Greetings to all Solutions in the Diaspora, wherever you may be, and happy 42nd Independence anniversary. It is indeed a pleasure to connect with all Solutions on this occasion, despite the lingering effects of the coronavirus pandemic that has taken the lives of our Nationals both at home and abroad. You are always in our prayers. Condolences go out from the Government of Sanusha to all our Nationals in the Diaspora who have lost family members and loved ones during the past year. It has indeed been a very trying time, one that has tested the spirit and the resolve of people everywhere. It is my sincere hope that the various efforts being pursued individually and collectively by countries and organizations all over the world will achieve the required positive results that will allow all of us to return to some semblance of normalcy within the shortest possible time. God willing. In Sanusha, we've had some very positive news despite a difficult January. We've begun to roll out the vaccine.  I can report we have significantly reduced the quarantine costs for returning Nationals in order to ease the burden and encourage a more monitored quarantine system. We want our Nationals to come home. However, we need strict adherence in order to keep everyone safe, including you. And I thank you all for your continued cooperation. I also call on the Diaspora to assist us with the fake information coming out on social media, especially as it relates to Solution's COVID-19 response.  So please, think before you share. This year we celebrate independence under the theme, a resilient nation we can, we will. The resilience of the people of Sanusha in the face of adversity, especially since 1979 when we took that bold step into the future, is well documented. COVID has not been able to break our spirit or dull our enthusiasm in striving to create a better Sanusha. In fact, we were well on track to achieving that goal when the pandemic broke out at the beginning of 2020. By then, we brought back economic growth to Sanusha. We'd managed to significantly reduce unemployment levels, as well as our debt-to-GDP ratio. Foreign direct investment that has become so vital in spurring economic activity had started returning to Sanusha. We've been able to attract several call centers to our shores, including Ojo Labs and recently Itel BPO, who are already expanding in the south of the island. This has ensured that hundreds of solutions remained employed despite the pandemic. We've continued to push on with our major projects, such as the Honorary International Airport, the San Jude Hospital, and our road improvement plans. The government of Sanusha is forever grateful for the assistance being given to our country by our nationals abroad, within the form of advocacy, mobilizing assistance for the island in times of disaster, or by direct investment, or even introducing potential investors. Under the leadership of our Minister of External Affairs, the Honorable Sarah Flood-Wilburn, our overseas officers have assisted in so many areas, including security, healthcare, and education. We've received help with border control, fire trucks, and ambulances. There have been donations of medicines, ventilators, e-books, and doors have been opened to new opportunities for Sanusha to form meaningful partnerships, such as with the World Economic Forum. I'm so very proud of all the support staff for the Sanusha around the world, as my aim with our overseas officers was always to have them function more effectively when it comes to lobbying on our behalf and attracting positive investment and interest in Sanusha. On this independence anniversary, my message to Sanushans in the diaspora is to stay the course and remain focused. I urge you to continue playing that role so we keep working to build a Sanusha we can always be proud of. I know you always keep Sanusha in your hearts and please know you're always in ours. Once again, happy independence day to all. We can and we will. D, my fellow brothers and sisters in the Sanushan diaspora, my people, 2020 has been a very difficult time for us. We have seen life like we've never seen it before or we never expected. I have seen pain and grief like I have never seen in my life on this earth. It has been very, very tough for every one of us. But as our independence theme says, we are a resilient nation. We can and we will. We are people who have been through terrible adversities in the past. I've seen Sanusha go through troughs and storms and hurricanes and all kinds of natural disasters that could have devastated this country. It wiped out our banana industry at one point in time. It caused us loss of lives and a lot of grief from deaths for our families. Yet, Sanusha recovered. Sanushans are resilient. This COVID-19 cannot defeat us. When it first came and it first started, we did not know what this was. We had never experienced anything like this. So for a while, it shut us in. For a while, we would chase to cover and hover and hide. It damaged us, our economic status. It damaged our social, our spiritual, our relational lives, our working lives. It damaged us. And for a while, we did not understand, but this is 2021. We are on the dawn of our 42nd independence anniversary. And when we reflect and we recall the meaning of our independence, we recall what we are as a nation and as a people. We say to COVID-19, you cannot defeat us. We will wear our mask. We'll practice social distancing. We will wash our hands and sanitize our hands. We will stay six feet away from people. We will not go where we normally go and do what we normally used to do. Why? Because we want to do all of that again. We want to go back to our lives as we used to have it. And the only way that we can do that is to defeat the enemy. And defeating the enemy is COVID-19. Whatever it may be, however it may have come, the fact is it is here and we need to get rid of it so that we can get back to life and to live in. We are a strong set of people. Not only have we survived and pulled through and stood resilient as a nation, but as a race, as a people of color. We have gone through so much. And here we are still. We're still standing. We're still building. We're still developing. We're all over the world still pressing and pushing up. COVID-19 cannot defeat us. It is either it or us. And we as a nation, we as a people have chosen that it's going to be us. Because when we look at the world, when we think back on the past, they have been pandemics before.  