1 00:00:04,97 --> 00:00:09,62 Welcome to the Marshall News interview show I'm Elaine kind years and as special 2 00:00:09,63 --> 00:00:16,13 guest today as planned Olson who has been the marshal public service director and 3 00:00:16,14 --> 00:00:19,00 we're all here and what used to be 4 00:00:19,01 --> 00:00:25,50 a cornfield and now it is. Called die and then I'll be at the Red Baron. 5 00:00:26,69 --> 00:00:31,09 Athletic Center and we're out here maybe 6 00:00:31,10 --> 00:00:37,30 a year ago and Lloyd has changed it well I don't even recognize when he's asked OK 7 00:00:37,64 --> 00:00:43,43 this is the A for softball field construction area and you can see that there 8 00:00:44,22 --> 00:00:50,28 everyone is under construction here for the facility you can see that we've got the 9 00:00:50,70 --> 00:00:57,61 the backstops done and we also have some fencing left but the contractor 10 00:00:57,62 --> 00:01:03,56 know we have two major things going on we have the concessions building which is 11 00:01:03,57 --> 00:01:08,79 located the precast concrete walls we are in this here that's the location of the 12 00:01:09,01 --> 00:01:15,36 concessions building for the site. We also have the dugout being 13 00:01:15,37 --> 00:01:21,97 constructed for the ball fields themselves there's eight of these dug go 14 00:01:22,58 --> 00:01:28,100 to for each field and for feel that's a dugong So 15 00:01:29,37 --> 00:01:35,18 a contractor is working in multiple locations whether they're excavating for the 16 00:01:35,19 --> 00:01:41,51 next one or constructing the walls for the OR for this one or 17 00:01:42,43 --> 00:01:48,23 to got several different operations going on behind those here for the various ball 18 00:01:48,24 --> 00:01:55,01 fields. So the contractors working on all those things concurrently we have 19 00:01:55,02 --> 00:02:01,88 another bid coming due this Friday concerning the parking lot. And the 20 00:02:01,89 --> 00:02:05,09 access to the consistency on the. I'll be 21 00:02:05,10 --> 00:02:10,69 a whole separate contract but that's that's being done not only for these ball 22 00:02:10,70 --> 00:02:17,68 fields but for extra parking for the. Red Deer in the arena as well and explore 23 00:02:17,88 --> 00:02:18,94 so that's 24 00:02:19,20 --> 00:02:25,09 a fairly large parking lot it's like one hundred seventy plus spaces handicap 25 00:02:25,10 --> 00:02:31,42 facilities on that parking lot we expect to get most of that done yet this fall 26 00:02:32,19 --> 00:02:36,96 the only thing that may be remaining is the final with the balance ball but we're 27 00:02:36,97 --> 00:02:41,88 not even seeing if we can get that on the whole painting in straightening maybe 28 00:02:41,89 --> 00:02:45,16 next spring but it's quite 29 00:02:45,17 --> 00:02:51,14 a facility it's it's more than you think it will be for just ball fields Yeah the 30 00:02:51,15 --> 00:02:58,15 other really interesting design of this field is you can see where we're standing 31 00:02:58,40 --> 00:03:04,29 we're standing eight ten feet above the ball field so that the spectators that come 32 00:03:04,30 --> 00:03:07,97 and watch the ball games aren't standing right down 33 00:03:07,98 --> 00:03:14,93 a grown level at the at the base level. Of the players down there they can 34 00:03:14,94 --> 00:03:17,09 see above the players right and it's 35 00:03:17,10 --> 00:03:23,92 a real nice to you for the for the people of. The team here there will be 36 00:03:23,93 --> 00:03:29,48 seething here they'll be around the backstop they'll be. 37 00:03:30,60 --> 00:03:36,31 Bleachers really OK all the way around there as well so really huge ball field you 38 00:03:36,32 --> 00:03:42,28 know how people will have all guessed and half yes it is and the main field the 39 00:03:42,29 --> 00:03:47,26 championship field we call it will be the Northeast feel that way way over no 40 00:03:47,27 --> 00:03:54,09 longer way over there and why is it that for looking into the sun generally those 41 00:03:54,10 --> 00:04:00,59 are evening easing games and they want to be sighted that direction rather than at 42 00:04:00,84 --> 00:04:05,21 towards the sun they think every language is. It's really 43 00:04:05,22 --> 00:04:11,38 a special design for these kind of fields Yeah we've got the we've got the grass 44 00:04:11,39 --> 00:04:17,00 