[Roll Call: Chair Mota, Pungo, Affa]
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          EVENING. WELCOME TO PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE MEETING. ALL. PLEASE. LET'S DO A ROLL CALL. 
          MISS MODA HERE, MISS HERE. AND MR. PONGO IS NOT PRESENT TODAY. OKAY, SO TODAY WE'RE GOING TO 
          [15-8572 Update of Public Works Capital Projects
Q2 Capital Report]
DO THE UPDATE OF THE PUBLIC WORK CAPITAL PROJECT. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. I KNOW THAT MR. SHEHATA COULDN'T BE HERE. YES, HE SENDS HIS REGRETS. HE CANNOT BE HERE TODAY. MY NAME IS DAVID PETRICK. IF YOU DON'T KNOW ME. DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS HERE. DO YOU HAVE A CAPITAL PROJECTS UPDATE? I THINK I SHOULD KEEP THIS RELATIVELY BRIEF, BUT BY ALL MEANS, IF WE NEED ANOTHER MEETING TO GO OVER THINGS, WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT AT ANY TIME. SO IN GENERAL, CURRENTLY IT'S MORE THAN $30 MILLION IN ACTIVE FUNDING ACROSS VARIOUS PROJECTS IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. THE MAJORITY OF IT, APPROXIMATELY 20 MILLION, ARE TRAFFIC RELATED PROJECTS. THE MAJORITY OF PROJECTS YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT ARE SIGNALS, ROADWAY PROJECTS. THE OTHER 10 MILLION COMPRISE OF BUILDING REPAIR PROJECTS, STREET PAVING PROJECTS, CURB AND SIDEWALK. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO SOME WATER AND SEWER PROJECTS WHERE THE FUNDING IS PASSED THROUGH THE CITY. AND WE ADMINISTER THE MONIES DOWN TO LCA. WE ANTICIPATE FUTURE NEEDS OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS, APPROXIMATELY 14 MILLION THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE COMING TO COUNCIL TO ASK TO BE APPROPRIATED. THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS REIMBURSABLE FUNDS THROUGH GRANTS THAT WE'RE EITHER PURSUING OR HAVE BEEN AWARDED, AND WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE GRANT AGREEMENTS TO COME FORWARD TO GET THE APPROPRIATIONS YET. THE REST OF IT WILL BE, YOU KNOW, NON-REIMBURSABLE EITHER MATCHES OR JUST THINGS THAT AREN'T TYPICALLY GRANT FUNDED, SUCH AS BUILDING REPAIRS. SO HIS SELECT OVERVIEW OF SOME PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU MAY BE SEEING AS YOU DRIVE AROUND TOWN OR HEARING FROM CONSTITUENTS ON IF THERE'S, YOU KNOW, ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION GOING ON. 
          CERTAINLY THE BIGGEST ONE IS THE CENTER SQUARE REDESIGN PROJECT THAT'S GENERALLY ON TRACK TO BE SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE WITHIN 2026, WITH SOME FINALIZATION LIKELY IN 2027. AS FAR AS LIKE FINAL ROAD RESTORATION. REPEAT THAT AGAIN. WHEN WILL THAT BE COMPLETED AGAIN? SUBSTANTIALLY. IT SHOULD BE SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE THIS YEAR AT THE END OF 2026. OKAY. 
