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Substitute Resolution
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WIfEREAS, the Mayor's Adopted 2004 Budget for the City of Saint Paul includes a net spending plan of
$22,712,431 for the 2004 Right-of-Way Maintenance Program in the Street Repair and Cleaning Fund 225;
with a financing plan that includes special maintenance assessment revenues of $14,148,037 and use of fund
balance financing of $2,823,276; and
WHEREAS, the proposed 2Q04 Right-of-Way Maintenance Assessment rates were adopted in December
2003 as part of the 2004 budget. The final rates that will be billed for 2004 services based on actual costs will
be heard and ratified after the public hearing is held on October 6, 2004 at 530 pm.
WHEREAS, on September 10, 2004 the Real Estate Division mailed to all Saint Paul property owners a Public
Hearing Notice for the 2004 Right-of-Way Maintenance Program; with the public hearing to be held before the
City Council on October 6, 2004. (A copy of the public hearing notice is attached for reference.)
Each notice included an estimate of what the property's special assessment for 2004 Right-of-Way
Maintenance work was proposed to be; and
WHEREAS, The Department of Public Works has now completed its updated estimate of 2004 expenditures
for right-of-way maintenance based on actual spending through September and projections for the last quarter
of the year. Based on this, fina] maintenance assessments can be reduced by $319,000; and
WHEREAS, The Council of the City of Saint Paul did hold a Public Hearing on October 6, 2004, for this
purpose, and, having heard all interested parties, does hereby adopt the following service charges in
accordance with Chapter 14 of the City Charter and said Chapter 62 of the Administrative Code, now,
therefore, be
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RESOLVED, That the Council of the Ciry of Saint Paul does hereby adopt and levy the following service
charges as special assessment against benefitted properties:
Class I-A Downtown Streets $7.90 per assessable foot
Class I-B Downtown Streets (Brick) $9.90 per assessable foot
Class II Outlying Commercial and Arterial Street
Commercial Property $430 per assessable foot
Residential Property $1.81 per assessable foot
Class III A11 Residential Streets
Commercial Property $3.25 per assessable foot
Residential Properiy $1.81 per assessable foot
Class IV All Oiled and Paved Alleys
Commercial Property $0.78 per assessable foot
Residential Property $0.50 per assessable foot
Class V Unimproved Streets
Commercial Property $1.87 per assessable foot
Residential Property $1.09 per assessable foot
Class VI Unimproved Alleys
Commercial Properiy $0.35 per assessable foot
Residential Property $0.23 per assessable foot
and be it
FINALLY RESOLVED, That the City Clerk is hereby directed to transmit a certified copy of this
Resolution to the Ramsey County Auditar so that the service charges levied herein shall be extended on the
property tax lists of the County and collected in 2005 along with current taxes, and said service charges to
be payable in a single installment.
Requested by Department of:
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Adoption Certi j�d by Council Secretary
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(Attachment to GS#203091)
SCOPE OF W ORK i3NDER 2004 RTGHT OF WAY MAINTENANCE ASSESSMENT
Notice has been aiven that a Public Hearing will be held on the 6`" day of October 2004 at 530 pm
in the Saint Paul City Council Chambers, City Hall and Court House, Saint Paul, Minnesota. The
purpose of the Public Hearing is to consider the level of Right of Way maintenance performed in
the City of Saint Paul in 2004 and to ratify the cost of such service to be charged against benefitted
properties in accordance with Chapter 62 of the Administrative Code.
The particular service has been performed and the estimated costs as proposed by the appropriate
City departments are as follows:
CLASS I-A - DOWNTOWN STREETS
Description:
Class I-A service has been performed on all downtown streets (face of curb to face of curb) within
the following boundaries: Kellogg Boulevard on the south and west, Eleventh Street on the north,
and Broadway on the east (except streets listed in Class I-B, Downtown Streets (Brick)).
2004 Level of Services:
The downtown streets have been swept three times per �veek and flushed five times per week All
routine maintenance, including patching, repairing of street surfaces, tree trimming, streetlight
maintenance, and snow plowing has been perforxned on an as-needed basis.
