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Item No: 11B2 Meeting Date: November 24, 2013 Type of Business: Reports Administrator Review: ____ City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Nick DeBar, Director of Public Works/City Engineer Item Title/Subject: Public Works – Miscellaneous Items There exists several miscellaneous items related to Public Works that staff would like to provide updates and solicit direction from the City Council. Damage to City Hall Elevator I provided the Council a memo dated November 18, 2014 regarding an event that damaged the City Hall elevator recently when the sump pump station located in the basement failed, causing water to back up in the elevator pit. The state elevator inspector ordered the elevator out of service on November 7, 2014 until necessary repairs could be made. Public Works used the inspector’s report to solicit quotes from qualified elevator contractors. Two quotes were received for $12,756 and $22,306 to get the elevator back into service (attached). Scheduling for the repair is approximately one to two months when the proposal is accepted. Staff would like to know how the Council wants to proceed with the repair. The elevator is not heavily used but is no use out of service. Monies for this repair have not been budgeted for in 2014. Groveland Lift Station Rehabilitation The Groveland Lift Station is one of two sanitary lift stations owned and operated by the City. This lift station is located at the northeast corner of Groveland Road and Ardan Avenue in next year’s Area H street project. Public Works has discussed with the Council the need to rehabilitate the station and the opportunity to have this done with the Area H project. The station sits at the edge of the street pavement and will be in the sidewalk planned for Ardan Avenue. The station has original pumps and components from 1962. Public Works solicited a fee proposal from Stantec to perform design, bidding, and construction services on the station. Attached is the design fee proposal from Stantec for $44,000. The proposal is intended to add the lift station rehabilitation construction work, estimated to be approximately $250,000, to the bidding documents for the Area H street project. Many efficiencies will be realized by doing so rather than a stand-alone project, and engineering staff inspecting the street project can cover the vast majority of the lift station work. Staff would like to have Stantec proceed with the design work for the rehabilitation. This work was not included in the original design proposal provided by Stantec for the Area H project, but was proposed by Public Works staff. Respectfully submitted, Nick DeBar Director of Public Works/City Engineer