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C <br /> • 3 <br /> 1 A. Lift Station Should Be Replaced <br /> 2 He said his firm' was. recommending a new 1-ift station be constructed <br /> 3 next to. the existing one and estimated the.- cost of doing that- would_ <br /> 4 "be '$198, 000 . The reasons he gave for replacement were •.that: <br /> 5 *the station had been built in 1962 and, with both pumps in opera <br /> - <br /> 6 tion�, only 1 , 000 gallons per minute were being pumped with a head <br /> 7 of 59 feet, where the original -design had called for a pumping . <br /> 8 capacity of •1 , 200. gallons per minute for each pump to serve the <br /> 9 area north of 37th Avenue N.E. , once it was fully developed,; <br /> 10 *there may have been a problem with the original head computa- <br /> 11 tions which differed greatly from the figures the engineers had <br /> 12 come up with now; <br /> 13 *the soil around the station was very corrosive, which has dam <br /> 14 aged the structure and • its current .location near the potato chip <br /> • 15 factory may have overtaxed the facility; <br /> -16 *by delaying replacement for two or so years , the City would be <br /> 17 just pouring more money into repairs for which parts are very <br /> 18 'difficult to find, or not being manufactured at all anymore; <br /> *the pump would likely be overloaded during periods of very wet <br /> 20 weather like the storm the City experienced July 23rd; <br /> 21 <br /> 22 *life of a new station would be between 25 and. 40 years; <br /> 23 *the well is not unsafe at this time but - should be replaced <br /> 24 before it gets into that condition. <br /> 25 B. Force Main Would Not Require Immediate Replacement <br /> 26 The engineer said, although the above equipment was old and had <br /> 27 less friction rate than was desirable, it was still in reasonably <br /> 28 good condition, however, because it would cost a great deal to dig <br /> 29 down to actually verify this condition, Mr. . Christofferson, .recom- <br /> 30 mended that, ' if the City upgrades. any of the adjacent streets, . a <br /> 31 sample of the force main and the surrounding soil be taken to be <br /> 32 sent to the. Cast " Iron - Institute, who will do the tests free of <br /> 33 charge. <br /> 34 C. Public Works Director Concurs.: with .Engineering Study <br /> 35 Mr,. ,Hamer told -Cdunciimember, Makowske. the report "only echoed." what <br /> 36 he had -been telling the Council for: the last seven years . . .He <br /> 37 acknowledged that. the, City, had. go.tten that many more years out of <br /> 8 the. old -facility,- but indicated he was disappointed.. money had not <br /> 'been,`put away -over --that period to make the necessary replacement <br /> 40 now. <br /> r <br />