11-12-97 Council Workshop Minutes

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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL NOVEMBER 12, 1997 Scalze pointed out that the shelter holds 80 to 90 people and she questioned whether 30 parking spaces were adequate. Morelan asked what the City's Code would be for parking. The Administrator reported that Code would require approximately 192 parking spaces for Spooner Park. There are over 200 parking spaces if the school parking lot is included. The Administrator felt that a shared parking lot usage was reasonable for the Park. Fahey su~~ested that perhaps the Council and Parks & Recreation Commission should visit the Spooner Park shelter and look at the parking situation. Fahey suggested that another solution might be to have angle parking off Eli Road rather than impact the green area of the park. Morelan questioned the parking expansion proposed for Gervais Mill Park. The Director reported that it is proposed that the parking area off Edgerton Road be defined and surfaced with gravel. This material could be used later on when the parking lot is blacktopped. Scalze asked about the $20,000 budgeted for backstops in Spooner Park. The Director reported that this includes replacing the fabric and some posts on each of the five backstops. The Administrator reviewed the Public Works portion of the CIP Budget that includes replacement of the 1985 4-wheel drive truck, paving the Public Works parkin~ lot, as well as some miscellaneous expenditures. The Water/Sewer Capital Replacement Budget was reviewed with discussion focusing on the inflow/infiltration study proposed to be completed in 1998 as well as resulting repairs to the City's sewer system. Morelan indicated that he would like to see a payback schedule for this expenditure. The City Administrator reported that the City will be trying to identify and immediately repair leaks that have a 6 to 7 year payback. A detailed feasibility report has not been done at this point. The Administrator pointed out that the City needs to get the televising done, the sewer repairs done, and sump pumps checked. The Administrator also pointed out that the budget includes a proposal is to purchase a third pump for the booster station. The pumps in the station are getting older and if one goes down, one pump will not be able to keep up during high water demand times This past summer during the dry period, the booster station was experiencing low level alarms approximately 15 minutes before the pumps were scheduled to ~o on. The City is on an off-peak rate schedule with NSP that allows pumping