Two major street projects took another step forward at Tuesday’s city council meeting.

Chestnut Street from Main to the intersection with Brookville Road, where State Route 732 turns south, will be repaved. Work will include replacement of street markings and curb, gutter and sidewalk improvements.

Another 2013 project will be work on South College Avenue from High Street to Spring Street to renovate the surface of that brick street.

City Service Director Mike Dreisbach presented two resolutions to council Tuesday regarding these two projects. The primary work on both streets will start in May after Miami students leave for the summer, but city staff will take time in March to do sanitary and storm sewer work on South College to prepare for the major part of the project.

Property owners will be required to pay for curb, gutter and sidewalk repairs along the course of both projects, which was the subject of one of Tuesday’s resolutions.

“This is really two projects. We just have the assessment parts merged,” Dreisbach said.

One resolution set the stage for getting the curb, gutter and sidewalk work done ahead of the major road improvements.

Dreisbach told council that affected property owners have been notified of the need to do the work and some have already completed it. This resolution sets into motion the efforts to complete the work. Property owners will be notified that they have 30 days to have the work done or the city will hire a contractor to do it and it will be placed on the owners’ tax bills.

The resolution included an addendum listing all the affected properties and estimated costs.

Council member Bob Blackburn asked if property owners could have additional time beyond the 30 days if weather prevented having the work done in that time frame. Dreisbach said as long as the permits were issued and the owners were showing good faith toward getting it done, the city could work with them as to necessary extensions.

Dreisbach’s staff report in the council agenda packet noted that property owners who disagree with the condition of their curb, gutter and sidewalk can appeal to the council for a hearing on the issue. The report also outlined the procedure for having the work done if property owners fail to take care of it.

“Currently, $50,000 has been appropriated for the city to contract for repairs should the property owners choose not to have the work done,” the report noted. “Should the city have to contract for repairs in excess of this amount, a transfer from other appropriations or a supplemental appropriation will be necessary. From past experience, many property owners opt to perform the work themselves rather than pay for assessed costs.”

The other resolution Tuesday dealt specifically with the Chestnut Street project.

It authorized City Manager Doug Elliott to sign the final agreement with the Ohio Department of Transportation to proceed with the work, which is estimated at $400,000, of which ODOT will pay 80 percent and the city other 20 percent.

The work is a result of an ODOT evaluation of road conditions on state routes.

Dreisbach told council in his staff report that they expect to take the project to bid March 14 with work beginning in mid to late May and completed by the end of June.

Dreisbach said Tuesday that city staff did some minimal repairs to part of that street last year due to its poor condition, but said weather has played havoc with that work in some areas with one council member noting the intersection with McGuffey Avenue. Dreisbach said those repairs were intended to be short-term because they knew this major repair project was coming this year.

With the Chestnut Street project paid largely through ODOT funds, Dreisbach explained that the preliminary storm and sanitary sewer work will be done by city staff and the College Avenue rehabilitation work will be paid for with city Capital Improvement funds.