Assessment:
All Class I-A service will be assessed at a rate of $7_90 per assessable foot for all.
CLASS I-B - DOWNTOWN STREETS — B( RICK)
Description:
Class I-B service has been performed on all dowutown brick streets (face of curb to face of curb): St. Peter
St., from Kellogg Blvd to Sixth St.; Wabasha, from Kellogg Blvd to Sixth St.; Fourth St, from St. Peter to
Wabasha; Fifth 5t., from St. Peter to Wabasha; Sixth, from St. Peter to Wabasha; Mazket St., Kellogg Blvd to
Fourth St.; Market St., Fifth St. to Sixth St.; Washington St., Kellogg to Fourth St.; Fourth St, St. Peter St to
Washington St.; Fifth St, Market to St. Peter St.; Sixth St., Market to St. Peter St.; Kellogg Blvd., noxth side;
Wabasha St, just west of Minnesota (Wild) Club and adjacent to Xcel Arena; and Kellogg Blvd., south side:
Seventh St to the RiverCentre Parking Ramp.
2004 Level of Services:
The above listed downtown brick streets have been swept three times per week and flushed five
times per week. Al] routine maintenance including patching, repairing of the brick surfaces, tree
trimming streetlight maintenance, and snow plowing has been performed on an as-needed basis.
Assessment:
All Class I-B service will be assessed at a rate of �9�90 per assessable foot for all.
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CLASS II- OUTLYING COMMERCIAL AND ARTERIAL STREETS
Description:
Class II service has been perf'ormed on all outlying commercia] 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 have frequent 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, 900 City Hall Annex.
2004 Level of Service:
The Class II streets have been cleaned approximately 13 times per season. All routine maintenance
including patching, repairing of street surfaces, sidewalk maintevance, right of way tree
maintenance and trimming, streetlight maintenance, and snow plowing has been done on an
as-needed basis.
Assessment:
Under Class II service there will be two assessment rates, one commercial and one residential. The
commercial property rate will be $4.30 per assessable foot and the residential property rate will be
$1_81 per assessable foot.
CLASS III - ALL RESIDENTIAL STREETS
Descrintion:
Class III service has been performed on all residential streets including oiled streets, paved streets
and intermediate type streets.
2004 Level of Seroice:
Residential streets, including oiled, paved and intermediate streets, have received a thorough
cleaning in the spring which includes sweeping and fluslung. Patching, repair work, sidewalk
maintenance, right of way tree maintenance and trimming, streetlight maintenance, and snow
plowing has been done on an as-needed basis. To further improve service and efficiency, a new
chip sealing policy became effective in 2000: All residential streets (oiled and paved) will be
chip sealed on an 8 year cycle. One-eighth of these residential streets (a total of 64 miles) will
be chip sealed each year. In the fall leaves will be picked up from these sireets.
Assessment:
Under Class III service to residential streets, there are two assessment categories. The commercial
wil] be $3_25 per assessable foot and the residential property rate will be $1_Sl per assessable foot.
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CLASS N- ALL OILED AND PAVED ALLEYS
Descrietion:
Class IV service has been performed on all oiled, paved and intermediate type alleys within the
City.
2�04 Level of Service:
All oiled, paved and intermediate alleys have been swept during the season. All routine
maintenance, including patching and repair of the alley surface, has been performed on an
as-needed basis. To Further improve service aud efficiency, a new chip sealing policy became
effective in 2000: All residential streets (oiled and paved) will be chip sealed on an 8 year
cycle. One-eighth of these residential streets (a total of 64 miles) will be chip sealed
each year.
Assessment:
Under Class N service, there are two assessment rates. The commercial properry rate is $.78 per
assessable foot, and the residential properry rate is $.50 per assessable foot.
