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Home My WebLink About11/03/2017AT OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER November 3, 2017 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council FROM: Alan Tandy, City Manager SUBJECT: General Information Notable Items Over the past few months, staff has worked to implement a temporary pilot program to provide online park facility reservations. This system will be ready for use beginning the week of November 6th. Please see the attachment for additional details on which park facilities may be reserved online for this pilot program. Rabobank Arena has two water heaters that serve the entire building. Late last week, one of the boilers failed and staff started working with vendors to get repair estimates. Earlier this week, the second boiler failed and we now have no hot water within the facility. Staff has received two quotes from vendors to replace both boilers with the lowest proposal coming in at $30,775. Please see the attached memorandum for more information. City Hall South’s chiller is no longer operational as of Wednesday, October 25, 2017.As a result, air conditioning is no longer working in the Mayor’s Office, Internal Affairs, Technology Services, Animal Control, the Caucus Room, and Council Chambers.The existing chiller in the basement of City Hall South was installed in 1994. In 2009, the chiller was rebuilt. The attached memorandum specifies the plan forauthorization to set-up a temporary chiller by a contractor on an emergency basis. The State Route 178 Widening Project was recognized in the Roads and Bridges Magazine as number 5 of the top 10 road projects this year. In addition, a picturefrom the project was on the cover of the magazine. The full magazine is available on their website. Pages relevant to the SR 178 project are attached. Attached you will find the monthly Thomas Roads Improvement Program (TRIP) Status Report for the month of November. The report gives a summary of each TRIP General Information November 3, 2017 Page 2 project in construction, in design, and under review. Completion percentages and pictures of projects are also included.  The City in partnership with the Kern High School District, Optimist Clubs of Greater Bakersfield, and the Kiwanis Clubs of Bakersfield held the 63rd annual Teen Government Day on November 1st. Over 60 students from local high schools met with staff to learn more about City departments, operations, programs and services. Select students returned for the City Council meeting held that evening and were introduced to the audience by Councilmembers and staff. A special thanks to the City Clerk’s Office for organizing this event. Reports  Streets Division work schedule for the week of November 6th. Event Notifications  Event calendar for the Rabobank Arena Theater and Convention Center. General Information November 3, 2017 Page 3  This Saturday (beginning at 8:30 a.m.) please join in the San Miguel Commemorative Grove tree planting event. The Rotary Clubs throughout Bakersfield are encouraging the community to come out and join them for this morning event.  This Saturday (beginning at 8:30 a.m.) please join in the Beach Park tree planting event. All are welcome to assist the Tree Foundation in planting 10 trees in the park. We enhance the quality of life through a variety of programs, parks, and partnerships. B A K E R S F I E L D Department of Recreation and Parks Date: November 2, 2017 To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Dianne Hoover, Director of Recreation & Parks Subject: Online Park Reservation System Over the past few months, staff from the Technology Services and Recreation and Parks has worked to install a temporary pilot program to provide online parks facilities reservations. This system is now ready for use by the public. Beginning the week of November 6, 2017 the Recreation and Parks Department will offer a pilot program for online reservations of select park facilities. This will allow the public to search availability of the facility, reserve, and pay the associated fees for the picnic and small group rental areas at seven parks throughout the City. The parks and areas included in the pilot program are as follows: Lowell Park – Serving Shelter and Picnic Area Centennial Park – Serving Shelter and Picnic Area Siemon Park – Picnic Area Windsor Park – Picnic Area Pin Oak Park – Picnic Area Grissom Park – Serving Shelter and Picnic Area Wilson Park – Picnic Area Upon completion of the pilot program, staff will report to City Council as to whether to fully implement an online reservation system city wide. Special types of reservations, such as special events, will