City Administrator’s Report for 6/10/2011

City Administrator’s Report

06-10-2011

FROM: Mahesh Sharma, City Administrator

Community Development
The Raytown Main Street Association will host its Annual Meeting on June 15, 2011 from 5:30 to 7:00 PM at the Fraternal Order of Police (10032 E 63rd Street) to elect members to the Board of Directors & Officers. If you plan to attend, please RSVP to Paula Cannon by June 13 by calling 743-6750 or email pcannon@blueridgebank.net.

Public Works
Renovations on the Wade Wilson Building continue with noticeable progress this week. The East metal wall of the building was installed, electrical work is nearly 70% complete, interior and exterior painting is progressing quickly. The exterior vestibule masonry is scheduled for next week along with painting and additional interior finish.

Surplus vehicles are being auctioned online with Purple Wave at www.purplewave.com. The auction ends at 10 am next Tuesday June 14. The items being auctioned are; 2 Kawasaki KZ 1000 police motorcycles, 2000 Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor and a 1984 Chevrolet D30 truck.

Concrete contractor has executed the contracts and staff anticipates the contractor to start next week.

The consultant for the design of the 350 Highway Bicycle/Pedestrian trail was completed with the selection of the consultant team of Cook, Flatt & Strobel of Kansas City in coordination with Sprinkle Consulting of Lutz, Florida. Now that the state law qualifications based selection has been made, staff has started the scope and fee negotiation with the selected team. Staff anticipates a request will be made of the Board at the first meeting in July to consider a contract and budget amendment.

The sanitary sewer maintenance crew has initiated a trial program of a new tree root control process. Tree roots combined with food grease are a major cause of sewer backups that are experienced in the sewer system. Currently the only treatment is to clean the line and cut tree roots out of the sewer main. This process does not kill the root but only removes the portion from inside the sewer main for a short period of time. The trial root treatment process is an application of root killing chemicals utilizing a foam delivery system in the sewer main. The chemical adheres to the root through contact with the foam and kills the roots in the sewer main. The treatment is guaranteed to prevent regrowth for 3 years and has proven effective in other municipalities. Staff anticipates utilizing the process in known tree root areas and those that are discovered by routine sewer inspections with the sewer camera system.

Board, Committee and Commission Meetings, and Events
June 14 – Fire Board Meeting; Station 1, 9:00am
June 14 – Board of Aldermen Goal Setting Session #2; Fire Station 1, 6:00pm
June 16 – Council on Aging; Conference Room, 4:00pm
June 16 – Human Relations Commission; Council Chambers, 6:00pm