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Maintenance of Roadwaya (Public/Private) <br />Septenber 24, 1993 <br />page 2 <br />reconstruction would occur approximately every 20 to 30 years. <br />The snow and ice control and general maintenance have a direct <br />impact on staffing needs. For example, the city currently has 7 <br />snow plowing routes for its 55 miles of roadways. This is <br />approximately 8 miles per route. If the major portion of the 14 <br />miles of privately maintained roads were added to the publicly <br />maintained roadways it would reguire an additional maintenance <br />person and an additional truck and snow plow equipment. <br />The general maintenance on the 55 miles of publicly maintained <br />streets is currently handled by approximately 5 maintenance staff. <br />This is approximately 11 miles per person. The city also spends <br />approximately $60,000 per year for street maintenance supplies. <br />This is approximately $900.00 per mile. The addition of 14 miles <br />of roadway would increase this cost by approximately $12,600 per <br />year. <br />In considering the future cost of taking over additional roadways <br />the largest cost is for reconstruction. It is staff's <br />recommendation that if t-^ Council determines that the city should <br />take on the r<‘sponsibilitv for the maintenance of the roadways that <br />are currently orivately maintained, the city should only take over <br />those roadways that currently meet city standards. This would <br />insure that tb« city would not ''inherit" responsibility for major <br />repair or reconstruction of roadways that were originally installed <br />as driveways to serve a specific subdivision. These types of <br />roadways would need to be upgraded to city standards prior to the <br />city taking on responsibility for maintenance.