continue to be facilitated in person. This practice is consistent with other cities that provide online park reservations. Centennial Park and Windsor Park areas as pictured are included in the pilot program. We enhance the quality of life through a variety of programs, parks, and partnerships. Centennial Park Picnic Area Windsor Park Picnic Area ROADSBRIDGES.com 7 Vol. 55, No. 10 October 2017 ROADS & BRIDGES Magazine (ISSN 8750-9229) is published monthly by Scranton Gillette Communications, Inc., 3030 W. Salt Creek Lane, Suite 201, Arlington Heights, Illinois 60005-5025. Telephone: 847.298.6622; Fax: 847.390.0408. Subscription rates (U.S.) are: 1 year $45.00; 2 years $65.00; 3 years $95.00; single copies are $6.00. Canada: 1 year $65.00; 2 years $85.00; 3 years $110.00; single copies are $10.00. All other countries: 1 year $95.00; 2 years $120.00; 3 years $170.00. Foreign subscribers please remit in U.S. funds. Air mail is available for foreign subscriptions; please contact circulation department for rates. Back issues are available in microform from: University Microﬁ lms International, 300 N. 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Roads & Bridges accepts no responsibility or liability for the validity of information supplied by contributors, vendors, advertisers or advertising agencies. 18 Our Top 10 Roads of 2017 This was a banner year in road building FEATURES 30 Wheels up, wheels spinning As drone technology takes off, solutions are needed 36 Flashing the ring Edmonton‘s new route is on full display 45 Case Studies Cover photo: Top 10 honoree S.R. 178 Widening project in Bakersﬁ eld, Calif. 30 16 October 2017 • ROADS&BRIDGES Top 10 Roads IDAHO: 1 NEVADA: 6 NEW MEXICO: 5 ARIZONA: 5 TEXAS: 13 (No. 1 in 2002) ALASKA: 1 (No. 1 in 2015) UTAH: 9 COLORADO: 5CALIFORNIA: 12 (No. 1 in 2008 and 2013) WASHINGTON: 4 NEBRASKA: 1 KANSAS: 1 CANADA: 8 Bakersﬁ eld Las Vegas West Valley City, Taylorsville City and Murray City Denton and Dallas counties Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories 2017 No. 2 2017 No. 9 2017 No. 3 2017 No. 5 2017 No. 8 ROADSBRIDGES.com 17 R OADS & BRIDGES magazine has recognized 180 top road projects in North America since the program was born in 2001. Illinois, California, Texas, Florida, Utah and even Canada have claimed a large bulk of them, with Illinois claiming three No 1 projects (2006, 2009 and 2016). This map gives you an idea of where some of the best have done their work, and includes the 2017 winners. R&B ILLINOIS: 14 (No. 1 in 2006, 2009 and 2016) MISSOURI: 5 (No. 1 in 2010) OHIO: 4 (2001-2017) WISCONSIN: 4 (No. 1 in 2004) INDIANA: 6 MICHIGAN: 3 NEW YORK: 7 NEW JERSEY: 7 FLORIDA: 10 VIRGINIA: 5 (No. 1 in 2014) PENNSYLVANIA: 11 (No. 1 in 2008 and 2013) LOUISIANA: 2 WASHINGTON, D.C.: 1 MINNESOTA: 4 (No. 1 in 2005 and 2007) ALABAMA: 1 MASSACHUSETTS: 2 (No. 1 in 2001) TENNESSEE: 1 GEORGIA: 1 NORTH CAROLINA: 3 (No. 1 in 2012) SOUTH CAROLINA: 3 RHODE ISLAND: 1 ARKANSAS: 1 IOWA: 2 MARYLAND: 1 Madison Portsmouth Camden County Avoca Washington County 2017 No. 4 2017 No. 1 2017 No. 7 2017 No. 6 2017 No. 10 26 October 2017 • ROADS&BRIDGES PROJECT: S.R. 178 Widening LOCATION: Bakersﬁ eld, Calif. OWNER: City of Bakersﬁ eld DESIGNER: T.Y. Lin International CONTRACTOR: Granite Construction Co. COST: $25.5 million LENGTH: 3 miles COMPLETION DATE: May 1, 2017 There is a kind of under lining that does not call out to anyone. Due to the 50-plus-year age of S.R. 178 in Bakersﬁ eld, Calif., as-built records for installation and relocation of gas, electric, telephone, ﬁ ber optic, water and sewer lines— tucked under the surface in all directions— were sometimes incomplete or non-existent. Potholing was conducted in the design phase of the widening project in an attempt to map the mess, but prime contractor Granite Construction Co. had to do a lot of extra potholing to make sure nothing was hit during construction. “At times we thought we knew the location and depth of the utility based on the design- er’s potholes as-builts provided by the utility owner,” Kristina Budak, P.E., civil engineer for the city of Bakersﬁ eld, told ROADS & BRIDGES, “but the as-builts were inaccurate because the utilities were installed at inconsistent depths and locations.” The major utility work happened between View Street and Alfred Harrell/Comanche. Electrical, gas and telecommunication lines were relocated into a joint trench along the north right-of-way on S.R. 178, and the goal was to have all east-west overhead lines along the route underground in the trench. The relocation of an 8-in.