HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/27/1997CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION
January 27, 1997
5:00 p.m.
Large Conference Room
Members present: Mayor Rooff, Anders, Jordan, Murphy, Getty,
Krizek, Mollenhoff.
Members absent: Collier.
Moved by Murphy, seconded by Mollenhoff to approve the agenda as
proposed. Ayes: Five. Absent: Collier, Jordan. Motion carried.
Administrative Director Bob Stevenson updated the council on
various items related to the water pollution control facility
upgrade. RUST Environmental and Infrastructure has completed the
report on the conceptual design for the domestic side of the Easton
Avenue plant. The council will soon need to approve the final
design concept and the EPA has indicated that additional funding
may be available for completion of unmet needs. The partnering
process has resulted in a recommendation to proceed with a single
stage activated sludge system.
Bob Bamsey, RUST, updated the council on the progress with the
consent agreement projects identified as priority one. The river
diffuser, wet weather flow equalization basin, and high strength
industrial pretreatment are on schedule for completion by July,
1997 in accordance with the schedule approved by the DNR. That
would leave further projects to be undertaken which were identified
as second in priority. Updating the Easton Avenue domestic
operation is next on the list of projects not yet undertaken for
completion.
Bamsey reviewed the design document for updating Easton Avenue and
explained the key criteria in selection of the single stage
activated sludge process. The process has been identified as the
least costly in start up, operating and life cycle costs. Staff
will be able to share training procedures for both sides of the
plant.
The process selected by the partnering committee is to continue
with.sludge treatment but upgrading to a two temperature treatment.
The change will allow the process to proceed faster and can
generate less sludge. The current six digesters can be refitted
for use with the new process. Two of the six will be converted to
temperature controllers.
Additional stages will include demolition of the trickling filters,
three additional clarifiers, digester renovation and a sludge
storage facility. The trickling filters will be converted to
storage tanks for the menthane gas used in the heating process.
Jordan now present at 5:30 p.m.
Mayor Rooff compared new design capacity for growth to handle a
population of one hundred twenty thousand and an additional
industrial user the size of IBP if pretreatment is utilized.
Bamsey reviewed the current status of projects. All projects
listed with priority one are under construction, priority two
projects are ready to be let and priority three are those projects
under design.
Talks with the EPA have indicated that if the City requests
additional federal funding to complete the list of projects the
request would be received favorably. Total projects needed for the
water pollution control and sewer system exceed seventy-eight
million dollars. Currently funding has been approved up to sixty-
seven million dollars. Staff is asking for approval to begin
seeking the support of Senate representatives and the EPA on
additional funding opportunities.
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January 27, 1997
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RUST has completed the methane gas energy recovery study. Getty
requested that another work session be scheduled in two weeks to
discuss that study.
With no further business to discuss, it was moved by Murphy,
seconded by Mollenhoff to adjourn the meeting at 5:45 p.m. Ayes:
Six. Absent: Collier. Motion carried.
Susan Fangman
City Clerk
CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION
January 27, 1997
5:30 p.m.
Large Conference Room
Members present: Mayor Rooff, Anders, Jordan, Murphy, Getty,
Krizek, Mollenhoff.
Members absent: Collier.
Moved by Jordan, seconded by Murphy to approve the agenda as
proposed. Ayes: Six. Absent: Collier. Motion carried.
City Planner Don Temeyer provided an update on the status of the
Martin Luther King project. A map of the road design alternatives
was presented. It has been determined that the final terminus
point should be changed from the Newell Street location to a
location between Newell and Independence Avenue. This will
alleviate the conflict traffic with workers from John Deere and IBP
and truck traffic between the Warren site and John Deere's Donald
Street site. The total length is shorter which should reduce
costs.
The next step would be to obtain an environmental assessment of new
proposed location for the road terminus. The environmental
assessment is primarily for wetlands and archaeological clearance.
The next phase of the project has been let by the DOT and resulted
in a bid of 2.2 million dollars on an estimated 3 million dollar
phase of the project. The bid savings should allow for additional
grading and paving to be completed towards Northeast Industrial
Drive.
With no further discussion, it was moved by Krizek, seconded by
Jordan to adjourn the meeting at 5:58 p.m. Ayes: Six. Absent:
Collier. Motion carried.
Susan Fangman
City Clerk