Res 2023-08 Victoria Curve Street ImprovementCITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION 2023-OS
A RESOLUTION ORDERING OF IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AND PREPARATION OF
PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE VICTORIA CURVE STREET IMPROVEMENT
PROJECT (PROJECT #202305)
WHEREAS, on December 2Q, 2022, the Mendota Heights City Council authorized the holding
of a public hearing (the "Hearing") under Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 429, as amended (the "Act"), to
discuss and consider various street rehabilitation projects, storm water infrastructure improvement and
replacement, aggregate base, concrete curb and gutter improvements, bituminous surfacing, trail
improvements, and appurtenant work (collectively, the "Improvements"), in and along portions of the
following streets: Victoria Curve from Lexington Avenue to Trunk Highway 13 and Orchard Hill from
Lexington Avenue to the Cul-de-sac (collectively, the "Assessment Area"); and
WHEREAS, also on December 20, 2022, the Council received a feasibility report on the
Improvements from the Public Works Director (the "Feasibility Report"), which report explored the
feasibility and estimated costs to provide the Improvements under the Act; and
WHEREAS, the estimated costs of the Improvements, as detailed in the Feasibility Report, is
$2,090,000, and will be financed from a combination of available City Utility Funds, Special
Assessments, Municipal State Aid, and general obligation improvement bonds; and
WHEREAS, the Public Works Director has held neighborhood informational meetings in
January, to give each neighborhood in the Assessment Area a summary of the Improvements, and the
necessity of such Improvements to the general overall health of the City; and
WHEREAS, ten days' mailed notice and two weeks' published notice of the Hearing was given,
as required by the Act, and the Hearing was held on the date hereof, at which time all persons desiring to
be heard were given an opportunity to be heard thereon; and
WHEREAS, a reasonable estimate of the total amount to be assessed, and a description of the
methodology used to calculate individual assessments for affected parcels within the Assessment Area,
has been made available for the Hearing.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Mendota Heights,
Minnesota, as follows:
The Improvements are necessary, cost-effective and feasible as detailed in the Feasibility
Report. Specifically, the Improvements are necessuy to update the City's street
infrastructure system, as many streets were originally constructed more than 30 years
ago, and contain pavement that has been continually patched, overlaid, seal coated, and
slurry sealed, but now is in need of rehabilitation. The repair of associated aging storm
water infrastructure concurrently with the street reconstruction is additionally
recommended for project efficiency. Finally, the Improvements are feasible from an
engineering standpoint.
2. The Improvements are hereby ordered. The Council shall let the contract for all or pu•t
of the Improvements, as authorized by Section 429.041, Subdivision 1 of the Act, no later
than December 31, 2023.
The portion of the Improvements related to associated storm water infrastructure are
instituted under the Act, and this portion of the Improvements can be more economically
completed if consolidated and joined as one project with the Improvements, as allowed
pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Section 435.56, as amended. Therefore, all subsequent
proceedings under the Act related to the Improvements shall be conducted in all respects
as if the various separate proceedings had originally been instituted as one proceeding.
The actions of City staff and consultants to consolidate the storm water infrastructure
portion of the Improvements with the remainder of the Improvements are approved and
ratified.
4. The Improvements have no relationship to the City's Comprehensive Plan.
5. The Public Works Duector shall prepare plans and specifications for the making of such
Improvements, which plans and specifications shall be placed on file at the City upon
completion.
The Council declares its official intent to reimburse itself far all or a portion of the costs
of the Improvements from the proceeds of tax-exempt bonds. The City has a reasonable
expectation that it will issue one or more series of tax-exempt bonds in the estimated
maximum principal amount of $2,090,000 to finance the Improvements, and the City will
make reimbursement allocations with respect to such original expenditures for the
Improvements from the proceeds of the Bonds.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Mendota Heights this seventeenth day of January, 2023.
CITY COUNCIL
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CTT//OTA HEIGHTS
Step anie .Levine, Mayor
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Christine Lusi 'ty Clerk