By Mike Danahey mdanahey@stmedianetwork.com @DanaheyECN April 1, 2014 5:06PM

ELGIN A $2.7 million infrastructure project will begin this spring in the Garden Crescent/Royal Street neighborhood on the citys west side.

The city council recently awarded the contract for the work to Orange Crush, LLC of Hinsdale as part of its ongoing Neighborhood Street Rehabilitation Program, which has been around since the 1980s.

The area covered by this project was mostly developed in the 1960s and 1970s and includes Garden Crescent from Wing Street to Royal Boulevard; Royal Boulevard from North McLean to Abbott; Adeline Avenue; Royal Court and Clayton Avenue. In addition, Abbott Drive and Getzelman Drive will be completed after the water department replaces water main under these streets in June.

The work will include the removal and replacement of curb and gutter, sidewalk and drive approaches, the repair of pavement base, pavement grinding and new riding surface of three inches of new bituminous concrete. The project will cover about 2.10 miles of streets and also will include replacing about 1,400 linear feet of deficient storm sewer and minor repairs to sanitary sewers.

In addition to the construction component, advertising and design engineering costs of $234,530 were incurred and construction administration costs of $345,000 will be paid.

Coordinated with the above work, the city council also recently awarded a $748,698 contract for water main replacement along Abbott Drive and Getzelman Drive to J. Congdon Sewer Service, Inc. of Carol Stream.

According to supporting material seeking bid approval, there is a history of a high amount of water main breaks along Abbott Drive and Getzelman Drive, within the street rehabilitation area.

The project will include the replacement of failing water mains with the installation of a 12-inch diameter ductile iron water main along Abbott Drive and an 8-inch diameter ductile iron water main along Getzelman Drive, and replacement of the fire hydrants, valve and services along the route. This project also includes restoration to the pavement and landscape areas affected by the construction. The total length of water main to be replaced is about 3,500 feet.

The Abbott and Getzelman water main project will begin as early as later this week, and is scheduled to be completed in June, Water Operations Engineer Eric Weiss said.

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All this time I thought they played baseball games and then I read this from Mark Kiszla of the Denver Post and find out that Jiminy Christmas! theyre wrestling in gutters!

Thats how Kiszla puts it, anyway, after acknowledging that the Rockies have a hole in center field now that they traded away Dexter Fowler. But never fear: its fighting time:

The Rockies, however, are better off without Fowler.

My choice to play center: Corey Dickerson. You want the Rockies to bring a dirt-bag attitude that can wrestle with the Los Angeles Dodgers in the gutter, then Dickerson is your center fielder.

Kiszla can be forgiven, however, in that hes merely following Walt Weiss lead:

In our sport, more than any other sport, the ability to compete and grind and play with grit is extremely important, because we have to play at the highest level virtually every day for seven months. Theres no other sport like that, Weiss said Monday. The ability to compete through difficult circumstances and still believe you can play up here even when you get beat up by the game The self doubt, even though it does creep in, if you can deal with that and still succeed, its the X factor.

I have no doubt that attitude is a big factor in dealing with a long grind of a season. But if Dickerson couldnt hit the cover off the ball which he did in the minors, at least all the grit in the world isnt going to help him help the Rockies win baseball games. And if he cant handle center field, as opposed to his natural position in left, he can grind all he wants. Hell just be grinding two or three steps short of those balls in the gap which are his responsibility to track down.

Absent extreme attitude deficiencies, which Fowler has never been reported to have, what Dickerson does or Fowler could have done to help the Rockies win are functions of baseball skill and performance, not their gritty-grinding-gutter-wrestling-ways. But hey, if it helps people accept the trade of an otherwise effective player and the installation of a guy who may not be able to handle the position, well, any cliches at hand, I suppose.

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Residents on Kirven Avenue arent happy about incoming sidewalks that might damage several trees at least 50 years old, especially after workers dug trenches near the trees more than once.

The sidewalk is part of the Kirven Avenue Neighborhood Reconstruction project that started in September 2013. This project included the replacement of the existing curb and gutter, the existing street pavement, the storm drainage system, the water and sewer systems and the installation of a new sidewalk. Construction expands through Kirven from W. Marvin Avenue to Sycamore Avenue.

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Gutter left open in the back so it would drain on the roof and not the downspout.

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Residents will need to plan around a major construction project taking place on East Teton Boulevard.

The project, costing $2.57 million, started Monday and encompasses the replacement of the street surface as well as curb, gutter and sidewalk installation from Monroe Avenue to Astle Avenue. Storm drains will also be placed as part of the improvement project. The money paying for the work comes from the sixth-penny tax approved in 2012 and is part of the citys first year of sixth-penny projects.

While the project was under discussion two weeks ago at the Green River City Council meeting, public works department employee Mark Westenskow told the council that only one side of the street is scheduled to receive a sidewalk placement. However, because the city received a good bid for the work, Westenskow says enough money may be left to for sidewalk placement for the other side of the street.

If things go well, we may be able to get some sidewalk on the other side, Westenskow said.

