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Public works outlines water, sewer and property-cleanup work; council to review nuisance code
Summary
Public Works staff reported multiple completed and ongoing water, sewer and street projects and described a rising workload from large property cleanups that the city is addressing and that will be considered as part of a nuisance-code review.
Rob, the city’s public works lead, gave a detailed rundown of summer and ongoing projects and the department’s evolving workload at the Oct. 2 council meeting.
Rob said crews completed utility connections for a new hotel (fire suppression and domestic lines), installed a backup generator and SCADA communications at the Sherman pump station, replaced about 400 feet of wastewater lagoon diffusers this year and added two backup generators across pump stations so multiple sites now communicate. He said work on East Alley water taps is complete and that concrete work and paving will follow; West Side sewer work is underway but the storm tie-in is waiting on a Colorado Department of Transportation permit. He also said the airport runway crack-seal project begins next week.
Rob described a separate and growing workload in property cleanups. He showed photographs of properties with heavy vegetation, debris and what staff said were illegal utility hookups; he said Xcel Energy dispatched crews after staff reported suspected illegal power connections. Rob said the city has been cleaning properties that had been turned into large trash and debris sites, that cleanup costs are billed to owners, and unpaid charges can be placed on a tax lien. He noted one garage cleanup raised safety concerns and that crews lack hazardous-material training to handle some sites.
Rob said the city is discussing use of probation client community-service hours to help with cleanup work, adding the city has been working the current large cleanup for three days. He reported the USDA 'Supertrees' grant crew planted 90 trees across city properties this year; city crews will manage watering and expect equipment purchases to support that work.
The public-works presentation included several near-term schedule notes: a 7-day alley closure for concrete cure after paving; a contractor in town for the hotel-area concrete tie-ins; and impending survey and temporary-construction work for the MM0F/HSIP roadway project. Rob closed by asking the council for support on nuisance-code revisions and to coordinate with the city attorney on alley-maintenance expectations for property owners.
