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CASE # <br />Background: <br />At tonight's meeting, public hearings will be held on Improvement Projects #08- <br />02 through #08-07, which comprise the 2008 Annual Street Maintenance <br />Program. The City has a considerable investment in the 167 miles of bituminous • <br />street for which it is responsible. The City has established the practice of applying <br />timely preventative maintenance to the pavements to preserve this investment. <br />Although budget constraints and pavement conditions may alter the actual <br />schedule, the table below presents an idealized timetable for pavement <br />maintenance. <br />2008 ANNUAL STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM <br />By Steven J. Jankowski, City Engineer <br />Typical Bituminous Street Maintenance Cycle <br />Year Action <br />0 Construction <br />5 Sealcoat <br />12 Sealcoat <br />19 Overlay <br />24 Sealcoat <br />The City has had an annual maintenance program since 1981. Through the 1990 <br />program it was the City's policy to assess the entire cost of the maintenance <br />programs. In 1991 the City changed the policy such that 50 percent of the total <br />project cost was assessed, with the City general fund financing the remaining half. <br />This year begins a seven year program to phase out the assessment for sealcoating <br />of streets. This year the assessment for sealcoats will be 43% of the total project <br />cost. The assessments for overlays will remain at 50% of the total project cost. <br />The 2008 program consists of seven individual projects addressing the <br />maintenance needs on 20.13 miles of City streets. Projects 07 -01 through 07 -04 <br />which covers 14.33 miles of City streets, will receive a sealcoating preceded by <br />sealing of cracks having widths which exceed one - quarter inch. The 2008 <br />program includes sealcoating of 3.73 miles of MSA streets and is included in <br />project 08 -04. Projects 08 -05 through 08 -07 which involve 5.80 miles of street, <br />will receive a one and one -half inch bituminous overlay of the existing bituminous <br />pavement following the repair of failed areas by the Public Works Department. <br />The 2008 program is proposed to be financed through a number of funding <br />sources including MSA funds, developer escrows, special assessments, and City <br />general funds. <br />-109— <br />