          THE CENTER SQUARE PROJECT. BUT THERE SHOULD BE SOME PROBABLY FINAL PAVING. WE CAN'T REALLY DO THAT IN THE WINTER MONTHS, SO THAT'LL PROBABLY HAPPEN IN THE SPRING AS LONG AS WITH THE FINAL LINE PAINTING AND STUFF LIKE THAT, IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE. OKAY. BUT THE THE MAIN PLAZA AREA SHOULD BE DONE. I DON'T KNOW, LIKE WE MIGHT NOT PUT THE FURNISHINGS OUT IN WINTER, MIGHT WAIT TILL THE SPRING TO PUT THE FURNISHINGS OUT, DEPENDING ON HOW THAT ALL FINISHES OUT. BUT IT'S GENERALLY GOING WELL. TYPICAL CONSTRUCTION DELAYS WITH UNKNOWN UTILITIES COMING UP, WHETHER OBVIOUSLY. BUT BUT BY AND LARGE IT'S ON ON BUDGET. SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONCERNS THERE. CITY OWNED BUILDING REPAIRS. CERTAINLY RECENTLY IN APRIL WE HAD THE ORDINANCE ALLOCATING $1 MILLION FOR ROOF REPAIRS AND $3 MILLION FOR HVAC AND THE VAV PROJECT, THE ROOFS AT BRIDGEWORKS AND THE ROOF AT CENTRAL FIRE HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. THOSE PROJECTS WENT WELL. WE'RE WE'RE HAPPY WITH THE PERFORMANCE OF THE CONTRACTOR AND WE KEEP, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A WARRANTY. SO WE'RE MONITORING THE ROOFS. IF THERE'S ANY LEAKS THAT COME UP. THEY'VE BEEN RESPONSIVE ABOUT COMING IN AND FINISHING UP ANYTHING. AND THE PROJECT THAT'S ONE THAT'S GOING TO BE GOING ON LARGELY. STILL SOME MORE TECHNICAL DESIGN AND MODELING THAT THEY'RE DOING IN THROUGH 2026 BEFORE WE ACTUALLY BREAK GROUND ON THOSE UPGRADES. OTHER THINGS YOU MIGHT SEE ON AMERICAN PARKWAY, THERE'S CERTAINLY WORK BEING GOING ON THERE TO MODERNIZE THOSE SIGNALS. THERE'S NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL CABINETS GOING IN, THERE'S ADA RAMPS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT IN THAT SHOULD BE SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE. ALSO IN 2026, THERE'S BEEN SOME MATERIALS THAT THE CONTRACTOR HAS BEEN WAITING ON. SO YOU MAY LOOK SOMEWHAT UNFINISHED OUT THERE. BUT BY THE END 2026, THAT PROJECT SHOULD ALL BE SHOULD BE DONE. WE HAVE OUR SS FOUR, A DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON, OUR SPEED CUSHIONS THAT WE PUT IN ON SOUTH WOODWARD, FILLMORE, UNION TERRACE, PARKWAY BOULEVARD. THAT'S ALL PART OF THAT. THINGS UPCOMING ALONG WITH THAT PROJECT HAVE BEEN PLANNED. TRAFFIC CIRCLES ON NORTH ARCH STREET AT LIVINGSTON, GREENLEAF AND WASHINGTON. THAT'LL BE THIS FALL. WE'RE WAITING ON DELIVERY OF THOSE MATERIALS AND WE'LL INSTALL THOSE. WE'VE ALSO BEEN DOING DAYLIGHTING ON TILGHMAN STREET. 
          YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THE YELLOW PAINT FROM FOUR TO ABOUT FRONT STREET. AND WE WE ANTICIPATE, YOU KNOW, CONTINUING THAT AS LONG AS THE WEATHER IS WARM ENOUGH TO CONTINUE PAINTING, WE HOPE HOPE TO GET TO SEVENTH STREET ON TILGHMAN STREET BY THE END OF THE YEAR. AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER PROJECT OUT ON SOUTH JEFFERSON STREET. ALSO UNDER THAT PROJECT, WHICH IS A RESTRIPING BY THE PARKWAY THERE TO MAKE IT HOPEFULLY EASIER TO NAVIGATE THE INTERSECTION, PROVIDE FOR PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS AND SERVE AS DEMONSTRATION FOR OUR FUTURE PROJECT WHERE WE ACTUALLY PUT IN HARD CURBS AND FINALIZE THAT PROJECT. WE GOT A $1.9 MILLION 
