Agenda - Council Work Session - 02/14/2017

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7. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS City of Ramsey Improvement Project 17-00 proposes to reconstruct the bituminous pavement section, to remove and replace damaged concrete curb and gutter, and to complete miscellaneous appurtenant work on Sunwood Drive between Ramsey Boulevard/CSAH 56 and Bunker Lake Boulevard /CSAH 116. This street segment measures approximately 3,050 linear feet (0.58 miles). It is the recommendation of City staff that City Project No. 17-00 is feasible, necessary, and cost- effective from an engineering standpoint, and that this project would best be constructed as a stand-alone project as proposed herein. The following Staff recommendations related to the proposed project are presented for Council consideration and concurrence: 1. Staff recommends reconstructing the segment of Sunwood Drive between Ramsey Boulevard/CSAH 56 and Bunker Lake Boulevard /CSAH 116 as proposed herein in 2017 thereby meeting current State Aid design standards and allowing all project costs to be eligible for the use of special assessments per the City's Special Assessments Policy. 2. Staff recommends ordering an assessment appraisal consultation report to ensure that the preliminary special assessments proposed herein will not exceed the benefit received as a result of the improvements in accordance with the City's Special Assessments Policy. 3. Staff recommends reconstructing the off -road bike trail along the north side of Sunwood Drive at a later date pending adoption of the City's Trail Maintenance Policy/Program. 4. Staff recommends excluding private irrigation system work from this project, and from all future City Improvement Projects, and instead recommends notifying property owners of pending construction as far in advance as possible and instructing them to relocate the irrigation system(s) away from the construction area during construction, then allow replacement in or near the original location after construction is complete. 5. Staff recommends meeting with all owners of assessable properties, and all area business owners, to inform them of the proposed improvements, the proposed use of special assessments, and to gather their input prior to conducting the Public Hearing and requesting Council authorization to prepare plans and specifications on February 14th. The City Council is asked to act on the following items related to the proposed project: 1. Accept the preliminary industrial special assessment rates proposed herein. 2. Adopt Resolution #17-01-028 accepting this Feasibility Report and ordering a Public Hearing for February 14, 2017. Feasibility Report Sunwood Drive Reconstruction City of Ramsey Project No. 17-00 Page 12