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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 (continued <br />Walsh stated he does not want to spend money simply because it is in front of the Council and that he <br />would prefer to fix the worst roads. <br />McMillan stated she has received a couple of calls regarding Phase H, Section II, asking about when that <br />section of the road will be done. McMillan stated the other thing the City Council can do is add the <br />engineering for that section of Fox Street from Willow to Brown and then make a decision on which <br />roads to do. <br />Printup stated he would not be opposed to that since the engineering needs to be done at some point. <br />Levang asked if those engineering costs would be lost if the road is not done right away. <br />McMillan stated completing the engineering on those three sections of road would probably help <br />prioritize the projects. <br />Martini stated the Council can break up the projects any way they would like and that they can certainly <br />look at Fox. Martini stated the most critical thing for completing a project next year is getting the wetland <br />delineations done in the next couple of weeks and then completing survey work before the snow. Martini <br />stated they can look at the worst sections on Watertown, Fox, and Leaf if the Council would like. <br />Walsh stated they are not throwing away the engineering dollars unless something drastically changes. <br />Edwards stated the wetland delineations are good for five years. Edwards noted the City's Pavement <br />Management Plan rates the roads and was completed in the fall of 2014. Edwards stated the darker the <br />red, the lower the index for that road and the green and blue sections depict better conditions. Edwards <br />indicated the roads that are orange and red were recommended for reconstruction and that surface <br />conditions are saying that there is something wrong with the structure of the road. Edwards stated there <br />might be 200 feet of really good road and then 200 feet of really bad road but that it depicts the average of <br />the road. The bluer and greener sections are still eligible for crack sealing or seal coating and eligible for <br />preventative maintenance as opposed to rebuild. <br />McMillan asked if the engineering fees come out of MSA fiends. <br />Martini stated if it is eligible. <br />McMillan asked if the engineering costs came out of MSA funds for Phase I. <br />Edwards stated to his knowledge they have not received all the bills for that work but that MSA funds can <br />cover eligible engineering costs. <br />McMillan stated the Council could add on engineering for the Fox Street section in addition to the <br />engineering for Watertown. <br />Printup indicated he would be okay with that. <br />Page 23 of 27 <br />