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HomeMy WebLinkAbout#04 - October 2021 Public Works ReportMAYOR AND COUNCIL COMMUNICATION DATE 11/16/2021 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 2021. PROPOSAL DETAILS/ANALYSIS: STREETS • The Heritage Farms, , Hamlet on Sunfish and 38th/39th street/utility projects are wrapping up and the Old Village project will be paused for the season • Cleaned up downed trees on streets after several weather events • Fall ditch mowing continues • Construction Walk through inspections completed in Union Park, Hamlet, Springs and North port • Annual DOT inspections on trucks and trailers • Filled remaining potholes before the plow season • Prepare plows for winter, calibrate all sanders and relocate seasonal equipment • Continue with sign replacement • Grade gravel roads for winter freeze up WATER • Water usage in Oct was averaging just under 2 million per day and the wells were averaging under 10 hours per day. • Begin pulling season irrigation meters and shutting the systems off • Flush all dead end hydrants SEWER • Complete annual 1/3 sanitary sewer jetting program • Televise sanitary pipes for investigation of problems SURFACE WATER • Completed annual cleaning storm manhole sumps • Televise several storm sewer pipes for investigation purposes • Start marking hundreds of surface water devices with signs on posts PARKS • Install Bike Repair stations in Sunfish Lake Park and Ivywood Park • Pulled the majority of the portable toilets for the season City Council Meeting Date Consent/Regular Agenda Item #__ Page 2 • This year’s first Sunfish Lake Park deer hunt was a success with the harvesting of 9 deer, 16 deer were harvested in the Lake Elmo Park Preserve. The second hunt will occur November 8-10 • Pull all park nets for the season except Pickle Ball nets as requested • Relocate Buckthorn in Sunfish Lake Park after two removal events FACILITIES • Assist in moving Brookfield desks and equipment to old city hall • Clean out and demo north yard barn at city hall • Repaired parking lot lights in Old City Hall parking lot • Pick up election units SAFETY COMMITTIEE • Octobers Safety Committee meeting was canceled due to a lack of agenda items MONTHLY COUNCIL UPDATE (COMPLETE FIRST WEEK OF EACH MONTH FOR PRIOR MONTH) Month_____October______Year__2021__ Quantity WATER Gallons of water pumped 26,601,000 Number of meters installed or changed out 31 Number of gate valves excersized N/A Number of hydrants flushed 116 dead ends SEWER Feet of sanitary jetted 23,000’ Number of Locates 590 PARKS Hours spent collecting park garbage 33 Hours spent dragging ball fields N/A Yards of wood chips spread N/A STORMWATER Number of MS4 devices inspected 4 Feet of Stormwater jetted 60” Number of Stormwater Sumps Cleaned 35 STREETS Tons of ashpalt mix used 4.5 Miles of ditches mowed 40 Number of winter weather events attended to N/A City Council Meeting Date Consent/Regular Agenda Item #__ Page 3 Hours spent clearing snow from sidewalks N/A Tons of salt used N/A Feet of shouldering completed N/A Hours of tree trimming/removal 60 Hours replacing Street Signs 15 Gallons of fuel used 188.8 RECOMMENDATION: Base on the activities listed above, City Council is respectfully asked to accept the October 2021 Public Works Report.