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GRANT FROM PENNDOT UNDER THE AUTOMATED AUTOMATED RED LIGHT ENFORCEMENT GRANT PROGRAM, WHICH WE WOULD DO THE FINAL OF THAT PROJECT. SO BY THE END OF THE YEAR, WE'RE HOPING TO GET THAT DESIGN DONE. AND THEN THE PAINTING WILL BE DONE NEXT SPRING FOR THAT PROJECT ON SOUTH JEFFERSON. AS LONG AS THAT'S JUST THE FIRST DEMO PROJECT, ALL THOSE WERE SUBPROJECTS UNDER THAT. WE HAVE A SECOND ONE THAT WE WERE AWARDED, AND WE'RE WORKING THROUGH OUR GRANT AGREEMENT WITH THAT, AND WE'LL BE COMING FORWARD TO COUNCIL TO APPROPRIATE THOSE FUNDS. THAT'S ANOTHER 1.37 MILLION FOR WORK TO BE DONE AND DEMOED ON THE TILGHMAN STREET AND UNION BOULEVARD CORRIDOR. SO KIND OF WHAT WE'RE DOING, TILGHMAN STREET, JUST HEADING EAST NOW ON UNION BOULEVARD AND A COUPLE OF HOPEFULLY BEGINNING DESIGNS OF A ROUNDABOUT AT AIRPORT ROAD AND UNION BOULEVARD. AND BEYOND THAT, WITH SS FOUR A JUST LARGELY, YOU KNOW, OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS, WE'VE BEEN MAKING GRANT APPLICATIONS. WE HAD A $10 MILLION GRANT APPLICATION WE PUT IN, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE 20% MATCH OR $2 MILLION THAT, IF WE'RE AWARDED, WOULD BE COMING FORWARD WITH IF WE'RE NOT AWARDED, WE'RE CERTAINLY GOING TO LOOK FOR OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR GRANT FUNDING. BUT IN LIEU OF GRANT FUNDING, WE WOULD PROBABLY COME FORWARD FOR CAPITAL FUNDING FOR THOSE PROJECTS TO REALLY KEEP MOVING OUR SAFE STREETS PLAN FORWARD. WE DON'T WANT IT TO TO LINGER. OTHER THINGS, YOU'LL SEE, CERTAINLY UTILITY PAVING, WE HAVE PAVING GOING ON. WE ANTICIPATE GETTING SIX MILES DONE THIS THIS SEASON. THE UTILITY PAVING IS FUNDED BY THE LC, A NEW GI COST SHARE PROGRAM. 
          WE DO. AND WE ANTICIPATE THAT PROGRAM CONTINUING PERHAPS FOR ANOTHER TWO MILES NEXT YEAR. 
          AND SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF VETTING THAT WITH THOSE COMPANIES TO CONTINUE THAT. 
          ALONG WITH THAT COMES CURB AND SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION. SO WE DO THE ADA RAMPS ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE STREETS THAT GET REPAVED, AS WELL AS OTHER HAZARDOUS SIDEWALK REPLACEMENTS AND ACCESSIBILITY COMPLAINTS. AND THEN SPECIAL MENTION GOES OUT TO 15TH STREET, WHICH YOU GUYS PASSED A RESOLUTION ON LAST, LAST COUNCIL MEETING TO GET THAT CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AWARDED. SO THAT SHOULD BE BREAKING GROUND NEXT YEAR. AND THAT'LL BE KIND OF THE NEXT THING PEOPLE SEE GETTING DONE, AS OPPOSED TO OTHER THAN THE PAINTING STUFF THAT I MENTIONED. 
