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Dogs in City Parks
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You may recall seeing this previously-blogged post about Dogs in the Community Park. Due to no one showing up at the last Parks and Recreation Commission meeting who wanted to speak on this item, the Commission decided to defer making any recommendations to the City Council about this issue until the public could become more informed that the issue was being discussed so that they could make them known at their subsequent meeting. That meeting is taking place this coming Wednesday, July 20, 2011 at 6:00pm at City Hall. If you have any comments you would like to make, please let the Commissioners know by coming to the meeting. They are eagerly waiting to hear from you!
Public Works Project Update
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Despite the dreary weather we had this past week, the Lipman Slide Repair Project is progressing very well. The retaining wall is mostly complete, with the steel beams plunged deep into the ground and pressure-treated wood stacked in-between each of the beams. Permanent anchor ties (basically huge nails) have also been driven 45 ft. into the hillside and secured to its corresponding steel beam at a 45-degree angle. Each anchor tie is being tested to ensure that it can withstand thousands of pounds of force being exerted on it. The total length of the retaining wall spans approximately 255 ft...and judging from its skilled design and construction, it's not going anywhere. Click here to see the first update and here for the second one.
Like the Lipman Slide Repair Project, the BES Restroom project is scheduled to be finished in about a month. The site work was completed by Brisbane contractor Michael Glynn, and the actual facility is currently being constructed in Washington. It will be making its way down here and literally dropped in place and hooked up. The Lipman Slide Repair project is actually a Brisbane School District project; the City helped secure the FEMA grant for the District that is paying for the project and lending their project management support with Public Works Inspector Greg Morris largely overseeing the contractors' work. The BES Restroom project is being paid for entirely through State City Park Funds, and therefore not costing the City a dime.
Lastly, the Bayshore Bikeway Phase II project that was supposed to get underway this past Monday needed to be postponed a week due to the wet weather. The work will commence this coming Monday, July 18, with one lane of Bayshore between Valley Dr. and Geneva closed from 9:00am - 4:00pm. Please exercise caution when traveling, and be sure to slow down when driving through the construction area. Click here to read the last update related to this project.
Bayshore Bikeway Construction
Printer-friendly versionYou may have noticed the changeable message signs along Bayshore telling of the upcoming construction work that will be taking place between July 11th - August 26th. The work that will be commencing on Monday involves the installation of a bike lane on Bayshore Blvd, from Valley Drive to the City's northern limits (Bayshore & Geneva).
The first phase of the Bayshore Bikeway Project was completed towards the end of 2008. Phase I involved the installation of a bike lane from the City's southern limits on Bayshore Blvd. to Valley Dr. The project was propelled by the City Council’s desire to reduce greenhouse gases and increase the safety for our citizens who walk or ride their bikes on Bayshore Blvd. A total of $550,000 (87% of the project) was granted through the California Transportation Development Act to widen and smooth over the bike lane on Bayshore Blvd., as well as install grooved pavement rumble strips and a 6” wide bikeway shoulder stripe for further safety. See the photo below for details:
Council approved the concept for both phases of this project at its December 5, 2005 meeting, and at its April 5, 2010 meeting adopted Resolution No. 2010-17 as required by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission agreeing to certain conditions and deadlines in order to receive grant funding for Phase II of the project. Utilizing federal Transportation Enhancement funds together with state matching funds, Phase II of the Bayshore Bikeway project will extend the existing Class II bike lanes on Bayshore Blvd from Valley Drive to the northern city limits. The modifications include signs, repaving, restriping, concrete medians, and delineators. To read more about the project, please click here.
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