ZONING AND PLANING COMMISSION
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Date:
January 18, 1983
To:
Zomng and Planning C<xmuSSlon
~.'rom:
SUBJECT :
Wllham P. Cralg, Cl ty M:mager
Five-year Capl tal Inproverrent Program
Each year, it has been my practice to furnish you with an outline of a Five-year Capltal
improvement program, at the January rreeting. The plan gives II distant early warnrng"
of necessary proJects and expensive equiprent replacement (vehicles are handled on
a separate replacerrent schedule). The Capital Improvement Program also glves the
advisory policy-mak1.ng authorlty of the city an opportunity to plan and direct
long-range inprovements, beyond the narrow scope of the annual budget process. The
program ltself, hCMever, has no legal force - the flnal word belongs to the Councll
through nonnal budget and vote procedures.
1. Alleys - It has been city practice to pay 20% of the cost of concrete alleys from
general tax revenues. Seventy-eight concrete alleys have been rnstalled since
the program began in 1965 i about bo.o dozen asphalt alleys of varying condition
rercain, and a handful of unpaved alleys.
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2. Seal Coat - The Cl ty trys to rraintain a regular schedule for sealcoatlng paved
streets with asphalt and crushed stone, Slnce experience has shavn that the cmef
cause of pavement fallure is water penetration of the asphalt surface. The Clty
has been rraintaining the six-year sealcoat lnterval, and thus must average six
mles of sealcoat per year to keep current.
3. 11th Avenue Viaduct - This proJect lS conta.l.ned on the approved flve-year State
Aid Funding plan, and is posed in that plan to be fully funded by 1989. This
CIP forsees the construction phase by 1988.
4. lEconstruction of 11th Avenue South and 7th Street South - Tlus lS another ltem
fran the five-year State Aid Plan. The reconstruction wlll be necessitated by the
shifting of peat sOlls under the existing roadway. The reconstruction wlll be
only done ln the spots necessary, since the funding avallable cannot pay for redoillg
the street, and the vast rnajorlty of the streets naned are ill good condition.
5. County }bad 18 - Based upon County estimates of City contributions necessary to
keep the project on schedule. Apparently,City payments will prillcipally involve
site dramage.
6. BJke Trails - This program has been on the CIP for sane years as seed rroney -
funds to be used to match grants, etc. Unfortunately, grants are at a lCM ebb.
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Shady Oak FDad - Since ~ suspect that the County lntends to lll'prove Shady Oak
sare day, ~ need to note possible expense on the "distant horizon". Perhaps
when the crosstown is extended, the volurre on Shady Oak wlll no longer rrerit a
project.
8. M1.lwaukee Avenue - This project, wluch would upgrade Milwaukee fran a black top
super - driveway to a State Aid standard industrial street, would be contingent
upon a decision beUlg reached to continue to rralntain th1s as a street.
9. lEconstruct 17th Avenue - This pertains to one small sectlon of 17th wluch has
subsided over the years, and can no longer be effectlvely patched with asphalt.
The effected concrete sectlons should be rerroved and replaced.
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10. Seventh Street Extenslon - Tms project would provlde effectlve access to the
p::esent landfill property, and potentlally the Napco property contalned wlthln
Minnetonka. It nay or nay not connect Wl. th Srretana Road, depend1ng upon the
planned unlt developnent fmally approved.
11. Water Tank lEnovatlon - The r-bhne tank was thoroughly recoated ill 1977, and
the Blake tank ln 1978. Such work lS usually scheduled for 7-year lntervals.
12. lDop L1nes - Although rrost of the lme "lOOpillg" to boost water pressure
and volUlre wlll be cCllpleted thls year, 1 t appears that flCM from the blg
treatment plant ( belund Elno Park) could be inproved by installatlon of an
adfu tional main fran there to hlghway 7.
13. Stonn Sewers - By policy, Council has devoted $65,000 annually from taxes
to the stann seW2r fund.
14. .5 Hlllion Gallon Tank - Tlus has long been a part of the over-all water system
improvement plan, lnCreasillg overhead storage by 50%. The year selected lS sorrewhat
arbltrary, and could be changed. The tank would be constructed at the Elno Park
treatment plant slte.
15. Elrergency power #4 - At present, none of the city wells have an emergency generator
for power outages, although #5 runs on natural gas and #4 has a direct drlve dlesel
which is regarded as unreliable and dangerous. A generator for the #4 well site
would be a Wlse lnvestrrent, and could possibly be cycled to operate the treatrrent
plant also.
16. Public WOl:kS Garage - It has been proposed to canplete the garage cCllplex by
renovating the older structures in phases, through the years 1983 to '850 These
expenses would be funded Wlth the lnterest fran the PIR fund prlncipa1.
17. Tree Program - Orr tree loss rate seems to have stabihzed, but at a mim..mum we
must contillue to rerrove diseased trees as they are found, or the dlsease wlll
overcane all the trees in a very short tllIle.
18. Iem:>del Police Statton - The superintendent has sane ldeas to l.TI1prove the fuspatch
area, and have a 24-hour public entry point Wlthout leavillg the main door open.
The design and cost of the project lS not fixed.
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CBD parklng lots - The sum listed is approxlIllately half of your dCMntCMn
redeveloprent area lncare, and could el ther be expended for pay-as-you-go
projects or as repayrrent of a rondo The speclflC project or proJects selected
WJuld be subject to the usual revlew and approval process. It does appear that
the tnre is at hand for lIDprovement of our dCMntCMn parkillg.
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This explanattcn lS necessarlly brlef; as usual I am avallable to an~r questlons,
and will make presentatlon at pubhc rreetillgs as necessary. Ideally the Camusslon
will be able to forward thls to Councll by late February, so that they nay revlew,
arrend, etc. prior to 1984 budget preparation.
Respectfully suJ::mi tted,
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Willlam P. Craig, Cl ty r.1anager
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