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City Engineer Westby stated that since the assessment policy was put into place there really has <br />not been discussion related to changing the policy. He agreed that it would be reasonable to <br />consider and discuss whether the policy should be followed when it would not make financial <br />sense to follow the assessment policy. He stated that perhaps assessments should not be required <br />when the total amount assessed would be less than five to ten percent of eligible project costs. He <br />explained that the City would not complete this project with bonding money as it would not make <br />sense to assess 13 properties 25 percent of this project cost. <br /> <br />Councilmember Riley stated that it would not make sense to follow this policy in this instance as <br />it would cause the City to incur more cost than would be collected. He stated that this simply <br />highlights additional problems with the assessment process. He stated that he would support not <br />assessing for this project and in conjunction recommending that the policy be changed that the <br />assessment policy not be followed when it does not make financial sense. <br /> <br />Councilmember Heinrich stated that she would be interested in looking at the assessment process <br />in more depth. She commented that this is a unique situation where the same amount incurred to <br />follow the process would not be collected back through assessment. <br /> <br />Councilmember Riley stated that this project is needed and there is an available funding <br />mechanism, it simply would not make sense to follow a rule when it would cost more than would <br />be collected. <br /> <br />Motion by Councilmember Riley, seconded by Councilmember Heinrich, to recommend City <br />Council approval of a funding program for the Variolite Street Reconstruction project, <br />Improvement Project #20-01, not including special assessment, and to consider amending the <br />assessment policy to provide flexibility in cases where it would not make financial sense. <br /> <br />Motion carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Kuzma, Councilmembers Riley and Heinrich. Voting <br />No: None. <br /> <br />th <br />5.03: Recommend City Council Approval of Ramsey Town Center 9 Addition Pond <br />Lining Improvements, Improvement Project #19-06 <br /> <br />City Engineer Westby stated that two unlined stormwater ponds were constructed as part of the <br />th <br />Ramsey Town Center (RTC) 9 Addition in the early 2000’s. However, the developer walked <br />th <br />away from RTC 9 Addition before it was completed. CentraHomes is currently completing this <br />private residential development. Based on current stormwater management and wellhead <br />protection standards, infiltration of stormwater is prohibited in Wellhead Protection Areas, which <br />th <br />encompasses all of RTC 9 Addition, including the two ponds. Staff is therefore proposing to line <br />th <br />the two ponds in RTC 9 Addition to prevent infiltration. <br /> <br />City Engineer Westby stated that while CentraHomes was developing their plans, staff asked what <br />their costs would be to line the ponds in hopes of executing a reimbursement agreement with them <br />to complete the work all at one time. In order for CentraHomes to obtain quotes, they needed <br />plans for the pond lining improvements. City staff developed the plans and provided them to <br />CentraHomes. Unfortunately, their quotes were significantly higher than the engineer’s estimate <br />Public Works Committee / September 17, 2019 <br />Page 7 of 13 <br /> <br />