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95-1032Council File # �� a�`��Afi Presented By Referred To RESOLUTION Gieen sheet # �aao9 tB) OF SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA �� Committee: Date AS, The City Council, pursuant to Chapter 62 of the Administrative Code did hold a public hearing on October 12, 1994, in the City Council Chambers for the purpose of establishing the level of street and alley maintenance to be performed in the City of Saint Paul and the amount of service charges to be levied against bene£itted property; and WHEREAS, The Department of Public F7orks did perform the 1995 street and alley maintenance services in a manner as set Eorth and approved by the City Council and described in the report oE the Department of Public Works; and WHEREAS� Pursuant to Chapter 62 of the Administrative Code, the Department of Public Norks has submitted to the Department of Finance and Management Services a report showing the total cost of street maintenance to be $15,124,498, a copy of such report has heretofore been delivered to the City Council; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the City shall pay $6,368,498 of the cost of streets and alley maintenance by using Municipal State Aid (51,474,613), Tiunk Highway Aid ($355,461) County Aid (5402,567>, Miscellaneous Receipts ($490,000), General Fund ($3,395,568) Fund Balance ($250,289); and be it further (Page 1 of 2) ��I��',�� (B contd.) �'jS- /03� RESOLVED, That $8,756,000 shall be assessed against benefitted property according to the following rates: C1d33 I DOwntown Class II Class III Class IV Class v Cldss VZ and be it Eurther $3.53 per assessable £oot Outlying Commercial and Arterial Streets Commercial Property $2.43 per assessable £oot Residential Property 51.10 per assessable foot All Residential Streets Commercial Property Residential Property All Oiled and Paved Alleys Commercial Property Residential Propexty Unimproved Streets Commercial Propesty Residential Property Unimproved Alleys Commercial Property Residential Property $1.76 per assessable foot $1.10 per assessable foot $0.86 per assessable foot $0.57 per assessable foot $0.66 pe= assessable £oot $0.44 per assessable £oot 50.34 per assessable foot $0.23 per assessable foot RESOLVED, That a Public Hearing shall be held in the Council Chambers of the City of Saint Paul at 3:30 P.M. on the llth day of October 1995, for the purpose of adopting service charges against all bene£itted properties to be collected in the same manner as other real property taxes in 1996, and the City Clerk is hereby directed to publish notice of this Hearing pursuant to Minnesota Statute Chapter 429, and the Department of Finance is hereby directed to mail notices in accordance with said Chapter 429. ` (Page 2 of 2) � � Requested by Department o£: � Public Works ��r �'' � I � By: Form Ap,�},roved by City f � r� �e' r adopted by Council: Date `�o `� , By: �`_�� `cC'.�.,r� • Adopt'on Certified by Council Sectetasy fi`�`��;� aS appro�ecl by May�or for Submission to By; _ e`.` � , ��-�'a-�-,r---"�� Council Approved by/3�Sayor: Date ,/ ` �/`c'/ B �j/�_��{ ��,� By: 1l,(/l/!� �� /� � iPUe�.i � ` SEP - 91995 S�P 161995 G� �� 3�/ OEPARTMENT/OFFICE/CIXINCIL DATEINITIATED GR�EN SHEET NO. 2a�09 v Pubiic Works Aug. 9, 1995 iN uuoa�E iNinauoAr� CONTACT PEflSON E PFiONE � pEPAHTMINf DIRECTOR ❑7 CITY COUNCIL Gary L Erichson 266-6229 � r ��+ G7Y ATTORNEY ❑ crtv c�rac MUST BE ON CqJNqL AGQdpA BY (DAT� R�WI�TN g�p�T DINECTOR � �8 FMI. 8 MGT. SERVICES DI0. August 30,1995 (City Cferk by August 23) �� MAVOq (OR ASSISTIW Q Ci En ir�eer � `/ T0T1LL t OF 91CtM7UIE PAG� ,_ (OIIV ALL LOCA710N6 FOR 81GW1TUPk7 � ASSOCIA7E ❑1 DEPT. ACCOUNTANT " ACTpN REOUESTm Set date of PuWic Hearing for rat'rficatio� of 1995 StreeUAiley Maintenance Service Charge to be assessed against benefrtted property. AttachmeMs: (A) Public Hearing Notice; and, (8) Coundl Resolutio� F7ECOMMENDATpiS' N9�� (A) a FiBlecl (R) PERSONAL SEHVICE CONTHACTS YUST ANSWEFi THE FOLLOWING WESTIONS: _PLANNINGCOMMISS�WJ _CIViL�fi410ECWiM1551ON 1. HaSthisperSMum� workedunderacontrac[fwtl�isdepSM�ent? YE CI6 COMMITTEE 2. Has thispe rsoNfirm ever been a dry empbyee? — � YES NO _ 57AFF 3. Does this paraoNfirm possess a slWl not namally possessed by arry wrrent dry — � DSTFICTCWNCLL YES NO SUPPOiYT3 NM%71 COUNCILOBJECTIVE4 E�ai� au r� ww«s on wP.rat. rwa md attxh ro yn.n anaa INITIATING PflOBLEM, ISSUE, OPPORTUNITY (N/FIO, WH�T, WHEN, WHERE, WH`n: This will rat'rfy the 1995 Program. i�� AUG 221995 ,?hg?,� �� ;�-.;��,� � . m ADVANTAGESIfAPPROVED: See Above �gt,5�e`i3V$d [:`m'�:�:LN� �ibl� AUG � 2 T995 .. DISADVANTAGES IF APPROVEO: DISADVANTAGES IF NOT MPNOVED: �E�E4VE� RECElVED AUG 21 3995 RUG 1 4��5 �� BUDGET OFFICE �� ToULLAYdNtioFTRANSACTIONS '95=$15,124,498; '96=$15,588,998 cosLpEVENUEBUOCE'rED(C�RCLEON� �a FUNDINGSOUHCE Assessments, Generei Fund, Fund Bala�ce, Aids pCRVITYNUMBER 42370 th�ough 42375 FINANCIAL INWFMATION: (EXPLAIt� CaL6Lne � q.�'��3a- (A) NOT'ICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that a Public Hearing will be held on the lith day of OcEober 1995 at 3:30 P.M. 