ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and Director of Public Works with a Request to ADOPT an ORDINANCE for a PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT BY SPECIAL ASSESSMENT: SIDEWALK INSTALLATION along the South Side of WEST GILES LANE (North Mount Hawley Road to East of Patton Lane) [Council District 3]
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BACKGROUND: There appears on the agenda an Ordinance by The Board of Local Improvements for the following public improvement:
SIDEWALK INSTALLATION ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF W GILES LANE (N MT HAWLEY ROAD TO EAST OF PATTON LANE)
On August 9, 2017, the Board of Local Improvements approved a resolution authorizing the proposed improvement through Special Assessment. Improvements to W Giles Lane include a sidewalk installation along the south side of the roadway. Petitions were received and accepted by the Board of Local Improvements on July 13, 2017, with positive petitions for 80.1% of the frontage on W Giles Lane.
This sidewalk installation will provide connectivity between the Rock Island Trail, residential properties, and sidewalks on Mt Hawley Rd that have recently been completed (2015 and 2011) to Kellar Primary School. Furthermore, W Giles Lane is an overly narrow roadway with no existing sidewalks. This sidewalk installation will provide safe pedestrian mobility.
Net length of the Improvement: 802 feet or 0.152 miles
Assessment: Assessment will be determined by the Superintendent of Special Assessments for the City of Peoria, subsequent to the passage of the Ordinance and subject to possible later corrections. Tentative assessment rates as determined by the Board of Local Improvements at the Public Hearing from August 9, 2017 are as follows:
Construction Assessed Against the Properties: $10,713.00
Construction Assessed Against the Public: $50,930.50
Construction Total Assessment: $61,643.50
Total Assessment, incl. Contingency, Engineering & Legal: $61,643.50
PUBLIC HEARING AND WRITTEN REACTION TO THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENT:
Summary of the reaction to the proposed improvement:
Petitioned properties: 6
Positive Approvals: 5
Object to the Improvement COMPLETELY: 0
Object to the Improvement PARTIALLY: 0
Properties represented at Public Hearing: 2
FINANCIAL IMPACT: The engineer’s estimate for the construction is $61,643.50, together with an amount not to exceed six (6%) percent of the estimated base cost. assuming an additional 10% construction contingency. This project will be funded through the existing Capital project CDIST3 - $50,930.50 and the 2017 Sidewalk Participation Project - $10,713.00.
NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS: Directly adjacent properties are supportive of this project, as are neighborhoods and those residents to the east and west of this.
IMPACT IF APPROVED: The neighborhood improvement of a new sidewalk system will be made pursuant to the majority petitions. Sidewalks may be completed in fall 2017, making them usable before possible snow conditions.
IMPACT IF DENIED: The neighborhood improvement cannot be made, so the requirements of the majority petitions will not be met.
ALTERNATIVES: As Council Directs.
EEO CERTIFICATION NUMBER: N/A at this time
WHICH OF THE GOALS IDENTIFIED IN THE COUNCIL’S 2014 - 2029 STRATEGIC PLAN DOES THIS RECOMMENDATION ADVANCE?
1. Attractive Neighborhoods with Character: Safe and Livable
2. Financially Sound City Government, Effective City Organization
WHICH CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR(S) FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOES THIS RECOMMENDATION IMPLEMENT?
1. Reinvest in neighborhoods.
2. Invest in our infrastructure and transportation.
3. Improve District 150.
DEPARTMENT: Public Works