7-29-16

Controlling Operation Bartlett: Roundabout Center Aprons and Curb
Controlling Operation Marion: PCCP Pavement
Controlling Operation Lasalle to Ewing: Curb
Fraction of Day workable 10/10
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Hi 79 Lo 65

Rieth-Riley had a concrete crew that poured curb ramps at the northwest and southwest corners of the intersection of Main and South. They also poured the curb ramp at the southwest corner of Main and Bronson.

Ziolkowski continued forming for the concrete walls in the center of the Marian roundabout.

Pemberton Davis worked on lighting at the Bartlett roundabout.

The weekly progress meeting with utilities was held in the morning. Meeting minutes are below.

ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED

9:00 AM Introductions/Sign in

The Weeks up Coming Events/Schedule

·        Traffic closure update:

Washington was opened this morning (7/29). Removals are going to continue on the East side of Main moving south. The switch on Main between South and Bronson will be happening on Monday (8/1). Late next week the switch on Main between LaSalle and Madison will happen along with Michigan at Madison and Marion. Reith Riley is not planning on doing any paving until the week of 8/8 but will continue to patch Bronson and Main today (7/29). Striping will begin down in Division A soon with all white lines being painted along with the left turn lane. Main will also have striping done but will continue with same traffic flow to Barbie. Next Friday (8/5) opening Michigan northbound with extensive barricades. Roger, Scott and Myron agreed to schedule a meeting with Xavier school of excellence (hopefully for 8/3) to discuss the traffic changes, hard dates for when things are changing, and the fact that the city is not going to be doing any work on the approach.

Utility Relocation Issues:

AEP:   Complete

Robert Henry: They still have work just North of South Street on Main Street, approx. 2 weeks to have work completed. Will move further south after the traffic switch. Will also be addressing the complaint about lose asphalt on Main.

NIPSCO/InfraSource:  Patching on Lafayette is finished. Need to contact Brian to follow up on replacing curb. Toy would like to schedule a meeting with Brian to go out and look at the curb.

Comcast:  Still need to get a line across at Marion. Tony agreed to schedule a meeting to get this figured out.

               AT&T:  Manhole adjustment at South street is being addressed by Tony. He spoke to Dennis and said that it will be taken care of by the end of the day today.

Water Dept.:  Ed does not have the manpower to make the valve adjustments needed. Reith Riley is going to look at the issues and work alongside Ed to either fix all of them or prioritize the issues in the wheel path and fix those first. Also going to be looking at taking hydrant valves and moving them to valve boxes.

Transpo:   No issues, going to be switching route to use Monroe and South. Reith Riley said that this would not be an issue.

Metronet:  Items needed have been shipped and are hoping to be installed on Monday  or Tuesday of next week (8/1 or 8/2) and should not take more than a day to complete.

              

MCI :  Will be coordinating with Reith Riley to set up a time late next week to make adjustments.

Utilites Q/A: Roger had a question about the downtown wifi and is going to set up a meeting with Martell to coordinate and sort out issues. There is an issues on Park lane by the hospital with torn out areas of the wheelchair ramps with barrels over the affected areas. No one was sure of what was happening and the city and Reith Riley agreed to look into the situation.

10:00 am 10:10 Break Utility and Stakeholders can leave

Submittals (List at Meeting):

Action Items

1.      Strain Pole Change Order: Good to go, Scott will make edits to send to the board, Corbitt agreed to send an email giving the ok to move forward.

2.      Saigon Drive and Parking Lot: Started removing sidewalk and intersection face. Owners would like for the sign to stay. The fence is being changed to a 3 ft fence due to ordinance. Kevin, Scott, and Chris from Milestone fence to discuss the new fence. New pavement in the lot should not take longer than a day to complete and for the convenience of the owners it would be best to have the work done on a Wednesday.

3.      Signal Cabinets/status:  Still waiting on prices for the cabinets. If the prices are obtained the issues will be addressed in the current change order, if the prices are not obtained it will be removed from the change order.

4.      Work on East side of Main/shutting down: No issues

5.      Chase Building Sidewalk and Access and Construction: The header and curb are going to be put in and the rest of the area is going to backfilled with stone. The sidewalk is not going to be touched until April 2017.

6.      Heated Sidewalks at Library:  Roger confirmed that the bike racks are out and the book drop has been moved so that the sidewalks in front of the library can be removed. It was made a point to note that not all of the sidewalk is being taken out, there is a small section by the front door that is going to stay. Tony, Scott, and Myron agreed to meet with the library to discuss issues with heated walks.

7.      Color Approval for Splitter Islands: Corbitt approved and Chris Chockley from JPR approved

8.      Water valves adjust to grade: Walkthrough with City, Rieth-Riley, and the Water Dept. is needed to determine scope

9.      Metronet MH/Vault at NW Corner Marion/Main: Myron is going to call Ben Hudson to discuss the issues.

10.   Block detail for Permeable paver band: This issue was discussed and Roger was going to draw up the new solution.

 

City Concerns/Questions:

·        The fire hydrants on St Joe need moved out. Toy and Rich are addressing this issue

·        Sign issue on Michigan: The sign does not fit with current utilities. City agreed on the solution to talk to Metronet and AT&T to see if either would be able to relocate. If this is not an option next solution is to encase Metronet and install the sign. Myron and Rich both agreed to push back installation until utilities have been sorted out.

·        Milling will begin after August 8^th from Marion North

·        Tentative plan for the mayor and council to walk through some of the construction site.

·        Corbitt brought up also paving some of the side streets while work is being done. Scott is going to look at the area and evaluate options.

·        Marion plans call for decorative concrete in bike path but it should be 5” concrete.

·        Someone needs to check bike path striping to be consistent through the divisions. 

 Next weekly progress meeting 8-5-16