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INTI:~.ODU CTION The City received a petition fi)r street grading and pavemem improvements on December 10, 2004. A copy of this petition is included in Appendix A. This petition was considered by the City Public Works Committee on January i8, 2004 and was fop,yarded to the City couuciJ with a recommendation that a feasibility study be prepared. This recorm:uendation was ratified by the City Council at the February 8, 2005 meeting. A public hearing was held on April 12, 2005. The project ',vas ordered on June 14, 2005 and plans and specifications were prepared. The project was bid on February 23, 2006 and ail bids were rojected as req.ui~,ed by the City Council on February 28, 2006 since the bids exceeded the original feasibility study estimate by more than 10%. The petition received requested that the following s%m-nents of street; I67 Lane from Variolite Street to Urauimite Street; Uranimite Street fi-om i6J~'~ Lane to i64th Lane; 1647 Lane fi'om Uranimite Street to Sapphire Street; Sapphire Street fi'om i64th Lane to [64m Avenue; and 164th Avenue from Sapphire Street to a point 300 feet east thereof, hereafter which shall be referred to as Welcome's Road, be considered for improvements consisting of grading and bituminous paving. The project area is illustrated in Figure 1. This report will identify the current conditions and' along with the proposed ir~!provements and the associated costs. These costs reflect the project improvements in light of the prepared pbms aud specifications and. the February 23, 2006 bidding results. Finally this report will oudine the proposed method of financing for each element of the improvementsi EXISTING CONDITIONS The streets above identified as Welcome's road consist of slightly over one half mile of sand surfaced su'eet which varies ix', width, but are generally about 30 feet wide. The alignment does not consistently follow the center of the 66 foot right of way. Drainage is provided by roadside ditches and driveway culverts along most of the length of the project area, bur are lacking over a signiiicant portion of the roadway. PROPOSED iMPROVEMENTS It is proposed that the roadway be regarded such that it is aligned within the center of the 66 flint right of way, A 28 foot widt: bituminous pavement shall consist of four inches o£ class 5 g~anular base, two inches of bituminous base course, and 1.5 inches ofbitumi~mus weur course on '163 ~ [,ar, e, Uranimite S treet;:anO164tha'Lane..Beeause.of q~ms'fionable soils identified on portions of Sapphire Street and 164ih Avenue the pavement structure -287-