News and notes from the Nov. 28 regular meeting of Estevan city council.
Council received correspondence from Associated Engineering about a proposal for a drainage study for industrial/commercial property in Estevan.
The land in question is located north of Devonian Street and was recently annexed by the City. The study will confirm how the development of the property will affect drainage for existing landowners and whether there is adequate drainage for development of the property.
The cost of the study is $24,800 plus taxes.
Council also received a memorandum from public works manager Mark Sture regarding a proposal for the installation of traffic signs in the city.
Acting upon a request from council, Sture reviewed the current practice of traffic sign installation and then developed a proposed practice that is designed to reduce the time frame between request and installation.
Sture said after beginning work with the City, he noted that all signs receive the same level of priority with regards to installation. He added crews install missing signs when they have time and installation does not appear to have priority over other tasks.
Further, in the absence of a work order system, the requests for sign installation are usually made via e-mail or scratch notes which has the potential for requests to be forgotten or misplaced.
With the City expected to implement a work order system in 2012, the process for requesting and tracking the installation of signs will be streamlined and all work performed by public works employees will be completed through the direction provided on the work order. Sture added each work order will outline what is required, identify who has been assigned the request and allow for comments on the status of each request.
The report also indicated that priority given to traffic signs will fall under new guidelines. Included among the guidelines are signs such as a stop or yield signs which are illegible, improperly placed, obscured or missing. The minimum standard will be to deploy resources as soon as practicable after becoming aware that the sign needs to be repaired or replaced.
The proposal also calls for regulatory or warning signs to be checked once a year to ensure they meet retro-reflectivity requirements.
If a regulatory or warning sign is illegible, improperly oriented, obscured or missing, it must be replaced according to a new timetable set out in the proposal. Signs on arterial roads must be replaced in 14 days while those on industrial roads must be replaced within 21 days. Signs on collector roads must be replaced within 30 days.
