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Council asked whether street repairs follow the city's survey data after some districts drew larger allocations
Summary
Council members asked staff to confirm that street project selections come from the city's pavement-condition study (the "x-ray" machine data) after questions arose about district allocations; staff said proposed streets for the coming budget were selected from that study and design work will begin in October.
Several council members on Thursday asked how the city is selecting streets for the FY2025'26 capital program after observing larger allocations for certain districts.
Council members said work appeared concentrated in District 1 and District 4 and sought assurance that the selection follows an objective inventory. Staff said the city used a pavement-assessment study'referred to in the meeting as the 'x-ray' study'to score every street, and that the list proposed in the budget came from that dataset. The staff member responsible for the street program said about $27 million of proposed streets are in the list and that design work would proceed starting October, with projects moving to construction after design.
Council members noted that when council composition changed in prior years the selection method shifted between linear-footage formulas and the study data; some members asked for consistency and written documentation so single-member districts can review recommended lists. Staff said each proposed street in the budget was allocated to a project and that the selection for the coming year is based on the x-ray results.
Ending: Staff said the list is ready for council review and that design work is scheduled to begin in October; council members encouraged staff to continue sharing the street-inventory data and to coordinate with district representatives while preparing the final program.
