05-832Council File #
Presented By
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RESOLUTION
CITY OF SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA
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1 WHEREAS, The City Council of the City of Saint Paul, pursuant to Chapter 62 of the Administrative Code
2 did hold a public hearing on November 3, 2004, in the Ciry Council Chambers for the purpose of
3 establishing the level of Right-of-Way maintenance to be performed in the City of Saint Paul and the aznount
4 of service chazges to be levied against benefitted properties; and
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6 WHEREAS, The Department of Public Works did perform the 2005 Right-of-Way maintenance services in
7 a manner as set forth and approved by the City Council and described in the report of the Department of
$ Public Works; and
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10 WI IEREAS, Pursuant to Chapter 62 of the Administrative Code, the Department of Public Works has
11 submitted to the Departrnent of Finance and Management Services a report showing the total cost of street
12 maintenance to be $26,121,366 a copy of such report has heretofore been delivered to the City Council;
� 3 now, therefore, be it
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� 5 RESOLVED, That the City shall pay $8,892,783 of the cost of streets and alley maintenance by using
� Municipal State Aid ($2,285,308), Trunk Highway Aid ($302,264) County Aid ($821,473), Miscellaneous
�� Receipts ($462,318), Use of Fund Balance ($5,021,420); and be it further
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RESOLVED, That $17,228,583 shall be assessed against benefitted properties according to the following
rates:
Class I-A Downtown Streets $10.49 per assessable foot
Class I-B Downtown Streets (Brick) $12.49 per assessable foot
Class II Outlying Commercial and Arterial Street
Class III
Class IV
Class V
Class VI
Commercial Properiy $5.69per assessable foot
Residential Properly $233 per assessable foot
All Residential Streets
Commercial Property $4.27 per assessable foot
Residential Properiy $2.20 per assessable foot
All Oiled and Paved Alleys
Commercial Properiy $0.78 per assessable foot
Residential Properiy $0.50 per assessable foot
Unimproved Streets
Commercial Property $2.25 per assessable foot
Residential Property $1.26 per assessable foot
Unimproved Alleys
Commercial Properiy $0.35 per assessable foot
Residential Property $0.23 per assessable foot
and be it further
RESOLVED, That a Public Hearing shall be held in the Council Chambers of the City of Saint Paul
at 5:30 P.M. on the Sth day of October 2005 for the purpose of adopting service charges against all benefited
properties to be collected in the same manner as other real property tases in 2006, and the City Clerk is
hereby directed to publish notice of this Hearing pursuant to Minnesota Statute Chapter 429, and the
Department of Public Works, Real Estate Division is hereby directed to mail notices in accordance with said
Chapter 429.
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Robert Sandquist, Director
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Gary Erichson
266-6729
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Action Requested:
Set date of Public Hearing for ratification of 2005 Right of Way Main[enance Assessment Progam chazges to be assessed against
benefitted properties. �
Attachments: (A) Notice of Public Hearing; and, (B) Council Resolution
or
Contracfs MustMswerthe Following Questions:
Planning Commission 1. Has this person/firtn eeer worked under a conlract for this department?
CIB Committee Yes No
Civil Service Commission 2. Has this person/firm eser been a city employee?
Yes No
3. Does this personlfircn possess a skill not normally possessed by arry
. curtent city employee?
Yes No
Explain all yes answers on separate sheet and attach to green sheet
Initiating Probiem, Issues, Opportunity (Who, What, When, Where, Why):
This will ratify the 2005 Program.
Advantapes If Approved:
See above
DisadvantaStes If Approved:
DisadvanWpes If NotApproved:
Trensaction:
Fundinp Source:
Financia! Information:
(Explain)
$26,121,366 CosURevenue Budgeted: Y
Assessments,Aids,Fund activity Number: GL 225-42310 thru 225-42366
Balance
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(Attachment to GS# 3027712) (A)
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Notice is hereby given that a Public Hearing will be held on the 5`� day of October 2005 at 5:30 pm in the
Saint Paul Ciry Council Chambers, Ciry Hall and Court House, Saint Paul, Minnesota. The purpose of the
Public Hearing is to consider the level of Rig,ht-of-Way maintenance performed in the City of Saint Paul in
2005 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 estunated costs as proposed by the Department of Public
Works 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 Sffeet on the north, and Broadway
o� the east (except streets listed in Class I-B, Downtown Streets (Brick)).
2005 Level of Services:
The downtown streets have been swept three times per week and flushed five tunes per week. All routine
maintenance, including patching and repairing of street surfaces, tree trimming, and snow plowing has been
performed on an as-needed basis.
