HomeMy WebLinkAboutA031 - August 11, 2026, Regular Meeting of the Ames City CouncilITEM #:32
DATE:08-11-26
DEPT:PW
SUBJECT:2025/26 PAVEMENT RESTORATION - SLURRY SEAL PROGRAM
COUNCIL ACTION FORM
BACKGROUND:
The Pavement Restoration Program is an annual program applying a variety of preventative
and proactive maintenance techniques to preserve and enhance street pavements. The
techniques in this program are typically more specialized or larger in scope than can be
effectively performed by City Maintenance staff.
The Slurry Seal Program levels joints and provides a new thin wearing surface for traffic,
predominantly on residential streets, limiting the typical disruption to residents to no more than
one day.
On August 5, 2026, one bid for the project was received as follows:
Bidder Bid Amount
Engineer's Estimate $229,222.92
Fort Dodge Asphalt Company $237,477.57
There is $350,000 of Road Use Tax funding allocated to this program in FY 2025/26 in the
Capital Improvements Plan. Funding has been carried over from previous fiscal years,
resulting in a balance of $402,233 available for this project (A list of proposed locations is
attached).
ALTERNATIVES:
1. Accept the report of bids, approve final plans and specifications, and award a contract to
Fort Dodge Asphalt Company of Fort Dodge, Iowa, in the amount of $237,477.57.
2. Reject the bid form Fort Dodge Asphalt and request that staff to rebid the project.
3. Do not approve this project.
CITY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDED ACTION:
This project will repair and extend the lifespan of streets in the program and provide a
better traveling experience for users of the corridors and for those living in the
neighborhoods. Therefore, it is the recommendation of the City Manager that the City Council
adopt Alternative No. 1.
ATTACHMENT(S):
2025-26 Pavement Restoration - Slurry Seal Locations.docx
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2025/26 Pavement Restoration – Slurry Seal Program Locations
Street Name and Location (Full Width Slurry) Estimated SY Actual SY
Ferndale 20th to Narland 786
Narland Ferndale to Roosevelt 2196
Hunziker Roosevelt to Narland 1271
Alcott Ave Todd Dr-Lincoln Way 1156
Arizona Ontario St-Ross Rd 2383
Maryland St California Ave-Oregon Ave 1589
Kansas Dr California Ave-Dead-end 1577
Arizona 703 Arizona to Phoenix St 1710
Burnett 16th to 20th 3719
Blackwood Cir. Entrance 172
Clark 20th to 24th 3868
Melrose 20th to Hunziker 2600
Harrison Harrison Cir to Welbeck 6702
Windfield Dr. Eisenhower Ave. to Columbine 1496
Berkshire Ave. Windfield Dr. to Stone Brooke Rd. 1379
Brookdale Windfield Dr. to Stone Brooke Rd. 1244
Edison St. Whitney to Carnegie 2139
15th St. Grand to Wilson Ave. 1288
Stone Brooke Rd Brickman Ave. to Eisenhower Ave. 3756
TOTAL 41,031
Street Name and Location (Joint Leveling Slurry) Estimated LF Actual LF
Various Locations throughout
Ames 30,000
TOTAL 30,000
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