Program Objective

Maintain the City’s transportation system and improve public safety. Implement best management practices while performing operations to protect the surrounding environment.

Wish to Report a Pothole?

Kevin Hanks, Operations Street Supervisor
503.657.8241, e-mail

Crew:
Matt Powlison, Utility Maintenance Team Leader e-mail
Gabe Camacho
Jayson Thornberg
Wes Wilson
Si Norris
Jan Holmgren

System Details

• 2009/10 Operations budget = $1.3 Million
• Pavement Maintenance Utility Fee (PMUF)
• 2009/10 PMUF budget = $700,000
• Municipal Elevator
• Miles of Streets:
  • 136 miles City
  • 13.5 miles County
  • 12.5 State (OR 99E and 213)
• 49 signalized intersections
• Local, neighborhood collector, collector, minor and major arterial classifications

Key Programs

• Pavement Maintenance
• Signage and pavement markings
• Street lighting and signal maintenance
• Routine roadside maintenance
• Snow and ice response
• Emergency response
• City beautification and community involvement
• Traffic management and safety
• Transportation Advisory Committee

Traffic Management & Safety

• Sign maintenance and production
• Roadside barricade & guard rail installation and repair
• Inclement weather operations
• Fall leaf cleanup
• Spill response & cleanup
• Work with code enforcement
• Parking meter installation and replacement
• Rockfall removal/mud slide response

Public Works (General)

• Respond to citizen concerns
• Maintain/clean equipment
• Facility maintenance
• Construction inspection and observation
• Development plan review
• Public parking lot maintenance
• Repair graffiti & other street vandalism
• Safety meetings/training

Pavement Management

• Five Year Pavement Maintenance Plan, 2012-2016
• Asphalt paving
• Street crack sealing
• Pothole repair (Report a Pothole)
• Asphalt skin patching
• Asphalt overlays
• Pavement milling and paving
• Bituminous slurry seals
• Street reconstruction
• Annual paving contract

Roadside Maintenance

• Painting curbs, crosswalks, stop bars, etc.
• Roadside mowing/brush removal
• Roadside litter
• Gravel shoulders, grade gravel streets
• Street sweeping
• Remove illegally posted signs
• Install and maintain new trash cans, benches, bicycle racks
• Remove hazardous trees from the public right-of-way
• Remove fallen limbs from roadway

City Beautification & Community Involvement

• Clean steps & paths
• Graffiti removal
• Install event banners
• Barricade installation and removal for parades and events
• Christmas decorations
• Install flower pots
• Empty garbage cans
• Median and street tree care
• Coordinate street closures

Street Lighting & Signal Systems

• Street lighting maintenance
• Elevator maintenance
• Manage County contracts striping/traffic signals
• Maintain Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Station (on Main Street between 12th and 13th Street)

Facts & Figures

Useful material:

• Stop Sign Brochure
• Speed Hump Packet (Policies and Application)