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1 2000 Pavement Management Program Ingerson Neighborhood Draft Recommendations from Staff e The following recommendations from staff are provided for the use of the City Council in detennining the direction to proceed with the 2000 PMP. The recommendations are a result of discussions held at task force meetings and discussions between the Public Works Director and City Engineer during the past several months. Does the selection of the Ingerson Neighborhood for the 2000 PMP have merit? YES The neighborhood was selected due to several factors whieh independently may not be significant enough to raise the neighborhood priority, but collectively push this neighborhood to the top of the list for reconstruction. . Pavement Condition Index: The weighted neighborhood index is approximately 56 and at the lower end of the spectrum of City neighborhoods. In the past reconstruction of streets has been generally done when PCI's are below 60. . Drainage: The neighborhood has low, flat areas along Ingerson Road between Hamline A venue and Fernwood Street and along Cannon A venue which routinely pond water for several hours following rainfall events. Drainage infrastructure in the neighborhood is lacking in these areas and several backyards apparently experience routine flooding. e . Water Quality: The eastern neighborhood runoff empties directly into Lake Josephine untreated and the western neighborhood runoff empties into a wetland/ditch system on the west side of the neighborhood. The potential for improvement of the water quality of runoff running directly into natural water bodies is a contributing factor in the selection of this neighborhood. . State Aid Funding: The city state aid construction account balance will be approximately $430,000.00 in 2001. Of the five highest priority neighborhoods, only Ingerson Road and Hamline Avenues are eligible for state Aid funds. The only other city street programmed for reconstruction in the near future that is also eligible for state aid funding is West Round Lake Road. The timing is right for use of these funds for a neighborhood project. . Standards: The streets identified for reconstruction do not meet current city standards for width, pavement section or curb and gutter. Although as a part of the city wide review of street conditions, staff is recommending revisiting some standards. The underlying goal of the city PMP is to bring some level of unifonnity of design throughout the city - currently this neighborhood does not have much unifonnity. . City Infrastructure Management: The City has the responsibility of insuring safe, functional streets and utilities throughout the city. Since financial resources are limited, a consistent program of improvements is neeessary to insure that the City is not saddled with excessive costs to improve its infrastructure down the road. The complete reconstruction of a street is financially viable about every 40-50 years based upon current city budgeting and mileage of streets under city jurisdiction. The proposed improvements are on streets that have not been reconstructed since their original construction (approximately 40 years) and have several . deficiencies as noted above.