LUTC Pavements and utility excise tax update7/14/2021 1
PAVEMENT CONDITION,
PRESERVATION PROGRAM
SOLID WASTE EXCISE TAX FOR PAVEMENTS
UPDATE
Background Information
•The overall conditions of the roadway network have been
deteriorating over the last 10 plus years
•Council has directed staff that maintaining our roadway network
is a priority to maintain mobility, safety, commerce and
economic development for the City
•Relative to reduction in dedicated overlay funding, inflation, and
increasing requirements, the overlay budget has been less and
less able to keep up
•Council asked staff to review funding options to allow for
improvements to our roadway network and enacted a 10%
excise tax on solid waste and recycling dedicated to pavements
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Pavement Infrastructure City’s
Largest Asset
•Pavement Infrastructure:
•241 centerline miles
•548 lane miles
•Approximately $300,000,000 (in $2019) to replace all the
City’s street pavement
•City’s streets are rated on a bi-annual basis
•Current overall Pavement Condition Index (PCI) rating is
75, compared to 86 in 2007
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Annual Street Overlay Selection
Criteria
•Current overall (PCI) ratings of the street
•Street classifications
•Arterial –1st priority
•Collector –2nd priority*
•Residential –3rd priority*
•Traffic Volume
•Available Program Budget
•Staff selects and recommends overlay list
•Council approves of selection
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*From 2017-2020, unable
to fund any collector or
residential overlays
Pavement Management
Excellent Pavement Condition
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1st Ave S –S 301st St to City
Limit
PCI = 100
SW 356th St –15th Ave SW
to 4th Ave SW
PCI = 100
Pavement Management
Poor Pavement Condition
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7th Way SW –
SW Campus Dr to 7th Pl SW
PCI = 54
21st Ave SW
PCI = 42
Pavement Management
Very Poor Pavement Condition
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47th Pl SW –
SW 314th Pl to SW 315th Pl
PCI = 37
50th Ave SW –
SW 314th Pl to Cul-de-sac
PCI = 30
2007 to 2019 Annual Budget vs. PCI
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Year Annual Budget Dollar Per Ton Lane Miles
Overlaid
PCI
2007*$2,039,000 $62.35 13.17 86
2008*$2,024,000 $67.06 12.94 83
2009*$2,025,000 $67.20 10.01 79
2010*$1,900,000 $63.00 11.15 78
2011*$1,513,500#$60.76 13.68 79
2012*$1,573,000 $67.16 10.71 79
2013**$1,484,000 $65.75 8.85 77
2014 $1,484,000 $71.17 6.86 77
2015**$1,515,000 $70.00 8.78 78
2016 $1,515,000 $61.75 7.31 78
2017**$1,515,000 $75.00 5.35 77
2018 $1,517,000 $73.00 3.98 77
2019**$1,514,000 $82.95 4.39 75
* Pavement rated every year; ** Pavement rated bi-annually; # Overlay program budget reduced by $500,000/year.
Pavement Management
2019 Network and Funding Comparison by City
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City Centerline
Miles
Annual
Overlay
Budget
Dollar Per
Centerline
Mile
Average
PCI
Auburn 247 $3,700,000 $15,100 74
Federal Way 241 $1,515,000*$6,300 75
SeaTac 75 $900,000 $12,000 70
Lynnwood 105 $3,000,000 $29,000 69
Mercer Island 84 $2,100,000 $22,880 74
Tacoma 746 $17,600,000 $24,000 59
*FY 2011-2019. FY 2020 $2.0 M. FY 2021 $3.0 M.
Pavement Management
Cost to Maintain vs. PCI
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Ten Year Post Rehabilitation Network
Average Pavement Condition Index
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50
55
60
65
70
75
80
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.510 Year Post Rehabilitation Average PCIAnnual Budget Each Year for Ten Years ($M/Year)
Steady State
$3.0 Annual Budget
10 Year PCI = 77
Year 2019 PCI = 75
$1.5M Annual Budget
10 Year PCI = 67
June 2019 June 2019 Pavement
Management Data
Current PCI = 75
10 Year PCI = 77
Steady State Annual
Budget = $3.0 Million
City of Federal Way Annual Pavement
Condition Index by Year
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June 2019
50
55
60
65
70
75
80
85
90
95
100
2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 2027
Fix All
$3.7M Annual
$3.0M Annual
$2.5M Annual
$1.5M Annual
Do Nothing
Pavement Condition Index (PCI)Ten Year Post Rehabilitation Annual PCI
Solid Waste Collection Impacts
•Solid Waste, Recycling and Yard Waste collection trucks create a
disproportionate impact on city streets
•The estimated impact of one fully loaded collection vehicle is
equivalent to 1,500 cars on the same street
•The repeated heavy loading dramatically reduces the life of
residential streets in particular since those streets are only
designed for minimal heavy truck traffic
•Implemented 10% Excise Tax on all Solid Waste and Recycling
services (started collecting in September 2020).
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Modifications to Excise Tax
•10% increase in existing tax, designated funding to the street
overlay program
•A minimum of 70% of collected revenue to be used on residential
streets
•The remaining collected revenue to be used on other streets in the
City
•Adds to the existing street overlay program, not supplants funding
•Implemented with new contract, September 1, 2020
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Modifications to Excise Tax
Projected revenue from 10% excise tax:
2020: $685,000
2021: $2,000,000*
2022: $2,150,000*
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*NOTE: Projected annual revenue ($1.5M) was based on new
Solid Waste / Recycling contract. WM Revenue is higher.
Additional revenue being collected from other haulers that the
city did not previously collect excise tax from.
Construction may greatly impact “other hauler” revenue.
Residential Overlay Program
•Restarted residential overlay program in 2021.
•Identified areas based on PCI.
•Distribute funding throughout city.
•2021 = 4.8 lane miles
•2022 = 5.5 lane miles (projected to pave)
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https://www.cityoffederalway.com/CitywideOverlayProgram
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2021 Residential Overlay –Marine Hills
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City Crews –Paving Projects
Pavement Repair / Patching
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Other Program Improvements
•Larger patching program. ($150,000 to
$300,000).
•City crew paving projects.
–Pave low volume roads.
–Gravel road paving program restarted.
•Future
–Paving equipment (e.g. hot patch unit)
–Staffing to implement double the paving program
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Summary
•New solid waste / recycling excise tax revenue
will prevent further degradation of PCI.
•Reinstated residential overlay program.
•Increased pavement repair budget.
•Future improvements including equipment for
pavement maintenance/preservation.
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Questions?
Arterial Overlay Program
(including grant funded preservation)
•2021: 6.0 lane miles (includes two grant
funded preservation projects)
–Tonnage price $76.50 -$82.75 per ton
•2022: 4.0 lane miles (projected)
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