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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION 'JUi ^INq <br />^^96 <br />DATE: <br />ITEM NO: / <br />Department Approval: <br />Name <br />Title <br />Administrator Reviewed: <br />____________________ <br />Agenda Section: <br />Item Description: <br />Budget Adjustment to Fund a Bituminous Overlay of a Portion of Watertown Road <br />Backeround <br />The city has an ongoing program of contracted street maintenance which includes bituminous <br />overlays and seal coating. The overlays are done when streets begin to rapidly deteriorate, to <br />prevent them from deteriorating to the point where they require total reconstruction. The <br />overlays extend the life of the roads by 5 to 10 years. The seal coating is done one year after <br />new paving, including overlays, is installed. The seal coating provides a non-slip surface and <br />seals the pavement to reduce the formation of cracks which prolongs the life of the pavement. <br />The annual budget includes $97,000 for overlays and seal coating. In 1996 $45,000 of this <br />amount is programmed for seal coating the new pavement installed in 1994 and 1995. The <br />remainder is programmed to overlay residential streets that are rapidly deteriorating. <br />Overlay of Watertown Road <br />Through an inspection in the spring, it was found that the portion of Watertown Road west of <br />Stubbs Bay Road to Tumham Road, .9 of a mile, is in very bad condition and needs a <br />bituminous overlay to prevent further deterioration and extend the life of the roadway. The cost <br />to overlay this portion of Watertown Road is estimated to be $37,000. This is well beyond the <br />budgeted amount for contracted street maintenance in 1996. Because the streets currently <br />programmed for overlays are in as bad or worse condition than Watertown Road, staff is <br />recommending that rather than substituting Watertown Road for these streets in the overlay <br />program to 'tay within budget, the cost of overlaying Watertown Road be funded from the <br />Permanent Improvement Revolving (PIR) Fund. A portion of this fund is designated for road <br />construction. The balance in this portion of the fund is $107,000. <br />COUNCIL ACTION REQUESTED <br />Motion to approve a bituminous overlay lor that portion of Watertown Road west of Stubbs Bay <br />Road to Tumham Road at a cost of $37,000 to be funded from the PIR Fund, and to amend the <br />1996 Budget to reflect the expenditure from the PIR Fund. <br />r1