[Council Communication]  [Summary of Project] [Resolution Setting Public Hearing] [Final Cost Summary]

Council Communication

Title:	Adoption of a Resolution Setting a Public Hearing for the Final Assessment of three Local Improvement Districts: 1) Central Avenue Improvements; 2) Penny Drive / Palmer Road Improvements; and 3) Helman Street Improvements
Dept:	Public Works Department
Date:	July 15, 2003
Submitted By:	Paula Brown
Approved By: ...........................	Gino Grimaldi, City Administrator

Synopsis:	Attached are three project summaries and the resolutions forming the three Local Improvement Districts (LID) for improvements to: 1) Central Avenue; 2) Penny Drive / Palmer Road; and 3) Helman Street Sidewalk. Council action to set a public hearing to hear any objections to the final assessments is required under the Ashland Municipal Code as one of the final steps in the process to levy assessments to lots within each LID. The Central Avenue LID was established on June 15, 1999 by the City Council prior to completing the construction in 2000-01. The Penny Drive / Palmer Road LID was formed by Council on December 22, 1999 and improvements were completed in 2000. Council formed the Helman Street Sidewalk LID on October 3, 2001 and although the majority of the work was completed in 2001, the railroad crossings were just recently completed. All three projects are now fully completed and closed out so that final assessments can be appropriately charged to the property owners.
Recommendation:	Staff recommends that Council adopt the attached resolution to establish a public hearing for 7:00 p.m., August 19, 2003, to hear and consider objectives to the proposed final assessments for the lots within the three LIDs: 1) Central Avenue; 2) Penny Drive / Palmer Road; and 3) Helman Street Sidewalk.
Fiscal Impact:	Each of the three LIDs has been completed and a detailed cost analysis for each project is attached. Project costs are summarized on the following page.
Background:	Summary of Project Cost Estimates and Actual Costs

• Resolution Setting Public Hearing

• Final Costs for Central/Penny/Palmer/Helman LID's

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