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HomeMy WebLinkAbout#06 - October 2020 Monthly PW ReportMAYOR AND COUNCIL COMMUNICATION DATE 11/17/2020 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 October 2020. PROPOSAL DETAILS/ANALYSIS: PARKS • Weekly garbage collection continues • Complete monthly park inspections • The Lions Park warming house will not be open to the public this skating season due to half of the public works team utilizing it as an office during the pandemic. Portable toilets and picnic tables will be stationed near the skating rink for the season • Installed additional signage in Sunfish Lake Park • Cut and removed downed trees on Sunfish Lake Park trails • Watered new trees in Ivywood Park • Installed additional ADA parking signs though-out City Parks • Move seasonal equipment to pole shed to free up space • Remove Park nets for the season • Ready Lions Park Skating rink for season • Two Public Works staff members completed the on-line Parks Playground Inspecting Course. The certification test is scheduled SURFACE WATER • Continue annual MS4 stormwater system inspection. • Add Rip Rap to a flared end outlet of a storm water pipe North of Lake Jane • Completed annual cleaning of storm water sumps using the rented VAC truck Page 2 STREETS • Potholes patching resumed in October. Only large hazardous holes are being filled at this time • Assist with Old Village Phase 4 and Easton walk- troughs • Precons and weekly construction meetings continue on site or virtually • The 2020 Stonegate street and utility improvement project is wrapping up- wear course bituminous was laid and many water service connections were installed • Continue attending to downed trees and branches in ROW • Trim brush around Demontriville warning siren pole for maintenance • Collect road kill as identified • Complete maintenance on trucks and equipment as needed • Continue monthly OSHA safety meetings virtually • Finish annual DOT inspection on all trucks and trailers • Install winter equipment on trucks and loader • Fall street sweeping delayed into November • Mowed city owned 5th street medians • Install plow marking stakes on curves • Plowed 5 inch snow fall event on 10-20-2020 • Several staff took the continue ed tree course on line SEWER • Continue daily rounds for preventive measures, compare pump run times and resolve alarms • Continue Weekly Proactive Pump downs of all Lift stations, Monthly Float Cleaning • Rented a VAC truck to assist public works in jetting 1/3 of the city’s sanitary sewer system • Received Promaster Utility Van from Dodge of Burnsville. The Van then went to several other contractors for outfitting. The Utility Van is expected to be in service mid-November • Vacced out solids and grease from several lift stations • Completed repairs to the mixer valve on one of the Lisbon lift station pumps WATER • Complete monthly MDH bacteria and fluoride sampling • Complete Monthly Generator and Safety Inspections of Equipment and Facilities • Continue daily rounds, chlorine/fluoride sampling and locates • Continue dropping off new construction meters • Continue correcting ongoing meter issues • The construction of the Well 5 building is progressing. • Submit well water draw down reports to DNR • Lake Elmo Water system changes from a Class D system to a Class C system due to population served. Three additional monthly samples are added due to the change • Staff shut off and pulled meters for seasonal irrigation systems throughout the city • TPC repaired a VFD computer screen issue at Well 2 • Assist Finance with downloading meter reading data into banyon billing software to prepare utility bills Page 3 • Complete annual fall dead end water main flushing program • Assist with after hours water leak • Put new water mains on line on 50th st and Stonegate • Investigate standing water in parking area in Eagle Point Blvd • Repair several Hydrants that were identified as needing maintenance FACILITIES • Continue to Lower and Raise flags for Governor ordered half-staff events • Review Construction Manager Proposals for potential City Hall, Fire Department and Public Works Expansion • ADA assessments were completed with the League of Municipalities on many City properties. A report has been included with the findings. STAFF • Public Works dealt with the majority of its staff being quarantined due to Covid. Essential task of water/sewer rounds, sampling and locates were completed during this time PANDEMIC PREPARDNESS • The Public Works crew continues to work in two teams out of two locations minimizing the sharing of equipment and tools • Additional cleaning supplies, rubber gloves, face masks, sanitizers and cleaning wipes have been provided RECOMMENDATION: Base on the activities listed above, City Council is respectfully asked to accept the October 2020 Public Works Report.