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DRAFT Regular City Council Meeting Monday, June 17, 2013 Page 12 1 Vice Chair Stenlund reviewed the proposed PWETC work plan for the coming 2 year, as noted in the RCA, expressing his continued amazement of the work ac- 3 complished by the PWEC, and the things that came before them during a given 4 year from the community -at -large as well as the City Council. 5 6 At the request of Mayor Roe, Vice Chair Stenlund defined "MS4" as the Munici- 7 pal Separate Stormsewer System," a required permit process to separate storm - 8 water drainage from sanitary sewer drainage. 9 10 Vice Chair Stenlund reviewed the three (3) questions or concerns in the RCA to 11 provide additional direction or clarification for the PWETC. 12 13 Pavement Condition Index (PCI) 14 For the benefit of the public, discussion included an explanation of the current 15 computer software program used to establish the condition index at the lowest 16 cost for the best reasonable length of time possible. 17 18 Member DeBenedet led the discussion regarding whether there was City Council 19 support for the PWETC to review whether or not there may be significant funds 20 saved if the current formula was reduced to reduce the condition index and /or 21 lengthen the timeframe for maintenance or reconstruction of the City's roads. 22 23 Mayor Roe spoke in support of continuing with a PCI in some form, but recog- 24 nized the reduced gas tax money coming to the City for this purpose. Mayor Roe 25 note that it was fortunate that most of the City's streets had now been reconstruct - 26 ed, creating more of an emphasis on maintenance versus a reconstruction mode. 27 Mayor Roe stated that a good question was what the best condition index was to 28 use; and whether or not the same index should apply to streets and path - 29 ways /parking lots as well. Mayor Roe supported the PWETC reviewing the PCI 30 and providing their recommendations to the City Council. 31 32 Councilmember Laliberte spoke in support of the PCI; and questioned if winters 33 similar to that experienced in 2012/13 throw the index off at all. 34 35 Member DeBenedet responded that Public Works Director Schwartz would be the 36 best person to answer that question; however, he did note, with Mr. 37 Schwartz acquiesce from the audience, that the City's Engineering staff annually 38 physically surveyed at least 20% of the City's streets, allowing for rescoring of 39 the streets at that time. Member DeBenedet noted that this allowed for a realistic 40 review, and was not just dependent on when the road was last constructed and 41 computer assumptions on projected deterioration, but included that field inspec- 42 tion for more accuracy. 43 44 Mayor Roe reiterated his support of what average was best indicated. SKI