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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL—MAY 31, 2016 6 streets that have been overlaid in the last couple years include: Harriet Avenue, Hamline Avenue, Indian Place, Snelling Avenue shoulder, and various driveways and parking lots. Acting Public Works Director Anderson noted this year Public Works has planned to take on a couple paving projects including Ingerson Park parking lot and Thom Drive. The parking lot at Ingerson Park was just recently paved. Thom Drive between New Brighton Road and Cleveland Avenue is by far the largest project Public Works has considered undertaking as a maintenance project. The project will take between 600 and 750 tons of material at a cost of $30,000 to $40,000. It will require about a week of preparations including raising castings, milling edges and leveling depressions. The paving would take roughly a week also. Ramsey County Public Works and Arden Hills Public Works trades some services and equipment from time to time, Ramsey County will provide a large roller and tack truck to spray the surface with tack prior to paving. They also can provide tandem axel trucks to haul bituminous mix depending on the rate at which the trucks can keep up with the paver. Bituminous material is typically purchased from commercial asphalt in Blaine. As with any project that involves trucking, the proximity of the source of material is often the deciding factor on where you will obtain materials. Pricing from Commercial Asphalt has been very competitive for the materials we use. Acting Public Works Director Anderson explained Thom Drive had a PCI rating of 29 in 2013 and has had some patching and pothole filling since that time. This rating is on the high end of the border of the range for reconstruction. It was projected this project would cost roughly $250,000 to reclaim and repave as a PMP in the future. An overlay of this road should stretch the life expectance out another 8 to 10 years making it possible for some other roads that are in worse shape to undergo reconstruction through a PMP such as Indian Oaks Trail/ Floral Avenue or Benton Way/Harriet Avenue. Acting Public Works Director Anderson indicated the City Council budgeted $150,000 in 2015 and 2016 for sealcoating/resurfacing with sealcoating being on hold. He stated it is his understanding that those dollars would go towards resurfacing projects. In the case of Thom Drive, the pavement alternatives available are summarized in the table below along with the anticipated life expectancy of those alternatives. Comparison of Alternatives 2016 Cost Service Life Future PMP - Reclaim $ 250,000 25 - 30 years Contracted Overlay $ 52,500 8 to 10 years Public Works Overlay $ 35,000 8 to 10 years Do nothing/pothole filling $ 1,000 3 years Acting Public Works Director Anderson reported the Public Works Department's intent is to stretch the maintenance dollars by utilizing the equipment currently available and prolong the life of the City's pavement. Mayor Grant understood Thom Drive was in need of maintenance. He questioned how the Council wanted to proceed. Councilmember Holden asked if borings have been completed on Thom Drive.