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March 15, 2010
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Jay D . Walter, Public Works Director
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Katie Lichtig, City Manager
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SUBJECT : Downtown Paving Prioritie s
A question related to the Downtown Microsurfacing project (Item C5) came from Mayo r
Romero asking why Chorro Street, between Higuera and Palm, and Carmel Street betwee n
Higuera and Marsh, were not included in this year's Downtown street program . As part of the
2009-11 Financial Plan process, staff identified two projects for inclusion in the downtow n
Gateway Paving CIP, microsurfacing of Marsh Street, and reconstruction of Monterey Street .
Two other projects were identified for future years, repaving Pacific Street, from Nipomo t o
Broad, and repaving Chorro Street, from Monterey to Higuera . Council gave direction to staff to
make Monterey Street the highest priority project, followed by Marsh Street . Monterey Street i s
scheduled to start construction in January of 2011 to coincide with the slow time for the are a
businesses . Marsh Street is both an arterial and a downtown street . In the recent update to th e
Pavement Management Plan, the Council gave these types of streets the highest priority . The
review that was done by the consultant also confirmed that maintenance of streets in goo d
condition is money well spent . Chorro Street, for example will need complete replacemen t
whether we do it this year or next . Staff believes if we do not make spot repairs and get Mars h
Street sealed very soon, it will need complete reconstruction . The microsurfacing proposed i s
substantially less disruptive to the downtown than is reconstruction . For this reason, staff put
forward Marsh Street as the highest priority .
The streets identified by the Mayor, which he characterizes as in much worse shape than eithe r
of the streets proposed for seal coat, are anticipated to move forward for reconstruction i n
summer of 2011 or 2012 depending upon the needs of the other streets in the arterial system .. For
further questions, please contact Public Works Director Jay Walter .
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