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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Background: 1997 ANNUAL STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM By: Steve Jankowski, City Engineer CASE # 1 At tonight's meeting, public hearings will be held on Improvement Projects//97-01 through g97- 17 (exclusive of g97-14) which will comprise the 1997 Annual Street Maintenance Program. A copy of the feasibility study was originally presented at the January 28, 1997 Council meeting and has again been transmitted to the Council under separate cover from tonight's agenda. The City performed its fa'st sealcoating work in 1981, and has had an annual program for addressing the preventative maintenance needs of its bituminous streets since that time. A copy of the City's pavement history and sealcoating program is illustrated in the attached table. Through the 1990 program, it was the City's policy to assess the total cost of this program. Beginning in 1991, the City changed policy, and now assesses 50 percent of the total project cost. The City has a considerable investment in the nearly 130 miles of paved roadway for which it is responsible. It is estimated that the replacement costs of the bituminous and road base approaches $10 million. In order to preserve the investment in its bituminous pavements, the City has a goal of applying a sealcoat to new pavements, including overlays after a five-year period and to reseal an overlay as needed at seven year succeeding intervals. This year's program consists of fourteen individual projects, covering 13.14 miles which will receive sealcoating preceded by crack filling of the cracks wider than 1/4 inch. Improvement Project g97-14 was deleted after an error was discovered in our maintenance inventory which omitted a sealcoating done in 1994. In addition, 1.49 miles of street in two projects, g97-16 and ~97-17, will receive 1-1/2 inch bituminous overiays. Projects have been aggregated by properties having similar lot sizes and pavement conditions, usually by subdivision. Total project costs are then calculated for each project and divided equally among the number of benefitted properties. However, special assessment considerations are proposed on two projects. Project g97-03 involves the sealcoating of nearly one-half mile of Tiger Street for which only four properties are available to be assessed. Application of the normal assessment procedure would result in an assessment of $633 per parcel, which is clearly out of line with assessments for other sealcoat projects. It is proposed that the average sealcoat assessment for the 1997 program be levied on these four parcels. Also Project g97-12 involves the sealcoafing of one-quarter mile of Zirconium Street. Although seven parcels have frontage on Zirconium, only five parcels are assessable since two parcels have driveway access onto 167th Avenue and will be assessed only when that street receives an improvement. It is proposed that the City contribute the cost of two shares to make this assessment more equitable. Council Action: Following the public hearing, the Council should direct any revisions to the feasibility study it deems necessary as a result of the comments made at the public hearing, as the feasibility study will serve as the basis for determining the work to be performed and the method in which costs wiI1 be financed. Assuming no petitions are received from a majority of the benefited properties opposing the improvement, the Council will be asked to order the projects at the May 13, 1997 meeting. Reviewed by: City Engineer City Administrator Finance Officer CC: 02/25/97 /jmt