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Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council Monday, April 20, 2020 Page 5 CAPITAL PROJECTS. The 2020 Capital Projects that are going forward include: The Road Program which includes concrete road repairs on SOM Center Road, North Commons Blvd., Parkview Drive, White Road, Wilson Mills Road, Highland Road, Lander Road, SOM Court, Bramblewood Lane and Thornsway Drive. CATTS Construction was the low bidder for this project at $949,831.75. During this period of low traffic volume, our Engineer Tom Cappello, Police Chief Paul Matias and our Service Director Doug Metzung concurred that it made sense to have the work done as quickly as possible. CATTS is following all guidelines issued by OSHA and the CDC regarding COVID-19. CATTS began work on SOM Center Road on April 3`d and expects to complete the project by early June. Parkview Playground. The Parkview Playground project went out to bid and was awarded in February to Licursi Home & Garden for $868,236.75. In March, work began to remove the old playground equipment and we are well on our way to completion, which is expected in June. With luck, we will be able to open the playground as planned and we would love to host a grand opening ceremony to introduce it to all of you. Thanks to our landscape architect Jim McKnight for his work on this project and to Assistant Recreation Director Danielle Echt for her vision and her efforts to obtain funding to make that vision into a reality. Beta Drive Signage. We have long discussed our desire to promote the County's designation of Beta Drive as a County Innovation Zone. Entryway signage will be added to both ends of Beta Drive in an effort to make this designation clear. This project recently went to bid and tonight, Council will vote to award the contract. Wilson Mills Sidewalk Extension. At the request of residents in our easternmost neighborhoods, a sidewalk is being added to Wilson Mills to continue the existing sidewalk from Hanover Drive to Echo Drive, to make it easier for folks to walk to the center of town and access the Greenway Trail and other Village amenities. The contract for this project is also on Council's agenda this evening. Civic Center Improvements. Perhaps the biggest project that had been planned for 2020 was to make our Civic Center ADA compliant. Earlier this year, Council had requested that our architect look at the cost of constructing a new building and we were almost done with that process when the Coronavirus hit. Given that there is much more conversation to be had before making a decision on how to proceed, and until we know the depth of the revenue impact from Coronavirus that we are going to experience this year, this project is being postponed and will be revisited in 2021 or 2022. The Master Plan. The Master Plan Steering Committee met in February to discuss its status and concluded that our current draft is lacking in direction regarding future zoning and land use. The Steering Committee suggested it would be worth the time and expense to hire a professional planner to assist us with this aspect of the Master Plan before we present it to Council for adoption. The Committee also felt that it was important to include the Town Center in the Master Plan, and pointed out that any major construction at the Civic Center, whether it be expansion or building new, could significantly impede any future plans for a Town Center. Essentially, they pointed out