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Staff, consultant present Sarah Street assessment-district costs; staff recommends pausing next phase
Summary
City staff and a Willdan Engineering consultant presented preliminary estimates showing roughly $950,000 in public-construction costs for the Sarah Street improvements and nearly $1.2 million including financing; because of limited property-owner support, staff recommended not moving to Phase 2B.
City staff and a consultant told the Cathedral City City Council at a study session that a proposed Sarah Street assessment district would cost substantially more than property owners expected and that there was insufficient owner support to advance the project.
An unnamed city council member introduced Phase 2A results and said staff and consultants had narrowed the project to the Sarah Street light-industrial area after earlier outreach showed limited interest in adjacent areas. The presenter said outreach included community meetings, a mailed newsletter and a postcard survey; 19 postcards were mailed and staff received no homeowner responses by the survey deadline.
Mike Medvede, a Willdan Engineering representative, presented the consultant’s preliminary engineering estimate for public improvements limited to the Sarah Street scope. “The total after everything including construction, hard and soft costs, was about $950,000,” Medvede…
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