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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Department Approval: �Ianager Reviewed: �I' !�, DATE: 1�/14IO2 ITEM: ViII. A. Agenda Section: Reports/�iecommendations Item Description: Selection of Project Locations for the 2003 Pavement Management Program: Streets, Pathways and Parking Lots. Background: The City's Pavement Management Program (PMP) began in 1986. At that time, the City was split into 73 neighborhoods, and a two-phase program was initiated. The first phase of the program, completed in 1997, consisted primarily of street reconstruction. The second phase of the program focuses on maintenance projects, which emphasize pavement preservation. Below is a brief outline of work being completed in the second phase: 2 3 4. Reconstruction of streets not completed in the first phase of the program due to condition of the pavement at that time. Incorporation of the Ramsey County turnback roads into the program. Maintenance of existing permanent streets through milling and overlaying pavements and repair of settled or broken concrete curbs. Crack sealing and seal coating of existing pavements. This two-phase program has quickly reduced the number of problem streets within the City to a manageable level, less than 3% of the street system. We will be able to maintain that level by providing maintenance on streets that fall into Condition Index ranges that indicate certain maintenance treatments are needed. In general terms, Condition Index ratings of 65 to 100 required routine maintenance, such as crack sealing and seal coating. Ratings of 35 to 65 indicate more intense maintenance is needed, such as mill and overlay of pavements and some rehab of concrete curb and base. Condition Ratings of 35 and below indicate reconstruction is the only cost effective method of bringing a pavement up to standard. In 1999 we expanded the Pavement Management Program to manage the condition of City Pathways and Parking lots. We have developed an inventory of these facilities and have added them to our Capital Improvements Program. Discussion: The majority of the proposed 2003 PNIl' Program consists of pavement rehabilitation through mill and overlay projects. Two small reconstruction projects are proposed for Pineview Court and Victoria Service Drive north of Sandhurst Avenue. These two streets do not have curb and gutter and still have the original pavement and rolled bituminous curb they were constructed with. These two projects would be subject to the City's special assessment policy, as these adjoining properties have not been assessed for street construction in the past. The condition of all pavements in the proposed program is deteriorating at a rate to cause them to be recommended for these projects and to minimize stopgap maintenance measures. Please see