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District facilities update: drainage repairs, LED stadium lights, KDHD monitoring for groundwater contamination
Summary
District maintenance staff reported repairs to a high-school parking drainage system, replacement of stadium LED lights, the removal of a storage trailer, and enrollment in a KDHD monitoring program to test groundwater at a previously contaminated site.
District facilities staff updated the Hiawatha School Board on several maintenance projects and an environmental monitoring program during Wednesday—s meeting.
Maintenance staff reported that a drainage cleanout at the bottom of the high school parking area had been found broken; crews installed two cleanouts (one oriented west and one toward the school), encased the bottom in concrete and used perforated four-inch PVC to route storm water to the district storm sewer. Staff said gravel and filter medium were used around the perforation where appropriate to reduce future infiltration.
The district also reported the storage trailer at the elementary school has been removed; utilities at the site remain to be disconnected. LED lights at the high school stadium were replaced ahead of recent football games, and custodial and grounds staff painted and prepared the field.
On environmental monitoring, staff said the district had been accepted into a KDHD program (identified in the meeting as the Kansas environmental monitoring/management program). Under that agreement, a monitoring agency will install groundwater monitoring wells at the site, sample quarterly for one year and then analyze results to determine whether site monitoring should continue or the site can be closed. The district paid a one-time entry charge (described in the meeting as a roughly $4,000 payment) into a trust fund that can be used to cover well installation and follow-up work; staff said the program manager will determine whether monitoring continues after the initial year.
Staff also described a drainage "big hole" repair near the bus barn and said the changes should reduce future problems. The board discussed a proposed controlled burn of the nature trail behind the high school for vegetation management and firefighter training; the fire chief, Patrick Sheldon, indicated the burn would require city commission approval because the trail lies inside city limits.
Board members asked staff to confirm details on contracts for snow removal and to note locations of new concrete so contractors avoid salting newly poured surfaces.