starting to grow we've got the irrigation for the ball fields installed in the 45 00:04:17,01 --> 00:04:22,97 operational another interesting thing about these ball fields as well as working 46 00:04:22,98 --> 00:04:28,11 with the high school is that the water for irrigation comes from the storm water 47 00:04:28,34 --> 00:04:33,82 the ten Yeah and that we have rather than using all the water from M.M.U. 48 00:04:33,99 --> 00:04:40,67 Oh I mean we don't need treated water for that so whenever we can we 49 00:04:40,68 --> 00:04:45,66 use the pond water and they have back those downs that we can't use that we can 50 00:04:45,67 --> 00:04:51,53 still use the water well will not use city water unless absolutely necessary that's 51 00:04:51,54 --> 00:04:56,12 very good you know we need to we need to say this wherever we can and certainly 52 00:04:56,69 --> 00:05:00,41 yeah and after we come down to 53 00:05:00,45 --> 00:05:05,49 a foot or two from the pond for what we have done then we've got the. 54 00:05:07,22 --> 00:05:10,54 Engine they have for rain then you've got to and they have beaches 55 00:05:10,55 --> 00:05:16,33 a real rest feel in it right back after so this is the last house on this on 56 00:05:16,34 --> 00:05:22,77 a series of ponds that comes through the eastern side of Tal an OK that our 57 00:05:22,78 --> 00:05:28,01 detention ponds but now we're utilizing some of the water as well and not sending 58 00:05:28,02 --> 00:05:34,78 it all down stream right right wonderful So what is the timeline and 59 00:05:34,79 --> 00:05:41,50 parking lot ready yet this fall Bob Well one of the balls we'll see what all of 60 00:05:41,51 --> 00:05:47,77 them wears suppose it all might be ready this fall mine for next spring they use 61 00:05:47,78 --> 00:05:52,40 Yeah you know I want to get two thousand and seventeen as the opening the need for 62 00:05:52,41 --> 00:05:59,14 the ball field right and yes there will still be some activity going on for maybe 63 00:05:59,15 --> 00:06:05,60 some over seating and some getting ready for for later. And the summers are but 64 00:06:06,40 --> 00:06:11,43 the intention right no weather permitting Yeah it is they have these going for next 65 00:06:11,44 --> 00:06:16,07 spring in the US we're out here for three and 66 00:06:16,08 --> 00:06:19,83 a course the games will start because they were here we've always had games here 67 00:06:20,40 --> 00:06:26,82 and so it's just filler moving you know generation moving the markets and so. We 68 00:06:26,83 --> 00:06:27,47 would be in 69 00:06:27,72 --> 00:06:34,49 a real nice to be. OK we are now on the east of me 70 00:06:34,84 --> 00:06:39,39 at the intersection of the main and the street and we're going to be looking at the 71 00:06:39,40 --> 00:06:46,33 side that we're just recently down on both sides of the move three God that 72 00:06:46,54 --> 00:06:48,74 day I understand there's been 73 00:06:48,75 --> 00:06:54,04 a lot of good comments about him flying on I'm certainly heard people brag you know 74 00:06:54,05 --> 00:06:59,36 how great it is to have half the sidewalks and especially 75 00:06:59,37 --> 00:07:04,56 a couple of Nicole that South Africa they were crying about how wonderful it is not 76 00:07:04,57 --> 00:07:11,40 to have gone along the way well we have an issue with the bill ability of this in 77 00:07:11,41 --> 00:07:16,53 traffic from the don't own district all the way all the high the and those areas 78 00:07:16,54 --> 00:07:22,76 you know all will actually through the summer through things like that so. We would 79 00:07:22,77 --> 00:07:26,76 get the projects and there were several factions that either were in on the 80 00:07:26,77 --> 00:07:29,18 existence or in really bad shape 81 00:07:29,62 --> 00:07:36,30 a few areas have been recently reconstructed so we did the project for the 82 00:07:36,31 --> 00:07:37,93 sidewalks on both sides of 83 00:07:37,94 --> 00:07:44,11 a mean streak that filled me and the areas that were non existant the better the 84 00:07:44,12 --> 00:07:50,17 areas but we did leave some sections that met the requirements already and were 85 00:07:50,22 --> 00:07:57,15 broken up so no it's essentially complete. The see the ng is been done 86 00:07:57,42 --> 00:07:58,25 we have to do 87 00:07:58,26 --> 00:08:04,29 a little cleaning we have to groom them