Memo Alley Upgrading Program•
CITY OF HOPKINS
MEMORANDUM
DATE: February 5, 1992
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Lee Gustafson, Public Works Director
SUBJECT: Alley Upgrading Program
As a part of the City's Capital Improvement Program, there
has been typically $20,000 allocated as the City's share for
the upgrading of alleys. There has not, however, ever been
a program designed to accomplish this with the exception of
a petition being submitted for an alley upgrading. Staff
would like to discuss such a program with Council that could
be designed to upgrade approximately 3 alleys per year for
the next 8 years. The main obstacle to the program would be
that the alley improvements would be initiated by the City,
thereby requiring a 4/5 vote by Council. Staff would
therefore like to see if Council generally approves of such
a program before spending any more time on it.
The City presently has 26 gravel or bituminous alleys
throughout the town. These alleys, as shown on the attached
map, were rated in 1989 with respect to both condition and
use on a scale from 0 to 7. Please refer to the attached
alley survey. The alleys with the highest total score
generally had the greatest need to be upgraded.
Staff has recently taken this survey, and developed a
"Schedule of Improvements" as shown on the attached map.
The schedule is basically a mini - C.I.P. indicating the year
a certain alley is scheduled for upgrading. Staff would
like to use this schedule of improvements as the-basis of an
alley paving program that would be designed to improve the
alleys with the worst condition and the highest usage first.
The best alleys with the lowest usage would therefore =be
upgraded last unless a petition was submitted to upgrade
them.
One of the main reasons staff would like to see these alleys
upgraded to concrete is that gravel and bituminous alleys
usually require far more maintenance than a concrete alley.
Unfortunately these alleys were not originally designed to
carry the heavy loads that a concrete pavement can handle,
and therefore generally break up much faster than a pavement
such as concrete.
Drainage is another problem that would be improved if these
alleys were upgraded to concrete. As we know, concrete
alleys have inverted crowns, "V" design, that are intended
to collect the water in the middle of the alley, and carry
it to an intersecting street or catch basin. Bituminous or
gravel alleys cannot be constructed this way which is why
they generally have poor drainage characteristics. Anytime
a street or alley has poor drainage it usually deteriorates
at a faster rate due to the underlying soil becoming wet and
not providing a solid base for the pavement. This
deterioration problem is then magnified when you have
bituminous pavements not designed for heavy loads, such as
our alleys, installed in poor drainage conditions.
Staff would like Council to strongly consider implementing
an alley paving program as described above. The program
would not only reduce the additional time and money it takes
to maintain these other alleys, it would also improve the
overall general appearance of our city.
HED LE
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THE CITY OF
HOPKINS , MINNESOTA
HENNEPIN COUNTY
SCALE
ECP 0
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ALLEY IMPROVEMENTS
1607
20, 23, 24
5, 6, 25
16, 17, 21, 22
1, 2, 3, 4, 9
11, 12, 13, 14, 26
7, 8, 15
10, 18, 19
Criteria:
Condition
Use
Location
1. Between 4th St. N and
North Service Road -
Between 12th & 13th Ave. N
2. Between 3rd & 4th St. N
Between 12th & 13th Ave. N
3. Between 3rd St. N and
RR R.O.W -
Between 12th & 13th Ave. N
4. Between 2nd St. N & end -
Between llth & 12th Ave. N
5. Between 2nd & 3rd St. N
Between 9th & 10th Ave. N
6. Between 2nd St. N & RR
R.O.W.
Between 9th & 10th Ave. N
7. Between 1st St. N & Main
Between llth & 12th Ave. N
8. Between llth & 12th Ave. N
& north of Main
9. Between 13th & 14th Ave. N
& south of 3rd Ave. N
10. Between 17th & 18th Ave. N
Between 1st and 2nd St. N
11. Between 17th & 18th Ave. N
& north of Main
12. Between 18th & 19th Ave. N
& north of Main
•! 13. Between 19th & 20th Ave. N
& north of Main
ALLEY SURVEY
October 1989
0 = Good 7 = Poor
0 = Low 7 = High
Surface Condition Use Total
Bituminous 6
Bituminous
Bituminous
Grass
Bituminous
Bituminous
Bituminous
Bituminous
Grass
Bituminous
Bituminous
Bituminous
Bituminous
3 3 6
4 3 7
6 3 9
5 4 9
5 6 11
6 7 13
7 1 8
2 3 *5
6 6 12
5 7 12
7 6 13
Alley Survey
October 1989
Page 2
Location
14. Between 20th Ave. N
& Shady Oak Road & north
of Main
15. Between. 8th & 9th Ave. N -
Between 1st St. N & Main
16. Between 1st St. N & Main -
Between 6th & 7th Ave. N
17. Between 1st St. N & Main -
Between 7th & 8th Ave. N
18. Between 1st & 2nd St. S -
Between 12th & 13th Ave. S
19. Between 12th & 13th Ave. S
& south of Main
20. Between 10th & llth Ave. S-
Between 6th St. S & 9 Mile
Creek
21. Between 6th & 7th Ave. S -
Between 1st St. S & Main
22. Between 6th & 7th Ave. S &
north of 2nd St. S
23. Between Monroe & Jackson -
Between 2nd St. N and
1st St. N
24. Between 7th & 8th St. S -
Between 5th -& 6th Ave. S
25. Between 2nd & 3rd St. N
Between 5th & 6th Ave. N
26. Between Shady Oak Rd &
City Limits - North of
Bradford Road
*Needs seal coating 1991
G /JG01212A
Surface Condition Use Total
Bituminous 7 6 13
Bituminous 5 7 12
Bituminous 7 6 13
Bituminous 7 5 12
Bituminous 7 5 12
Gravel 7 7 14
Gravel 7 4 11
Bituminous 6 6 12
Bituminous 3 6 9
Bit /Gravel 7 7 14
Bituminous 6 6 12
Bituminous 3 3 6
Bituminous 2 7 9
Attest:
CITY OF HOPKINS
Hennepin County, Minnesota
RESOLUTION 96 -29
RESOLUTION ORDERING IMPROVEMENT AFTER PUBLIC HEARING
ALLEY RECONSTRUCTION
PROJECT 96 -05
WHEREAS, a resolution of the City Council adopted the 6th day of
March, 1996, fixed a date for a Council hearing on the
proposed improvement of an alley in the #10 -#100 Block
between 6th /7th Avenues South, and
WHEREAS, the City Council deems it appropriate and expedient to
reconstruct the alley with concrete pavement, and
WHEREAS, ten days mailed notice and two weeks published notice of
the hearing was given, and the hearing was held thereon the
2nd day of April, 1996 at which all persons desiring to be
heard were given an opportunity to be heard thereon,
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of Hopkins,
Minnesota:
1. Such improvement is hereby ordered as proposed in the
Council resolution adopted the 6th day of March, 1996.
2. The City's engineer is hereby designated to prepare plans
and specifications for the making of such improvement.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Hopkins this 2nd
day of April, 1996.
James A.Genellie, City Clerk
Charles D.Redepenning, Mayor