Agenda - Public Works Committee - 10/21/2025

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recommends a number based on surface defects (raveling, flushing, polishing), surface deformation (rutting, shoving, settling, frost heave), cracks (transverse, reflection, slippage, longitudinal, block, alligator), and patches and potholes. Based on experience with the City's street system, and years of using PASER, Staff is able to associate a PASER value with a recommended pavement maintenance or rehabilitation treatment. Two things to note are that PASER is a subjective evaluation, and the PASER value alone is not sufficient to determine a pavement treatment. In general Staff uses the following guideline for pavement treatment: PASER > 7 Crack Seal is a cost-effective pavement maintenance treatment • Below a 7, crack sealing becomes not as cost-effective due to the amount of material needed. PASER > 6 Pavement Mill and Overlay is a cost-effective treatment • In general, reflective cracking will migrate thru 1-inch of bituminous per year. Within 2 years reflective cracking is expected to show. Streets valued below a 6 typically exhibit block cracking and/or some alligator cracking which would reflect to the surface of new overlay pavement. The cracks allow water into the base, resulting in a shortened life of the overlay. PASER < 4 Pavement Reconstruction of some form is necessary. • Any street segment with a PASER value of 4 or less is ideally included in the current Capital Improvement Program for reconstruction. City-wide the goal is to have an average PASER value of 7, this would represent the majority of streets being above the desirable condition. Based on the 2025 PASER evaluation the overall city street average value was 6.77. MSA collector streets had an average of 7.84 and neighborhood streets had an average of 6.52. What this means is the City's collector streets are generally in good condition, however, there is catch up work to be done to the neighborhood streets. Proposed 2026 — 2035 Capital Improvement Program: Staff is proposing the following modifications to the CIP for existing projects: • Remove the Wildwood Acres subdivision from the 2026 Neighborhood Overlay Improvements and add it to the 2026 Countryside Estates Street Reconstructions as a Reclamation Rehabilitation improvement. o Resolution #25-207, adopted September 9, 2025 approved additional geotechnical and topographic services for this subdivision. • Move the Sunwood Drive Concrete Pedestrian Crossing Repairs from 2025 to 2026 o Staff was unable to complete plans for fall 2025 construction. Plans will be ready for early winter 2026 bidding and early spring 2026 construction. • Add Rabbit Meadow to the 2029 Overlay Improvements • Add Center Street to the 2031 MSA Overlay Improvements Staff identified 1 subdivision for 2029 reconstruction and 6 subdivisions for 2035 reconstruction, totaling 3.14 miles. The majority of subdivisions selected for reconstruction had PASER values of 4 within the subdivision, staff feels these subdivisions will likely require patching in the interim years before the street reconstruction project and will continue to monitor. An additional 6 subdivisions and 1 MSA street segment, totaling 2.15 miles were identified for pavement overly in 2035. Additional information may be found in the 2026 — 2035 CIP Pavement Management Summary, attached to this case. The proposed 2026 — 2035 CIP includes reconstructing 47.40 miles (24.9-percent) of City streets and overlaying an additional 25.38 (13.3-percent) of City streets. These street segments may be seen on the draft 2026 — 2035 CIP Map, attached to this case. Potential Project not within the Capital Improvement Program: Pavement deterioration rates can vary significantly for many factors which were previously discussed. In general, study has shown deterioration to be gradual for many years, and then to accelerate beyond the acceptable level in a short span. The goal of the PMP is to perform maintenance activities to minimize the gradual deterioration, and