off but we've got nothing but good come in 88 00:08:04,29 --> 00:08:10,19 . Both the condition of them and being able to go back and forth along the sidewalk 89 00:08:10,78 --> 00:08:17,67 so. It is becoming more and more important for people not only could be able 90 00:08:17,68 --> 00:08:24,27 to drive their vehicles on the street but if you want to walk Yeah and and for 91 00:08:24,28 --> 00:08:24,98 A.B.A. 92 00:08:24,98 --> 00:08:31,89 . And family compatibility as well but right but it is for 93 00:08:31,90 --> 00:08:37,75 everyone it is really important to be able to walk don't want to get from one place 94 00:08:37,83 --> 00:08:43,09 to the other it's really good for business it's good for the for the hood Warners 95 00:08:43,10 --> 00:08:49,65 as well and if Amy immediately adjacent to that project you know 96 00:08:49,98 --> 00:08:50,24 is 97 00:08:50,25 --> 00:08:57,40 a major reconstruction project that we've got going on. This is this is the street 98 00:08:57,92 --> 00:09:04,12 and we're going to also go down to the area at the intersection the. Lines 99 00:09:04,99 --> 00:09:11,17 go I think I think it's important to know that we're trying to keep up with me did 100 00:09:11,95 --> 00:09:17,55 you know you deal with the weather is cold water. The foundries sure to. 101 00:09:18,75 --> 00:09:25,65 Increase through your employer to. Reduce the very high 102 00:09:25,66 --> 00:09:31,76 and rainy Yeah. Those are all proven that we need to do when we do 103 00:09:31,77 --> 00:09:38,76 a whole rethink. We were very well with the other utilities in town with them 104 00:09:38,77 --> 00:09:44,89 you and that gas company and then the communication companies were doing 105 00:09:45,19 --> 00:09:49,94 improvements to their systems at the same time right so I think for Bergdahl and 106 00:09:50,28 --> 00:09:54,60 take a look at the next intersection I think can be kind of 107 00:09:54,61 --> 00:10:00,92 a the bright bright side and I just want to add that when you started with all of 108 00:10:00,93 --> 00:10:07,36 their feedback all I hear was that when our son. The high street yeah and hard to 109 00:10:07,56 --> 00:10:14,53 complain you know from the public and then they realize yes town is old enough 110 00:10:14,54 --> 00:10:20,20 we kept it real late and their structures and it's going to be thinner and all that 111 00:10:20,76 --> 00:10:25,68 that plane issue has really died and that that's going on and you know as my street 112 00:10:25,69 --> 00:10:31,68 police complaint Yeah well I get it and then it goes on the line Oh yeah very. 113 00:10:33,61 --> 00:10:39,20 Reasonable way comes to what needs to be done and what the cause is and the city 114 00:10:39,25 --> 00:10:45,11 picks up half of the cars and I mean you picked up one hundred percent of the work 115 00:10:45,12 --> 00:10:49,61 being done on the Water me and the wheat for our department through wriggler 116 00:10:49,62 --> 00:10:55,53 rethink the pick up all the coffee for it but that three tour and all that we have 117 00:10:55,59 --> 00:11:02,27 the form for it to you and your reply you can all go on the stand by that you know 118 00:11:02,51 --> 00:11:09,17 it's not that the public does pay for it they paid. For it in various methods and 119 00:11:09,18 --> 00:11:15,24 then the city and with it the fact that fees for that half of the street only go. 120 00:11:16,79 --> 00:11:20,20 Trying to be approved for a recount but we'll make 121 00:11:20,21 --> 00:11:26,97 a long term investment right in the street reconstruction. You 122 00:11:27,05 --> 00:11:32,31 may say and I. Don't think they're going to rock Little Rock 123 00:11:32,60 --> 00:11:38,95 a planet that are green and not green high and what they're doing is whenever we 124 00:11:38,96 --> 00:11:45,70 replace the street retail you put in green tile underneath the curb if I'm very 125 00:11:45,71 --> 00:11:51,37 curious how Boteach too for that water to green to hold over one of the really old 126 00:11:51,38 --> 00:11:57,90 Goodloe people who vote there are some who are if they want to hook up. To 127 00:11:58,39 --> 00:12:04,98 do with my own mind yeah but it helps keep. The road. I believe 128 00:12:05,09 --> 00:12:10,84 the drawing is why I'm learning so much back and deal with their life such as they 129 00:12:10,85 --> 00:12:17,32 are what