DATE: March 15, 2016
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Director of Public Works
SUBJECT
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FY 2016 Pavement Rehabilitation Project - Approval of Plans and Specifications and Call for Bids
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That Council adopts the attached resolution (Attachment I) and approves the plans and specifications for the FY 2016 Pavement Rehabilitation Project, and calls for bids to be received on April 26, 2016.
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BACKGROUND
This year's Pavement Rehabilitation Project calls for the rehabilitation of fifty-eight city street sections. Please see Attachment II for the list of streets. The proposed improvements will repair failed pavement sections and improve the riding surface of the streets.
DISCUSSION
The approval of Measure C has made additional funds available to the City's Street Pavement Management Program, which is over and above funds the City receives annually from Measure B, Measure BB, Gas Tax, Vehicle Registration Fees, and funds from the Street System Improvements Fund. This has allowed the City to engage in the largest street pavement improvement program in the City's recent history, and provided a one-time opportunity to improve more of the City's street network. The City's Pavement Management Program falls into two main categories: 1) Street Pavement Preventative Maintenance & Resurfacing Program, which is presented in a separate report, and 2) Street Pavement Rehabilitation & Reconstruction Program, presented in this report.
The Pavement Rehabilitation & Reconstruction Program involves repairing severely deteriorated streets to return them to acceptable pavement condition standards and may involve one of three types of treatments: 1) standard overlay of the existing street pavement with new Hot Mix Asphalt Concrete; 2) Cold-In-Place Recycling (CIR), which involves pulverization of the top layer of existing asphalt concrete pavement, treating the r...
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