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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Committees - Public Works/Planning - 09/25/1995 PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE September 25, 1995 PRESENT: Paul Mann Tom Brubaker Jim Bennett Mr. &Mrs. Rust Tim Clark Rod Bailey Don Wickstrom Don Rust Gary Gill Jim Rust LID 345 - S 218th STREET SIDEWALKS Wickstrom noted that this is the second time this same issue (sidewalk on one side or both) was referred back to Committee for a recommendation. Prior to this, it was referred back after being thoroughly discussed at the Public Hearing on the formation of the LID. Wickstrom noted the Committee's recommendation at that time was to go with sidewalks on both sides and to supplement the LID funding in the amount of$166,000 which compensated for the cost of the widening,the road to full width and installing curb, gutter and sidewalks. Wickstrom referred back to his October 10, 1994 memo which described the analysis leading to the Committee's recommendation at that time. Wickstrom said that because of the City's contribution($166,000), the final assessment would be lower than originally denoted. He said that if you now go back and delete the one sidewalk, there isn't any savings to the property owners. Said savings rightly goes towards reducing the City's contribution because the City is essentially paying for the sidewalks and, therefore, the final assessment will be higher than they were anticipated to be. Mrs.Rust inquired to what extent the assessments would higher. Wickstrom explained that due to the assessment distribution the properties on the north side, such as Trammell Crow, were paying for approximately 60% of the assessment. So for every dollars'worth of improvements, they were only being assessed 30 cents therefore. As such,the increase on the south would be small. For the Rust's property it would be $200 to $300. Mr. Rust remarked if you take out the sidewalk it would be a savings. Wickstrom stated there would be a slight savings if they were paying 100% and there were no City contributions. Wickstrom reiterated the history of this issue noting that after the Council closed the Public Hearing on the LID they referred the issue back to Committee to address sidewalks on both sides. Wickstrom said he went back to the Committee with the recommendation that property owners should pay for some basic services and the City would compromise by paying for the widening, curb, gutter and sidewalks. That's when the Committee authorized contributing $166,000. Wickstrom said the proposal went back to Council, but at that time there was no hearing, and the ordinance was passed incorporating our additional funding into the project. -2- Rod Bailey questioned why the City would no longer contribute if you took one sidewalk out. Wickstrom responded that that was the whole premise of why we were contributing in the first place and if you start deleting everything, you are back to where the City is paying for the basic road and, in reality, it should be a local issue paid by the abutting property owners. Wickstrom said deleting the sidewalk would be fine until someone redevelops or adds onto their development. At that point, they would be required to put that piece of frontage sidewalk in. Wickstrom said what we'd be doing here is pulling out essentially a "no cost" item to the property owner and resulting in him paying a higher assessment and then when he redevelops his property, he would have to put in his section of the sidewalk along his frontage. Clark mentioned that sidewalks were in high demand now in all developed areas in the City and that, in fact,the City is spending$300,000 a year putting sidewalks in where they didn't have them before. Wickstrom commented that we were contributing so that the property owners could get all the improvements and still end up costing them less. On a Motion of 2 to 1 (Mann and Clark for and Bennett no),the Committee recommended no change in the project design. They also wanted Staff to develop a table denoting the increase in the assessment attributed to deleting the sidewalk and have it available for Council review at the October 3rd meeting. ADDED ITEM: STREET SWEEPERS Mann said he received a call from Jean Ford with regard to the street sweepers. She felt that the street cleaners were working too late, charging the City a great deal of money in overtime and were not necessary. Mann told her,however,that the street sweepers were contracted out. Ms. Ford told Mann on their street the property owners take care of their own street, picking up papers & other debris, but Mann said this was not true of other parts of the City and there was no way we could control it unless we had the streets swept. Ford felt that the sweepers were not taking up the dirt, just moving it around the community. Mann said maybe as a condition to the various vendors we could monitor or inspect them from time-to-time and make sure when they get to the final destination their truck is, in fact, filled with dirt. Wickstrom and Brubaker both commented that they were inspected and were paying the tonnage for disposal of the sweepings at the landfill. Wickstrom said the City has been very lucky with the current contractor and that he has been very responsible unlike others in the past. Brubaker said from our City Shops prospective, this contractor has performed admirably and has done a great job, performed timely, stuck to the schedule and delivered the goods 100%. Brubaker said we have the right to monitor, but he will incorporate Mann's suggestion and make sure there is some express clause that allows us the right to confirm that the work is being done adequately in the next RFP. Meeting adjourned: 5:45 PM PWMIN