1. CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PLAN
2013 PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS

2. 2013 DOWNTOWN
PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS
Sidewalks & Streets Projects Parking Facilities
• ADA Compliant Ramps • Fraser Street Garage Lighting
• Street & Alley Resurfacing Conversion
• Atherton Streetscape Project • Conversion of Meter Lots to
• Garner Street Reconstruction Kiosks
• Tree Replacements and Additions • Pugh Street Garage Sealant
• Bike Racks & Covered Bike Racks • Parking Study
Transportation Improvements Other Projects
• Downtown Signal Retiming • Organic Food Waste Collection
• Atherton/Hillcrest Overhead Signs • Video Surveillance Project
• Bicycle Ambassador Project • Downtown Master Plan
• Columbia Gasline Project*
Stormwater and Sanitary Sewer Projects
• HFL Building on Hetzel*
• No projects scheduled in the
Downtown at this year
• Inflow and Infiltration Project
Parks
• Orchard Park Playground Project

3. SIDEWALKS & STREETS
2012 CORL STREET RECONSTRUCTION

4. ADA COMPLIANCE PROJECT
• Installation of ADA
compliant ramps at the
following intersections:
Before • Calder Way/Humes Alley
• Calder Way/McAllister Alley
• Calder Way/McAllister Street
• Work anticipated to begin
in May
After

5. STREET & ALLEY RESURFACING
Streets Selected
• Patterson Street
From Foster to Fairmount
• Sparks Street
From Prospect to Westerly Parkway
• East Foster Avenue
From Locust Lane to Garner
• Fairmount Avenue
From Sparks to Patterson
Resurfacing to begin • Nittany Avenue
in late July From Sparks to Patterson
• Gill Street
From Prospect to Hamilton
• McCormick Street
From Old Boalsburg to Pugh

6. ATHERTON CORRIDOR
IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
• Summer construction
schedule
• Sidewalks may be closed at
times with alternate
pathways for pedestrians
• Some temporary lane
closures
• Install handicapped ramps,
fence, wider sidewalks,
landscaping, new overhead
lane designations, new traffic
signals and new streetlight
poles, fixtures and
foundations

7. GARNER STREET RECONSTRUCTION
• South Garner Street
from Hamilton to
Easterly Parkway
• Will improve drainage
and pedestrian ramps
• Allows for adequate
pavement structure for
present and future
vehicle loads
• Work to begin in early
May; expect 2-3
months of construction

8. TREE REPLACEMENT & TREE GRATES
• 10 trees planned for
downtown
• Trees planted by end
of May
• 12 new tree grates
along College &
Beaver Avenue
• Tree grates
completed by mid-
August Tree grates are resized as trees
grow and replaced
when needed

9. BIKE RACKS
• Staff continues to look
for possible new bike
rack locations
• Demonstration
covered rack ready for
deployment
• Will be set up in different
areas of the Borough to
demonstrate
• Will be permanently
installed in front of Schlow
Memorial Library
• Additional covered racks
under consideration

10. TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS
2012 UNIVERSITY DRIVE/EASTERLY PARKWAY SIGNAL UPGRADE

11. TRAFFIC SIGNAL RETIMING
• 22 signals in the study
• Implementation is scheduled for 2013
• No interruption of
service expected
• For more information,
watch the most
recent report to
Transportation
Commission
(12-10-12) online at
cnet1.org

12. HILLCREST & ATHERTON OVERHEAD
LANE USE CONTROL SIGNS
• Installation of 2 Overhead Mast
Arms with Lane Use Control
Signs
• Implementation of Intersection
Safety Study Recommendations
In an early study conducted by Hoffman
(1969), overhead lane use signage • Hillcrest/Atherton was
identified as one of the top 5
contributed to a reduction in the total
number of accidents by 44 percent in a
1-year period
high-crash intersections

13. BICYCLE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM
• Ambassador activities
for the Spring
Semester include:
• Events to encourage
safe cycling downtown
• Light giveaways
• Bicycle parking
“positive” enforcement
• Trained ambassadors 2013 Bicycle
available to give Ambassador Training
presentations and
interact with the public

14. PARK PROJECTS
LEDERER PARK

15. ORCHARD PARK PLAYGROUND
PML CONFERENCE VOLUNTEER PROJECT
• Build Day: June 25
• KaBOOM, a
national non-profit,
will help coordinate
activities
• DCNR grant funding
for 50% of project
• Will need ~175
Volunteers

16. STORMWATER AND SANITARY SEWERS
2012 WEST COLLEGE SEWER MAIN AND WATER MAIN PROJECT

17. STORMWATER & SANITARY SEWERS
• No independent projects scheduled in the
downtown this year
• During street reconstruction and major roadway
projects the Public Works Department performs
preventative sanitary and stormwater sewer
maintenance
• Improves efficiency/reduces labor costs
• Minimizes future disturbances on new roadway
• Inflow and Infiltration (INI) Project
• Upon execution of the contract, the first phase of the INI
project will be to monitor for high flow areas

