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A total of four pavement corings were completed by WSB and Associates (WSB) to assist with <br />the preparation of this report. In addition, eleven soil borings were completed by Northern <br />Technologies,Inc.(NTI). Both firms offered pavement design recommendations which were <br />considered and incorporated to varying degrees while preparing this report. Copies of WSB’s <br />Appendix D <br />and NTI’s reports are attached in . <br />This improvement project, which is listed in the City’s current Capital Improvement Program, is <br />proposed to be funded using a combination of special assessments to benefiting properties, street <br />reconstruction bond proceeds, and stormwater utility funds. <br />Staff recommends using special assessments to pay for up to 25% of eligible improvement costs, <br />which totals $151,750. A total of nine (9)assessable properties exist along the project corridor. <br />Staff recommends using the “adjusted front footage” method of assessment. All costs for the <br />proposed improvements are eligible for special assessments since the street is proposed to be <br />reconstructedat its existing width, which meets current State Aid standards, and since both the <br />existing and proposed pavement sectionsmeet 10-ton design standards and are therefore <br />equivalent sections. <br />Staff recommendsordering a special benefit consultation report for this project to verify that the <br />proposed assessment amountswillnot exceed the amount of benefit to any assessable property. <br />If the reportconcludes that the benefit to any propertyis less than the proposed preliminary <br />assessment rate, Staff willpropose to lower the final assessment amount accordingly beforethe <br />Assessment Hearingscheduled for October 10, 2017.And if the report verifies that the proposed <br />assessmentsfor certain properties arejustified, Staff will propose to adopt the final assessments <br />for those properties as preliminarily proposed. <br />Staff has discussedthe proposed improvements andthe proposed use of special assessments to <br />pay for up to 25% of the improvements with all but one of the assessable property owners. Staff <br />will present a general summary of the comments received prior to the Public Hearing onMarch <br />14th. <br />This projectwouldbest be constructed as a stand-alone projectand is necessary, feasible, and <br />cost-effective from an engineering standpoint,and can be constructed as proposed herein. <br />Feasibility Report <br />Sunwood Drive Reconstruction <br />City of RamseyProject No. 17-00 <br />Page 2 <br /> <br />