JEO Consulting Group summer intern John Budde presents the cost estimates of the box culvert replacement project at 12th and Pine Street. during the City Commission meeting Monday night." />
JEO Consulting Group summer intern John Budde presents the cost estimates of the box culvert replacement project at 12th and Pine Street. during the City Commission meeting Monday night.
Renovations to the city’s sewer system and wastewater treatment could take place in the near future.
The City Commission heard presentations from CFS Engineers and the JEO Consulting Group summer interns about future plans for the city’s water systems during Monday night’s meeting.
CFS project engineer Eli May and project manager Aaron Gaspers provided updates on survey findings of the city’s middle and east interceptor sewer lines.
May said they surveyed each manhole along the middle interceptor line to get an accurate level of the invert elevations and pipe sizes, which are the main determinants of how much capacity it can hold.
The survey found three bottlenecks in the system that would need to be opened up, particularly due to the population growth expected on the south side of K-10. One bottleneck is near the EHS football stadium, another is at Maple Terrace and the third is near 12th Street.
The bottleneck near the football stadium would need to be improved before capacity could increase at all, May said.
If all three bottlenecks were fixed, it would open up an estimated 630 acres of capacity.
May said the east interceptor line has one bottleneck, but the line can be improved without fixing the bottleneck to give an additional 250 acres of capacity. If the bottleneck is fixed, however, it would open 450 acres of capacity.
May and Gaspers did not have an estimated cost of the improvements.
Public Works Director Branden Boyd said a new wastewater treatment plant would need to be built due to the city’s expected growth. Based on the growth calculations from May and Gaspers, the city would exceed the capacity of the current wastewater treatment plant.
“This is the No.1 impact that we are faced with as far as development goes,” Boyd said about the current sewer system.
The JEO Consulting Group summer interns presented their plans for replacing a box culvert at 12th and Pine Street.
The group designed a culvert good for a 100-year storm with an estimated cost of $470,000.
If the group’s plans were approved, 12th Street would be closed during construction. A detour would take travelers up Cherry Street to 10th Street before going back down Main Street.
The project’s manager John Budde said the total cost of the project would cost around $1.2 million and would take a total of four years, including the culvert replacement and the reconstruction of 12th Street.
The commission did not make any decisions Monday night based on the group’s recommendations.
In other city-related business, the city is starting preliminary interviews for assistant city manager this week. Human resources specialist Susie Yuran said about 12 applicants have been selected for this set of interviews. There were about 40 applicants.
Final interviews will start next week and the commission will name an assistant city manager by mid-August.
Police Chief Wes Lovett said there are no updates on the ATM robbery as well.
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