CLASS V - UNIMPROVED STREETS
Description:
5ervice has been performed on all unimproved streets. By unimproved, we mean those
streets that have not been developed for one reason or another. They are platted City
rights-of-way; however, the abutting residents have never petitioned for their improvement
nor have there been any assessments levied. Because they are City rights-of-way, the City
has the responsibility to perform minimal repairs and maintenance work on them to reduce
any hazards or potential hazards..
2004 Level of Services:
The maintenance and repair of these streets consists of patching, minor blading, placing of
crushed rock and other stabilized material, right of way tree maintenance and trimming,
streetlight maintenance, and snow plowing in order to make them passable and reduce
hazazds.
Assessment:
The assessment rate on unimproved streets is $1 per assessable foot for commercial
property and $1_09 per assessable foot for residential property.
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CLASS VI - UNIMPROVED ALLEYS
Description:
Class VI service has been performed on unimproved alleys. By unimproved, we mean
those alleys that have not been developed for one reason or another. They are platted Ciry
rights-of-way; however, the abutting residents have never petitioned for their improvement
nor have there been any assessments levied. Because they are City rights-of-way, the City
has the responsibility to perform minimal repairs and maintenance work to reduce hazards.
2004 Level of Services:
The maintenance and repair of these alleys consists of patching, minor blading, placing of
crushed rock and other stabilized material in order to make them passable and reduce
hazards.
Assessment:
The proposed assessment rate on unimproved alleys is $.35 per assessable foot for
commercial property and $.23 per assessable foot for residential property.
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(Attachment to GS#203091)
2004 EXPENDITURES FORRIGHT-OF-WAY MAINTENANCE
Spendine
Maint. Program �17,946,325
Forestry $1,845,000
Sidewalks $ 205,000
Bridge $920,832
Right-of-Way $1,387,451
Total $22,304,608
Assessments
$I 1,780,632
$1,845,000
$205,000
Financine
Aids/Fees GeneralFund
�3,247,718
$885,486
$1,387,451
$13,830,632 $5,520,655
(1) Municipal State Aid
Tnuilc Highway Aid
Counry Aid
R.O. W. Maps & Permits
Miscellaneous Receipts
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$35,346
$35,346
Use of Fund Balance
$2,917,975
$2,919,975
$2,575,000
339,886
756,000
1,387,451
462,318
$5,520,655
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Cf1Y OF SAINT PAUL
15 KELLOGG BLVD W RM 140
SAINT PAUL MN 55102-1613
RENRN SERVICE REQUESTED
NOTICE
PRESORTED
fIRST CLASS MAIL
I1.S. POSTAGE PAID
SL PAUL MN
PERMIT N0.1015
Right-of-Way Maintenance Program Pubtic Hearing Notice
To notify property owners of the following two official public hearings before the City Gouncil
2004 Recommended Assessment Rates
Purpose of
ihe hearing:
Hearing time
and (ocation:
Purpose of
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Hearing time
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Assessment
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2004
Calcalation
Exampte:
To ratify recommended assessment rates for 2004 services. Written and oral statements will be consid-
ered by the Councii at this hearing.
530 pm, Wednesday, October 6, 2004
Council Chambers, 3rd Floor, City Hall, 15 Kellogg Blvd. W.
2005 Proposed Assessment Rates
To consider proposed assessment rates for 2005 services. Written and oral sTatements wlll be Considered
by the Council at this hearing.
5:30 pm, Wednesday, November 3, 2004
Council Chambers, 3rd Floor, City Hal4, 15 Kellogg Blvd. W.
The recommended 2004 rates and proposed 2005 rates are listed on the reverse side. A list of rates for
all properties is available for review in the Real Estate Division, Room 14Q City Hall.
Corner residential lots with 2 street frontages or residentiai lots with two aliey frontages are not charged for
the long side. Commercial property includes all apartment buildings of four or more units. Townhomes and
condominiums will be charged for at Ieast 1S feet of street frontage. If you do not have an aliey, your
notice wilf say "NO ALLEY,° and you will not be assessed tor one.
