public safety. Other recommended changes to the original feasibility study included a reduced right of way from 50 feet to 30 feet, with an addition of two 10 foot drainage and utility easements on each side of the right of way to provide for snow storage. (A 33 feet right of way has been used in the feasibility study to eliminate the problem of creating a 3 foot strip of land separating east side properties from the right of way). The purchase of easements and right of way, estimated to be approximately $23,000, will be included as a project cost and apportioned in the same manner as the street and storm water cost. It should also be noted that the feasibility study anticipates receiving bids for concrete curb and gutter as an alternate to the bituminous berm curbing included in the basic project. The decision for selecting the type of curb to be installed would be made by the Council at the time the project is awarded for construction. —107—