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ARDEN HILLS SPECIAL CITY COTINCIL WORK SESSION _ JULY I3,2O2O 2 <br />B. Pavement Resurfacing Discussion <br />Public Works Director/City Engineer Blomstrom stated that the City Council held an initial <br />discussion of the city's street overlay projects that are conducted by the Public Works Department <br />at its June 15, 2020 work session. He outlined the three informational items included in the <br />agenda materials as follows: <br />l. A summary of project locations and costs for past overlay projects completed by <br />department staff. <br />Public Works Director/City Engineer Blomstrom indicated that Finance Director Bauman <br />reviewed available information and compiled a historical costs summary of previous city projects <br />(see Attachment A). <br />2. A review of average bid prices for recent contracted overlay projects. <br />Public Works Director/City Engineer Blomstrom indicated that Engineering staff obtained <br />recent bid tabulations from the cities of Roseville, Shoreview, and Crystal for municipal street <br />projects that were completed in either 2019 or are underway in2020. A summary of those prices <br />are provided in Attachment B. He stated it is important to note the pricing is for projects involving <br />approximately 1,600 to 10,000 tons of material and that will produce an overall lower unit price <br />due to economy of scale. He cautioned a comparison between Attachments A and B and urged <br />the Council to keep in mind that unit pricing that is more reflective of Arden Hills' typical <br />projects in the past have are for approximately 150 to 600 tons of material. <br />3. A summary of city street segments that could potentially be resurfaced bythe department. <br />Puhlic Works Director lCiW Engineer Blomstrom emphasized that Public Works staff was <br />willing and prepared to proceed with this work as directed by the City Council. <br />Puhlic Works Director/City Engineer Blomstrom directed the City Council to Attachment A <br />and specifically data for the 2015 project. He noted there was limited documentation for the 2015 <br />project as compared to earlier projects in the city. Prior to this meeting and upon further research <br />of past invoices for the 2A15 project, he noted that while the project was listed at 75 tons the <br />actual material amount was closer to 310 tons, and that the labor hours spent were closer to 250 <br />hours versus 320 hours. He noted this important change to Attachment A as this lowers the <br />external costs for the project closer to $63 and brings the total costs including labor closer to $91 <br />which is substantially less than the $228 figure as previously indicated in the table. <br />Mayor Grant asked if all the streets in pink wers potentially proposed for this year. <br />Public Works Director lcity Engineer Blomstrom reported this was the case. <br />Mayor Grant questioned if the City could purchase additional pavement from a supplier already <br />working in the City through a bid alternate to drive the price of the street projects down.