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** ITEM 5.9.**
MEMORANDUM
TO:
Mayor & City Council
Pat Kla.rs, City Admm~
January 23,1995
FROM:
DATE:
SUBJECT:
Concord Street
Attached for your review is a memo from the City Engineer which summarizes a
12/15/94 Concord Street meeting which he and Councilmember Dietz attended. At this
time, it appears that there is a deadlock among property owners on whether or not any
Concord Street improvement project should take place. Likewise, it appears that the City
has done almost everything it can in order to facilitate this project and to assist the
property owners. At this time, this project is in the hands of the property owners, and no
City project or action is anticipated until additional requests come forward.
This item is on the agenda for information only, and no action is necessary by the City
Council.
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December 21, 1994
File: 230-212-53
Honorable Mayor and City Council
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P.O. Box 490
Elk River, MN 55330
RE: CONCORD STREET IMPROVEMENTS
Dear Council Members:
On Thursday evening, December 15, 1994, Council Member John Dietz and I attended an
informational meeting held at the Nelson residence on Concord Street. The purpose of the
meeting was to provide a forum for the neighbors to discuss the proposed' street
improvement. For your reference, I have attached an exhibit, previously presented, which
shows Concord Street and the owners of each individual property. Those in attendance at
Thursday's meeting included Madden, Ward, Ostien, Johnson, Zehowski, Schaefer,
Nelson, Smith, and Haaland. Those not attending Thursday's meeting included Palmer,
Carlson, and Sohns.
At the beginning of the meeting, Council Member Dietz and I gave an update on the status
of the project. We indicated that the City had made an attempt to acquire easements. As
indicated by the attached drawing, there are still seven easements outstanding. We
indicated that three of them were not necessary to go forward with the project. Those
include McCarty, Johnson, and Zehowski. We did indicate that the other four Ward,
Palmer, Carlson, and Sohns were necessary in order for the City to proceed. We told those
in attendance that it would be highly unlikely that the City would consider condemnation
proceedings against those four properties, since, that is a costly process. The cost of
which, would need to be assessed back against the owners of the property on Concord
Street. We gave a brief description of the improvement project process, with emphasis on
the assessment hearing, and the fact that if there were major appeals to the assessment
process, once again, the City could choose to not move forward with the project, rather
than take their chances fighting an appeal in the courts.
We also briefly discussed the gravel road alternative, which was presented in the feasibility
study. We indicated that a gravel road alternative could likely be constructed with a
25-35% reduction in the assessment to each property. We did indicate that this had not
been considered by the entire Council, and if the neighbors were to choose to move
forward with a gravel road alternative, it would have to be presented to the City Council
for their approval.
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Honorable Mayor and Council Members
December 21, 1994
Page Two
The discussion amongst the property owners in attendance indicated that at least three
property owners Ward, Carlson, and Sohns are adamantly opposed to any type of public
takeover and improvement of the road. One additional property owner, Zehowski had
serious questions relative to drainage affecting his property, and the overall need for a
public improvement on the road. They never did clearly state whether or not they would
stand in opposition to the project.
At the time that we left the meeting, it appeared that the neighbors were dead-locked on
whether or not to move forward. We indicated that we would prepare this summary of the
meeting, and that they could come to some majority conclusion amongst themselves, they
should feel free to come back and present their recommendation to the City Council for the
Council's consideration and reaction.
If you have any questions, or would like me to do any additional work on this project,
please do not hesitate to call.
Sincerely,
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Terry J. ~urer, P.E.
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