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Council hears pavement-management plan; Measure I budget adopted and chip-seal contract awarded
Summary
Town engineers presented a 431.5‑mile pavement inventory and condition index and recommended a multi-year chip‑seal strategy; council adopted the FY 2025–26 Measure I budget and earlier approved the consent calendar award for the 2025 chip‑seal contract.
Town staff presented the Pavement Management Program (PMP), a road-inventory and condition-rating study that covers roughly 431.5 miles of public roadway in Apple Valley and ranks every segment with a Pavement Condition Index (PCI). The presentation explained the tradeoffs between low-cost surface treatments (chip seal, microsurfacing) and full reconstruction, and emphasized that preventive treatments are far cheaper than delayed reconstruction.
Richard (town engineer) described the inventory and condition mapping used to prioritize work, explained that chip seal is the most cost-effective surface treatment for many collector and residential segments, and showed the town’s five-year plan areas. He estimated the town receives roughly $3.5 million per year in local Measure I and state RMRA (Road Maintenance & Rehabilitation Account) funds combined; at that pace, fully treating the entire network with chip seal would take a decade-plus, so council discussion centered on whether to accelerate investment.
Council adopted the town’s FY 2025–26 Measure I budget by unanimous vote after a staff briefing (Measure I funds will be used for sidewalks, ADA ramps, pavement projects and to leverage competitive grants). Earlier in the meeting the council approved the consent calendar, which included awarding the 2025 chip-seal project (agenda item 6.9) to the apparent low bidder at roughly $3,169,000. Town staff confirmed existing striping and bike-lane markings will be restored after resurfacing and that about half of available funding for the chip-seal contract combines Measure I and RMRA funds.
Council and public questions focused on: the life expectancy of new pavement (about 30 years if constructed with a full structural section), timing of preventive treatments (reseal every ~5 years), how the PCI score drives treatment choice, and tradeoffs between higher up-front reconstruction costs and long-term maintenance budgets. The council recommended continuing to pursue grants and to review Measure P revenue (new local tax) and future budget updates to determine whether to accelerate the pavement program.
No emergency changes to the adopted budget were made at the meeting; staff said they will return with mid-year budget updates and grant-application outcomes and continue to use the PMP as a framework for treatment selection and grant leverage.
