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<br />Councilmember Musgrove asked if planting grass would be an option. <br /> <br />Public Works Superintendent Riemer stated that the existing material would need to be dug out <br />and even if grass was then planted, it would be very labor intensive. <br /> <br />City Engineer Westby stated that the City received bids in the past to install curb and gutter, <br />concrete median improvements, paving and striping at a cost of about $109,000. He stated that if <br />improvements at the intersection of Sunfish Lake Boulevard and Highway 10 do not move <br />forward in the next few years, the City could choose to do a lesser option to pave the area. <br /> <br />Chairperson Kuzma stated that the site currently looks better than the boarded-up gas station that <br />previously existed. <br /> <br />Councilmember Riley stated that if that area was going to be improved, he would want to see <br />that funded by the strip mall and businesses within. <br /> <br />5.01: Consider Recommendation to City Council to Suspend Annual Sealcoating Program <br />(Continued) <br /> <br />City Engineer Westby displayed photographs from different streets that have had similar issues <br />after sealcoating, which includes local streets as well as higher volume collector streets. He <br />stated that the City annually budgets $500,000 for crack sealing and sealcoating projects. Staff <br />still recommends completing cracksealing projects in an estimated amount of $200,000 annually. <br />He stated that staff recommends that the Committee recommend that the City Council suspend <br />ating program to allow for further observation of previously sealcoated <br />City streets to make sure further degradation does not occur and to research the practices and <br />findings of other cities that are trying alternative treatments to sealcoating. <br /> <br />Chairperson Kuzma asked if it would make sense to cut a strip out of the road that has the <br />damage and replacing that segment. <br /> <br />City Engineer Westby replied that could be done and staff could investigate that option along <br />with patching. <br /> <br />Public Works Superintendent Riemer explained that the paver is eight to ten feet in width and <br />therefore a lesser width could not be completed. <br /> <br />City Engineer Westby explained that if the sealcoating program is suspended and only <br />cracksealing is completed, the budgeted funds that would be saved from not sealcoating could be <br />used to repair other roadways, such as Variolite Street. <br /> <br />Councilmember Riley stated that he is torn as sealcoating has been done for the past 60 years. <br />He recognized that there clearly is an issue and it would not make sense to spend money to make <br />roads worse. He asked if Ramsey should look into fog sealing. <br /> <br />Public Works Committee / May 21, 2019 <br />Page 4 of 8 <br /> <br />