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HELLO[Public Meeting on August 02, 2023.]
EVERYONE.GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME TO THIS HACKEL PUBLIC MEETING.
UH, THIS PUBLIC MEETING IS ABOUT, UM, ROADWAY RECONSTRUCTION ON THE MIDDLE PARKWAY, SPECIFICALLY, UH, FROM THE PARK ROAD TO, UH, THE PRESENT CROWN ROAD SEGMENT OF THE MIDS PARKWAY.
IN THIS PUBLIC MEETING, WE WILL PROVIDE YOU CONSTRUCTION INFORMATION AND ESPECIALLY THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT FOR THE MIDS PARKWAY.
THIS YEAR, OE UNDERTOOK A STATE RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
THIS PROJECT HAS FOUR OF THE STREETS THAT CITY OF, UH, THIS SET, UH, MAINTAIN.
AND THOSE FOUR STREETS ARE PARKER BAY ROAD, HILL ROAD, THE MIDDLE PARKWAY, AND WINTER GREEN ROAD.
AS YOU ARE SEEING ON THIS 16, WE, AFTER FINISHING DESIGNING, WE, UM, BEAT THE PROJECT AND HIRED THE CONTRACTOR RELIABLE PAVING.
THEY HAVE COMPLETED, UH, TWO OF THE FOUR ROAD, AND THAT MEANS THEY HAVE COMPLETED PARKER BAY ROAD AND YOUR ROAD.
AND NOW THEY WILL BE MOVING TO THE MIDDLE PARKWAY ON MONDAY, UH, TO START IN TRAFFIC CONTROL, UM, EQUIPMENTS.
AND THEN THEY WILL START THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE MIDDLE PARKWAY.
THE MIDDLE PARKWAY, UM, RECONSTRUCTION IS FOR EAST STREET TO PRAN ROAD, AS YOU SEE ON THIS SKIN FOR HOME HERE TO HERE.
SO FOR CONSTRUCTION PURPOSE, THE ROADWAY WILL BE DIVIDED INTO TWO SEGMENT.
THE SEGMENT ONE WILL BE FROM PARK STREET TO CLEAR SPRINGS DRIVE UP TO THIS PORTION.
AND FOR THE ENTIRE DURATION OF CONSTRUCTION, ONE LANE WILL BE OPEN.
THAT MEANS FOR EACH OF THE SEGMENT THERE WILL BE TWO PHASE.
SO THE PAST PHASE OR PAST SEGMENT IS PHASE ONE A.
IN THIS SEGMENT, UH, THE TRAFFIC WILL BE ALWAYS OPEN ONE WAY.
SO AS YOU SEE THE GREEN ARROW, SO THE RIGHT LANE, NORTHBOUND RIGHT LANE WILL BE KEPT OPEN AND THE CONTRACTOR WILL BE WORKING ON THE LEFT LANE AND THEY WILL NEED APPROXIMATELY 15 DAYS TO COMPLETE THE LEFT LANE.
ON THIS SLIDE, YOU ARE ALSO SEEING THE MESO TRAFFIC CONTROL, UM, EQUIPMENTS.
UM, THAT WILL BE IN A STALL ALONG MIDDLE PARKWAY, BUT ADDITIONALLY THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL, UH, TRAFFIC CONTROL MEASURES WILL BE IMPLEMENTED.
FOR EXAMPLE, AT EAST OF THE SIDE STREET, UH, LIKE THIS HITTER NODE DRIVE OR HUNTER CREEK CREEK DRIVE, THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL SINUS TO INDICATE THAT THE MIDDLE PARKWAY IS ONE WAY, NOT BOUND ONLY.
ONCE THEY FINISH THE LEFT LANE IN PHASE ONE A, THEY WILL, UH, ALLOW THE TRAFFIC TO FLOW NORTHBOUND, BUT AT THAT TIME ONLY ON THE LEFT LANE AND THEY WILL RECONSTRUCT THE RIGHT LANE OF MIDDLE PARKWAY.
SO THAT SEGMENT OF WORK WILL TAKE 21 DAYS TO COMPLETE.
