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TO I <br />FROM: <br />DATS: <br />Mayor and City Council <br />Ron Moorse, City Administrator <br />September 24, 1993 <br />^<2 <br />% <br />oa /* <br />SUBJECT: Maintenance of Roadways {Public/Private) <br />Attachments: Charts Showing Information About Roads Currently <br />Privately Maintained <br />There are currently approximately 55 miles of roads in the city <br />that are maintained by the city. There are currently approximately <br />14 miles of privately maintained roads. Approximately half of <br />these meet the city's current roadway standards. Somewhat less <br />than half of these would need major reconstruction in order to meet <br />city standards. <br />In general the city has not taken on responsibility for new <br />roadways developed since the 1970's. The current city policy <br />provides that new development is served by private roads that are <br />maintained by homeowners associations. This policy is based on the <br />city's Comprehensive Plan, which indicates the city will not the <br />provide the full range of "Urban services" to the developing rural <br />areas. This includes such things as sewer, water and roads. <br />The city has in recent years received requests from residents <br />living along privately maintained roadways for the city to take on <br />the maintenance of those roadways. Their concern is that although <br />they pay the same property taxes as other city residents, they do <br />not receive the same level of service. <br />In determining whether to change the current policy regarding the <br />maintenance of roadways there are two major issues to consider. <br />The first is the equity issue as raised by the residents on <br />privately maintained roads -- Should the city provide the same <br />level of roadway maintenance to all property owners? The second <br />i.‘;r.ue is the cost impact to the <'ity of increasing the miles of <br />road it maintains. There are five areas of costs related to <br />roadway maintenance. <br />1. Snow and ice control. <br />2 General maintenance. <br />3. Sealcoating. <br />4. Overlays <br />5. Reconstruction. <br />The first two are on-going costa that occur every year. The last <br />three are costs which occur cnly periodically, but are much higher <br />cost items. For example; sealcoating occurs approximately every 5 <br />years, overlays occur approximately every 10 years and