City Council Minutes 2015 09 21 SP

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City Council Meeting Minutes September 21, 2015 Page 10 of 17 Council member Leh noted the average OCI of the system was reported at 75. He stated the vast majority of failed streets appear to be in Old Town. This is a quality of life issue and some streets near schools look just as bad. He addressed the 5 year booster plan and noted the downtown areas were not in the plan. Council member Stolzmann looked at the 2015 goals which proposed a 75 OCI by 2019 with a minimum of 35 on all streets. South Street was intentionally delayed due to the underpass. Main Street is the booster street for 2015 and a couple of streets scheduled for 2016. She suggested directing staff to add as many streets as can be budgeted in 2016. Mayor Pro Tem Dalton supported Council member Stolzmann's suggestion to give specific direction to the Public Works Director. Over a three year period a grid should be done to raise the OCI and make a more substantial gain. Council would need to know what this would cost. Mayor Muckle noted Council wanted to gain ground on this issue and realized there was no way to do it all immediately. Council member Lipton thought staff had been told before that Council would accept OCI in the poor category. He wanted to set the bar higher. Mayor Pro Tem Dalton noted it could not all be done in a year. He suggested reaching for what is possible and if the policy goal is incorrect, it could be changed later. Public Works Director Kowar noted in this system there has to be a slow and steady approach financially or it will all denigrate at approximately the same time later and you end up having to face the cost all at the same time repeatedly. If you bring it up too fast there will be a deficit later on. Council member Lipton felt we have been behind the curve and there needs to be a reasonable path to higher standards. He suggested maintenance be sped up in the spring. Council member Loo agreed with other Councilors' comments. She recognized the cost of construction is escalating. She asked for the worst case scenario on what the cost would be. Council member Leh expected a refinement on a concentrated effort for the low OCI streets in the downtown area and not being tom up for other projects. He also felt the schedule should be moved up. Public Works Director Kowar noted he will look at all the lowest OCI streets.