          OTHER THAN THAT, AFTER THAT, THINGS THAT ARE ALMOST READY TO BE BID LEHIGH AND UNION BY BUILDING, I MEAN PREVIEW ACADEMY, THAT ONE, WE'RE READY TO PUT OUT THE BID. WE HAVE THE MONEY, WE'VE GOT IT IN THE RIGHT SPOT. SO WE'RE EXCITED TO GET THAT ONE OUT TO HOPEFULLY GET TO CONSTRUCTION IN 27. AND THEN OTHER THINGS I'LL JUST BUZZ THROUGH REAL QUICK THAT ARE IN IN DESIGN OR PRE-CONSTRUCTION TYPE PHASE. WE HAVE A LIGHTING PROJECT, MACK BOULEVARD, MLK THAT'S JUST REPLACING THE LIGHTS. THE POLES ARE OLD AND CORRODED. HANOVER AVE SIGNAL MODERNIZATION, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'RE DOING ON AMERICAN PARKWAY, JUST ON THE HANOVER AVE CORRIDOR FROM ALBERT STREET ALL THE WAY OUT TO WINNETKA. THE SCHOOL ZONE TRAFFIC SAFETY PROJECT, THAT'S THE BIG ONE. ALL THE SCHOOL ZONES AROUND THE CITY REPLACING THE SIGNALS THERE. AND WE HAVE ADDITIONAL FUNDING WE WERE AWARDED THERE THAT WILL BE COMING FORWARD FOR FOR APPROPRIATION. AGAIN, THERE'S MORE GRANT FUNDING WITH NO MATCH REQUIRED. ALSO, WE'RE CONTINUING WITH LED STREET LIGHT CONVERSIONS. SO WE DID ALL THE COPPERHEADS IN THE CITY. AND SO WE HAVE THE STANDARD PEDESTRIAN SCALE LIGHTING, THE 12 FOOT ONES, THE MORE YOU SEE ON THE WEST END. BUT THERE ARE OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY AS WELL, LIKE OVERLOOK PARK. THERE'S AREAS ON THE SOUTH SIDE THAT HAVE THOSE TYPES, AND WE'LL BE CONVERTING THOSE TO LEDS. WE GOT A GRANT AWARD FOR THAT, WHICH WILL BE COMING FORWARD FOR APPROPRIATION WITH NO MATCH REQUIRED. OUR SALT SHED REQUIRED REPLACEMENT, WHICH WAS AN ORDINANCE PASSED IN APRIL OF 26 THAT REPLACED THAT'S STILL IN DESIGN. THAT'S NOT ANTICIPATED TO BE REPLACED THIS SEASON. SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET IT IN NEXT SEASON BEFORE NEXT NEXT WINTER. OTHER THAN THAT, A COUPLE PROJECTS 10TH AND MLK BY FOUNTAIN PARK. WE'RE DOING PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS THERE. SO THAT INTERSECTION SIGNAL TO GET ADA RAMPS AS WELL AS EXTENDING THE THE PATH THAT ENDS AT THE EASTERNMOST PARKING LOT BY THE BASKETBALL COURTS. 
          WE'RE EXTENDING THAT ALL THE WAY TO THE CORNER TO MARRY UP WITH THOSE RAMPS. IT SHOULD BE A NICE CONNECTION. AND THEN WE'VE GOT MORE SIGNAL MODERNIZATION AT 19TH AND ROTH 17TH STREET FROM WALNUT TO LINDEN. ALSO SAME KIND OF STUFF. SOUTH JEFFERSON, I MENTIONED THOSE. THOSE ARE LARGELY IT. AND THOSE ARE ALL STUFF THAT'S IN DESIGN. AND SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, HAPPY TO TAKE THEM. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT, YOU CAN ALWAYS COME BACK TO ANOTHER MEETING ANYTIME. WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME, BUT REALLY QUICK, I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE LIGHT ON SIXTH STREET. WHEN WILL THAT BE? BECAUSE I GET PHONE CALLS ALL THE TIME. TAKE SOME WALNUT. YES, THE. OUR LATEST UPDATE ON SIXTH AND WALNUT IS THE POLE HAS BEEN SHIPPED TO OUR CONTRACTOR. SO THEY'RE WAITING FOR THE POLE. 
          IS THAT COMING FROM CHINA OR FROM JAPAN? WHERE IS IT COMING FROM? YEAH, IT'S A LONG LEAD TIME ON THE PRODUCTION OF THE POLES. THEY'RE AMERICAN MADE. SO I DON'T RECALL THIS SUPPLIER WAS IN TEXAS, BUT THERE'S ONLY THREE SUPPLIERS THAT WE CAN BUY FROM WHICH ARE APPROVED. YEAH. 
