CR 96-167 Feasibility Report - 1st St N ImprovementsOctober 11, 1996
Proposed Action.
Overview.
Primary Issues to Consider.
Supporting Information.
o Analysis of Issues
o Cost/Assessment Tables
o Comprehensive Plan excerpts
o Neighborhood Meeting Notes
o Resolution 96 -83
Steven J. Stadler, Director of Public Works
ACCEPT FEASIBILITY REPORT
ORDER PUBLIC HEARING
FIRST STREET NORTH IMPROVEMENTS
PROJECT 96 -13
Staff recommends adoption of the following motion: Move that Council adopt
Resolution 96 -83. Resolution ordering public hearing. First Street North Improvements
Project 96 -13.
This action continues an assessable project for street improvements.
The City Council at its August 6 meeting authorized Bolton & Menk, Inc. to prepare a
feasibility study concerning street and sidewalk improvements on 1' Street North from 5
Avenue to 17 Avenue. The report is complete and now submitted for Council review
and action.
o Scope of Proposed Improvements
o Public Information - Resident Concerns
o Staff Response to Resident Concerns
o Assessment Policy - Typical Assessment Costs
o Project Budget
o Project Schedule
Council Report 96 -167
Council Report 96 -167 Page 2
Analysis of Issues
o Scope of Proposed Improvements
The proposed improvements include:
Reconstruct 1" Street North from 10 Avenue to 11 Avenue and from 14
Avenue to 15 Avenue. The street widths would not change from the current 30
feet (11 - 12 Avenue and 14 - 15t Avenue) and 32 feet (10 - 11'" Avenue).
Replace the existing concrete vertical curb with concrete curb and gutter on all
blocks with the exception of 6th Avenue to 7th Avenue. This block was
reconstructed with concrete curb and gutter in 1991.
Construct 6' wide concrete sidewalk with a 5 foot boulevard along north side of 1'
Street North to provide a continuous pedestrian walkway. The 5 foot boulevard
won't be possible along Maetzold Field due to extreme slope down to parking lot.
Retain current continuous sidewalk on south side, from 9th Avenue to 14 Avenue,
and replace existing substandard sections, as necessary.
Edge mill and overlay from 5 to 6th Avenue, 7 to 10 Avenue, 12 to 14
Avenue, and from 15 to 17 Avenue.
Remove existing overhead electrical lines from 12 Avenue to 14 Avenue and
provide Maetzold Field parking lot lighting.
o Public Information - Resident Concerns
A Public Information Meeting to present the feasibility report, receive comment
and answer questions was held on October 8' More than 300 meeting notice
letters were sent to property owners from 5 Avenue to 17 Avenue and from
Main Street to 2° Street North. Notices were not sent to businesses fronting on
Main Street. Resident concerns included:
Not wanting the City to spend State Aid funds on the street so that the City retains
complete control of traffic, i.e., ability to restrict truck traffic, future traffic calming
measures.
Most felt that Main Street businesses should also be assessed for 1' Street North
improvements and perhaps others as 1" Street North is used by most Hopkin's
residents.
Most attendees were against any additional sidewalk.
Some concern over decreased property values as a result of spending MSA funds
• and installing sidewalk.
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Council Report 96 -167 Page 3
A more detailed listing of resident input/concerns is attached to this report - see
neighborhood meeting notes.
o Staff response to resident concerns
Municipal State Aid Fun ' Issue: 1 Street North is a busy street that supports
through - traffic and adjacent residential and commercial properties. The
Comprehensive Plan's land use plan shows low density residential abutting 17 of
the 24 blocks of 1' Street North (5'" Avenue to 17' Avenue), medium density
residential abuts 3 blocks and commercial abuts 3 blocks. The City should always
try to reduce negative influences on residential neighborhoods. Currently, the level
of traffic and use of 1" Street North by the commercial businesses has a negative
effect on the Central Hopkins East and West neighborhoods. On the other hand,
the City needs certain streets to serve as collector streets and carry the majority of
east -west or north -south traffic. The question is: Does 1 Street North need to
function as an east -west collector? Looking again to the City's Comprehensive
Plan, 1 Street North is not shown as a collector. Yet, there is significant traffic
on l" Street. The Comprehensive Plan does show Minnetonka Mills Road east of
5t Avenue and 2 Street NE as a collector. However, most of this segment of
road is not designated as a Municipal State Aid (MSA) road. Staff proposes to
investigate the possibility of shifting 1" Street North MSA designation to the
Minnetonka Mills and 2' Street NE segments. We would hope to have more
information and a recommendation prior to a Nov 19 public hearing. It should be
noted that removing MSA designation from 1" Street North doesn't impact the
scope of this project or the potential assessments. However, It does mean that the
City would not be reimbursed for our share of the project costs.