A number of city-owned facilities are located within the projects boundaries. Access to the citys public works building, recycling center, fire department training tower, animal control facility, rodeo arena and wastewater treatment facility will be impacted during the construction work, though detours will be available.

A detour through the Veterans Park on Monroe Ave. provides access to public works, rodeo arena, recycling center and training tower while an detour near the animal control building will lead to the horse corrals, waste water treatment facility, RV dump and the citys water salesman. Additionally, work will stop during the Overland State Stampede Rodeo, which takes place June 6 and 7.

Lewis and Lewis, the contractor for the project, has six months to complete the work, however a memo from the citys public works department states the project is expected to conclude in early July.

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Dust, pedestrian access, and signage issues, and the potential of summer street work, are among the topics expected to be addressed on Wednesday in a morning meeting about the downtown Urban Renewal Project.

The community is invited to attend the meeting, at 8 a.m. at City Hall, Second and State streets.

City Public Works and representatives of the contractor, Crestline Construction, will give a project status update and listen to concerns, according to Gary Lindemyer, project inspector with public works.

The city will provide information on important dates and on the planned construction of public restrooms at Third and State streets.

Work will start soon on the restrooms, for which the city has budgeted $220,000 from the Urban Renewal budget.

The city and contractor will also discuss the possibility of continuing sidewalk work through the summer.

The way it is now, we wont finish the curb and gutters west to Sixth Street, by June 1, the contractual deadline completing the work, Lindemeyer said.

The contractor is only allowed to have minimal activity during the summer months, and we have always interpreted minimal activity to include curb and gutter and doing sidewalk work, but we want to make sure we get input from the businesses that are affected before we continue that work, Lindemyer said.

No streets would be closed, and were looking at working on a block at a time and only one side of the street at a time, during summer curb and gutter work, he said.

The alternative is to delay until after Labor Day the installation of the curbs, gutters and sidewalks from Third to Sixth.

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Normally, most sane Londoners recognise snow for what it is - a cold, slippery pest that ruins train travel, turns pavements into death traps and eventually lurks in the gutter, grey and melting.

However, a select group of kids and adults in London were today offered a solution to the capital's first snowless winter for 12 years with the launch of a unique 'Adopt a Snowman' pop-up stand that allowed them to walk away with their very own frozen friend.

With temperatures already soaring following the wettest winter on record, the first-of-its-kind installation - located near Covent Garden - ensured snow-lovers didn't miss out on what many consider an important and traditional winter pastime, playing with a snowman.

Visitors to the pop-up left with their own snowman inspired by characters in the Disney movie Frozen, complete with their very own adoption papers and traditional attire. And with the thermometer tipping nearly 20 degrees, each snowman came with an insulated carry case to avoid puddles on the bus.

We're betting that the snowmen didn't last beyond lunchtime. But we hope their owners had a good time with them until they succumbed.

The initiative, which took place on the last day of winter, was created by Walt Disney Home Entertainment to celebrate the upcoming release of the double Academy Award winning filmFrozen.

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EagleView Technologies, Inc., a leading technology provider of aerial imagery, data analytics and GIS solutions, introduces the GutterReport, an EagleView measurement report designed specifically to help with the sales, marketing and installation of gutter systems.

The new GutterReport supplies contractors with the measurements needed to prepare an estimate for gutter replacement or repair jobs, explained Rishi Daga, EagleView executive vice president of commercial sales. The report gives the contractor confidence that their gutter estimate will be on target due to the technology of EagleView.

The report is offered on both commercial and residential properties and provides eave measurements, downspout and miter corner count, as well as total number of stories by direction. The customized cover page and color photos of the property turn the report into a professional presentation tool that can lead to increased sales closing rates and positions contractors as innovative business practitioners.

The GutterReport is available now and can be ordered online at http://www.eagleview.com or through EagleViews mobile applications for smart phones and tablets.

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CITY OF BLAINE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE BLAINE CITY COUNCIL ANOKA COUNTY PARTIAL RECONSTRUCTION OF JEFFERSON STREET FROM 125TH LANE TO NORTHERN CITY LIMIT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT NO. 13-18 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: NOTICE is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Blaine, Minnesota, will meet on Thursday, April 3, 2014, at 8:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers at the City Hall, 10801 Town Square Drive NE to consider the making of the following improvement: Spot concrete curb and gutter replacement, installation of concrete sidewalk, storm sewer structures, asphalt surface, traffic control signage, striping, and appurtenant construction. The property to be assessed pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 429, for such improvement, is within the following described area: Jefferson Street from 125th Lane to Northern City Limits The estimated total cost of such improvement is $938,150. A reasonable estimate of the assessment cost will be available at the hearing. Such persons as desire to be heard with reference to the proposed improvements will be heard at this meeting. Hearing impaired persons planning to attend who need an interpreter or other persons with disabilities who require auxiliary aids should contact Rebecca Olson at (763) 785-6120 no later than March 28, 2014. For questions regarding the proposed project, contact Assistant City Engineer, Dan Schluender, 763-785-6158. DATED: March 13, 2014 Jane M. Cross, CMC, City Clerk Published in the Blaine/Spring Lake Park Life March 21, 28, 2014 188345

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