Minutes - Public Works Committee - 01/18/2005

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Councilmember Olson expressed concern with setting precedent of the City doing work on private property. Councilmember Cook explained that offering assistance with moving the trees is a way for the City to help out with a new ordinance, but the thing the City needs to worry about is the liability of damaging the yard that can occur with the use of a tree spade. Chairperson Elvig stated that he would prefer that the City not offer for the City to move the trees onto private property up front. Director of Public Works/Fire Chief Kapler noted that City staff has been very successful working with residents trying to clear site lines. Motion by Councilmember Olson, seconded by Councilmember Cook, to recommend that the City Council deny the request for the placement of an all way stop at Radium Street and 144th Lane with the contingency that the petitioners are notified prior to the City Council meeting and that staff work with the property owner at 6070 144th Lane in regards to the moving of their pine trees. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Elvig, Councilmembers Olson, and Cook. Voting No: None. Case #5: 2005 Street Maintenance Program City Engineer Jankowski presented the Committee with the Feasibility Study for the 2005 Street Maintenance Programs. This year's program's consists of eight individual projects addressing the maintenance needs on 20.51 miles of City streets. Projects 05-01 through 05-05, which covers 13.55 miles of City streets, will receive a sealcoating preceded by sealing of cracks having widths, which exceed one-quarter inch. Projects 05-06 and 05-08, which involves 6.96 miles of street, will receive a one and one-half inch bituminous overlay of the existing bituminous pavement. The City has conducted an annual street maintenance program since 1981. It has been the City's policy to assess 50 % of the cost associated with these improvements. A complete listing of the City's policies concerning the assessment practices are summarized in Appendix C. It should be noted that Project 05-01 will not be an assessment project since funds for the first sealcoating of newly constructed streets have been escrowed by the project developer for this purpose. In recent years the initial step of this process has been the presentation of the program to the Public Works Committee. Table 6 of the report contains a listing of the schedule of project milestones associated with this program. Staff is open to any direction the Committee may have on the draft Feasibility Study. Staff anticipates presenting the study to City Council on February 8, 2005 and holding a public hearing on the program on March 8, 2005. Assistant Director of Public Works Olson stated that he was just recently made aware of the fact that there was not adequate funding to complete all of the proposed project with the addition of the Welcome streets project. Public Works Committee/January 18, 2005 Page 16 of 27