are they doing here. So this is the location of the street and the through 130 00:12:17,33 --> 00:12:17,53 Y. 131 00:12:17,54 --> 00:12:22,86 And street where we where you theory were at the intersection of full reconstruction 132 00:12:22,97 --> 00:12:29,51 in every direction from here and I understand that it does create 133 00:12:29,52 --> 00:12:35,23 a problem for the resident living here during the reconstruction is best thing when 134 00:12:35,24 --> 00:12:40,58 we have four inches of rain here but we have it that you can see the contractors 135 00:12:40,66 --> 00:12:42,64 come and really that's 136 00:12:42,65 --> 00:12:48,75 a pretty good job of getting back open to traffic wherever they can they're working 137 00:12:49,29 --> 00:12:50,02 we just saw 138 00:12:50,03 --> 00:12:56,92 a picture of the of the green tile I'm putting in. Can see the new gravel being 139 00:12:56,93 --> 00:13:03,86 hauled in piled up and getting ready for urban gutter. And all this section you 140 00:13:03,87 --> 00:13:09,88 can see the new effects in curbing gutter and lie in street both directions and all 141 00:13:09,89 --> 00:13:16,63 through the brand new sidewalks all the. Way along. The side of one. 142 00:13:17,98 --> 00:13:24,43 Will be connecting that to the street sidewalk as well so it is really. 143 00:13:25,55 --> 00:13:30,95 Russian and the property owners along here this should be their last major 144 00:13:31,03 --> 00:13:37,85 reconstruction the Gulf the life that right we have we we know use plastic that 145 00:13:37,97 --> 00:13:44,80 doesn't need theory you know there might be. Something to crack something to 146 00:13:44,81 --> 00:13:51,25 get movement of the oil. But the main things have to be done with fire. 147 00:13:52,61 --> 00:13:58,72 And we do kind of work he couldn't do anything like that. And they. 148 00:14:02,55 --> 00:14:04,65 Were doing when we saw those things. Yes 149 00:14:04,78 --> 00:14:11,66 a man thing as that was that thing. That there was that what they took out 150 00:14:11,67 --> 00:14:18,59 there and what that for water where it found three restoring OK either one of those 151 00:14:18,60 --> 00:14:24,74 who take those big. Like that and then they get replaced and new bottom for the 152 00:14:24,75 --> 00:14:31,26 implant to go through them properly so I think. We did the whole 153 00:14:31,27 --> 00:14:37,91 reconstruction of the storm sewer along here to increase the size of the layout and 154 00:14:38,68 --> 00:14:44,46 not that there would ever be flooding because you can never bring them all thick 155 00:14:44,47 --> 00:14:49,27 here any rain yeah you've seen the rain own fault or you're right or wrong here 156 00:14:49,28 --> 00:14:54,88 like the owner had when they eat with him the you have in the on the green. You 157 00:14:54,89 --> 00:15:00,06 don't design any of this and for the outside the green for the you do have flooding 158 00:15:00,07 --> 00:15:05,37 and you have to do the very. Old think you've been through like the one in three 159 00:15:05,38 --> 00:15:11,89 Indiana two and three and three so we don't see that there are members plugging. 160 00:15:13,44 --> 00:15:18,77 Into them because they really depend on home with three homes right now with yeah 161 00:15:18,97 --> 00:15:24,39 that's great but I think the contract is coming along we expect to have this 162 00:15:24,49 --> 00:15:31,39 project done this fall OK except for we final with the ground zero again until 163 00:15:31,40 --> 00:15:38,32 next spring. Will how the thieves this fall whether for me yes you know yeah. 164 00:15:39,43 --> 00:15:46,04 Well it's interesting in the end like I said. This started last year. 165 00:15:47,10 --> 00:15:52,30 On the where I live the re the first house for them then was right over there it's 166 00:15:52,31 --> 00:15:56,18 out of God now because we're good they're doing and that's the way with everybody 167 00:15:56,19 --> 00:16:01,45 they are going to have that gap to live through all that construction error but if 168 00:16:01,46 --> 00:16:07,21 it's all that you have to add that and you create. We had to call we didn't want to 169 00:16:07,27 --> 00:16:13,67 put up with the down on the street and the contractor was done hauling gravel. 