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August 25, 2014 - Town of Jamestown Newsletter

What's Happening in Jamestown?

Terra Constructors pouring the concrete on the new Ward St. boxculvert.

Jamestown Elementary re-opened in Jamestownon August 21!(More below) View the Denver Postvideo coverage by journalist Lindsay Piercehere.

Structures currently back on town water: 82%. This

Issue: 16

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Rebuild Jamestown!

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Town of JamestownWeb Site

Resource Guide

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Next Town BoardMeetings

Wednesday, September 3, 7:00pm

Jamestown Town Hall

Next Rebuild Jamestown

Community Meeting

Tuesday, September 2, 5:30The Merc - Jamestown

Let's bring our community home.

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indicates functional structures, not destroyed in

flood. All town water is under a Boil Advisoryand willremain so until the 3creek crossings arecompleted.

Road Work- Asphalt

repair on Main iscomplete! Over thelast week, Durancrews graded andoverlaid Mesa, 16thand Spruce with anasphalt-dirt mix. 12thSt. should be complete toward the end ofAugust. The Town is sending out road closures anddelays as we know the schedule or it changes. Weappreciate everyone's patience and cooperationduring this critical time.

Private PropertyDebris Removal(PPDR) -ResurgenceDemolitionsuccessfully demolished fivestructuresunder thisFEMA program overthe last week!

Howlett's Gulch - The concrete has been poured for

the berm on Howlett's Gulch. They should bewrapping up within a week or so.

Rebuilding Efforts- Rebuilding Efforts- MDS istaking a bit of a breather for the next couple of weeksbefore resuming their high energy in September,when they will begin work on 6 houses withvoluntary labor. (More below.)

Emergency Asphalt Overlay - Duran crews beganworking with the county to overlay Lefthand Canyon

Dr. beginning August 25th. Currently, there are noplanned closures. More details here.

Jamestown is preparing for an Open Housetocommemorate one year of recovery on September12, 3:00-8:00 PM. Public welcome. (See below) Tosign up as a volunteer to help out with the set up orclean up, please visit here.

Volunteer Achievements as of 8/22:Total Volunteer Hours: 32,466

Flood Memorial

GOAL: $50,000

The Town of Jamestown'smission is to design and

construct a memorialcommemorating the 2013 Flood

in order to both preserve thehistory of the event and to honor

the strength and resilience ofour residents.

How Can You Help?

1) Donate: Simply click the linkbelow, and use your credit card

to make as small or large adonation as you like.

Click Here to Donate2) Spread the Word: Please

forward this link to all of yourfriends and family. Every dollar

counts!

https://firelilyfund.com/profile/jam

estown_co

We'll be discussing details of thememorial as a community

through the Long-Term

Recovery Planning Process.

Online Fundraising CampaignPowered By:

Congratulations toJamestown Water

Engineer:

Jennifer Aieta


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Total Equipment Value: $321,406Total in-kind value: $1,261,223

See the slides from theAugust 19 Community Meeting formore.

See Mayor Schoedinger thank Senator Udall for his support

here.

What: Flood-related displays by local artists, recovery slideshow, authors,gratitude, and the making of a labyrinth. Public welcome.

When: Friday, Sept 12, 3:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M.

Mayor Tara Schoedinger to give a brief address at 6:00 P.M.

Where: Town Hall, 118 Main St., Jamestown, CO

Call for Volunteers:Want to help with the set-up or clean-up? It's going to be a busy weekendand we're inviting all residents to be a part. Please sign up for a time slot

here - or contact Nina Andaloro for more information at 303-449-1806. Thank you!

Other Anniversary Events

2014 Woman Engineer ofthe Year

by the National Society ofProfessional Engineers - CO

Jamestown is proud to have hadyou on our team for the last 3

years!

Be sure and check out:

Welcome to JimtownBy Jamestown author, Sylvia

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To commemorate the anniversary of the September 2013 flood, Jamestownwill host several events for the community to come together to reflect on the

event and to imagine our collective future. Please watch the QT and yourinbox for more information!

It's been another great couple of weeks with MDS in the Jamestowncommunity.

While volunteers come from all over, these last couple of weeks the majorityof the group was from Wisconsin, with some from Chicago.

Wayne Stucky is the new Project Director for MDS and his wife, Carolecontinues in her role as office manager. Wayne was a crew leader forseveral weeks prior and they will be departing this weekend.

The team assisted Tim and Wendy Stokes erect the walls of their new homeover the last few weeks, and had also assisted them with framing of theirhome.

A Group of MDS schoolteachers from Wisconsin did a variety of heavylifting, concrete mixing, and construction projects, etc.

