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CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS <br />STREET REHABILITATION AND RECONSTRUCTION POLICY <br />PURPOSE <br />The City of Mendota Heights Street Rehabilitation and Reconstruction policy is intended <br />to provide a plan for maintaining the City's existing streets, and encourage the upgrade of rural <br />streets to urban design. <br />this document sets forth the methods and policies relating to local street improvements <br />and special assessments practiced in the City of Mendota Heights. It is emphasized that the <br />following summary is general in nature and that certain circumstances may justify deviations <br />from stated policy as determined by the Mendota Heights City Council in its discretion. This <br />policy may also be amended from time to time by vote of City Council. <br />SECTION I <br />DEM'MONS <br />1. RECONSTRUCTION - will be defined as a pmj`-t whereby many or all meaningful <br />elements of an existing street are being removed and replaced. This would include curb <br />and gutter, sidewalks, bituminous or concrete pavement, granular base and items <br />appurtenant to these elements. <br />REHABILITATION - will be defined as a project in which one or more of the <br />aforementioned elements is modified or supplemented in -place, to restore .the <br />serviceability of the existing street (i.e. bituminous overlays). <br />3. PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE - will be defined as work that involves a level of <br />effort less than that involved in reconstruction or rehabilitation, the extent of which is to <br />extend the life of the existing improvement. Preventative maintenance will include but <br />not be limited to crack filling, patching, and seal coating. <br />4. RURAL STREET - any street that has no curb and gutter or storm sewer, or does not <br />otherwise meet City design standards for thickness and width. <br />5. URBAN STREET - a street that has curb and gutter, storm sewer, and is designed 'to <br />City standards for thickness and width. <br />19 <br />