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$ 1,250 $ 1,875 $ 2,500 $ 1,875 $ 2,813 $ 3,750 $ 2,500 $ 3,750 .$ 5,000 $ 3,125 $ 4,688 $ 6,250 $ 3,750 $ 5,625 $ 7,500 Background: UPDATE ON DIRT DRIVEWAY PAVING By: Steven Jankowski, City Engineer City Council directed staff at the May 8, 2007 City Council meeting to prepare information relative to the goal of eliminating unpaved driveways within the City. The benefit of such a goal would be the reduction of sediment migrating onto paved City streets and into the storm drainage system. Secondary benefits would be improved neighborhood appearance and higher property values. The purpose of this case is to provide the Committee with cost information and to project the financial impact of this proposal on both property owners and the City if it should chose to participate financially to encourage this goal. In an effort to quantify the number of unpaved driveways in the City the engineering department intern conducted a survey during periods of travel between projects and during rain days when construction inspection was interrupted or suspended. The surveyed area included essentially the entire City excepting the more recently developed sewer and water areas and commercial areas where the paving of driveways has been included as a provision in subdivision development agreements. A City map was marked to document the areas surveyed and to avoid recounting the same area twice. A summary of the findings of this survey is as follows: • There were a total of 498 unpaved driveways identified • 366 unpaved driveways were the primary driveway for the property • 132 unpaved driveways were secondary driveways • 19 driveways were generally paved but had a short unpaved length between the paved driveway and the street • The range of unpaved driveway widths range between 10 feet and 35 feet, however the largest percentage of drives is either 15 or 20 feet wide. • Driveway lengths were not measured, however addresses were recorded and lengths could be measured from aerial surveys if more price cost information is desired. Based upon a local paving contractor's estimate of $2.50 per square foot for grading and paving an unpaved driveway the following table illustrates the costs for paving individual driveway. Length 10 ft 15 ft 20 ft 25 ft 30 ft Driveway Paving Cost Width 50 ft 75 ft 100 ft CASE # -281-