Minutes - Public Works Committee - 01/15/2002

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PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE CITY OF RAMSEY ANOKA COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA The Ramsey Public Works Committee conducted a regular meeting on Tuesday, January 15, 2002, at the Ramsey Fire Station #2, 15050 Armstrong Boulevard NW, Ramsey, Minnesota. Members Present: Mayor Tom Gamec Councilmember Susan Anderson Councilmember Terry Hendriksen Councilmember Patti Kurak Councilmember Gerald Zimmerman Also Present: Fire Chief/Director of Public Works Dean Kapler City Engineer Brian Olson City Engineer Steve Jankowski CALL TO ORDER Chairperson Zimmerman called the regular meeting of the Public Works Committee to order at 5:40 p.m. CITIZEN INPUT None. COMMITTEE BUSINESS Case #1: 2002 Street Maintenance Program City Engineer Jankowski stated that since 1981, the City of Ramsey has conducted an Annual Street Maintenance Program~. whose purpose was to address the preventative maintenance of the City's asphalt pavements. From 1981 until 1990, the program consisted predominantly of sealcoating and the full cost of the program was special assessed. Beginning in 1991 until the present time, the City has financed 50% of the program cost. Because of the City Charter and Minnesota Statute//427 requirements, it is necessary to initiate the program in January in order to allow sufficient lead-time for construction to take place in early summer. The frequency of preventative maintenance on the City's bituminous pavements has varied considerably, with some pavements receiving a sealcoating as little as two years and others as much as ten years after initial construction. In general, however, the City's current goal is to sealcoat a new bituminous pavement five years after construction and readdress maintenance at seven years thereafter. In general, the scheduled pavement history for a Ramsey City street would be as follows: Public Works Committee/January 15, 2002 Page 1 of 10