LAKE FOREST PARK WATER DISTRICT
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LAKE FOREST PARK WATER DISTRICT
BOARD MEETING MINUTES
JULY 19, 2010


Commissioners present: Timothy Davis and William Currie

Others present: Alan Kerley, District Water Manager; Jackee Zweekhorst, Office Administrator; Dan Mundall, Engineer; Mr. Bill Donahue, Eli Zehner and James Apsitis, Residents.

Mr. Davis called the meeting to order at 9:04 am.

The Commissioners approved the agenda

Mr. Currie moved and Mr. Davis seconded adopting the minutes of the June 21, 2010, Board meeting as written. Motion passed.

Ms. Zweekhorst reported that after payment of vouchers the funds had the following balances: Maintenance Fund at $104,246.70, Capital Improvement Fund at $259,765.39, PWTF at $257,773.34, Market Rate Account at $500.00 and New Well Fund $1,587,532.24 Revenue for the month of June totaled $23,861.04 with $16,088.24 from water sales, $3,878.25 in Capital Improvement Fees, $889.04 in Washington State Excise tax, City of Lake Forest Park Franchise Fee $1,006.13 and $1,699.38 in interest payments. Vouchers No.111584 through No.111655 in the amount of $84,043.96 were authorized for payment.

Mr. Kerley reported the following:

The new back steps and the front railing have been stained and look great.

On Friday, July 9th, the crew and Mr. Kerley repaired two leaks on the watermain replaced by the 182nd street project.

The Water Use Efficiency report for 2009 has been filed with the State.

Meter reading and billing went out on time.

The staff has been doing an excellent job of vegetation control around fire hydrants, meter boxes and the WHPA.

The piping inside the pump house will be getting a coat of paint this summer. The prep work of removing all of the loose paint chips has been done.

The staff and Mr. Kerley have been doing everything to facilitate the speed and ease of the watermain replacement project on Ne 182nd Street. All of the new watermain is now in the ground and the stretch of new watermain from 30th Ave NE has been flushed and purity tested. New service line installation will begin on Monday the 19th. Staff will also be flushing and taking purity tests on the stretch of watermain from 40th Ave. NE to NE 178th Street.

Mr. Kerley reported that he did not purchase the 1 ton pickup truck that he had been interested in purchasing previously due to high anticipated maintenance costs.

Mr. Kerley reported that there were no new changes on the WHPA security.

Mr. Kerley left the meeting at 9:15 am.

Ms. Zweekhorst reported the following:

Ms. Zweekhorst mentioned as a reminder to the board that there is a meeting scheduled for Wednesday, July 21st at 9:00 am at the District offices between the District and the City of Lake Forest Park to discuss the City of Lake Forest Park 100-year proposed legacy trail project.  

Ms. Zweekhorst and Mr. Mundall are currently researching funding options for the Ballinger Way watermain replacement project and are hopeful they will be able to propose options to the board at the next regular meeting.

The District staff is awaiting a response from the Seattle Public Utilities regarding the SPU wholesale water renegotiation draft that the District had received. Staff edited and resubmitted the draft back to SPU with a counter on fire flow specifics not being listed within the contract.

The backup wells and triangle property purchase has been pushed back to approximately October 2010 according to Pree Carpenter of Seattle Public Utilities.  

Mr. Mundall arrived at 9:15 am. And reported the following;

The standpipe refurbishment project is almost closed out, follow up soil samples were taken as a project protocol. A discussion was held.

The Ballinger Way watermain replacement project plans are in the process of being produced. A discussion was held.

The Brightwater back up well development project geotechnical design to widen the trail is now complete. The Approximate size is 283 feet. Mr. Mundall is currently completing the pre-design for the entire backup well system.  A discussion was held.

Status of the Brightwater Intertie is that the direction drill portion of pipe construction has just begun. The District will need to purchase a PRV to be located in the WHPA to insure that water will be transferred from the high zone to the low zone. The main purpose of the PRV will be to provide fire flow to the low zone. The Northshore Fire Department Marshall notified the District that the fire pressure that must be kept in the pipes during a fire is 20 psi. A discussion was held.

The City of lake Forest Park 100-year proposed legacy trail project was discussed.

There being no further business the meeting was adjourned at 10:04 am