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Background: 20.06 STREET MAINTENANCE PROGt~aAVl By: Steven J. Jaflkowski, City Engineer CASE #2 Attached to this case, under separate cover is a draft Feasibility Study for the 2006 Street Maintenance Program, The 2006 program consists of twelve individual projects addressing the maintenance needs on 24 miles of City streets, Projects 06-01 througd2 06-04 which covers 11 miles of City streets, will receive a sealcoating preceded by sealing.of cracks having widths which exceed one-quarter inch. Projects 06-05 and 06-12 which involve 13 miles ofs.treet, will receive a one and one-half inch bituminous overlay of the existing bituminous pavement. The 2006 pro,am includes nine miles of MSA street. 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. The initial step of this process h'as been the presentation of the program to the Public Works Committee. The 2006 pro,am is proPosed to be financed throu~2 a nUmber of funding sources including MSA funds, developer escrows, special assessments, and City general funds. It should be'noted that MSA streets will be special assessed in the same manner as other city streets. A summary of the anticipated funding is attached and a brief description of the unique funding associated with individual projects is presented below. Project 06-01 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. Project 06-04 is comprised of collector MSA streets and do not have the typical fronting densities that are found in residential subdivisions. Tlzis project will assess the few fronting properties along these streets the average sealcoat/ng assessment in accordance with Assessment Policy No 6. Project 06-03 includes the sealcoating of streets in a commercial and industrial area. This project will be assessed based upon area in accordance with Assessment Policy NO 7 which was adopted in 2003. The remaining projects have been aggregated by subdivision or similar tot sizes and will be assessed per unit in accordance with Assessment Policy No. 1. Since much of the 2006 program consists of bituminous overlays .on streets with rural sections (no curbing), the need for shouldering will be a significant element of the work. In previous years the City has shouldered with topsoil and seed, however in-the 2004 and 2005 programs the shouldering work was done with a class 2 aggegate which has superior shouldering properties, but is not as aesthetic. Staff would like to discuss this element of the work with the Connnittee. Table 6 of the Feasibility Study contains a listing of the schedule of project milestones associated with this pro~m'n. Staff anticipates presenting the study to City Council on December 13, 2005 and holding a Public Hearing on the program on January 24, 2005. The Committee might note that the schedule for the 2006 program is roughly four to six weeks earilier than it has been for previous street maintenance pro,ams. The reason for this is to allow for the sea/coating operation to occur earlier in the summer. There is less likelihood for the sealcoat chip to strip from the pavement when sealing occurs earlier in the seas'on because this allows the sunmner heat to cure and set the chip. Staff is open to any direction the Connnittee may have on the draft Feasibility Study. -678-