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BACKGROUND On June 1, 2021, City Council awarded the contract to the lowest responsible bidder, A. Teichert & Son, Inc. in the amount of$3,457,440 and authorized the Director of Engineering to approve change orders up to the project contingency amount of $345,744. The streets repaired under this project were prioritized for treatment through the City's Pavement Management Program. There were two components to this project: the first component was the roadway repaving; the second component was pavement preparation work on streets that received slurry sealing treatment under a separate project. DISCUSSION The first component of the project consisted of repaving 1.33 million square feet of pavement with a new layer of asphalt concrete (overlay), as well as some isolated full- depth pavement repairs prior to the overlay, adjusting utility covers to grade, installing traffic signal vehicle detection loops, and traffic striping. Five different construction methods were utilized in this project. Dependent on the pavement condition of each street, the appropriate construction method (treatment) was applied to each street. The treatment methods were as described below. 1. Overlay (OL): This reconstruction method involved milling the edges of the existing pavement and placing a new surface course of 1.5 to 1.75 inches of new asphalt concrete over the top of the existing pavement. Milling the edges is necessary to conform the new overlay with the existing curb and gutter. 2. Overlay with Fabric (OUF): This reconstruction method involved milling the edges of the existing pavement and placing a layer of paving fabric on the surface of the existing pavement prior to applying a new surface course of 1.75 inches of new asphalt concrete over the top of the fabric. Paving fabric is needed when the existing pavement has cracking caused by swelling and shrinking associated with heat and cool cycles. The paving fabric "bridges" these cracks that are only in the surface layer. Without the fabric, the cracks would quickly propagate to the surface of the new pavement. This is known as "reflective" cracking. 3. Pavement Milling and Overlay (Mill/OL): This reconstruction method involved the removal of the existing asphalt concrete surface layer of the entire street surface by milling, then applying 1.75 inches of asphalt concrete over the entire street surface. The milling of the entire street surface is necessary on streets upon which performing an OL would raise the crown and increase the cross slopes, particularly along the parking lane, to an unsatisfactory level. 4. Pavement Milling and Filling (Mill/Fill): This reconstruction method involved the removal of the existing asphalt concrete layer and base material by milling, then applying 3 inches of asphalt concrete. This method of repair is used on streets Page 2 of 7