-high pressure gas line caused the biggest impact. Initial potholing information and as-built records showed it would be able to be protected in place below the roadway, but during pavement grinding operations it was found to only have a few inches of cover. The relocation had to be designed and crews had to bore 1,000 ft of new gas line and reconnect. During grinding, contractors Granite and Mendoza found pockets of unsuitable soil and would have to dig them out, place subgrade geotextile and place an aggregate base before paving. However, the situation became worse when a paver started to sink in the subgrade. It was decided instead of a 0.7-ft grind and a new 0.7-ft hot-mix asphalt over- lay, crews would do a full-depth reclamation. The project also had critical environmental considerations. Bakersﬁ eld has an active population of the San Joaquin kit fox, which is an endangered species, and mitigation and monitoring was required prior to and during construction. Dens in the project area had to be watched and collapsed upon assurance that kit foxes were not present. Every morn- ing, biologists drove the project limits looking for foxes and other critters prior to daily construction activities. The project widened 3 miles of S.R. 178 from two lanes to six lanes just east of Morning Drive to Masterson Street, and from two to four lanes from Masterson to Miramonte Drive. Between Canteria Road/Bedford Green Drive and Masterson Street, the project consisted of shifting the proposed alignment of S.R. 178 3 ft south of the existing alignment. This shift allowed the widening of the highway to six lanes while minimizing impacts on an existing 30-in. gas transmission utility easement along the north side of the highway. R&B By Bill Wilson Editorial Director No direct lines Search for utilities sets tone of Calif. road widening #5 Page 1 TRIP projects are moving rapidly through the various stages of project development. This report is to provide a periodic up-to-date snapshot of each project’s recent major activities and progress. If you have questions, or need additional information, please contact Janet Wheeler at the TRIP office, (661) 326- 3491. Regular project updates are also available on the TRIP website at BakersfieldFreeways.us MILESTONES Bids for the construction of the Truxtun Avenue Operational Improvements Project were opened in October and City Council awarded the contract to Granite Construction at the November 1st meeting. The project widens Truxtun Avenue from 4 to 6 lanes from Empire Drive to approximately 100 feet east of Elm Street. Construction is expected to begin in early 2018. The City will kick-off this important project with a groundbreaking ceremony on January 5, 2018 at 1:30 p.m. at Jastro Park. The State Route 178 Widening Project was featured on the cover of the October issue of Roads & Bridges Magazine. The project, completed earlier this year, ranked #5 on the 2017 Top 10 Roads list. The annual feature recognizes the top road projects in North America. Congratulations to Gilbert Vega, City Engineer I, for his outstanding cover shot and to the rest of the TRIP team for completing the project on time and on budget! You can read the article at www.roadsbridges.com. PROJECT STATUS Beltway Operational Improvements Contractor: Security Paving Company 74% complete; anticipated completion: spring 2018 This project includes various improvements along State Route 58, from State Route 99 to Cottonwood Road, and on State Route 99, from north of Ming Avenue to Wilson Road. The Storm Water Pumping Plant located along northbound State Route 99 near Ming Avenue is nearly complete; mechanical and electrical work is underway. Storm drain work is underway along the southbound State Route 99 on-ramp. Work continues on retaining walls, sound walls, and concrete barriers throughout the project area. Sound walls and barrier rails are under construction at the Chester Avenue, H Street and Union Avenue on- and off- ramps, requiring occasional nighttime lane and ramp closures. Work was underway in October for the sound wall and barrier rail at the P Street Bridge; this work is expected to be completed in the coming month. Crews are working on the roadway along eastbound and westbound State Route 58. Last month, the subgrade was completed and asphalt and concrete were placed along the westbound lanes between Chester and Union Avenues. Subgrade, asphalt and concrete placement is expected to be underway in the eastbound direction, between Chester and Union Avenues in November. Additional work for the month of November includes a concrete closure pour for the bridge widening at Madison Street. Motorists should anticipate intermittent nighttime lane closures occurring Sunday through Thursday nights between the hours of 