Department of Public Works

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Department of Public Works

• TOWN OF MAMMOTH LAKES

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Department of Public Works

• Responsible for the Operation and Maintenance of
  Town Owned Infrastructure, Facilities, and
  Equipment
• Update and Implement the Capital Improvement
  Program
• Update and Implement Land Development Standards
• Three Operating Divisions with 27 Full-time Staff
  Members
• Mono County Local Transportation Commission and
  the Town Mobility Commission
• Interagency Coordination

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Goals and Objectives

• Provide the Highest Level of Service at the Most
  Competitive Price
• To Work Collaboratively Both Inside and Outside
  the Organization for the Purpose of Achieving the
  Communitys Goals as Expressed in the General
  Plan
• To Be the Organization of Choice for Our
  Customers, Our Community and Our Employees

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Public Works Operating Divisions

• Engineering Services
• Garage Services
• Street Maintenance

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Organizational Chart
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Public Works Engineering
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Engineering Services

• Development

• Grading, Improvement and Encroachment Permits
• Final Tract Map and Parcel Map Review
• Lot Line Adjustments
• Floodplain Management
• Public and Private Facilities Easements
• Right-of-Way Dedications and Vacations
• Inspection Services for Public and Private
  Projects
• Contract Review Services Town Surveyor, Outside
  Plan Checking
• Engineering Review of Planning and Building
  Applications
• Inyo Mono Interregional Water Management Plan
• Quarterly Utility Coordination Meetings
• Staff Support for Planning Commission

• 3 Fulltime

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Engineering Services

• Development

• Magnolia Lodge

• Lincoln House

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Engineering Services

• Capital

• Professional Engineering and Design Services
• Professional Services Procurement
• Project Management
• Construction Management
• Construction Contract Documents
• Grant Writing
• Special Districts
• Traffic Engineering
• LVMM Site (Airport Pit)

• 4 Fulltime

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Projects
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Ice Rink Multi-Use Facility

• Phase 1 Included Construction of Parking Lot,
  Driveway, Underground Utilities, Ticket Booth and
  Restroom Building, Garage, and Chiller
• Grading for Temporary Setup and Retaining Walls
• Budget 3.7M (To Date 1.8M, includes MMSA DIF
  Credit of 563K)
• Construction July 2007 Fall 2008 (Phase 1)

• Can Anybody Play?

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Ice Rink Multi-Use Facility

• Preparing for 08-09 Winter Season

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Lake Mary Road

• Class 1 Bike Path From Minaret Road to Horseshoe
  Lake with Pavement Rehabilitation and Rock
  Retaining Walls
• Budget 12.7M
• Construction May 2007 Fall 2009

• New Rock Wall and Roadway

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Lake Mary Road

• New Bike Path Tunnel

• Length 200 feet
• Diameter 16 feet
• Trail Width 12 feet

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Main Path Segment 4B(Aspen Village)

• Connects Mammoth Creek Park to Waterford Avenue
• Converted Overhead Utilities and Installed
  Drainage Improvements in OMR
• Budget 1.3M
• July 2006 Fall 2006

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Main Path Segment 4B(Aspen Village)

• View Looking West

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Main Path Segment 4B(Aspen Village)

• View Looking East

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Welcome Center Plaza

• Construction of Paver Plaza Between New Welcome
  Center and USFS Offices
• Plaza will Provide Setting for Future
  Interpretive Displays
• Budget 80,000 (Privately Funded)
• Construction Summer 2008

• Southwest View

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Maintenance Facility Expansion

• Added 2,750 s.f. in Two Bays to the East End of
  the Existing Maintenance Facility
• Safe Environment for Hard Facing Chains During
  the Winter Months
• OSHA Compliance
• Budget 1.3M
• Construction May 2007 July 2008

• Northeast View

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Transit Facility

• Property Acquired November 2006
• 3,600 s.f. Office Remodel
• Included Accessible Restrooms, Electrical Work,
  New Energy Efficient Windows, Exterior Lighting
  and Parking Lot Rehab
• Budget Property 4.2M, Facility Upgrade 320K
• Construction June 2007 November 2007

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Airport Terminal Project

• Conversion of Existing Maintenance Building into
  Commercial Aviation Terminal
• Exterior Work Accessible Walkways, Covered Entry
  Canopies, Improved Storm Drain, Deicing
  Containment, Plaza and Luggage Canopy
• Interior Work Everything
• Budget 1.9M
• Construction May 2008 September 16, 2008

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Airport Terminal Project

• What a Difference a Few Months Can Make

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Airport Terminal Project

• May to September

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Other Projects

• Mammoth Lakes Public Safety Facility
• Main Street South Frontage Road Rehab
• Main Street North Frontage Road Rehab
• Main Street Traffic Signals
• Airport Access Road
• Lower Canyon Blvd
• Meridian Blvd
• Lakeview Road
• Airport Runway 9-27 Reconstruction
• Airport Runway 9-27 Utility Relocations
• Scenic Loop Rehab Coordination with FHWA
• Upper Lake Mary Road Rehab Coordination w/FHWA

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Grant Funding

• Planning Grant to prepare a Town wide
  Transportation Demand Management Plan
• California Resources Agency Lake Mary Road Bike
  Path supplemental and interpretive funding
• Caltrans Safe Routes To School Sidewalk from
  Sierra Park Road to Main Street
• Caltrans Bicycle Transportation Account Class
  1 Bike Path from Sierra Park and Meridian
  Boulevard through the college to the Mammoth
  Lakes Main Path
• Caltrans/FHWA Public Lands Highway funds Lake
  Mary Road Bike Path supplemental funds
• Caltrans/FHWA Public Lands Highway funds --
  Mammoth Welcome Center and Visitors Bureau
  Administrative Offices Phase 2 -- Interpretive
  Plaza and Photovoltaic

