Carson City Public Works

After reviewing proposals and finalists, the Carson City Board of Supervisors and Public Works have picked Q&D Construction to serve as the Construction Manager at Risk for the Downtown Carson Street Urban Design Project, said Carson City Public Works Downtown Project Manager Danny Rotter.

Carson City Public Works Department will host a Downtown Carson Theming Workshop as part of the Carson Street redesign project, on Monday, April 20, 2015 from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Sierra Room at the Carson City Community Center.

Members of the community are encouraged to use this opportunity to share their opinions on the new theme and feeling of the Downtown Carson City corridor.

Here is this week's Carson City road report for the week of March 9-15, 2015. Due to an ongoing water main project, there will be lane shifts on Roop Street at the intersection with Washington Street between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. on weekdays and on the weekend.

Carson City community leaders broke ground Thursday at the Russell Way site of the new Multi-Use Athletic Center, also known as the MAC.

"It's a great day for our community" said Mayor Bob Crowell before ceremonial shovels were used to turn the dirt and usher in a new era of community athletic opportunities and sports tourism in Carson City.

The Carson City Parks and Recreation Department will hold a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday for the New Multi-Athletic Center, also known as the MAC, gymnasium project. The ceremony will begin at 8:30 a.m., headed up by the Carson City Board of Supervisors.

Carson Street will remain open today, Sunday, Feb. 22, according to Carson City Public Works. Portions of the road were to be closed for street surveying.

On Sunday, March 1, Carson Street will tentatively be closed from Musser Street to Fifth Street from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and the intersection of Carson Street and Fifth Street will be closed from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., weather pending. Detours will be signed.

The sidewalk will be closed along the east side of Minnesota Street between Musser Street and Proctor Street for the entire week.

In this week's It's Your City, Public Works Director Darren Schulz provides an overview of all the operations that make up Carson City's public works department.
It's Your City is a weekly program aimed at keeping you informed about city government and other organizations/happenings around Carson City.

Carson City Public Works is reminding motorists of road closures for survey work in the downtown area on Sunday, Wednesday and again Sunday, Feb. 22.

Beginning Monday, Jan. 19, Saliman Road will be closed from Seely Loop, the Mills Park entrance, to Robinson Street and the intersection of Saliman Road and Robinson Street will be completely closed, said Daniel Doenges, senior transportation planner for Carson City Public Works.

Carson City Public Works Director Darren Schulz announced Wednesday that after reviewing proposals and finalist presentations, a city review and selection committee has selected Lumos & Associates to lead the Downtown Carson Street Urban Design Project.

The committee will enter into contract negotiations for a recommendation to the Board of Supervisors. The Board of Supervisors will then approve, disapprove or modify the contract. The contract is anticipated to begin February 5, 2015.

With the holiday season now a memory and the decorations coming down, Carson City and Waste Management again offer their annual Christmas tree curbside recycling service beginning Monday. As in previous post-holiday years, Christmas trees can be placed curbside on your regular trash collection day or taken to drop off locations.

As I have done for many years, my last article of the year, each year, is to present the Don Q Awards for a number of different reasons. Those reasons include such assorted things as: Outstanding, memorable, good, not so good, questionable, bad, serious, funny, dumb, head-scratching, are-you-kidding, etc.

These awards are presented to all kinds of people or places or things for what has occurred throughout the year.
It’s a fun way to end the year for yours truly.

So, without further ado, here are the 2014 Don Q Award winners:
Best Birthday Present:

Carson City and Waste Management again offers their annual Christmas tree curbside recycling service this season. As in previous post-holiday years, Christmas trees can be placed curbside on your regular trash collection day or taken to drop off locations beginning Jan. 5, 2015.

Some irrigation system issues related to a recent facility conversion of irrigation from reclaimed water to potable water are being experienced in the Lone Mountain Cemetery area, Carson City officials said Tuesday.

The low pressure situation has caused some of the turf to be stressed, although it is still being watered to minimize the impact, said Scott Fahrenbruch, deputy director of the Carson City Parks and Recreation Department.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of June 2-8, 2014. The following roads will experience paving/slurry seal operations on Thursday, June 5, and Friday, June 6, as part of the Carson City Freeway project, according to Carson City Public Works.

