City Council Minutes 2015 09 21 SP

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City Council Meeting Minutes September 21, 2015 Page 9 of 17 Parks and Recreation Director Stevens addressed fees and cost recovery for Youth versus Adults. The recovery for adults is cost plus, Senior programs are subsidized similar to Youth. Council member Lipton asked if the proposal is to increase the discount for residents in 2016. Parks and Recreation Director Stevens responded yes, by 33% Council member Leh suggested additional language in Section 3.4, which is a debt policy. In a previous section, financial advisors are subject to a competitive process. In this section concerning bond counsel, there is no competitive process mentioned and there should be similar language. PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND 5 YEAR RESURFACING PLAN Public Works Director Kowar explained this was the best estimate for paving statistics for the next five years. The lighter the winter the further the money will go toward streets. The colder and longer winters with Tots of freeze /thaw cycles will result in less money for streets. The Plan is based on averages, but may change dependent on the weather. The statistics will provide what is necessary for pavement after this paving season. This represents 64 arterial lane miles, 67 collector lane miles and 132 local lane miles. Overall Condition Index (OCI): An (OCI) is calculated for each street segment based on the following criteria: Distress Information: Quantity and severity of cracks, patches, etc. Pavement Age: Composition and Age of pavement section, traffic loading, etc. Work History: Patching, sealing, resurfacing, reconstruction, etc. The program is working as streets in the City are moving up in the OCI index. Average System OCI = 72 (2013) 74 (2014) 75.7 (2015). He demonstrated the conditions by showing slides of the different levels of the OCI index. There was a map to demonstrate the OCI index throughout town. The downtown area has had a program to replace water and sewer lines, which delayed paving repair. Historically the City has not been able to keep up with the maintenance which puts the target OCI behind. He explained the performance of pavement and the proposed 5 year resurfacing plan. Council member Stolzmann noted there is Council support to continue work to keep the roads in good shape. Council member Lipton felt the condition of streets was the biggest complaint he receives from residents. He felt averaging the OCI didn't reflect the reality of the conditions. He thought road repair should take priority. Major roads are important, but so are neighborhood streets.