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NUMBER
STU~ REMOVAL 1974-75
LOCATION
38p1 California Street
SoUthwest Park
39~3 2nd Street
40p0 2nd Street
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[ 40th Avenue
37 4th Street (alley)
33 4th Street
25 4th Street
33 5th Street
38 5th Street
41 5th Street
98 5th Street
29 5th Street
16 5th Street
08 5th Street
27 5th Street
10 6th Street
0
29 6th Street
37 6th Street
24 6th Street
09 6th Street
42 7th Street
01 7th Street
22 7th Street
58 7th Street
39 Washington Street
26 Jefferson Street
57 Jefferson Street
24 Jefferson Street
22 Jefferson Street
22 Madison Street
29 Madison Street
28 Van Buren Street
34 Van Buren Street
64 Van Buren Street
47 Central Avenue
51 Reservoir Boulevard
rcle Terrace & 40th Avenue
04 Reservoir Boulevard
09 Polk Street
,15 Chatham Road
,35 Ranier Pass
15 40th Avenue
[set Park
.11 Street, west of park drwy
13 38th Avenue
14 38th Avenue
PRIVATE JOBS
!nd Avenue & 4th Street
25" x 26"
27" x 33"
19" x 21"
20" x 21"
17" x 25"
16" x 30"
13" x 15"
14" x 16"
42" x 47"
52" x 56"; 48" x 53"
35" x 42"
4" x 10"; 4" x 11"
32" x 37"
22" x 32"
26" x 48"
34" x 38"
38" x 41"
16" x 16"
18" x 20"
24" x 28"
27" x 27"; 38" x 40"
17" x 18"
34" x 35"
16" x 19"; 12" x 12"; 10" x 10"
15" x 18"
13" x 14"
28" x 31"
33" x 34"
33" x 38"
16" x 20"
23" x 24"
51" x 54"
29" x 32"
29" x 38"
38" x 40"
26" x 32"; 24" x 33"; 24" x 26"
30" x 34"
10" x 10"; 14" x 16"
20" x 28"
28" x 28"
14" x 18"
32" x 34"
23" x 23"
15" x 15"; 10" x 11"; 18" x 19";
11" x 11"; 7" x 8"; 8" x 9"
26" x 30"
26" x 28"
12" x 14"; 22" x 24"
2 4~ abt. 12" x 30"
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1975 ANNUAL REPORT
CITY SHOP
The paint booth modifications were completed in 1975. This inclu-
ded a qomplete sealed booth with filtered doors and exhaust, ade-
quate exhaust fans and makeup air. The new booth is large enough
to accgmmodate any vehicles the City presently has, and it has
proven~to be very adequate. Some of the surrounding communities
have bgen renting the booth when it is not in use by the City.
AdditiOnal electrical outlets in the shop area and lighting in the
tire and wash bays were added during 1975. The extra outlets have
been q~ite useful in the maintenance area.
In July, two 1975 Dodge police cars were put in service. Lights,
radiosland] wiring were completed July 31, 1975. With the excep-
tion o~ these cars using excessive oil they have been trouble
free. IThe engines in both cars were overhauled in September and
Octobe~ under warranty.
A 1975iAmerican Motors Hornet was added to the Water Department
for me~er reading in February 1975, and a 1975 Ford 'dump truck
was ad~ed to the Street Department in September 1975 to replace
a 1968iChevrolet.
During
cars ~
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In Feb
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1975 the City auctioned off two former 1972 Plymouth squad
~d a lowboy trailer through the Hennepin County Joint Pur-
l Program. Many of our shop supplies including tires,
Les, antifreeze, sweeper brushes, soap, solvents, and fuel
~chased through this program at a substantial savings. A
[ymouth Wagon, 1947 Willys Jeep and a 1956 Chevrolet were
aring 1975.
of unleaded fuel in new vehicles has not been a problem
we have been purchasing unleaded fuel through St. Anthony's
~ance department. In talking with factory representatives,
ns that unleaded fuel will be used in all new cars in the
Possibly the City should consider installing an addi-
fuel tank for unleaded fuel.
~uary 1975, Tom Hosch attended a three day snow conference
red by the APWA in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. There were several
~ps during the conference dealing with maintenance of snow
removal equipment--hitches, sanders, snowblowers, plowing equipment,
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etc. ~any manufacturers' representatives were available to present
their ~roducts and answer questions which people had.
Paul P~aff completed a course in arc welding offered through the
Suburban Hennepin County Area Vocational Technical School.
In addition to routine maintenance work such as brake work, tune-
ups, l~rication and welding fabrication, there were some major
repairS. These repairs are listed below.
