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r- 8 9 P'� " -7 <br />JUL 13 1993 F1037 <br />DATE: JULY 61 1993 <br />TO: JAMES E. LER <br />COUNTY ADM INI STRATOR <br />FROM: TERRANC G.JPI <br />D CT S ICES <br />STAFFED AND <br />PREPARED BY: H%.e !D &T P.E. <br />ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER <br />DEPARTMENT OF UTILITY SERVICES <br />SUBJECT: WATER EXPANSION PLAN,, PHASE II <br />IRC PROJECT NO. UW -91 -14 -DS <br />RESIDENTS OF 35TH AVENUE COMPLAINT <br />BA= --GROUND: <br />The subject assessment project to provide water service to <br />approximately 1,,416 parcels and lots (including 35th Avenue) is <br />currently under construction. The project includes water to <br />residents of 35th Avenue, north of 4th Street. <br />A complaint signed by some 14 residents of 35th Avenue has been <br />received.(see attached). The complaint centers around the fact that <br />driveways and lawns are being torn up,, and that homeowners are being <br />charged again for restoration of driveways and lawns which were <br />previously paid for through a petition -assessment road paving <br />project which was completed in aid -1991. <br />AN—ALYSIS: <br />Bids received and contracts awarded for the Phase II Project (5 <br />contracts) -show a total of 1,778 L.F. of paved drive restoration at <br />a cost of $28,842.00 ($16.25/L.F.), and 44,632 L.F. of sod <br />restoration at a cost of $56,132.70 (approximately $1.25/L.F.). <br />This amounts to approximately $60.00 per lot. The larger lots and <br />parcels would pay a higher -percentage of the cost in conformance <br />with the assessment process. All restoration costs are included in <br />the project, to be shared by all participants; these costs are not <br />assigned to particular lot owners, but against everyone, including <br />those persons with no paved driveway,, and those persons whose <br />driveways are not affected by the construction. <br />In addition to the above, everyone has paid for his/her driveway, <br />whether it be in a special assessment or included in the purchase <br />price of the property. The owners of 35th Avenue properties are not <br />the only ones who have paid for driveways and lawns. <br />An alternative of cutting driveways would be to bore under them. <br />This is a phase of construction which we have recently turned to, <br />but the cost of boring 60 pipe under driveways is abput $30.00/L.F., <br />whereas the cost of cutting and restorating driveways in this <br />project is approximately $16.25/L.F., based on actual bids. <br />RECOMMENDATION: <br />The Department of Utility Services recommends denial of the request <br />to delete certain restoration costs (driveways and lawns) from the <br />assessed costs of the 35th Avenue petition. <br />18 <br />