Memorandum
City of Lawrence
Public Works
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TO: |
Mark Thiel |
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FROM: |
Mike Perkins, Street Division Manager |
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Date: |
01/10/2013 |
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RE: |
2013 Street Division Year End Report |
The City of Lawrence Street Maintenance Division is responsible for 329.2 center line miles of streets (812.5 lane miles) with 36 employees. The work force is divided into 4 crews, asphalt, concrete, levee/sweeping/alleys and storm water.
The Street Maintenance Division provides a wide range of services for our citizens, for transportation maintenance and for community events. Our normal activities include pot hole patching, curb and gutter repair, City owned sidewalks and wheel chair ramps, crack sealing, street sweeping, snow removal and storm drain and pipe cleaning. These are the things that people see us do every day.
We also maintain the Kansas River Levee system. The levee covers 2,600 acres and is about 13 miles long. The Levee protects North Lawrence and a large portion of farm land in Douglas County from the Kansas River and Mud Creek. The river levels are monitored by our staff year round and are the first to respond to rising water levels. We also maintain 8 miles of the Levee top for recreation, a popular place for walking, jogging and bike riding.
We take care of 250 miles of open drainage, many of which that are in remote areas of the City. We also take care of the three storm water pump stations in North Lawrence. These pumps keep the underpass on North 2nd street dry and remove up to 22,000 gallons of water per minute form the low lying areas every time it rains.
The Street Division provides traffic control devices for special events, all emergencies such as fires or major traffic accidents and as needed throughout the community. All members of the Division have received training for natural disasters such as tornadoes or floods and are experts at debris management and removal. We often assist other City Departments with heavy construction projects that involve earth moving, concrete and asphalt work. It is safe to say that no matter what happens in Lawrence, the Street Division is there providing service.
The winter season of 2013 has been normal as far as the number of Snow and Ice events with a total of 12 recorded events. But that only tells part of the story. January of 2013 continued a mild pattern that had carried over from the previous winter season but two late season major snow storms brought to an end what turned out to be a hectic winter season. The 2013/ 2014 season has started off with a series of ice and freezing rain events and light accumulation snow events with below average temperatures requiring higher than normal chemical applications.
The number of pot holes calls for this year from the Pot Hole Hot Line and form the web site e-mail form has gone from 320 in 2012 to 274 last year. We also were able to increase the amount of crack sealing form 93,390 lbs. in 2012 to 109930 lbs. in 2013.
We have had several major events not related to street repairs last year. They were the St. Patrick’s Day Lawrence Parade, the Lawrence Color Run and the annual Lawrence Old Fashion Horse Parade. These special events, along with numerous runs, walks, and sidewalk sales require putting up signs and placing barricades, extra sweeping and general assistance to other Departments.
Other major projects completed included the following; demolition and cleanup at VenturePark (former Farmland property), a significant amount of deferred maintenance needed to the Street Division yard at 1140 Haskell Ave., cleaning the drainage ditch and rip raping culvert on the Burroughs Creek Trail, emergency repair/replacement of a 78” CMP on the Powerhouse Road, removal of the BNSF railroad crossings and reconstruction of the driving surfaces , curb and gutter, and sidewalks on 6th St, New Hampshire , Vermont, Massachusetts St, and 11th St.
These projects demonstrate our skills, our pride in workmanship and our commitment in providing quality city services.
The continued growth of the division in terms of responsibility, project complexity and size continues to grow with much success. The divisions’ staff is a group of professionals that are eager to take on these growing responsibilities. In many instances the only limit to their ability will be equipment owned. I look forward to continued growth of the division with much success.
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MAJOR PROJECTS COMPLETED (in addition to routine maintenance)
1. Patching on Kasold from 8th St to Bob Billings Pkwy
2. Graded all alleys in the City 2 times
3. Swept all City streets 2 times and all major streets twice
4. swept the downtown 8 times
5. swept the University area 3 times
6. Cleaned 2,713 feet of storm pipe
7. Had 2 major and 9 minor snow storms
8. Responded to 84 e-mail and 190 Hot line phone complaints
9. Mowed the entire levee 4 times
10. Mowed approx. 2,992 acres of right-of-way, City property and drainage ditches
11. Installed 960’ of overflow outlet pipe on Ridge Court
12. Made emergency repairs to Powerhouse Rd. and replaced Dual 78” CMP
13. Repaired maintenance items from USACE periodical inspection
14. Cleaned and repair the storm water retention pond near the County Shop
15. Repaired/replaced curbs for micro-surface contract
16. Concrete patching and pavement rehabilitation
17. Sidewalk GAP project W 23rd St.
18. Used 109930lbs of crack filler on various streets
19. Retaining wall construction in conjunction with Bob Billing project
20. Wing wall and RCB repair in conjunction with Bob Billings project
21. Replaced crossroad storm sewer lines on Bob Billings in conjunction with contract project
22. Removed downtown railroad crossing and restored pavement, curb, gutter, and sidewalks
23. Cleaned the waterway and culvert at 27th St and Crossgate
24. Built CNG fueling station and pads at the Street Division yard
25. Assisted building maintenance with the up grading of electrical system in Street Division yard
26. Continued installing and calibrating salt brine system for snow removal equipment
27. Curb repair in advance of the 2013 contracted mill and overlay program
28. Did all the street restoration for all the in house Utility Department water line installation
Some Interesting Numbers.
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Pothole Reports |
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Total Usage from 1/1 to 12/31 |
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Potholes reported on Hotline & phone |
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190.0 |
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Potholes reported on Wufoo (on-line reporting) |
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84.0 |
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Asphalt |
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Total Usage from 1/1 to 12/31 |
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Number of holes patched |
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6,127.00 |
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Tons of Hot mix used |
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402.42 |
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Tons of cold mix used |
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91.00 |
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Yards of Durapatch used |
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108.25 |
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Pounds of Crack Sealer used |
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109,930.00 |
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Sweeping |
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Total Usage from 1/1 to 12/31 |
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Tons of debris collected |
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7,228.00 |
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Miles Swept |
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7,886.00 |
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Acres Mowed |
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2,992.00 |
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Concrete |
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Total Usage from 1/1 to 12/31 |
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Yards of concrete place |
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889.25 |
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Feet of Curb |
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3,934.00 |
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Total Usage from 1/1 to 12/31 |
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Catch Basins rebuilt |
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17.00 |
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Catch Basins Cleared |
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1,139.00 |
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Feet of Pipe Cleared |
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2,713.00 |