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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Monday, September 28, 2015 <br />7:00 o'clock p.m. <br />13. WATERTOWN ROAD PHASE 2 <br />Edwards stated on May 20, 2014, Bolton & Menk presented a feasibility study for the rehabilitation of <br />Watertown Road and Stubbs Bay Road. The Council decided to phase the project over multiple years and <br />approved engineer services for survey, design and bidding for reconstruction of Phase I, which included <br />Stubbs Bay Road from Watertown Road to Bayside Road and Watertown Road from Stubbs Bay Road to <br />Old Crystal Bay Road. Phase I is now nearing completion. <br />Edwards noted approximately 500 feet to the east of Willow to the Long Lake city limits is not eligible <br />for state aid funds. That cost was inadvertently left out of the first update to the Council and a revised <br />cost schedule has been distributed to the Council. <br />Phase II has two sections and incudes Watertown Road from Turnham Road to Stubbs Bay Road and Old <br />Crystal bay Road to Long Lake City limits. The scope of the project will consist of the reclamation of the <br />bituminous pavement, subgrade corrections, and the replacement/improvement of the associated <br />stormwater system. The project consists of two sections which abut the section of Watertown Road that <br />was reclaimed in 2015. <br />The estimated cost for Phase H is $1,509,283. The project will be funded with a combination of <br />Municipal State Aid funds and the Storm Water Fund. The estimate from Bolton & Menk for Phase II is <br />a cost not to exceed $155,000. A separate scope and fee for construction services will be presented at the <br />construction award. <br />Edwards stated in order to move forward with the project starting in 2016, it is necessary to conduct <br />survey and engineering work this fall/winter, complete plans and specs for advertisement and bidding in <br />the winter/spring, and commence work in the 2016 construction season. <br />Walsh stated he has different opinions about which roads should be done and that the portion of <br />Watertown Road between Kokesh and Orchard is actually pretty good. Walsh stated the only bad part of <br />Watertown Road is starting at Stubbs Bay Road going west, which would be maybe a quarter mile or a <br />third of a mile. Walsh stated as you go east on Fox from Old Crystal Bay Road to Willow Road, that <br />entire stretch is as bad as the worst part next to Stubbs Bay Road and from Willow and Brown is even <br />worse. Walsh stated the other sections have many, many years left and the City has a number of roads <br />that are in worst condition. <br />Edwards stated when they compare the MSA roads, as Fox Road transitions, the section of MSA road is <br />the section between Willow and Brown. The other sections are regular city roads. Edwards indicated he <br />does agree that that section of Fox Road is atrocious and that he receives constant calls on it. Edwards <br />stated the Public Works Department can no longer patch it anymore. <br />Walsh stated that section definitely needs to get done and that the City does not need to redo the entire <br />road. Walsh stated as long as the equipment is close by, the City's money would be better spent going <br />down to Fox and taking care of that really bad piece. Walsh stated in his view it makes more sense to get <br />the really bad stuff done. <br />McMillan asked how much money is in the City's MSA fund. <br />Page 21 of 27 <br />