03-21-94 Council Workshop Minutes

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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL MARCH 21, 1994 The City Administrator used the example of LaBore Road west of Edgerton. That particular road was built to heavier standards due to the traffic volumes. Residents along the roadway were assessed the cost of a typical 8"/3" section with the City picking up the cost of the heavier section, extra road width, drain tile and fabric. Doug Warring, Westwind resident, asked the averaqe life of a street. The City Administrator reported that the City Engineer has indicated that 20 years is an average street life and would hope that a street built to standard would last longer. Mr. Shannon has talked about a 30 year street life. Mrs. Parrish pointed out that Westwind and Windrow are being discussed for improvement when neither is 20 years old and there is very little traffic on those streets. Scalze pointed out that there is poor soils in the area of Westwind and Windrow Drives. Also, technology has changed and there is no fabric under the streets. The Administrator reported that street standards today provide for heavier sections as well as drain tile and fabric in areas of poor soils. Shannon pointed out that there were street standards 10 years ago when Windrow was built, and it appears that the road was not constructed to City standards. The Public Works Superintendent reported that he did some borings and found that there is 1 to 2 inches of bituminous on Windrow and Westwind. The standard is 3 inches. There was Class V under these streets. Mrs. Parrish reported that when they built their home, they paid a lot of money for a building permit and hoped that the construction of the home was inspected. Parrish thought that the same should apply for road construction. The City Administrator pointed out that the people who were involved in the past are now gone. The 5