For a typical home on a residential street, the assessment is calculated using the recommended 2004
rate per foot (see reverse side). A house with a 48 foot residential lot (Class Ili) and an alley (Class 1V)
would be charged 48 x$1.87 (street) plus 48 x$0.50 (altey), foc a total assessment of $113.76.
Recommended 2004 Right-of•Way Assessment for Your Property
Property ID#
Property address
Frontage
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Assessment Rates per Foot and Service Levels
See other side fo� individual recommended amo�nt.
Retommended
Class Description - 2004 Rates
Class l-A Downtown Streets (Paved) $7.95
Classi-B DowntownStreets(Brick) $9.95
Class II Outlying Comme�cial and Arterial Streets
Commercial Property $4.35
Residential Properry $1.87
Class III AII Oiied and Paved Residential Streets
Commercial Property $3.30
Residential Property $1.57
Class IV All Oiled and Paved Alleys
Commercial Property $0.78
Residential Property $0.50
Class V Unimproved Street Right-Of-Way
Commercial Property $1.92
Residential Property $1.14
ClassVl UnimprovedAlleyRight-Uf-Way
Commercial Property $0.35
Residential Property $0.23
What other services are included in my rightof-way
maintenance assessment?
• Street overlays
• Litter pick up
� Ordinance enforcement and emergency service
� Snow plowing, including sanding and salting, snow removal
• Snow emergency, induding tagging and towing
• Mainline sidewalk maintenance and repair
• Boutevard tree maintenance and trimming
What services are NOT included?
Sidewalk shoveling, boulevard grass mowing, and repair and
replacement of outwalks, driveways and hard surface
boutevards are the property owners responsibility. The City
does not provide ihese services through the ROW Mainte-
nance Program. Also the City does not olow alle+�s.
How is the right-of-way maintenance assessment different
from the former street mairrtenance assessment?
In the past only summer street and alley mainienance services
were funded through the street maintenance assessment. In
2003 the City added winter street maintenance (including snow
plowing), sidewaik maintenance and boulevard tree maint�
nance to the right-0f-way assessment. This action helped avoid
a city property tax increase. It also ensured that every property
benefitting from rightvf-way maintenance services—whether a
taxpaying or tax-exempt property—would pay its fair share of
the maintenance costs.
Why are the 2005 proposed rates higher than 2004?
For 2005, the Mayor has proposed adding another service–
street lighting maintenance–to the right-of-way assessment.
The City spends about $3 million each year to repair, replace
and maintain lts standard Ilghting systems. The proposal woutd
Proposed
2005 Rates
$10.55
$12.55
$5.75
$2.38
$4.32
$225
$0.78
$0.50
$2.30
$1.31
$0.35
$0.23
Service levels-SummerStreet Maint.Only
Flush 5 times/week, sweep 3 times/week
Flush 5 times/week, sweep 3 times/week
Flush and sweep approximately 13 times/year
Flush and sweep each spring
and fali. Chip seal every 8 years
Flush and sweep each spring.
Chip seal every 8 years
Patch, biade and pface
crushed rock (primarily
on a complaintbasis)
Patch, blade and A�ace
crushed rock (primarily
on a complaint basis)
shift these cosis from the General Fund to the right-of-way
maintenance assessment to again help avoid a city property
tax increase and ensure that benefitting properties pay their
fair share of the maintenance costs.
How much does it cost the City to provide rightof-way
maintenance services?
In 2004 the total cost will be about $22.7 million. Of this
amount, the City expects to collect $14.2 miilion in assess-
ments. The remainder comes from Municipal State Aid,
Trunk Highway Aid, County Aid, General Fund contributions
and miscellaneous receipts.
Can I appeal my right-of-way assessme�rt?
Property owners may appeal to the District Court. A notice
staYing the grounds for the appeal must be filed with the City
Clerk within 20 days of the order adopting the assessment.
The same notice also mast be filetl with the Clerk of District
Court within 10 days of filing with the City Clerk. NOTE:
Failure to file the notices within the specified time forever
prohibits an appeal from the assessment. While the
assessment is under appeal, Section 64.06 of the Saint Paui
Administrative Code requires that regular payments be made.
