Title
Pavement Restoration Fee
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Not referred to a committee.
City Manager Recommendation:
Move to forward the proposed pavement restoration fee to City Council for consideration.
Report
Issue:
Whether to recommend forwarding the proposed pavement restoration fee to City Council for consideration.
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:
On March 17, 2016, staff made a presentation to the Land Use and Environment Committee (LUEC), providing the history of the Pavement Restoration Fee as well as a proposed new fee. Representatives of Puget Sound Energy, other private utilities, and development interests voiced concerns regarding the size of the proposed fee and the impact on customers.
As a result, we formed a Pavement Restoration Fee Coordination Committee (Committee). The Committee's purpose is to develop a policy and establish coordination procedures designed to reduce or eliminate instances of utility cuts into newly installed asphalt and chip seal treatments.
The Committee met in April, July, August, September, and November of 2016. With the help of Public Works, Community Planning and Development, and IT staff, the Committee established a procedure to quickly and accurately determine the age of the pavement that a utility would be cutting into.
The Committee also discussed the fee structure. The Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) requires that utilities must pass such a fee on to the customer. Members of the Committee voiced their concern that this additional cost would present an undue burden on customers. They asked that we re-evaluate the proposed fee.
Staff evaluated fee information from Lacey, Tumwater, Tukwila, Seattle Department of Transportation, Phoenix, and Concord (New Hampshire). One thing that is consistent among ...
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