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<br />Ms. Carr asked for the percentage of streets that are above a condition rating of a 6.18. Mr. <br />Wilson said he would supply a list of streets in different percent categories. <br /> <br />Mr. Wilson described the terms used for pavement conditions: <br /> <br /> Fog Seal Rejuvenation puts oil back into the asphalt. <br /> <br /> Microsurfacing is a thin layer of oil that covers the entire street that puts a protective seal <br />on the road and covers up small cracks. This process lasts about three years. <br /> <br /> Cape Seal is oil mixed with sand to help protect the street surface. <br /> <br /> HMA is Hot Mix Asphalt – able to put thin ¼ inch layer of asphalt and can extend life five <br />to eight years. <br /> <br /> Mill & HMA Overlay A machine cuts out two inches of asphalt and two new inches of <br />asphalt are added back. This is the biggest improvement that can be done. It could <br />extend ten to fifteen years of life to the street. <br /> <br /> Full Depth Reconstruction is redoing the base and putting new asphalt over the top of it. <br />This is a done when there is nothing left of the street and has to be rebuilt. <br /> <br />Mr. Sharpe asked if the City proposed a tax increase in order to take care of the City’s <br />infrastructure. <br /> <br />Mr. Wilson said at present Public Works was not catching up in fixing all the streets and should <br />be spending in the range of four to five million dollars a year for just asphalt to bring streets to a <br />higher standard. Then the City could do preventive maintenance to the streets which will help <br />them last a lot longer than they have in the past. <br /> <br />The second challenge listed was the need for maintenance spending. Mr. Wilson said in 2002 <br />and 2003 the City was spending a million dollars on street work and then in 2008 when the <br />recession hit the City dropped below $500,000 and remained at that level for five years. <br />Correlating with that is the lower rating of the City’s street system. <br /> <br />Mr. Glickert noted that the county and state roads in the city are at a similar rating range of <br />around 6.00. He asked if the City is close to the county and state roads. Mr. Wilson noted <br />when talking with Public Works in Clayton, he noted their goal was to have an eight or nine <br />rating. <br /> <br />Mayor Welsch asked what the City budgeted before 2002, when streets were rated on an <br />average at 7.5. Mr. Wilson said they would look back farther to see what the City spent then. <br /> <br />Another challenge is the American with Disability Act (ADA). Mr. Wilson stated he has about <br />20-pages of park improvements needed for the parks to comply with ADA regulations. <br /> <br />Ms. Carr asked if the new ADA-compliant curbs met the ADA requirements. She stated some <br />appear to be at a right angle and she could not picture how the angle it is navigated by a person <br />in a wheelchair. <br /> <br />Mr. Wilson said the cuts do meet the ADA requirements for a person in a wheelchair. He said <br />the reason for some of the designs is because the City did not purchase additional property but <br />rather stayed within the established right-of-way. Mr. Wilson stated he would be glad to test out <br />3 <br /> <br /> <br />