Agenda - Council - 03/27/2001 - Laserfiche WebLink

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Engineering: In 2000, the City overlaid 9'.32 miles of city streets in five City subdivisions, which include Flintwood Hills, Ramsey Terrace, Rum Acre Estates, Reilly's Estates and Crow's unplatted areas in sections #10 and #15. Another major project undertaken by the City in 2000 was the reconstruction of TH #47 from 153rd Avenue to 142"" Avenue. This was a $6 million project that also included improvements to CASH #5, the connection of Sunwood Drive between CASH #5 and TH #47, the signalization of the intersections along TH #47, the looping of watermains and the extension of sanitary sewers in the vicinity of the road construction project. Landscaping and the construction of a sound wall will complete this project in the spring, 2001. During 2000, Engineering worked on storm sewer projects to alleviate persistent drainage problems were completed. Funding for these projects came as the result of a newly created storm water utility. As part of this project, a storm sewer line was installed along 164th Lane west of CASH #5, along 142nd Avenue in Flintwood Hills, and on Juniper Ridge Drive. Utilities: Major improvements were also made to the utility system in 2000. Construction was initiated on a second 1.5 million gallon elevated water tower in the commercial and industrial area of AEC Energy Park. Additionally, the City's fifth well was drilled. Both of these facilities are scheduled to be operational in 2001. The City has installed approximately $884,000 in new water mains and sanitary sewer extensions during the year. During 2000, more than 410 million gallons of water were pumped, which is an increase on 21% over the preceding year. As is usually the case, over half is used for lawn irrigation. This requires the City to size its water production and storage capacity to meet peak demand. With the construction of the new well and water tower, the City will be able to easily meet this increased demand for water. The additional water mains that were also installed or "looped" will increase fireflows should the City need it and also increases the integrity of the whole water delivery system. The City maintains more than $9 million in water utility infrastructure: buildings, wells, chemical feed equipment, pumps, hydrants, over 1000 valves and about 40 miles of water main. The new water tower and well with its corresponding pump house will add almost $2 million to the above investment. Sewer Department Staff also maintains more than a tenth of the largely unseen 30~mile system of pipes, manholes and lift stations. Parks: Ramsey is fortunate in being the home to 522 acres of State and County park space in addition to more than 500 acres of City owned parks and trails. As a result, Ramsey is known for its natural resources with more than half of the City's borders on the Rum River and the Mississippi River. The City's Park Department manages approximately 565 acres of land, much of it remaining in its natural state. However, about 200 acres are fully developed park space and it is this developed park space that receives an increasing amount of maintenance as demand rises. Approximately 20,000 hours were invested in maintaining or improving the park and trail system this year.