KLAMATH FALLS, OKKGON. SI SOW, .ILLY 28, I9J
City Launches Self Improvement Inability' Project
City crews and private c on
struct ion firms! have been busy
this summer working on scores
of city improvement projects
including sewer and paving work
by the city street department.
park and marina improvement
by the recreation department and
work by the city police and fire
departments.
"This is an all out effort on
the part of Klamath Falls toward
self improvement designed to en
hance the livability of the city
and prepare for new residential
growth and make the area more
attractive to prospective indus
tries," Bob Kyle, city manager.
said.
"Klamath Falls is feeling the
will to progress and improve it
self and all city departments
and private business groups arei
moving forward together," Kyle
said.
The most recent project under-
taken by the city is permanent
repair work on the two Xlunici-through the three-inch asphaltemergencies. but rather that thel
pal Airport runways. The $24.000; pavement to the base rock and!
cost of the project will be shared!
equally by the State Board of
Aeronautics and the city.
In a report submitted to the
state board Feb. 12. the citv
manager explained, "Because of
age and weather exposure, thesel
runways have developed longi
tudinal cracks on cold joints be
tween original paving spreads
and contraction cracks at ran-
dom locations. These cracks go!
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PARKING AREA RETAINING WALL A crew from the
City Recreation Department is working on a retaining wall
at the parking lot next to the newly resurfaced Moore
Park tennis courts. The resurface work cost an estimated
$500, but the wall is being constructed mostly with city
owned material.
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PREPARING TO CATCH RUNOFF Storm sewers are
beinq constructed on Washburn Way, Pershing . Way,
Avalon and Austin streets to catch rain water runoff in
gthese areas that previously were without the facilities.
Sanitary sewer projects are also planned for 'the Moun
tain View section. The Mountain View work will cost ap
proximately $25,000 and the contract was awarded to
the W. D. Miller Construction Company.
open to a width up to one inch
wide and allow surface water to
penetrate into the pavement base
and cause further failure.
"The complete removal and re
placement, including in some
cases, sub-base reinforcement
is tile only recommended perma
nent repair for this type failure,'
he said.
Kyle indicated the new city
projects were not necessarily!
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CRACKS ON AIRPORT RUNWAY These are some of
the 43,000 feet of surface cracks that will be repaired
by the City Street Department at the Municipal Airport
starting this week. The State Board of Aeronautics has
agreed to defray 50 per cent of the $24,000 estimated
cost of the project. Some of the major repairs will include
complete removal and replacement of some of the worst
sections and reinforcing the sub-base. Work on the run
ways is expected to last over a month.
defects were noted in routine in
spections and repairs were
deemed necessary.
The sanitary sewers are beiii:
put in where new houses are
being constructed and need sew
or connections to the main
linos. About 97 miles of sewer
pie will go into these sanitary
sewer extensions.
Some of the sewer and pave
ment projects that already have
been completed include the Wash
burn Way, Pershing Way, Avalon
and Austin streets sewer systems
at a cost of about MO.OOO. The
contractor is A. II. Patterson. A
little wnrk remains on Austin
Street. Kyle said.
The W. D. Miller Company was
awarded a $25,000 contract for a
storm sewer project in Mountain
View and the work has not been
readied for this project yet
Sanitary sewers are slated for
both Austin and Peach streets,
but contracts have not been
awarded yet. Estimated cost of i
the Austin Street project is $8,000
and Peach Street, $8,600.
Storm sewer projects for Klam
ath Avenue and Owens Street
are in the design stage, the city!
manager said.
Completed paving projects in
clude Union Avenue from
Mitchell to Washburn Way at a
cost of $13,778. The work was
done by the Asphalt Paving Com
pany. Lark Street was paved
from South Sixth Street to Shas
ta Way at a cost of $8,718 by the
city street department.
Other future street projects in
clude Laguna Street, with a $30,
000 contract already awarded to
Hughes and Dodd, Medford; Wor-
den Street, a 42.000 prnjerl yol
to be awarded: Van Ness, Tiffa
ny. Benson, Euclid and Birch
total S39.600 project jet to tie
awarded; Avalon Street. $3!)500
to the Asphalt Paving Company
and Calhoun, $8.li00, vet to be
awarded.
An additional improvement
planned by the Parks and Rec
reation Department includes
paving and curbing the entire ice
rink area after which the sur
face will be sealed. The cstimal-iAbout half the funds will cornel Some minor work was comnlct-la cost nf ssnn. The work InrlniM
ied cost of the project is $3,400.lfrom admission charge rcceipts.ed at the Central Fire Station atjlavatory and shower replacement.
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POLICEMEN BUILD OWN RANGE City policemen worked almost two years dur
ing off-duty hours constructing this outdoor shooting range off the Oil road. All the
bulldozing and grading was done by policemen with borrowed machinery. The target
holders were constructed and the targets put in place recently. Five runways, like
the one at the right, will be asphalted in the near future. Planting grass and digging
a well are planned after the runways are paved.'
SUBSTATION IN SERVICE SIX MONTHS The new fire
substation at Shasta Way and Mitchell Street has served
the eastern section of Klamath Falls over six months now.
Almost all the work is done and the firemen are just
waiting for the grass to pop up. Bob Kyle, city manager,
is shown inspecting one of tho asphalt curbs at the rear
of the station. The sorely needed building was con
structed at a cost of $45,000. There is one fire truck
operating out of the building, a 750-gallon pumper, and
there are sleeping quarters for eight, although the sleep
ing dormitory will eventually handle 12.
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NEW DOCKS JUT INTO MARINA New docks sup
ported with styrofoam flotation were launchod at the
Moore Park Marina this month giving boaters plenty of
room to secure their lines while loadinq and unloading
passengers. The docks provide almost 250 feet of dock
ing space for boats of all sixes. The Klamath County
Parks Commission provided $2,700 of the funds, taken
from state marine license fees paid by Klamath County
boaters. Some $600 came from the City Recreation De
partment. Other recreation department projects include
now poles at Gem Stadium, $3,300; California Avenue
extension at Conger Park, new storage building and
rostroom at Conger, $4,500, and preliminary work on,
Richmond Park.
MAIN STREET BEFORE AND AFTER These two shots
show Main Street before, left, and after, right, the new
slurry seal surfacing that cost the city approximately
$950. Slurry seal projects completed in the last few
weeks included South Fourth, Fifth and Sixth streets.
Forthcoming
Worden Stre
Avalon and
for most of
shift piece
paving projects will include Laquna Street.
et, Van Ness, Tiffany, Bunion, Euclid, Birch,
Calhoun streets. Asphalt paving it planned
these streets. The slurry sealer is a make
of equipment designed and built by City
Streof Department men and it fits the bill as well at
most expensive pieces of equipment. Kyle said this little
bit of street department ingenuity saved the city a con
sidcrable amount of money.
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KLAMATH AVENUE IN TOP SHAPE When the City Street Department starter!
prying into Klamath Avenue they found out how not to build a street. On the original
project, necossary base rock wasn't used as a foundation and the street failed in many
places. Where it failed it was replaced with sufficient base rock and the rest was re
surfaced. The project cost an estimated $4,500.