It the appeal is successful, the payments will be refunded.
Who can I call for more information?
Right-of-way maintenance services:
Streets and alleys – 651/292-6600
Sidewalks – 651/266-6108
Boulevard tree trimming – 651/632-2427
Assessment:
Reai Estate Division – 651/266-8857 or 651/266-8858
You will receive an invoice showing the ratified amount for 2004 services within two weeks following the October 6th public hearing. This
will allow you to directly pay your assessment if you do not wish to have it appear on your statement of property taxes payabie in 2005.
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RESOLUTION
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WI�REAS, The City Council of the City of Saint Paul, pursuant to Chapter 62 of the Administrafive Code
and following the public hearing held on November 5, 2QQ3, did adopt a Resolution establishing the level of
Right-of-Way Maintenance Service to be performed in the City of Saint Pau1, and the estimated amount of
service charges to be levied against benefitted properties, the work to be performed in 20�4, and the charges
to be collected with the regular taxes in 2005; and
� WHEREAS, The Department of Public Works has performed the approved right-of-way maintenance work
$ and submitted its report together with the total cost of right-of-way maintenance in the amount of
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WHEREAS, The City Council determined that the City shall pay the sum of $8,564,394 of the right-of-way
maintenance costs by using Municipal State Aid ($2,575,000), Trunk Highway Aid ($339,886), County Aid
($756,000), Miscellaneous Receipts ($2,034,886), General Fund ($35,34�, Use of Fund Balance
($2,823,276); and the remaining amount of $14,148,037 shall be assessed against benefitted properties, and
further resolved that a Public Hearing was held in the City Council chambers on
October 6, 2004, for the purpose of adopting the service chazges against all benefitted properties; and
WF�REA5, The Council of the City of Saint Paul did hold a Public Hearing on October 6, 2004, for th3s
purpose, and, having heard all interested parties, does hereby adopt the following service charges in
accordance with Chapter 14 of the City Charter and said Chapter 62 of the Administrative Code, now,
therefore, be
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RESOLVED, That the Council of the Ciry of Saint Paul does hereby adopt and levy the following service
charges as special assessment against benefitted properties:
Class I-A Downtown Streets $7.95 per assessable foot
Class I-B Downtown Streets (Brick) $9.95 per assessable foot
Class II Outlying Commercial and Arterial Street
Commercial Property $435 per assessable foot
Residential Properiy $1.87 per assessable foot
Class III All Residential Streets
Commercial Properry $330 per assessable foot
Residential Properiy $1.87 per assessable foot
Class IV All Oiled and Paved Aileys
Commercial Properry $0.78 per assessable foot
Residential Properly $0.50 per assessable foot
Class V Unimproved Streets
Commercial Properly $1.92 per assessable foot
Residential Properiy $1.14 per assessable foot
Class VI Unimproved Alleys
Commercial Property $035 per assessable foot
Residential Property $0.23 per assessable foot
and be it
FINALLY RESOLVED, That the City Clerk is hereby directed to transmit a certified copy of this
Resolution to the Ramsey County Auditor so that the service charges levied herein shall be extended on the
properiy tax lists of the County and collected in 2005 along with current taxes, and said service charges to
be payable in a single instaliment.
Requested by Department of:
Adopted by Councii: Date _
Adoption Certified by Council Secretary
By:
Approved by Mayor: Date _
By:
Public Works
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Form Approved by City Attorney
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cNDqiIONS: Appmve (A) or Reje�3 (R) pERSONAL SERVICE CONTRACiS MUST ANSWER THE FOLLOWIN6 QUESTIONS:
NNINGCpMMi$SION _CIVILSERVICECOMMISSION t HasthispersoNficmeverwo[ketluntleraconVacfFwthisdepafiment?
COMMITTEE YES NO
— 2. Has this persoNfirtn ever been a city employee?
