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e . e CITY OF ARDEN HILLS MEMORANDUM DATE: July 13, 2000 TO: Joe Lyneh, City Administrator r\ FROM: Dwayne Stafford, Public Works Director IS SUBJECT: Current Arden Hills Street Improvement Program and Turnback History Baekl!round The City of Arden Hills began looking at a residential street improvement program that included total reconstruction of streets in 1990. Prior to that only overlays, some cold-in- place recycling and maintenance work was performed except for Hamline Avenue, Hamline Avenue between Highway 96 and 1-694 was totally reconstructed in'1989 and funded by MSA and City monies. No assessments were made. In November of 1990 the City adopted the Assessment Policy used today, which identified a street standard of 32 feet wide, concrete curb and gutter, and built to a seven ton design for new residential subdivisions or developments. The City also uses this standard for reconstruction of existing streets in most instances. A thirty-six foot wide, nine ton design with concrete curb and gutter was specified for commercial/industrial and heavier traffic areas. 1991 North Snelling A venue from Highway 96 south to McClung Drive was the first City street reconstructed under the current Assessment Policy Program. This street was reconstructed to current City standards using the commercial/industrial standard of concrete curb and gutter, a thirty-six foot width and a nine-tone MNDOT road design. Benefiting residential property owners were assessed $22.00 per foot and the two churches, St. Katherine's and North Heights, were each assessed $44.00 per foot. The Assessment Policy distinguishes between residential, commerciallindustrial and tax- exempt properties. 1992 Tiller Lane in the IngersonlHamline area was totally reconstructed with concrete curb and gutter to a width of thirty feet. Benefiting property owners were assessed $29.27 per foot for the improvement. 1993 Only overlay work was done on about twenty City streets.