Res 2024-49 Ordering Improvement for Friendly HillsCITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION 2024-49
A RESOLUTION ORDERING OF IMPROVEMENT PROJECT FOR THE FRIENDLY HILLS
NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (PROJECT #202407)
WHEREAS, on August 7, 2024, 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 improvements and
replacement, water main repair and replacement, sanitary sewer repair and replacement, aggregate base,
concrete curb and gutter improvements, bituminous surfacing, Friendly Hills Park Improvements, and
appurtenant work (collectively, the "Improvements"), in and along portions of the following streets; Apache
Court, Apache Lane, Apache Street, Aztec Lane, Cheyenne Lane, Creek Avenue, Decorah Lane, Fox Place,
Havenview Court, Hazel Corot, Hokah Avenue, Keokuk Lane, Mohican Court, Mohican Lane, Nashua
Lane, Navajo Lane, Ocala Court, Ocala Lane, Pagel Road, Pontiac Place, Pueblo Drive, and Pueblo Lane
(collectively, the "Assessment Area"); and
WHEREAS, also on August 7, 2024, 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
$9,372,445, and will be financed from a combination of available City Utility Funds, Special Assessments,
Saint Paul Regional Water, Municipal State Aid Funds, and general obligation improvement bonds; and
WHEREAS, the Public Works Director has held neighborhood informational meetings in June and
September of 2024, 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:
1. The Improvements are necessary, cost-effective and feasible as detailed in the Feasibility
Report. Specifically, the Improvements are necessary 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 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 part of
the Improvements, as authorized by Section 429.041, Subdivision 1 of the Act, no later
than December 31, 2025,
3. The Improvements have no relationship to the City's Comprehensive Plan.
4. The Public Works Director 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.
5. The Council declares its official intent to reimburse itself for 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 $9,372,445 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 September 2024.
CITY COUNCIL
CITY OFF MMENDOTA HEIGHTS
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