Assessment:
All Class I-A service will be assessed at a xate of $10.49 per assessable foot.
CLASS I-B - DOWNTOWN STREETS (BffiCK)
Description: .
Class I-B service has been performed on all downtown brick streets (face of curb to face of wrb): St. Peter
St., from Kellogg Blvd to Sixth St.; Wabasha, 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.; Market St., FiBh St. to Sixth St.; W ashington St., Kellogg to Fourth St.; Fourth St., St. Peter St. to
Washington St.; Fifrh St., Market to St. Peter St.; Sixth St., Market to SY. PeYer 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.
2005 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 sneet 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 $12.49 per assessable foot.
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(Attachment to GS# 3027712) (A)
CLASS II - OUTLYING COMMERCIAL AND ARTERIAL STREETS
Description:
Class II service has been performed on all outtying commercial and arterial streets in the Ciry. These are the
major arteries in the City and have both heavy volumes of vehiculaz and pedestrian uaffic 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 Deparhnent of Public Works, 900 Ciry Hal] Annex.
2005 Level of Service:
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 $5_69 per assessable foot and the residential property rate is $2_33 per assessable foot.
CLASS III - ALL RESIDENTIAL STREETS
Description:
Class III service has been performed o� all residential sheets including oiled streets, paved sffeets and
intermediate type streets.
2005 Level of Service:
Residential streets, including oiled, paved and intermediate streets, have received a thorough cleaning in the
spring which included sweeping and flushing. Patching, repair work, sidewalk maintenance, right-of-way
tree maintenance and trunming, 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 wil] be picked up from these streets.
Assessment:
Under Class III service there are two assessment rates. The commercial property rate is $4_27 per assessable
foot and the residential property rate is $2_20 per assessable foot.
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(Attachment to GS# 3027712) (A)
CLASS IV - ALL QILED AND PAVED ALLEYS
Description:
Class IV service has been performed on all oiled, paved and intermediate type alleys within the City.
2005 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
(approximatety 254 alleys) will be chip sealed each year.
Assessment:
Under Class IV service, there are two assessment iates. The commercia] property rate is $0_78 per assessable
foot and the residential property rate is �0_50 per assessable foot.
CLASS V - UNIMPROVED STREETS
Description:
Service 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 Ciry rights-of-way; however, the abutting
residents have never petitioned for their improvement nor have there been any assessments tevied. 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.
2005 Level of Services:
The maintenance and repau of these streets has consisted of patching, minor blading, placing of crushed rock
and other stabilized material, right-of-way tree maintenance and trimming, and snow plowing in order to
make them passable and reduce hazards.
Assessment:
The assessment rate on unimproved streets is $2_25 per assessable foot for commercial
property and $1_26 per assessable foot for residential property.
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(Attachment to GS# 3�27712) (A)
CLASS VI - UNIMPROVED ALLEYS
Description:
Service was performed on ununproved 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 residenu have never petitioned for the'u unprovement
nor have there been any assessments levied. Because they are Ciry rights-of-way, the Ciry
has the responsibility to perform minimal repairs and maimenance work re reduce hazards.
2005 Level of Services:
The maintenance and repair of these alleys will consist of patching, minor blading, placing of crushed rock
and other stabilized materia] in order to make them passable and reduce hazards.
Assessment:
The assessment rate on unimproved alleys is $0_35 pex assessable foot for commercial
property and $0_23 per assessable foot for residential property.
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(Attachment to GS# 3027'712) (A)
Maint. Proa am
Forestry
Sidewalks
Bridge
Streetlight Mtce
Total
2005 PROPOSED EXPENDITURES FOR STREET MAINTENANCE
Spendins
Assessments
$19,357,467 $11,838,623
$2,017,112 $2,017,112
$211,150 $211,150
$1,373,939
$3,161,698
$26,121,366
$3,161,698
$17,228,583
Financine
Aids/Fees Use of Fund Balance
$2,497,424 $5,021,420
$1,373,939
$3,871,363 $5,021,420
(1) Municipal State Aid $2,285,308
Trunk Highway Aid 302,264
County Aid 821,473
Miscellaneous Receipts 462318
$3,871,363
Points of Information
Residential propzrty on corner 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 �2_20 per front foot, commercial properties on residential streets
would be assessed at $4.27 per front foot.
Churches and church property �vould be assessed at the residential rate.
The assessment will be included on your property tax statement in 2005.
QUESTIONS:
If you have questions about streeUalley maintenance, please call 292-6600 -- for
questions about your assessment, call 266-8857 and refer to your property I.D.#.
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