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I vw CASE 2000 STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM By: Steven Jankowski, City Engineer Background: Since 1981, the City of Ramsey has conducted an annual street maintenance program, whose · purpose was to address the preventative maintenance of the City's asphalt pavements. The history of the City's paved streets and their maintenance is summarized on the attached table. From I981 until 1990, the program consisted predominantly of sealcoating and the full cost of the program was sv¢cial assessed. Beginning in 1991 until the present time, the City has financed 50% of ~'. ~. program cost. Becaus~ of the 'City Charter and Minnesota Statute #42? requirements, it is n,;cessary to initiate the program in January in order to allow sufficient lea.:i~ time for construction to take place ir~ early summer. The frequency or preventative maintenance on the City's bituminous pavements has vaffvd considerably, with ssn':s pavements receiving a sealcoating as lithe, as two years and others as much as ten yeah a ~ ~? initial construction in ~eneral, however, our current goal is to sealc~t ~ new bituminous pa've:..'~ent five years after c::astruction and readdre:~z · ~aintenance at seven years thereafter. In gene: .I, ti~e scheduled pawmcnt history for a Ran, st,, City street would 0e ~s follows:' Year ! Action 0 _l Construction 5 i Sealcoat 12 _/ Sealcoat 19 i Overlay 24 ~ Sealcoat The City's oldest pavements are just beginning to reach the end oft?:!s 5dealized cycle. This past summer, the street su?e. rintendent and I conducted a pavement rating cvaluation of the City street pavements. While a large percentage.of the City streets require bituminous overlays, there ',;vere few instances where complete reconstruction appeared necessary. It is anticipated that the 2000 Street Maintenance Program will have a cost of approximately $400,000, with $200,000 in City moneys being leveraged with an equal amount of special assessment dollars. Staff will have a City map prepared identifying the streets which have a pavement rating of 3, the lowest pavement rating for which a bituminous overlay is still possible. We also hope to have an estimate of the total cost of the overlays. Committee Action: The Committee should direct the preparation of a feasibility study for the 2000 Street Maintenance Program. Reviewed by: City Administrator Finance Officer Director of Public Works PW: 12/21/99