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tervi[[e 1880 :Main Street, Centervifle, ~11!J{ 5503,V 651-429- 3232 or 'Fa-( 651-429-8629 'E,stabfi...4zcd.1857 December 7, 2006 Jeff Hanzal 7381 Old Mill Road Centerville,.MN 55038 Re: Improvements Dear Jeff: I received your letter of December 4,2006, regarding ascertaining costs associated with street improvements. Your suggestion that the City should get bids from contractors in order to "analyze" costs associated with your improvement is interesting, but unfortunately not practical. Contractors would not submit bids until they have plans and specifications and the city would not ask for bids until we are prepared to make an award. Also, the cost to prepare full plans and specifications would generally not be authorized until the project has been ordered. As you know, we are in the process of reviewing your plat. I suggest we start a parallel process with the Council, of considering the improvement. This would likely begin with an authorization for the engineer to update his cost estimate, taking into consideration the plat you have submitted and any Rice Creek Watershed District input. We would then have to go through the assessment hearing process in order to allocate the costs to the benefited properties. Ideally, all of the property owners would agree to the amounts proposed to be assessed. If in the end there are property owners that are disputing the benefit to their property, the council will decide whether the time is right to proceed. If the city isn't able to extend the improvements, the plat would most likely be determined to be premature and would not be approved. Your proposed improvement will be on the agenda for discussion on December 13,2006. It would be useful if you can attend. Thank you. Yours truly, QJL....- t~ Dallas Larson, City Administrator ... 2J