8.d 2016-7-19 Engineering Updates City of Scandia
Engineering Updates 7/19/2016
Engineering
• 2016 Street Improvements
All work has been completed other than shouldering, final restoration, striping,
signage, and minor punch list items. Project budget is trending very favorable.
• 2016 Seal Coat and Crack Filling Project
Project is scheduled to start July 25 th or later unless the street patching work is
completed sooner. If the street patching is completed earlier than we will work
with the Contractor on potentially scheduling the work sooner.
• Bliss Drainfield System
A memo was prepared in response to a June 9, 2016 letter from the MPCA
regarding the Compliance Evaluation Inspection of the Scandia Bliss Wastewater
Treatment Facility on May 24, 2016. The purpose of the memo was to address
the concerns regarding the Nitrogen Mitigation Plan.
• Jed Chesnut has taken a position with Minnesota Board of Water Soil Resources
(BWSR). His current replacement from Washington Conservation District is:
Jay Riggs, jay.riggs@mnwcd.org
Office (651) 330-8220
Cell (651) 587-6622
• Washington County chemical weed control program starts seasonal spraying
The annual chemical spraying of approximately 220 miles of rural Washington
County roadsides is scheduled to begin on or about July 13 and continue for at
least two weeks. The objective is to control noxious weeds and brush.
The chemicals Escort and Tordon K are commonly used on roadsides and utility
rights-of-way and are the chemicals the county will be using. Guidelines used by
the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) indicate that in tests with birds and
animals, doses of these chemicals are non-toxic in quantities far greater than
used by the county. In addition, the tests have shown that livestock such as
cattle, horses, sheep, or swine cannot consume enough treated foliage to cause
physical harm.