Fire D+partment
Enginei~4, 1951 Mack
FIRE & POLICE DEPARTMENT
Rescue Truck, 1974 Chevrolet
Police Department
#3, 19't4 Dodge
Replaced the forward cylinder
head due to an internal crack
in original head.
Prepared estimates on body
damage.
New valve seals in engine.
#7, 1975 Dodge
$9, 1994 Dodge
Replaced flywheel ring gear.
Major body repairs in March
and August. New valve seals
in engine.
STREET, SEWER & WATER, AND PARK DEPARTMENTS
Street Department
#4, 92~ Loader
New seals in precombustion
chambers, new water pump, new
front engine mount.
#6, 19~3 Ford Dump Truck
#9, 1975 Ford Dump Truck
#11, 944 Cat
Replaced clutch, pressure plate,
throw-out bearing. Installed
Perlux headlamps and turn sig-
nals on top of cab for plowing.
Mounted plow hanger, sander and
installed radio.
Complete engine overhaul (new
liners, rings, bearings, ground
crankshaft, new cylinder head
casting machined block to shim
lines). New ball socket on
steering anchor forward frame.
Repacked both lift cylinders.
Repaired crack in fuel tank.
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Street Department Cont'd
#11, 944 Cat cont'd
#12, C~t Grader
#14, cat Grader
#16, 1968 GMC Boom Truck
#17, 1964 GMC Boom Truck
#20, Fqrdson Tractor
#29, 1968 Ford Bronco
$33, 1971 Ford Dump Truck
#38, 1973 Ford Pickup
#45, 1~55 Ford F750
#64, R~scoe Rubber Tire Roller
#70, 1972 Ford F750
#74, G~lion Grader
Sewer ~ Water Department
#115, Water Department
Rebuilt turbocharger. Repaired
two cracks in main frame and
one crack in frame where upper
lift arm pivot pin anchors.
Repaired broken tilt assembly
on blade.
Installed two-way radio. Re-
placed scarifier lift pivot
arm.
Put in service April 1975.
Installed two warning beacons.
Installed upper bucket leveling
rod.
Replaced windshield twice. Re-
paired damaged cab, door and
roof shield. Rebuilt trans-
mission, replaced throw-out
bearing.
Sandblasted and painted com-
plete machine.
Installed new clutch, pressure
plate and throw-out bearing.
Installed two-way radio, new
throw-out bearing.
Installed two-channel, two-way
radio.
Oil distributor, complete engine
overhaul.
Sandblasted and painted com-
plete machine.
Replaced clutch, pressure plate
and throw-out bearing.
Replaced all seals in hydraulic
controls.
Installed allied breaker. In-
jector pump rebuilt. New seals
in hydraulic control. Installed
warning beacon and work lights.
Sewer
#117,
Capaci
#136,
1973
#143,
Auger
#149~
F250
#152,
Chevro
Park
#203,
#206,
#224,
#225,
#229,
#230,
#285,
nd Water Department Cont'd
~ter Department 5" High
y Pump
ewer & Water Department
ternational Pickup
~ater Department Vertical
,rill
.ewer Department 1965 Ford
~ater Department 1966
~et Carryall
partment
[ough Loader
.971 Jeep Pickup
~969 Ford Fl00 Pickup
.974 GMC Crew Cab Pickup
.968 Pontiac
~964 Toro Tractor
tros. Snowblower
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Installed new impeller and
bearings in pump.
Installed two-channel, two-
way radio.
Sandblasted and painted com-
plete machine.
Installed two-way radio.
Transmission rebuilt.
Sandblasted and painted com-
plete machine.
Installed new clutch, pressure
plate, throw-out bearing. In-
stalled two-way radio.
Installed clutch, pressure
plate, throw-out bearing.
stalled two-way radio.
In-
Repaired--dm~aged body and painted.
Body repaired and painted. In-
stalled two-way radio.
Sandblasted and painted com-
plete machine.
Sandblasted and painted com-
plete machine.
#401,
1969 f
#402, ]
Plymout
#403, ]
1973 Pi
#410,
'#468,
1970 F
MISCELLANEOUS VEHICLES
'ublic Works Department
.ymouth
Repaired body and painted com-
plete car.
,lanning Department 1973
Repaired body and painted com-
plete car.
~gineering Department
.ymouth
.dministration 1970 Ford Reconditioned cylinder heads.
ingineering Department
)rd
Replaced rear quarter panel,
repaired body and painted com-
plete car.
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1975 ANNUAL REPORT
SE~'~ER AND WATER DEPARTMENT
WATER SYSTEM
System Inventory
Water]
Hydran~
Main L
2 Pum]
1 Met~
1 512
Ta~
ser'
3 Pre,
3 Pre,
1 Wel
Water
4,848
420
15
40
4
8
4
1
27
2
1
25
3
2
1
High
249
~ains ....... 343,260 feet
is .......... 483
[ne Valves.. 841
)ing Stations
~r Station
,000 Gallon Elevated Tank plus 1 250,000 Gallon Spheroid
~ constructed in 1975 but not in service. Scheduled for
,Ice in spring of 1976.
