The City has an annual program to make improvements that deals with tripping hazards, drainage problems, property owner requests, complaints, and other miscellaneous concrete work.  This program is split into three separate projects.  The first project, sidewalk tripper repair, deals with tripping hazards that can be repaired by grinding them.  The second project, small concrete replacement, primarily includes tripping hazards that need to be replaced instead of repaired. The third project is the Missing Sidewalk/Miscellaneous project and is the subject of this council action.   

The Missing Sidewalk/Miscellaneous project is intended to concentrate on installing sidewalk in areas that are missing pedestrian facilities.  As a priority, City staff identified areas that are along arterial streets, collector streets, school routes, or in high pedestrian areas for inclusion in this program.  The streets identified as needing sidewalk are Aronson Avenue from Governors Boulevard to Nutter Boulevard; 11th Avenue North from North 22nd Street to North 27th Street, and ADA improvements to the sidewalk on the west side of 24th Street West between Lewis Avenue and Broadwater Avenue.  Attached is a map showing the sidewalk areas.  Along with the missing sidewalk, there is miscellaneous concrete work to address problems throughout the city, including ADA improvements, that are too large for the sidewalk tripper repair or replacement projects. 

The property owners are responsible for paying for sidewalk on their addressed side and drive approaches on both addressed and non-addressed sides. The City is responsible to pay for curb and gutter replacement, sidewalk on non-addressed sides of properties, and ADA improvements at corners and on sidewalks that are in good condition, but were constructed before ADA requirements were in place. There are a number of properties within the district that have zero assessment.  The improvements along their property is either on the non-addressed side or curb, gutter, or ADA improvements only.  Identifying the properties in the Resolution allows those property owners to add improvements to the project and be assessed for them which is a common occurrence for this project.

The Council may:

• Approve the Resolution ordering construction of the improvements; or
• Do not approve the Resolution ordering construction of the improvements.  If the Council does not approve the Resolution, the property owners cannot be assessed and the work will not occur because there is no other source of funding.

The project is funded through gas tax and direct property assessments.  The assessments included in the resolution are in the amount of $390,000.

 

Staff recommends that Council approve a resolution ordering improvements identified in the 2020 Missing Sidewalk/Miscellaneous Program.