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Item # 5.2. ,1t1 ~.ti, River MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Terry Maurer, Public Works Director DATE: March 9, 2009 SUBJECT: 2009 Street Improvement Projects Attached is some brief information to help facilitate discussion about whether or not to proceed with street reconstruction projects contained in the 2009 Capital Improvement Program (CIP). The 2009 CIP contains $1 million for pavement management programs. The two neighborhoods that were identified for the use of that money are shown on the attached exhibits. The first area is south of Main Street, west of downtown including King Avenue, Lowell Avenue, Morton Avenue, Norfolk Avenue, and other side streets in that neighborhood. The second neighborhood is also south of Main Street, east of TH 10 and includes Evans Avenue, Freeport Avenue, Gates Avenue, and Railroad Drive along 2na Street. The 2009 CIP assumed approximately 1/3 of the $1 million would be assessed to these two neighborhoods. As we looked at these two neighborhoods for inclusion in 2009, we have assumed that the neighborhood east of TH 10 in the Evans Avenue area would be a total reconstruction, addition of storm sewer, and concrete curb and gutter. The last total reconstruction of the Deerfield 3Ta Addition and the Irving Avenue area was assessed to the benefitting property owners at a rate of $6,500 per residential unit. In the neighborhood west of TH 10 in the Lowell Avenue/Norfolk Avenue area we anticipate something less than a total reconstruction. The concrete curb and gutter is generally in reasonably good shape, although areas need to be repaired. The sidewalk generally needs to be replaced and the bituminous surface needs to be replaced. We believe reclaiming the existing bituminous and overlaying would be appropriate. Final determination on this would need to be done after soil borings of the area are taken. This type of approach would lend itself to an assessment rate somewhere between a reconstruction ($6,500 per unit) and an overlay ($1,500 per unit). This is a type of pavement rehabilitation that we have not taken on in the past, so if we proceed with this neighborhood we will be setting a new precedent for an assessment level.