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City updates public-works projects: sewer headworks, well samples, potholes and code enforcement for unfinished excavation
Summary
Staff reported progress on sewer and water projects, testing of well treatment plans, pothole repairs, an upcoming sewer pond bid and plans to address an unfinished residential excavation that may be a safety hazard.
City public-works staff updated council members on multiple infrastructure projects, including sewer headworks and treatment work, well treatment samples for operating permits, pothole repairs, the sewer pond project and a safety complaint about an unfinished residential excavation.
Staff said sample results for a well treatment plan were sent for operating permits and that, with the current projects, the city expects to add close to about 400 gallons per minute of capacity (as stated in the meeting). Staff also reported the treatment plan is producing about 83 gallons per minute from the treatment plant at the time of the meeting and quoted a well flow number of about 15 gallons per minute for a specific well; participants discussed seasonal fluctuations in yield.
Public-works staff reported crews had completed a portion of the sprinkler-system repairs and were finishing pothole work on Second East, with additional touch-ups remaining. The sewer pond project has had a recent meeting and is expected to go out to bid in roughly two to three weeks, according to staff.
Council members raised a code-enforcement complaint about a duplex construction site at about 150 East 500 North where excavation for a basement had been left open for about a year. Council members and staff described the excavation as a potential safety hazard (children were reported playing in the hole). Staff said they would check the permit status and pursue the appropriate code-enforcement or permitting remedies.
Participants also discussed landscaping and xeriscaping behind several downtown stores where sprinkler lines were damaged during sewer work; staff suggested dry-scape or drought-tolerant landscaping and recommended retaining trees where feasible while removing dead plantings. Staff said they are considering catch-basin and 4-inch pipe work to improve drainage behind a salon and adjacent buildings.
No formal votes or budget approvals were taken in this session; staff were directed to proceed with permitting, testing and returning procurement timelines to council for projects that will go out to bid.
