Agenda - Public Works Committee - 12/21/1999

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Pw 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 1981 until 1990, the program consisted predominantly of sealcoating and the full cost of the program was special assessed. Beginning in 1991 until the present time, the City has financed 50% of the program cost. Because of the City Charter and Minnesota Statute #427 requirements, it is necessary to initiate the program in January in order to allow sufficient lead- time for construction to take place in early summer. The frequency of preventative maintenance 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 pavement history for a Ramsey City street would be as follows: Year Action 0 Construction 5 Sealcoat 12 S ealcoat 19 Overlay 24 Sealcoat The City's oldest pavements are just beginning to reach the end of this idealized cycle. This past summer, the street superintendent and I conducted a pavement rating evaluation of the City street pavements. While a large percentage of the City streets require bituminous overlays, there were 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