~sure Reducing Stations in service
;sure Reducing Stations on standby
[--LaBelle Park
;ervices
9ingle family units
~wo family units
~hree family units
Four family units
Five family units
Bix family units
Eight family units
Pen family unit
Eleven family units
Pwelve family units
Sixteen family unit
Seventeen family units
Pwenty family units
~hirty-Five family units
Seventy-Five family unit
ise, 101 family units
Eommercial and industrial services
The total for the above services includes outside users:
· -13; St. Anthony--9; and City of Hilltop--1.
Fridley-
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Sewer a
2 senio
6 maint
1 assis
1 meter
New Equ
1 1975
1 Case
Purchas
generat
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~l--Sewer and Water Department
~d Water Superintendent, Donald Jolly
~ maintenance men
~nance men
kant plumbing inspector, meter shop service man
reader
[pment
~C Hornet--meter reader's car
Dackhoe with Allied pavement breaker
~d and installed natural gas conversion units for standby
Dr at ~3 pump station and #3 lift Station.
PING STATIONS
Pump stations were checked dailyand meter readings taken.
Operated valves, pumps and motors and maintained as
necessary. Installed new bearings and rebuilt west pump
at #3 station. Painted interior piping at ~3 station
last winter.
Pressure settings and telemetry controls were checked
periodically. While old tower was being inspected last
spring, pumps were operated on bypass.
The s~andby generator was operated weekly and serviced
as necessary. Two power outages occurred during the year
which required the generator to operate.
A total of 614,010,000 gallons was pumped in 1975. This
was a total of 9,930,000 gallons less than in 1974 or an
average of 51,167,500 per month or an average of 1.68
million gallons per day. The most water the Department
ever pumped per day was 4,960,000 gallons on July 29th
and the most gallons ever pumped per month was 88,000,000
during July.
The pumps operated an average of 10.58 hours per day which
was slightly higher than 1974 (10.2 hours per day). This
is because the pumps were operating on bypass more thereby
reducing the pumping rate and increasing the operating
time.
Pump station #2 pumped a total of 523,000 gallons. This
total is included in the above amount. This was water
pumped for the purpose of exercising this station to be
sure of its operation. This station was not called upon
during the year for any emergency operation. The same
maintenance procedures were used at this station as for
station #3.
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A new road, excavating, and sod were installed at #2
station.
The master water meter in the vault at 46th Avenue and
Stinson Boulevard was inspected monthly. General main-
tenance was performed during the year. Some minor adjust-
ments were made and some parts were replaced as necessary.
Meter readings were also taken monthly at this vault.
The grounds around the stations and the water tower were
maintained during the year. These stations were cleared
of snow in the winter. Grassy areas around the pump sta-
tions and fence lines were maintained with the assistance
of the Park Department on cutting the larger areas.
Construction was completed on a new 250,000 gallon water
tower, located a few feet northeast of the existing tower.
Construction also began on installing new water sytem
controls. This is a more modern system using the latest
State of the Art controls.
ESSURE REDUCING STATIONS
Were tested and checked periodically during the year.
Gauges and controls were checked and interior piping
painted at the 39th Avenue and Central Avenue station and
at the 52nd Avenue and Central Avenue station.
BELLE PARK~LL FOR FOUNTAIN
This was put in service in the spring. Crew installed
and adjusted pressure settings and fountain nozzles. The
fountain is operated by using a time clock, and the excess
water is used to replenish evaporation in the LaBelle
Pond. The Water Department also maintained the fountain .
at the Mini Park at 41st Avenue and Central Avenue.
~TE VALVES
Valves were marked and repairs and adjustments were made
in areas of construction. New valve ties were recorded
as necessary.
Some additional valves were cut into the system. Aux-
iliary valves were installed on hydrants that were exca-
vated for repairs or relocation.
Work continued on the valve maintenance program to check
for condition, position and location. This information
is recorded on a card file.
Isolating valves were checked. Valves were operated
again with pressure recorders installed on hydrants to
determine the effects of various flows in the system.
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DRANTS
Work continued on the hydrant program to modernize the
system. Obsolete hydrants were replaced with the new
break-off type barrel. Some new hydrants were installed
in areas where we lacked proper fire protection. Some
hydrants were relocated in the proper right-of-way.
Auto accidents and the heavy use of some hydrants for
park and street fluShing required replacement of worn
or damaged parts.