AND AFTER THEY FINISH MIDDLES PARKWAY FROM PARKRIDGE STREET TO CLEAR SPRINGS DRIVE, THEY WILL MOVE TO WORK ON THE REMAINING SEGMENT, WHICH IS CLEAR PI SPRINGS DRIVE TO PRESENT FRONT ROAD.
SO AS YOU SEE, THIS IS THE SECOND PHASE IN PHASE TWO A.
THEY WILL KEEP THE RIGHT LANE OPEN AS YOU SEE THE GREEN ARROW AND THE CONTRACTOR WILL BE WORKING ON THE LEFT LANE.
THIS PORTION WILL TAKE 17 DAYS APPROXIMATELY.
AGAIN, DEFINITELY IT IS ALWAYS DEPENDING ON WEATHER CONDITION.
AND LASTLY, THEY WILL WORK ON THE RIGHT LANE.
AT THAT TIME, THE LEFT LANE WILL BE KEPT OPEN FOR ONE-WAY TRAFFIC AND IT MAY TAKE APPROXIMATELY 19 DAYS TO COMPLETE.
SO HERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE MIDDLES PARKWAY RECONSTRUCTION.
THE CONTRACTOR WILL START WORKING ON UPCOMING MONDAY, WHICH IS AUGUST THE SEVENTH, AND THE
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CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO END BY OCTOBER THE 20.AGAIN, THAT IS DEPENDING ON THE WEATHER CONDITION ONE THEN WILL ALWAYS BE OPEN NOT BOUND TRAFFIC MOVEMENT.
ONLY NECESSARY SIGNAGE WILL BE IN AUSTRALIA AT APPROPRIATE LOCATIONS AND THERE WILL BE NO SENSE TO THE CURRENT PATTERN OR, UH, STANDARDS FOR TRASH COLLECTIONS.
SO, UH, THE TRASH COLLECTIONS, THE REPUBLIC SERVICE, THEY WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE TRASH COLLECTIONS CONTRACTOR WILL MAKE NECESSARY ADJUSTMENT SO THAT THEY CAN COLLECT.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS A TABLE THAT GIVES YOU AN IDEA HOW MA MANY DAYS, UM, NECESSARY FOR EASE OF THE PACE FOR THE MIDDLES PARKWAY CONSTRUCTION.
AT THAT TIME, I WILL LIKE TO PROVIDE YOU THE CONTACT INFORMATION.
SO THE CONTRACTOR IS RELIABLE PAVING.
JACOB MCCORICK IS THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR THIS, UH, PROJECT.
ALSO, ENTIN SMITH IS, UH, HIS MANAGER.
UH, HE IS ALSO WITH RELIABLE PAVING.
UH, ON THE OTHER SIDE FOR CITY, OUR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER IS ANTHONY PUENTES.
HIS CELL NUMBER AND EMAIL ADDRESS IS HERE AND, UH, YOU CAN CONTACT THEM TO PROVIDE INFORMATION.
MOREOVER, OUR CONSTRUCTION INSPECTORS INFORMATION IS HERE AND YOU CAN CONTACT HIM IF YOU NEED AT THAT TIME.
UM, I CAN SEE A HAND RAISED AND I WILL, UH, LET HIM ASK THE QUESTIONS.
HELLO? I'M SORRY, I'M STILL ON MUTE.
WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT YOUR PROPOSED LAYOUT, WHEN YOU SAID PHASE A ONE AND PHASE, EXCUSE ME, ONE A AND ONE B, WERE BOTH ON THE SOUTHERN SECTION FROM CLEAR SPRING SOUTH.
I THINK A QUESTION THAT MIGHT BE ASKED ONCE THOSE TWO LANES ARE COMPLETED, WILL THOSE, BUT THAT SECTION OF THE METALS PARKWAY BE OPEN TO TWO-WAY TRAFFIC OR WILL IT THEY BOTH JUST BE PAVED AND TRAFFIC WILL STILL BE RESTRICTED TO ONE-WAY TRAFFIC? UH, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THAT SEGMENT WILL BE OPEN ENTIRELY FOR TWO LANE, BUT I ALSO HAVE, UH, THE CONTRACTOR AND I, UH, I WILL ASK MR. QUENTIN SMITH TO CONFIRM.
CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? OKAY? WE, WE, WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, AS CONSTRUCTION IS PROGRESSING BECAUSE WE'RE BUILDING ONE LANE AT A TIME, UH, WE WANT TO GIVE ACCESS OR CONTINUE TO KEEP THE ACCESS NORTHBOUND.
NOW WHEN ONE PHASE, LIKE YOU GUYS ARE TALKING ABOUT HERE, ONE A AND ONE B IS COMPLETED, UM, WE WILL HAVE TRAFFIC ON THE SOUTHBOUND SIDE, BUT IT'LL BE LIMITED TO THAT AREA BECAUSE WE STILL GOTTA KEEP THE ONE WAY MM-HMM.
AND, AND AS WE'RE CONSTRUCTING THE OTHER PHASE ONE B AND ONE A, WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE PEOPLE TRYING TO COME DOWN THE PART OF ONE B THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND JUMPING OVER TO THE ONE A THAT HAS BEEN COMPLETED, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
SO WE WANT TO KEEP EVERYBODY IN THE NORTHBOUND CONFIGURATION AND TRY TO ONLY OPEN THE ROAD TO, TO GIVE ACCESS TO THROUGH TRAFFIC.
CHARLES, DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTION ON THIS MATTER? I DIDN'T REALLY, I GUESS GET IT CLEAR FROM WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING.
SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT WHEN YOU COMPLETE ONE A AND ONE B, WHICH ARE BOTH THE SOUTHERN SECTION FROM CLEAR SPRING SOUTH, WHEN YOU START TWO A, YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU ARE GOING TO OPEN UP BOTH LANES, BUT ONE OF THE LANES IS, IS GONNA TRY TO BE RESTRICTED TO NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC ONLY? NO, LET ME EXPLAIN.
SO WHAT HE'S SAYING IS ONCE, UH, ONE A, ONE M1 B IS COMPLETED,
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THAT SEGMENT FROM PARK STREET TO UM, SPRINGS ROAD, UH, THE CLEAR SPRINGS DRIVE, THAT WILL BE TWO LANE.BUT THE, THE OTHER PORTION, THE NORTH PORTION WILL BE ONE LANE.
SO PEOPLE WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO DRIVE SOUTHBOUND FOR THE SEGMENT FROM, UH, PORT TO CLEAR SPRINGS, BUT THEY WILL STILL HAVE ONLY ONE OPTION LIKE NORTHBOUND FOR THE SEGMENT, UH, FROM CLEAR SPRINGS DRIVE TO EAST PLEASANT GROUND ROAD.
AND IT MAKES COMPLETE SENSE, UM, FROM A TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT STANDPOINT.
UH, NOW MR. JOHNSON, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.
UH, AND IT'S KIND OF CONFUSING TO ME.
I'M WITH THE DESOTA TRANSPORTATION FOR SCHOOL BUSES.
AND I MAY HAVE TO TRY TO COME OVER AND MEET WITH YOU 'CAUSE I HAVE BUSES THAT GOES DOWN THAT STREET AND ALL THROUGH THERE, AND I MIGHT HAVE TO TRY AND REROUTE THEM.
UH, AND I'M NOT TOTALLY SURE HOW WE CAN GET BUSES THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT, UM, THAT COULD GET TO BE AN ISSUE FOR ME.
SO I'M GONNA, I'LL PROBABLY GIVE YOU A CALL AND SEE IF I CAN COME OVER AND, AND SIT DOWN AND WE CAN KIND OF MAP OUT A ROUTE FOR, FOR ME TO REROUTE MY BUSES.
WHAT I WILL DO IS I WILL ALSO INVITE OUR CONTRACTOR, SO, UH, CITY STAFF AND THE CONTRACTOR WILL MEET YOU TO DISCUSS.
I'LL GIVE YOU A CALL TOMORROW THEN AND, AND SEE IF WE CAN GET THIS SCHEDULED.
'CAUSE I'LL START SCHOOL IN ANOTHER WEEK ON THE 14TH.
I THINK IT IS IN, IT COULD BE AN ISSUE FOR ME.
UM, AT THIS TIME I'M NOT SEEING ANY OTHER HANDS, UH, UP, BUT THERE ARE THREE Q AND A.
