PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY COMMITTEE Packet - 6/17/2019CITY OF MUSKEGO
PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY
COMMITTEE AGENDA
06/17/2019
5:00 PM
Muskego City Hall, Council Chambers, W182
S8200 Racine Avenue
CALL TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL
STATEMENT OF PUBLIC NOTICE
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Approval of Minutes of the May 20, 2019 Meeting
STATUS OF PROJECTS
Discussion update. No formal action may be taken on the following:
Waukesha Water
Bay Lane Reconstruction
Hillendale Reconstruction
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Discussion update and possible action may be taken on any or all of the following:
Will Rose - Internal Water Service
NEW BUSINESS
Discussion update and possible action may be taken on any or all of the following:
Muskego Drive & Jewel Crest Drive - Request for Center Line Pavement Markings
NEW BUSINESS PLACED ON FILE
(The following items have been placed on file for staff review. Upon completion of review, staff
will submit a supplement detailing options and possible course action to committee members.)
COMMUNICATIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS AS AUTHORIZED BY LAW
ADJOURNMENT
NOTICE
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CITY OF MUSKEGO
PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY
COMMITTEE MINUTES
May 20, 2019
5:00 PM
Muskego City Hall, W182 S8200 Racine Avenue
CALL TO ORDER
Alderperson Borgman called the meeting to order at 5:00 PM.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Those present recited the Pledge of Allegiance.
ROLL CALL
Present: Alderperson Madden, Alderperson Borgman, Scott Kroeger, Director of Public Works
and Development, Scott Kloskowski, Utility Supervisor
Absent: Alderperson Hammel
Guests: Rick Burback, Jared Burback, Bill Carity, Steve of Joe DeBelak Plumbing, Gloria
Basse
STATEMENT OF PUBLIC NOTICE
The meeting was posted in accordance with open meeting laws.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Alderperson Madden made a motion to approve the minutes of April 15, 2019
meeting. Alderperson Borgman seconded.
Motion Passed 2 in favor.
STATUS OF PROJECTS
Discussion update. No formal action may be taken on any of the following:
Waukesha Water
Director Kroeger stated no updates from last meeting.
Bay Lane Reconstruction
Director Kroeger stated the project is set to begin May 28th and continue through October 15,
2019. The City has put information regarding the road construction out on all social media
available and has been in contact with Bay Lane Elementary. On May 21st, door hangers will
be placed on those homes directly affected by the construction. Between May 28th and June
14th, the road will be partially closed to accommodate the end of the school year. After June
14th, the road will be closed completely, except for those residing in the area or to reach the
ball diamonds.
Hillendale Reconstruction
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Director Kroeger stated the City is reviewing 60% plans, in particular some storm water issues.
After the plans are updated, another Public Information Meeting will be held in June or July at
the City Hall.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Discussion update and possible action may be taken on any or all of the following:
Water Main Assessments – Defer to June Meeting
Director Kroeger stated the water study is almost completed. The findings will be presented to
the Committee of the Whole first in July/August, followed by a presentation to the Public Works
Committee.
NEW BUSINESS
Discussion update and possible action may be taken on any or all of the following:
Muskego Lakes Estates – Public Improvements
Director Kroeger stated this 27 lot development will have public water, roads, sanitary and
storm. These plans should be approved with contingency for staff to deal with any future
problems should they arise during construction.
Alderperson Madden made a motion to approve the Muskego Lakes Estates Public
Improvements. Alderperson Borgman seconded.
Motion Passed 2 in favor.
Will Rose – Public Improvements
Director Kroeger stated this project includes two large apartment building that will have public
water and sanitary. Due to the project being located on Janesville Road, some approvals were
through Waukesha County. These plans should be approved with contingency for staff to deal
with problems should they arise during construction.
Alderperson Madden made a motion to approve the Will Rose Public Improvements.
Alderperson Borgman seconded.
Motion Passed 2 in favor.
Nike Missile Site – S70W20279 Adrian Drive
Director Kroeger reviewed his attached memo and map with the Committee.
Alderperson Madden made a motion to approve the requested driveway easement for
proposed parcel two of the Nike Missile Site area through proposed parcel one.
