10-2-20 -- Weekly Snapshot

September 28 – October 2, 2020

TOWN HALL MEETINGS

District 1 / District 2

Chief Chapmond shares his
approach to policing

At two recent town hall meetings
hosted for Districts 1 and 2,
Hot Springs Police Chief Chris
Chapmond engaged with citizens
and spoke about his approach to
community policing. The first town
hall meeting was at the Exchange
Street Parking Plaza on Sept. 21, and
the second was postponed a week
due to rain to Tuesday, Sept. 29, at
the Reverend James Donald Rice
Park. Participants were asked a series
of questions on note cards, and their
answers were collected and served
as talking points for Chapmond.
He addressed concerns and public
perception about safety, as well as
the role of police in the community.

(ABOVE) Chief Chapmond speaks to the group at the
Sept. 29 town hall meeting.

(FAR LEFT) Participants at the Sept. 29 town hall write
down their responses on note cards while others chat
before the start of the meeting.

(CENTER LEFT) District 1 Director Erin Holliday
discusses the two town hall meetings with a media
representative.

(LEFT) District 2 Director Elaine Jones introduces City
Manager Bill Burrough at the onset of the Sept. 29
meeting at Rev. Rice Park.

Census self-response deadline pushed back to Oct. 5

Five more days have been added to the 2020 Census self-response
deadline, which was to expire on Sept. 30. Residents of Hot Springs
and Garland County now have through Monday, Oct. 5, to quickly
and easily participate in the census online at my2020census.gov or
by calling 844-330-2020.

City of Hot Springs employees were among the volunteers at the
Sept. 28 Drive Up Census Response & Voter Registration event at
the Convention Center, seen at right. The City Clerk's Office and
Public Information Department have also coordinated with other
City departments to ensure a complete count among employees.

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Hope Works picks up 1,400 pounds of litter in less than a week

Hope Works litter crews started on Higdon Ferry Road on Thursday, Sept. 24. Through
Wednesday, Sept. 30, the program had also picked up Airport Road, East Grand Avenue and
more than half of Highway 270 toward Hot Springs where it turns into Albert Pike Road.
There was an average of eight workers each day. A total of 141 bags of litter were collected,
totaling 1,400 pounds, or .70 tons. “They are doing a great job, and are having to turn away
workers due to a lack of room in the van to ensure COVID-19 safety guidelines are being
followed,” said Randy Atkinson, Solid Waste director.

Dump site
cleaned

Solid Waste’s CAPS
Division (Clean,
Attractive Property
Service) cleaned up
an illegal dumpsite
totaling 5,640
pounds, or 2.89
tons, at Forest Lakes
Boulevard and Twin
Points Road. Before
and after photos are
seen at right.

Students producing recycling
promotional video

Two students from the EAST Program
at Fountain Lake Charter High School,
seen in the photo at right with Atkinson,
are producing a video segment on the
City’s Recycle Center and recycling
drop-off location, with information on
why recycling is important.

Household Hazardous Waste
Collection Day on Oct. 17

Garland County residents can bring
household hazardous waste to the
county fairgrounds from 8 a.m. to 1
p.m. on Oct. 17 for a safe, free disposal
of unused/leftover household products containing toxic, flammable, corrosive or
reactive chemicals. A paint exchange area will also be available for paint that is still
usable/stored in the original container with a legible label. Passenger tires (no rims)
and electronic waste will also be accepted.

“This drive-through event helps prevent improper disposal of hazardous waste,
including placing them in household trash, pouring them down sinks, toilets
or storm drains, or dumping them on the ground,” said Atkinson. “Left stored
improperly at home, hazardous waste can pose danger to children/pets, and
possibly cause hazardous fumes/fires.”

The event, sponsored by the SWC Regional Solid Waste Management District, is for
household quantities only. Hazardous waste from companies/businesses will not be
accepted. For info., call 501-321-6911.

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New coagulant to aid in water treatment process

The Ouachita Water Plant received the first delivery of a new coagulant to help
settle out raw water impurities on Sept. 25, seen at right. Coagulants are positively
charged molecules that neutralize negative charges on particles. When added to
water, this reaction causes the suspended particles to bind together, or coagulate
(also called flocculation). The large clumps of particles, or floc, are heavy and settle
to the bottom of the sedimentation basin.

5,000 yards of compost loaded in Sept.

The City's Compost Facility recently wrapped up the Third
Annual September Compost Giveaway, during which more
than 5,000 cubic yards of material were loaded at no cost, as
seen at left. This is a welcomed event that helps get clients’ fall
garden beds ready while providing the Compost Facility space
for production through the winter months.

Lakeside Water Plant basins cleaned

The Lakeside Water Plant operators have been busy lately. On Sept. 29, the
flocculation basin and two sedimentation basins were drained for sludge removal
and cleaning, as seen in the photo at left.

New pipe being installed

A new 48-inch pipe, seen at right, and couplings
have arrived for the repair needed at the Davidson
Wastewater Treatment Plant, which is scheduled to
take place on Oct. 5. During construction, the plant
will direct the water flow to another 48-inch line.
Coakley Construction will be assisting Utilities in the
project.

The pipe being replaced is an uncoated steel pipe installed 20 years ago after the
previous pipe was damaged by a crane that rolled down a nearby hill. The new pipe
will have an epoxy coating that will extend the life of the pipe to 50-plus years.

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'Tis the season

Parks & Trails has begun the season task of decorating
downtown with more than 1 million holiday lights, as seen
below and at right at Hill Wheatley Plaza.

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Parks & Trails continued...

Perfect weather for public art project

Parks & Trails Director Anthony Whittington
and Office Manager Kathleen Fason visited
Linden Park, 309 Linden Park Lane off
Whittington Avenue, this week to express their
creativity at the giant mandala art project, seen
at right.

Parks & Trails partnered with the Hot Springs
Cultural Alliance and Emergent Arts to have
this project available during the "Arts & the
Park" festival happening through Oct. 4. The
mandala will remain open afterward, and
everyone is invited to come participate in
its creation. There are five different types of
organic material available near the mandala
for use, or visiting artists can bring their own
organic materials from home.

"It's been a great week to be out in the parks
enjoying art!" said Whittington.

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Stormwater Sites of the Month - October 2020
Large Stormwater Site

Commercial Site
BancorpSouth, 3400 Central Avenue

From left: Bradley Meyer (superintendent, James A. Rodgers Excavating), Danny Capps
(superintendent, F&F Construction, Inc.), Tommy Kerr (stormwater site inspector, Arkansas

Stormwater Management LLC); not pictured, Carol Drake (president, BancorpSouth)

Small Stormwater Site
Residential Site

114 Horseshoe Street
Greg Carpenter (owner and general contractor), left;
Tommy Kerr (stormwater site inspector, Arkansas Stormwater Management
LLC), right

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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