Fiscal Year 24 Bee Branch Green Alley Projects Copyrighted
September 5, 2023
City of Dubuque Action Items # 07.
City Council Meeting
ITEM TITLE: Fiscal Year24 Bee Branch GreenAlley Projects
SUM MARY: City Manager providing the Mayor and City Council information based on
the established redevelopment of the Central Avenue Corridor as a
priority and has approved the following three alleys for improvement to
Green Alley pavers over the ne�year; 1. Alley between Central Avenue
and W hite Street from 17th Street to 18th Street. 2. Alley between
Central Avenue and I owa Street from 15th Street to 16th Street. 3.Alley
between Central Avenue and I owa Street from 16th Street to 17th Street.
SUGGESTED Suggested Disposition: Receive and File
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TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
SUBJECT: FY 2024 Bee Branch Green Alley Program
DATE: August 30, 2023
The Mayor and City Council has established redevelopment of the Central Avenue
Corridor as a priority. I have approved the following three alleys for improvement to
Green Alley pavers over the next year.
Alley between Central Avenue and White Street from 17t" Street to 18t" Street.
Alley between Central Avenue and lowa Street from 15t" Street to 16t" Street.
Alley between Central Avenue and lowa Street from 16t" Street to 17t" Street.
This is provided for information only.
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Cori Burbach, Assistant City Manager
Gus Psihoyos, City Engineer
Jon Dienst, Civil Engineer II
Deron Muehring, Civil Engineer II
Jill Connors, Economic Development Director
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TO: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
FROM: Gus Psihoyos, City Engineer
SUBJECT: Green Alley Priority List
DATE: August 31, 2023
INTRODUCTION
This memo describes the current available funding for Green Alleys and recommended
priority order.
DISCUSSION
The City Council has established the Central Avenue corridor as a priority. Below is a
summary of proposed alleys and costs. These costs include alley pavers, city utilities and
engineering costs during construction.
Alley between Central Ave. and White St. from 17t" to 18tn
Water Utility $145,475
Sanitary Utility $260,590
Alle related pavers 333 750
Total $739,815
There is revitalization of this block of Central Avenue planned. This is also near the 18tn
Street curve.
Alley between Central Ave. and lowa Street from 15t" St. to 16t" St.
Water Utility $53,250
Sanitar Utilit $117,645
Alle related avers 253 000
Total $423,895
This alley is behind the Voices building where the building has been remodeled as a
gallery. Engineering staff also met with Voices officials prior to their remodeling, and they
had concerns with drainage in the alley (especially winter). This alley was picked to help
mitigate any potential damage to buildings and to support the revitalization efforts.
Alley between Central Ave. and lowa Street from 16t" St. to 17t" St.
Water Utilit $69,575
Sanitary Utility $164,450
Alle related pavers $253,000
Total $487,025
This alley is behind Welu Printing. This alley was identified for improvement to help with
improving drainage and accommodating the loading trucks at Welu Printing.
Totals for all three alleys
Water Utility $268,300
Sanitar Utilit $542,685
Alley related pavers 839 750
Total $1,650,735
There are other alleys as a potential for reconstruction which will be considered in the
future to complete with Alliant Energy taking overhead power to underground.
AVAILABLE FUNDING
We have roughly $904,000 available toward the alley paver items. In FY 24 there is
$306,000 budgeted from Water. There are currently no funds in Sanitary specifically
budgeted for green alleys.
Civil Engineer Deron Muehring reported we have $385,000 budgeted for the Center Place
alley sewer which could get reallocated toward the alley between Central and White from
17t" to 18t" because the Center Place sanitary sewer project is not yet ready to be
completed. If we reallocate the funds, we will re-budget for Center Place in a future budget
when the project is ready. To satisfy the remainder of the sanitary sewer expenses,
engineering staff will submit an FY 25 request for sanitary funding in the above green
alleys.
It should be noted that the alleys are assessable. We've assessed all the previous alleys
that utilized SRF clean water sponsorship funds. Each alley would have approximately
$29,000 in assessments. This equates to approximately $2,600 per fifty (50) foot lot. This
assessment is to cover a portion of the pavers cost. The utility work is not assessed. Private
service lines would be 100% assessable if requiring replacement.
Below is the available finding for the three proposed alleys above:
Water Utilit — FY 24 $306,000
Center Grove Sewer— FY 24 $385,000
Pervious Pavement SRF $904,000
Sewer Utilit FY25 Bud et Re uest $157,685
Assessments 87 000
Total $1,839,685
SCHEDULE
Based on remaining design work required, DNR coordination, and public outreach required,
below is the anticipated schedule for construction of the alleys:
Initiate discussion with abutting property owners Upon City Council Approval
Initiate Public Bidding Process February 5, 2024
Publish Notice to Bidders, Advertise for Bids February 9, 2024
Mail Notice to Affected Property Owners February 16, 2024
Publish Public Hearing Notice on Plans & Specs February 16, 2024
Publish First Public Hearing Notice to Property Owners February 16, 2024
Publish Second Public Hearing Notice to Property Owners February 23, 2024
Public Hearing on Plans, Specifications, estimated cost
and maximum assessments March 4, 2024
Receipt of Bids (Bid Letting) March 7, 2024
Award Construction Contract March 18, 2024
Final Project Completion November 30, 2024
ACTION TO BE TAKEN
Approval of the recommendation to begin the process to engage abutting property owners.
Prepared by: Jon Dienst, P.E.
cc: Jill Connors, Economic Development Director
Deron Muehring, Civil Engineer II