Assessing Main Street Businesses: Staff believes that it would be very difficult to
show benefit to the businesses fronting Main Street because each has access on the
north by the public alley. Therefore, we propose to not include these businesses in
the assessment.
Sidewalk: Staff believes it is in the City's best interest to have a continuous
sidewalk along all major local and collector streets. The overall neighborhood and
City benefit of a continuous north side sidewalk outweigh the individual property
impacts.
Council Report 96 -167 Page 4
o Assessment Policy - Typical Assessment Costs
Staff proposes to assess street reconstruction, partial reconstruction (curb
replacement) and additional sidewalk costs. The assessment would apply to all
properties north to 2e Street North and south to the alley north of Main Street.
This complies with the current assessment policy. However, the existing policy
doesn't mention how to assess when there is an east -west alley such as the alley
just north of Main Street Each assessment area north and south of' a l'` Street
North block would be assessed based on the level of improvements necessary on
that block, i.e., full reconstruction blocks would result in a higher assessment rate
than the partial reconstruction blocks. A table showing a breakdown of typical
assessment costs is attached.
o Project Budget
o Project Schedule
• 1996
The current CIP budget for this project is $280,000. The engineer's preliminary
estimate is $379,900. The increase is due to the additional work of replacing the
existing vertical curb with standard curb and gutter. Cost summary tables showing
total costs, City costs and assessable costs are attached.
October 4 City Staff Review
October 8 Public Info Meeting - Feasibility Report Presentation
October 15 City Council Review /Acceptance of Feasibility Study
Order Public Hearing
November 19 Public Hearing/Authorize Final Plans
1997
February 4 Complete Plans, Order Bids - Council Meeting
February 27 Open Bids
March 18 Order Assessment Hearing
April 15 Assessment Hearing and Adopt ASsessment Roll
May 20 Award Bid
June -Sept Construction
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4✓17'y Cost
ASSirargABLE
A. Street Reconstruction
(10th Ave to 12th Ave)
(14th Ave to 15th Ave)
$21,812.00
$13,932.00
$47,918.00
532,513.00
369,730.00
$46,445.00
B. Milling and Overlay
(5th Ave to 6th Ave, 7th Ave to
10th Ave, 12th Ave to 14th Ave,
15th Ave to 17th Ave)
$72,400.00
$72,400.00
C. Replace Vertical Curb
(in milling and overlay Ave
$29,153.00
$68,027.00
397,180.00
D. Maetzold Field
Parking Lot Lighting
Bury Over
$22,000.00
528,875.00
$22,000.00
$28,875.00
E. Concrete Wall - North Side
512,981.00
530,289.00
$43,270.00
F. Concrete Wall - South Side
(Eliminated 10 -9 -96)
$0.00
Subtotal Improvement Costs
$201,153.00
$178,747.00
$379,900.00
Qty Property Assessment
56,840.00
Total Improvement Costs
$207,993.00
$178,747.00
$379,900 .00
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Typical Assessment Costs
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ENGINEER'S PRELIMINARY ESTIMATE
FIRST STREET NORTH
STREET AND SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS
• HOPKINS, MN
CITY PROJECT NO. 96-13
S.A.P. 132- 343-02
BMI PROJECT NO. TC96.0133
TOTAL SUMMARY TABLE
TABLE A : RECONSTRUCTION 10th AVE to 12th AVE and 14th AVE to 15th AVE
TABLE B : BITUMINOUS OVERLAY 5th AVE to 6111 AVE, 7th AVE to 1 Oth AVE. 12111 AVE to 14th AV
TABLE C : REPLACE VERTICAL CURB IN OVERLAY AREA
TABLE D : MAETZOLD FIELD PARKING LOT LIGHTING
TABLE D1 : BURY OVERHEAD ELECTRIC
TABLE E : CONCRETE WALK - NORTH SIDE
TABLE F : CONCRETE WALK - SOUTH SIDE ('ELIMINATE 10-9-96)
SUBTOTAL PRELIMINARY CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATE
OVERHEAD COSTS (25 %)
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Neighborhood Meeting Notes
10 -8 -96
► Residents feel that Main Street businesses should also be assessed for First Street
improvements. They say most commercial traffic on First Street stems from
businesses along Main and if these businesses are not assessed, they should be
restricted from routing their commercial traffic along First Street. They also say that
the east -west alley north of Main doesn't separate the Main Street businesses from
First Street. In fact, they believe that the one -way function of the alley forces the
traffic to use First Street to head in the other direction.
