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CASE #3 <br />UPDATE ON DIRT DRIVEWAY PAVING <br />By: Steven Jankowski, City Engineer <br />Background: <br />The topic of promoting the paving of unpaved driveways within the City has been a topic <br />of discussion at the June 19, 2007 and September 18, 2007 Public Works Connnittee <br />meetings. Information had been presented at the September meeting relative to the <br />number of dirt driveways in the City and also the cost associated with the bituminous <br />paving of those driveways. This. information is reiterated below: <br />Driveway Paving Cost <br />Length <br />10 ft <br />15 ft <br />20 ft <br />25 ft <br />30 ft <br />Width <br />50 ft 75 ft 100 ft <br />$ 1,250 $ 1,875 $ 2,500 <br />$ 1,875 $ 2,813 $ 3,750 <br />$ 2,500 $ 3,750 $ 5,000 <br />$ 3,125 $ 4,688 $ 6,250 <br />$ 3,750 $ 5,625 $ 7,500 <br />Dirt Driveway Survey Results <br />• There were a total of 498 unpaved driveways identified <br />• 366 unpaved driveways were the primary driveway for the property <br />• 132 unpaved driveways were secondary driveways <br />• 19 driveways were generally paved but had a short unpaved length between the <br />paved driveway aild the street <br />Direction provided. by the Committee on September 18''' was to survey property owners <br />who have unpaved driveways to determine their interest in paving their driveways and <br />also explain to residents why they want to have driveways paved. The Connnittee <br />requested that it have the opportunity to review the survey questions before they are sent <br />out. Also attached are a series of documents obtained fiom the City of Coon Rapids <br />which provide background on the program that that City implemented in sununer of 2003 <br />under. which 25 properties had paved driveways installed under an assessment program <br />payable over five years. <br />Attached to this case is a draft letter and draft driveway paving survey desiglzed for the <br />purpose of being sent to the properties identified as having unpaved driveways. Note that <br />the estimated costs in the letter have been increased 30% from those construction cost <br />estimates provided from the asphalt contractor earlier this year. It should be decided what <br />amount of overhead should be included in the project costs. Nornially, the City has <br />assessed 17% on street maintenance projects. <br />-208- <br />