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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNov 30, 1971p. 189 OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS Special Meeting November 30, 1971 The meeting was called to order at 8:07 p.m. Jeska, Logacz, Nawrocki - present. Roll Call: Land, Heintz, Mayor Nawrocki said this special meeting is to consider assessments for projects on which work has been completed during the past construction season. He said these are all projects that had hearings to determine if the projects could proceed at which time cost estimates were given. Now that the costs are in, this meeting is held to give the people the right to question the costs, and the work that was done. #650. Street Lighting on Hart Boulevard, 37th to 39th Avenue. It was reported on this project the property owners abutting the street will pay 1/2 the cost and the City will pay 1/2. The estimated cost was $2,500. The actual cost was $2,989.36 with the assessment to be spread for one year. No questions were raised. #652. Tree Removal, 4229 - 7th Street. It was reported this tree removal was authorized by a letter of permission from the owner. The cost was $300 with the assessment to be spread for one year. No questions were raised. #653. Alley Paving and Storm Drain, 45th to 46th Avenue, between 6th and 7th Street. It was reported the cost estimate was $7.00 per foot, and the actual cost worked out to identically that amount. It was proposed this assessment be spread over a five year period. Mr. Skaj, 4515 - 6th Street, questioned how the cost was arrived at. He said the alley could not be used for at least three months. The alley is far from professional work and the drain is off center by 8'l. He said it seems we are far from efficient on these projects and it is the taxpayers money the City is ~pending. The project has to be planned, but it also has to be coordinated. The City Manager explained the bid was on a competitive basis. Iow responsible bidder received the bid by authorization of the Council. The The City Engineer said we had a concrete strike which upset schedules. We got the concrete in by the skin of our teeth. There was a problem in setting the storm sewer. It was tight, and the result was not centered 100%. But it is set to be functional. Herbert Hill, 545 - 45th Avenue, que~ioned the method of assessment used for a corner lot. He felt he should pay the same as those on other parts of the alley. p. 190 #654. Street Repair, Seal Coat in Hilltop Second Unit. It was reported the estimated cost was $1.00 per foot. The actual costs came in at $1 .10. The proposal was for a one year assessment. No questioned were raised. #655. Curb and Gutter on Main Street, 37th to 40th Avenue. It was reported the estimated cost $4.05 per foot. The actual cost came to be $4.23 and was recommended to be spread over a five year period. A resident from 3928 Main Street was present and questioned why his assessment was higher than his neighbors and the lots are the same width. After checking the records, it was found he had a water stub.[~A[~A~XX This was not itemized on the statement. #656. Storm Sewer in Main Street, 37th to 40th Avenue. It was reported the estimate at the hearing last spring was 2¢ per square foot less credits for storm sewer work done in the are back in 1352. The proposed assessment would be 1¢ per square foot, the cost to be spread over a period of three years. #660. Paving 0ver-lay, 45th Avenue from Central to University. The estimated cost was $3.09 for the street charge, and $1.03 for the avenue charge. The Village of Hilltop was charged for their share on the same basis as the street charge and that money was put into escrow by the property owner. The assessment is exactly what was estimated. The City Manager reported there is some minor repair work to be done in the spring. The cost for that work is included. Several residents were present and a lengthy discussion was held regarding the number of catch basins on 45th and 6th Street, the height of the overlay, the high lip or bituminous pavement edges, lumps of blacktop on the curbs on JacksonStreet, poor pavement joints, and recessed manholes. The City Manager and City Engineer were directed to do a follow-up check on these items and submit a written report to the Council. Mayor Nawrocki ~id the contractor has not been paid in full. is a bond that is good for one year to guarantee the work. There #661. Curb and Gutter on Jefferson, 39th to 40th Avenue, and 39th Avenue from Jefferson to 5th Street. owner The City Manager reported the only property involved ~n this project besides the City is the Soo Line railroad. The cost is $4.23 per assessable front foot. No questions were raised. p. 191 #662. Sanitary Sewer and Lift Station between Sullivan Lake and Central Avenue, and between 51st and 53rd Avenue. Cost estimates given at the time of the hearing were approximately $11.00 per assessable foot. This would have been an assessment of $36,190 which is essentially identical to the amount of the contract payment. It was recommended this assessment be