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CANARY - DEPARTMENT File NO.
BLUE -MAVOR
Council Resolution
Presented By
Referred To Committee: Date
Out of Committee By Date
RESOLVED, That in accordance with Chapter 21 of the Admini�tive
Code, the Council of the City of St. Paul does hereby fix the 'j'� day of
March, 1978, at 10:00 o'clock in the morning, as the date on which the
Council will hold a public hearing in the City Council Chambers, Saint Paul ,
Minnesota, to consider the level of street maintenance to be performed in
the City of Saint Paul in 1978 and the costs to be charged against the
benefitted property, and the City Clerk is hereby directed to publish
notice of this hearing in the Legal Ledger twice, the last publication
being no less than one week prior to the date of the public hearing.
COUNCILMEN Requested by Department of:
Yeas ��,(-���- Nays
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Rcedler �� ti.(/t/� � �
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Tedescor for R. L. Wheeler, Ass'tDirector-City Eng.
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Adopted by Council: Date Form Approved City ttorn
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NOTICE OF PUiLIC HEARING d � O �
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Noti.ce i� Hereby Given, that a Public Hearing will be held on the 21st day of
March, 1978, at 10:00 a.m., in the Saint �'aul City Council Chambers, City Hall and
Court House, Saint Paul, Minnesota, the purpose of the public hearing being to
consider the level of service of Street Maintenance to be performed in the City of
Saint Paul in 1978 and to consider the cost of such service to be charged against
benefitted property according to Ordinance No. 15311, Council File No. 260426.
The particular service to be performed and the estimated costs as proposed by the
Department of Public Works, are as follows:
CLASS I �- Downtown or Loop Streets
Description:
Class I service will be performed on all downtown or loop streets within the
following boundaries: Kellogg Boulevard on the south and west, Eleventh Street
on the north and Broadway on the east.
Proposed 1978 Level of Service:
The downtown streets will be swept three times per week and flushed iive times ,
per week. All routine maintenance, including patching and repairing of street
surfaces will be performed on an as-needed basis.
Proposed Assessment: ,
Al1 Class I service will be assessed at a rate of $.93 per front foot.
Class II - Outlyin� Commercial and •Arterial Streets
Description:� ,
Class �I service will be performed on all outlying conanercial and arterial
streets in the City. These are the major arteries in the City and have both
heavy volumes of vehicular and pedestrian traffic and, in most cases, have
business or commercial properties fronting on them. Typical examples would �
be as follows: University Avenue, Snelling Avenue, West Seventh Street, East
Seventh Street, Rice Street, Payne Avenue, Arcade Street, Summit Avenue, Grand
- Avenue, and others. All of these Class II streets are accurately defined on a
map available for viewing in the Department of Public Works, Room 234 City
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Proposed 1978 Level of Service:
. The Class II streets would be cleaned approximately 18 times per season. All
routine maintenance, including patching and reQairing of street surfaces, will
be dane on an as-needed basis.
Pr�ased Assessment: •
Under Class IT servic�, there will be two assessment rates, one commercial and
one residential. The commercial property rate will be $.63 per front foot and
the residential property rate will be $.31 per front foot.
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Class III - All Residential Streets
Description: �
Class III service would be performed on all residential streets including
oiled streets, paved streets and intermediate type streets. .
Proposed I978 Level of Service:
Residential streets, including oiled, paved and intermediate streets would
receive a thorough cleaning each spring which would include sweeping and
flushing. Patching and repair work would be done on an as-needed basis.
Approximately 130 mile� of oiled streets would receive eieher a sand or gravel
sealcoat. Approximately 11 miles of paved or intermediate residential streets
would also receive a rock sealcoat. In the fall, leaves would be picked up
from these streets. !
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Proposed Assessment: _ I
Under Class III service to residential streets, we have two categories of �
assessment, one being residential, and the other commercial. The res�dential �
property rate would be $.31 per front fo�t and the commercial property $.47 .!
per front foot. f
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CLASS ZV - A11 Uiled and Paved Alleys ' I
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� Class IV service would be performed on all oiled, paved and intermediate r
type alleys within the City. � ;
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Proposed I978 Level of Service: �
All oiled, paved and intermediate alleys would receive a thorough cleaning
each spring. Efforts would be made to complete the cleaning by June 15th.
Leaves would also be picked up in the fall. All routine maintenance,
including patching and repair of the alley surface would be performed on
an as-needed basis.
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Proposed Assessment:
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Under Class IV alley service, there would be one assessment whether it is
oiled, paved or intermediate. An assessment of $.17 per front foot is proposed.
CLASS V - Unimproved Streets and Alleys
Description: ,
CZass V service will be performed on unimproved streets and alleys. By �
unimproved, we mean those streets and alleys that have not been developed for
one reason or another. They are platted City right-of-ways; however, the ;
abutting residents have never petitioned for their improvement nor have there
been any assessments levied. Because they are City right-of-ways, the City has
y the responsibility to perfoxzn minimal repairs and maintenance work on them to
reduce any hazards or potential hazards.
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Proposed 1978 Level of Ser�T3.ce: �
The maintenance and repair of thase streets and nlleys will consist of �
patching, minor blading, placing of crushed rock and other stabilized �
material in order to make them passable and reduce hazards. � �
Proposed Assessment: �
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Under Class V service, we propose the following two assessments. Since there �
will be no sweeping and flushing involved the assessment is based only on ?
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the patching and repair work that may be needed. For streets, we propose an �
assessment of $.15 per front foot. Under al.leys, we Qropose an assessment ;
of $.08 per front foot. These assessments caill provide the bare minimum �
funds necessary tfl take care of these unimproved streets and alleys. i
1978 PROPOSED EXPENDITURES'FOR
STREET MAINTENANCE - CLEANING AND REPAxR
EXPENDITURES i`
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Administration � $ 170,000 �
Downtown Cleaning & Repair 16�,000 �
Outlying Commercial & Arterial Streets 873,000 �
Residential Cleaning & Repair 1,977,000 �
Aiisys 316,70� ;
Unimproved Streets & Alleys l�4�70� �
Street Cleaning & Repair Equipment 128,600
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Total $3,670,000 ;
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SOURCE OF FUNDS ;
Aids , '
Municipal State Aid $ 592,000 .
Trunk Highway Maintenance Aid � 209,000
County Aid 346,00� ,
Total Aid $1,147,000
Assessments
Downtown Streets $ 109,000
Outlying Commercial & Arterial Streets 777,000
Residential Streets 1,317,000
Oiled & Paved Alleys , 315,000
Unimproved Streets & Alleys 5,000
Total Assessments �2�523,000
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\$3,670,000 '
Dated February 23,19'?� �ose Mix,
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(l�ar�h 4 and 11 , 1�78)
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� EXPLANATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS, ,
RE�OLUTIONS, AND ORDTNANCES ������`�
Date: Feb rua ry 14, 1978
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Tp; MAYOR GEORGE LATIMER �' " �r ji'
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FR: Publ ic Works - Operations Division (R. G. Peterson) ���� �
RE: 197$ Level of Street Maintenance Hearing •
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ACTION REQUESZ'ED:
Approve attached Re�olution �for Submission to Council so date of Public
Hearing can be set and published.
PURPOSE AND RATIOI�ALE FOR THIS ACTION:
Chapter 21 of the Administrative Code requires that a yearly public hearirig be --�
held to determine the level of. street maintenance and the costs therefore to be '
charged against the benefitted property. The Resolution�outlining the proposed
program for 1978 will be submitted in sufficient time for study prior to the
hea r i n,g da te.
ATTACHMENTS: �
' Resolution (1)
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