Operations will be a half road width at a time with accommodations provided for local traffic only. Affected areas are:

Road construction projects around Carson City and Lake Tahoe are underway. Carson City Public Works reports the following projects for the week: There will be lane closures and traffic control on Fairview Drive at the intersection with Carson Street from 8 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. Monday, April 21, and Tuesday, April 22.

The Carson City Board of Supervisors meet beginning at 8:30 a.m. today in the Sierra Room of the Carson City Community Center. Go here for the agenda, see the agenda below and go here to watch it live.

Among items up for discussion:

Here's the Carson City Public Works road report for the week of March 24-30, 2014. There will be intermittent closures of the outside northbound and southbound lanes on South Carson Street / Highway 395 between Highway 50 and Snyder Avenue related to the current freeway construction project.

Here is the Carson City road report for the week of March 17-23, 2014 provided by Carson City Public Works. There will be intermittent closures of the outside northbound and southbound lanes on South Carson Street and Highway 395 between Highway 50 and Snyder Avenue related to the current freeway construction project.

Carson City Public Works Director Andrew Burnham announced his retirement effective June 2. Burnham has served as Public Works Director since 2000.

To facilitate an easy transition, Burnham will step down and serve as the Deputy Public Works Director until his retirement date.

Carson City Public Works provides this road report weekly. The following information applies to the period of Jan. 27 to Feb. 2, 2014.

Utility work will continue in the shoulder of the east side of Silver Sage Drive between Raven Circle and Nona Drive. There will be a lane shift during sidewalk construction, but traffic control will be in place and minimal delays are expected.

Carson City Public Works reports the following road maintenance report for the week of Jan. 20-26. West Fifth Street will be closed on Tuesday, Jan. 21, between Nevada Street and Division Street during the mid-day. Detours will be signed.

On Monday, Jan. 20, there will be a lane closure on the south side of Northridge Drive between Eastridge Drive and Russell Way due to utility work. There will be flagger-controlled traffic. For the remainder of the work week, activity will move to the shoulder and no delays are expected.

The Carson City Public Works Department has a handful of road projects for the coming week, Jan. 13-19.

West Fifth Street will be closed Monday, January 13, through Friday, January 17, between Nevada Street and Division Street from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day. Detours will be signed.

Drivers of electric vehicles now have a free charging station at the Carson City Community Center, thanks to a partnership between the Governor’s Office of Energy, NV Energy and Carson City Public Works.

The newly-installed electric vehicle charging station can be found at Carson City’s Mills Park, in the parking lot between the Community Center and Aquatics Center.

Carson City will provide Christmas tree recycling in cooperation with public works and Capital Sanitation and Waste Management Inc.

As in previous years, Christmas trees can be placed curbside on your regular trash collection day or taken to one of the dropoff locations. Trees will be chipped in the springtime and used as mulch. The program continues to be a success. Last year the effort redirected 59 tons of wood waste from the city's landfill.

Road projects will be minimal over the Christmas week, Dec. 23-29, according to Carson City Public Works.

There will be tree removal Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 23-24, that will close the roads on Division Street between West John and West William streets from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Detours will be marked.

Inching closer to the Christmas holidays, the Carson City Public Works department has a number of projects it will be working on now through Dec. 22.

There will be lane closures at the following locations Monday through Friday. Traffic control measures will be in effect. There will also be sidewalk closures and detours will be signed.

The closures will be at the following places:
Westbound Long Street between Roop Street and Marian Street.
Northbound Roop Street between Adams Street and Beverly Drive.

The Carson City Public Works department will be conducting high flow testing of its water system over the next few weeks, a requirement as part of bringing online the new regional water line.

At times water customers may experience some discolored water. This is a result of existing minor sedimentation of very fine particles in the existing water system, not the new water lines, according to a news release.

Carson City Manager Larry Werner will retire effective Dec. 19, city officials announced Tuesday. Werner has served in the role of city manager since February 2008.

“For me, this has been a wonderful experience and I would not have traded it for anything,” said Werner in a letter to the Carson City Board of Supervisors. “Although I do feel some regret in making this decision at this time, I have no concerns about the management of the City because you have the best staff, department directors and elected officials that I’ve ever had the opportunity to work with.”

On March 14th I attended a workshop presented by the Carson City Public Works Department. The presentation outlined a proposal to create a pedestrian-friendly environment on Carson Street through the downtown area of Carson City between Fifth Street and Ann Street. This Road Diet, as they are commonly called, would include using striping to reduce travel lanes from four to two, and add on-street parallel parking.