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Grant Funding

• Caltrans/FHWA Public Lands Highway funds
  Mammoth Lakes Trail Master Plan Update
• Caltrans/FHWA Public Lands Highway funds
  Intersection of Minaret Road and Forest Trail
  Round-a-bout
• Caltrans RTP Augmentation Canyon Boulevard
  Rehab and drainage project
• Caltrans RTP Augmentation Meridian Boulevard
  Rehab supplemental funding
• Caltrans RTP Augmentation Main Street
  Signalization Project
• Caltrans STIP Augmentation for the acquisition of
  Right Of Way for the Southerly Mammoth Yosemite
  Airport Access Road

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Grant Funding

• Caltrans STIP for the extension of Tavern Road
  through the MCFLEX parcel
• Caltrans STIP for road rehabilitation and
  sidewalk on the North Frontage Road
• Caltrans TE Scenic Loop Class 2 Bike Lanes (to
  be constructed with FHWA rehab)
• Caltrans Highway Safety Enhancement Lakeview
  (voodoo chute) ice melt system
• FHWA Rural Safety Improvement Program
  Variable Electronic Speed Limit Signs
• Caltrans Highway Safety Improvement Program
  Main Street Sidewalks

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Grant Funding

• Engineering Staff Applied for 18 Grants during FY
  2007-08
• Total Grant Value of 19,889,500
• Town Awarded Funds on 9 of 18
• Total Value of Grants Awarded 9,714,500
• Total Match for Grants Awarded 694,000 (7)
• Approx Cost in Staff Time 70,000

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Caltrans Process
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Traffic Monitoring Helps Prevent Confusion .
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Traffic Monitoring Program

• Speed Surveys
• Turning Movement Studies
• Traffic Volume Counts
• Cut-Through Traffic Analysis
• Traffic Management Plan

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Speed Surveys

• 2008 Speed Surveys
• Meridian Blvd
• Old Mammoth Rd
• Forest Trail
• Minaret Rd
• Lakeview Blvd
• Canyon Blvd
• Mono Street

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Turning Movement Studies

• 2008 Turning Movement Studies
• Meridian Blvd and Old Mammoth Rd (winter and
  summer)
• Meridian Blvd and Azimuth
• Meridian Blvd and Sierra Park Rd

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Traffic Volume Counts

• 2008 Traffic Volume Counts
• North Village Area
• Hot Creek Hatchery Rd
• Meridian Blvd
• Sierra Valley Sites (Mono, Manzanita, Joaquin,
  Lupin)
• Sherwin Creek Rd
• Lake Mary Rd
• Mammoth Scenic Loop
• Annual Town-Wide study using permanent count
  stations

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Cut-Through Traffic Analysis

• 2008 Cut-Through Traffic Studies
• Forest Trail
• Manzanita Rd

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Public Works Garage Services
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Garage Services

• 6 Fulltime

• Garage Operations Include
• Purchase, Repair and Maintain the Towns Vehicles
  and Equipment
• Approximately 275 Vehicle and Equipment Assets
• Weed Whackers to Street Sweepers and Kodiak Snow
  Blowers
• Garage Staff plays an Active Role in Snow Removal
  Operations
• CARB Compliance 40 by 2010, 100 by 2017
• Provide Services to Outside Agencies

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Garage Services

• Maintenance Contracts
• MUSD Buses, vehicles and Equipment
• Mono County MONET Vehicles
• Mono City Fire Fire Apparatus
• MLFPD Fire Apparatus and Equipment
• ESTA/Town Trolleys and Buses

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Garage Services
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Garage Services

• Parts Department
• Stock and Maintain a Complete Parts Department
• Inventory Value of Approximately 350,000
• Lawn Mower Parts to Snow Blower Pumps

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Public Works Maintenance
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• Road Crew 1984

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• High Sierra Weekend, January 1993
• Todd Murphy in the Cab
• Chris Comeau Standing on the Left

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• Sherwin Creek Road January 1993

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Maintenance

• 14 Fulltime and 4 Seasonal

• Maintenance Operations Include
• Snow Removal
• Street Repair Patching, Painting and Road Rehab
• Traffic Signal and Street Light Maintenance
• Sign Removal and Replacement
• Storm Drain Maintenance
• Building Maintenance
• Special Projects Town Hall Remodel
• Janitorial Services Town Hall, Transit
  Shelters, Community Center, Police Station and
  TR Admin Offices

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Winter Maintenance

• Snow Removal Operations

• 6 Balderson Blades (1 backup)
• 4 Kodiak Blowers (1 backup)
• 2 Plow Trucks
• Storm Cycle Staffing is on 12-hour shifts Noon
  to Midnight

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Winter Maintenance

• Night Shift Operation
• NV, Upper Canyon, OMR, Main Street Frontage
  Roads, Community Center and Park and Ride
• Requires 6 Blades, 4 Blowers
• Day Shift Operation
• Normally Run 4 Blades, 2 Blowers

• One Blower on Day Shift for 2008-09 Winter
• Move Staff to Night Shift
• Extend Time to Complete Blowing Operation

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Blower Operation
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Summer Maintenance

• Road Rehab Program
• The Goal of the Road Rehab Program is to Improve
  the Towns Road Network and Reduce Deferred
  Maintenance Costs
• Maintain Pavement Condition Index of 70-100 (Good
  to Excellent)
• Council has Steadily Increased Funding Since FY
  2005-06
• Prop 1B funding of 280,000 FY 2008-09

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Department of Public Works

• TOWN OF MAMMOTH LAKES