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. on both State Routes 58 and 99 within the project limits. November 2017 TRIP Status Report TRIP Status Report November 2017 Page 2 Kern River Bridge Improvements Contractor: Security Paving Company 16% complete; anticipated completion: summer 2019 Motorists on Mohawk Street and Truxtun Avenue are witnessing daily changes to the landscape as earth movers re-contour the landscape for the future bridges and roadway. This earthwork will continue on the north and south sides of the Kern River and on the south side of Truxtun Avenue through the month of November. Earthwork activities may require intermittent lane closures for a small section of the outside westbound lane on Truxtun Avenue to allow trucks to exit the work site. These lane closures will be set up west of the Westside Parkway on-ramp and may be in effect between the hours of 6 a.m. and 3 p.m. The retaining wall constructed on the north side of the freeway in September was backfilled last month. The installation of various drainage systems is underway. Pile driving has begun for the future bridge abutments. The pile driving operation is currently located on the north side of the Kern River and this work will continue through the coming month. Drilling operations are underway for the cast-in-drilled-hole (CIDH) pile footings that will support structural columns. The contractor has been placing temporary concrete barrier rail along the median of the Westside Parkway and has narrowed the Truxtun Avenue loop off-ramp down to one lane. This closure is needed to allow for the metal beam guard rail to be removed. This is expected to occur in November. The metal beam guard rail will be replaced with a concrete barrier rail as part of this project. Truxtun Operational Improvements Contractor: Granite Construction 0% complete; anticipated construction start: early 2018 This project widens Truxtun Avenue from 4-lanes to 6-lanes from Empire Drive to approximately 100 feet east of Elm Street. Most of the widening along Truxtun Avenue will occur on the south side of the roadway. A groundbreaking ceremony is planned for January 5, 2018 at 1:30 p.m. The event will be held at Jastro Park. 24th Street Improvement Project Designer: TYLin International Design 95% complete; Right-of-Way 100% complete for full acquisitions The City and Caltrans are reviewing the 95% roadway plans, streetscape design is underway, and right-of-way activities for partial acquisitions continue. A Public Hearing to consider the elimination of the 24th Street crosswalks at A/Alder and D/Drake Streets was held before City Council on October 11th. Council voted to remove these crosswalks with the project and directed the project team to design and submit plans for a new crosswalk in a safer location for Council’s approval. Sound wall construction on the north side of 24th Street within the residential section is scheduled to begin after the New Year. Centennial Corridor Designer: Parsons Design: 95% complete Staff is pursuing potential State-sponsored funding opportunities for the project phase that would replace the Belle Terrace Bridge over State Route 99. Final design plans for various parts of the project are at or nearing completion; these include: • 100% Westpark Sounds Walls and 100% Local Street Improvements packages • 100% Local Roads and Bike Path plans - • 100% PS&E package for the La Mirada and Marella Way structures • 100% Roadway plans were submitted in October TRIP Status Report November 2017 Page 3 • 100% plans for structures in Zones 1 and 2 are expected to be submitted in November (Zone 1 includes the roadways and structures from the Kern River Bridge Improvements through the California Avenue Bridge; Zone 2 includes the Marella Way and La Mirada bridges to facilitate neighborhood circulation across the future freeway) • The design team is working toward a 100% submittal structures associated with the State Routes 58 and 99 Interchange through the Stockdale Highway Bridge (Zone 3) by the end of the year. • Various environmental revalidations have been drafted due to design development and have been approved or are under review. The City has obtained legal possession of all full parcels necessary for construction of the project, and the acquisition of the necessary partial parcels is underway. To date, 221 structures have been cleared from the alignment. The relocation of the City-owned sanitary sewer in the Westpark neighborhood has started. Responsibility Statements and Questionnaires for local street improvements and sound wall packages were accepted on November 2nd. Construction bids for these packages are due from qualified bidders on November 21st by 11:00 