Capital Improvement and Maintenance Plan 2004-2006

Summary

The attached information was developed with input from the Public Works, Parks and Recreation, and Utilities Departments. Responsibility for maintaining public facilities in downtown Lawrence involves operations from a number of City departments and there has been a history of coordination and cooperation as projects are planned and completed. Examples include scheduling street resurfacing projects as sanitary sewer replacement projects are completed, along with replacing waterlines and storm sewer pipes when streets are excavated for sanitary sewer improvements.

This short-term (2004-2006) Capital Improvement and Maintenance Plan has been developed to provide direction to departments involved in coordinating infrastructure projects in the downtown area. It is important to note that this is a plan, not a budget, and that revenue availability will be a major consideration in the actual scheduling of projects identified in the plan.

Utilities Department

Downtown Lawrence Waterline Rehabs 2004-2006

2004*

1. Vermont Street, 9th to 11th, replace existing 12-inch line
2. 10th Street, Tennessee to New Hampshire, replace existing 12-inch line
3. 11th Street, Tennessee to Massachusetts, replace existing 12-inch line

2005

1. West 6th Street, Tennessee to Massachusetts, replace existing with 16-inch, 12-inch, 8-inch lines
2. Massachusetts Street, 6th to 7th, replace with existing 12-inch line
3. 7th Street, Massachusetts to New Hampshire, replace existing with 8-inch line

2006

1. New Hampshire Street, 8th to 9th, replace existing with 12-inch line
2. Massachusetts Street, 7th to 9th, replace existing with 12-inch line
3. Massachusetts Street, 9th to 11th, replace existing with 12-inch line

Recently completed projects

1. New Hampshire, 6th to 8th Street
2. New Hampshire, 9th to 11th Street
3. Vermont, 6th to 9th Street
4. 8th Street, Kentucky to New Hampshire
5. 9th Street, Kentucky to New Hampshire
6. E. 11th Street, Massachusetts to New Hampshire

*Note: Currently, engineering plans are being prepared for these projects.

Public Works Department

1. Alley replacement/reconstruction
• 600 Block - Massachusetts to Vermont
• 900 Block - Massachusetts to Vermont
• 1000 Block - Massachusetts to Vermont
• 700 Block - Massachusetts to New Hampshire
• 800 Block - Massachusetts to New Hampshire
• 1000 Block - Massachusetts to New Hampshire
2. Resurface Massachusetts - 6th to 11th Street and selected crosswalks
3. Replace catch basins - 8 metal mouth catch basins
4. Curb/gutter repair 1000 feet
5. Sidewalk repair 250 feet (along public property)*
6. Electrical systems in planters, light poles, conduit boxes (installed in 1970's)
7. Replace light/meter poles along Massachusetts Street

Recently Completed Projects

1. Replaced several brick crosswalks
2. Repair trash enclosures
3. 800 Block - Vermont
4. 900 Block alley - Massachusetts to Vermont
5. Completed 200 feet of curb repair
6. Completed 300 feet of sidewalk repair
7. Completed four handicap ramps

*Note: Currently being repaired on Vermont, 10th to 11th, east side by parking lot

Parks and Recreation Department

1. Replace four remaining drinking fountains
2. Bench replacement program
• Add additional benches where appropriate
3. Tree replacement of 15-25 each year
4. Rebuild/replace bus stop on northwest corner 9th and Massachusetts
5. Maintenance projects:
• Increase seasonal color in mid-block and corner planters (Irrigation required in these areas)
• Curb and sidewalk repair
• Remove/replace brick walls in New Hampshire and Vermont parking lots
• Upgrade electrical services in planters
6. Replacement programs for meter/light poles (installed in 1970's) along Massachusetts Street
7. Enlarge tree planters in 600 Block of Massachusetts

Recently Completed Projects

1. Installed irrigation in the parking lot south of City Hall
2. Installed drip tube in a number of shrub beds in downtown parking lots
3. Installed new irrigation and landscape at the Lawrence Arts Center
4. Replaced four drinking fountains
5. Painted light poles on the 600 to 800 blocks of Massachusetts Street
6. Replaced a number of trees on Massachusetts Street and other downtown locations (planted 55 trees, 208 shrubs, 100 perennials, 600 tulips, 169 mums)