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2335 Highway 36 W St. Paul, MN 55113 Tel 651-636-4600 Fax 651-636-1311 www.bonestroo.com February 27, 2008 .. Bonestroo Honorable Mayor and City Council City of Centerville, Minnesota 1880 Main Street Centerville, MN 55038-9794 , \)\ \~. \p 1i\ \I [\ ~ \~'J' \j \ ; ;\X, , Re: 2009 Street and Utility Improvements Project Public Open House Feedback Bonestroo File No.: 000616-07158-0 Dear Mayor and Council: The purpose of this letter is to outline the main issues voiced at the February 21, 2008 public open house and possible steps the council could take to continue working with the public to reach a consensus on the appropriate scope for the proposed 2009 Street and Utility Improvement Project. The public open house began at 6:00 p.m. with a short presentation at 7:00. Following the presentation a question and answer formatted discussion began. The following is our summary of the major discussion topics from the meeting: Q: Can't this projed wait? This is generally a bad time for burdensome assessments due to current economic conditions. A: If the council is committed to providing water to all its residents by 2012, the water main and service installation portions of this project should move forward. Additionally, D and E type improvements are being done to protect the City's investment in the existing street subbase and bituminous base, respectively. Delaying these improvements would be detrimental to those streets resulting in higher life cycle costs. Type C 1 improvements could be delayed because we have determined that there is no salvage value left in the existing bituminous or gravel subbase. Delaying these improvements does not increase the life cycle costs as long as people are willing to tolerate their existing condition and the City is able to maintain reasonably safe driving conditions without extensive maintenance costs. Some Type C 1 improvement areas are imbedded in other improvement classifications. Delaying these few areas would necessitate driving heavy trucks and other construction equipment across the other improvements when the Type C1 work is completed in the future. For this reason and for the general continuity of the project, we would recommend that these "imbedded" areas of Type C 1 improvements remain in the scope of work for 2009. This is shown graphically on the attached figures.