HomeMy WebLinkAbout08/14/1986CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION
August 14, 1986
4:00 p.m.
Large Conference Room
Members present: Mayor McKinley, Councilpersons Miller, Budak, Lichty,
Wright, and Seeber.
The Agenda, as proposed, was approved.
Mayor McKinley opened the meeting by indicating that street repair within the
City is a major problem. Several issues must be addressed but primary
attention must be given to the long-range plan for the repair of these
streets as well as how we intend to pay for their repair.
Eric Thorson, City Engineer, presented a Proposed Pavement Management Program
for the City of Waterloo. The central portion of the program was the
establishment of a Citizens Committee to review the situation and make
recommendations to the Council. Committee action would include approximately
six (6) meetings to review the conditions of the city streets and pavement
management; assess the need to repair, restore and reconstruct streets;
discuss financing alternatives: establish an acceptable financing period
related to pavement improvements and management; prioritize criteria for
pavement improvements and reconstruction; and finally make recommendations to
the City Council. Proposed make-up of the committee would include the two
At -Large Councilpersons; appointments made by the Mayor; the City Engineer;
the Street Superintendent: the Planning and Development Director; and Fedon
Petrides. The advantage of having a Pavement Management Program would be
that the City would then have a tool to plan and organize the repair of its
streets. Currently the City does not have a long-range approach for its
street repair program as well as a planned method of financing these
improvements. The plan could eventually require additional staff time and
funding and would be developed over several years.
After discussion, the Council suggested eliminating the committee structure
as described above. Again, Councilperson Lichty stated that the City has
spent too much money in planning and organizing its street repair program and
should spend this money instead on the actual fixing of streets.
Miller now absent.
Larry Reading presented a method of street repair. This process would be the
removal of the top 3/4" of surface and replace it with a mat surface. He
indicated that in 1978 the City hired him to do several City streets
including U.S. Highway 218 South and Williston Avenue.
Lichty now absent.
A tour of current City street projects was then taken by Councilpersons
Budak, Seeber and Wright.
Larry P. Burger
City Clerk/Auditor