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Department of Streets & Fleet
Reference: Alley Assessment Study
To: Mayor Richard N. McLean and Members of City Council
Through: Philip Rodriguez, City Manager
Prepared By: Christopher Montoya, Streets Engineer
Through: Kimberly Dall, Director of Streets and Fleet
Date Prepared: November 19, 2017
PURPOSE
Provide City Council with the findings from the Alley Assessment Study including surface condition and drainage condition assessments and a proposed action plan.
BACKGROUND AND PROCESS
HDR, Inc. was selected through a competitive formal bid process to perform an assessment of the core area public alleys within the City of Brighton. The purpose of the study was to evaluate and document the existing conditions of the alleys and identify strategies for best management of alleys as an asset. The study provides recommendations for maintenance and repair options and a high level overview of construction costs associated with those recommendations.
An overall condition assessment of the alleys was performed between February and August 2017 and stored into a Geographic Information System (GIS) database. This information included: observed deficiencies in alley surfacing, drainage issues, alley geometrics, obstructions and other hazards, and information such as right-of-way, location of utility infrastructure, and maintenance requests. Each alley was then assigned an overall rating for surface and drainage conditions based on the alleys characteristics and grouped into the following classifications:
Overall Surface Condition Assessment Classifications
* No Improvements Required
* Non-Significant Repairs Needed
* Potentially Substantial or Significant Repairs Needed
* Substantial or Significant Repairs Needed
Drainage Condition Assessment Classifications
* No Drainage Issues
* Minor Drainage Issues
* Significant Drainage Issues
A break-out of the results from the overall condition assessment of the alleys is provided in the figures below:
Figure 1. Ove...
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