12. PUBLIC NOTIFICATION
10-Day Notifications – Before Contractor begins any work, all residents and businesses on each street affected by the work shall be notified in writing, at least ten (10) calendar days in advance.
This notification will provide general information about the project, approximate range of dates on when construction will take place, time of work, Contractor’s name and phone number and any other pertinent information for residents.
Technical Specification Page 38 (882 of 980 Wildomar City Council Agenda Packet for September 10, 2014)
CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN WHY WE BOTHERED TO HAVE A CONTRACT
This notice was received by residents on November 14, 2014
15 DAYS AFTER THE CRACK SEALING WAS ? (I would like to say completed but that would be a lie)
72-Hour Notifications – The Contractor is responsible for delivering City supplied door hangers (or Contractor’s equivalent form approved by the Engineer) PRIOR to resurfacing operations.
Notification will require dates, times and other pertinent information regarding the project to be filled in by the Contractor and as directed by the Engineer.
The Contractor is responsible for providing a phone number on the notice that can be reached after hours and on weekends by resident and businesses to answer their concerns.
72-Hour Notifications to affected residents and businesses shall be delivered a minimum of 72-hours prior to resurfacing operations.
Technical Specification Page 39 (883 of 980 Wildomar City Council Agenda Packet for September 10, 2014)
13. CLEARING AND GRUBBING
Contractor shall remove all objectionable material from within the area required for resurfacing.
Objectionable material shall include, but not limited to roots, brush, grass, weeds, pavement material and debris and other related materials. Objectionable material shall be removed from the right-of-way and shall be transported and properly disposed of off-site. All cost charges and fees shall be the responsibility of the Contractor.
Technical Specification Page 39 (883 of 980 Wildomar City Council Agenda Packet for September 10, 2014)
Areas such as this can be found all over the streets listed in Appendix B.
20. BASE REPAIR – REMOVE AND REPLACE WITH AC, TYPE A (6” DEPTH)
Base repair areas designated for removal and replacement are listed under “Location of Proposed Improvements” in Appendix B.
(Appendix B is available in a previous post WILDOMAR INSPECT THYSELF)
The contractor shall remove the existing asphalt concrete pavement and underlying base to the depth of six (6) inches, or as directed by the Engineer and backfill the resultant excavation with Asphalt Concrete, Type A.
Technical Specification Page 43 (887 of 980 Wildomar City Council Agenda Packet for September 10, 2014)
In addition to Appendix B the contractor has marked sections of roadway to be repaired before slurry sealing ?
Example of a marked area.
Same road less than 100 feet away in the project area.
24. SLURRY SEAL, TYPE II
Preparation of Surface
Immediately prior to applying the slurry, the Contractor shall clean the street surface and lip of gutter joints of all loose material, silt spots, vegetation, and any other matter, which may adversely affect the adherence of the slurry to the existing pavement.
Such a wonderful job was done during the crack sealing phase.
The Contractor shall be responsible for sweeping all streets with a mechanical power broom immediately prior to sealing. The Engineer may require particularly dirty streets to be flushed with water. The Engineer must approve all flushing operations. The Contractor shall be
responsible for cleaning sidewalks and driveways soiled by flushing operations.
Technical Specification Page 50 – 53(894 – 897 of 980 Wildomar City Council Agenda Packet for September 10, 2014)
Placing
The slurry seal shall not be placed when the existing pavement or air temperature is below 55 degrees Fahrenheit (15 degrees C) and falling, or during unsuitable weather, but may be applied when both pavement and air temperature are above 45 degrees Fahrenheit (7 degrees C) and rising.
The joint between the pavement and the PCC gutter shall be sealed with slurry seal.
A straight-line cut-off shall be obtained by laying down a strip of building paper or other approved material. The Contractor shall remove such paper and any excess slurry after application of the slurry. Edge limits of the slurry on both sides of the street shall be maintained
in a neat and uniform line.
NOTHING ELSE IN THIS TOWN IS STRAIGHT SO WHY SHOULD THIS
The Contractor shall be responsible for one (1) sweep approximately one week after placement of slurry seal and final sweep approximately three–four weeks after placement of slurry seal.
Technical Specification Page 54 (898 of 980 Wildomar City Council Agenda Packet for September 10, 2014)
This timely and well documented blog by Ken Mayes has brought him into the line of fire sort of speak on local blogs and new media. All because he dares to speak up about this terribly mismanaged project.
Some cowardly and misguided soul using the pseudonym “Freedom” is in full scale attack mode on the Lake Elsinore-Wildomar Patch.
“Freedom” is an alias for someone who likes to attack people from behind the safety or anonymity of their computer screen. Anyone who doesn’t agree with his/her’s every opinion and dares to speak out about the serious mistakes the City of Wildomar continues to make is in for a mean, nasty response. This person is so besotted or infatuated with certain Wildomar city officials that they are completely blinded to the city’s mismanagement and repeated mistakes.
Freedom displays absolute stupidity in his/her’s inability to recognize the city’s ineptitude and lack of practical oversight of the current road work and most other major projects.
Citizens in a democracy are supposed to exercise oversight of the running of their local government. They have a duty to recognize mismanagement and waste of taxpayers’ money and to speak out against negligence and the mishandling of the people’s money.
This road work project is a prime example of the City of Wildomar’s failure to provide adequate management and oversight to ensure the work we are paying for is done according to the terms of the contractual agreement. That is NOT being done, and people need to speak out and demand a better performance on the part of city officials.