Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, May 16, 2017
Consent
SUBJECT:
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CONSIDER ADOPTING THE FINAL UPDATED PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM REPORT AND ALLOW A PRESENTATION BY NICHOLS CONSULTING ENGINEERS, CHTD. FOR PROJECT NO. 1483: CITYWIDE PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (CITY COUNCIL)
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I. SUMMARY
The City Council will review the Citywide Pavement Management System (PMS) update. The last pavement management plan was completed in 2007. The 2017 report found that Carson's paving is in "fair condition" and is expected to deteriorate substantially during the next ten years without a total annual investment of $8 to $9 million in street repairs. The consultant engineer will provide a presentation on the PMS.
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Council should receive and file the report.
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III. ALTERNATIVES
1. TAKE another action the City Council deems appropriate and consistent with the requirements of the law.
IV. BACKGROUND
Carson is responsible for the repair and maintenance of 203.1 centerline miles of streets. Specifically the City's road network includes 49.2 miles of major arterials, 5.7 miles of minor arterials, 18.1 miles of collectors, and 130.1 miles of residential streets. These assets are collectively valued at $257 million, and the last Pavement Management study was conducted in 2007.
The Pavement Management System is designed to provide objective information and useful data for analysis so that consistent, cost-effective, and defensible decisions can be made related to the preservation of a pavement network.
The overall objectives for the Pavement Management Study were to:
? Implement a pavement management system to assist the City with maintaining an inventory of all street sections
? Re-segment various streets to conform to the City's historical maintenance and rehabilitation (M&R) treatment work.
? Perform pavement condition inspections of the entire street network and determine the PCI.
? Develop appropriate maintenance...
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