City Council
MEETING DATE: 9/14/2016
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Provide an Update, Answer Questions, and Seek Direction Regarding the City's Pavement Management Program (PMP)
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FROM:
John A. Corella, City Engineer
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Staff would like to provide the City Council with an update, answer any questions, and seek direction for the City's Pavement Management Program (PMP).
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BACKGROUND:
On October 2015, the City Council approved the first phase of the Cathedral City Pavement Management Program (PMP). The PMP is an ongoing preventative street maintenance program intended to revitalize and prolong the life of the City's streets by either reconstruction or applying a specified form of asphalt slurry on each public street within the City, until all streets are renewed. Once all streets have received attention the cycle will start again.
The REAS paving system was chosen for the durability, quality of the emulsion and the costs. PMI has secured the City of Los Angeles's REAS paving contract as the most qualified low bidder. In accordance with the past City Council approved piggyback purchasing authorization, the City is able to secure equal prices for material and application as given to the City of Los Angeles on a per unit basis. This piggybacking provides Cathedral City with significant savings for implementing the city-wide PMP.
DISCUSSION:
For the Pavement Management Program (PMP), staff prepares project area maps and calculations of the streets that have been determined to receive treatment and sends the information to Petrochem Materials Innovation, LLC (PMI). PMI then evaluates the condition of the streets with City Staff and determines if the REAS application process will have an average spread ratio of approximately 10 square feet per gallon. Based on this evaluation and subsequent calculations, PMI prepares a cost estimate that includes the price of the slurry, machinery, and labor. The PMP is a turnkey program t...
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