Alderperson Borgman seconded.
Motion Passed 2 in favor.
Will Rose – Internal Water Service
Director Kroeger began by reading through the yellow highlighted area of his attached memo.
He continued by reviewing the remainder of his memo for the Committee stating why the City
was against the waiver requesting only one meter be installed. (Parkland Towne Center,
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their attached email as to why they believe the City should grant a waiver for one meter.
Discussion continued from both parties with pros and cons. Mr. Carity then asked the
Committee to defer the waiver request until next month. Director Kroeger suggested Mr. Carity
do some additional research in the four county area regarding one meter vs multi meters, and
come back next month to convince the Committee to grant the waiver.
Utility Supervisor Kloskowski agreed if the Committee does grant the waiver next month, then
the City would need to move forward in changing its own Ordinance.
Alderperson Madden made a motion to defer this until June to gather more information.
Alderperson Borgman seconded.
Motion Passed 2 in favor.
NEW BUSINESS PLACED ON FILE
(The following items have been placed on file for staff review. Upon completion of review, staff
will submit a supplement detailing options and possible course of action to committee
members.)
Alderperson Borgman requested that an agenda item be added to the next meeting to discuss
restoring the painted center lines on residential winding roads.
COMMUNICATIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS AS AUTHORIZED BY LAW
ADJOURNMENT
Alderperson Madden made a motion to adjourn at 6:00 PM. Alderperson Borgman
seconded.
Motion Passed 2 in favor.
Respectfully Submitted,
Wendy Fredlund
Recording Secretary
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CITY OF MUSKEGO
Staff Report to Public Works and Safety Committee
To: Public Works and Safety Committee
From: Scott Kroeger, PE, PLS, Public Works and Development Director
Subject: Will Rose – Water service metering for multiunit buildings
Date: May 20, 2019
The City of Muskego’s ordinance is below concerning water service metering for
multiunit buildings. The section highlighted in yellow is the area in question by Will
Rose.
City of Muskego – Chapter 355 Water, 355-4 Establishment of Service
§ 355-4Establishment of service.
A. Customers to be subject to Public Service Commission rules. All persons who may
hereafter receive water from the Water Utility or who may hereafter make application
therefor shall be considered as having agreed to be bound by rules and regulations as
filed with the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin.
B. Application. Application for water service shall be made in writing on a form
furnished by the Public Works and Safety Committee. The application shall contain a
legal description of the property to be served, including tax key number, name of
applicant, use to be made of service and such other information as the Utility may
require.
C. Conditions for service. Service shall be furnished only if:
(1) Applicant has installed or agrees to install a service pipe from the water main in the
street to the point of use laid not less than six feet below the surface of an established or
proposed grade and according to the Utility's specifications;
(2) Applicant pays required hookup charge;
(3) Premises have adequate piping beyond metering point; and
(4) Applicant shall pay any water capacity assessment which the City shall deem
reasonable and necessary.
D. Multiunit metering. Multiunit dwellings shall be served by individual metered water
service to each unit, except by approval of the City of Muskego. The owner shall
provide interior plumbing and meter settings to enable individual metered service to
each unit and individual disconnection without affecting service to other units. Each
meter and meter connection shall be a separate Water Utility customer for the purpose
of the filed rules and regulations. The owner is responsible for and subject to § 355-3of
this chapter.[Amended 9-19-1996 by Ord. No. 903]
E. Division of water service prohibited. No division of the water service of any lot or
parcel of land shall be made for extension and independent meterage of the supply to an
adjoining lot or parcel of land. No division of a water supply service shall be made at
the curb for separate supplies therefrom for two or more separate premises having
frontage on any street or public service strip whether owned by the same or different
parties.
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F. Approval may be withheld. The Committee is hereby empowered to withhold
approval of any application wherein full information of the purpose of such supply is
not clearly set forth by the applicant property owner.
This ordinance was established for several reasons:
Water can be shut off to an individual apartment and not affect all the residents
in the building.
Individual water meters promote water conservation practices. Each individual
is charged only for the water they use. An individual who uses less daily water is
not penalized by a person who would use more. The PSC promotes water
conservation practices.