spread over a ten year period. Representatives from St. Timothy's Lutheran Church were present objecting to the assessment. Ron Erickson, an attorney for the church, said in 1957 a trunk line was put in down 51st Avenue. For some reason the church was not assessed for lateral benefit. It was thought the property could not be served. But the church was in fact served by this facility and connected up in 1961. It has been served adequately since that time by this facility. For some reason the City did not assess for lateral benefit at that time and it seems that lateral benefit should have been assessed in 1961 when the property was hooked up when it was clear the property was benefited. The position of the church is they are benefited by an existing facility. They feel if they are going to be assessed, they should be assessed for the one that was hooked up to ten years ago and pay at that rate. The City Attorney requested time to review the situation. He recommended the hearing on project #662 be continued until the December 13th meeting at which time he will come up with a workable solution to the problem. #662. Concrete Alley Paving South of Peters Place. The estimate given was $5.00 per assessable foot. The actual cost will be $5.65. The assessment was recommended to be spread over a five year period. No questions were raised. #664. Delinquent Utility Bills. It was reported Edmund LeVoir, 4654 Heights Drive was present earlier in the meeting and turned in his assessment statement on a delinquent utility bill. He does not wish to have garbage service and deducts this item from his utility bills. Mayor Nawrocki suggested a letter be submitted certifying this to taxes, a copy of which be made for Mr. LeVoir. #665. Weed Control. It was reported these are bills for cutting weeds where the people won't pay the cost. No questions were raise. p. 1~2. Resolution Adoptin9 Assessment Roils. Offered by Land, seconded by Jeska. Adopting assessment rolls for the following local improvements and determining that said improvements have been made and ratifying and confirming all other proceedings, heretofore had: Special Assessments numbered 650, 652, 653, 654, 655, 656, 660, 661, 663, 664, 665. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Columbia Heights, Minnesota, met at 8:00 p.m. on the 30th day of November, 1971 at the City Hall Council C~mbers in Columbia Heights, being the time and place set when and where all persons interested could appear and be hear by the Council with respect to benefits, and to the proportion of the cost of making the local improvements above described, a notice of such hearing having been heretofore duly published as required by law, and a notice mailed to each property owner of record, stating the proposed amount of the assessment; and WHEREAS, this Council has heretofore estimated and fixed the cost of such local improvements and has prepared an assessment roll therefore. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Columbia Heights hereby resolves: Section 1. That this Council does hereby adopt the aforesaid assessment rolls known and described as "Assessment Roll for Local Improvements numbered 650, 652, 653, 654, 655, 656, 660, 661, 663, 664 and 665. Section 2. That this Council hereby finds and determines that each of the lots and parcels of land enumerated in said assessment rolls was and is especially benefited by such improvement in an amount not less than the amount set opposite in the column headed "Total AssessmentI' And this Council further finds and determines that the proper pro pcrtion of the cost of such improvements to be especially assessed against such lot or parcel of land is be amount set opposite the description of each such lot or parcel of land respectively in said assessment rolls. Section 3. That said assessments may be paid in part or in full without interest on or before December 31, ]971, or in annual installments for a period of from one to ten years as designated on each assessment roll, payable on or before the 30th day of September, annually, with 8% interest thereon. Failure to pay the annual installment renders the same delinquent and thereafter a 10% penalty is added and the said delinquent special assessment is certified to the county for collection with the real estate tax. p. 193 Section 4. That this Council did hereby determine and re-determine to proceed with said improvements, does ratify and confirm all other proceedings heretofore ~d in regard to these improvements, and said improvements shall hereafter be known and numbered as "local improvements numbered 650, 652, 653, 654, 655, 656, 660, 661, 663, 664, and 665. Section 5. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its passage. Roll Call - All Ayes. Pro.ject #662. Motion by Jeska, seconded by Heintz that the assessment for project #662 be adjourned until 8:00 p.m., December 13th, at the City Council Chanters of the City of Columbia Heights. Roll Call - All Ayes. Motion by Jeska, seconded by Logacz All Ayes. to adjourn at 11:08 .p.m. Rol 1 Call Bruce G. Nawrocki , Mayor S'ecretary to the Council