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« Reply #30 on: March 17, 2014, 08:44:32 am »

There were traffic barricades up around the fountain on Saturday. Did someone hit it already?

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« Reply #31 on: March 18, 2014, 09:31:15 am »

I re-read the entire thread and the TW article and I still can't figure out why the fountain was "complete" last week and then orange barrels went up this weekend.
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« Reply #32 on: March 18, 2014, 10:49:32 am »

Inquiring minds want to know.
Barrels have been there for at least a week.

My guess is they're waiting for an official dedication or some such.
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« Reply #33 on: March 18, 2014, 11:04:51 am »

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Repairs to Bartlett Square Fountain are complete but the fountain will not be turned on for another two weeks as the city awaits the installation of a surge protector, city officials said Monday.
 
"They have been done (with the repairs) since March 5. Now they are waiting on the surge protector," said Brad Crutcher, the construction manager for the city's Field Engineering Department.

Crutcher said the project was scheduled to be completed by the end of last week.


"They didn't want to turn the lights on until they get surge protectors," he said. "And that is supposed to happen in the next two weeks."


The former Bartlett Square fountain, at the center of a roundabout at Fifth and Main streets, was damaged several times before it finally was boarded up in March 2011, officials said.


The new fountain will have a 9-inch-tall profile in the street, with two 4-inch shelves about 27 feet in diameter that will allow distracted drivers to cruise over the fountain without damaging property, according to construction plans.


The outer curb will have a color-adjustable LED light strip rotating in the direction motorists should drive and nine LED-infused water jets, according to plans.


Voy Construction LLC contract with the city is for about $448,000.


About $100,000 of that came from three insurance claims, and the rest comes from Vision 2025 funds for historical markers.


Plans for the new fountain were designed by the Tulsa firm Howell & Vancurren and were announced in September by the Downtown Coordinating Council.


http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/downtown/repairs-complete-tulsa-fountain-to-light-up-downtown-soon/article_c656a2b3-0f52-5a30-9e66-cb634ccc48fa.html
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« Reply #34 on: March 18, 2014, 11:12:15 am »

Topical article.

I guess they learned their lesson from the bridge blunder
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« Reply #35 on: March 18, 2014, 11:19:32 am »

Found it in the "Other Discussion" section here, in the Bartlett Fountain thread.
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« Reply #36 on: March 18, 2014, 01:35:47 pm »

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Voy Construction LLC contract with the city is for about $448,000.
About $100,000 of that came from three insurance claims, and the rest comes from Vision 2025 funds for historical markers.

What's historical about this project? Was this a legal use of Vision 2025 funds dedicated to a specific purpose?
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« Reply #37 on: March 18, 2014, 01:50:51 pm »

What's historical about this project? Was this a legal use of Vision 2025 funds dedicated to a specific purpose?
Yes it is a valid expenditure; it comes from the Downtown and Neighborhood fund (there is no historic marker fund in Vision 2025 that is an internal City project designation).
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« Reply #38 on: March 18, 2014, 06:18:22 pm »

Yes it is a valid expenditure; it comes from the Downtown and Neighborhood fund (there is no historic marker fund in Vision 2025 that is an internal City project designation).

What happened to the historical markers on the centennial walk?
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« Reply #39 on: March 20, 2014, 05:41:55 pm »

Surge protector was installed today.
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« Reply #40 on: March 20, 2014, 07:44:16 pm »

Surge protector was installed today.
woo hoo

Did they test it with an Owasso cheerleader?
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« Reply #41 on: March 20, 2014, 11:49:49 pm »

Did they test it with an Owasso cheerleader?

Surge protector.  Not purge protector.
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« Reply #42 on: March 21, 2014, 12:06:15 am »

Surge protector.  Not purge protector.

Sorry, my bad.   Wink
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« Reply #43 on: March 28, 2014, 10:22:06 am »

Barrels are gone.
Fountain is doing its thing.
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« Reply #44 on: March 28, 2014, 11:13:47 am »

Barrels are gone.
Fountain is doing its thing.

Baiting the Owassans?
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