Memorandum

City of Lawrence

Public Works Department

 

TO:

Charles F. Soules P.E., Director of Public Works

FROM:

Mark Thiel, Assistant Director of Public Works

CC:

Public Works Staff

DATE:

March 3, 2015

RE:

City Manager’s Report 3/10/2015  –  Public Work’s 7th Annual Engineering Stakeholder’s meeting

 

The Public Works Department held its 7th annual stakeholders meeting on February 25, 2015.

 

This is an opportunity each year to get the stakeholders that work with the Public Works Department together to discuss the past year, the upcoming construction year, grow our partnership, gain input and to provide training on new city items.

 

This year was another successful meeting that included; Updates on the pavement maintenance program progress, Review of the overall pavement condition index (PCI) and deterioration rates, changes to the City of Lawrence combined specification and standard detail books, 2015 CIP, Utility Department and street maintenance plan. An update on how Public Works will advertise and distribute plans and specification on projects through an electronic “plan room”, The Utilities Department gave an update on their 2015 projects as well as general discussion on their specifications.

 

We ended the meeting with a general discussion with the group.

 

We look forward each year to getting together with our partners and will continue this meeting for years to come.

2015 Engineering Stakeholder

 

February 25, 2015

9:00 AM to 11:00 AM

City of Lawrence Indoor Aquatics Center

 

 

  1. Welcome / Introduction (Thiel)
    1. New staff / promotions

                                          i.    Kevin Harris

                                         ii.    Carol Fittell

 

  1. 2014 year in review (Cronin)
    1. 2014 as-built map
    2. Pavement management program progress (Lashley)
    3. Issues / discussion

 

  1. MUTCD – general discussion about what is required (Thiel)

 

  1. 2015 CIP project presentation

 

    1. Utilities (Utility Dept.)
    2. Public Works (Cronin)
    3. Street Maintenance Plan (Lashley)

 

  1. Review of Specification Books (Cronin)

 

    1. Standard Details
    2. ADA ramps / sidewalks
    3. Erosion control (Bond)
    4. Seeding
    5. Temporary
    6. Pavement markings
    7. Street lights (Thiel)
    8. Utility Department – specifications (Utilities)

 

  1. Right of Way Permits – (Thiel)

 

    1. Steve Unfred – primary field person (785) 764-7535 or sunfred@lawrenceks.org
  1. Fiber (Thiel)
    1. Primary contact Kevin Harris (785) 423-3337

 

  1. Plan room update / feedback (Cronin)

 

  1. 2015 Review of standard design criteria (Cronin)

 

  1. General discussion & Closing (Thiel)