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City Staff are requesting a recommendation to the City Council to approve connecting the watermain from Brookfield 8th Addition to the existing trunk watermain at 166th Avenue, at a not to exceed amount of$50,000. Motion to recommend that the City Council approve City cost participation to connect the watermain from Brookfield 8th Addition to the existing trunk watermain at 166th Avenue at a not to exceed amount of$50,000. 3. Review of Municipal Water System Control and Alarm Systems: Utilities Supervisor Nelson reviewed the City's SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) system and gave a demonstration of its capabilities. The SCADA computer program controls the City's water towers,municipal wells and sanitary sewer lift stations. The SCADA system allows City Staff to monitor infrastructure, determine cause when an alarm is triggered, and respond appropriately. Utilities Supervisor Nelson stated there is a UPS (Uninterruptable Power Supply) at every facility location, providing enough power during an outage to initiate an alarm and continue to monitor the site. Utilities Supervisor Nelson stated there are eleven Public Works staff—four Utilities employees and seven on-call employees—with SCADA password access, and all activity is recorded for security purposes.He added the SCADA system controller is an easily accessed online application. Utilities Supervisor Nelson stated the system is securely stored on a computer in the Public Works Department. He added the City's SCADA System integrator,who lives in Ramsey, has a duplicate software back-up.No action taken; for information purpose only. 4. Authorize Professional Services for Design and Installation of Emergency Generator at Well House 43: Public Works Superintendent Riemer explained that City staff is requesting consideration of work authorization for design and installation of an emergency generator at Well 43, 731 Bunker Lake Boulevard. The City currently has a back-up generator operating Well 45. Proposals were received from two engineering firms for design and construction management— SEH Inc. for$15,000.00, and Bolton&Menk Inc. for$11,310.00. Staff's recommendation is to enter into a contract with Bolton &Menk Inc. Motion for City Council to accept staff recommendation to enter into a contract with Bolton&Menk Inc.to provide design and construction management for the installation of an emergency back-up natural gas generator for Well 43 for a not to exceed amount of$11,310.00. 5. Consider Recommending City Council Approval for Speed Zone Study on Sunfish Lake Boulevard: City Engineer Westby explained that the Anoka County Highway Department received a complaint on March 13 from a resident who lives on Sunfish Lake Boulevard, regarding excessive traffic speed on that road near 155th Avenue. Anoka County contacted City staff to request support for a speed zone study, as the last study was undertaken in 1975. The traffic speed zone study will be conducted by Mn/DOT,who require that speed zone studies are performed on roads that are more than one mile in length. City staff recommends the study be conducted between Bunker Lake Boulevard/CSAH 116 and Nowthen Boulevard/CSAH 5,where Sunfish Lake Boulevard terminates. The existing speed limit north of Bunker Lake Boulevard is 55 mph, so the speed can only be lowered or stay the same as a result of the study. Motion to recommend City Council approval for a request to Mn/DOT for a Speed Zone Study on Sunfish Lake Boulevard between Bunker Lake Boulevard/CSAH 116 and Nowthen Boulevard/CSAH 5. Action: Motion to ratify the recommendation of the Public Works Committee. Attachments Agenda Form Review Inbox Reviewed By Date Grant Riemer Grant Riemer 04/06/2017 08:25 AM Bruce Westby Bruce Westby 04/06/2017 12:47 PM Kurt Ulrich Kurt Ulrich 04/06/2017 01:39 PM Form Started By:MaryJo Warner Started On:04/03/2017 10:18 AM