Obsolete hydrants that were stored at the shop were dis-
assembled for reusable parts on other hydrants still in
the system.
Hydrants on dead end mains were flushed and also flushed
after construction, repairs, or complaints.
Several hydrants were adjusted to a better grade. Ail
air relief hydrants were flushed. All hydrants were
checked in the fall for drainage to prevent freezing and
many were lubricated at the same time. Hydrants were
cleared of snow during the winter months. Guard posts
were installed around several hydrants to prevent traf-
fic damage. Records of all hydrant maintenance are kept
on card files.
Work continued on painting hydrants when time allowed.
Low zone hydrants are red. High zone hydrants are yel-
low.
Hydrants were checked after being used for ~ires, watering
sod, filling tank trucks, etc.
Flow tests were taken throughout the system and data
recorded to assist in evaluating pressure residuals.
TER MAINS
Water main breaks in 1975.
1. High zone
Location Date Size Type of Break
Silver Lane and
Stinson Boulevard
11-4-75 4"
Circumferential
49th Avenue on
water main ser-
vicing Senior
High School
11-5-75 6"
Circumferential
1405 Pierce
Terrace
11-15-75 6"
Circumferential
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Location Date Size
45th Avenue and
Tyler Street 11-22-75 10"
Type of Break
Circumferential
44th Avenue and
Arthur Street 11-25-75 8"
Circumferential
3850 Polk Street
in alley 12-19-75 6"
Circumferential
2. Low zone
4136 Jackson St. 11-26-75 6" Circumferential
4238 Jackson St. 11-29-75 6" Circumferential
52nd Avenue and
7th Street 11-30-75 6"
Circumferential
A total of nine water breaks: One 4", six 6", one 8",
and one 10".
The total number of water main breaks for 1975 was the
lowest in several years. All of these breaks were cir-
cumferential and were repaired with Smith Blair repair
clamps.
A major improvement to the water system occurred with the
installation of 10" water mains from 5th Street to Univer-
sity Avenue at 37th Avenue then north to 38th Avenue and
University Avenue. This furnished a looped connection
with additional fire hydrants, and it replaced an old 6"
main and some obsolete hydrants.
Additional water mains were installed in the area of 46th
Avenue and Monroe Street, and also 6" service lines were
cut into the existing water main on McKinley Street to
provide for future service . A 6" water main was in-
stalled at Gauvitte Park and cut into the existing main
on 2nd Street.
The new water tower was connected to the system in the
fall of 1975.
Water mains were flushed and flow tests taken and recorded
during the summer.
Water mains were located and marked throughout the sum-
mer for other construction. A good deal of time was
spent marking mains for the Minneapolis Gas Company who
were installing anode packs to prevent corrosion to their
piping system.
VII.
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~OPBOXES--SERVICE LINES
No reported frozen service lines outside of some lines
frozen within a couple of buildings.
Service line leaks were checked and residents advised
to make repairs.
Service lines were located, marked, and retied if
necessary to facilitate street and construction pro-
jects.
Some stopbox standpipes repaired if damaged from con-
struction. Some hazardous standpipes were adjusted at
the homeowner's request.
Stopboxes were operated and in some cases turned off
due to delinquent bills, broken service lines, or vacant
homes and businesses.
Total water loss amounted to 5.27% with less than 1% of
unaccounted water loss.
~ARTMENT INFORMATION AND COMMENTS
During the year all Department personnel had the oppor-
tunity to attend work related schools and conferences.
Some of the Department personnel took the State exam to
become certified Water and Sewer Department Operators.
Safety measures were updated and Water Department per-
sonnel attended some safety meetings where O.S.H.A.
laws were again received.
The Department again maintained some of the plu~ing,
heating, and air conditioning of various municipal
buildings.
This year was especially significant because of the
completion of a new water tower and the installation of
a new water control system. This system is scheduled
to be in service early in 1976.
Assistance was again given to various communities for
the location and repair of water 'main breaks, other water
related problems, and the use of some equipment on a ren-
tal basis.
Assistance was given to contractors when requested. This
involved utility locations, main shutdowns and any other
assistance that would help expedite construction when
homeowners were inconvenienced or when restoring main
pressure was critical.
The annual inspection of the water system by the State of
Minnesota again showed the system to be of high quality.
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The availability and cost of equipment and materials
somewhat stabilized in 1975 as compared to 1974.
The weather conditions during the year went to the ex-
treme with record setting rains the first six months of
1975 and then unusually dry conditions the remainder of
1975. The water system was under its most heavy demand
during 1975. No restriction on the use of water was
necessary even though several communities in the sur-
rounding area had some type of sprinkling ban. Only a
few areas experienced temporary pressure problems.
Discussions were held during the year on connecting
with Hilltop's water system which would benefit both
communities.