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• <br />TO: James E. Chandler, <br />County Administrator <br />FROM: James W. Davis, P.E., <br />Public Works Director" <br />SUBJECT: Two-year Road Resurfacing Program <br />FY97/98 and FY98/99 <br />DATE: February 17, 1998 <br />Attached is a list of 55 road resurfacing projects that the Public Works Department is <br />recommending for a two-year construction period (FY97/98 and FY98/99.) In order to provide <br />some better coordination with resurfacing projects and the Road and Bridge Division's new road <br />construction project schedule, staff requests approval of a two-year program instead of a yearly <br />program. For the FY97/98 budget year, $470,000 was budgeted for asphalt resurfacing. If a <br />similar amount is budgeted in FY98/99, $940,000 will be available prior to Sept. 30, 1999. The <br />attached resurfacing program is estimated to cost $1,004,563.24. A shortfall of $64,563.24 is <br />projected, which could be funded through Fund 109, gas tax revenue, if necessary. <br />The two-year program for widening (paved shoulders on collector roadways for safety) and <br />resurfacing roads will permit the Road and Bridge Division to perform certain resurfacing <br />projects near other road construction projects during the two-year period, thereby reducing the <br />need to mobilize heavy equipment throughout the County. For example, it is more efficient to <br />resurface all roads within a two-year program in the Fellsmere area when the equipment is <br />constructing Willow Street instead of resurfacing half of the roads this year and half next year. <br />The alternatives presented are as follows: <br />Alternative No_ 1 <br />Approve the attached two-year road widening and resurfacing program. If the <br />$64,563.24 shortfall become a reality, staff will recommend in April of 1999 a <br />funding source to resolve the shortfall. <br />Alternative No. 2 <br />Approve a one-year program to include the first twenty-six projects (costing <br />$459,113). If this alternative is approved, the Road and Bridge Division will have <br />to spread out major road work each year throughout the County, thereby <br />increasing mobilization time and cost. <br />Staff recommends Alternative No. 1 whereby a two-year program is approved. <br />FEBRUARY 24, 1998 <br />is <br />-45- In 11 <br />t is <br />