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RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
âś“Public Works Committee
October 17, 1983
Committee:
Attending:
Also Attending:
Absent:
Chairman Dannels, Trustees Houston and Wagner
Chairman Dannels, Trustee Wagner
Mayor Tregent Trustees Hix and Graves, Town
Administrator Hill, Public Works Director
Widmer, Clerk Jensen
Trustee Houston
HIGHWAY DEPT. - INPUT TO 5-YEAR PLAN THROUGH LARIMER COUNTY:
In a letter dated September 26, 1983, Larimer County submitted a list
of its requests to the State Highway Department in 1982, and requested
comments from the Town for 1983. The following Estes Park area projects
are included on the list:
Priority #10 -
Lake Road.
Priority #12 -
of U. S. 34
Priority #13 -
Priority #17 -
Priority #18 -
Signalization at U. S. Hwy. 36 and Mary's
U. S. 34 East of Estes Park to intersection
and U. S. 36.
U. S. 36 and State Highway 7 intersection.
U. S. 36 from Lyons to Estes Park.
State Highway 7 from Meeker Park to Estes Park.
The Committee recommends requesting that Larimer County place the
following State Highway projects on the list as Estes Park priorities
one, two and three:
Priority # 1 - Begin construction of State Highway 7 from the
intersection of Highways 36 and 7 to the Town limits.
Priority # 2 - Expand U. S. 34 to three lanes from the existing
two lanes east of Estes Park to the intersection of U. S. 34
and 36.
Priority # 3 - Redesign the intersection of U. S. 36 and State
Highway 7.
BRIDGE INVENTORY - REINSPECTION:
In a letter dated September 30, 1983, the State Department of Highways
stated that the bridge inspection and inventory program should be
budgeted totally with local funds. The Inspection Program began in
the fall of 1979 and has a two-year maximum inspection interval as
defined by the U. S. Congress in the Surface Transportation Act of
1978. The cost to inventory and reinspect the Town bridges would be
approximately $900-$1,000. Two new bridges need to be added to the
inventory and we are past the two-year interval for reinspecting the
old bridges. The Committee recommends the Public Works Department
go ahead with the bridge inventory and reinspection sometime this fall.
JOINT FUEL BID WITH LARIMER COUNTY:
Larimer County contacted the Town with regard to a joint effort to
bid on fuel. The Town currently bids every few months when we are
out of fuel, which takes time and the price fluctuates. A joint fuel
bid could save money. The Committee recommends that the Town participate
in the joint fuel bid.
REPORTS:
Hospital Street Paving - in a letter dated September 22, 1983, Elizabeth
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Knutsson Hospital Administrator Jensen stated that the Board of Directors
decided not to assume the financial responsibility for construction
of the street extension of Prospect Avenue.
Virginia Drive Fence - The fence along the sidewalk on Virginia Drive
adjacent to the Park Lane Building has been installed.
Street Improvement Projects are under way.
The Town took delivery on the new 1982 Ford 700 Dump Truck with plow
and sander.
The Public Works Department negotiated a price for removal of the
wheel -chair ramp on Elkhorn Avenue in front of the Estes Park
Hardware Store at a cost of $625.00.
West Riverside Park Phase III - is almost complete.
Riverfront Park - The first design workshop was held on Friday, October
14, 1983. The next meeting will be held on Monday, October 24th, at
10:30 a.m. in the Board Room. The Public Works Commitee and Town Board
are invited to attend.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned.
Ann E. JenTown Clerk