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Home My WebLink AboutE-Communicator-City Publications-6/1/20151 Christine Loven From:City of Colleyville <mona@colleyville.ccsend.com> on behalf of Colleyvillle Sent:Saturday, June 6, 2015 3:00 PM To:Christine Loven Subject:Colleyville E-Communicator - June 2015 IN THIS ISSUE Traffic Alert: Lights Malfunctioning at SH 26/John McCain Rd. Streets, Infrastructure a City Priority SH 26 Update: Next Phases of Construction Glade Road Project Update ACM/CFO Announces Departure Splashpad Open Citizen Board and Committee Openings Flooding Closes Sparger Park Playground Early Voting for GCISD Run-off Election Red, White & Sousa Reserved Seating TRAFFIC ALERT: SH 26 @ JOHN MCCAIN ROAD The traffic signal at the intersection of SH 26 and John McCain Road is malfunctioning. According to TxDOT's signal contractor, the construction work going on this weekend at that intersection is interfering with the light's sensors. The light is cycling at 10-second intervals, rather than the standard 30-second intervals, causing significant traffic back-ups. The road work at this intersection is scheduled to go on all weekend-until late Sunday afternoon. TxDOT expects the sensors to be fixed by late today (Saturday), but if the lights continue to malfunction, it will impact traffic in that area. Colleyville police officers are at the intersection to help mediate the situation; however, delays should be expected. Drivers are advised to avoid the area and take alternate routes if possible. 2 Updates on Road Construction & City Projects Latest Colleyville CloseBuy Deals QUICK LINKS CITY OF COLLEYVILLE CITY NEWS PUBLIC MEETINGS JUNE ACTIVITIES Spa-tacular Public Library Tue., June 9, 16, 23, 30 3:30-4:30 p.m. Spy Academy Senior Center* Mon.-Fri., June 15-19 1:00-4:00 p.m. For details, call 817.503.1180. Dodgeball Camp STREETS, INFRASTRUCTURE A CITY PRIORITY In 2006, the city of Colleyville turned 50. Two years later, facing an aging infrastructure, the City Council increased the street maintenance and repair budget to $1 million for the first time. Over the next 10 years, the allocation for streets would be steadily increased until it reached $3 million in 2015, a $600,000 increase over last year, and the highest repair and maintenance allocation in the city's history. Maintaining the city's infrastructure-especially city streets- has been the focus of an ongoing effort at City Hall for years. Colleyville started as a rural, farming community and many of its streets are a reflection of that heritage. Unlike streets in new housing developments, which were designed and built to the engineering standards in effect at the time they were built, many of Colleyville's original roads are "county style" roads. In other words, they "just happened over time." Through the years, rock may have been added to a dirt road to become a gravel road. Later a layer of asphalt would be added to reduce maintenance and provide a smoother surface. In effect, these "county style" roads were never actually built-they simply evolved over time. For many of Colleyville's early years, Tarrant County maintained the city's major roads. Today, the county continues to partner with the city to maintain some roads in Colleyville, primarily by providing crews and equipment. In the past few years, the city has used new technology to better evaluate street conditions, rather than rely on visual assessments. The city has prioritized its maintenance plans to improve some of the worst roads, based on those high- tech assessments. 3 Location: TBA Mon.-Thu., June 29-July 2 9:00 a.m.-Noon For details, call 817.503.1180. Basketball TECH Camp Location: TBA Mon.-Thu., June 29-July 2 Noon-3:00 p.m. For details, call 817.503.1180. Reading & Recreation Sensation activities information for summer available here *Denotes a regular recreation program held at the Senior Center Public Library 110 Main Street 817.503.1150 Senior Center 2512 Glade Road 817.503.1195 Colleyville Recreation 2512 Glade Road 817.503.1180 For a complete listing, visit the city calendar at Colleyville.com. City of Colleyville Streets slated for work this summer include: Pleasant Run Road, from L.D. Lockett to John McCain Road; portions of Cheek-Sparger Road, including from Brown Trail to Bedford Road; Jackson Road to Spring Hollow; and, John McCain Road, from Pleasant Run Road to Shalimar Court. This is in addition to road projects recently completed, currently under construction, or nearing completion, which includes the Jackson/Cheek-Sparger roundabout, Jackson Road rehabilitation, Lavaca Trail rehabilitation, and Pleasant Run Road reconstruction. The city takes a long-term, strategic approach to maintaining streets and roadways, while still managing its available resources. The 2015 budget includes a five-year capital improvement plan or CIP. In 2015, the budget for CIP projects is $24,129,048-including more than $21 million for street projects. SH 26 UPDATE: NEXT PHASES OF CONSTRUCTION At the Pre-Council meeting on May 12, city staff provided an update on the timeframe for construction on the next phases of SH 26. The design consultant is preparing plans for the six-lane configuration of SH 26 Phase II, from John McCain Road to Brown Trail. Those plans are expected to go to TxDOT for review by mid-summer. If all goes well with the TxDOT review, they could award a construction contract by December 2015 and start construction of this section in late spring of next year. At the same meeting, TxDOT told the City Council they project substantial completion of Phase I (currently under construction) by sometime in July. Substantial completion means all travel lanes are complete and functioning in their final configuration. GLADE ROAD PROJECT At the City Council meeting on Tuesday, June 2, council 4 100 Main Street 817.503.1000 Suggestions or Comments? members gave staff approval to move forward with the design of the first phase of the Glade Road Project. This phase was agreed upon last fall and encompasses the roadway between Bransford Road and Manning Drive, about one-fourth of the corridor. It includes construction of roundabouts at both Bransford Road and Riverwalk Drive, realignment of Bedford Road, addressing the sight distance issues at Bluebonnet Drive, and drainage improvements in that section. Additional information on this initial phase will be available as the design process progresses. Construction of the first phase should begin next summer, after the end of the school year to lessen the impact to school traffic. The City Council will discuss work on future phases of the project at worksession later this summer. A date for that worksession has not been set. Agenda Briefing Webcast - PC1 ACM/CFO TERRY LEAKE ANNOUNCES DEPARTURE In July, Colleyville will say goodbye to Assistant City Manager/Chief Financial Officer Terry Leake. She's ending a 24-year career with Colleyville, having served 19 years as financial director (the city's first) and the past five years in the dual role of ACM/CFO. She helped create many of our special districts and played a key role in the merger of the joint Municipal Court for Colleyville and Keller. On her watch, Colleyville achieved a AAA bond rating, one of only a handful of Texas cities with that coveted ranking. Terry has served Colleyville well and we wish her all the best as she starts a new chapter in her life. With Terry's departure, Chris Fuller, currently the executive director over development and infrastructure, will take over as deputy city manager. Police Chief Mike Holder will become assistant city manager/public safety director. He'll continue to serve as police chief. These changes in the organizational structure reflect the complexity of the projects before the city and the services we have to deliver on-and will provide senior oversight of all city operations. SPLASHPAD OPEN The splashpad at McPherson Park is open this summer. Prior to opening, the city had installed low-flow nozzles in the play system. Those nozzles will save more than a quarter of a million gallons of water during the summer season. The City Council has directed staff to install a recirculating chlorination system for the splashpad. That updated 5 system will allow the splashpad to operate, while still conserving water, even during the drought conditions that had closed the splashpad during much of the 2013 season and all of the 2014 season. Work on the new system will be complete before the summer of 2016. The splashpad is located in McPherson Park at 240 West McDonwell School Road. It is open from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., seven days a week. CITIZEN BOARD AND COMMITTEE OPENINGS The Colleyville City Council will be accepting applications from July 1 through Aug. 28, for the following boards, commissions, and committees: * Colleyville Economic Development Corporation * Historical Preservation Committee * Library Board * Metroport Teen Court Advisory Board * Planning and Zoning Commission * Senior Center Advisory Committee * Zoning Board of Adjustment Applications may be accessed at Colleyville.com or obtained from the city secretary's office. Applications should be submitted to the city secretary via email to ashelley@colleyville.com, by fax to 817.503.1139, or by mail to: City of Colleyville City Secretary 100 Main Street Colleyville, Texas 76034 FLOODING CLOSES SPARGER PARK PLAYGROUND The playground at Sparger Park, 4301 Bedford Road, is closed. The safety surface material, which looks like wood chips but is actually made of material that helps prevent injuries, was lost due to flooding in this month's record- setting rains. Playgrounds throughout the area are facing similar circumstances, which has created a backlog among the companies that produce the materials. At this point, the playground closure is expected to last several weeks. GCISD RUN-OFF ELECTION Early voting for the GCISD run-off election is available at City Hall through June 9. Here's the schedule: 6 Saturday, June 6 7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. Sunday, June 7 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Monday-Tuesday, June 8-9 7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. Election Day is Saturday, June 13, from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Bransford Elementary School. RED, WHITE & SOUSA There are still a few tables left for this year's Red, White & Sousa concert. A table for four is $25. (Payment must be made at the time the reservation is made. All reservations and payments must be made at the library.) For information, please call 817.503.1161. General lawn seating is free. Red, White & Sousa happens Friday, June 26, at Colleyville Center, 5301 Riverwalk Drive. This year's event will feature the acclaimed vocal group, The Vocal Majority. Gates open at 6:30 that evening; gourmet food trucks begin serving at that time; and the concert starts at 8:00. UPDATES: ROAD CONSTRUCTION & CITY PROJECTS 7 