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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes February 24, 2015 Page 4 accounting support to MWMO and expanded its services in 2014 to include staff time to assist with tracking MWMO invoices and collection needs and in 2015 the Finance Department will be assisting MWMO with its fund balance policies. She stated the Finance Department also provides utility billing to the City of Birchwood Village and provided assistance with its tiered water rate structure. She stated the Finance Department has realized a return on its investments in technology to improve core functions, advance long term planning and expand its collaborative efforts with other agencies, and thanked the City Council for its ongoing support. 9 Mayor Faust expressed the City Council's thanks and appreciation to Finance Director Rueckert 10 and her staff. 11 12 D. St. Anthony Public Works Department Annual Report. Jay Hartman, Public Works 13 Director, presenting. 14 15 Public Works Director Hartman presented the 2014 Public Works Department Annual Report 16 and recited the Public Works Department's mission statement. He stated the Street Division 17 conducted seven street sweepings during 2014, had 18 snow/ice events during the 2013-2014 18 season, and nine citywide plowing events. He stated the Parks Division maintains the City's 19 storm water retention ponds and ditch lines throughout the City and maintains all City -owned 20 properties. He stated the Water/Sewer Division repaired eight water main breaks and four 21 service leaks during the 2013-2014 season; in addition, there were 15 homes with water service 22 freeze -ups. He presented a graph showing water main breaks and service leaks since 1998 23 indicating an average of 8-10 leaks with the exception of 2007-2008 when the number of water 24 main breaks doubled due to several breaks in a section of Foss Road that has since been 25 reconstructed. He stated the Vehicle Maintenance Division certifies all vehicle equipment 26 purchases and it has always been the goal to provide necessary service and repair of all City - 27 owned equipment that is competitive with outside service alternatives. He discussed the 28 Engineering Division's 2014 projects including the Silver Lake carp removal project, regional 29 flooding projects, LED pedestrian crossing at Kenzie and 27`h, Central Park biofiltration system, 30 and the alum treatment at Salo Park. He stated the 2015 street and utility improvement project is 31 located on 36`' Avenue from Penrod Lane to Highcrest Road and Chelmsford Road from 36`h to 32 37`' Avenues along with mill and overlay projects on St. Anthony Boulevard and an alley west of 33 Silver Lake Road and south of 291h Avenue. He discussed the City's sustainability initiatives and 34 stated the City held a Tech Dump recycling event on November 1, 2014, where approximately 35 9,000 pounds of electronics were collected for recycling. He discussed the 2015 projects 36 including continued work on public building and energy improvements, Silver Lake carp 37 removal, Silver Lake TMDL phosphorus reduction, Mirror Lake dredging, and completion of the 38 fiber network. He reminded residents of the annual cleanup day on May 2, 2015, curbside 39 branch chipping May 11-13, 2015, citywide hydrant flushing May 18-22, 2015, and VillageFest 40 July 31 -August 2, 2015. He thanked the City Council for its ongoing support and stated it has 41 always been the mission of Public Works to be proactive in providing services that meet and 42 exceed the service level of other public works agencies. 43 44 Mayor Faust expressed the City Council's thanks and appreciation to Public Works Director 45 Hartman and his entire staff. 46 47 E. St. Anthonv 2015 Stratesic Plan. Mark Casev. Citv Manaeer, nresentin¢. M.