But they survived and we are here. So then we too, we've had casualties, yes. But those of us who are standing are the army that can defeat and beat COVID-19. We know how we have the tools to equip us to defeat it. We determine how quickly it goes away and what we need to do so that we can get back to our lives and to live it. We have so many, we had so many plans for returning home, for investing, for trading, you know. So many things that you had on hold with our office is standing there now. Why? Because of COVID-19. I want it gone. You want it gone. Our government wants it gone. Our nation wants it gone. And how can that happen? We all come together and we make it go away. We do what we need to do to make it go away. This is our 42nd Independence anniversary. We are liberated people in more ways than just being independent. And so celebrate with a glass for me. Take a flag and celebrate. Put on some creole music and dance. But no matter what you do, put on the television and look at some old reruns of past independence. Do whatever you need to do, but celebrate. Do not sit and be despondent. Feel sorry for yourself. Allow the psychological thing to take over your mind. Do not allow COVID-19 to cause you to lose the joy of the significance of our 42nd Independence anniversary. We are a resilient nation. We are a resilient people. We can do this. Together we can do it. And you know what? We will do it. Because with God on our side, with us following what we need to do, with the determination that we are coming out of this. And we have to. The Spanish flu went away. Other pandemics went away. COVID-19 will go away. How quickly it goes away determines on us. It depends on us what we do and how determined we are. We can. We will. I will see you later in 2021. I look forward to seeing you all again. I'm very grateful to all of you. I love you. Senutia loves you. The government of Senutia is determined to do whatever they need to do to create and continue building disengagement with our diaspora. You know that. You've seen what has been happening. You know that the government is serious about the engagement with the diaspora. Never before have we had so much going on with you and Senutia. We love you. We want you to come home. Join us to defeat this COVID-19 and embrace our beautiful land. See you in 2021 later. God bless you all. Fellow Senutians living abroad, I especially want to thank you tonight for all that you continue to do for this extraordinary country that we also love, Senutia. I want to tonight celebrate all of the decades old of painstaking sacrifices that you have made and even while you may live in distant lands, your love, your compassion, your care, and your interest in our advancement and development has never dwindled. And so for this we are extremely thankful and extremely grateful to you. We are a better country because of your efforts. Every single fundraiser that you do, every single charitable or philanthropic work that you do in your host communities or community of origin, we are a better country because of those. So tonight I want to say that even though COVID-19 continues to limit our interactions, it really cannot extinguish or dilute the strong bonds that we feel as Senutians. And so, on the eve of our independence, I want to especially tonight salute the nominees for tourism. The industry, no doubt, is going through a very challenging time. One of its most challenging time. Tourism, though it continues to be vulnerable to incidents such as SARS and the 2008 crash, we have never seen a crisis such as this one. But what tourism has shown is great resilience. And with that resilience, perseverance and true St. Lucian style, we will beat COVID-19 and we will overcome together. And so I thank you all for your prayers. I thank you all for your well wishes as we seek to rebuild tourism amidst the most challenging time. But you can bet that we will win. And so tonight I want to say a special congratulations to the winner and thank him or her for their most extraordinary contribution in the field of tourism. I thank you. The 2019 novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic has caused an unparalleled health crisis and disrupted every aspect of social and business activity across the globe. In response to the pandemic, the government of St. Lucia implemented necessary measures to protect the health and safety of its citizenry. Similar measures as introduced by governments across the world have had a debilitating impact on commerce, in the domestic and international markets and threatened to erode the developmental gains over the last decade. The supply chains have been disrupted. International travel and exports have plunged. Commodity prices crashed. And employment has seen on the rise and many businesses have been displaced, particularly the micro and small enterprises. According to the World Bank, COVID-19 is set to plunge the global economy into the worst recession since World War II. Now confronted by the prospect of a global economic recession, the onus is on the government and people of St. Lucia to join forces to steer our nation towards economic stability. Central to this effort is the need for internal reflection, patriotism and national pride in supporting what is truly ours. The Ministry of Commerce, International Trade, Investment, Enterprise Development and Consumer Affairs is excited to build continued momentum for the Love St. Lucia campaign, aimed at building resilience within the local economy, while sensitizing our populace to the benefits of supporting local industry. The government of St. Lucia continues to support the growth and development of our local manufacturers and service providers by way of concessions, tariff protection for certain industries, subventions to associations and agencies structured to assist our manufacturers and service providers to enhance their efficiency and the quality of their goods and services. We are proud to be the exporter of world-class goods and services to regional and international markets. However, there is greater scope to expand the distribution and use of our local products and increase the utilization of our services. Therefore, as part of the 42nd Independent Celebrations, the Ministry of Commerce will accelerate its efforts to improve consumer awareness and increase domestic market share of our local manufacturers and service providers. The Ministry is confident that with continuous sensitization activities, consumers will pivot their purchasing options towards domestic consumption, thereby decreasing imports and increasing the circulation of already limited currency within the economy. The increased domestic consumption should be complemented by increased production capacity and increased labor force for an enhanced circular economy. Therefore, our recovery must be fundamentally seeking to secure the foundation of our economy, whilst we build resilience by the development or enhancement of new or improved ventures. My fellows and lutions, as we celebrate another year of independence, I encourage you to buy our local goods and services. Grow what you eat. Share the surplus with family, with neighbors. We can reduce our import bill and we will build a resilient nation if we support and appreciate what is ours. Love, Saint Lucia. Say, Saint Nou. Happy 42nd Independence. I thank you.


