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1. The engineering contract is in the packet. Any Questions?
- It is a standard form contract.
- Probably the same contract the council saw on the lagoon contract
2. During the portion of the video that is missing, the council and the engineer talk about the location of the proposed tower, (in the parking lot of the church) and we rejoin them at the point where they are discussion their role in facilitating the construction of the new tower in the corner of the church parking lot…
3. There probably needs to be a temporary easement while the construction is happening.
- The whole project is going to take a long time.
- When the tank arrives, it will probably only take a couple of weeks to get it standing.
4. Will there be a fence around the tower?
- The tower will have a door on the bottom, so there is no need for a fence.
- Church goers can actually park right up to the base without hurting a thing.
5. How deep is the tower?
- Could be up to 20 feet deep, it will depend on what the soil borings say.
- Most of the time they have a “Ring Type” foundation. There is a 24 foot diameter ring that is 12 to 18 inches wide.
6. Many of the trees in the survey photos no longer exist, and the ones that do, will be coming down.
7. The spot the engineer is recommending is the spot that is the farthest away from the church and the surrounding homes.
- That street will be cut off.
- You don’t own the piece of property, and the street will have to be vacated.
- We would probably be raising your tower elevation to get more water pressure in town.
- It will be a nice location for visibility from the highway.
10. According to information put out at the ay 5, 2010 Early City Council meeting, Shirley Phillips has suggested the old tower remain standing.
- If the city leaves it there it will turn into a rust bucket and they will have to have a maintenance contract to paint it every so often.
- It cannot be used as a water tower.
- The interested parties want it left for nostalgic reasons.
- It will cost 10 to 15K to bring the tower down, but that’s what it will cost every 5 years to maintain.
- Engineer tells story about old water tower in Ames Iowa.
- Council person suggests that perhaps the interested party can move it onto their own property.
11. Do you know yet if you are going to use rural development or SRF money?
- This decision hasn’t been made yet.
- Will not be eligible for IJOBS.
- Rural development lowers the monthly payments.
- The site has to be selected so that an environmental study can be done.
- If the site has been disturbed, will the environmental study go faster?
12. The motion to approve the contract fails to garner a second at this time.
- The amount suggested for design is around $85K.
- The tower itself will cost $550K… just shy of a million with all of the water line, etc.
13. What is the motion on the table?
14. Can we ok the contract without having a site?
- The site doesn’t have anything to do with the engineering.
- If it falls through, the engineer will only charge for what was done. If they can’t find a site at all, Early will not be held to the contract.
15. The water tower in Badger has no fence.
- Sac City’s water tower has no fence.
- Storm lake’s water tower has no fence.
- A fence may be an invitation to climb it.
16. Did you do an SRF planning and design loan?
- no.
17. Break it down a little bit more for us. What is a breakdown of the cost?
- The costs in the contract are for the engineering.
18. Are steel prices stable?
- Yes.
19. The cost of the tank has gone up a lot in the last ten years.
20. There will probably be three bidders.
- McGwire Iron out of Sioux Falls.
- Coldwell Tanks out of Kentucky.
- Phoenix Fabricators out of Pennsylvania.
- Pittsburg Des Moines who built the original tower is still in business, but they don’t do tanks this small.
- Chicago Steel and iron also build water towers, but don’t bid tanks this small.
21. The construction firms will have to insure workers.
- The contractors insurance certificate will be in hand before the work begins.
22. The motion to get a contract gets a second.
- If the contract falls through, the City of Early will lose $5,000.
- This contract has to be signed in order to move forward. If they didn’t do it, then they would have to wait until next month to sign it.
- Passes unanimously.
23. The status of the property where the proposed water tower will be is expected to be decided by the time of publication of this video. (Sunday morning, May 9, 2010)
24. City Council continues to go over the figures for administration of the project.
- There aren’t any full conversations that take place. They reference specific line items out of context for the length of this video.
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