05-02-85 Street & Alley Comm MinutesMay 2, 1985 STREET AND ALLEY/SEWER AND WATER COMMITTEE 3:00 P.M.
Chairmen Palmer and Nystul, Councilmen Springer, Ruiz, Schindler,
and Saverud in attendance. Also present were Mayor McDowell, DPW Hammer,
Steve Cox, Fred Zavodny, Ben VanDyke, Jim Woehler, Jay Billmayer, R.O.
Wallace, John W. Peterson, and from Stahly Engineering Ron McLaughlin,
George Mergal, and Paul Stokes, Mrs. Wilson, and Roger Hopkins from the Daily
Interlake.
Chairman Palmer brought the meeting to order.
JUSTICE CENTER - ABANDONMENT OF ALLEY - It was the consensus of the
Committee that the alley should be abandoned. Will be presented to Council.
Also discussed was the abandonment of 9th Street between Main and First. This
will also be taken to the Council on Monday, May 6.
COCA COLA REQUEST FOR PARKING VARIANCE - Discussion of truck parking
problem and request for loading zone with 15 minute parking for designated
hours. This would also eliminate parking problem on Oregon Street. The
Committee recommended granting.. the variance -subject to State approval':
(Highway right of way) and Council approval.
SIDE -ARM LOADER UPDATE - Remainder of containers to be here by May 15.
Loader is expected by June 15 at the earliest. It was recommended that
containers not be assembled or placed until side -arm loader is here.
. SAFETY VESTS - They have been purchased. Supervisors need to make sure
employees wear them.
CURB CUT - 344 2nd Avenue East - Bob Wallace requesting the widening
of present one car cut to two. C. Saverud moved, C. Nystul seconded,
committee approved.
CURB CUT - Credit Bureau - Request for curb cut into parking lot with
27 spaces. Will lose three parking spaces along the street. Committee approved.
PARK PLACE - Mrs. Wilson owns 298 feet of frontage (parts of three lots)
and will be charged $2400 for curbing. She asked for some relief. Discussion
of Mrs. Wilson's concerns indicated that there were only two choices -
computing by square footage or by frontage and frontage was probably the better
way. No way to make an exception.
Discussion of cul-de-sac or through street for Park Place. General
consensus of the Committee was that the best choice was for a through street.
Twenty (20) parking places provided for park. Will recommend to Council.
5TH STREET WEST AND 1ST ALLEY WEST - Presentation of Jay Billmayer
explaining situation of 5th and Alley. Advantages and disadvantages of 3
alternatives to correct. The joint Committee recommended authorizing DPW
Hammer to negotiate with Carver for the engineering of the utilities on
Center Street between Main and 5th Street West (101, sanitary trunk, curbs).
• Tax increment money will be used to pay engineer.
DPW Hammer will have proposals for phasing, funding, and engineering
ready for the joint meeting set for Thursday, May 9, 1985.
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EMMANUEL LUTHERAN HOME: PAVING OF ALLEY - Approximately 800 feet of
City -owned alley. Emmanuel Lutheran Home has offered to pay for the materials
if the City used labor and machinery. Committee approved subject to the
Street Department's working schedule. They also will do a resolution
establishing a policy of paving alleys (City owned property only) when
there is an arrangement of materials provided by adjacent owners with the
City providing machinery and labor.
LHC PROPOSAL AND ORDERING IN OF CURBS - 7th Avenue West North:
Committee moved to approve LHC's proposal and to order in the curbing. LHC
will provide all labor and preparation, City will lay asphault.
1ST ALLEY EAST - 700 BLOCK - Complaints concerning this alley. Mayor
McDowell indicated this was being taken care of. C. Saverud suggested having
adjacent owners provide materials and City provide labor for paving rather
than just grading and dust coating. This will be suggested to adjacent
owners.
STAHLY ENGINEERING - W.W.T.P. - Ron McLaughlin gave a review of the
history of our facilities, the steps taken in any grant program (conceptual
planning, design, construction - Stage 4 grant), and the choices now
before the City as to the future of Kalispell watewater discharge. Those
choices are as follows: (1) Phosphorus removal and piping of affluent to the
• Flathead River. (2) Phophorous and ammonia removal and discharging into
Ashley Creek. (3) Irrigation in summer and discharging into Ashley Creek
in winter. At this point there are three basic policy decisions to make:
(1) Comply with grant requirements or oppose. (2) Size and growth potential
of investment. (3) If City decides to comply what choice of action - which
of the above alternatives does it pursue? Alternative (2) was used for
grant approval because the State favored it and it was the only option the
City could do on it's own. He noted that there will be no more 75% grants and
that new grants don't allow for growth factors. He recommended not jeopardizing
the grant, but if no grant do not go bigger. The simplest way is to stay
with the treatment of phosphorous and amonia and discharge into Ashley.
He suggested meeting with the State. if they will allow discussion of Alternate
3 without the loss of alot of time then check it out. If farmers could be
found to cooperate then go for it - if not, then go back to Alternate 2.
If City chooses not to comply two things might happen: (1) Fine of up to
$10,000 per day (which fine generally is returned for making of improvements),
or (2) Theoretically the State can come in and build what is needed and
charge the City. It was noted that EPA doesn't back down.
UPDATE ON SLUDGE PLANT - The project is about done. It has been a
cost successful project. Performance: there are a bunch of little problems,
no big problems, good gas production, processing daily use plus storage from
winter. Warranty began about the first of March.
Request
for payment from Stahly. Manuals are in. DPW
Hammer recommended
acceptance of
0 and M manual, and instructed that payment be
sent through.
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REQUEST FOR TAPPING MACHINE - Present machine acting up. Steve Cox
gave history and problems of present machine. Old one has paid for itself
through jobbing out. Three to five taps expected this summer. $6,000.00
worth of hardware would be retained for use with new machine. Discussion
of renting from Whitefish and funding. C.. Ruiz moved to purchase a new
tapping machine, C. Nystul seconded. Committee approved.
CAROLYN CRAWFORD - $269.00 delinquent repair bill. Committee recommended
having City Attorney pursue.
DELINQUENT WATER BILLS LEFT BY PREVIOUS OWNERS - City Clerk and City
Attorney recommended sending a letter to all banks, realtors, and title
companies requesting them to include a check for delinquent water bills in
their closing statements. If individual in question is still in the City
the City Attorney will pursue in City Court. If individual is out of the
City jurisdiction the account will be turned over to a collection agency.
City attorney asked to set up,a policy if possible_where ,the water bill,
would be attached to a house account instead of an individual. This would
make new owners responsible for collecting from a previous owner if the
bill was not taken care of as part of the closing. He is to check with
PP&L and see how they handle this kind of situation.
WATER DEPARTMENT SEASONAL EMPLOYEES - Discussion of advantages and
. disadvantages of seasonal versus full-time employees, use of overtime,
amount of projects being attempted, contracting out versus using city crews.
C. Ruiz moved to recommend to the Employment Committee the hiring of one
(1) new full-time employee for the Water Department. Committee approved.
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