I PUT MY QUESTIONS IN THE CHAT.
WHAT ABOUT MAIL DELIVERY FOR THOSE WHO LIVE ON THE MEADOWS PARKWAY? IS THAT GONNA BE INTERRUPTED? NO.
SO WE WILL BE COMMUNICATING WITH THE, UH, POSTAL SERVICES AND WE WILL MAKE NECESSARY ADJUSTMENTS SO THAT THERE IS NO DISRUPTION.
AND, UM, CAN PEOPLE, CAN OUR GUESTS STILL PARK IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSES, UM, ON THE MEADOWS PARKWAY? WELL, UH, SO I WILL LET OUR CONTRACTOR WE SPEAK, BUT IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE ON THE S PARKWAY, BUT IT'LL BE, UH, POSSIBLE FOR ALL THE SIDE STREET.
BUT, UM, UH, MR. QUENTIN SMITH, CAN YOU PLEASE ELABORATE ON THIS MATTER? YES, YES.
SO AS WE'RE WORKING, UH, WE HAVE TRAFFIC IN ONE LANE NORTHBOUND, AND THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD WILL BE, UM, CONSTRUCTION.
SO IF, UH, WE'RE WORKING ON THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE, THEN DEFINITELY, UH, WE CAN'T PARK ON THE ROAD BECAUSE WE ARE, WE'RE EXCAVATING THE, THE EXISTING ROADWAY.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ENOUGH RIGHT OF WAY ROOM WHERE WE HAVE THE ONE WAY TRAFFIC GOING NORTHBOUND TO PARK ON THAT SIDE OF THE ROAD.
SO, UH, TO AVOID CONFLICT OR, YOU KNOW, US HAVING TO KNOCK ON THE DOOR AND SAY, HEY, COULD YOU MOVE YOUR VEHICLE? WHICH WE PUT OUT OUR NOTICES ABOUT THAT, UM, WE RECOMMEND, YOU KNOW, DRIVEWAY OR, UH, ALTERNATE SIDE STREETS.
IS THAT YOU JAMES? MS. MCNEAL, UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MELISSA, I WANTED YOU TO CALL HER.
MELISSA WANTED YOU TO CALL HER.
UH, MS YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I WAS LOOKING AT THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA START WORKING ON, OH, NO, I'M GOOD.
UH, I THINK I WAS, OH, I TRIED TO LOWER MY HAND.
UM, LET ME CHECK IF THERE IS ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
UH, THERE IS NO OTHER QUESTIONS, BUT, UH,
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I THINK MS. MCDANIEL, SHE WROTE, UM, A THANK YOU NOTE FOR US FOR THE INTERVIEW TO START WORKING ON MEADOWS PARKWAY.AT THIS TIME, UM, I'M GOING TO ASK IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE CLOSE THIS PUBLIC MEETING.
AGAIN, UH, THE CONTACT INFORMATION IS INCLUDED IN THE PRESENTATION.
WE WILL UPLOAD THIS PRESENTATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA, INCLUDING FACEBOOK AND, UM, NEXTDOOR.
UH, ALSO THERE WILL BE A PROJECT WEBSITE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
UH, YOU'LL HAVE THIS PRESENTATION AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN THAT WEB PAGE, AND YOU CAN ALWAYS CONTACT US.
UM, OUR EMAIL ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER IS IN THE CITY WEBSITE.
IF YOU GO TO CITY OF THIS PHOTO ENGINEERING, YOU'LL GET MY AND MY OTHER COLLEAGUES INFORMATION.
WITH THAT, UM, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR JOINING US FOR THIS MEETING.
UH, WE DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND THERE WILL BE IN CONTINUANCE AND SOME, UM, SILENCE OR DIFFICULTIES DURING THIS CONSTRUCTION PROCESS.
UH, BUT DUE TO THE ROADWAY CONDITION, WE DETERMINE THAT A COMPLETE DECONSTRUCTION IS NECESSARY AND WE WILL APPRECIATE YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND COOPERATION.
AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THIS MEETING.
AGAIN, PLEASE CONTACT US IF NECESSARY.