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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