8.d Engineering Updates 12-17-2019
City of Scandia
Engineering Updates 12/17/2019
Engineering italics = old information
• Bliss Addition Stormwater Planning
Includes 190th Street N, 189th Street N, Layton Ave and Larksupur Ave N circle area.
Public Outreach meeting being held at City Hall with the adjacent property owners prior to the City
Council meeting, on April 16, 2019, from 5:30pm – 6:30pm.
Met with watershed district on 8/2 to discuss preliminary options for expanding regional water
storage, restoring infiltration capacity and improve water quality. The watershed made some great
recommendations for managing overall project costs and those options are currently being explored.
Second public meeting occurred on August 20th. Preliminary stormwater management practices
were presented to the residents and were well received. Some new recommendations were also
presented and considered in the plan revisions.
Final Draft will be presented to the City Council at the November 19, 2019 meeting.
Meeting with City Staff and Watershed District has been scheduled for January 16, 2020 to
discuss prioritization and implementation schedule for the items presented in the final
stormwater study.
• Bliss Drainfield System
Both the 2020 permit application for this system and the “final report” for nitrogen mitigation have
been completed and submitted to the MPCA. The memo which serves as a final report doesn’t
present final solutions for the nitrogen issue, but instead outlines the issues that have been found
and solved in this treatment system, as well as some additional testing that will now be
recommended to get a handle on the nitrogen, BOD, and TSS entering and leaving the facility. The
hope is to gain us a little more time from the MPCA before they mandate action. We’ll use this time
to perform the aforementioned testing and evaluate options for removing nitrogen at Bliss.
Finalizing proposed additional testing schedule, will send to Public Works within the next
week. There may be additional discussion to take place before anything goes forward.
• Bliss Control Panels
Staff met with Contractor on-site last Friday to discuss some proposed deviations from what’s shown
in the plans for LS 1. After multiple approaches were discussed a conclusion was reached. The
existing control panel pad at the LS 1 site will be reused and extended, and the new SCADA antenna
will be affixed directly to the panel. As a result, no excavation or extended bypass will be needed at
this site. The City will be getting a deduct on the product based on these changes.
New/extended pads for both structures have been poured. Conduit is in the ground at LS
2, as is the base for the new radio antenna.
We’ve reviewed the controls submittal for the project and have submitted redlines back to
the Contractor and being addressed. Once a revised submittal is approved then work on
proceed on the control panel construction. Until the new panels are ready to be installed,
the existing stations will continue to function normally.
• 2020 Street Improvement Project
Infrastructure assessment field work has been completed along with roadway soil borings.
Plans are nearly finished and soon will be coordinating with Public Works review. Also, will
be submitting to obtain Watershed District Permit.
Project will be ready for the January 21, 2020 City Council Meeting to Approve Plans &
Specifications and Authorize Ad for Bid.
• Sump Pump Inspection Program
Third notification has been prepared that will be sent out certified mail and also door
hangers will be hung on properties still needing an inspection. Appointments can be made
on the following remaining Tuesdays or Thursday’s; October 15th, 17th, 22nd, 24th, 29th, and
November 5th, 7th, 12th, 14th, from 7:00am to 7:00pm. Deadline to have completed
inspection is November 19, 2019.
Inspection are in progress based on appointments requested.
• 113 homes/cabins/vacant lots on the list
• 101 Inspections performed to date
• 1 inspection scheduled for Nov 14, 2020 (19077 Layton)
• 102 inspections performed or scheduled to Nov. 14, 2020
• 11 home/cabins left of which 2 residents refuse to allow anyone in their home.
• Washington County’s first Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan
Our fist TAC meeting was held on Wednesday, August 14th, 2019.
Second TAC Meeting scheduled for Monday, December 16, 2019.
Project Manager, Emily Jorgensen
• emily.jorgensen@co.washington.mn.us
• 651-430-4338
• https://www.co.washington.mn.us/bikepedplan
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year