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 service of street maintenance performed in the City of Saint Paul in 1995 and to ratify the cost of such service to be charged against benefited property in acmrdance with Chapter 62 of the Administrative Code. The particular service has been performed and the estimated costs as proposed by the Depaztment of Public Works aze as follows: CLASS I- DOWNTOWN OR LOOP STREETS ��.. ... Class I service has been performed on all downtown or loop streets with the following boundazies: Kellogg Boulevard on the south and west, Eleventh Street on the north, and Broadway on the east. .. • � �. The downtown streets have been swept three times per week and flushed five times per week. All routine maintenance, including patching and repairing of street surfaces, has been perforxned on an as-needed basis. � • � -s All Class I service will be assessed at a rate of 3.53 per assessable foot. CLASS II - OUTLYING COMMERCIAL AND ARTERIAL STREETS ��,..�. .� Class II service has been performed on all oudying commercial and arterial streets in the City. These aze the major arteries in the City and have both heavy volumes of vehiculaz and pedestrian traffic and, in most cases, have business or commercial properHes 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 Depaztrnent of Public Works, 900 City Hall Annex. Page 1 of 4 9�-/v3� (A confd.) 1995 Level of Services: The Class II streets have been swept or deaned approximately 13 times per season. All roufine maintenance, inciuding patching and repairing of street surfaces, has been done on an as-needed basis. Assessmenh Under Class II service there aze two assessment rates, one commercial and one residential. T'he commercial property rate is 2.43 per assessable foot and the residential property rate is �,1Q per assessable foot. CLASS III - ALL RESIDENTIAL STREETS Des �tion: Class III service has been performed on all residential streets including oiled streets, paved streets and interxnediate type streets. .. . ; y �. Residential streets, including oiled streets, paved streets and intermediate streets have received a thorough cleaning which included sweeping and flushing. PaEching and repairing has been on an as-needed basis; approximately 55 miles of oiled streets received a sand seal mat and approximately 30 miles of paved streets received a chip seal coat. In the fall (weather permitiing) leaves will be picked up from these streets. Assessment: Under Class III service there are two assessment rates; one residential and one commercial. The commercial properry rate is 1.76 per assessable foot and the residential property rate is $�,1Q per assessable foot. CLASS IV - ALL OILED AND PAVED ALLEYS Descri�tion: Class IV service has been performed on all oiled, paved and intermediate type alleys within the City. Page 2 of 4 9��3� (A mntd.) •r • • � All oiled, paved and intermediate alleys have been swept during the season. All routine maintenance, including patching and repairing of the alley surfaces, has been performed on an as-needed basis. Assessmenr Under Class N service, there aze two assessment rates; one commercial and one resideniial. The commercial property rate is �$�er assessable foot and the residenrial property rate is r7 per assessable foot. CLASS V AND VI - UNIMPROVED STREETS AND ALLEYS Descrintion• Class V and VI service has been 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 aze platted City rights-of-way; however, the abutting residents have never petitioned for their improvement nor have there been any assessments levied. There are appro�cimately 80 miles of unimproved streets and 100 miles of unimproved alleys in the City. 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 potenflal hazards. 1 � � � �! � The maintenance and repair of these streets and alleys has consisted of patching, minor blading, placing of crushed rock and other stabilized material in order to make them passable and reduce hazards. l �. �-� Under Class V and VI service there aze two assessment rates for each class; one commercial and one residentiai. The commercial property rate is �t per assessable foot and the residentiai property rate is � per assessable foo# on unimproved streets. The commerciai property rate is � per assessable foot, and the residential property rate is �7 per assessable foot on unimproved alleys. Page 3 of 4 9.��v.� (A contd.) 1945 PROPOSED EXPENDITURES FOR STREET MAIN'I'ENANCE �ndinQ Summer $10,380,073(2) Bridge 1,209,395 Winter 3,535,030 Financine Assessments Aids 1 General Fund Fund Balance $8 $1,376,784 0 1,171,395 0 174,462 TOTAL $15,124,498 $8,756 $2,722 (1) Municipal State Aid Trunk Highway Aid County Aid Misc. Receipts (2) Includes final repayment of General Fund Cash Advance Points of Information 0 $250,289 38,000 0 3,357,568 $3,395,568 $1,474,613 $355,461 $4U2,567 $490,000 �, -• .� [Il $250,289 Residential property on corner lots will only be assessed for the normal assessment for the front of the lot. Residential properties on ouflying mmmercial and arterial streets will be assessed at the residential rate 11 per front foot), commercial properfles on residenflal streets would be assessed at 17 per front foot. Churches and church property would be assessed at the residential rate. The assessment will be inciuded on your property tax statement in 1996. QUESTIONS: If you have questions about street/alley maintenance, please call 292�600 — for questions about your assessment, ca11266-8857 and refer to your Property I.D. #. Page 4 of 4