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RESOLUTION OF INTENT TO RECONSTRUCT SUPERIOR STREET BEGINNING APPROXIMATELY 350 FEET WEST OF SIXTH AVENUE WEST AND ENDING APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET EAST OF FOURTH AVENUE EAST AND TO PARTIALLY ASSESS THE COSTS THEREOF.
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CITY PROPOSAL:
RESOLVED, that pursuant to Section 61 of the City Charter, the city council hereby expresses its intent to cause a portion of Superior Street to be reconstructed beginning at approximately 350 feet west of Sixth Avenue West to approximately 100 feet east of Fourth Avenue East, and hereby requests that the mayor cause to have prepared plans, specifications and estimates therefor, and file such plans with the special assessment board, together with a recommendation as to what portion of the costs shall be paid by special assessment, the number of installments in which assessments shall be paid, and the lands that should be included in the special assessment.
Statement of Purpose
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: This resolution begins the formal process of making assessable improvements to Superior Street. As provided for in Section 61 of the City Charter, the process can be commenced either by petition or by action of the city council itself. The latter route is being used in this case because the street and underground infrastructure are in poor condition and have an important function to both the neighborhood they serve and to the city as a whole.
As is normal, this resolution of intent is the first step in the process. Once approved it will trigger preparation of plans and specifications for the work and an engineer’s estimate of probable construction costs and the assessment involved. Notice will be sent to the affected property owners, and they will be given the opportunity to be heard by the special assessment board. After the board makes its recommendation the matter will be returned to the city council for consideration of an ordering-in resolution.