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Information Memorandum
9/28/2018
1. Public Works
Sewer Main Slip Line Project
In September, we completed the slip lining of the following sewer mains:
6th Alley WN from Wyoming St W to Colorado St W
3rd Alley West from IOth St to 1 lth St,
5th Alley E from 1 Oth St E to 7th St E
This project involved trenchless relining of 1450 linear feet of sewer main and 4
manholes. Slip lining is an alternative to open excavation replacement of deteriorated
sewer mains. As long as the existing mains meet certain criteria (slope, size, material, and
condition), slip lining is an economical alternative for replacement of sewer mains.
FY 2018 Capital Improvement Report for Public Works
The Annual Capital Improvement Report has been completed. The report specifies
infrastructure improvements with respective annual costs for water, sanitary sewer,
stormwater collection, wastewater treatment, and streets. This information is provided to
the Finance Department by the Public Works Department to satisfy the City's annual
auditing requirement. The table below is a simplified summary of the report. A copy of
the full report can be acquired from the Finance Department.
FY 18 Capital Improvement Summarized Report
Fire Hydrants
N of Hydrants
Costs
WWTP Projects
CIP/Repair
Costs
Replacement -City Project
1
$2,130
M ain Plant BoilerRep acement
Repair
$31372
New -City Project
-5
$88,194
Solids Deeatering Design and Construc
Repair
$735,776
New -Private Development
6
$35,278
M achinery and Equipment Rep acemen
Repair
$76,995
Water Main Projects
Lineal Foot
Costs
Sewer Main Projects
Lineal Foot
Costs
Replacement -City Project
5,697
$1717,112
Replacement -City Project
0
$0
N ew-P riv ate Development
1624
$130,328
N ee-P riv ate Develo pment
2,948
$ V4,546
Water System P rojects -City
C IP/Replace
Costs
Sewer System P rojects-C ity
CIP/Repair
Costs
N offs i nger S pri ng Generat o r Repc (Grant-$63)
CIP-New
$2832
Lift Station Communication Upgrades
CIP-Replacel
$13,332
SCADA System Upgrades
CIP-Replace
$995
M ain Break Repairs
Repair
$9,092
Old School Station Frequency Drives
CIP-New
$44,930
M anhole Rehabilitation
Repair
$2,756
otal Ins
Street P rojects
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!'IF
257
346.
City Project�idewalk
1853
$106,611
1"
20
S7.500
City Project -alley
7alleys
$29,467
1.5"
7
S4,200
CityProject-ContractorChipSeal
--11868
$213,350
2'
14
S12,740
CityProject-CitylContr.overl/pave.m
--22,424
$898,075
3"
3
$4,890
CityProject-ContractorReconstructio
--5,040
$6Ti,098
Stormwater
otal Installs
Costs
Rep la,-CityProject
520
$91,787
N ew-Private Development
986
$125,982
2. Parks Department
The Forestry division continues to look for the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB). This past
summer, traps were hung in ash trees throughout the community in hopes of catching the
insect. Forestry has now begun completing monthly inspections of ash trees. A branch
sample of ash tree is taken from the canopy of a mature ash tree then brought back to the
shop where the bark is peeled off the branch, looking for evidence of EAB. Results are
then sent to the state entomologist in Helena. EAB has yet to be found in Montana but
early detection is key in the fight to protect ash trees, of which Kalispell has 500 on
public property.
Three pieces of exercise equipment have been
installed in Woodland Park along the trail.
The Street Tree Committee has been working on
preparing for the yearly fall event called "Tree
Cycle". The event will be held September 29, and
30. On Saturday, members will take senior citizens
on a bus tour of notable trees of Kalispell. On
Sunday, the community is invited to ride bikes on a four -mile loop around Kalispell to
look at trees. Many partners have participated in the development of this community
event, including: Flathead County Health Department, Kalispell Police Department,
Wheaton's, Sykes, and Flathead Electric.
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Registration is open for our Skip -Out Camp for children aged K-5th grade on October 18-
19 while School District 5 is out for a few days. We will spend those days doing fall-
themed activities, games, and arts and crafts. We will also be taking a field trip to the
Sweet Pickens Pumpkin Patch.
The Little Dribblers basketball program (K-2nd grade)
begins September 29 at Russell Elementary. Little
Dribblers is a non-competitive introduction to basketball for
boys and girls focusing on teamwork as well as basic
dribbling, passing, and shooting skills. Numbers are up
approximately 10% compared to last fall with over 150
children participating in the league.
Both our fall soccer and flag football programs have professional pictures on September
28 and September 29, respectively. A portion of the revenue from the pictures goes
toward funding KPR's scholarship program. The
scholarship fund allows us to offer discounted rates to
families with financial need (up to $100 per child per
year). The Running Rascals league will finish this
coming weekend with a total of 47 participants learning
the basics of flag football and sportsmanship.
3. Police Department
On September 15, School Officer Dennis Bain gave a safety talk to the LGBTQ students
at Flathead High School.
On September 20, School Resource Officers Dennis Bain and Cory Clarke gave a safety
presentation to employees of Mann Mortgage.
On September 25, Kalispell police officers participated in Tip -A -Cop; a fundraiser for
Special Olympics. Captain Overman, Sgt Brett Corbett and Officers Jason Parce, Jordan
Venezio, Chad Fetveit, Dennis Bain, and Jesse Allen helped serve at the two MacKenzie
River Pizza locations in Kalispell.
4. Fire Department
Since the last update, the Kalispell Fire Department have received 135 calls for service
and have conducted 5 outreach trainings. We will also be sponsoring a car sear clinic day
on September 29 at station 62.
The Kalispell Fire Department was successful in receiving $6000 in grant funding from
the Flathead 911 Foundation for purchasing technical rescue and confined space rescue
equipment. Kalispell Fire is one of the few fire departments in the region to have
confined space rescue capabilities. This grant will allow KFD to fine tune our technical
rescue competencies as well as replace certain equipment.
The Fire Department has also purchased two new LifePak 15 heart monitor defibrillators.
These vital pieces of EMS equipment will replace two older units that are no longer
manufacturer supported platforms. The new defibrillators have increased abilities to
transmit 12 lead electrocardiograms to the receiving hospital. This capability enhances
the time -table of treating patients suffering cardiac emergencies.
5. Information Services
IT staff have been supporting the electronic video storage evidence library after low disk
space storage presented problems. New drive space was added and videos continue to be
moved to the new drive space. The large amount of data copying has taken an excess of
one week. IT staff continue to work with the vendor to manage the server resources.
Ensuring body cameras data functionality, videos are importing from the body cams and
patrol cars, allowing the copy process to run and stop while videos need to be exported.
The server will return to normal operational state when the video copy process finishes.
Until then, both the vendor and IT staff are paying close attention to the server based on
the needs and priorities of staff.
The AV character generator computer was recently replaced. The character generator
software is what allows our Audio Video specialist to type text and banners on the video
taken during council and planning board meetings. The output is shown on meetings on
the City government access channel 190.
IT staff are looking at software to image computers so multiple computers can be built at
the same time. Staff currently utilize software to build a single computer at a time now.
The City website has been adjusted to remove confusion regarding account creation for
online utility billing.
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