8.f December Public Works Staff Report1
SCANDIA
January 16 2018
Public Works Staff Report — December 2017
Roads and Right — of — way
➢ 197th - three loads gravel - Grade and roll — road softened up
➢ ROW Brushing with tractor — 2018 road improvement areas complete
with brush mower — hand work - Oxboro, Orwell, Oak Hill,
Meadowbrook, 228th, Kirk 230th are done - on Old Marine
➢ ROW — additional Brushing with tractor — Quinell, 197th off Oxboro,
209th & Quality, Penrose, 209th & Ozark, Orwell, Orwell Ct.
➢ Snow — 4 events — 1- plowing - 12-5 scraped off slush and snow; 3
non -plowing - 12-11,12-21, 12-28 minor events - scraped roads at
intersections to maximize salt effectiveness, Sidewalks done 5 times
➢ Adding grit to gravel roads — 8 times
Sewer — Water:
➢ December sewer samples were taken at Bliss
➢ 201 - November Monthly DMR completed
➢ AE , Uptown re -permitted
➢ Uptown - Monthly water meter readings completed
➢ 201 — three residential systems with issues — parts ordered for one,
the second needs to be addressed in warm weather when adhesives
will work, the third we have to wait for the tank to fill
➢ 201 — Bliss — Lift station #1 — End of January for repairs
➢ RPZ testing of both City wells completed
➢ 14 Gopher call requests
Parks:
➢ Monthly safety checks done on playgrounds
➢ Vinterfest signs installed at 4 intersections — volunteers - posters
hung in Marine, Lindstrom, Scandia, Hugo, and Forest Lake
➢ Buttons up for sale Vinterfest — Button assembly volunteer Dan Lee
➢ Warming house — broken window in the door — replacing with Lexan
➢ Rinks Flooded — Bright white on north end — reflects sun
➢ Rink continued maintenance — Zamboni each day — flood when the
weather is conducive
➢ Zamboni blades sharpened
➢ Lilleskogen Park —STS — continued buckthorn removal — brush is
hauled back to the PW shop and burned — 1 burn in Dec. 17
➢ Path to connect City Hall area with the T -ball field — brushed back
➢ Ballfield drag improved — in house — weight added and wheels retract
Other:
➢ Small truck fleet maintenance — Transmission fluid changes
➢ Fun fact — Old street signs sold — 8