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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Committees - Public Works/Planning - 02/28/1994vC. PRESENT: _• • 0 PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE FEBRUARY 28, 1994 PAUL MANN TIM CLARK JIM BENNETT DON WICKSTROM GARY GILL Status on Signals on James Street TOM BRUBAKER ED WHITE JOHN BOND MR & MRS RUST Ed White stated that the transportation staff has taken another look at the traffic and in staff's opinion the installation of two more signals, one at Jason and one at Alvord could put the City into a severe hazard and liability situation. White said that the residents do not want a signal in those locations; heavy truck traffic at both Jason and Alvord would have difficulty in getting from a dead stop up to a reasonable speed. White stated that having two additional signals would do nothing to improve safety or slow traffic down. Further discussion followed regarding the heavy flow of traffic on James St and what other options existed. Wickstrom stated that we had looked at the possibility of a pedestrian overpass however, the cost was about $300,000 at the time of the study. Wickstrom said that part of our Transportation Plan is a non -motorized element which includes sidewalks and sidewalk facilities and that could go into the millions of dollars. Clark asked about the possibility of a tunnel and Wickstrom stated this could lead to a personal safety problem. Wickstrom said that as a safety factor, an overhead facility would be best. Brubaker stated that relative to the overpass, another issue that needs to be addressed is the ADA. Brubaker said it is arguably impossible to construct an overpass in compliance with ADA's current standards. Further discussion locating an overpass at the lower portion High. Wickstrom explained that we are phase of the Downtown Infrastructure watermain down James from Kennebeck so would be the ideal time. followed about possibly of James St near Kent Jr. now working on the third and will be bringing a if we do something, now Discussion concluded with Committee requesting staff to look into the possibility of a pedestrian overpass. LID 342 Smith Street Sidewalk Wickstrom stated we received 10 bids; the low bid was $83,731 and the engineer's estimate was $87,798. He said that although it all looks good, the budget was not nearly that amount. He said there was no relationship between the engineer's estimate and the budget, which resulted in a lack of about $45,000. He explained that our engineering was incorrect however we have taken steps to correct this, so we are capping out at $18,000 for the total project. He explained that after we formulated the project and put it together, we found there were additional things to do in order to comply with ADA at a cost of about $12,000. He said in order to keep the LID cost as close as possible to the original amount, we would want to pick that up out of our sidewalk fund. Wickstrom said that if the Committee agreed, we would like to go ahead with the low bidder, Mer -Con, Inc. Committee unanimously recommended awarding LID 342 Smith Street Sidewalks contract to Mer -Con, Inc. in the amount of $83,731.00. 116th Avenue SE Road Improvements Wickstrom said this is an acceptance of a contract awarded to Lloyd Enterprises, Inc. for the amount of $339,273. and $370,959 was the actual construction cost. Wickstrom explained he brought it forward to the Committee because it is over the bid price. He explained that this is 116th and Kent Kangley just south of some plats that had commitments to participate but when they had County approvals, it became a mixture of various road designs that did not fit. Wickstrom said that this fits in with our 277th corridor project so we offered to build the road and let them pay us the difference. Wickstrom said that the overage is a result of the County Road Division wanting to add some fencing; clay lined ditches; and a retaining wall, after we had BALD plan approval. Committee unanimously recommended accepting the 116th Avenue Road Improvements as complete. Left Turn Lane - Willis & Bridges White said that accidents at this location during the last three years occurred between 10:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. and no other accidents occurred any other time of the day during the three year period. He said in answer to the question of individuals having a difficult time getting to Willis via Central Avenue, the accident history does not show a significant a.m. problem. He said the problems are occurring primarily between 2:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. White said we could install left turn restriction signs. Signal Synchronization White said that there are three locations in the City where we have achieved significant improvement in traffic flow. He said one is on 212th between East Valley and the freeway; one on East Valley between 180th and 212th and third is in conjunction with a multiple jurisdiction study, "Green River Valley Signal Interconnect" which includes traffic flows on West Valley from 180th to SR516. White said that in addition to the projects that we have, we also are in the process of acquiring a new signal system which in itself, should achieve a more efficient operation of signals because of the flexibility it offers. Kent Manganese Treatment Plant Wickstrom circulated a memorandum to the Committee, on the status of the treatment plant. He said the item will be discussed at the next Committee meeting however he wanted to brief the Committee on the project. Wickstrom said the contractor has been off the job; the plant is not complete; we have had a claim filed once by one group of attorneys for the contractor and he now has another group of attorneys, so we are now on hold. Wickstrom said we need to finish the plant and get it operating for this summer. Meeting adjourned at 5:10 p.m.