Workshop Item: 2 - Robert Therres, Public Services Manager
Title
PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - CURRENT STATUS AND FUTURE PROGRAM NEEDS
Background
In October of 2010, the City initiated a Pavement Management Program (PMP) for the purpose of perpetually maintaining and rehabilitating city streets to maximize their lifespan in a cost efficient manner. Funding for this program was a combination of PMP tax levy funds, assessments and Municipal State Aid. As a part of this program a condition rating system was developed and all the streets were rated. This rating system aids in selecting each year's street projects.
The construction spending on the first three years of the program were as follows:
· 2011- $2,500,000 in total projects
o $1,037,000 State Aid funded
o $1,463,000 PMP funded
· 2012 - $2,050,000 in total projects
o $1,100,000 State Aid funded
o $950,000 PMP funded
· 2013 - $3,070,000 in total projects
o $1,637,000 State Aid funded
o $1,433,000 PMP funded
During the first three years of the PMP, there was a heavy focus on getting overlays done on the backlog of streets that were in immediate need of an overlay. By doing this, the City was able to save both the residents of the affected streets and the city taxpayers the additional money that would have been spent reconstructing these streets if they had been allowed to deteriorate for a few more years.
Every year, as city streets continue to age, there will still be streets that fall into a condition needing an overlay so staff will still be bringing forward a yearly overlay project, but the amount of overlays for the next few years will be smaller than the first three years of the program and more PMP projects will be reconstruction projects.
The attached map shows the current condition ratings of streets throughout the city. The breakdown is as follows:
· 175.26 miles of streets are in good condition and have an estimated 10+ years of life before needing an overlay.
· 30.25 miles of streets are in acceptable condition but as they continue to age they will need overlays generally somewhere around 5-10 years from now.
· 14.98 miles of streets are in a condition where they are ready for an overlay now or will need one in the near future.
· 10.59 miles of streets are degraded to a point where they need reconstruction.
· 44.52 miles of streets do not have curb and gutter or have bituminous curb. Of this, 11.31 miles are rural section roads that won't likely ever have curb and gutter and 33.21 miles of streets are in urban section areas where reconstruction with curb and gutter would be appropriate with additional storm drainage improvements.
The focus in 2014 and 2015 will be to increase the number of projects on streets that have deteriorated past the point of needing an overlay and need to be partially or fully reconstructed. These reconstruction projects will be more costly and time intensive and thus the yearly projects will include fewer miles of roads at current PMP funding levels. A list of potential 2014 projects was presented to Council at the September 12th Council workshop.
In 2015 there will likely be projects proposed in the older areas of the City where the streets either do not have curb and gutter or have bituminous curb and gutter. If concrete curb and gutter is installed and storm sewer upgrades are done, residents will see assessments larger than any done to date under the PMP. These assessments will potentially be in the $2,500 to $3,500 range per residential lot and will likely generate more controversy than past projects.
Discussion
· Does the Council feel the yearly amount of street projects is reasonable?
· What are the Council's thoughts on street reconstruction projects in areas with no curb and gutter?
· Is the Council comfortable with the increased assessments that installing curb and gutter and storm sewer will require?