7-15-22 - Weekly Snapshot

CITY OF HOT SPRINGS
WEEKLY SNAPSHOT

JULY 15, 2022

LAKE OUACHITA WATER SUPPLY PROJECT

City of Hot Springs

Pictured, from left: Matt Michler (Michels Project Manager), Kelly Vanlandingham (Crist Engineers Senior Project Manager), Craig Vandaelle (Michels
Business Manager), Todd Piller (CHS Engineering Project Manager), Joey Stadler (CHS Engineering Assistant Utilities Project Manager), Bill Burrough
(CHS City Manager), Monty Ledbetter (CHS Utilities Director), Matt Dunn (Crist Engineers President) and Ted Foltz (Michels Operations Manager).

Signatures of members of the City Board of Directors and City Unprecedented tunneling to begin soon
leadership adorn the micro tunneling machine, including that of
Bill Burrough's, who added "13 years" in reference to the time it The City of Hot Springs and Michels Corporation presented the
has taken to get to this point in this monumental project. custom micro tunneling machine, which will be used to tunnel
through Blakely Mountain for the City’s Lake Ouachita Water

Supply Project, on Tuesday in front of City Hall before it was
delivered to the intake site (see photos on page 2).

In what will be the longest 60-inch tunneling project to
date in North America, the machine will tunnel a total of
2,600 feet from the south side of the mountain to an
intake in Lake Ouachita. Up to 23 million gallons of
water a day will be gravity fed 17 miles to a new water
treatment plant.

The micro tunneling machine was custom built in
Germany with tooling based on the rock it will go
through in Blakely Mountain. It was shipped to
Michels’ Wisconsin headquarters, then to a tooling
shop in Canada.

See more photos at https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzXV6b

Weekly Snapshot Page 2

Workers with Michels Corp. continue preparations for
tunneling to begin at the Blakely Mountain intake site.
The custom micro tunneling machine is seen in the
lower right portion of the image, while seen at left are
the 72-inch encasement pipe and the hydraulic cylinder
thrusters that will force-feed the tunneling machine
and 56-inch pipe through the mountain.

A view looking south from inside
the 72-inch encasement pipe.

Welding of the 56-inch pipe is
underway to get ready for the
tunneling to begin.

See more photos at https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzY4Xg

Operation Clean Sweep to begin on July 18

The City’s third Operation Clean Sweep of 2022 is
scheduled for Monday, July 18, through Friday, August
5, to include approximately 404 address points from
Main to Seventh streets, between Albert Pike Road and
the railroad tracks.
Week One: Monday - Friday, July 18-22
Planning & Development’s Neighborhood Services
Division will go door-to-door to distribute information
packets about City services, as well as a notice for
properties identified as violating the City’s property
maintenance ordinance.

POLICE

Chris Chapmond, Chief

ACTE Job Fair Pictured, from left: Ofc. Aaron
Combs, Cpl. Jjesus Anaya, Ofc. Jose
The Police Department was out Castaneda, Dispatcher Chelsy Young,
in full force at the Association Administrative Assistant Karen Smith
for Career & Technical Education and Ofc. Omar Cervantes.
(ACTE) Summer Conference
Job Fair. The department is
currently hiring for police officers,
dispatchers, community service
officer (CSA), criminal intelligence
technician (CIT) and records clerk.

Pictured, from left:
Ofc. Aaron Combs, Sgt.
Kenny May, Garland
County Library Youth
Services Coordinators
Jill Henson and Katelyn
Holmes, HSPD Training
Coordinator Jarrett
Cantrell and Ofc. John
Oliver Albright.

Members of the
SWAT Team visited
the Garland County
Library on Monday
for a meet and greet
with area youth
and their families
and a presentation
of SWAT attire
and equipment.
Participants also got
to explore the SWAT
tactical vehicle.

Weekly Snapshot highlights some of the recent projects from the various City of Hot Springs
departments and is part of the City’s efforts to broaden its communications with the public.
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