HomeMy Public PortalAbout20-PW-DR-September 2019Monthly Department Report – Public Works
Memo
To: City Council
From: Nathan Stewart, Public Works Director
CC: Anette Spickard, City Manager
Date: 9/30/19
Re: Monthly Department Report – September 2019
ADMINISTRATION/ENGINEERING
1. Development Engineering Reviews:
Review coordination of land use applications with the City Planner, and engineering review of construction
plans including Payette Lakes Recreational Water & Sewer District (PLRWSD) Headworks Building
Project, River Ranch Ph II & III, Thompson Place, St. Luke’s Hospital, May Hardware, McCall Valley
Storage Condos, Agate Street Water Line, and numerous projects for individual residential parcels.
2. Downtown Core Reconstruction:
Phase 1B: Sunroc has been working on both the north and south half of the project. Final lift paving on
Lenora and 2nd Street is still scheduled to occur October 7-11, although north 2nd Street and west-bound
Lenora will still remain closed to vehicular traffic to allow adjacent sidewalk work to continue. Street lights
along Lenora are scheduled to be installed in mid-November/early December pending weather.
Manufacturer delays in delivery will postpone remaining lighting on 2nd Street till Spring 2020 along with
all landscaping on the project.
Phase 2A: Knife River has completed water, sewer and stormwater work on Park Street and Park Street will
be reopened on 10/4. It will be closed temporarily during the week of 10/14 for asphalt patching over the
roadway. Work in Veteran’s Alley will begin 10/4 and starting on the west end near 1st Street and proceed
eastward.
Refer to the City’s website: https://www.mccall.id.us/downtownproject for more info.
3. Public Works (PW) Facility Study:
Horrocks/CRSA met with Public Works and Community & Economic Development staff in early
September. The consultant team is compiling data provided by the city on current facility needs as well as
short term (5-yrs) and long term (more than 10-yrs). It was identified a rezone application will need to be
filed in concurrence with the Master Plan development to convert the current parcel’s zoning from residential
to civic. Draft plan and rezone applications are forthcoming in October.
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4. Mission Street Reconstruction/Idaho Transportation Dept (ITD) STP Rural Grant:
Forsgren Engineers (Project Engineer) has submitted their scope of work to the Local Highway Technical
Assistance Council (LHTAC) and has just recently received comments back. Public Works staff participated
in a meeting with LHTAC and Foresgren concerning scope and cost estimates in mid-September, which are
currently being revised between Forsgren & LHTAC. Once final, a State Local Agreement for Engineering
will be presented to the City Council for approval in late October.
5. SH-55/Deinhard-Boydstun Lane Corridor Study:
City, Horrocks and ITD staff conducted a bus tour of SH-55 through McCall with the ITD Board to inform
them of the corridor issues. It was well received by all attending. PW Director met with the ITD project lead
in late September to discuss finalizing scope of work and respective costs (for each agency) for funding the
corridor study which will be formalized in a cooperative agreement (between ITD and the City). As this is
not funded in the FY20 budget, Public Works, working with the City Manager, will identify potential funding
sources to be presented to City Council along with the agreement.
6. American Public Works Association (APWA) 2019 National Conference:
Public Works Director and Streets Superintendent attended the four-day conference covering all aspects of
public works. Over 5,000 APWA members were in attendance.
STREETS:
1. Maintenance Activities: Continue to clear and shore up existing stormwater systems, grading/blading
gravel roadways, sign repairs/replacement/relocating, and street sweeping as weather permits.
2. Dust Abatement Activities: All gravel roads and City lots have been dust abated to curtail dust issues.
3. Crack Sealing: Streets Department staff have been working with both the Parks & Golf Departments by
crack sealing cart & bike paths. This will continue into October.
4. Road Patching: Patch with hot asphalt along Colorado, 1st Street, Davis Ave., Mather, Wooley, Mission
St. and North Samson Trail. Cold patching of potholes in 1st Street, Davis, Mission, Lakeside, E.
Deinhard, McGinnis, Mather, Thompson, and State Street.
5. Right of Way Maintenance: Clear brush around street signs along Ponderosa, Reedy, Railroad, Agate,
N Samson Trail, Mission, E. Lake St., Warren Wagon Rd, Lick Creek, Majestic View and Stibnite.
WATER:
1. Distribution:
a. Jasper Subdivision Water Main and Drainage Improvements: All water and stormwater work has
completed. Substantial completion, punch lists, and final completion will be done in October.
b. New Water Service: Set meters and turned water on for 11 new residential customers.
c. Emergency Calls: Responded to 3 emergency water shut offs during the month.
d. Normal Call Outs: Addressed 2 requests to turn water on/off for season, 6 requests for possible leak,
2 requested turn off for repairs, repaired 2 fire hydrants, and checked 10 residents for high usage
requests from Utility Billing.
e. Digline Requests: Responded to 41 regular dig line locates and 1 emergency.
f. ECR/MXU Replacement: Replaced 6 ECR and 3 MXU’s that were not working correctly.
g. Valve Flushing/Exercising: Annual ARV/PRV inspections continue throughout our system with
repairs being made as needed
h. Main Water Line Repairs: Repairs were made to the leaking city service line at Shore Lodge and
replaced 30’ of galvanized main line on Louisa with new polyethylene main line.
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2. Treatment:
a. Legacy Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs): Idaho Power completed their final inspection and
approval of the VFDs. Reimbursement check ~$35K to be presented in early November.
b. Water Treatment Plant Effluent Valve Repair: Butler Actuator Services removed the failing actuator
that was purchased earlier this year and replaced with new one which is working correctly.
c. Cl2 System: DeNora returned to McCall to complete the final punch list for the new Cl2 system. The
Hubel heater was installed, replacement tank level, qualified solution mixture, adjusted coupling on
one tank, and validated warranty.