18. PARKING FACILITIES
PUGH STREET GARAGE

19. FRASER GARAGE LIGHTING PROJECT
• Project led by a PSU
student group
• Review of utility bills
• Designing a new lighting
system with occupancy
sensors, daylight
harvesting, possibly solar
and all new fixtures
Fraser Street Parking Garage
• Primarily for energy
efficiency
• Will go out for bid when
plan is complete

20. CONVERSION OF METER LOTS TO KIOSK
• Implement Pay by credit
card option
• Pay-by-plate
• Pay by mobile device
• Kiosks will replace the old
fashioned parking meters in
the following locations:
• 2 kiosks on the 1st Floor of
McAlister Parking Deck
• 1 kiosk on the roof of McAlister
• 1 kiosk in the Allen Lot New Kiosks to be installed
in metered lots
• 2 kiosks in the Beaver Ave Lot

21. PUGH STREET GARAGE SEALANT
• Placing a sealant on
the Pugh Street
Garage drive aisles
• Expect a full closure
for a week
• Planned for
May/June after Pugh Street Garage
student move out
and before Arts Fest

22. PARKING STUDY
• A comprehensive study of both public and private
on- and off-street parking in the Central Business
District will be developed in 2013
• Analysis to include
• Parking structure
placement alternatives
• Review of all policies and
ordinances related to
parking demand
• Analysis of privately
owned parking in the
Central Business District
• Last report completed in
1985
Pugh Street Garage will be at
• Kickoff planned for June the end of its useful in 2018

23. OTHER PROJECTS
PLANNING PROJECTS & PROJECTS FROM OTHER ORGANIZATIONS

24. ORGANIC WASTE COLLECTION
• Phased roll-out to
downtown commercial
customers beginning in
late summer/early fall
Commercial Organic
Waste Collection

25. VIDEO SURVEILLANCE PROJECT
• Consolidate video Phase 1 Garages Early May
surveillance systems
Phase 2 Municipal Early June
• Replace and install Building
additional cameras in (Parking,
municipal garages, Police, etc.)
buildings and in public Phase 3 Downtown Early July
areas with a focus on
the Central Business Phase 4 Neighborhoods Pilot (Not
District /Highlands Funded)
• If funding allows, pilot
video surveillance in
neighborhood settings

26. DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN
• Planning document
• Phase 1: Physical and
Design Improvements
• Final draft complete
• Phase 2:
Implementation
Strategies
• Ready for review by Phase 1 meeting with municipal
staff and regional partners
March 2013
• Expect completion by
June

27. COLUMBIA GASLINE PROJECT
BELLAIRE, BURROWES & PROSPECT
• Areas affected:
• Bellaire Avenue
• East Prospect Avenue from University Drive to Burrowes Street
• Burrowes Street from Prospect Avenue to College Avenue
• Plan to complete crossing of Beaver and College
between student move out and Arts Fest
• Project permitting through PennDOT, not SCB
• Streets will be resurfaced in 2014

28. HFL BUILDING
477 EAST BEAVER
• Expected completion
in early August
• Hetzel Street closed to
traffic
• Hetzel Street expected
to reopen to at least
one lane prior to
completion date

29. CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PLAN
2014-2018 PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS

30. 2014 – 2018
PROPOSED PROJECTS
• Streetlight Replacement (Annual)
• Pugh Street Garage Replacement (By 2018)
• Fraser Street Open Space Project (2014)
• Downtown Master Plan Infrastructure
Improvements (2015-2016)
• Pugh Streetscape Project (2014)
• College Avenue Waterline Replacement (2014)

31. STREET LIGHT REPLACEMENT
• 2013 – Integrated into
Atherton Street
Improvement Project
• 2014 – Integrated into Pugh
Street Streetscape Project
• 2015 – College Avenue
• 2016 – Beaver Avenue from
“H” Alley to Burrowes Street
• 2017 – Beaver Avenue from
Allen to McAllister

32. PUGH STREET GARAGE
REPLACEMENT
• End of useful life -
2018
• Begin to plan for
replacement
through parking
study

33. PUGH STREET
STREETSCAPE DESIGN & IMPLEMENTATION
• Needs assessment
• Replacement for Elms
• Traffic control at Beaver
• Pedestrian amenities
• Design completed last
year
• Incorporated into
Downtown Master Plan
• Implementation will be
dependent upon new
garage structure decisions

34. FRASER STREET
OPEN SPACE PROJECT
• Completed concept
design includes
accommodations for:
• Pedestrian scale amenities
• A public gathering space
• Art or sculptures
• Planned for 2014
• Grant funding will be
used, if possible, for art
installations

35. COLLEGE AVENUE WATERLINE
REPLACEMENT
• State College Borough Water Authority
Project
• College Avenue from Atherton Street to Hiester
Street
• Project planned for 2014
• One-lane closure expected that will involve the
parking lane
• New service line to be installed

36. DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN
INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS
• Recommendations from the Downtown Master Plan
will be incorporated into future CIP projects
• Expected to
fund projects
identified in
the approved
Downtown
Master Plan
beginning in
2015

37. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN
SCHEDULE
• Proposals submitted – Early March 2012
• Published – Early April
• Presented to Council – Mid-April
• Public hearing – Early May
• Council review – May
• Council adoption – Early June
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