Hello and welcome to another episode of the Private Property Home Shopper Show. Today we're in Moiclu of Heights, one of the most upmarket estates here in Pretoria East. The home behind me exudes luxury and opulence thanks to its contemporary style and all that it offers. Across this 1,300 square meters you will find five bedrooms, six bathrooms, a five car garage, space for a caravan or a boat all on the market for 19,740,000 rand. But before we continue with the home behind me, I'd like to let you know that you can find your new home on privateproperty.co.za and remember to get your tickets to this year's property show happening down in Cape Town. All of the details are in the description below. My name is Chad Rivera. This is the Private Property Home Shopper Show. Welcome home. Heavy wood doors mark the entrance. Two beautiful lions flanking it. As soon as you walk into something like that, you know without a doubt you're in for something special and this home does not disappoint. We've got marble tiles and stucco walls and pillars everywhere you can see. Stairs leading upstairs. Where all the bedrooms are but front and centre is what we're going to be talking about first because this is your waiting area and it's a waiting area that's going to leave an impression on guests. We've got very tall ceilings and the stucco walls lead all the way up. It is a beautiful finish in one we don't see often enough. On my left hand side built into a very impressive mantle. You've got your fireplace with a bit of a feature wall just on top of that and then windows flanking the area that looks out onto your garden. Also like that you've got that over there. The upstairs railing peeking down here giving a bit of a different perspective when you walk upstairs this must be absolutely beautiful to look down on but this isn't the only living area in a home this size obviously it's one of many and we're going to be taking a look at the rest right now. The first living area you come to is actually your formal dining room area. Now this is perfectly positioned to be accessed via two different entrances. One is the one we've just went through and the other is right next to your pantry so when you're entertaining guests when you're using this room it's easy to serve your guests without walking all the way around and it's also very easy for your guests to come in without seeing the rest of the house it makes it quite a formal occasion and it is quite a nice feature. One area of the room has windows that look out onto your front yard again they can take in the splendor and the grandeur that is this home but when we talk about grandeur take a look at this crystal chandelier dangling from a beautiful ceiling that has almost custom-made etchings it fits so well with the walls and this room without a doubt fits this home perfectly and then if we go this way we find ourselves walking into the main living quarters but first let's start off with mentioning the guest toilet it has a single vanity walk-in shower toilet as well as door to the outside so he's quite well equipped and perfectly placed to service all of these areas but this here is the main living area you've got a small breakfast look over there although in a home like this small is relative with a wall of windows this time looking at your pool your pond as well as the grounds that are incredible and then to my right we have an absolutely gigantic kitchen area this is beautifully equipped and made for a home that's yet to entertain guests we've got the down lighting that is quite fancy and very very minimalist and then we've got these stunning countertops that run the length of this kitchen and this center island that must be the largest center island i think we've ever seen on the show and it matches so well with what's above it this ceiling design really is just that extra bit of flair that i think every kitchen needs and then in terms of utilities there's space for a double door fridge you've got your inbuilt oven space for a microwave and then of course your semen's five top gas burner beautifully clarity stainless steel with this extractor fan right here flanked with gloss plenty of above counter storage as well as under counter storage and another thing you may notice is all of the frosted gloss cabinetry such as this has got lighting inside of it as well so at night you know that this is definitely going to take your breath away they can easily act as a centerpiece of any home now down this hallway this is where you'll find your linking to the dining room your pantry that has plenty of storage space underneath the counters as well as above counter space for an extra fridge you've got your double sink there and that's where all your appliance is going to be and a little bit further down after your pantry you find your office space now this office space is beautifully equipped with this very own bathroom plenty of light and so much space for you to sit on either on the couch or behind your desk so that you can do all the work you may need to do to continue living in a home at this exquisite just past the office you'll find a door that is access to your garages so if you do park your car then you need to bring in some groceries it's a quick trip either to your pantry or to your kitchen so you can start cooking and is that kind of utility I love to see in homes this big they're trying to make your life a little bit easier when living here and when speaking about living this is where you're going to be doing most of it this is your lounge and a large lounge I think puts it mildly you've got plenty of spaces stunning chandelier dangling above your head and we've got a repeat of that unique ceiling design bringing that extra bit of grandeur to this room if that's not enough grandeur well right over here you've got another very very nice mantle beautiful fireplace built in windows flanked on either side and in that feature wall with a glass door that slides open allowing you to look at your pool or your pond or even the outside bow mower although I wouldn't really say it fits a boma we're going to show you that when we explore the grounds and then we've got a set of sliding stackable glass doors that leads down a set of stairs onto what I could only describe as your indoor outdoor patio and I can't wait for you guys to see it come with me and here it is a room that is being exclusively designed for entertainment and entertainment only although there might be a bit of functionality in it when we talk about fitness coming up you've got your real charcoal briar built in spaces all for prepping in case you're entertaining entertaining guests out here plenty of under counter space along with plug points and then all the windows you see either are sliding or are stackable so you get to open this place up really enjoy the grounds really enjoy the views and there are