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Committee approves Pennhurst residential street resurfacing and $749,363 in assessments
Summary
The Climate and Infrastructure Committee approved ordering resurfacing work on Pennhurst Residential streets and adopted $749,363.11 in special assessments and a resolution requesting the Board of Estimate and Taxation authorize issuance and sale of assessment bonds for the project.
The City of Minneapolis Climate and Infrastructure Committee on March 6 approved a resolution to proceed with the Pennhurst residential street resurfacing project and adopted special assessments totaling $749,363.11. Staff also requested that the Board of Estimate and Taxation authorize the city to issue and sell assessment bonds for the same amount.
Ryan Gottsleben, an engineer in Public Works, presented the project. He said the Pennhurst residential area—bounded by 50 Eighth Street West to 60 Second Street West and Penn Avenue South to Sunrise Drive and James Avenue South—was reconstructed in 1990 and currently has a pavement condition index (PCI) of 45. “The purpose of the asphalt pavement resurfacing program is to extend the life of some city streets, which are not scheduled for any preventative maintenance, renovation, or reconstruction in the foreseeable future,” Gottsleben said. Public Works mailed 485 invitations for a February 26 community meeting; one person attended.
Staff explained the assessments were calculated by applying the city’s 2025 uniform assessment rates to the influence area around the improved parcels. Notices to property owners included information on prepayment without interest and on the city’s deferment options for owners who show hardship. Gottsleben and committee members said staff would follow up to clarify the city’s precise hardship definition and the threshold the department uses to move a street from resurfacing to full reconstruction.
The committee voted to approve the resolution ordering the work to proceed and to adopt the special assessments. The motion carried; individual vote counts were not specified in the transcript.