Usually all the water meters are placed in an individual room located outside of
any residents place. This allows for work to be done on the meters without any
inconvenience to the residences of the building.
Parkland Town Center is the most recent multifamily apartment building to be
constructed/being constructed in the City of Muskego. The two 30-unit buildings both
have individual water meters for each unit. The Will Rose Development would be
consistent with the Parkland Town Center apartments.
Will Rose development have provided three rationals why they are opposed to this
ordinance and would like to be considered for a variance. I have attached their document
for you to review.
Recommendation for Action by the Committee:
City staff recommends the committee to follow the ordinance in place. The City of
Muskego is being consistent with following the ordinance and treating all developers the
same.
This ordinance has been in place since 1996 in the City of Muskego. If the plumber had
any questions about design standards, the plumber should have reviewed the City
Ordinances and/or reached out to City Staff before starting and completing the entire
design. Not designing it to City standards and asking for a variance after the fact due to
construction schedule is not a reasonable request.
1. A Central Hot Water system does not provide any type of water conservation for the
City of Muskego.
2. The City of Muskego would need the PSC to sign off on a 3rd party water metering
system. A 3rd party water metering system would be acting as a water utility and
would need sign off from the PSC. Furthermore, technology has made it quite easy
for the City to read meters and send out bills.
3. Multiunit buildings are constructed all the time with individual meters, as in the
case of the Parklawn Town Center. A catastrophic failure is unlikely with current
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construction practices. This rational is not providing a benefit to the City of
Muskego.
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Hi Scott,
Please schedule myself, representing the Basse family, before your Public Works Committee Meeting
on May 20th to review the City's requirement for individual water meters as it applies to the first phase
(51 units) of the Basse PRD. We desire to commence construction in June and had not designed the
plumbing for individual meters. Our plumbing contractor was unaware of the City's requirement for
individual meters as this requirement is unusual in the greater Milwaukee market place. Our petition
for one single house meter (to be located in the lower level) carries the following rational:
1. The majority of the water consumption for multifamily residents is hot water for daily showers. The
Basse Family desires to be protective of the City's water resource and to that end they have been
considering a Central Hot Water system which is more efficient to energize than 51 individual hot
water heaters. There is no way to separately meter individual units with this type of central system
thereby defeating the purpose of individual meters which means that it pushes the project into
individual hot water tanks - far less efficient & expensive to renters.
2. If the Basse Family decides not to go with the Central Hot water system an option could be to
install a 3rd party water metering system. This system is monitored at each unit remotely by a 3rd
party and billed to the tenant - instilling a willingness to conserve water. These systems are common
in multifamily housing and would save the City the cost and labor of sending out 51 individual bills.
3. The installation of individual meters will require an additional 8,000 feet of water supply and return
line (1.5 Miles) for the first building including multiple fittings and bends which is far more likely to
experience future catastrophic failure than one simple supply line to the 51 units - this is a 3 story
building.
Myself and our plumber (Joe DeBelak Plumbing and Heating) looks forward to discussing the above
together with any other options at the Meeting next Monday. Thanks and please send me any staff
recommendations and the agenda prior to the meeting.
Bill Carity
Carity Land Corp.
12720 W. North Ave.
Brookfield, WI 53005
Phone: (262) 785-1968
Fax: (262) 785-1949
WWW.CARITYLAND.COM
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CITY OF MUSKEGO
Staff Report to Public Works and Safety Committee
To: Public Works and Safety Committee
From: Scott Kroeger, PE, PLS, Public Works and Development Director
Subject: Will Rose – Water service metering for multiunit buildings
Date: June 17, 2019
In addition to the previous memo from the May 10, 2019, here is more information
provided to the committee.
I have attached a letter from the PSC. In the PSC’s opinion, a private company
managing individual resident would not constitute a water public utility.
The City of Muskego did some further investigation on how this variance from
the ordinance would affect the Water Capacity Assessment (WCA) for the City
of Muskego. The City of Muskego did an estimate on the WCA charges for this
development based on our ordinance and on the requested variance (refer to
attached document). The approximate differences are the following:
The WCA charge would go from about $87,000 to $46,000. In addition,
quarterly charges would go from about $1,800 to $300.
