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WS – Item #10 <br />WORK SESSION STAFF REPORT <br />Work Session Item No. 10 <br />Date: May 4, 2020 <br />To: City Council <br />From: Michael Grochala, Community Development Director <br />Re: Preparation of 2020-2024 Street Reconstruction Plan <br />Background <br />The City’s Pavement Management Program consists of three (3) critical components to provide a <br />cost effective strategy for maintaining the City’s pavement infrastructure. <br />Preventative Maintenance <br />Preventative Maintenance is defined as a treatment to an existing road that will help preserve and <br />protect the road while also slowing deterioration. Types of preventative maintenance include <br />crack sealing, fog sealing, chip sealing or micro surfacing. These strategies are applied to roads <br />in good condition. In some instances, they may be applied to roads in the poor category that are <br />10 plus years out for reconstruction. This process is included in our annual pavement <br />management budget. <br />Preservation/Rehabilitation <br />Preservation/Rehabilitation includes strategies that provide a structural improvement to the <br />roadway. It typically includes an overlay of bituminous on top of existing asphalt. A mill and <br />overlay involves grinding all or a portion of the in-place asphalt surface and topping it with <br />bituminous over the entire surface. Our annual Street Rehabilitation Project falls under this <br />program and is funded from the annual pavement management budget. The City Council <br />recently awarded this year’s project for work on Deerwood Lane and Fox Road. <br />Street Reconstruction <br />Street Reconstruction is the final component of the program. This is reserved for streets with <br />poor condition ratings that have typically exceeded their useful life. Reconstruction includes <br />removing and replacing the existing pavement and subgrade. These projects also typically <br />include improvement of roadway drainage as well. The 2015 Shenandoah Area, 2018 LaMotte <br />and 2019 WSL projects are examples of street reconstruction. These projects, due to their scope <br />and expense, are bonded for with the costs spread typically over 15 years. <br />The City Council initiated a Street Reconstruction program in 2014 using Street Reconstruction <br />Bonds as the primary funding source. Based on the plan, the City schedules reconstruction <br />projects every three years. The City undertook the first phase of street reconstruction in 2015