Minutes - Public Works Committee - 11/19/2002

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• Councilmember Anderson explained that the light was on the west side of T.H. #47 and now it is on the east side and primarily lights 156th Lane. She felt that the light would be a better indicator of an intersection if it were turned to light T.H. #47. Mr. Offerman replied that he would look into the issue further. Case #1: Update on Long Term Street Maintenance Programs Scheduling City Engineer Jankowski stated that at the February 2002 Public Works Committee meeting staff reported that the cost of the next six years for the annual comprehensive is just under $3 million.. Since the annual expense under the city's street maintenance scheduling policy would have required nearly half of the expenditure in 2003, staff was directed to develop a six year schedule, which allowed for more uniform annual expenditures. Staff presented the program schedule for the Committee's review. Councilmember Zimmerman inquired if they would be keeping pace with the portion the City contributes. City Engineer Jankowski explained that all of the figures a ssume t hat t he C ity w ill a ssess 5 0 percent of the cost as they currently do. He stated that staff anticipates that they will look at the program each year and make changes to the plan as necessary. 0 Councilmember Anderson inquired as to why the budget for street maintenance was cut in 2003. • City Engineer Jankowski replied that he was told by the Finance Director that they were going to have to cut the 2003 program back. Councilmember Anderson inquired as to why staff would think that there would be more funds available for street maintenance in the years 2004 to 2007. City Engineer Jankowski replied that they don't know that for sure, which is why they will have to address the issue each year. Councilmember Hendriksen stated that earlier this year they had an extensive discussion about paved roads and dirt roads. A significant portion of that discussion was about dirt roads and he thought t hat f rom t hat d iscussion t here w as a consensus that they would be assessing for the maintenance of dirt roads similar to the way the handle paved roads. Principal City Engineer Olson replied that staff was directed to put together a feasibility study comparing the costs of maintaining the dirt road and paving the road. That information was not incorporated in the maintenance program schedule because the feasibility studies have not yet been completed. Public Works Committee/November 19, 2002 Page 5 of 15