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SUMMARY FOR ENTIRE PROJECT Street & Sidewalk Construction Storm Sewer Construction �apiioi xegion xequ�reme� Watermain Reconstruction Total Estimated cost $841=859.38 $68,875.00 $38,449.66 $182,812.50 Falcon Heights Share $420,929.65 $34,437.50 $19,224.23 $1,131,996.54 I $474,591.42 Roseville Share $420,929.69 �34,437.50 $182,812.50 $657,403.92 Because this is a complete street reconstructionproject, a portion of it may be assessed. The proposed assessment discussion included in the Feasibility report is consistent with the following City of Roseville assessment policies: • The assessments shall not be for more than 25% of the cost to construct a 32 foot wide 7-ton road for all property zoning. o To meet state aid standards, this road will be constructedto a 9-ton cross section. For the purposes of assessment calculation, we reduce the estimated quantities to reflect the cost to build a 7-ton road. Also since the proposed road is 34 feet wide, we subtract the costs to construct the additional 2 feet of pavement. •�� costs associated with storm sewer or sidewalk construction will be assessed to property owners. • Any utility replacement/repair be funded by the appropriate utility fund and not become part of the assessable portion of the project. Chapter 429 of state statute has two major points to consider when justifying assessments, first, the assessment has to treat similar properties equally, and second, the amount of the assessment has to be equal to or less than the resulting increase in property value. We have explored a number of different options for establishing an assessment rate for this year's project. Option A: Use assessable frontage to establish assessment rate. ($49.671 foot) The City's practice has been to set the assessment rate using actual assessable frontage on the road. Many homes on Roselawn Avenue in Roseville are side yard frontages which are calculated at 10% of the actual lot line length. Strictly applying the City's assessment policy, the assessable footage for this proj ect is 1490.81 feet. This is a little more than half of what is could be considered "assessable frontage". As a result, using the actual assessable frontage of this street to set assessmentpolicy sets the 100% assessmentper foot rate at $198.68/ foot. This significantly increases the proposed assessment amount. The assessment rate for this option would be $49.671 ft($4967 for a 100 foot wide lot). This assessment rate is a little less than double our average historical assessment rate of $251 foot. Option B: Centerline length to determine assessment rate. ($28.051 foot) Roselawn Avenue is 2640 feet long (0.5 miles). If we were to use the actual length of the road