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• • • I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report represents the initial presentation of data and analysis to the City Council for their use in the development of an overall Pavement Management Program. It should not be construed to be a final public policy or plan and is subject to change pending further Council review and direction. Recognizing the continued deterioration of city roadways, a lack of specific information on the condition of roadways and a plan for maintaining and reconstructing roadways, the City initiated the preparation of a Pavement Management Program. The components of the Pavement Management Program are: 1. Pavement Condition Report 2. Pavement Management Policies 3. Pavement Management Plan As the first step in the establishment of the Pavement Management Program, this Pavement Conditions Report was prepared. The significant findings of this report are as follows: • • • • • • • • There are currently 84 miles of City roadways. The average city standard roadway (built to current City specifications) is 9 years old. The average non - standard roadway is 19 years old. 63% of roadways are in "adequate" category requiring sealcoating maintenance. 24 % of roadways are in a "marginal" category requiring overlays. 13% of roadways are in the "problem" category, requiring complete reconstruction. Continuing current maintenance practices over the next 10 years will result in the further decline of the overall pavement condition, with 28% of the City roadways being in the "problem" category, requiring complete reconstruction at a cost of $39 million in 2014 (Plan Year 10). By increasing roadway maintenance and reconstruction resources, roadways could be improved (81% "adequate ", 14% "marginal" and 5% "problem ") for the next 10 years at a cost of $28 million, a savings of $11 million in comparison with current maintenance levels. This report shows that the continuation of the current level of maintenance will result in the continued lowering of the overall condition of the City's roadways and will cost significantly more to restore over the long term than if increased funding was provided for roadways to be _maintained and reconstructed at a more optimum time. The next steps in this process would be to establish pavement management polices, and then to establish a pavement management plan.