PUM20050221• Approved
CITY OF MUSKEGO
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMITTEE MEETING
Minutes of Meeting Held Monday February 21, 2005
Chairman Eric Schroeder called the meeting to order at 6:42 p.m. Also present
were Committee members Pat Patterson, Bob Melcher, Utilities Superintendent
Scott Kloskowski, Engineering/Building Inspection Director Sean McMullen and
Ruekert & Mielke representative Rich Eberhardt.
It was noted that the meeting was posted in accordance with the Open Meeting
Law.
Those present recited the Pledge of Allegiance.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING
Aid. Melcher moved to approve minutes of January 17, 2005. Seconded by
Aid. Patterson, motion carried 3-0.
STATUS OF PROJECTS
• Janesville Road Box Culvert— Still on schedule for this year, but will
not occur before the Muskego Festival and Parade.
• Stoneridge Ground Water Remediation — The EPA has the
remediation group installing the test wells.
• Lakewood Meadows/Acquisition of Water System — The City's
Attorney is working with the Attorney of Lakewood Meadows
tomorrow to clear up the last items. Acquisition of the water system
could begin this summer.
• Champions Village Acquisition/Well Head Protection District — The
wellhead protection district will be going to Plan Commission the
first meeting in March.
• CCV/Stonebridge Watermain Extension — Watermain is in use,
restoration will be completed in spring.
• Well #9 — Staff has met with the contractor, Layne Northwest, three
times since the last Utilities meeting. They have completed 4
borings to try and find the same properties in ground as the existing
Well 9. They found one location, but Layne Northwest feels it to
close to Well 9. John Jansen of Ruekert-Mielke feels there are
steps they could take to protect Well 9 or things they could do to
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. make Well 9 useable. Director McMullen sent an email to the
Contractor last week asking them for a plan or the City will
terminate the contract and hire another contractor to finish the well.
Director McMullen has not had a response to his email yet.
• Kenwood Estates Water Project — Contractors will be starting this
week.
SEWER UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Further review for sewer service — Heather's Way — Director McMullen clarified
for the Committee the only items that need to be approved or denied by the
Utilities Committee is if there is adequate public facilities for the 30 acre parcel,
and should the 30 acre parcel be included in the existing 208 Sewer Service
Area. Director McMullen explained that should the Committee allow the
Heather's Way parcel into the 208 Sewer Service Area the additional flow would
create a bottleneck between manhole 5.39 — 5.36. The current flow in this trunk
sewer performs as designed and has adequate capacity for the existing area. If
the Committee includes the Heather's Way parcel into the 208 Area and allows
connection to the 24" system, the sewer would need to be upgraded prior to a
determination or concurrent with the determination of adequate public facility.
The Committee discussed the funding mechanism to complete the 24" sewer
. upgrades. The consensus of the Committee was should the developer of
Heather's Way wish to connect to this sewer they would need to fund the design
and construction of the sewer upgrades. The Committee also determined that
once this parcel is included in the sewer service area they would be required to
develop on municipal sanitary sewer. Aid. Patterson moved to recommend to
Common Council to amend the 208 Sewer Service Area to include the
Heather's Way parcel, approximately 30 acres. Further, recommend to
Common Council upon approval or recommendation of any sewer
extension that the Public Utilities Committee review and determine
adequate public facility for the 30-acre parcel.
Review of cost breakdown (2020 Facility Plan Muskego/Mill Valley Sand and
Gravel — Director McMullen will have information in the Committee member's
boxes tomorrow.
Taxing Districts/MMSD/Norway Capital Charges - Ruekert-Mielke staff has not
completed the report, but should have the information ready for next month's
meeting.
Status of claims of Lake Brittany Homeowners — Common Council will formally
deny the water treatment claim at tomorrow's meeting.
0 SEWER NEW BUSINESS —
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Determine on -site wastewater treatment system — S71 W13219 Tess Corners
Drive (Anderson) — The property owner received an estimate of $32,400 to
connect to municipal sewer and $17,000 to install a mound system.
Superintendent Kloskowksi verified the cost with the sewer contractor. The
distance to the lateral is 850', but it has to go around the gravel pit, which
doubles the length of the lateral. Aid. Patterson moved to approve the
installation of a mound system to service the house and garage on this
property. Aid. Melcher seconded. Motion carried 3-0.
WATER UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Further discussion of requirement to take over Communitv Well system- The
Committee discussed creating a policy for taking over community well systems
and exchanging credit to the WCA charge for the system. The Committee
determined it would be best to leave the policy open for negotiation and take
each system on case -by -case basis. Aid. Patterson moved to evaluate future
requests for the City to take over a community well system based on the
value of the infrastructure assets. Aid. Melcher seconded. Motion carried
3-0.
Status of Lake Lore — Tudor Oaks Community Well System Acquisition — A
meeting with the Lake Lore/Tudor Oaks Water Trust representatives is scheduled
. for tomorrow to discuss their options for water. The options they have are drilling
new wells, connecting to Franklin's system and connecting to Muskego's system.
Tudor Oaks is proposing a new addition that the current community well system
will not be able to handle. By next months meeting there should be more
information for the Committee.
Determination of water service for Valley View Estates — Glen Miller and Don
Miller were present to discuss water service for Valley View Estates. Municipal
Well and Pump gave the Miller's an estimate of $350,000. This includes the well
but not the water main system, which would be about $100,000 more. The
Millers stated they spoke to the developer of Marlan Meadows and they are not
interested in allowing Valley View to connect to their community water system.
Ald. Schroeder stated he spoke to two people associated with Marlan Meadows
who are interested in Valley View connecting to their system. Director McMullen
will contact those people. Ald. Patterson would rather see Valley View connect
to Marlan Meadows then have private wells, since municipal water is close to the
area and the property to the northeast could be developing soon on municipal
water. Aid. Patterson moved to defer to a special meeting no later than the
2"d Tuesday in March. Seconded by Aid. Melcher. Motion carried 3-0.
Review of cost estimate for water facilities study — In a letter to the City, Ruekert-
Mielke representative Steve Schultz gives a quote for the water facilities study
. and report not to exceed $34,800. Staff will look at different accounts to
determine how to fund this study.
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0 WATER NEW BUSINESS
DISCUSSION ON PROPOSED RESTRUCTURING OF SEWER DEBT —
Nothing new to report.
SUBDIVIDER'S EXHIBITS - None.
REVIEW OF DEFERRED ASSESSMENTS/SEWER & WATER - None
ACCEPTANCE OF IMPROVEMENTS — None
COMMUICATIONS AND ANY OTHER BUSINESS AS AUTHORIZED BY LAW
— None
ADJOURNMENT: --
Aid. Melcher moved to adjourn at 8:39 PM. Seconded by Aid. Patterson,
motion carried 3-0.
Respectfully submitted,
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Kellie Renk,
Recording Secretary
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