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e 1999 Public Works in Review Page 3 March 10, 2000 . North Water Tower The City's north water tower was inspected by ABC Engineering in 1999, and found to be in good condition. A written report is expected soon, ABC specializes in water tower inspection and engineering, . Water Main Flushing All of the City's water mains were flushed in October, as they will be each year, Storm Drainal!e . Catch Basins The City continues to experience problems with the collapsing of poorly constructed catch basins, resulting in sinkholes around them, Public Works crews rebuilt approximately six of these in 1999, using pre-cast concrete structures wherever possible, e . Drainage Ditches The City engineer provided the City with a map of the City storm drainage infrastructure that identified problem areas in the system, The highest priority problem was a ditch in the McClung neighborhood, which was contract cleaned and regraded in 1999, Some culvert repairs and a new pond skimmer were part of this project, which is completed except for minor punch list items, . Pipe Failures Public Works crews corrected several pipe failures identified in the storm drainage report, . Grit Chambers Each of the City's four grit chambers was cleaned last fall using the City's new Vactor machine, These grit chambers will be monitored and cleaned at least annually, e ElIuinment . New Generator The City purchased a new 100 KW Caterpillar generator, capable of powering any of the City's fourteen lift stations in the event of power outages, This compliments the 1970's vintage generator the City already owned, The new generator came just in time as all fourteen stations were without power on one occasion and eight or more stations were without power on two other occasions in 1999, In these instances the old generator is setup at the City's busiest lift station on Ingerson Road and Hamline Avenue, and the new more compact generator is shuffled between the remaining stations as needed,