Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, July 19, 2022
Consent
SUBJECT:
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UPDATE ON COMPREHENSIVE CITY-WIDE STREET UPGRADE PROGRAM
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I. SUMMARY
As part of the ongoing obligation to assess the condition of City-owned streets every several years, Public Works hired NCE in 2021 to prepare a Pavement Management Program (PMP) and determine the condition of the City's streets. The results were presented to City Council on May 24, 2022 and indicated that there has been significant pavement deterioration throughout the City due to deferred maintenance over the last decade. Five years ago, when the same study was completed by NCE, the overall city street Pavement Condition Index (PCI) was 67, and now it is 56. Their recommendation in 2017 was for the City to increase the PCI to 70, which would have cost approximately $9.8M per year over 10 years. Now to bring the streets to the same PCI of 70 the cost is $16.5M over the same length of time. Exhibit No. 1 presents the current condition of the streets in Carson based on their rating, which is based on an evaluations of all streets in the City.
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
RECEIVE AND FILE.
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III. ALTERNATIVES
TAKE another action the Council deems appropriate consistent with the requirements of the law.
IV. BACKGROUND
On June 8, 2021, Public Works hired the consulting firm NCE to complete a city-wide street analysis in 2021 and presented the results to City Council on May 24, 2022. The results indicated that throughout the City there has been significant pavement deterioration. Five years ago, when the same study was completed, the overall city street PCI was 67 and it has fallen to 56. The original recommendation in 2017 was to increase the PCI to 70 at a cost $9.8M per year, but today the same recommendation is $16.5M per year because of increased construction costs and the greater amount of deterioration. Exhibit No. 1 presents the current condition of the streets in Carson based on t...
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