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City advances pavement asset management work; Cape Seal contract approved but Carver buffered bike lane deferred for committee input
Summary
City staff outlined a data‑driven pavement asset management plan and the commission approved a 2025 Cape Seal contract while excluding a Carver Street extension and leaving a proposed buffered bike lane to further Complete Streets review.
City staff presented the pavement asset management plan (PAMP) framework and the Transportation Asset Management Council (TAMC)‑aligned PASER rating process at the May 19 meeting, and the commission approved a portion of the 2025 Cape Seal contract while removing one proposed Carver Street segment pending further advisory review.
Chrissy Black, asset management analyst, described the plan as a year‑to‑year, data‑driven program that inventories Act 51‑certified streets, records annual PASER condition ratings (the city has rated streets annually since 2013) and combines probability and consequence of failure into a business‑risk ranking to prioritize work. Condition, function (national functional classification), emergency routes and geographic divides around Boardman Lake and the bay are included in the consequence analysis.
Staff recommended awarding a unit‑price Cape Seal contract to Pavement Maintenance Systems LLC with a not‑to‑exceed amount of $573,685.15 (including a 10% contingency), but the commission removed Carver Street from Rose to Woodmere from this contract scope so that the proposed buffered bike lane design could receive input from the soon‑to‑be‑formed Complete Streets advisory committee and additional ad‑hoc discussion. The commission approved the Cape Seal award, excluding the Carver extension, after discussion; staff said the Carver segment (Garfield to Woodmere) was desirable because it provides an east‑west bike connection to the Boardman Lake Trail but that the buffered lane details and advisory‑committee input warranted more review.
Public comment included support for a continuous east‑west protected corridor and a call for rapid progress on nonmotorized infrastructure. Staff said the PAMP and risk analysis will be used to coordinate street preservation, reconstruction and utility scheduling and will return in draft form for commission review and level‑of‑service discussions.