Recommendation for Action by the Committee:
City staff recommends the committee to follow the ordinance in place. The City of
Muskego is being consistent with following the ordinance and treating all developers the
same.
This ordinance has been in place since 1996 in the City of Muskego. If the plumber had
any questions about design standards, the plumber should have reviewed the City
Ordinances and/or reached out to City Staff before starting and completing the entire
design. Not designing it to City standards and asking for a variance after the fact due to
construction schedule is not a reasonable request.
Furthermore, this variance will have a direct impact on WCA charges for this
development. The variance would provide this development a benefit to WCA charges and
quarterly charges.
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Will Rose/Basse Estimate ONLY
Quarterly Charges
50 units 5/8" meters 3" Meter
5/8" Meters 26.22$ Base 171.78$ Base
23 - 1 Bed 11.5 8.85$ Public Fire Protection 134.40$ Public Fire Protection
27 - 2 Bed 20.25 Private Fire Protection Private Fire Protection
31.75 WCA's Needed 35.07$ x 52 meters = 1,823.64$ *306.18$ *
*Plus Usage *Plus Usage
$2,610.00 $82,867.50
1 WCA at 2019 Rate
1 - 3" 17.5 WCA's Needed
$45,675.00
52 UNITS $ 2,610.00 per WCA 5/8" Mtr 15 -1 Bed
9 - 1 plus Den = 1 Bedroom since no Closet
$1,305.00 1 bed = .50 24 1 Bed 12
$1,957.50 2 bed = .75 27 2 Bed 20.25
Community Room 1
33.25 WCA's Needed 86,782.50$
52 UNITS $ 2,610.00 per WCA 5/8" Mtr Example of different bedroom counts for 52 units:
$1,305.00 1 bed = .50 24 1 Bed 12
$1,957.50 2 bed = .75 28 2 Bed 21
52 33 WCA's Needed 86,130.00$
25 1 Bed 12.5
27 2 Bed 20.25
52 32.75 WCA's Needed 85,477.50$
23 1Bed 11.5
29 2Bed 21.75
33.25 WCA's Needed 86,782.50$
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CITY OF MUSKEGO
Staff Report to Public Works and Safety Committee
To: Public Works and Safety Committee
From: Scott Kroeger, PE, PLS, Public Works and Development Director
Subject: Centerlines – Muskego Drive and Jewel Crest Drive
Date: June 17, 2019
A request has been for DPW to establish a double yellow centerline along Muskego
Drive and Jewel Crest Drive. Both of these roads are consider residential roads with
maximum widths of 20 feet and not arterials or collector roads. The speed limit for
both roads is 25 mph. Additionally Muskego Drive has speed bumps to help with
traffic calming.
Traffic Accident Data from the last 5 years:
Muskego Drive
Single Vehicle vs pole = 2
Unsafe backing up =1
Fail to obey sign =1
Hit and Runs = 5
No Fatalities
Jewel Crest Drive
Single Vehicle in ditch (OWI related) = 1
Unsafe backing up =1
No Fatalities
Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) standards:
Chapter 3B. Pavement and Curb Markings
10 Center line markings should be placed on paved urban arterials and collectors
that have a traveled way of 20 feet or more in width and an ADT of 4,000 vehicles
per day or greater. Center line markings should also be placed on all rural arterials
and collectors that have a traveled way of 18 feet or more in width and an ADT of
3,000 vehicles per day or greater. Center line markings should also be placed on
other traveled ways where an engineering study indicates such a need.
Recommendation for Action by the Committee:
City staff recommends that double yellow centerlines not be placed along these two roads.
There is not a justification that deems these roads to be different than other residential
roads in the City of Muskego. These roads do not meet any MUTCD standards requiring
centerline.
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This would set a precedent that other residents would request that their residential streets
would request a double yellow centerline as well. The City of Muskego DPW budgets and
staff time do not account for painting or maintaining double yellow centerlines on
residential/neighborhood streets.
Furthermore, a double yellow centerline would mean that there is no passing allowed on
these roads. Therefore, it would be illegal for any cars to cross a double yellow line.
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