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INTRODUCTION The City received a petition' for various uti!i~ty and street improvements on September ! 5, 2004. A copy of this petition is included in: Appendix A. This petition was considered by the City Public Works Committee on SePtember 21, 2004, and was forwarded to the City council with a recommendation that a feasibility study be prepared. This recommendation was ratified by the City CoUncil at the october 12, 2004 meeting. The section of Ebony Street. between 137t~ Avenue and Riverdale Drive' is illustrated in Figure 1, along with the properties which' front on this segment. The owners of these nine properties are identified in Appendix B. Three of these property owners (rePresenting four of these properties) haVe petition~ed for these improvements primarily for the purpose of making the sewer and :water Utilities iavailable which .will allow them to more intensively develop their properties. :Thor,ri are several improvements which should be undertaken in conjunction with. the eXtensiOn of sewer and. water. The current condition of Ebony Street .is poor and wOUld ;s0~on!:~equire a bituminous overlay of the existing pavement or a complete reconstruction.: S~cond, the width of Ebony Street is 40 feet which is excessive considering the faetthat ~t is-neither a collector nor arterial street. The street has a bituminous berm curb in'a neighborhood where all of the surrounding street have concrete curb and gURer. Finally it;would be des/rable to loop the watermain between 137th Avenue and,, Riverdal~ Drive to provide increased system flexibiIity and improved.fire flow capabilities. 7, and along with the proPosed This report will identify th~ Current, Conditions improvements and the associated tests, f Finally this report will outline the proposed method of financing for each element, of the~improvements. EXISTING CONDITIONS .: This segment of Ebony Street was constructed in 1976 re a width of 38 feet. The pavement is believed, to co,mist of two inch~ 0fwear course bituminous on top of four inches of class 5. The street: has a bittiminoas berm curb. The curb and pavement are in generally poor condition due to age. ~ City sewer and water are presently located:in both Riverdale Drive and in 137th Avenue. Sewer and water mains hav~ been Stubbed sttch that they may be extended northward fkom 137th Avenue and southward from Ri~erdale Drive down Ebony Street. Parcels A, B, and C are currently occuP, ied by a Selfstqrage facility which is serviced with · municipal sewer and water 'from a connection onto Riverdale Drive. The Superbowt (Parcel F) is connected to mUniciPal Sewe~ and water from a connection onto Riverdate drive. Parcel I is eonnected~to muniCiPal SeWer and water through a connection onto 137 Avenue. Parcel E is not connected to :municipal utilities, but has two service laterals for each utility stubbed to the property lineOffof 137ih Avenue. (This lot is large .enough to be divided into two or possibly three :lOts w/th municipal services.)