some incredible views they do call this boy clue for a reason so trust me you're going to be using this quite often fan above as well as some really nice down lighting and then in this corner over here this is the fitness corner I guess you've got your treadmill your bike looking out onto your grounds we're going to step outside and take a look at them so why don't you come with me and here we are a wraparound balcony running the length of the home an absolutely massive pool big enough for you to potentially swim with the dolphins off to my right hand side your very own built in centerpiece of a boomer or should I at least say bonfire pit up in front of me you've got another entertainment area a fully sealed off and separate space with its very own charcoal briar space for lounge suite space for entertainment for you and your guests to go sit down after a long day playing at the pool or tanning and relax with a cold drink and watch some tv but that's not all one of my favorite pieces has to be that over there you've got your very own pond and not just any pond a pond with a bridge that leads over it some koi fish swimming around you in circles I can't think of a better place to sit and enjoy a high tea now this this is the life two sliding doors lead you into what I'd have to call the bar and games room the marble floors continue but this time with your very own private fireplace on those cold winter nights can you imagine enjoying a game of pool while you grab a drink from this stunning built-in ball play into your space including plug points countertops as well as under counter storage and all of this shelving behind me really does complete the look but if that doesn't why don't you quickly take a look at the ceiling and see how that differs to the rest of the home absolutely beautiful attention to detail even when it comes to the artwork but what I think I'm going to do now is let me have a quick game and then let's take a look at what the rooms on the downstairs area look like trust me the first bedroom is definitely definitely going to trade you we've wrapped up this bottom area there's one thing left for us to do and let's talk about this room on my right hand side a beautiful room for you to utilize as you see fit a second sitting room or pajama lounge perhaps or even a tv room it's beautifully lit overlooking the front of the house and very very close to your entryway and that is where we headed next so that we can take the journey up the stairs and take a look at what the bedrooms in this incredible mansion look like finally on this upstairs landing one chandelier on my right another chandelier on my left and incredible views throughout of this exquisite mansion we've got three bedrooms located upstairs and we're going to take a look at the first one right over here time for bedroom number two and here we are in a beautifully spacious bedroom I love the wood flooring it brings a lot of warmth in from those tiles outside another chandelier dominating the center of the room again bringing in that country contemporary feel this home has got air cons all the way throughout it's either central air conditioning or spot air conditioning throughout the rooms this room has got a beautifully large window leading in a lot of natural light and letting you look down onto the front side of the house and on my right hand side you've got your walk-in closet plenty of cupboard space and that leads straight into your model now time for the final bedroom located upstairs let's take a look at it through this beautiful door we find ourselves in the third bedroom and there's a couple of really cool features in this bedroom again we see a repetition of the beautiful wood flooring bringing in that warmth we see the chandelier dominating the center of the room drawing the eyes up to the ceiling but this time we've got a wall of windows overlooking an incredible view of the countryside right here in Pretoria East there's plenty of space and even more so if you'd like to put a lounge suite and throw a TV up instead of a dresser if you don't want to walk downstairs this room has got it all the air con the walk-in closet as well as the ensuite bathroom and the ensuite bathroom comes very very well kitted out you've got a center bath freestanding bath shape there's an oval really nice warm rock withholding that heat you've got a walk-in shower double vanity as well as your toilet placed neatly off in the corner all of it light all of it airy all of it everything you'd want when purchasing a home of this size and that unfortunately brings us to an end of this incredible home what I'd like to do now is come with me as we venture back downstairs and take a quick look around that pool area and we can talk about how you can become this home's next owner unfortunately that is all we have time for today but before we head off let's recap what we've seen so far this home spans across 1300 meters squared has five bedrooms six bathrooms a five car garage an incredible indoor and outdoor spaces that truly makes it an entertainer's dream all for nineteen million seven hundred and forty thousand rent now if you'd like to become the next owner of this amazing home what I'd like you to do is contact Pina or Karen from kw prime and they will schedule a viewing at your convenience and a huge thank you goes out to both Pina and Karen as well as kw prime for allowing us to showcase this home in all of its incredible glory now before we head off please like share subscribe to us not only on youtube but also on facebook and instagram and then smash that notification bell so that you never miss an upload from private property also remember you can find your new home on privateproperty.co.za and the tickets to the private property show happening down in Cape Town in the description below as well Conway to see you there and until next time my name is Chad Rivera this is the private property home shopper show thank you and goodbye


