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5 Stantec Memo To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Mark Statz City of Centerville St. Paul MN Office 1880 Main Street Centerville, MN 55038 File: Pavement Management Plan Date: October 20,2017 Update Reference: Pavement Management Plan Update Background In 2003, the city first commissioned a pavement management plan. All streets in town were evaluated at that time and a schedule of improvements was outlined. Since then,the city has undertaken a number of large street reconstruction and/or reconditioning projects. All of the improvements contemplated in that report have now been completed,with the exception of the downtown area. In 2014,the city made a shift in its street maintenance program, moving away from seal coating and, instead,implementing a system of thin overlays on a 15-year cycle.That plan and its budget are shown on the attached spreadsheet. At this point the city has completed 4 years of thin overlays,with great success. With the goal in mind of overlaying streets around the 15-year mark of their lifespan,you can see that there is a bit of a "hole" in the plan for the years 2018 and 2019. This is essentially because 15 years ago (2003 and 2004),we had a few years in a row,where there were no new streets built. Then,in 2005,we completed our first reconstruction and saw the construction of the first phases of two new developments (Hunter's Crossing and Pheasant Marsh). What this means is that there appears to be an opportunity to fund the street portion of a downtown water main and reconstruction project in these "off" years without the need to bond for those improvements. Additionally,it appears that the work can be done in the downtown,without pushing any streets beyond their 15-year overlay cycle and without running a deficit in the street fund. Recommendations The city's engineering and public works staff recommend that no street project be completed in 2018 and that preparations should begin in early 2018 for a 2019 Street and Utility reconstruction project in the downtown. In 2020, city staff envisions a standard,thin overlay project of those streets that were built in 2015, resuming our annual program. It should be noted that the long-term budget for the overlay program is very promising,with a growing surplus in the coming years. We are hopeful that this will indeed play out as it is shown and that the city council will have the opportunity to lower the general levy or pay down existing debt. Design vft cornnunity In mind tb c:\users\tbender\appdata\local\rnk==ft\wlndows\ternpora y Internet filen\content outlook\blWe02\2018 pavement management recomen"ions.do= 37