SH 26 UTILITY RELOCATION PROJECT (City of Colleyville/Utility Franchises) Please send any questions, concerns, or comments to 26@colleyville.com. On the west side of SH 26,from Village Lane south to Glade Road, lane closures are expected from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. every day, while a new water line is placed. On eastbound Glade Road, in the right-turn lane to SH 26, lane closures are expected from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. every day.There's a new water line going in there, too. Expect to see lots of construction work on the west side of SH 26 at the Glade Road intersection. They're boring a 20" steel casing at that location. And, in other boring activity, Atmos will be boring SH 26 at Church Street. SOUTH WHITE CHAPEL BOULEVARD RECONSTRUCTION The city of Southlake has notified us about reconstruction work on White Chapel Boulevard, from the Colleyville border to West Continental Boulevard. The project started on June 1 and has a completion timeframe of mid- to late August 2015, weather permitting. Project construction hours are 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. During those hours, South White Chapel Boulevard will be reduced to one lane of traffic. Delays should be anticipated and drivers should follow directions from traffic control personnel if traveling in the area at those times. CHEEK-SPARGER/JACKSON ROAD ROUNDABOUT The roundabout now is fully functional. Landscaping in the 8 center area is complete. There is minor work still to be done in the area around the roundabout so, for safety reasons, brief lane closures may be warranted to allow crews to complete the project. PONDEROSA LANE/Kingston Addition Improvements Ponderosa Street, Kingston Drive and McCain Lane will be reduced to one lane from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. in some areas. The second course of asphalt concrete has been placed and the contractor is working on backfill of curbs and any necessary grass placement. PLEASANT RUN ROAD PROJECT Crews will start removing the existing paving from Bogart Drive to Colleyville Terrace on Monday, June 8. They'll be placing cement slurry for the stabilized subgrade. Residents on Pleasant Run Road, from Bogart to Colleyville Terrace, as well as the residents in Laurel Oaks, will still be able to access Pleasant Run Road, but it will be limited to one lane. Pleasant Run Road is closed from Mission Lane to Church Street and from Bogart Drive to Church Street. For now, Church Street and Colleyville Terrace will remain open to thru traffic. Entry and exit for residents, mail delivery, trash collection, school buses, and emergency vehicles will be from Church Street. All others should plan to use alternate routes: SH 26 to Hall-Johnson Road then to Bogart Drive or SH 26 to Church Street, then west to Bransford Road or SH 26. WATER FACILITY RENEWAL Area 1 The contractor will be placing a new water line on Frontier Court. The road will remain open. The contactor is also placing water services on Overland Trail. The road will be reduced to one lane in some places at various times. Area 2 The contractor has tested the new water line on Lowrie Road, Reagan Road, and Styles Lane. The contractor will be switching the new service lines to the new water line. Any disruption to water service will be minimal and residents will be notified before any disruption. The contractor will also be doing pavement repairs, but roads will remain open. 9 BUSINESS NEWS The Colleyville CloseBuy program supports local businesses and provides discounts and added value purchasing for Colleyville customers. Get all the details, including how to obtain a complimentary CloseBuy card or to download the app. View discounts by selecting the "DISCOUNT CARD" tab. Colleyville CloseBuy welcomed a new member this week: Tea2Go 5611 Colleyville Blvd. 817.770.4443 Tea2Go's unique tea blends are crafted from some of the highest quality tea leaves and ingredients from around the world to bring their customers the strongest flavors, most options, and greatest health benefits. All at affordable prices. Tea is great for you and should be enjoyed by all! THE CLOSEBUY DEAL: Buy One 32 oz. Tea, Get One 32 oz. Tea for Free New discounts this week: Menchie's Frozen Yogurt 4709 Colleyville Blvd. 817.485.1111 Menchie started mixing when he was only a baby. It quickly became his passion and led him to do what he loves and love what he does: making mixes of yogurt and toppings with his sweet friend. 10 THE CLOSEBUY DEAL: Smiley hour - Buy One, Get One Free - Tuesday through Thursday, 3:00-6:00 p.m. (Offer valid through the end of June) Machelle's Boutique 5611 Colleyville Blvd. 817.393.0082 Machelle's Boutique has a unique array of impressive accessories and stylish women's quality brand clothing for all occasions. THE CLOSEBUY DEAL: Additional 20% off sale merchandise The Attic Resale Boutique 5117 Colleyville Blvd. 817.523.9290 The attic has clothing, accessories, furniture, home décor, kid items & so much more. Finding fabulous deals is our passion and we want to deliver those deals to you! 11 THE CLOSEBUY DEAL: 15% off bedding, linens and all baskets (through June 7) and 15% off all jewelry and purses (Offer valid June 8-14) Forward email This email was sent to cloven@colleyville.com by colleyville@colleyville.com | Update Profile/Email Address | Rapid removal with SafeUnsubscribe™ | Privacy Policy. City of Colleyville | 100 Main Street | Colleyville | TX | 76034