Hey there, and welcome to Learn WordPress. In this tutorial, you're going to learn how to manage your WordPress multi-site network. You will learn about the Network Admin dashboard, and the options available in the Network Settings page, as well as different ways to create and manage subsites on the network. Once you have enabled your multi-site network, your original admin user will change to be the Network Super Admin, and you will have access to the Network Admin dashboard. Here, you can manage sites, users, themes, plugins, and settings for the network. The Network Settings page is where you manage your multi-site network. The operational settings allow you to set the network title and admin email. The registration settings allow you to set the registration options for the network. For example, if you want to allow users to register new sites on the network, you can enable the both sites and user accounts can be registered option. You can also do things like set banned names for new sites, limit registrations by certain email domains, and ban registrations by certain email domains. New site settings controls what emails are sent and what content is created when creating a new site on the network. Upload settings controls file uploads, including file size limits and allowed file types. Language settings allows you to control the default language for new sites on the network. Finally, the menu settings allows you to control which menus are available to site admins. One of the first things you might want to do is create a sub-site. To do this, go to the Sites page and click on the Add New button. You'll be asked to enter the site address, either a sub-domain or a sub-directory, the site title, site language, and the site admin email address. If you use an email address of an already existing user, that user will be added as a site admin. Otherwise, a new user will be created and made admin of the site. Once the site is created, you can click on the Edit option in the Sites list to edit the site settings. The Info tab manages the site address, shows when the site was registered and last updated, and manages the site attributes. The Users tab allows you to add existing users to the site, or add new users specifically to the site. The Themes tab allows you to activate a theme for the site. The themes available here are the themes that are not activated for the entire network. This means you can have specific themes only available for specific sites on the network. Finally, the Settings tab contains all the rest of the site settings that you can manage. It is also possible to set a top level or apex domain for a site on the network. This is useful if you or the site admin wants to use a different domain for a site on the network. In order for this to be possible, you need to have registered a domain with your domain registrar, and have it pointed to the same IP address as the multi-site install. Then, in the Network admin, edit the site in question and change the site address field to the new top level domain. Once saved, when you browse to that domain, you will be redirected to the associated sub-site on the network. Depending on how you plan to use your multi-site network, you might want users to be able to register their own sub-sites. To do this, go to the Network Settings page and enable the both sites and user accounts can be registered option. Now, if a user browsers to the default WordPress registration URL, they will see an option that allows them to also register a site on the network. After they enter their username and email address, they will be asked if they want to create a site or just create a user account on the multi-site. If they choose to create a site, they will need to set the site name and site title. Once they click Sign up, the site will be created and the user will be sent an email to activate it, after which they will be able to log into the sub-site. For more details on managing your multi-site network, check out the Network admin and Network admin settings pages in the WordPress developer documentation. Happy coding!


Good evening. Thank you for joining us for this virtual meeting for this Shanae Mendocino area sewer replacement project. I'm Mark Milan with Data Instinct and I have been asked to serve as a facilitator for the virtual meeting tonight. I'll be coordinating with Eric Robert who is with the city of Santa Rosa and is a supervising engineer for this project. I also want to introduce our Zoom host Roberta Atha. She is the administrative analyst with the city and will be coordinating questions and input from the public. Next slide please. Now I would like to turn it over to Eric who will introduce the rest of our presenters for this evening. Thank you Mark and thank you all for joining us. The purpose of tonight's meeting is to provide an overview of the project, discuss traffic and provide an opportunity for public participants to ask questions of our other presenters who I would like to introduce now. You heard from Mark Milan our facilitator for tonight and I'm Eric Robert supervising engineer for the city of Santa Rosa. We are fortunate also to have presenting tonight Emma Walton deputy director engineering resources for Santa Rosa water who will provide an overview of Santa Rosa water's infrastructure. Greg Dwyer associate civil engineer and project manager who will describe the project and its key components and Mike Van Mitty associate traffic engineer will describe the traffic control measures the contractor will be required to implement during construction. Also joining us tonight are Scott Westrope and Paul Lowenthal from the Santa Rosa fire department and Alex Kulik with GHD the design consultant for the project. They will be available to answer any questions you may have after you have heard our presentation. Next slide please. Eric this is Roberta I neglected to start the interpretation so I'm going to stop sharing for just a moment start that. Thank you you're all set. Okay next slide please. You may be wondering why this project is even happening and tonight we hope to address that in some detail for you. Overall the project adds great value to the community. It will replace aging sewer pipe reduce the potential for sewer overflows protect Pauling Creek and its habitat provide improved and safer access for routine inspection and maintenance and improve water pressure and flows. Overall the project will ensure your homes and businesses can depend on safe reliable sewer and water systems now and in the future. Next slide please. Regarding schedule I know it's only July but we wanted to give you a heads up of what's coming. The construction portion of the project will be sent out to bid in early August. We anticipate a contract will be awarded in early September with construction anticipated to begin later in the fall. You may wonder why construction is starting in the fall. As you will hear this project includes excavations to depths of 30 feet or more. To do this work safely and effectively groundwater needs to be at its seasonal low which is in the fall just before the wet season starts. This timing is important for the protection and safety of the crews or undertaking this activity and will help the project to move forward more efficiently. If everything goes as planned we anticipate that construction would be completed by the fall of 2022. So this is a two-year project. Next slide please. And to provide further details let's begin by hearing from Emma Walton. Emma. Thank you Eric. As Eric mentioned I'm Emma Walton the Deputy Director of Engineering Resources for the Water Department. The Water Department is responsible for maintaining a lot of infrastructure. We own and operate about 1200 miles of pipe and thousands of valves and manholes and