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HAMMITT Bob From: REINHARD Dave N To: ANDERSEN Chris F; LYLE Les A Cc: HAMMITT Bob; MEDLIN Johnny R; JONES Eric R; FERGUSON Joe M; LANKSTON Jeff; McNEEL Gary A; LUDEKE Gary L Subject: RE: Babe Ruth facility Date: Tuesday, December 23, 1997 8:40AM Thanks, Les. Gary McNeel is our division's point person on this one. One comment: Since this is not a residential development, I guess the Local Street Plan requirement for connectivity would not strictly apply, so perhaps a cul de sac (or two) serving the area could work. I think the most important thing regarding the street layout aspect of this project is to look at the big picture, decide what the best layout would be to serve the ballfield complex AND, hopefully, also serve the larger area if that is possible, e.g. by some type of thru street. If it turns out that there has to be a lot of on- street parking and the street is really only meant to serve as pure access to the balifields, then maybe a non -thru arrangement would be better. From: LYLE Les A To: ANDERSEN Chris F Cc: HAMMITT Bob; MEDLIN Johnny R; JONES Eric R; FERGUSON Joe M; LANKSTON Jeff; REINHARD Dave N Subject: RE: Date: Tuesday, December 23, 1997 8:30AM Priority: High Sorry I didn't see this note before we met. As I mentioned something had gone wrong with my PC on Friday and several messages did not appear. I tried to stop by late yesterday but you were on the phone. So, here's what's happening. I will send you a summary note that Eric put together regarding the current status. Basically Eric has gotten involved due to Jim's and Steve's desire to have some sort of public unveiling in mid- January. To date John Etter has been doing some site work regarding street layout which we have yet to see. I have asked for a meeting with Maint., Engineering, Trans. staff to make sure that what John is proposing is consistent with the other goals and policies besides parks planning. What I understand is John is proposing a two cul -de -sac approach with parking in between. Jeff, Joe and I have been talking about timing. If we can reach some satisfaction in early January that the street layout is acceptable, then there is a slim chance we can get a design done and combine the project with Barger and School street LID. That is what Steve C. would like to see due to economy of scale. May also benefit us in getting approval of the overall LID. However, I don't want the timing to jeopardize the primary objective of getting school street and Barger completed prior to school starting which means bidding in late January, early Feb. Jeff is looking at the schedule, backing in all the milestones and will let me know what our drop dead date is on the park site. I think we have some other options to combine it with other projects in the area. We also need to make sure we don't end up compromising the construction by having too many contractors in the same area trying to get their pieces completed at the same time eg school street, park roads, ball field construction. So, that's were we are at this moment. We will try to make as much happen as we can but timing is really tight at this late date. We had asked Jim to pull this all together by early Nov. but obviously has not happened. Thoughts ?? Thanks Les L From: ANDERSEN Chris F To: LYLE Les A Date: Friday, December 19, 1997 1:21 PM Les, When we get together on Mon one of the items we need to discuss is roads for the Babe Ruth complex and where we are with the County. I am concerned about timing, expectations, staff constraints and probably a few other things. Chris Page 1