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HomeMy WebLinkAbout#05 - Public Works August 2019 Monthly ReportMAYOR AND COUNCIL COMMUNICATION DATE: 9/17/2019 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 August, 2019. PROPOSAL DETAILS/ANALYSIS: STREETS • Pothole Repair Continued • Attend to Storm Related Down Trees in ROW After Hours • Collected bids for Discovery Crossing Bridge Block Retaining Wall Repairs/Improvements • Work on 2020 Budget • Continue Tree Trimming in ROW’s • Continue Upgrading Street Signs To Meet Compliance • Washington County Completed a Hazardous Material Facility Inspections • Landscaped and seeded the area around the new septic holding tanks at Fire Hall 2 • Graded Gravel Roads • Legacy 1st addition, Old Village phase 3 and Lake Elmo Ave walkthroughs • Wash, clean and maintain equipment & shop on rain day • Meeting with engineering regarding water reuse options/standards • Schedule CDL class A training for newer staff • Pull out speed trailer from storage and investigate operating issues • All Public Works Staff attended OSHA mandated CPR and Basic First AID training provided by Lake Elmo Fire Department PARKS • Installed playground safety chips in Firefly, Savona, Tana, Reid, Ridge and Carriage Station Parks • Begin Inspecting and Tree Trimming of City Owned Trails • Relocate stock piled buckthorn at Sunfish Lake Park • Fire Department Assisted in Watering the New Sod at Lions Park • Installed Lions Park Sign with Wood Chips and Boulders • The Lions Park Pickle Ball Court Surface Continues to be Leveled to Reduce Ponding • Public Works Attended National Night Out at Lions Park With Equipment • Delivered Barricades and prepare for Huff and Puff Lions Park Softball Event Page 2 • Added new garbage receptacles to several park • Completed Playground Inspections • Submit ski grant application • Park Weed Control • Add Red Ball Lime to VFW ball field • Weekly Park Garbage Collection and Bi-weekly Ball Field Grooming • Continue Monthly Mowing of Sunfish Lake Park Trails • Attended monthly Park Commission Meeting WATER • Continue locating, GPS marking and mapping of water curb stops valves • Daily Rounds and fluoride/chloride sampling • Pump Down Pressure Reducing Valve Vaults • Complete Monthly Generator and Safety Inspections of Equipment and Facilities • Continue Correcting Water Meter Reading Issues • Upgrade SCADA Control System with Added Alarms, Backup Alarms, Security Log-in Feature and an alarm inhibitor • Completed Hydrant Water Pressure Test Through Out The City For Engineering Records • Scheduled the 1st annual Water Main Valve Exercising Program • I attended a Minnesota Water Well Association conference regarding contaminations in the water • Meet with Total Control Systems as a potential service provider for SCADA systems • Removed brush and trees for a driveway access into Tana Park for the Test Well • Complete Monthly MDH fluoride and Water Sampling • Implemented ID badges for all Public Works Employees, as we are entering homes and properties for meter change outs and surface water inspections these will help identify us SEWER • Continue Daily Locates and Rounds • Royal South Lift Station Trees have been Relocated • Continue Weekly Proactive Pump downs of all Lift stations & Monthly Float Cleaning • Scheduled Annual Lift station Pump Inspections • Scheduled to begin an Annual Sanitary Sewer Main Jetting Program to Comply With MLC Insurance • Mowed Drain fields SURFACE WATER • Repaired and Clean Multiple Storm Sewer Catch Basins, Pipes and Faired Ends To Insure Proper Flow • Implemented and Begin Mandatory MS4 Inspections of the City’s Storm Sewer System including Ponds, Raingardens, flared End Sections, Sumps and Facilities to Comply With the MPCA • Respond to flooding concerns afterhours due to 6” rain event • Clean up mud slides on Lake Jane Rd several times due to heavy rain events RECOMMENDATION: Base on the activities listed above, City Council is respectfully asked to accept the August 2019 Public Works Report.