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CASE # ,~, PUBLIC HEARING AND LEVY OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS FOR THE 2009 STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM By: Steven J Jankowski, Assistant City Engineer Background: The 2009 Street Maintenance Program consists of eleven individual projects addressing the maintenance needs of 15.65 miles of streets. One project, IP 09-1 1, which was proposed as a bituminous overlay for portions of the Barthels Rum River 2"d subdivision was eliminated due to a petition opposing the project. Ten (10) projects involved the crackfilling/sealcoating of 15.02 miles of roadway in various locations, and one (1) project involved a one and one half (1 %i) inch bituminous overlay of 0.63 miles in the Hunters Hills subdivision. Individual projects were combined for subdivisions having similar pavement areas per unit into single projects to reduce administration costs. All projects have been substantially completed and the final costs have been determined. It is City policy to assess 50% of the project cost to the benefiting property owners for overlay projects. The sealcoat/crack fill assessments were previously also assessed 50% of the project cost, however the assessment on this type of maintenance work is being phased out over the next several years, and therefore this year's assessment is 36% of the project cost. The remaining portions of these projects are financed through City general funds and Municipal State Aid (MSA) funds for IP 09-10 which includes MSA streets. Below is a summary of the assessments proposed on each project along with a comparison to the estimated cost mailed to property owners prior to the March 11, 2008 public hearing. The actual project costs came in lower than those estimated in the feasibility study as illustrated below. The reduced actual costs are mainly the result of lower oil based products in June when the work was bid as compared to January when the feasibility report was prepared. Project Description Proposed Feasibility % of Assessment Study Est. Est. Sealcoats /Crackseal 09-02 Bowers Mississippi Acres $ 136.99 $ 151.40 90.5% 09-03 Greenland Hills & Pineview Estates $ 240.73 $ 263.06 91.5% 09-04 Halland Acres $ 187.41 $ 192.90 97.2% 09-05 Reilley Estates $ 354.05 $ 402.27 88.0% 09-06 Section 21 (Unplatted) $ 194.68 $ 200.36 97.2% 09-07 Rum Acre Estates $ 239.77 $ 275.21 87.1% 09-08 Rum River Hills $ 301.24 $ 342.48 88.0% 09-09 BRRA WPE- South $ 289.13 $ 333.39 86.7% 09-10 MSA $ 243.00 $ 270.13 90.0% Bituminous Overlays 09-12 Hunters Hill $ 1,206 $ 1,365 88.4%