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<br />Memorandum <br />July 18, 2005 <br />Page 2 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Required Action by City <br />The City needs to prepare a Memorandum of Agreement outlining each party's responsibilities for costs <br />and operations associated with Lift Station #7, City Attorney Jerry filla is currently preparing a draft MOA <br />to be reviewed by City staff and Presbyterian Homes, <br /> <br />I, Cos\: Presbyterian Homes has incurred the initial cost for the purchase of the two chopper pumps, <br />However they anticipate that the City will reimburse them for the value of the standard pumps which are in <br />the lift station because the City is responsible to provide general sewage collection, The chopper pumps <br />cost approximately $28,000 while the value of the existing standard pumps is approximately $14,000, The <br />ratio of standard pump cost to chopper pump cost is therefore approximately 50%, We recommend that <br />this ratio be used to split costs of future maintenance (involving parts replacement) and repair as well. City <br />staff recommends that the reimbursement take place once we are (J) assured of our ability to re-use the <br />pumps in two of the future lift station projects; and (2) know with more certainty what the value of those <br />pumps are (i.e, when bids are received and a contract awarded for lift station projects using those pumps,) <br /> <br />2, Operations: We recommend that City staff provide daily operational maintenance of the lift station as <br />they have to date, Daily maintenance activities for Lift Station #7 are not anticipated to be different from a <br />lift station with standard pumps, The electrical costs related to chopper pumps is anticipated to be slightly <br />greater than the standard pumps, Council may wish to request payment of this amount from Presbyterian <br />Homes as well, <br /> <br />Other Discussion Items . <br />During the discussions about the pump issue, City staff and Presbyterian Homes also discussed improving <br />the vehicle access to Lift Station #7 and replacement of a segment of sag pipe located in the sewer <br />easement within Presbyterian Homes' property, These two issues are not related to the lift station <br />operational issues and may be incorporated in future CIP projects as lunds are available, <br /> <br />. <br />