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HomeMy WebLinkAbout#05 - Public Works Department ReportMAYOR AND COUNCIL COMMUNICATION DATE: 10/15/2019 CONSENT AGENDA ITEM: Public Works Director Report SUBMITTED BY: Marty Powers, Public Works Director REVIEWED BY: Kristina Handt, City Administrator ISSUE BEFORE COUNCIL: City Council is asked to review and accept, as part of Consent Agenda, a brief description of activities that have taken place in the Public Works Department in the month of September, 2019. PROPOSAL DETAILS/ANALYSIS: STREETS • Pothole Repair was completed • Attend to Storm Related Down Trees in ROW and Parks during and after hours • Continue tree trimming in ROW • Staff attended CPR and Basic First Aid to comply with OSHA regulations • Fall ditch mowing has begun • Completed walkthroughs at Inwood 4th addition, Boulder Ponds and Hammes 1 addition • Replace three out of date computers in the Public Works office • Attended weekly construction meetings • Rotate Plow trucks through DOT inspection and fall maintenance • Assist in providing technical support for 5th street island maintenance options • Public Works Staff member Mike Coleman is attending training to achieve his CDL class A PARKS • Install more attractive gates across Discovery Crossing Bridge Stairways • Tree Trimming continues on City owned/maintained trails • Added new garbage receptacles at Pebble and Carriage Parks • Fall Weed and Feed at City Park and Facility Lawns • Cut numerous downed trees off Park Trails after storm events • Submitted Buckthorn grant application • Haul in Black dirt, landscape, seed and blanket the new Firefly park • Prep and pour the Lions Park 45th parallel pad. The pad was stamped, colored and sealed. The disk will be installed by the contractor soon • Repair playground equipment • Add Wood Mulch rings around Park trees, Lake Elmo Blvd trees, City facility trees and in Facility Landscaping • Maintenance on flower gardens in old village along Lake Elmo Ave City Council Meeting Date Consent/Regular Agenda Item #__ Page 2 • Relocate buckthorn pile at Sunfish Lake Park • Order Firefly Park sign • The Lions Park Pickle Ball Court Surface has been corrected and is open for play • Weekly Park Garbage Collection • Pebble Park Lighting Improvements are scheduled for the second week in October WATER • Continue locating, GPS marking and mapping of water curb stops valves • Measure & Record weekly well water levels and submit to DNR • Storm event uprooted tree landing on the Well #2 Generator. An Insurance claim was made and repairs are in process • Updated Meter Reading Software • Quarterly meter reading occurred • Complete Monthly Generator and Safety Inspections of Equipment and Facilities • Continue Correcting Water Meter Reading Issues • Daily Rounds and fluoride/chloride sampling • Completed the 1st annual Water Main Valve Exercising Program. Ten gate valves were found inaccessible (in the selected S/W quarter of the system) due to sediment, rocks, concrete or caps that would not open. Two were found closed that should have been open. Staff corrected all issues found. • Complete Monthly MDH fluoride and Bac-T Water Sampling • Two water leaks were found, dug up and repaired the week of 9/19/2019 • Improve records and gps map for known development and city owned irrigation systems • Dealt with water theft SEWER • Continue Daily Locates and Rounds • Continue Weekly Proactive Pump downs of all Lift stations & Monthly Float Cleaning • Implemented the City’s first annual Sewer Main Jetting Program. The League of MN cities Insurance requires 1/3 of the city’s sewer mains be jetted each year. Proposals were collected and a contactor selected. The selected contracted cleaned 14,000’ in approximately three days. • Installed surge protector at the Royal South Lift station to eliminate electrical surge issues SURFACE WATER • Repaired and Clean Multiple Storm Sewer Pipes/Culverts • Improve drainage in several ditch location • Continue Mandated Surface Water Inspections for the City’s Storm Sewer System • Repair wash out on shoulders, gravel roads and spill ways after several heavy rain events • Erosion control devices were put in place On Lake Jane Rd to minimize mud slides • Staff attended a monthly OSHA safety training on confined spaces • Update beehive asset management software with surface water assets and began an identification numbering system • Complete quarterly facility stockpile MS4 inspections RECOMMENDATION: Base on the activities listed above, City Council is respectfully asked to accept the September 2019 Public Works Report.