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8 On October 25, 2004, the City Council approved Resolution 6383 approving and authorizing the execution of a Letter Agreement with TKDA for the Groveland Park Building Replacement Project in the amount of $19,600. City Staff has met on site with TKDA’s architect and project engineer to discuss design issues. There are slight changes to the Hillview plan recommended for this project. These changes will increase the efficiency and utility of this building. TKDA wil be surveying the site during the week of December 6, 2004 and will have draft plans completed by the end of that week. These draft plans will be presented to the Parks and Recreation Commissioners on December 16, 2004 for review and comment. A complete proposal, including cost estimates, will be presented to the City Council early in 2005. At that time, the City Council will be presented the opportunity to revise the plans, approve the plans and solicit bids, or reject the project. WELL NO 3 & 5 REHABILITATION PROJECT The City established a maintenance program whereby the wells would be evaluated and rehabilitated on a seven-year cycle. A longer period of eleven years was tried; however, it was discovered that this period was too long to identify minor problems and correct them before they became major replacements. Wells Number 3 and 5 were last rehabilitated in 1997. Based on the seven-year evaluation schedule, they are therefore due for rehabilitation this year. The 2004 adopted budget has a total of $60,000 for well inspection and preventative maintenance. Typically, the amount needed to rehabilitate each well is $30,000. Past practice has been to rehabilitate two wells per contract. Economy of scale is realized due to the reduced cost of administrating two separate projects. A larger project also improves the possibility of receiving favorable bids. Bids for the 2004 Well Rehabilitation Project were received at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 at City Hall. A total of three (3) bids were received for this project. The low bid of $44,893.80 was submitted by E.H. Renner & Sons of Elk River Minnesota. On November 22, 2004, the City Council approved Resolution 6398 approving a contract award for the 2004 Well Rehabilitation Project. A preconstruction meeting was held on December 6, 2004 with E.H. Renner & Sons. Work on this project will commence at the end of December 2004. GROUND WATER RESERVOIR (2.0 MG) CLEANING AND INSPECTION PROJECT 2.0 MG The two million gallon ground reservoir was drained, cleaned and inspected during the week of April 12t.h. Spring was selected as the season for performing this work since water demand is relatively low. Over time sediment and debris collects in the reservoir. The reservoir was last cleaned in 1992. City Staff performed this work as a cost saving measure (as opposed to contracting). SANITARY SEWER ILLICIT CONNECTION INSPECTION PROGRAM In August of 2004, the City began inspecting the plumbing of single-family residential homes to ensure that only proper connections are made to the sanitary sewer system. Illicit connections of drainpipes and sump pumps into the sanitary sewer cost the City tens of thousands of dollar per