Memorandum

City of Lawrence

City Manager’s Office

TO:	Dave Corliss, City Manager
FROM:	Mark Thiel, Assistant Public Works Director
CC:	Diane Stoddard, Assistant City Manager Cynthia Wagner, Assistant City Manager Jonathan Douglas, Assistant to the City Manager Charles Soules, Public Works Director Steve Lashley, Pavement Engineer Tom Orzulak, Street Division Manager
DATE:	December 1, 2009
RE:	Additional information on the 2010 Pavement management program, Bicycle Advisory Committee input, and Sustainability Action Network input

The 2010 pavement management program was reviewed by the Bicycle Advisory Committee BAC) in November of 2009. Input was also received from Michael Almon with the Sustainability Action Network (SAN).

The following items were input from the BAC.

1. 13^th St. should remain a bike route, and no bike lane should be added.

2. 15^th St. (Haskell to Prospect) should have a bike lane added at the time it is scheduled for maintenance. Consideration to add a bike lane from Massachusetts to Prospect should also be considered.

3. 17^th (Illinois to Indiana) was requested to be added to the 2010 maintenance program with no bike lane.

4. 7^th St. (Tennessee to Florida) during a future maintenance program consider adding a bike lane.

5. Princeton Ave. – Add bike lanes as part of a future maintenance program.

The following items were input from the SAN

1. 15^th St. Barker to Haskell add bike lanes.

2. 15^th St. Prospect to Haskell add to the 2010 pavement maintenance program and add bike lanes.

In summary, the pavement management team has put a huge amount of effort into reviewing which pavement sections are in need of maintenance in accordance with our program standards and funding. The 2010 plan reflects our final decisions and choices for the most appropriate maintenance and street sections for the upcoming year. We solicited input from a variety of sources and each year take into account those inputs and how we can best manage the program within the resources available. Pavement condition, vehicular traffic and ride are the primary driving mechanism in make those “choices”.

With regard to the specific input from both the BAC and SAN; 13^th St. has no direct impact on our program. 15^th St. (Barker to Haskell) will receive a mill and overlay in 2010 and bike lanes will be added as part of that project. 15^th St. (Prospect to Haskell) was not selected as part of our 2010 program. It is a concrete section of 15^th St. With the allotted resources we have selected sections of Inverness and Barker for concrete patching next year. It was determined that they were the best candidates for maintenance at this time based on all factors considered when developing our plan. Inverness has a PCI of 54, Barker has a PCI of 45, 15^th St. (Barker to Haskell) has a PCI 49 and 15^th (Haskell to Prospect) has a PCI of 48. 15^th St. (Haskell to Prospect), 17^th St., 7^th St. and Princeton Ave. have all been added for consideration with our 2011 program. Adding bike lanes to 15^th St. from Massachusetts to Barker has not been studies by the city or the BAC. At a point in the future when that section of 15^th is considered for maintenance it will be reviewed by staff and the BAC to determine if bike lanes are feasible.

Ultimately it comes down to choices of which streets will benefit the most from maintenance in the upcoming maintenance year. We try to balance the best program with the allotted resources. As our program status report shows we are making progress.