Staff ReportsPUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
ACTIVITY REPORT
NOVEMBER 1996
ENGINEERING
ENGINEERING PROJECTS CURRENTLY BEING DESIGNED OR COORDINATED
BY CITY STAFF
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Windward Way Road Reconstruction Project is completed except for landscaping to be
completed next Spring.
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Woodland Park Sidewalk Connection Project complete except for walking striping to be
completed next Spring.
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Tax increment sidewalk funding project specifications are being prepared.
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Sidewalk and curbing billing completed for 1996 projects.
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Annual Fuel Tax Revenue Report completed and forwarded to the Montana Department of
Transportation.
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Prepared map control information for Utilities Surveyor for G.I.S. mapping.
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Located map control for areas 1 - 4 in field for G.I.S. mapping.
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Helped Street Department with snow removal operations during November 18-29'.
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Continued updating sewer and storm drain utility maps.
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Awarded Rear Loading Refuse Collection Truck to Transport Equipment, Inc. in Missoula,
MT.
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Winter shut -down of the South Woodland water main project.
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Winter shut -down of the Three -Mile and Northern Lights project.
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Utility installation and paving completed at the Teton Terrace Development.
OFFICE AND STAFF
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE
• Fourteen emergency call -outs for November. 4 - Sewer Dept., 2 - WWTP, 7 - Water
Dept., and 1 - TSS.
CENTRAL GARAGE
• 102 repair orders were completed during the month of November:
• Police ............26 Streets ............. 35
• Fire ............. 5 Garbage............. 9
• Others ............ 27
• Installed new front engine in Mobile Sweeper.
• Installed new clutch in Meter Maid's Scooter.
• Began work on Sign and Signal Department's "new" truck bought at State Surplus.
• Completed mounting snow tires on City vehicles.
• Ongoing maintenance of City vehicles, plow trucks, and graders. Many breakdowns due to
heavy snow plowing operation.
WATER PUMPING & STORAGE
• Produced 62 M gallons of water. 9 M gallons upper zone and 53 M gallons lower zone.
• Injected 28 lbs. of chlorine.
• Continued routine maintenance on all pumps, motors, grounds, buildings, controls, testing,
and record keeping.
• Completed water testing for volatile organic chemicals, nitrite/nitrate, inorganic chemicals,
radon, radionucides, and hardness.
• Assisted Street Department with snow removal
• Assisted field crews with main breaks and taps.
SEWER FACILITIES LIFT STATIONS COLLECTION
• Video and jet cleaning of sewer lines continues Monday through Thursday.
• Weekly maintenance of fifteen lift stations on Fridays.
• Installed 115' 8" storm culvert; 200' drainage ditch on Sunnyview Lane west from
Windward Way.
• Installed new gasket on discharge line at Lift Station #5.
• Plowed snow from around lift stations and alleyways.
SOLID WASTE COLLECTION/DISPOSAL & ALLEY CLEAN UP
• Delivered 5 containers to new customers.
• Responded to 15 reported violations - repaired 1 damaged container.
• Weekly garbage service continues.
• Weekly alley cleanup continues.
• New rear -end garbage truck has been ordered.
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CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE
STREETS, CURBS, GUTTERS, ALLEYS
• Continued leaf pickup.
• Prepped equipment for snow removal.
• Patched Burns Way.
• Ice melted streets.
• Hauled pit run and crush, prepped for paving gas pumps in yard.
• Assisted the Water Department
• Assisted the Shop.
• Prepped alleys for paving.
• Hauled 75 ton cold mix to yard.
• Around the clock snow removal began November 18`' after "record" amounts of snow
fall.
WATER CONSTRUCTION AND SYSTEM REPAIR
• Tagged 34 delinquent accounts.
• Rebuilt the meter pit at the College.
• Completed a 16x2 tap at Meridian north of Wyoming for new building.
• Painted valve for NW Utilities.
• Dug valves and cleaned for Sandon on Kelly Road.
• Assisted with main break on 16" main at Meridian Road due to Harp Construction
boring into water main.
• Replaced 6" valve at Woodland Park.
• Completed an 8x8 tap at Liberty and Hawthorne for new water main construction.
• Repaired service line at Vt Avenue East at I Vh Street East.
• Assisted Street Dept. with snow removal.
• Assisted Ben VanDyke with pumps.
• Repaired fire hydrant that was hit at 151 Avenue East and 5' Street East.
• Assisted with meter reading.
• Replaced one curb stop.
• Meter repair and replacement ongoing.
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SIGNALS, SIGNS, STRIPING, SERVICES
• Maintenance of traffic signals, lights, signs, and meters continues.
• Installed reflectors and bases by islands on 1" Street West by the Alley Connection
Restaurant.
• Installed new stop sign pole at Windward Way and Sunnyview Lane after contractor
paved Windward Way.
• Installed four (4) "No Parking - Tow Away Zone" signs and poles on west side of
Windward Way. We are 50% complete with signage on the east side.
• Installed two more stop signs and four 4-way signs at 15L Avenue West and 11' Street
West, thus making this a 4-way stop intersection.
• Tested fire pre-emption hardwire system in downtown area. All work well.
• Field tested emitter and collectors at all Opticom equipped intersections.
• Did survey on street luminaries to check how many worked.
• Finished luminaries survey. Results were given to Robert Babb and PP&L to replace
bulbs or repair.
• City luminaries damaged in accident on 11/24/96. It will need a new head and pole.
NW Electric Signs repaired.
• Assisted Street Department with snow removal
WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT
• The change in the "bioreactor unit" initiated by the Plant Manager last month has
reduced phosphorus levels to a new average low of 0.12 ppm. The limit in our permit
is 1 ppm.
