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CITY OF BAKER CITY <br />Baker City strives to maintain its streets in very good condition but struggles with a lack of <br />resources. Improvement costs increase because street conditions deteriorate significantly while <br />awaiting maintenance resources. <br />BAKER CITY QUICK FACTS <br />City Streets: Case Studies -Page 16 <br />2006 Population: 10,035 F <br />(an increase of 2 percent in the last 10 years) I ~~` -- -- <br />f <br />Funding Need: An additional $450,000 annually is needed to fl <br />maintain Baker City's 68 lane miles. A total cost of $1.5 million ~~ <br />is needed to bring all streets up to "very good" condition. <br />Highways 7 and 30 run through Baker City and are major thoroughfares. <br />Local Economy: Agricultural. Mixed Commercial. Manufacturing -Marvin Wood <br />Products. Tourism -Historic Downtown Baker City. <br />i <br />Baker Ciry faces a constant struggle to maintain deteriorating streets with decreased funds and ~ <br />increased costs. Baker. City conducts an annual analysis of all paved city streets and rates the 58 <br />miles of paved streets and 10 miles of gravel streets. <br />A "very good" street rates between 98 to 100 points (on a scale of 1-100). According to city <br />calculations, "very good" quality streets can be maintained for as little as $0.50 per square yard. <br />However, maintenance cost increases as streets deteriorate into the "fair" category (a rating <br />between 70-88 points). The cost of <br />improving the street from "fair" to <br />"very good" can be up to 10 times the ~ ~~ ~ 4 T~ ~- - ~'~' <br />cost of maintenance. ~ ~~.- <br />,.. <br />Baker City is unable to support proper r ~ f y' '"cam, <br />>,, <br />maintenance due to a lack of funding. ; . ,~ ` ~, ~,•, <br />The city attempts to maintain existing ~ ` ~ _~` x ~~ ~ ~ ~` <br />streets while simultaneously making ' ~~-~ ~~ ~ ~ - ':~~a <br />~~` <br />improvements, Streets which have ,. ~'" ~`I <br />been improved deteriorate while ~ ~ _ ~ ~` ' <br />~y . <br />waiting for maintenance resources. -~ -~, ~ - <br />~x _ <br />~~ ~~ <br />Baker City has limited funding tools. ~ ~ ~ _ <br />The city lacks revenue for new street ~' ~ ~ ~ ,~~~ ' <br />construction because it does not have a ~ "° ``' ~ ~ . ~ - '~-- a <br />City Streets: Case Studies -Page 17 <br />