► With the opening of the new movie theater scheduled for Nov. 21, one resident
suggested that yet another non - assessable property would be contributing to higher
traffic volumes along First Street. Her understanding was that the traffic level along
First Street was projected to increase by 5% due to the new theater.
► Most attendees of the meeting felt that releasing the state -aid designation of First
Street would allow the city to place restrictions on the street thus eliminating their
problem of annoying commercial and high traffic volumes. They questioned the
necessity of two parallel truck routes within one block of each other.
► As a more extreme measure, some residents suggested releasing the state -aid
designation of First Street and actually closing off the street between 12th and 14th
Avenues thus eliminating thru traffic all together. They want First Street to function
as a "residential" road, similar to some of the quieter avenues.
► One resident believed a tax increase assessed to the residents a couple of years back
was supposedly to be used for future First Street improvements.
► While most of the residents believe that First Street is in need of repair, they do not
want a sidewalk to be part of the improvements.
• Some residents don't feel there are high enough pedestrian traffic volumes to
necessitate any more sidewalk. The city staff indicated that the proposed sidewalk is
part of a more vast plan to have continuous thoroughfares through Hopkins for
pedestrian and bicycle traffic.
► Residents don't want to maintain the sidewalk during the winter months. One
attendee, a former public works employee confessed that the snow plow drivers really
make no effort in keeping snow between the street and sidewalk
► Many of the residents anticipate significant devaluation of their properties if a
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sidewalk is constructed. The elimination of driveway parking and the proximity of
the walk to their houses along with increasing traffic volumes, they feel, contribute
the most to this devaluation. Additionally, they feel higher taxes along with lowering
property values is absurd.
• One resident insisted that if the proposed sidewalk is such a benefit to so many
residents of Hopkins, then the assessments should be even more widespread.
• Casual talk of a petition against the sidewalk and First Street's state -aid designation
occurred between several residents after the meeting.
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CITY OF HOPKINS
Hennepin County, Minnesota
RESOLUTION 96 -83
RESOLUTION ORDERING PUBLIC HEARING
FIRST STREET NORTH IMPROVEMENTS
PROJECT 96 -13
WHEREAS, the City Council authorized and directed the City Engineer to prepare a report with
reference to the aforesaid improvement, and
WHEREAS, the City Engineer has caused to be prepared the aforesaid report for improvements
on 1st Street North from 5th Avenue to 17th Avenue (Project 96 -13),
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of Hopkins, Minnesota:
ATTEST:
1. The Council will consider the aforesaid improvements in accordance with the
report and the assessment of benefitting property for all or a portion of the cost of
the alley improvements pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 429 at estimated
total cost of $379,900 for Project 96-13.
2. A public hearing will be held in the Council Chambers of the City Hall at 1010
First Street South on Tuesday, the 19th day of November, 1996, to consider said
improvements. The hearing time is 7:30 p.m.
The City Clerk shall give mailed and published notice of said hearings and improvements as
required by law.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Hopkins this 15th Day of October, 1996.
James A. Geneffie, City Clerk
Charles D. Redepenning, Mayor