5. Feasibility study for Improvements to west 79th St, 1
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TO: Don Ashworth, City Manager
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DATE: April 3, 1991 - "g'5/.
' SUBJ: Accept Feasibility Study for Improvements to West 79th St.
East of Trunk Highway 101; Call Public Hearing,
' Project No. 91-8
At their regular meeting on February 25, 1991 the City Council
1 authorized the preparation of a feasibility study for
improvements to West 79th Street from Trunk Highway 101/Great
Plains Boulevard east to the cul-de-sac. You will recall from
previous discussions and reports that the primary factors
necessitating these street and drainage improvements are the
development of the vacant property between the Brown 's Amoco
Station and Hannus building and the overall replatting of these
properties immediately south and east of 79th Street into Lots
1, 2 and 3 of Gateway First Addition.
' A large portion of the previously referenced vacant parcel will
become Lot 2, the future site of the Valvoline Rapid Oil
facility. The developer of the property, Mr. Brad Johnson of
Lotus Realty, does not control all of the properties potentially
benefitting from the proposed street and drainage improvements,
therefore he has requested that the City install these
improvements as a public 429 project.
The consulting engineering firm of Van Doren, Hazard, Stallings,
Inc. has prepared a feasibility study for the proposed street and
drainage improvements. The improvements include a street
widening to accommodate turn lanes for westbound traffic at the
intersection with Trunk Highway 101, a bituminous overlay and
concrete curb and gutter to improve the street servicability and
' extend life, storm sewer, street lighting, and landscaping along -
the north and south boulevard areas . The estimated total project
cost is $75, 353.00. The project is considered feasible from an
engineering standpoint.
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Don Ashworth
April 3, 1991
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The total project cost is proposed to be financed through special
assessments of the benefitting properties. Those benefitting
properties have been determined to be Lot 2, and portions of Lots
1 and 3 of the Gateway First Addition. The method for this
assessment is based on a front foot cost. For the street
improvements this amounts to a cost of $177.39 per front foot.
The storm sewer improvements have been determined to benefit Lot •
2 and Lot 3 only at a ratio of 80% for Lot 2 and 20% for Lot 3
based on contributing run-off. To assess the storm sewer costs
on a front foot basis consistent with the 80/20 split, a rate of
$150 .48 per front foot for Lot 2 and $36.77 per front foot for .
Lot 3 has been derived. The proposed project assessments are as
follows: Lot 1, $13,911.11; Lot 2, $39,822.44 and Lot 3,
$21,619.45 .
At this time it is requested that the City Council accept this i
feasibility report for the proposed street and drainage
improvements to 79th Street (Project No. 91-8) and that a public
hearing on this feasibility report be called for the April 22,
1991 City Council meeting.
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Attachment: Feasibility Report
c: Todd Gerhardt, Asst. City Manager i
Dave Hempel, Sr. Engineering Technician
Paul Krauss, Planning Director
Brad Johnson, Lotus Realty
Scott Harri, Van Doren, Hazard, Stallings, Inc.
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