Title
Review of Pavement Restoration Fee and Implementation Process
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Not referred to a committee.
City Manager Recommendation:
Review the proposed Pavement Restoration Fee and Implementation Process, and move to forward to City Council for their review and approval.
Report
Issue:
Despite an effort undertaken in the late 1990s, there is no clear guidance related to the establishment, application, or collection of Pavement Restoration Fees (previously known as No-Cut Fees). As a result, the City is not being compensated for premature pavement failure that occurs when pavements are cut within 5 years of being newly paved.
Staff Contact:
Fran Eide, P.E., City Engineer, Public Works Engineering, 360.753.8422.
Presenter(s):
Fran Eide, P.E., City Engineer, Public Works Engineering, 360.753.8422.
Background and Analysis:
September 22, 1998, Council considered a "no-cut ordinance." The intent of that ordinance: "Trench cuts will not be allowed within the first five years of a pavement's life unless the utility can prove there is no other option." For small projects where the City agrees that cutting the new pavement is unavoidable and where an overlay is impractical, the City would allow the cut, require trench restoration, and also assess a "trench restoration penalty" to compensate for the earlier degradation of the pavement surface, providing funds for future maintenance of the cut pavement.
According to the September 22, 1998 Study Session minutes, Council concurred with that approach and directed that "the ordinance will be part of the City of Olympia's 1999 Development Guidelines and Public Works Standards revisions presented to Council for adoption in December" 1998.
Engineering Design and Development Standards (formerly Development Guidelines and Public Works Standards), Section 4B.175, Pavement Restoration, outlines pavement restoration requirements, including a referen...
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