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The Grass Valley City Council is expected to approve the start of the bidding process for several street rehabilitation projects Tuesday.
The 2010 projects will cost an estimated $450,000 and will replace pavement on Idaho-Maryland Road, Sutton Way and Dorsey Drive, as well as seal roads in the Cypress Hill subdivision.
The city had done an inventory project to look at the conditions of roads, the types of improvements needed and traffic volumes, explained city Administrator Dan Holler.
“We have way many more roads that need work than we have funds for,” Holler said. “There are a lot of strong competing needs, and we needed to see what we could do with the dollars available.”
Idaho-Maryland Road and Sutton Way had been on the city's list of roads needing repair for a while, and are high-volume roads, Holler said. Cypress Hill was chosen because sealing would extend the life of the roads, which would be cheaper in the long run.
“It's a great bidding environment, very competitive still,” Holler said. And because the city was able to use more than $500,000 in federal funds to repair South Auburn Street, it was able to fund an extra project this year.
“Next construction season, we'll have a Safe Route to School grant for West Main Street going up to Lyman Gilmore (School),” he said.
Other items on the city council agenda include soliciting requests for proposals for automated meter and utility billing services, as well as considering an amendment to the city codes regarding trespassing and obstructing the sidewalk.
“We're looking at redoing the city's water and sewer billing system,” Holler said.
One option the city is considering is replacing meters with a radio-read system. That would cost less and would mean the city does not have to replace a vacant meter-reader position.
The system would give the city the capability of getting a real-time read, Holler said. That way, customers can get an actual estimate of use on any given day, rather than an estimate. That will help with leak detection and allow people to manage their own water conservation.
“It's just a RFP to see what out's there,” Holler said. “We don't know if it will make sense for us or not.”
The city council meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday in council chambers, Grass Valley City Hall, 125 East Main St. For information, call 274-4310 or go online at www.cityofgrassvalley.com.
To contact Staff Writer Liz Kellar, e-mail lkellar@theunion.com or call (530) 477-4229.
The 2010 projects will cost an estimated $450,000 and will replace pavement on Idaho-Maryland Road, Sutton Way and Dorsey Drive, as well as seal roads in the Cypress Hill subdivision.
The city had done an inventory project to look at the conditions of roads, the types of improvements needed and traffic volumes, explained city Administrator Dan Holler.
“We have way many more roads that need work than we have funds for,” Holler said. “There are a lot of strong competing needs, and we needed to see what we could do with the dollars available.”
Idaho-Maryland Road and Sutton Way had been on the city's list of roads needing repair for a while, and are high-volume roads, Holler said. Cypress Hill was chosen because sealing would extend the life of the roads, which would be cheaper in the long run.
“It's a great bidding environment, very competitive still,” Holler said. And because the city was able to use more than $500,000 in federal funds to repair South Auburn Street, it was able to fund an extra project this year.
“Next construction season, we'll have a Safe Route to School grant for West Main Street going up to Lyman Gilmore (School),” he said.
Other items on the city council agenda include soliciting requests for proposals for automated meter and utility billing services, as well as considering an amendment to the city codes regarding trespassing and obstructing the sidewalk.
“We're looking at redoing the city's water and sewer billing system,” Holler said.
One option the city is considering is replacing meters with a radio-read system. That would cost less and would mean the city does not have to replace a vacant meter-reader position.
The system would give the city the capability of getting a real-time read, Holler said. That way, customers can get an actual estimate of use on any given day, rather than an estimate. That will help with leak detection and allow people to manage their own water conservation.
“It's just a RFP to see what out's there,” Holler said. “We don't know if it will make sense for us or not.”
The city council meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday in council chambers, Grass Valley City Hall, 125 East Main St. For information, call 274-4310 or go online at www.cityofgrassvalley.com.
To contact Staff Writer Liz Kellar, e-mail lkellar@theunion.com or call (530) 477-4229.