hydrants. Next slide please Roberta. Given the magnitude of the infrastructure that we are responsible for maintaining we have a very robust capital improvement program. We invest about $25 million every year into our water and sewer systems to really ensure that we maintain redundant reliable systems ensure that we are being good stewards of the environment and meeting all of our regulatory compliance requirements and ultimately to minimize the risk to our community and to our community with a data driven approach to prioritizing projects. So we maintain many metrics and track many metrics and information about our systems including the location and the age and the condition of all of our assets and then we use this information to prioritize projects throughout the city. Next slide please. This is a map that shows the project location to kind of put this project in context. The Shinnate Mendocino area sewer replacement project is shown in the circle there. This is overlaid on a map of our entire sewer system and we undertake projects similar to this throughout the city and we systematically replace portions of our system every single year. So this particular project rose in priority as Eric mentioned in order to address aging and deteriorating infrastructure as well as capitalize on the opportunity to relocate the sewer trunk away from the banks of Pollen Creek and provide our maintenance and operations crews with better access. I'm going to hand it over to Greg Dwyer who is the project manager. He's going to provide an overview and provide much more detail about the specifics of this project. Thank you Emma. I'm Greg Dwyer the project engineer for this project. We're very excited about this opportunity to tell you about our project and to hear from you. The North Trunk Sewer is a primary trunk sewer that serves a large area of northeast Santa Rosa which is assessed from Shinnate Road, Parker Hill Road and Terra Linda Drive. Stream bank erosion along Pollen Creek has exposed parts of the sewer line over time. Although sections of this sewer were rehabilitated, repaired and improved throughout the 60s until 2005, the majority of this area of the city sewer collection system is over 50 years old and was constructed from materials that are no longer in standard use. Next slide please. Due to the age and location of the North Trunk Sewer alignment, inspection and maintenance of the trunk main is challenging and costly. This project will relocate the sewer alignment away from Pollen Creek to the road right of way. New water mains in Shinnate Road and Laminus Avenue will loop existing systems together, improving performance and reducing maintenance costs. The goal of the project is to replace the 12-inch trunk sewer that runs down Pollen Creek within the project limits. Work includes the removal and or replacement of sewer mains along Shinnate Road, Laminus Lane, Laminus Avenue, Strawberry Drive, Plum Drive and Mendocino Avenue and of course the abandonment of the trunk sewer down Pollen Creek. New sewer mains will be installed within the project limits and as shown in the figure, replacement of the trunk main is important so that the city can eliminate any potential future work along Pollen Creek as it pertains to maintenance access and also the potential for spills. Next slide please. This photo is looking east and is of a manhole to be abandoned along Pollen Creek near Strawberry Drive. What you don't see is just outside is Pollen Creek and it's very difficult to access this manhole to do any kind of maintenance. Next slide please. This photo is looking westerly along Pollen Creek near Strawberry Drive. Plum Drive is near the top of the hill. This manhole would be very difficult just to locate alone in the need of an emergency access to get to it to do any sort of maintenance or even you can't get a vehicle down there so you have to manually bring all your equipment down there which is a big obstacle. Next slide please. This photo shows a concrete block over a semi-exposed portion of a sewer main that crosses Pollen Creek near Lamedis Lane. This main will be abandoned as part of the project and as you can see you can imagine debris coming down this creek in higher flows could hit this line and create a spill hazard and an environmental hazard as well. Next slide please. This slide shows the limits of the project and the new sewer and water mains that will be installed. I want to point out that this map is also on our project website shenaitesuroproject.com Next slide please. The majority of the new sewer mains and all of the new water mains will be installed with open trench construction. This photo shows typical open trench construction which is similar to the work that you likely see around various parts of the city. This work will be plated at the end of each day. Next slide please. Because of the depth of the new sewer in a portion of the alignment along Shenaite Road and Strawberry Drive, trenchless construction technology will be used to install the sewer. This photo shows a typical trenchless installation and what will be seen for that construction. A shaft will be installed down to the required depth of close to 40 feet. Next slide please. This photo shows the trenchless construction technique that will occur down in the shaft. So this is the previous slide but looking straight down and you can see the workers down there working. A hole is bored out from a new shaft to another receiving shaft and then the pipe is pushed in at the required depth and grade. Next slide please. There are also two crossings below Pollen Creek that will utilize trenchless technology. This slide shows that technology which will be used at Shenaite Road in Mendocino Avenue which will be just past the driveway entrance to the coffee and at the east end of the project along Shenaite Road. Next slide please. Once the project is complete and all the sewer and water mains are complete the roads will be resurfaced. Lemetus Lane and Strawberry Drive will be completely reconstructed. Lemetus Avenue will have a full width overlay on the south of Pollen Creek. The remainder of the roads where trenching was completed will be paved over the trench width at a width of 7 feet. This includes Lemetus Avenue south of Pollen Creek. A lot of work was done developing a traffic control plan and detour plan between City Traffic Engineering and City Fire Department. At this point I would like to hand it over to Mike Van Mitty with City Traffic Engineering so he can talk to you about some of those efforts. Thank you Greg. I'm Mike Van Mitty Associate Traffic Engineer in Santa Rosa Transportation and Public Works Department. We understand that work zone traffic control will have significant impacts for many of you and I hope to explain what those impacts will be. As Greg described in the previous slides there are several different