FF YES NO
— 3 Does this persoNfirm possess a skill not nortnally possessetl by any current ciry employee�
tetcT couroca _ YES NO
S WHICH COUNCIL OBJECTIVE� Ezplain all yes answers on separate sheet and attach to green sheet
NI I IAl ING YKUBLtM, ISSUE, OYPORIUNITY (WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHYJ:
This will allow for collection of monies for funding the 2004 Program.
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING (A)
Notice is hereby given that a Public Hearing will be held on the 6`� day of October 2004 at
5:30 pm in the Saint Paul City Council Chambers, City Hall and Court House, Saint Paul,
Minnesoffi. The purpose of the Public Hearing is to consider the level of Right-of-Way
maintenance performed in the City of Saint Paul in 2004 and to ratify the cost of such service to be
chazged against benefitted properties in accordance with Chapter 62 of the Administrative Code.
The particulaz service has 6een performed and the estimated costs as proposed by the Department
of Public Works aze as follows:
CLASS I-A - DOWNTOWN STREETS
Description:
Class I-A service has been performed on all downtown streets (face of curb to face of curb) within
the following boundazies: Kellogg Boulevard on the south and west, Eleventh Street on the north,
and Broadway on the east (except streets listed in Class I-B, Downtown Streets (Brick)).
2004 Level of Seroices:
The docvntown streets have been swept three times p�er week and flushed five times per week. All
routine maintenance, including patching and repairing of street surfaces, tree trnnming and snow
plowing bas been performed on an as-needed basis.
Assessment:
All Class I-A service will be assessed at a rate of $7 per assessable foot.
CLASS I-B - DOWNTOWN STREETS BRICKI
Description:
Class I-B service has been performed on all downtown brick streets (face of curb to face of cwb):
St. Peter St., from Kellogg Blvd to Sixth St.; Wahasha, from Kellogg Blvd to Sixth St.; Fourth St.,
from St. Peter to Wabasha; Fifth St., from St. Peter to Wabasha; Sixth, from St. Peter to Wabasha;
Mazket St., Kellogg Blvd to Fourth St.; Mazket St., Fifth St. to Siarth St,; Washington St., Kellogg
to Fourth St.; Fourth St., St. Peter St. to Washington St.; Fifth St, Market to St. Peter St.; Si�rth
St., Mazket to St. Peter St.; Kellogg Blvd., north side; Wabasha St, just west of Minnesota {Wild)
Club and adjacent to Xcel Arena; and Kellogg Blvd., south side: Seventh St to the RiverCentre
Pazking Ramp.
2004 Level of Services:
The downtown streets listed above have been swept three times per week and flushed five times
per week. All routine maintenance, including patching and repairing of the brick street surfaces,
tree trimming, and snow plowing has been performed on an as-needed basis.
Assessment:
All Class I-B service will be assessed at a rate of �9_95 per assessable foot.
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CLASS II- OUTLYING COMN�RCIAL AND ARTERIAL STREETS
Descri�rion:
Class II service has been performed on all outlying commercial and arterial streets in the City.
These aze the major arteries in the City and have bofh heavy volumes of vehiculaz 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 aze accurately defined on a map available for viewing in the
Aepartment of Public Works, 900 City Hall Annex.
2004 Level of 5ervice:
The Class II streets have been swept or cleaned approximately 13 times per season. All routine
maintenance, including patching and repairing of street surfaces, sidewalk maintenance, right-of-
way tree maintenance and trimming, and snow plowing has been done on an as-needed basis.
Assessment:
Under Class II service there are two assessment rates, one commercial and one residential. The
commercial properry rate is $4_35 per assessable foot and the residential property rate is $1_87 per
assessable foot.
CLASS III - ALL RESIDENTIAL STREETS
Description:
Class III service has been performed on all residential streets including oiled streets, paved streets
and intermediate type streets.
2004 Level of Service:
Residential streets, including oiled, paved aad intermediate streets, have received a thorough
cleaning in the spring which included sweeping and flusAing. Patching, repair work, sidewalk
maintenance, right-of-way tree maintenance and trimming, and snow plowing has been done on an
as-needed basis. To further improve service and efficiency, a new chip sealing policy became
effective in 2000: All residenfial streets (oiled and paved) will be chip sealed on an 8 year
cycle. One-eighth of these residential streets (a total of 64 miles) will be chip sealed each
year. In the fa111eaues will be picked up from these streets.
