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CC Regular Session 5.8. Meeting Date: 02/28/2023 By: Bruce Westby, Engineering/Public Works Information Title Adopt Resolution #23-048 Approving Plans and Specifications and Authorizing Advertisements for Bids for Improvement Project #23-08, 2023 Crack Seal Improvements Purpose/Background: Purpose: The purpose of this case is to adopt Resolution #23-048 approving plans and specifications and authorizing advertisements for bids for Improvement Project #23-08, 2023 Crack Seal Improvements. Background: As part of the City of Ramsey's proactive Pavement Management Program, the City annually hires contractors to seal cracks in bituminous pavement on up to 25 miles of public streets, depending on the scope and severity of cracks and available funding. Crack sealing protects existing pavement by preventing stormwater runoff from seeping through cracks in the pavement and joints between the pavement and concrete curb and gutter and utility castings, minimizing future damage due to wet subgrade soils, especially during freeze -thaw cycles. Typically, the city will crack seal bituminous pavement 3 years after a street is constructed, after it receives an overlay, or after it is reconstructed, then generally every 7 years after until it receives another overlay or is reconstructed. However, crack sealing is generally performed on pavement sections with Pavement and Surface Evaluation Rating (PASER) values between 7 and 10, which City staff assigns on an annual basis. Therefore, the actual time between crack seal improvements on a given street segment depends upon the physical condition of the pavement as it ages. In 2023, Staff proposes to seal cracks in the bituminous pavement on almost 19 miles of public streets as highlighted in red on the attached 2023 Crack Seal Improvements Plan. These street segments generally have PASER values between 7 and 10, though a few have PASER values of 5 and 6. All street segments with PASER values of 5 total 4,124 feet (0.8 miles), while all street segments with PASER values of 6 total 9,137 feet (1.7 miles). These street segments are proposed to receive crack seal improvements because they are either within a larger area of streets having PASER values of 7 or higher so staff is attempting to maintain all street segments within the areas on the same schedule, or because the street segments are not identified within the CIP as receiving improvements within the next 10 years so the intent is to limp these streets along as cost-effectively as possible until they are added to the CIP. Attached is a street segment summary for all streets proposed to receive crack seal improvements in 2023. Notification: If Council approves plans and specifications and authorizes advertising for bids, bids will be advertised on Friday, March 3, and again on Friday, March 10, 2023, both in the City's official newspaper, the Anoka County Union Herald, as well as in Finance & Commerce. Staff does not mail letters to property owners for crack seal improvements since the work occurs quickly and has little to no impact to the traveling public or abutting properties. Mailing notices would therefore incur additional project costs with little to no public benefit. Instead, the Engineering department maintains a project webpage, which will be updated as new information is made available throughout the project.