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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.