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Page 1 of 2 AGENDA ITEM – 1E MEMORANDUM DATE: June 15, 2020 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers Dave Perrault, City Administrator FROM: Todd Blomstrom, Public Works Director/City Engineer SUBJECT: Pavement Resurfacing by Public Works Department Staff Budgeted Amount: Actual Amount: Funding Source: $130,000 TBD Street Maintenance Operating (101) Council Should Consider City Council direction is requested regarding future pavement resurfacing overlay work conducted by in-house staff within the Public Works Department. Background The City Council has previously expressed an interest in the Public Works Department conducting additional street resurfacing work by department staff. The Department is certainly willing to conduct paving work. Existing staff has sufficient experience operating paving equipment to successfully complete small street section projects. One item to consider prior to the City proceeding with future in-house paving projects is the consistent application of the City’s Assessment Policy for resurfacing overlay work for larger projects that are completed under construction contracts. The demand for future pavement overlay work is projected to exceed the annual paving capacity of staff. The Department’s current annual paving capacity is estimated to be approximately 4,000 square yards per year. A copy of the City’s Assessment Policy is provided in Attachment A. Part 1 of the policy addresses assessments for overlays and reconstruction projects. The Public Works Department is seeking direction from the City Council regarding the application of special assessments for future street overlay work conducted by City forces. The Department is also seeking direction if the Council would prefer to include in-house bituminous overlay work on the existing City trail system, which typically does not involve special assessments.