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Deep Creek Town Meeting
February 3, 2009

Following are responses to issues, grouped under headings, raised at the Deep Creek Town Meeting.

Parks and Recreation

With regard to the Camelot Community Center addition, the City's General Services Department is currently working with Clark Nexsen, an architectural and engineering firm, on design. Clark Nexsen is scheduled to submit construction documents April 3, 2009 and the City expects to advertise for construction bids on May 15. Construction is expected to take 14 months.

The walking trail in Camelot Park is a natural walking trail and trail directional signs are located in the park. Grade improvements were made to the trail several years ago to correct gradients.

The master plan for Camelot Park includes two additional shelters, a full court and two half-court basketball courts. Construction of these additional amenities and related park grading are contingent upon funding.

The Parks' staff has installed a "Pickup After Your Pets" sign in Camelot Park as requested at the Town Meeting.

Street Lights

The City no longer requires the street light pole number in order to report an outage. A caller need only provide the location of the street light. When the City receives the report of an outage, it contacts Dominion Power. Dominion Power responds according to its time schedule. The City's Public Works Department has contacted Dominion Power concerning all of the streetlight outages reported at the Town Meeting, as well as the exposed street light wires.

Dominion Power advises that if the problem is a burned out bulb, repairs should be carried out within two weeks. If it is determined that the problem has another source, repairs may take longer.

As for the requested street light at the termination of Sir Lancelot Drive, a site inspection indicates an existing street light approximately 100 ft. from the site provides sufficient lighting of the end of the street and guardrail at the terminus. As a result, the Traffic Engineer determined that no additional lighting is recommended.

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  • Street Light - Repair Request - Chesapeake Customer Contact Center
    Select to report street light outages. If possible, please have the power pole identification tag information available when reporting the problem. The tag will list a combination of letters and numbers. This information is helpful in processing your request. The City notifies the Virginia Dominion Power of outages called in by citizens as a courtesy. Outages are typically resolved within 10-15 work days. If the problem is more than a burnt out bulb, repairs may take longer.
  • Public Works Traffic Engineering
  • Dominion Power - Reporting power outages

Drainage

The Camelot Drainage Improvement Project has completed its Phase I construction. It included the removal of the existing culvert under Old Deep Creek Boulevard that was restricting the ditch to flow to the outfall for the Camelot subdivision lake system. Phase II of this project is in the design stage. Design is expected to be complete by the end of September 2009. The construction of Phase II is scheduled to start February 2010. This project will upgrade the Camelot Lake outfall pipe system, thus greatly improving the drainage system in this area.

The debris at the existing lake outfall has been removed. This trash screen is cleared regularly by the Stormwater Division.

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Waste Management System

With regard to the suggestion that the City implement a debris system that picks up all debris at once (unlike the requirement for a 4 ft. by 4 ft. maximum), the administrator states that reasonable limits must be imposed due to cost/benefit ratio constraints.

Concerning trash left in the street on trash collection day, the City's drivers are required to pick up bags of trash that fall from a properly loaded trash can. Loose trash blown out of collection trucks usually occurs when trash cans are filled with un-bagged waste or loose paper. The Drivers do their best to keep this to a minimum, but it does happen. Citizens should contact the Waste Management Division should they come across those incidents and crews will be dispatched.

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Street Sweeping

Currently, all curbed public streets in the City are included in the street sweeping cycle. Due to budgetary constraints and equipment availability, the City is currently able to provide this service approximately 4 times a year. When scheduled streets are swept, crews sometimes may find cars parked along the curbs, making it difficult to sweep the entire scheduled area.

Large Truck Traffic Between George Washington Highway and Deep Creek Boulevard

The Public Works Traffic Engineering staff performed a traffic study of Camelot Boulevard to document the type of vehicles and speed of those vehicles. The average daily traffic (as measured between Monday, February 2 through Wednesday, February 4, 2009) reflected that, on average, there are five thousand and seventy-six (5,076) vehicles per day using Camelot Boulevard. Some of these vehicles travel twice on Camelot Boulevard each day. These findings also confirmed our field observations conducted on December 18, 2008. The study data indicates that approximately forty percent (40%) of the large vehicles observed were either school buses or transit buses with two axles. Vehicles with more than 2 axles account for approximately one percent (1.0 %) of the traffic that uses Camelot Boulevard.

Citizens have suggested that "Through Truck Restrictions" be placed on Camelot Boulevard. This measure would force the limited truck traffic to use either Gilmerton Road or Deep Creek Boulevard as an alternate route. Although Gilmerton Road is served by a traffic signal at George Washington Highway, the road itself is narrow and contains many curves, thus not being a better alternative to Camelot Boulevard. The same is true for Deep Creek Boulevard. Deep Creek Boulevard becomes a two-lane roadway and terminates with two sharp curves and no signal at Military Highway. As a result, it is not a better alternative to Camelot Boulevard, either. In light of our findings and the analysis of the road conditions, the Department does not support or recommend implementation of a "No Through Truck Traffic" restriction at this time.

The speed study conducted at the beginning of February, 2009 did show a slight speeding problem on Camelot Boulevard, with the average speed of all vehicles measured to be twenty-nine point eight (29.8) MPH. Our Traffic Engineering Division is developing a work order to provide the portable speed trailers on Camelot Boulevard to raise motorists' awareness of the speed they're driving. In addition, increased police enforcement has been requested. Finally, residents of Camelot Boulevard may wish to obtain and display some of the "Respect our Neighborhood - DRIVE RESPONSIBLY 25 MPH" signs for placement in residents' yards to serve as another reminder to motorists to slow down.

Speed Limit on Sir Lancelot Dr. and other Street Issues

With respect to the request for a 15 MPH sign in front of Camelot Elementary School, the City's standard speed limit in school zones is 25 MPH, which is the speed limit throughout the Camelot neighborhood. In addition, School Advance Warning signs are located on all approaches to the school. With all the proper signs in place, the Public Works Department does not support the implementation of this lower speed limit.

With respect to the request for a flashing light, as the school is already located in a residential area with a 25 MPH speed limit, flashing speed limit beacons are not considered warranted. The school system was contacted last fall and likewise did not support the installation of flashing beacons. The school system does provide a school crossing guard to facilitate students crossing at a nearby intersection.

The Streets and Highways Division of Public Works has repaired the reported pothole. Overgrown vegetation at the dead end section of Sir Lancelot Drive has been scheduled for removal during the week of February 16, 2009.

Public Works has inspected the condition of Parapet Court. The inspection indicated that there is some cracking and raveling of the pavement surface; however, the road condition is ranked at 73, according to the City's pavement management system. The City is currently working on repaving streets and roads that are ranked between 50 and 60. With the present rank of 73, this road does not warrant repaving at this time. The on-site inspection did indicate that there appears to be a cave-in/settlement over the gravity sewer line. These finding were provided to the Department of Public Utilities.

Zoning

Notices of Violation have been served concerning commercial vehicles in residential areas.

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Public Safety

Police have been instructed to have officers increase patrols in the area, and are investigating the matters raised at the meeting, including speeding, and will take necessary enforcement action to reduce and attempt to prevent any future violations.

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