Nowthen City Council Public Hearing meeting, February 13, 2020

City Council

Thursday, February 13, 2020 · 6:00 PM

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The City held three road-improvement public hearings (Krypton/183rd/Merle’s/Potassium; 189th/190th/Dolomite; and Ebony/Garnet/Willow Creek), took resident questions and feedback, and closed each hearing without taking action or making decisions.

What was on the agenda

3 items as recorded in the minutes, each with a short summary of what was at issue.

PH-1Public Hearing for Proposed 2020 Road Improvement to Krypton Street, 183rd Avenue, Merle's Lane & Potassium Street
Preliminary estimate $243,600; engineer described overlay vs. reclaim approach; residents asked about assessment split, water/sewer, weight restrictions, sprinklers, driveway transitions, drainage, and survey impacts; hearing opened 6:00 pm and closed 6:52 pm.
The Council held an improvement hearing on a proposed 2020 project for Krypton Street, 183rd Avenue, Merle's Lane, and Potassium Street (preliminary estimate $243,600). The engineer explained the pavement life cycle and described that Krypton would be reclaimed while the others would be overlaid, and residents asked about how assessments would be split, possible future water/sewer, weight restriction signage, sprinkler head impacts, driveway transitions and culverts, survey markers and trees, and drainage concerns. The hearing was closed without any decision being made at this meeting.
Minutes show the hearing opened and closed and include discussion; no council action recorded in these minutes.
- Krypton Street/183rd Avenue/Merle's Lane/Potassium Street road improvement
Discussion only
p. 1p. 2
PH-2Public Hearing for Proposed 2020 Road Improvement to 189th Lane, 190th Lane & Dolomite Street
Preliminary estimate $353,800; engineer presented scope and per-unit assessment estimate ($6,100/unit; 29 direct benefiting properties) and timeline; residents raised concerns about whether roads need repair, culverts, drainage, buildable lots, and possible gravel conversion for Dolomite; hearing opened 6:58 pm and closed 7:45 pm.
The Council held an improvement hearing on a proposed 2020 road project for 189th Lane, 190th Lane, and Dolomite Street (preliminary estimate $353,800). The engineer presented the city’s road system context and described a project just under one mile, originally paved in 1993, with an estimated per-unit assessment of $6,100 for 29 directly benefitting properties if assessments proceed, with the first payment payable in 2021. Residents raised concerns about whether the roads truly need repair, whether Dolomite could be converted back to gravel, drainage and culvert issues (including water and heaving near the Dolomite/190th area), whether vacant/buildable lots would be assessed, and whether business-related traffic should be treated differently; the city described the per-parcel approach and the two-hearing process before awarding a contract. The hearing closed with no action taken at this meeting.
Minutes show the hearing opened and closed and include discussion; no council action recorded in these minutes.
- 189th Lane/190th Lane/Dolomite Street road improvement
Discussion only
p. 2p. 4
PH-3Public Hearing for Proposed 2020 Road Improvement to Ebony Street and Garnet Street (Willow Creek)
Preliminary estimate $296,000; engineer described reclaim/new bituminous plan and noted soil borings may change scope; residents discussed prior assessments, prior city-funded repairs, drainage/wetland subgrade concerns, and whether the plan would be a long-term fix; hearing opened 7:47 pm and closed 8:40 pm.
The Council held an improvement hearing on a proposed 2020 project for Ebony Street and Garnet Street (Willow Creek), estimated at $296,000 with 20 benefitting properties and an estimate of $7,400 per property if assessed. Residents and officials discussed the road’s challenging history and wetland/subgrade issues, including prior assessments in 1993 ($4,500/property) and 2003 ($975) and city-funded repairs said to total $150,000 in 2010, 2015, and 2016, and questioned whether the current reclaim/overlay approach would be a long-term fix or whether more extensive reconstruction and drainage work would be needed. Staff emphasized this was the first of two hearings, that soil borings could change scope, and that the city could still stop the project before awarding a contract; the hearing closed without a decision at this meeting.
Minutes show the hearing opened and closed and include discussion; no council action recorded in these minutes.
- Ebony Street/Garnet Street (Willow Creek) road improvement
Discussion only
p. 4p. 6

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Show a sample of the transcript (289 segments, 51:41 total)

0:00 give people a chance to ask questions make comments and so whatever that takes we want to make sure people have an opportunity there's all of you that have
0:10 been here and seeing what Shane has presented he'll go through it quickly but again if you don't know I'm mayor Jeff peel on called some original green bird councilmember Dan Bryan city clerk treasurer Laurie strike
0:22 he's been the attorney Bob rupee and City Engineer Shane Nelson we have two other council members that are out of the state right now councilmember Mary
0:33 Rainville and councilmember Linda Blake will be watching this on YouTube with all the other people that couldn't be here tonight but they were all available
0:41 for comments after this feel free to get a hold of us personally if you have questions tonight this is this is a good start we will have a couple of public
0:51 hearings tonight and one more no decisions will be made tonight or gathering information so the chain will give a quick presentation on the project
1:01 Bob's here to answer any legal questions and and obviously when we get to that point we ask you to step to the podium give your name and address and and speak
1:12 freely [Music] so this little bit of background now I'm going to maintains 34 miles of paved
1:34 road 29 miles of gravel so we have 63 miles of rural roughly the project carrier conical tinnitus 4390 feet or the pencil mile so 63 mile or older
1:49 maintained as thunder one mile of those reason that's relevant to that not enough money fully levy to only pay for reconstruction other major projects we
2:01 also have our money that's loving to take care of our other room group of needs with the city has attempted Lea identified this out of a 2020
2:11 improvement project many what we so look with your records the role is originally
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