Fix medians landscaping budget

3:06:39Yes, I had something and I had to run my notes too.

3:06:47Okay, I'm trying to know what it was. I try I wrote a note but I didn't give myself good enough notes. Oh I know what it was because it has to do with Ramford. So last year on we um approved money to fix the medians in our roads. And now we're in years gone by and where are we with that? Because we have Done one improvement yet.

3:07:15You say fixed medians, are we talking landscaping?

3:07:18Yeah.

3:07:18Okay.

3:07:18We put a million dollars in the budget. And um we haven't started yet. And I don't know is that a contract problem? A procurement problem? A staffing problem?

3:07:32I know we were doing some design work. So but I'll let Brantford elaborate.

3:07:40Good afternoon, Commissioner Bradford.

3:07:43Yes, exactly what the county administrator said, you know, the uh architect is in the process of redesigning, designing the uh the medium and then we're gonna come back and you know uh construct. From the design. So I think last time we met with you, um we made sure that we just don't go out there and start replacing and fixing this uh medium. That it need to be uh redesigned by a landscape architect and that's what exactly we

3:08:13uh we are doing. A contract has been issued and they are in the process of finishing the design.

3:08:18So so we hired the con the landscape architect

3:08:22yes.

3:08:22And these in the design process.

3:08:24Yes. The whole

3:08:25in this fiscal year will we see

3:08:28no

3:08:28action?

3:08:29No.

3:08:30And twenty twenty four

3:08:31yeah the the five year plan. The five year plan that I think share with you.

3:08:34Yeah it

3:08:35was pro the five year plan we share with you it's you design one year and then you construct the following year. And during construction you design another section and then you construct the following year. Governor.

3:08:48So that yeah yeah. So in this fiscal year of 2024... Is that that's our question?

3:08:58Something that we with the money we gave you in the twenty twenty three budget.

3:09:03Is it twenty three or twenty two?

3:09:06Uh we put we well there's the money you have sitting there to use for something.

3:09:10So we will we will come back to you with the schedule that that shows it. I know there was an agenda item a few cycles ago where we hired the landscape architect to do some design. I think it was on the little road.

3:09:19Yes. I think I think we started a little bit late because as I mentioned there were some people who uh we lost, you know, in the uh in the public. Whereas the partner left, so it delayed the start of the design. So otherwise, the intention was to finish the design last fiscal year. We need to do the construction um this year. So um uh this fiscal year. So we plan to finish the design early this fiscal year and then um plan on doing the construction the following uh

3:09:49and then um wait wait

3:09:51wait

3:09:51yes

3:09:51I'm sorry I my mind stopped thinking what you're saying. Say what you just said again.

3:09:57Okay, what I'm saying is we started uh rather late in the design process. Right. Last year. Last uh last fiscal year.

3:10:04Okay.

3:10:04So we're gonna finish the design this fiscal year.

3:10:06It's gonna take a a a year, another year to design to the

3:10:09designing? No, they started almost I think about maybe two months ago. So they should be finishing probably the early part of next year. with a design. Uh but the the the thing is you can you need a design to beat it out. So we can't even know if they finish it. We we just can't go ahead and start construction because we need a design to then budget for the construction. It's a new program. Uh that we are starting so there's a little bit of um growing

3:10:40pains at this time but it's a program that we are gonna continue to implement. So it's gonna pick up. Okay, it's gonna pick up and and we should be you should be seeing some improvements in the median, in the high visibility areas at least of the county.

3:10:54Okay, so in the spirit of full transparency on budgeting We budgeted a million dollars in last year's budget for the landscape. Did we add an additional money? And this is a is this uh every year we're adding some money to that budget? Is that how that works?

3:11:14So typically if it's in a capital fund it will carry forward, so the funds would be available for immediate use. So let me go with the budget people and we'll talk with the Brantford's team and we'll find out exactly where that's at and we'll we'll give you guys a great report package.

3:11:28Yeah, well I don't know.

3:11:29I I think design was a couple hundred thousand dollars is is what they were looking at. How much? It was a couple hundred thousand. I I there there was an agenda item. We'll we'll we'll pull everything together for you so you need to see that for transparency and we'll let you know what the schedule is and what what

3:11:43our areas

3:11:44are.

3:11:44I have brought don't leave it. I have brought the subject up Since I was elected. When they went to widen Ridge Road, not the Ridge Road extension, I think because I was on the LPA when this came through, we paid $75,000 to a landscape architect to design the landscaping for Ridge Road. Uh and then we got into a lawsuit with the contractor. And so that landscaping and all the money that we put aside. for

3:12:15landscaping they said we're we're gonna set aside until the lawsuit is over. Whatever happened to all that.

3:12:21That is underway, I believe actually it goes

3:12:23to

3:12:23bid that yes, the design the design is underway. That I know. Um we'll have to check again. I don't

3:12:29think so we did the design I thought we did the design.

3:12:31You have to re you'll have to re up design. I mean that that lawsuit took a long time. So there there is money in the budget I know to go forward in construction on that. On that on that segment of Ridge Road. I I remember talking with Tracy about that several months ago. Yeah.

3:12:45Will you hear then? Oh

3:12:48my goodness.