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Staff ReportsPUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY REPORT NOVEMBER 1996 ENGINEERING ENGINEERING PROJECTS CURRENTLY BEING DESIGNED OR COORDINATED BY CITY STAFF • Windward Way Road Reconstruction Project is completed except for landscaping to be completed next Spring. • Woodland Park Sidewalk Connection Project complete except for walking striping to be completed next Spring. • Tax increment sidewalk funding project specifications are being prepared. • Sidewalk and curbing billing completed for 1996 projects. • Annual Fuel Tax Revenue Report completed and forwarded to the Montana Department of Transportation. • Prepared map control information for Utilities Surveyor for G.I.S. mapping. • Located map control for areas 1 - 4 in field for G.I.S. mapping. • Helped Street Department with snow removal operations during November 18-29'. • Continued updating sewer and storm drain utility maps. • Awarded Rear Loading Refuse Collection Truck to Transport Equipment, Inc. in Missoula, MT. • Winter shut -down of the South Woodland water main project. • Winter shut -down of the Three -Mile and Northern Lights project. • 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. 2 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. 3 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. Incorporated 1892 ♦, i s W ♦BE . 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 Page 3 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 Page 4 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