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Resolution No. 1 - Prepare Plans and Specifications for the Proposed Dhu Varren Road Sidewalk Special Assessment Project
Memorandum
Approval of the attached resolution directs staff to prepare plans, specifications, and cost estimates to construct sidewalks on both sides of Dhu Varren Road from Omlesaad Drive to the Nixon Farms developments as a special assessment project. Construction of these sidewalks will provide residents along Dhu Varren Road with pedestrian access from Omlesaad all the way to Nixon Road.
The construction costs to fill these sidewalk gaps will be partially funded by the Federal Surface Transportation Fund (STP). By leveraging federal funds for this project, the City is able to reduce the costs assessed to property owners.
As called for in Chapter 13 of City Code, the cost for the addition of new sidewalk where none currently exists is borne by the parcels that benefit from the improvements. Because this is a federal-aid project, up to $600,000 of the construction cost of the sidewalk would be paid by federal Surface Transportation Funds. The remainder of the costs would be local share.
The project may also require the City to obtain some temporary grading easements from adjacent property owners. As required by MDOT, staff will estimate the value of the grading permits following MDOT's procedures and offer the property owners reasonable compensation for the grading permits granted to the City. Any property owner that chooses may donate their grading permit to the project at no cost, or ask for the value of the grading permit to be factored into the calculation for the special assessment items as an offset to some of their special assessment cost.
The attached resolution directs staff to provide and share cost estimates for this work and identify the potentially assessable parcels.
If authorized to undertake this work as a special assessment project, staff will meet with the affected property owners to describe the project and ...
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