Title
Resolution Ordering the Making of Certain Local Improvements - Construct Euclid Street from Talley Street to Larson Street with Curb and Gutter
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Department: Transportation
Council District: 4
Public Hearing: March 4, 2014
Advertising Date/By: January 23, 2014, City Clerk
Contact 1 and Phone: Adam Fischer, Ext. 2861
Contact 2 and Phone: James Dickens, Ext. 2320
PURPOSE:
City Council to consider construction of Euclid Street from Talley Street to Larson Street with curb & gutter on both sides on the basis of a Petition for Local Improvement. The proposed street construction will connect Euclid Street from Talley Street to Larson Street. City Council approval is required in order for the project to proceed.
BACKGROUND:
Per City Charter Section 6.136 & 137 a petition requesting roadway improvements was signed by the majority of the property owners who own a majority of the adjacent property frontage along the limits of the proposed Euclid Street improvement. The City Legal Department has verified the sufficiency of the petition and per City Charter 6.139 a Notice of Public Hearing was mailed to the owners on January 13, 2014. The public hearing will be held on February 4 for City Council to determine whether it will order the making of the improvement.
Currently there is no established funding source for this roadway improvement project. Unfunded projects are placed within the City's Capital Improvement Program (CIP) to be considered for prioritization and future funding. CIP project prioritization take into account adopted City plans, economic development, critical need, community support and identified funding sources. Based on the current CIP prioritization criteria, staff projects this improvement to rank below existing unfunded projects which already exist in the City's CIP. The lower CIP ranking would likely mean a lengthy delay before this project is funded.
At the last City Council meeting, staff was requested t...
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