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Resolution to Appropriate and Establish a Project Budget for the Design Phase of the Barton Drive Sidewalk and Special Assessment Resolution #1 ($15,000.00) (8 Votes Required)
Memorandum
Attached for your review and approval is a special assessment Resolution #1 for the design of a sidewalk along the south side of Barton Drive from approximately 250 west of Chandler Road to Longshore Drive (see attached map). This resolution will authorize City staff to prepare a preliminary design and cost estimate for the addition of new sidewalk along Barton Drive as a special assessment project. The attached map shows the proposed new sidewalk.
On December 10, 2012, staff received a petition requesting the City to provide a sidewalk along the south side of Barton Drive from approximately 250 west of Chandler Road to Longshore Drive. The petition had 7 signatures from three separate households.
A public meeting was held on April 10, 2013 to further assess the community desire for sidewalk at this location. The general input from the vast majority of residents in attendance was that the extension of this sidewalk was necessary to provide safe pedestrian access to the non-motorized boardwalk connecting the neighborhood to Argo Nature Area and Bandemer Park. The meeting summary for this public meeting is attached.
This Resolution authorizes the appropriation of $15,000.00 from the City’s General Fund to establish a budget in that amount for the purpose of preparing a preliminary design and cost estimate. As part of this process, staff will investigate various funding scenarios for the sidewalk, which will include special assessment of some of the properties adjacent to the new walk.
Based on the support for this sidewalk received at the public meeting, the following schedule was established:
July 2013: City staff will prepare a special assessment Resolution #1 for City Council’s authorization to proceed with the preparation of a preliminary design, cost estimat...
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