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Committee approves traditional frontage-based assessment for Improvement 23-14
Summary
Brainerd Safety and Public Works Committee voted to use the city’s standard practice — lump total project cost divided by frontage — for Improvement 23-14 rather than separating alley paving costs; motion carried after staff explained how the alley affects assessments for a small number of properties.
The Brainerd Safety and Public Works Committee voted to apply the city’s standard assessment method — total project cost divided by frontage — for Improvement 23-14, rejecting a proposal to separate alley paving costs from street paving costs.
Public Works Director Mike Habegorst told the committee the council previously approved moving forward with the assessment on March 17. City Engineer Jesse explained two approaches: the city’s typical method of combining all street and alley costs and dividing the total by frontage, or separating bid items for alley paving and street paving and apportioning assessments accordingly.…
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