• The change from two aeration blowers back to one blower caused several "high
blower amp" call -out alarms. Our consultant engineer in Libby adjusted the cut off
amp limit up slightly without compromising the blower safety shut off point. The
Plant Manager, based on biological nutrient removal plant research, adjusted the air
demand down. The result is that we will not need to run two blowers the entire year,
which will save the City $18,000-$26,000 per year.
• The Plant Manager gave a presentation on the plant operation at the Pacific Northwest
Pollution Control Association Annual Conference in Boise, ID. She was asked to
speak as "this plant is the only successful biological nutrient removal plant in the
northwest". The conference was attended by 350-400 Public Works Directors, Plant
Managers, Consultants, and Engineers. Over 200 of those registered attended her
presentation. Twenty of the attendees requested that she develop a written paper of
her presentation.
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REPORTACTIVITY
October & November 1996
Clarence Krepps, City Manager
Douglas Rauthe, Mayor
City Council Members
Mike Baker, Parks Director
RE: October and November Activity Report
DATE: November 27, 1996
Park and Recreation Highlights:
Telephone (406) 758-7700
FAX (406) 758-7758
Post Office Box 1997
Kalispell, Montana
Zip 59903-1997
TO:
FROM:
Douglas Rauthe
Mayor
Clarence W. Krepps
City Manager
City Council
Members:
Gary W. Nystul
Ward I
Cliff Collins
Ward I
Norbert F. lJonahue
Ward 11
Dale Haarr
Ward II
Jim Atkinson
Ward III
Lauren Granmo
• Lawrence Park Development: Wetland Mitigation bid will beardIII
opened December 10. ISTEA Trail installed with benches?4mela B. Kennedy
bike racks and trash receptacles. Wardle
• Planted over 600 tulip bulbs donated by Hooper' s Nursery; Duane Larson
• Natural Gas line installed for Woodland Park Warminv�rdly
House;
• Woodland Park Aviary vandalized by canine and 8 birds
killed;
• One of the Punt, Pass and Kick participants headed to
Seattle to compete in the Regionals at the Kingdome prior
to the big game. Congratulations to Evin VanBurger.
• ':Woodland Park Ice Rink - no ice thickness for safety at
this time.
•:'::The following activity report highlights the programs
hat the Recreation Department offered throughout this
:'month.
darks Department - Ken Bauska, Foreman:
_ October
i,sta_ll landscape brick in Woodland Park Formal Garden;
cl:eari: flower beds at Woodland Formal Garden,
'' .::'winterize irrigation lines at Daley, Lions, Haven,
..:H'awthorne, Depot, Peterson, Northridge, Soccer Fields,
:Beg?g ;:'ak, Woodland, City Hall, Tennis Courts
%6:: ' t're.at.,-poles with preservative for Lawrence Park
.Eftrance; install poles and landscape Lawrence Park
antraftce:;
' move Christmas Village for repairs/paint;
Mr. Clarence Krepps, City Manager
Mayor Douglas Rauthe
City Council Members
November 27, 1996
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Activity Participants
October
Senior Mystery Hike
17
Senior Yaak Tour
46
Senior Moose Lake Hike
18
Senior Lupine Lake
11
Senior Howe Lake
17
Senior Peters Ridge
7
Senior Fall Color Tour
28
Mystery Spook Night
36
Halloween Hunt
62
Halloween Crafts
5
Little Dribblers Basketball 146
Beginning Calligraphy
5
Calligraphic Watercolor
4
Kids in Motion (Bicycle
Rodeo)30
Photography Class
4
Soo Bak Doo
8
Totals 338
November
Senior Walk Tally Lake
Ninepipe Waterfowl Trip
Senior Walk Glacier Park
Senior Walk Rails to Trails
Senior Walk Mystery Walk
Senior Walk Lone Pine Park
Soo Bak Do
Little Dribblers
Dance Classes
Photography Class
Participant Hours
136 hrs
460 hrs
60 hrs
88 hrs
119 hrs
56 hrs
196 hrs
72 hrs
62 hrs
15 hrs
876 hrs
62.5 hrs
50 hrs
30 hrs
40 hrs
144 hrs
1,667 hrs
5
35
hrs
9
72
hrs
8
64
hrs
9
54
hrs
11
88
hrs
2
18
hrs
5
32
hrs
146
584
hrs
14
16
hrs
4
30
hrs
Totals 213 993 hrs
Mr. Clarence Krepps,
Mayor Douglas Rauthe
City Council Members
November 27, 1996
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City Manager
Administrative -Michael Baker & Donna Worth:
ISTEA: Preparing submittal for Woodland Park D.R.E.A.M.
Phase III. Construction nearing completion on the North
Main/Lawrence Park trail. Submitted Phase II and it has
been approved by M.D.T.; preliminary design has been
completed for the Meridian Trail. Working on submittal
for construction phase.
Baseball Complex: Regular design meetings held and anticipate
final design in December.
Airport Advisory Board:
Lawrence Park Wetland Mitigation: Bids advertized and will
be opened December 10.
Up -Coming Park and Recreation Dates:
Street Tree:
Community Forestry Tree Seminar - December 17 & 18
Recreation Department:
Christmas Door Contest
December
23
Christmas Party on Ice
December
21
Santa's Calling
December
12
Yell in the New Year
December
31
Ice Skating Lessons
December
9
Senior Programs:
Calligraphy
December
2, 9, 16
Cross Country Ski
December
5
Ice Skating
December
9
Snowshoe Demo
December
7
Cross Cntry Ski Blacktail
December
12, 13
Christmas Dinner Party
December
17
Cross Country Ski Glacier
December
19, 20
Res ecXfull s bmitted,
Michalel Baker, C.L.P.
Director, Parks and Recreation
MB/dlw