1. NEXT MEETING: The next council meeting is October 3 at 6:00 pm.
2. WELLNESS CENTER: Vernon Delpasce and I have begun discussions on the owner/operator agreement. We anticipate the document to be complete by end of October and presented to council in November.
3. J/K REALIGNMENT: Community Development Director Chuck Burgin reports the following:
1. Currently soliciting quotes for an appraisal review. Federal Highway requires a review of the original appraisal
2. Contacted Libby Weilenga of IDOT District 5 to confirm the environmental status of the project. DeeAnn Newell of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) will be contacted for compliance.
3. Archaeological and historic surveys will need to be completed
These items need to be cleared prior to making an official offer to purchase the property. Also, Chuck suggests hiring V&K (they’ve done all the preliminary work thus far) to start preliminary design concepts. V&K has experience with Federally Funded projects.
4. ISA: P&R Director Glen Cowan reports the Indianola Sports Association had a challenging summer and that Rec Supt Doug Bylund spent a lot of time helping the leagues. There will be a meeting in the next couple weeks to discuss next season’s operations.
5. SOUTH Y REPORT: The street has been open for a week. The damaged driveway panels in front of the townhomes have been removed and replaced. The seeding contractor has not shown, and as September 23, 2011 allowable working days of 60 ended on Wednesday, September 21, 2011.
6. FY 10/11 BUDGET: In the packet is the August budget report showing departmental budget figures. Revenues are at about 12.3% (tax payments are due in October) and expenses about 16.9%.
7. GENERATOR: At around 7:00 AM this morning the Sewer Department received multiple alarms at the south plant lift station. Staff investigated and found phase loss in the incoming power. Dan Miers called IMU to investigate further. They arrived at the time the new generator transfer switch exploded.
Dan determined that the Onan transfer switch failed and also found the Westinghouse transformer switch will not trip. JETCO, Neuvirth and IMU installed temporary power to the station. The transfer switch is still under warranty and Dan ordered a new transformer switch ($5,700) to replace the old one.
Our thanks to Bob Miller and his staff for their quick response and excellent service!!
8. I&I: During extreme rain events in June of this year, city staff received reports of an excessive number of basement backups along N 8th Street from E Euclid to E Girard Avenue (see map). After the rain events, Dan Miers instructed staff to televise the sewer mains in the 500 block of E Iowa Ave to the intersection of E Euclid and N 8th St. They found several Inflow and Infiltration issues with the sewer mains and sewer services.
Staff reviewed the videos from 2002 and could not see the I&I issues when inspected in June of 2011. The rain event amplified the I&I conditions that were not visible in 2002. Dan asked V&K Engineers to include lining 6 segments of sewer main, 30 lateral launches and 16 T-liners to Phase 2 of the I&I Project. The good news is that staff already deleted 71 T-lines from the project so there will be little cost impact.
Dan will be contacting the property owners and hold a neighborhood meeting to explain what the city discovered. Dan expects to find several I&I issues with the sewer services and will be explaining that they will be responsible for any additional I&I issues that are discovered during lateral launches.
9. COUNCIL: For your information, the following is a list of candidates for the November election.
1st Ward 3rd Ward At Large
Randy Gathers Shirley Clark Darwin Curl Jr.
John Parker Jr. Eric Mathieu Greg Marchant
Mark Vickroy
10. HWY 65/69 TRAFFIC: Chief Bonnett, Ken Bresnan and I met with IDOT’s Jim Armstrong to discuss traffic concerns related to Theisen’s opening. Jim will explore options and report back. Chief Bonnett intends to have two officers on site during the grand opening.
