HomeMy Public PortalAbout16-PW Department Report 05.2021Monthly Department Report – Public Works
Memo
To: City Council
From: Nathan Stewart, Public Works Director
CC: Anette Spickard, City Manager
Date: 06/02/2021
Re: Monthly Department Report – May 2021
ADMINISTRATION/ENGINEERING
1. Development Engineering Reviews: Engineering review and approval of five land use applications
this month. Engineering reviewed and commented on five new land use applications this month.
2. Mission Street Reconstruction Project: Wetland impact permitting is ongoing. Letters to on-street
stakeholders are being sent out in preparations for onsite meetings in late June.
3. Senior Center Improvements: City received grant funds to improve the senior center building and
surrounding infrastructure. Had a kick-off meeting with design team and other City Staff to start the
design process for the two phases of the project.
4. ROW Conflicts with Snow Removal: Work session with City Council conducted on 5/28/21 to
discuss issues with private snow storage in City ROWs and illegal parking within City ROWs during
winter plow operations. Staff will be proposing recommended code changes for a future work session
to address current code deficiencies that are limiting effective enforcement.
5. Deinhard/SH-55 Intersection Improvements: Horrocks developing preliminary design task order
for reconstruction of Deinhard Lane and a portion of the SH-55/Deinhard intersection.
6. SH-55 and Deinhard/Boydstun RAISE Grant: PW and Community & Economic Development
staff working with ITD-D3 on the preparation of a $2-3 million federally funded grant application to
develop formal engineering design for improvements to both ROWs following the framework
described in the Corridor Exchange Feasibility Study.
7. DC-PH-1B Paver Warranty Issues: City received confirmation that furnishing zone pavers located
on 2nd Street and Lenora will be replaced by the manufacturer (Belgard) due to premature degradation.
Schedule for construction work during summer/fall 2021 is forthcoming.
8. PW Facility Plan Implementation: Staff met with Horrocks to initiate design task order for overall
site grading, drainage, utility relocations/replacement and sequencing. Staff also met with YMC, Inc
to evaluate admin HVAC, building plumbing, shop HVAC and shop welding upgrades. Awaiting
proposals from YMC so that work can commence ASAP.
Monthly Department Report – Public Works
9. Traffic and Traffic Counts: Created a plan to temporarily close the left turn lane on Railroad onto
3rd Street, for summer months to motivate drivers to utilize right turns for navigating downtown during
busy summer months. Data from the City’s 2019 traffic counts have been reviewed and reconfigured
in a format that is more practical.
STREETS
1. FY21 MIP – Spring Mountain Boulevard CRABS Pavement Rehabilitation: Work has
commenced on replacing aged culverts and raising sewer manholes to future finished grade.
2. Street Sweeping: Street sweeping is ongoing.
3. Traffic Control Change: As of May 20th, the stop signs on Pine St have been removed at the
Roosevelt & Pine St intersection.
4. Crack Seal: Crack seal was done during the month of May.
5. Street Striping: Paint machines have been prepped in preparation of good weather conditions (warm
temps & low humidity). Painting has started early and will continue through the month of June pending
suitable weather.
6. LHTAC: Classes have been completed for the year with 3 employees completing the Road Masters
certification and one employee completing the Road Scholar certification
WATER DISTRIBUTION
1. Alpine Street Water Main Replacement: Notice to Proceed was issued to Cougar Excavation; work
will begin after the water line is finished on Washington Ward.
2. Washington-Ward Street Water Main: Notice to Proceed was issued to Cougar Excavation; work
will begin on June 15th.
3. Shore Lodge Booster Pump Station: Plan set has been received and project manual and PER to
follow.
4. Upper West Side Tank Pump Station Fire Pump: Design is in progress.
5. Hydraulic Model Calibration: SPF is completing a comprehensive water model calibration. This is
the first time the model has been re-calibrated since the model was updated in 2017 as part of the Water
Master Plan development.
6. Emergency Calls: 2 Emergency meter turn off/on., 2 after hours emergencies, & 1 emergency repair.
7. Normal Call Outs: 2 main line tap, 2 leak checks on city line, 3 checks for high usage, 48 Dig Lines,
1 fire hydrant repair, 9 routine/weekly inspections, and 20 final inspections/building permits.
8. Routine Meter Maintenance: 27 regular meter turn-ons, 7 meters repaired, 18 new meter installs, 11
meters repaired/replaced, 21 ECR’s repaired/replaced, 13 MXU’s replaced, and 5 meter leak checks,
9. Service Line Repairs: Replacement of service line to May Hardware irrigation. Concrete and asphalt
patching will take place in June.
WATER TREATMENT
1. Legacy Intake Station Reconstruction: Building is complete, grading is near completion and
landscaping will follow. Project completion expected mid-late June.
2. Filter Audit: Evaluation of the WTP’s two filters was completed with the help of Clear Solutions. We
will be merging that data with the data from the chemical analysis.