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Council approves Ninth/Tenth/Sixteenth Street rehabilitation; assessments to follow
Summary
Moorhead ordered rehabilitation for Ninth Avenue South, Tenth Avenue South and Sixteenth Street South (project 25-A2-01). The $1.29 million project is expected to be 29% assessed to 39 properties and excludes water-main work that Moorhead Public Service will do separately.
The Moorhead City Council on March 24 ordered improvements and awarded the contract for street rehabilitation in the Ninth Avenue South, Tenth Avenue South and Sixteenth Street South area (engineering project 25-A2-01), an area south of Minnesota State University Moorhead.
Tom Trowbridge, city engineering, said the project will replace pavement and underlying gravel (a full rehab), repair spot curb and gutter, replace noncompliant ADA curb ramps and coordinate with Moorhead Public Service on separate water-main replacements on Tenth Avenue and Sixteenth Street. Xcel Energy plans a concurrent gas-main replacement outside the city's contract.
Costs and assessments: Trowbridge said the total project cost is about $1,290,000; proposed assessments total about $370,000 spread across 39 properties (average assessment about $9,500). He said assessments are calculated at the city's rehab rate of $90 per front foot and are intended to cover roughly 29% of the project cost. The maximum proposed assessment listed was approximately $60,939 for a large campus/parking frontage that borders Minnesota State University Moorhead (MSUM).
Schedule and process: The project schedule calls for construction to begin in May and finish in September, with an assessment hearing in September or October. Trowbridge said if a property owner does not pay an assessment portion by Nov. 15, the unpaid amount goes on the tax roll and is paid over 20 years with interest; payments made before Nov. 15 avoid interest.
Council action: After the public hearing, Council Member Deb White moved to approve items 9E and 9F and the motion was seconded; the roll call vote carried and the improvements were ordered. Trowbridge noted that ordering the improvements requires seven votes under state statute; awarding the bid later requires six votes under city charter.
Ending: Trowbridge provided contact information for the city's special assessment coordinator for property owners with questions. No public commenters spoke during the hearing for this item.