170 00:16:14,97 --> 00:16:21,04 So we're planning to do the first lift of the asphalt and here's the scene time we 171 00:16:21,05 --> 00:16:28,02 do the final leg of asphalt and he's the one. I think will go back and we're going 172 00:16:28,02 --> 00:16:34,35 . To. OK all right now we're south of second 173 00:16:34,49 --> 00:16:41,03 Street and let's see across from what station Fenix this event is so of 174 00:16:41,63 --> 00:16:48,45 call it's dry. And out there still is they're really doing it's all the way 175 00:16:48,46 --> 00:16:55,24 down to how far or. It's going to George Reed OK 176 00:16:55,49 --> 00:17:01,24 And so this project is total reconstruction again and again some of the some of the 177 00:17:01,25 --> 00:17:05,96 utilities may have been replaced there early on the different projects and mercial 178 00:17:05,97 --> 00:17:12,34 mean this for you till these want to replace an additional section of water main 179 00:17:12,35 --> 00:17:18,27 going so that the there wasn't total reconstruction but they needed to reconstruct 180 00:17:18,80 --> 00:17:23,83 for their water main further than the pool reconstruction area so that's what they 181 00:17:23,84 --> 00:17:28,84 did there covering the cost of that replacements so there weren't any special 182 00:17:28,85 --> 00:17:34,76 assessments for the area that was only him in the you know where you can see it's 183 00:17:34,95 --> 00:17:39,41 a nice. Little neighborhood here with 184 00:17:39,86 --> 00:17:46,31 a lot of residents the but whole reconstruction the streets being replaced 185 00:17:46,62 --> 00:17:52,95 the Sandrine who are where in this very storm water where in the very water mean 186 00:17:52,96 --> 00:17:58,58 we're in this area and even the Vishal part for the water main But these are the 187 00:17:58,59 --> 00:18:05,44 areas that we had discussions with the council about. With the side. Any the 188 00:18:05,45 --> 00:18:11,15 sidewalk should be replaced and we tried the replace them and their least one side 189 00:18:11,16 --> 00:18:16,61 of the street we have one area that we weren't able to do that 190 00:18:16,99 --> 00:18:23,24 a very short. Section of the I believe it was Williams Street that that we just 191 00:18:23,25 --> 00:18:30,07 couldn't get it in so we we took it off that area but this is again we plan to 192 00:18:30,08 --> 00:18:36,13 have this reconstruction done yet this ball contractors been working every day and 193 00:18:36,14 --> 00:18:41,71 trying to get things done you can see some of the soil the high end those aren't 194 00:18:41,72 --> 00:18:48,34 the best so some of the soles has to be hauled away and different soil brought back 195 00:18:48,35 --> 00:18:54,45 in for replacements so it all depends upon what we run into the. 196 00:18:55,59 --> 00:19:01,50 Determines what we have to replace it with. There again if we're able to put in. 197 00:19:03,21 --> 00:19:08,14 The green tile under the curves we do that as well as long as we have 198 00:19:08,15 --> 00:19:14,02 a place to dream that to yeah but here again. In the older neighborhood 199 00:19:14,73 --> 00:19:20,88 needing reconstruction of of the utilities so. Hopefully 200 00:19:21,40 --> 00:19:25,95 hopefully by the end the supreme or the this will be done we will come back here in 201 00:19:25,96 --> 00:19:32,88 the other that's right another storm Yes well we're there sidewalks I'm not on this 202 00:19:33,80 --> 00:19:40,54 street I don't I do not believe there were talking so in these areas from one one 203 00:19:40,55 --> 00:19:44,27 one I you know. Already kind of barrels 204 00:19:44,28 --> 00:19:49,02 a street it does yeah yeah and we have to have more right of way to be able to do 205 00:19:49,03 --> 00:19:54,53 that right yeah well I think out of actually we probably better quit here we've 206 00:19:54,54 --> 00:19:55,09 been on for 207 00:19:55,10 --> 00:20:00,55 a while and and so thank you for taking us around and we're going to be scheduling 208 00:20:00,85 --> 00:20:05,79 many more of these because we you know we really need to get that information out 209 00:20:05,84 --> 00:20:11,19 to the neighborhoods that are either under construction or will be in the future 210 00:20:11,20 --> 00:20:12,32 anyway maybe even look 211 00:20:12,33 --> 00:20:17,22 a little bit of next year yes well that will be back so and thank you for coming 212 00:20:17,23 --> 00:20:18,24 and doing this year old.