Agenda - Council - 04/25/1995 - Laserfiche WebLink

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I I I I '1 I I I I I I I I I I MARCH UTILITY AND PARK NARRATIVE Significant to the month of March was the installation of a mini-shelter at Woodland Green Park and vandalism repair to the Park Center garage door. In addition, you w~ill note there are 48 hours expended on ice rink related activity. This is due, in part, to the skatin~ season extending through the first week in March. Normally, the season ends approximately th~ third week in February. Never has it extended beyond March 1. We also completed repairsito both rinks at Central in preparation to painting of the rinks by the volunteer Football Boosters, Saturday, May 20. Most unique about activities in March was all the spring and summer preparations. Detailed plans were made, part-time employees were hired and notified of their start date, materials were inventoried and x~e-stocked. In addition to ordering the delivery of the scheduled capital improvements for 1995, a fair amount of the in-house improvements and maintenance plan for the athletic fields was begun. With regard to theutility areas, the usual water tests and repairs occurred. We also began turning and cleaning wate~rmain valves in preparation for spring flushing. Twelve water meters were installed, a traffic-4tamaged hydrant was repaired and the airline fittings were installed on Well #2 completing the ref0rbishment project. The City televised and jetted the majority of sewer lines in the Flintwood Hill~ and River's Bend Subdivisions. Because this was contract work, the bulk of the activity did not require staff's presence, with some exceptions. It is expected that this televising and jettirJg program will be done each year on a rotational basis by dividing the City into approximately 7 to 10 areas; therefore, within several years, we will return to the River's Bend/Flintwood I!ills area. Some sanitary sewer lines obviously may need attention on a more frequent basis. /jmt