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I ,i I I :1 I I I I I I I I I I I I CASE # 2 1999 STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM By: Steven Jankowski, City Engineer Background: Since 1~-, the City of Ramsey has conducted an annual street maintenance program, whose purpose was to address the(~_~_.¢~~.a~.-~ of the City's~:~:~.~e_'~'~ts. The history of the City's paved streets and their maintenance is summarized on the attached table. From ~l~'l~r0~0, the program consisted IlEE~i555)~g~l~-all:"6]ttit~g and the~of the program wasd~lS~ll~a~ffi~: Beginning in ~~~fT~Tffie, the City has ~of the pro.re'am cost. Because of the City Charter and Minnesota Statute #427 requirements, it is necessary to initiate the program in J~"~~bmary in order to allow sufficient lead-time for construction to t~e place i~tn'nn-ner. In addition to covering the same elerhents which have been presented to the Committee over the last seven programs, ~i~~h-'~r-m~t~"~t,~'~, considering Council and administrative changes, ~~some of the l~~~of this program. Therefore, this case will be divided into ~with ti~e technical and fiscal requirements of the 1999 program. The second portion will be devoted to reviewing the related assessment policy and seeking input on possible changes to tt: ':t policy. The 1999 Proposed Street Maintenance Pro~ram The frequency of preventative ma 'ntenance on the City's bituminous pavements has varied considerably, with some pavements receiving a sealcoating as little as two years and others as much as ten years after initial construction. In general, however, our current goal is to sealcoat a new bituminous pavement five years after construction and readdress maintenance at seven years thereafter. In general, the scheduled ~_~""~l~~~~treet would be as follows: 'Year '- Action 0 Construction 5 Sealcoat 12 Sealcoat 19 Overlay 24 Sealcoat The City's oldest pavements are just beginning to reach the end of this idealized cycle. It will be necessary to evaluate how much longer this pavement migl~t be expected to perform before undergoing a complete reconstruction. The 1999 program has a City budget of $165,000 which, under our present policy will be leveraged':with another $165,000 in special assessments. In addition, developer escrows of $49,000 are available to reduce the assessment costs for the first sealcoating of the Rivenwick and certain Northfork subdivisions. A program in the approximate amount of $350,000- is anticipated. Because of a backlog of projects which were due for