construction methods which will require different traffic control plans to accommodate the various activities. Some of the activities will allow the street to be opened outside of working hours while others will require continuous 24 hour closures for their duration. The work will be done in stages so the project will not have all the described traffic control measures implemented at the same time. Every effort will be made to accommodate pedestrians and bicyclists throughout the project limits. We do not anticipate any pedestrian detours or sidewalk closures. Next slide please. We will break up the project into two segments and describe their different traffic control strategies. Starting from Mendocino Avenue and working east to Humboldt Street and Belvedere Way traffic control will allow one lane in each direction. There will be parking prohibitions throughout this segment. There will also be turn restrictions for driveways and side streets throughout. Most turn restrictions will require drivers to turn right into and out of side streets or driveways. We anticipate significant delays at the intersection of Mendocino Avenue and Shenate Road during construction in that area. To accommodate construction activities in that intersection the east and west approaches on Shenate Road will reduce from three lanes in each direction to one lane in each direction. An optional detour will be available using Humboldt Street, Franklin Avenue, and Lewis Road. The second segment of the project traffic control is from Humboldt Street, Belvedere Way to Terra Linda Drive. The construction activities in this segment require one half of the roadway width. The traffic control will allow one way eastbound only traffic in this segment. There are some driveways and streets within this segment and specific instructions for those residents will be communicated to them. There will be a barricade closing the road in the westbound direction at Terra Linda Drive. Next slide please. In an effort to keep westbound Shenate Road traffic off of Terra Linda Drive and other local streets in the area westbound Shenate Road will be closed at Parker Hill Road. Local traffic only will be allowed westbound between Parker Hill Road and Terra Linda Drive. During this phase of construction the emergency access gate at the north end of Terra Linda Drive at Lake Park Drive will be open for northbound only traffic. In addition the ballards between Andy Way and Baldwin Way will be removed to allow northbound only traffic. Next slide please. This slide shows the ballards between Andy Way and Baldwin Way that will be removed to facilitate local northbound traffic only. This removal will be temporary and only during this phase of construction. Next slide please. This slide shows the emergency vehicle access gate between Terra Linda Drive and Lake Park Drive that will be opened to facilitate local northbound traffic only. This gate opening will be temporary and only during this phase of construction. Next slide please. During the westbound closure at Terra Linda Drive the official detour will be westbound Shenate Road to northbound Parker Hill Road continuing onto Stagecoach Road followed by a left on Fountain Grove Parkway and a left on Mendocino Avenue. Bicyclists going westbound Shenate Road at Parker Hill Road would be required to follow the detour. For those traveling westbound from Rincan Valley we anticipate drivers will use alternate routes like Highway 12 or Mark West Springs Road. Detour route maps will be available on the project website. Next slide please. Shenate Road is an emergency access route and we know there are concerns related to access for emergency vehicles as well as for evacuation routes. The design team has worked with the Traffic Engineering Division Santa Rosa Fire Department and Santa Rosa Police Department to develop contingency plans in case of an emergency. Construction would be halted and the road fully opened. If necessary Santa Rosa Police can reverse the westbound closure at Terra Linda Drive to allow evacuation westbound on Shenate Road. Traffic signal timing can be modified remotely at the signalized intersections on Shenate Road to allocate more time in any direction for any evacuation. At this time I would like to go back to Eric to continue the presentation. Thank you Mike. I want to elaborate on the point that in the event of a potential emergency we are taking a proactive approach. We will have the ability to shut down the project to facilitate any necessary emergency actions that may be required. We are working closely with Santa Rosa Police and Fire throughout the project in particular during extreme weather events such as red flag warnings. If necessary we will put the contractor on temporary suspension to evaluate these conditions. And now we would like to transition to the Q&A portion of our program. Mark can you give us some guidance on how this portion will be handled? Yes, thank you Eric. I would like to make sure that a recording of this presentation will be made available and put on the project website so others can see it later. Tonight if you have a question for our panelists please follow these directions. Select the raise your hand function in zoom if you have a question. If you are calling from a phone however you can dial star 9 to raise your zoom hand. You can also dial the microphone when it's your turn to ask your question or provide your input. We ask that you be courteous and keep to no more than two minutes or less so that we can allow as many people as possible to ask questions. If you hear your question asked and answered please lower your hand so we can get through as many questions and comments as possible. As we hear the questions Eric who can best respond. Now if you have a question regarding your personal sewer or water connection or your driveway access or any other issue specific to your situation, please contact us separately by email or phone for your personal specific questions. A phone number and email are available on the project website at shenadesewerproject.com and we will also post them tonight after your questions. So Roberta are you ready for the first participant to ask a question or provide a comment? Yes. So our first speaker is Cara King. Cara I'm allowing you to talk. Go ahead. Cara you can go ahead. Cara King you've been on mute. You can go ahead and make your comment or ask your question. Perhaps we'll go on to the next person and we can get back to Cara if she can raise her hand again. Okay the next speaker is Sonia Taylor. Sonia I'm allowing you to talk and unmuting you so go ahead and unmute your microphone and go ahead and make question or comment. Can you hear me? Yes. My name's Sonia Taylor. Hi Eric. Eric is familiar with me. I have a couple of questions. One of the presenters said that there would be 24-hour closures of some roads for the duration and