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Show I City Council discussed sand in water lines Controlling and eliminating sand from city water lines was discussed at the City Council meeting Tuesday by Consulting Consult-ing Engineer Art Maxwell. He reported to the council that opening several fire hydrants hy-drants at a time would sufficiently suffi-ciently increase the speed of water flow to clean out substantial sub-stantial sand currently on the bottom of pipes. Eariier in the day one opened hydrant had produced an estimated ton of sand. Maxwell discussed desand-ing desand-ing devices for water lines, primarily near well sources. He also explained a simple method of removing the sand buildup in the water reservoir tank by Mountain View Subdivision, Sub-division, noting that it needs to be determined where sand is getting into the water system. He recommended installation installa-tion of a pressure-reducing valve at the corner of 1st West and 4th North, at an estimated cost of $6,000. He also recommended telemetering telemeter-ing controls to give automatic control of the level of water in city reservoirs, which would automatically start and stop well pumps, based on reservoir reser-voir water level. This equipment, equip-ment, however, would cost in excess of $25,000. The sewer treatment plant was another subject discussed by Maxwell. He said it appears ap-pears that ground water is getting into the lines, based on the volumn going through the plant at certain times. He will do some preliminary studies stud-ies on the plant, and recommended recom-mended that an infiltration and inflow study be undertaken under-taken at the sewage plant. This study would require monitoring during the various seasons. In other business, a petition was approved to rezone from R-3 to C-2 a parcel of land across the highway from the Inca Inn. The petition was filed by Andy Steen and Jim Sarten. Bob and Yvonne Hawks appeared to discuss a new contract for garbage collection. collec-tion. Decision was deferred to a later date. The building fee schedule was also discussed. The current cur-rent schedule has not been raised since it was adopted 22 years ago, and to bring it up to the Utah 1976 Building Code level would mean substantial sub-stantial increases in fees. No action was taken. The council will be working on the budget during the upcoming days, and will hold a public budget hearing June 30 at 8 p.m. The council voted to advertise for bids for accounting account-ing and auditing services for fiscal year July 1, 1977, to June 30, 1978. The problem of over weight limit trucks parking on city streets was again discussed, and it was decided to ask Police Chief Mel Dalton to study the situation and report on possible truck parking areas in commercial zones of the city. The Council agreed to a crackdown on dogs running at large in the city, and unlicensed unlicens-ed dogs in the city, with owners to be cited for these infactions of city ordinance. Also, the action to permit parallel parking only on Cen ter street by the ball park was recinded, with angle parking to continue in that ara. Richard Walker, Association Associ-ation of Governments planner, plan-ner, reported to the council on possible problems of building in flood-prone areas, and ways of dealing with the lems. He discussed l management tech ' pointing out that O'-costs O'-costs are higher fcf cial features required fyfornoodinsuran;.. structures. s- |
