SUBJECT/RECOMMENDATION:
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Establish the City's intent to surface the streets in the Harbor Oaks platted subdivision with bricks, provide for the funding of such improvements through the imposition of special assessments, direct the Engineering Department to advertise the project for bid, and adopt Resolution 16-02.
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SUMMARY:
On September 3, 2015, a Brick Street Policy was adopted by the Council that included the petitioning procedures required of a neighborhood that wished to have brick street surfacing installed instead of asphalt. The Harbor Oaks Subdivision made a request in accordance with the policy and subsequent petitions have indicated more that 65-percent of the property owners in the neighborhood show positive interest in the streets being bricked.
The streets involved include Druid Road West and the portions of Bay Avenue, Druid Road South, South Fort Harrison Avenue, Jasmine Way, Jeffords Street, Lotus Path and Magnolia Drive within the Harbor Oaks Subdivision.
This resolution declares the City’s intent to have such work performed and authorizes the City Engineer to advertise for bid for the construction.
The additional cost of the brick installation including new brick, sand, curbs, bedding, leveling material, labor and equipment, less the cost for the installation of two-inches of asphalt, will be borne by the property owner’s adjacent streets in the Harbor Oaks Subdivision to be paid in accordance with Code of Ordinances Chapter 27 - Special Assessments. The assessment shall be made based upon the square footage of paved street adjacent each property and are to be paid within thirty days. If not paid within this time frame, a Certificate of Indebtedness shall be issued and recorded and the property owner shall have a period of not more than ten years to pay the assessment plus interest. All costs will be paid by special assessment with no costs to be apportioned to be paid by other funds of the City.
The estimated total project cost is $1,900,000.