then those details were not provided so I'm curious what that is. The detours out I live on LaMidas Lane. Right turn onlys in and out of driveways and roads with the closure of Mendocino and Shanaid essentially or the extreme difficulty getting through. I'm curious if coming out of LaMidas Lane onto Shanaid we will be able to turn left and I'm curious with regard to an emergency would a predicted high wind event be enough to shut the project down or would you want to wait to see whether it really happened. I'm very concerned about the evacuations having had to evacuate obviously in 2017. So those are my questions. Thank you. Hi Sonia. I will let my fan MIDI answer the traffic questions with regard to the emergency though. I can speak to that. We like I said in my little part of the presentation we when in doubt we are going to we have the authority and the contract is written in such a way that we will make the contract played over and open traffic up as necessary even the event of evaluating whether the emergency is significant or not. We won't wait till it occurs before we do that. So we have the discretion to take that action in the event of an emergency. Mike. Yeah thanks Eric and thanks Sonia for the question. So Roberta can I have you pull up slide number 22 please. Yes just a moment. Thank you. And while that's coming up Sonia I did we'll talk briefly about specifically your location but this presentation is targeted to a general audience and we'd be happy to discuss specifically your access and detour routes that you would need to take specifically to your location. So you know after the meeting please feel free to reach out to us and and you know we could discuss that with you. Perfect thanks Roberta. So actually I'm sorry can we go back one more to 21? My apologies. Paul in the meantime would you like to comment on the emergency question that Sonia raised? Yeah absolutely thank you Sonia. So yeah we have had a number of conversations leading up to tonight's community meeting and definitely do you understand the concerns of our community regarding evacuations. We have a plan in place right now to not only be able to proactively shut the job site down in advance of a significant weather event whether or not it's a red flag morning or something more of a critical fire condition that would affect specifically the lower elevations of Santa Rosa. A lot of the red flags we see are in the upper elevations but we'll continue to monitor those conditions. But we're also working on a plan to have the Know Your Ways Out update specific to this project and this location. So you'll see later on towards the end of the meeting and the question answers that there will be a website for Know Your Ways Out which is a an opportunity for our community to know all the different ways out throughout Santa Rosa. One of the things that we don't typically include in that are actual emergency evacuation access points. We will temporarily during this project have a map up that specifically shows those and we will potentially use them based on the conditions of an emergency. So plans are in place to use them if need be and have people aware of where they're at and that'll also play into how we message to the community in the event of an emergency. Thank you Paul. Yeah and Sonia so from this map you could see on Chinat Road between Mendocino Avenue and Humboldt Street we will have traffic open in each direction. However there will be turn restrictions so depending on the stage of construction we we will always keep access to side streets and driveways. However you may be limited to right turns in and right turns out. As we go east on Chinat, east of Humboldt Street at that point it's eastbound only one way. So any any access at that point would have to be from the eastbound direction. Thank you Mike. And the speaker is Kara King has been allowed her to talk if we can hear this time. Kara you can unmute your microphone. Hi can you hear me? Yes again thank you. Fantastic sorry about the first time I was double muted. I am just curious you mentioned that we want to minimize disruptions and most of the things that we heard about were traffic disruptions. I want to know are we gonna experience any sewer service disruptions and if so is there any way for us to be notified ahead of time and with how much lead time? Greg do you want to answer that question? Yes. Hi we will have a full-time inspector on the project site at all times during construction. We're not just gonna shut down the sewer service or your water service without plenty of notification so you'll be notified along the way it'll be very brief while they make the connection of your sewer lateral into the new main and then so that way you can plan for it. And if you don't have a sewer lateral coming from the new sewer if you're not involved in that then would would service be affected? Greg? So I'd like to hand that to Cy Penry with the city technician. Hello Kara thank you for your question also. Yes I'm a civil engineering technician for the city of Santa Rosa. Sewer lateral interruptions are very brief on construction sites. It's the guys that are making the tie-in when they remove your old lateral connection and hooking up the new one that only lasts for about 15 minutes to 30 minutes when that tie-in is being made. Other disruptions when it comes to water if you're in the area of the new water installation is at times we have to make tie-ins and those tie-ins usually run in the vicinity of approximately four hours but there's a great advanced notice on that and for areas like businesses that need to be kept in water we supply a water tanker truck for that. So if you're a resident so you could be about water for half a day or in the range of half a day. Thank you Cy. And there are no more hands raised as far as the attendees. Mark you're muted. Okay well I would like to thank everyone for participating tonight to continue to stay informed and get information on the project visit the project website at shenatesewerproject.com. Roberta could you maybe put that slide up so people could see that that'd be great thank you. Thanks Mark. There is a link on the website to sign up for construction update details or you can send an email to us at info at shenatesewerproject.com and we will put you on that list. You can see on the screen there is also a construction hotline phone number<PHONE_NUMBER>. This is for your use once construction starts. If you should have questions or an issue near your property and to be prepared in advance should there be an emergency of some kind as Paul mentioned please visit www.srcity.org forward slash know your ways out. Again construction will begin later this year in the fall and we will continue to keep you informed as the project progresses. With that thank you all for joining us tonight and for your participation. Good night.