City Council Agenda and Packet 2015 04 21

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City Council Meeting Minutes April 7, 2015 Page 15 of 26 Mayor Muckle inquired whether Council was interested in delaying the survey. There was Council consensus on delaying the survey for one month. City Manager Fleming requested when staff presents the survey in a month, Council provide specific direction to help finalize the survey questions. Council members agreed. DISCUSSION /DIRECTION — 2015 PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT AND BOOSTER STREET IMPROVEMENTS Mayor Muckle requested a staff presentation. Public Works Director Kowar requested Council discussion on the 2015 Pavement Management and Booster Street Improvements program. The overall street improvement plan considers the street network at an overall pavement condition index of 75% as well as the booster pavement program, which is targeted to keep streets up from low scores. Over the last two years, the booster program evolved as a result of the downtown area and took into consideration Main and Front Street, which have low scores but are still in good shape. Redoing those streets will add to the appearance of downtown and improve the pavement score. There was also Council discussion about bringing other downtown (low score) streets up, which was added to the downtown booster street project. In order to pave Main Street, a separate project was created to begin in April and be completed prior to the placement of the Main Street Patios on May 5th. When the bids came in for the project staff believed they were high based on similar bidding environments in other areas. Staff recommended delaying the Main Street Resurfacing (Pavement Booster) project. Also as a result of the high bids, staff recommended resurfacing Via Appia in 2015 instead of 2016, and doing McCaslin plus a portion of W. Cherry Street in 2016 instead of 2015. Staff will also include in the bid solicitation as a bid alternate resurfacing McCaslin Blvd. from South Boulder Road to just south of Via Appia. The Main Street paving project will also be added to the other bids. COUNCIL QUESTIONS Council member Lipton voiced his concern over the conditions of the streets and roadways in the City. He felt Via Appia, McCaslin and Washington are approaching dangerous conditions. He did not want to throw away money by simply patching the streets. He suggested looking at the City's resource base to determine whether more money is needed in the street budget. Council member Loo stated her understanding if the Via Appia bid is too expensive then McCasln would be resurfaced first. City Manager Fleming explained that would not be the case. Main Street came in high because it is a small project. Staff proposes to include the Main Street project as a bid alternate in the resurfacing package. He explained it is a very difficult bidding environment. Anticipating the Via Appia bid might 43