a.m. Construction will follow behind the City’s sanitary sewer relocation project. Hageman Flyover Designer: Caltrans Design 98% complete Caltrans Design and Structures teams are working on the final Plans, Specifications, and Estimate (PS&E) package. Caltrans anticipates submitting the final package to the City by the end of 2017. TRIP Status Report November 2017 Page 4 PROJECT PHOTOS Top left: Special forms are used to provide texture to concrete retaining walls. Top right: Construction continues on the Ming Pump Plant on northbound State Route 99. Middle left: Iron workers tie reinforcing steel in advance of concrete paving on westbound State Route 58. Middle right: Concrete is placed along westbound State Route 58 during nighttime hours. Bottom left: Preparations are in place for the spread footing for a new wall along eastbound State Route 58. Bottom right: Backfill is underway adjacent to new walls along State Route 58. TRIP Status Report November 2017 Page 5 Top left: Crews start digging a trench on the south side of Truxtun Avenue for one of the project’s drainage systems. Top right: Pile driving operations are underway on the north side of the Kern River. These piles will help support a future bridge abutment Middle left: Drilling operations began in October for the 120” cast-in-drilled-hole (CIDH) pile footing, which will support the columns for a structure carrying traffic from the freeway to the new westbound off-ramp to Mohawk Street. Middle right: This photo provides context for the size of the bit required to drill the hole for the 120” CIDH pile. This hole will be drilled to a depth of more than 130 feet—a difficult operation in the sandy and wet soils adjacent to the Kern River. Bottom left: A wider view of the CIDH pile drilling operation. Week of November 6_2017_Work Schedule Page 1 of 2 STREETS DIVISION – WORK SCHEDULE Week of November 6, 2017 – November 10, 2017 Resurfacing/Reconstructing streets in the following areas: Maintenance Grind & Pave on Grove St east of Union Paving in the HUD area’s of Oleander and Castro Preparing a Maintenance Grind & Pave on Monitor between White Ln and Fairview (SB1) Preparing So. Halfmoon from Ashe to Edgemont for Reconstruction (SB1) Preparing a Maintenance Grind & Pave on Bernard St between Union Ave. and Kern St. (SB1) Miscellaneous Streets Division projects: Video inspection of City owned sewer and storm lines to evaluate condition of pipes Repairing damaged sewer line found during video inspection Miscellaneous concrete repairs throughout the City Concrete repairs to various bus stops throughout City limits Curb and Gutter installation on the north side of Ming Ave east of Baldwin in preparation for street widening project Concrete work on Streets that are funded with SB1 money Miscellaneous concrete work at Sports Village Miscellaneous work at Mesa Marin Leaf pick up throughout the city, crews will be cycling the city THIS SPACE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Week of November 6_2017_Work Schedule Page 2 of 2 STREETS SWEEPING SCHEDULE Monday, November 6, 2017 Between Golden State & 16th St. -- “F” St. & Oak St. /kern River Boundary Between 34th St. & 30th St. – Chester Ave. & San Dimas St. Between San Dimas St. & Beale Ave. – 34th/Bernard St. & Niles St. Between Olive Dr. & Riverlakes Dr. (ext.) – Riverlakes Dr. & Coffee Rd. Tuesday, November 7, 2017 Between California Ave. & Brundage Ln. – Oak St. & Union Ave. Between Renfro Rd. & Jenkins Rd. – Stockdale Hwy. & Kern River Boundary. Wednesday, November 8, 2017 City areas between Brundage Ln. & Ming Ave. – So. “H” St. & Union Ave. City areas between Wilson Rd. & Pacheco Rd. – So. “H” St. & Union Ave. Between Casa Loma Dr. & Planz Rd. – Madison Ave. & Cottonwood Dr. Between Planz Rd. & Brook St. – Madison Ave. & Hale St. Thursday, November 9, 2017 Between Carr St. & California Ave. – Mohawk St. & Stockdale Hwy. Between Stockdale Hwy. & Marella Wy. – California Ave. & Montclair St. Between La Mirada Dr. & Chester Ln. – Montclair St. & No. Stine Rd. Between California Ave. (ext.) & Stockdale Hwy. – No. Stine Rd. & 99 Hwy. Between Stockdale Hwy. & Ming Ave. – New Stine Rd. & Ashe Rd. Between New Stine & Ashe Rd. – Taft Hwy. & Berkshire Rd. Friday, November 10, 2017 No sweeping service due to Holiday. NOTE: If raining, there will be no street sweeping service and all street cleaning personnel will be assigned to cleaning plugged drains and part circle culverts. This also applies when a large number of street sweepers are in Fleet for repairs. Areas that have been missed during this time will be swept at the end of the month only when possible. 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