          SO BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS IT'S ON ITS WAY. THE CONTRACTORS GOT IT AT THE TOP OF THEIR LIST AS 
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SOON AS THEY RECEIVED THE POLE. IT SHOULD BE THIS, YOU KNOW, I'M CROSSING MY FINGERS BEFORE BEFORE CHRISTMAS. WHY DON'T YOU ORDER TWO JUST IN CASE? BECAUSE, BOY, IF YOU HAVE AN EXTRA 50 K LAYING AROUND, WE'LL CERTAINLY DO THAT. OH, THAT'S THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING. AND OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE LARGE TOO. SO HAVING SPACE TO STOCK STUFF CAN BE A CHALLENGE AT TIMES AS WELL. BUT BUT CERTAINLY WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE STUFF IN STOCK TO BE ABLE TO JUST GO OUT AND SWAP THEM. 
          YEAH. BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU KNOW, PUBLIC WORKS DO I KNOW THAT YOU WORK YOU GUYS WORK REALLY HARD IN THAT DEPARTMENT AND WE SEE THAT. SO I'M REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF WHAT WHAT YOU GUYS DO. I JUST WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW THAT. ANY COMMENTS FROM THE DAIS? WELL, I ECHO WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT PUBLIC WORKS. I HAVE THE HIGHEST RESPECT FOR YOUR EYES AND YOUR DEPARTMENT. BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU, I LISTEN SLOWER THAN YOU TALK. SO THERE'S SOME THINGS I DID NOT CATCH. AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF WE CAN HAVE A PRINT OUT SO I COULD READ EXACTLY SOME OF THE THINGS, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS GO BACK TO THE SIGNALS AGAIN, THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS. ARE WE GETTING MORE? IS THIS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? THE NO, THE ONLY NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL WE'LL BE GETTING ANYTIME SOON IS AT 15TH AND HIGHLAND, WHICH IS PART OF THE 15TH STREET PROJECT. YOU PASSED A RESOLUTION TO AWARD THAT CONTRACT. SO THAT'S THE ONLY NEW ONE. THE OTHER ONES ARE MODERNIZATIONS. SO THE OLD EQUIPMENT WE'RE GETTING NEW CONTROLLERS WITH MODERN DETECTION, UPGRADING THE SIGNAL HEAD SIZES TO MEET CURRENT STANDARDS, PUTTING IN THE PEDESTRIAN HAND MAN SIGNS WHERE THEY DON'T EXIST NOW, OR THEY HAVE THE OLDER ONES, AS WELL AS THE ACCESSIBLE RAMPS DOWN TO THE DOWN THE STREET FROM THE SIDEWALK LEVELS, MAKING THOSE COMPLIANT WITH TODAY'S STANDARDS. SO THOSE PROJECTS ARE HAPPENING ALONG AMERICAN PARKWAY. ANOTHER ONE IS GOING TO BE HAPPENING ALONG HANOVER AVENUE. THERE'S ONE IN DESIGN ON 17TH STREET, FROM WALNUT TO LINDEN, WALNUT, HAMILTON AND LINDEN ARE THREE INTERSECTIONS. HANOVER AVENUE IS. YES, WE'RE EXCITED FOR THAT ONE DANGEROUS STREET. YES, ALL THOSE CURVES AND SPEEDING, I APPRECIATE THAT. AND ALSO THE LED LIGHTS THAT ARE ALL OUR LIGHTS LED NOW, ALL OUR OVERHEAD COBRA HEADS, THE ONES THAT ARE HIGH UP ON LIKE WOOD POLES, THOSE ARE ALL LED. THE ONES THAT AREN'T ARE LIKE THE, THE ONES ON THE WEST END. 
          WE CALL THEM PEDESTRIAN SCALE LIGHTING. THEY'RE THE STANDARD METAL POLES THAT ARE LIKE 12, 14FT TALL. THOSE ONES ARE STILL HAVE EITHER HIGH PRESSURE SODIUM OR INDUCTION FLUORESCENT BULBS. SO THEY'RE STILL PRETTY HEAVY ENERGY CONSUMERS. SO WE GOT GRANTS TO START CONVERTING THOSE OVER TO LED AS WELL. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. BUT IF WE CAN HAVE IF I CAN HAVE A WRITTEN REPORT, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO GO OVER, YOU KNOW, STEP BY STEP BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, I WAS LISTENING VERY SLOWLY. NO PROBLEM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE DAIS? ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? OKAY. SO THIS
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