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If City Staff concludes special assessments will be utilized for these commercial applications, preliminary assessment roles will be prepared at that time. The Assessment Hearing, if applicable, is proposed for November 14, 2023. If the report verifies the assessment rate as proposed is justified, Staff will propose to adopt the final assessment roll using the rate as preliminarily proposed. 2. INTRODUCTION 2.1 Authorization The preparation of this report update was authorized by the Ramsey City Council on December 14, 2021. This project has been designated as City Improvement Project No. 18-02 2.2 Pavement Maintenance Program Update Recent redevelopment discussions with adjacent property owners have resulted in a desire to reconstruct the pavements to account for projected traffic increases. Furthermore, as presented in the original feasibility study, the existing pavements have surpassed its useful life. The City's pavement evaluation process involves a visual evaluation of each street's pavement surface based on the type, extent and severity of each pavement distress observed. Numerous types of pavement distresses may exist within a pavement section including, but not limited to, alligator cracking, block cracking, longitudinal cracking, transverse cracking, rutting, raveling, shoving, potholes and patches. This field data is then used to rate the pavement condition. City staff evaluates and rates the condition of pavement sections on all City streets on an annual basis using the Pavement Surface Evaluation and Rating (PASER) system. In the summer of 2017, the pavement section of the above referenced street segments was rated with a PASER rating of 2 which indicates these streets require complete reconstruction. City staff patch the streets at least once per year, particularly before winter so the street can be plowed without further damaging the pavement in the process. Pictures of the street are located in Appendix A. In the summer of 2017, City staff evaluated and rated the condition of the pavement along the West Armstrong Area Street segments. A PASER rating of 2 was determined for 147th Avenue and Ferret Street. A PASER rating of 7 was determined for 146th Avenue, however, as previously noted a portion of this street segment was reconstructed with a temporary bituminous pavement section as part of the Armstrong Interchange project. 2.3 Scope City of Ramsey Improvement Project 18-02 proposes to reconstruct the existing bituminous pavements, extend Ferret Street north to Bunker Lake Boulevard, install public utility infrastructure for future development, and complete other appurtenant work on 146th Avenue from Ferret Street to its termini cul-de-sac, 147th Avenue from 380 feet west of Armstrong Boulevard to Ferret Street, and Ferret Street from 146th Avenue to Bunker Lake Boulevard which totals approximately 2,000 feet (0.38 miles) in length. A map showing the location and scope of the proposed improvements options is included as Figure 1 in Appendix A. Feasibility Report Update West Armstrong Area Street Reconstruction City of Ramsey Project No. 18-02 Page 4