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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION – July 15, 2019 5 <br /> <br />believes the bases of the signal system they are looking at could be placed in locations so they <br />wouldn’t be in the way for future road improvements. <br /> <br />Interim Public Works Director/City Engineer Blomstrom stated that staff is reviewing County <br />policy, but anticipates the retaining walls along county roads and sidewalks are the city’s <br />responsibility to maintain. There are two retaining walls on the north and south sides of Indian <br />Oaks on the west side of Hamline Avenue. The walls are crumbling and need repairs. He has <br />been asking for the written policy from Ramsey County. <br /> <br />Councilmember Holden asked how long ago lift station 10, that is scheduled for reconstruction, <br />was done. <br /> <br />Public Works Superintendent Frid responded that it had never been done. It is a submersible <br />station and is at the point of needing pumps and plumbing, and new electric to standardize with <br />the rest of the rehabs that have been done. Communications will stay the same for the lift stations, <br />but will change for the water towers. <br /> <br />Interim Public Works Director/City Engineer Blomstrom said the communications project <br />involves updating the modems from the lift stations from 3G to 4G but the water system will go <br />from radio communication to cellular. <br /> <br />Regarding Equipment in 2020: <br />Public Works Superintendent Frid said the replacement of the 2005 felling trailer could be <br />pushed to 2021. <br /> <br />Public Works Superintendent Frid said the Bobcat Toolcat is used to snowblow trails and <br />sidewalks. Snow along County roads is dense and deep and the bobcats work hard. The 2010 <br />bobcat is corroding due to salt. Between downtime and labor, maintenance and repair costs are <br />high. <br /> <br />Councilmember Holden asked what repairs had been done to the 2012 F250. <br /> <br />Public Works Superintendent Frid replied the biggest expense involved rebuilding the front- <br />end suspension. He wants to get a good trade in value while the transmission and transfer case are <br />still working. It gets used for utility locating as well as plowing, so it gets used off road in <br />construction sites. He felt between the two trucks, unit 203 (2012 F350) was in worse shape than <br />unit 210. <br /> <br />Finance Director Bauman reminded everyone that all of the vehicles/trucks on the list are paid <br />out of the vehicle and equipment fund. There is an annual transfer into that fund and there is no <br />other funding uses besides the equipment. If purchases move from one year to the next the fund <br />balance would still be the same at the end of the two years. <br /> <br />Interim Public Works Director/City Engineer Blomstrom explained an equipment replacement <br />schedule that could be implemented. <br /> <br />Finance Director Bauman asked if there was anything else anyone wanted to comment on. <br />
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