To purchase the bookplease contact Sylviaat:[email protected]/ 303.44

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Fire Hall Update

While the Fire Hall is underconstruction by Faurot

Construction, a temporarybuilding will be raised next to

Elysian Park.

Temporary structure:

Est. complete by end ofAugust

Demolition of the old firestation:

Est. complete by the end ofSeptember

Construction on new firestation:

Est. complete by end ofDecember


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Group of Mennonite workers taking a much deserved break by the creek. The flagstone steps down to the water wereinstalled by them.

MDS volunteers are close to having the Loupee house ready for volunteerhousing and have been steadily making progress on dry walling, paintingand replacing floors. The shower trailer was successfully moved from theschool down to the property with the assistance of trailer genius and MDSvolunteer, Roger Claassen.

Mostly due to harvesting and seasonal work, over the next few weeks therewill be a lull in MDS volunteers in Jamestown. This will last about two weeksand then will pick up again in September. At this point, we hope to bebuilding at least two homes while continuing repairs on a few others.

As always, if you have repair needs due to the flood, please contact Nina.

Flatirons Habitat for HumanityFlatirons will be the financial agent for the CDBG-DR (CommunityDevelopment Block Grant) funding from the state for rebuilds. The rebuildsin town will be a combination of those who will be using CDBG-DR fundingwith volunteers from MDS and some homes will be self funded withvolunteer help from MDS. We hope to break ground on the first home inSeptember.

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Road Update

Photo Credit: Steve Edelstein

Please click here to see themost update road delay and

closure schedule inJamestown.

Travel and cycling restrictions

on non-local traffic still in placeon James Canyon Drive.

Asphalt overlay scheduled onJames Canyon Drive to begin

August 25.

Access to the Merc is wideopen!

Boulder County Closures site

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Water Update

Photo credit: Eric Flink

More than 80% of the townnow has water! Thanks to the

$1M grant from CDPHE,Water Treatment Plant repairsare beginning. These include:

1. Infiltration Gallery2. Permanent Intake

3. Roughing Filter


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School Is Back In Session!!!

Hello from the ColoradoSpirit Canyons Team!

It has been a pleasure getting toknow many of you. We feel veryprivileged to hear your stories

and talk to you about yourrecovery. As we have movedthrough the summer, the rains

have increased, and so too haveour anxiety levels. From our

experience listening to survivorsof the flood, the increased rains

commonly create troublingmemories and flashbacks of last

year's flood, feelings ofbeing overwhelmed, a strong

need to avoid places associatedwith water or flooding, and-most

commonly-just plain worry oranxiety. If you are experiencing

anything like this, it can behelpful to try to reduce stress in

other areas of your life. This

can be as simple as eatinghealthy meals, getting enough

sleep, taking time tobreathe, spending time with the

people you care about, andremembering to do

something fun. Doing thesesimple things can give us a

sense of mastery in the smallthings, and we enter a state thatis better equipped to handle the

anxiety of increasing rainand rising rivers. If you would

like to talk to us aboutdeveloping strategies for

dealing with stress and anxiety,we will continue to be inJamestown Town Hall

every Saturday from 11:00 AMto 3:00 PM.


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The traditional "Back to School Arch" kicks off the school year for the JES kids and parents.

It's been a long wait, but Jamestown Elementary students are finally back intheir own school building. After the 2013 flood, the doors to the schoolbuilding were closed, due both to a lack of access and running water.Students were divided into two groups. If they were displaced due to theflood, they either met in south Boulder at Community Montessori or wereforced to relocate to other schools. If they remained in or above Jamestown,they met at Glacier View Ranch near the Peak-to-Peak Highway.

During the summer, the school building was used to house teams ofMennonite Disaster Services volunteers. And who could forget theenormous shower trailer that was brought in for the volunteers that took upthe entire playground?

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Newsletter Editors:

Erika Rae ArcherNina Andaloro

Mary Ellen Burch

Rebecca LawrenceTara Schoedinger


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All of that is behind them now as the doors to the school have officially

reopened. This year, the school welcomes new 3rd - 5th grade teacher fromthe Bar K, Patrick Griffin. Gay Paxton returns as the K - 2nd grade teacherand Beth Brotherton returns as the Principal's Assistant (and so muchmore!). Scott Boesel - "Mr. B." - is the Principal.

As would be expected after such a disruptive year, the school's numbersare low, with 15 kids attending this year. As all who have come in contactwith the school know, it's a special place with a whole lot of love and anemphasis on discovery and education. As always, local homeschoolers areinvited to send their kids to the school on a part-time basis.

Welcome back, Jamestown Elementary. It's good to hear the school bellringing and the voices of children on the playground once again.

For inquiries:Jamestown Elementary School

[email protected] 720.561.6020


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Town of Jamestown303-449-1806

http://jamestownco.org

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