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City pumped between 2.5 and 3 millions gallons of water in a day. If by chance one of <br />these days coincides with one of the days that Xcel tells the City to go to zero draw, the <br />City would most likely run very low, or out of water. The City was put on peak control <br />once in 2005, but the City was put on a high probability to be shut off for two weeks <br />straight, Monday through Friday. The City generally will be put on notice once the <br />temperature reaches 90 degrees. In 2001, the City was put on peak control 13 times in <br />June and July. If the City runs the wells any other time, than these permitted times, <br />there is a penalty. <br /> <br /> <br />Further Discussion: <br />Staff has received a bid from US Filter, the proprietary owner of our current SCADA <br />system to install radio communication to all of the existing sites. That bid came in at <br />$30,860.00 plus tax. This bid did not include installation of the radio antennas, the <br />poles they would need to be installed on, or the wiring from the antenna’s to the radio <br />units. The bid for these items was $23,649.00. <br /> <br />The current phone lines have out-lived their practical life. With current technology, the <br />City of Mounds View can eliminate the additional phone line costs and repairs by <br />switching to radio technology. Radio technology will enable the City to have the same <br />communication capability, without the cost of dedicated phone lines. These phone lines <br />are also starting to fail. These failures could cause the City to run drastically short, or <br />even out of water during the hot summer months. The phone lines that are currently <br />failing are City owned and maintained lines thus we can’t call Qwest to fix the problem. <br />The new radio technology would be completely compatible with our current SCADA <br />system, so there shouldn’t be any additional cost associated with updating our new <br />computer system. <br /> <br />New Discussion: <br />Since the City initially started its research of installing radio communication into its <br />existing well houses and lift stations, new technology has been created. This new <br />technology is an open architecture system - “non-proprietary” system. However, this <br />new system is not compatible with our current communication hardware. This hardware <br />is all original from installation back in 1992. While it is not currently in failure, it is past <br />its expected life. The City of Roseville has the same hardware, and is currently <br />replacing it due to old age failures. The increased cost for the City to upgrade to this <br />new radio communication and hardware is an additional $9,000.00. <br /> <br />This new communication system will be able to be serviced by Roseville under the <br />current contract for technical assistance at no additional cost. The two cities will have <br />interchangeable parts, so overhead costs, or waiting for parts to arrive will be all but <br />eliminated. It has also been proposed that with the two cities having the same systems, <br />in the event of an emergency / natural disaster, that both cities would be able to assist <br />in the running and monitoring of the others system. <br /> <br />Currently the City of Arden Hills is working on developing this same system. <br /> <br />The City has received quotes for an entire upgrade of radio communication plus new <br />communications hardware. They are as follows: