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• MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, July 11, 2011 7:00 o'clock p.m. (9. PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN UPDATE, Continued) water main and the remaining pipe was slated for replacement as part of the Old Crystal Bay Road improvement project. McMillan asked what utilities are in the existing roadbed at the present time. Kellogg "stated the sewer pipe is located on the east side and the water main is located on the west side. There are no utilities directly underneath the roadway but if you replace the utilities, it would be necessary to dig out into the middle of the roadway due to the width of the trench that would be required. Franchot asked if there is any technology available that would allow them to replace the utilities without digging up the roadway. Kellogg indicated there is directional drilling and other technologies that can be used but most of them rely on a gravity pipe system that has a continuous grade to it. If there are offset joints or sags in the pipe, that technology will follow the same path as the pipe. Kellogg indicated they have utilized some technology for replacement of the water main located on Old Highway 12 that could be utilized in this area but that he would have to review the plans. Kellogg noted there are also technically areas in the middle of Old Crystal Bay Road where the City does not have an easement for the utilities. At the present time the school district owns the whole right -of -way. Printup asked when the season would end for doing a mill and overlay project or a reclamation project. Kellogg indicated each year the City puts out a request for material bids and the bid includes different components of materials. If the City were to undertake a mill and overlay project on a local street, that would be a rather quick project. Depending on the size of the project, something like that could be coordinated rather quickly and from start to finish would probably last about a month to a month and a half. A state aid route would take much longer since plans and specs would need to be prepared and the project would need to be publically bid. Kellogg estimated the planning process would last anywhere from two to three months on a state aid mill and overlay project. Kellogg noted the costs for various projects have also been gradually increasing. Printup asked if costs could be brought down if the City undertakes two road projects at the same time. Kellogg stated you would need a separate plan set for each project but that the bid could be combined. McMillan asked what year Watertown Road is slated for reclamation and what the costs would be. Jared Ward stated the spreadsheet in the Council packet reflects the costs. Kellogg indicated those costs would need to be updated since it reflects a reconstruct and not a reclamation. McMillan stated she would like to get the costs down on Old Crystal Bay Road and then include Watertown Road and Old Crystal Bay Road on next year's schedule. McMillan commented the input she • received from residents was that $3.2 million on one roadway was too much but that she does not want to incur significant engineering costs to come up with a new design. McMillan stated in her view the roundabout design for Old Crystal Bay Road is too costly and that the City has other MSA roads that are Page 13 of 19