Assessment:
Under Class III service there are two assessment rates. The commercial property rate is $3_30 per
assessable foot and the residential property rate is $1_87 per assessable foot.
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CLASS IV - ALL OILED AND PAVED ALLEYS
Description:
Class N service has been performed on all oiled, paved and intermediate type alleys within the
City.
2004 Level of Service:
All oiled, paved and intermediate alleys have been swept during the season. All routine
maintenance, including patching and repair of the alley surface, has been performed on an
as-needed basis. To further improve service and efficiency, a new chip sealing policy became
effective in 2000: All alleys (oiled and paved) will be chip sealed on an 8 year cycle.
One-eighth of the total number of alleys (approximately 254 alleys) will be chip sealed each
year.
Assessment:
Under Class 1V service, there aze two assessment rates. The commercial properry rate is $0_78 per
assessable foot and the residential property rate is $0_50 per assessable foot.
CLAS5 V - UNIMPROVED STREETS
Description:
Service has been perFormed on all ununproved streets.. By unimproved, we mean those streets
that ha've not been developed for one reason or another. They aze platted City rights-of-way;
however, the abutting residents have never pefitioned for their improvement nor have there been
any assessments levied. Because they are City rights-of-way, the City has the responsibility to
perform minimal repairs and maintenance work on them to reduce any hazazds or potential
hazards.
2004 Level of Services:
The maintenance and repair of these streets has consisted of patching, minor blading, placing of
crushed rock and other stabilized material, right-of-way tree maintenance and trunming, and snow
plowing in order to make them passable and reduce hazards.
Assessment:
The assessment rate on unimproved streets is $1 per assessable foot for commercial
property and $1_14 per assessable foot for residential properry.
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CLASS VI - UNIMPROVED ALLEYS
Description:
Service was performed on unimproved alleys. By unimproved we mean those
alleys that have not been developed for one reason or another. They are platted City
rights-of-way; however, the abutting residents have never peritioned for their improvement
nor have there been any assessments levied. Because they aze City rights-of-way, the City
has the responsibility to perform minimal repairs and maintenance work re reduce hazards.
2004 Level of Services:
The maintenance and repair of these alleys will consist of patching, minor blading, placing of
crushed rock and other stabilized material in order to make them passabte and reduce hazards.
Assessment:
The assessment rate on unimproved alleys is �0 per assessable foot for commercial
properry and $0_23 per assessable foot for residential property.
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2004 PROPOSED EXPENDITURES FOR STREET MAINTENANCE
S�endine
Financine
Assessments Aids/Fees General Fund Use of Fund Balance
Maint. Progam
Foreshy
Sidewalks
Bridge
Right-of-Way
$17,258,011 $12,098,037 $2,781,121
$1,845,000 $1,845,000
$ 205,000 $205,000
$1,387,429
$2,016,991
$1,352,083 $35,346
$1,572,568
$2,378,853
$444,423
Total $22,712,431 $14,148,037 $5,705,772 $35,346 $2,823,276
$2,575,000
339,886
756,000
1,572,568
462318
$5,705,772
Points of Information
Residential property on comer lots will only be assessed for the normal assessment
for the front of the lot.
Residential properties on outlying commercial and arterial streets will be assessed at
the residential rate $( 1.87 per front foot), commercial properties on residential streets
would be assessed at $3.30 per front foot.
Churches and church properry would be assessed at the residential rate.
The assessment will be included on your property tax statement in Z005.
QUESTIONS:
If you have questions about streeUalley maintenance, please ca11292-6600 -- for
questions about your assessment, call 266-8857 and refer to your properry I.D.#.
(1) Municipal State Aid
Trunk Highway Aid
County Aid
R.O.W. Maps & Permits
Miscellaneous Receipts
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