[Geysers] Belated post of Old Faithful planning issues (from 4th of July meeting)

[Ralph Taylor]

>From Ralph Taylor 28 October 2004

At the NPS-Geyser Gazer meeting on 6 July Craig McClure read a list of
planning issues that are being worked on for the Old Faithful area.  We said
that the list would be posted "soon", which I suppose is now!  For a variety
of reasons, it took a while to get the document into a form we could read,
(it was a Mac document), and then when I finally received it I was packing
to leave Yellowstone.  Anyway, for what it is worth, here it is, courtesy of
Craig McClure.  I hope the formatting is not too jumbled to read.  The
project name is at the left, followed by a brief description of the scope,
the date the planning is to be completed, and the department and person
responsible.

Ralph Taylor 28 October 2004

Old Faithful Projects:

Project:	                 Scope/Timeframe/Division-Project Lead

Old Faithful Comprehensive Plan  Comprehensive plan for the area/2004/
				 Planning and Compliance/Landscape Arch
(PCLA)-Eleanor Clark
				 
Old Faithful Visitor Center	 New visitor center in the location of the
existing VC/ 2006/
				 Interp-D. Chalfant
				 
Old Faithful VC Landscape	 Designing the landscape features
surrounding the new VC/ 2004/
				 Maya Lin/Van Vallenburgh/ Interp/ D.
Chalfant and E. Clark
				 
Old Faithful VC Exhibit Plan 	 IDIQ design for exhibits and paths in the
area near the VC/2004/
				 Interp-Chalfant and PCLA-E. Clark
				 
Old Faithful Inn Old House	 Repair structure and restore old
house/2005/
				 Maintenance-P. Galindo
				 
O.F. Cultural Landscape Inventory IDIQ CLI for the developed
area/2004/PCLA-Z. Osman

O.F. Circulation Study	 DSC IDIQ circulation study and EA for
pedestrian/vehicle circulation/
				 PCLA-D. Madsen
				 
Old Faithful road Engineering Study FHWA/NPS study of road
issues/2006/Maintenance- N. Ward

Old Faithful FLHP project	 Reconstruct the roads in the area,
including the interchange/2007/
				 Maint and PCLA
				 
Relocate/Repair Photo Shop	 Move and restore the interior of the photo
shop for new use/2004/
				 Maint-S. Iobst

Move/Repair Photo Cabin		 Move cabin for alternative
use/2004/Maint/YI-S. Iobst

Old Faithful Cell Tower		 Cell tower project needed to determine
final tower height/2004/
				 PCLA-Madsen and Admin-J. Timmins
				 
Old Faithful Contractor Camp	 Develop a contractor camp in the disturbed
area left by the old 
				 sewer plant/ 2004/Maint- N. Ward
				 
Old Faithful Water Line		 Replace water line/??

Old Faithful Settling Ponds	 Settling ponds on Craig Pass/ 2004/Maint.
-N. Ward

Old Faithful Warming Hut	 Site and build new warming hut/?/Bus. Mgmt
- M. Murphy

Old Faithful Night Lighting 	 Evaluate and replace lighting which is not
night sky effective/
				 YPF grant/National Trust grant/2004/PCLA-L.
Chan
				 
O.F. Component of Commercial Services Commercial services plan for park
concessions operations/?/
				 PCLA-E. Clark