Minutes - Public Works Committee - 11/15/2005

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Police Chief Way replied there is currently a county-wide curfew in place. A City curfew in addition to the county curfew could become confusing. Acting Chairperson Cook suggested aspects of the skateboard use policy that is determined for the Town Center area could be used citywide. Public Works Director Kapler asked if the benches being installed in Town Center include specifications to make them resistant to skateboard vandalism. He noted during the Council/staff trip to Prescott, Arizona the Community Development Staff in that City made it clear they had waited too long to include vandalism resistant specifications. This resulted in a need to replace a lot of the center court area. Their recommendation was to be proactive in this respect. Assistant Public Works Director Olson indicated in the streetscape plan the benches do not include enough rail for skateboarders to jump onto. The consensus of the Public Works Committee was to direct staff to draft a Skateboard Use Policy concentrating on the non-residential portion of Town Center, including a requirement that all wheeled vehicles must travel on the road or designated areas, and to put effort into moving the planned location of the skate park to Town Center. Case #2: 2006 Street Maintenance Program City Engineer Jankowski explained the 2006 Street Maintenance Program consists of twelve individual projects addressing the maintenance needs on 24 miles of City streets. Projects 06-01 through 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 of street, will receive a one and one-half inch bituminous overlay of the existing bituminous pavement. The 2006 program 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. The initial step of this process has been the presentation of the program to the Public Works Committee. City Engineer Jankowski advised the 2006 program is proposed to be financed through 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. City Engineer Jankowski explained 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. This project will assess the few fronting properties along these streets the average sealcoating 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 Public Works Committee / November 15, 2005 Page 4 of 11