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<br />Request for Action <br /> <br /> <br />To Item Number <br /> <br />Mayor and City Council 8.1 <br />Agenda Section Meeting Date Prepared by <br /> <br />General Business February 16, 2016Mark Thompson, Streets Superintendent <br />Item Description Reviewed by <br />2016 Chip Seal Program Suzanne Fischer, Director, COD <br />Reviewed by <br />Cal Portner, City Administrator <br /> <br />Action Requested <br /> <br />Information. <br /> <br />Background/Discussion <br /> <br />The City of Elk River, like numerous other municipalities, has experienced deterioration of pavement <br />layers underneath chip seals. These asphalt failures have been researched and studied for many years yet <br />they continue to occur. We are considering to slow down our seal coat application plans for the <br />upcoming years to take a more “wait and see” approach towards seal coat applications. If we are <br />convinced the problems within seal coating industry are corrected, we likely will resume our sealant <br />schedules. <br /> <br />Street and engineering staff met to discuss this year’s road maintenance program. Street personnel will be <br />completing more crack seal and velocity patching. We will focus our maintenance efforts to an even <br />greater extent towards preventing moisture from getting through asphalt surface into the road base. <br /> <br />2016 areas to be double-sealed include Victoria Drive and Oakwood Forest. We have used a double seal <br />on select streets over the past 7 years with very good success. These areas are typically towards the end of <br />an asphalt’s life cycle. <br /> <br />Financial Impact <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />N/A <br /> <br />Attachments <br /> <br />None <br /> <br />