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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION APRIL 7, 2004 NOT APPROVED BY MAJORITY OF COUNCIL ON 06-28-2004 1 • 2 Councilmember Dahl distributed a letter from Mark and Mary Payette indicating the 3 importance of safety in regard to the trail development, along with consideration to 4 minimize the tree loss in the trail design. 5 6 PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN — STREET RECONSTRUCTION, JIM 7 STUDENSKI 8 9 City Engineer Studenski advised that as part of the planning for maintenance of the City 10 streets, staff has updated the existing road conditions in order to plan ahead for the 11 scheduling and budgeting of these improvements. A condition rating of all the streets has 12 been performed and the streets were then placed into improvement categories depending 13 on their level of deterioration. 14 15 City Engineer Studenski presented the pavement rating noting 85 miles of street areas 16 were identified. Improvements need to be made to maintain the current transportation 17 system. The pavement rating will enable the City to better budget costs pertaining to 18 street paving and maintenance. Staff will continue to work on the pavement ratings to 19 better prioritize and justify street improvement projects. 20 21 City Engineer Studenski advised the Pavement Management would be presented 22 tomorrow evening at the joint City Council and Charter Commission meeting. He noted 23 that total street reconstruction typically costs approximately $1 million per mile. •24 25 Community Development Director Grochala stated the City needs an effective plan for 26 long-term planning in terms of street improvement and street maintenance. 27 28 Public Service Director DeGardner noted the City spent approximately $108,000 this year 29 on street improvements. That figure mainly includes materials only. 30 31 City Administrator Heitke stated the City needs to take this information and develop a 32 long-term financial plan to fund street maintenance. Deferred maintenance is very costly. 33 34 HOM FURNITURE PROJECT, MICHAEL GROCHALA 35 36 Community Development Director Grochala advised the president and the real estate 37 director of HOM Furniture met with City staff on March 24. They are proposing to build 38 a large distribution facility and a furniture showroom on approximately 67 acres owned 39 by Gerald Rehbein on the southwest quadrant of 35E/County Road 14. Their initial 40 concept plan shows approximately 1.1 million sq. ft. of distribution showroom area. 41 Initial estimates suggest the market value of this facility will be in the range of $30 42 million. 43 44 Community Development Director Grochala stated this use qualifies under the City's 45 Light Industrial zoning. The site is adjacent to existing sanitary sewer and water and is in 46 the Stage 1 growth area. The developers propose to serve the site with a road extending • 47 from Main Street down 21' Ave., and then turning west through Centerville's industrial 48 park area. The road would not extend to Cedar Street on the south.