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Costs forconstructingpublic utilities during this project were considered for the following reasons. First, the City would benefit by constructingwatermainas previously notedand recommended by staff. Second, the proposed improvements have an estimated design life of 60- yearsand considering that adjacent properties were developed over 20years ago, they could soonbegin to experiencefailing septic systems or wellsmeaning residents may wantto connect to utilities before the end of the project design life, which would require the street to be reconstructed before its useful life is over.And third, residents may requestto connect to City utilities as part of this project to capitalize on significant costsavings offered perthe recently adopted Special Assessments Policy. Staff willbe seeking Council input onwhether plansshould be bid withany or all public utilities included in the base bid,whether the plans should be bid with any or all of the public utilities included as an alternate bid,or whether public utilities should be omitted from the plans altogether.Input will be solicitedfrom impacted property owners duringthe neighborhood information meetingregarding theirpotential to connect to public utilities.Staff will also make sure that everyone isaware that costsfor connecting to utilities during street reconstruction projectswill be significantlyreduced perthe recently adopted Special Assessments Policy. This improvement project, whichislisted in the City’s current 5-year Capital Improvement Plan, can be funded usinga combination of special assessments to benefitingproperties and street reconstruction bond proceeds.Sewer and Water UtilityFunds would be used to pay for any of the public utilityimprovements. Preliminary assessments in the amount of $6,500 per lot are proposed forthe 12single-family residentialproperty owners withdirect access onto the improved street segments. Both the method and rate arereflective of the newly adopted Special Assessments Policy, including the fact that assessments are not proposed to be levied for the new sidewalksor any of the subgrade corrections. To ensure that all special assessments levied with this project are commensurate with the benefit received, staff will request Council authorization to ordera benefit appraisal consultation based on the current property use at the time the improvements are made. This projectis necessary, feasible, and cost-effective from an engineering standpoint,and can be constructed as proposed herein. Feasibility Report th Garnet Street and 168Avenue Reconstruction City of RamseyProject No. 13-10 Page 2