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CITY OF PLYMOUTH
RESOLUTION N0.95 -126
REVISING SPECIAL ASSESSMENT POLICY
STREET RESURFACING AND RECONSTRUCTION
WHEREAS, the City Council has previously adopted a policy regarding a long range
Street Resurfacing and Reconstruction Program for the City; and
WHEREAS, the policy has been reviewed by City staff, the City Attorney and City
Council and revisions are proposed to the policy; and
WHEREAS, the proposed revisions are attached as Exhibit A;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT REMY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA: That Section 11, D, 4 is deleted and
replaced by Exhibit A to this resolution.
Adopted by the City Council on February 21, 1995.
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STREET RECONSTRUCTION
ASSESSMENT POLICY
Street Reconstruction. The City Council has adopted a long-range plan providing for the
periodic reconstruction, including resurfacing, of all paves city streets. The City Council
adopted policies which are designed to ensure the orderly and fiscally responsible
implementation of this plan on a community -wide basis.
The following is the general Street Reconstruction Policy for special assessments to benefiting
party.
a. It is the policy of the City to special assess abutting benefiting property for street
reconstruction costs, but not in excess of the special benefit to the property. This policy
applies to all streets that are the responsibility of the City.
b. The assessment rate for the reconstruction of previously paved streets shall be determined
annually by the City Council.
The assessment rate is based on the following:
(1) It is the goal of this policy that benefited properties be assessed 30% of the cost of
the Pavement Management Program. The percentage of the project assessed in any
individual year will vary depending upon construction requirements and the
construction market.
(2) Assessments shall not exceed any of the following:
(a) the special benefit to the property being assessed;
(b) the total assessments in a maintenance district may not exceed the project
cost in tlir, maintenance district;
(c) the total assessment for a project may not exceed the project cost.
Project cost includes both direct construction costs and all indirect costs such as
engineering and administration.
(3) Assessments shall normally be levied for a period not to exceed five (S) years.
Longer assessment periods will be considered when other assessable public
improvements are being constructed at the same time.
(4) Assessments for single family parcels shall be made on a per parcel (unit) basis.
The unit assessment rate for 1994 is $916. The rate shall be adjusted annually
based on the percent change in the "Construction Cost Index" as published in the
American City and County magazine, with the base index being IM2 (J���ry
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(5) Multi -family housing parcels shall be converted into an equivalent number of parcel
units by dividing the area of the multi -family parcel by 18,500 (the City's
established minimum lot size) and multiplying the result by a density/traffic factor
of 2.775. The density/traffic factor relates the traffic generated per housing unit
and the number of allowable housing units on the property to a single family
residential property. The number of equivalent units are then multiplied by the
single family assessment rate to determine the assessment for the property.
(6) The area of commerciallindustrial parcels shall be divided by 18,500 to establish
the number of equivalent units for the property. The 1994 assessment rate for each
unit is $692, based upon the industrial portions of the 1992, 1993, and 1994 Street
Reconstruction Projects. This rate shall be adjusted annually by the percentage
change of the construction cost index. Institutional properties such as schools,
churches, and public property are assessed as commercial/industrial.
c. For the purposes of street reconstruction, the project costs will include the cost of replacing
or repairing concrete curb and gutter. In those cases where bituminous curbing is replaced
with concrete curb and gutter, an additional special benefit will be assessed. The cost to be
assessed shall be the cost of installing the concrete curb and gutter and assessed on a front
foot basis. The addik. m of a wider street or a storm sewer system may also be considered
an additional special benefit and may be assessed.
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