July 28, 2022 at 8:30 AM - Operations Committee Meeting

Rationale:  There is nothing to consider for unfinished business.

Rationale:  Nothing to report.

Rationale:  The O & M crew continues to do inspections and maintenance on our watershed dams and cut trees on many different areas.

Rationale:  Update from FYRA/Houston:
Design is proceeding. We have nearly completed assessing options for a combination of various concrete thicknesses vs. the number of anchors required for each thickness. With thinner lifts, there is less embedment of each anchor (the cone I have showed you below each anchor that holds the weight.)  We have decided that the fiber-reinforced concrete is the best way to go and are moving forward.
Next things in front of us:
1) Asking General Excavating what it would take to grind the higher portion of the floor down vs. raising the floor some and all points in between.
2) The uplift pressures are the main design consideration and there is little to no history nationally for this specific instance of a structural concrete overlay on an RCC monolith. So the design calculations and procedures are being reviewed not only internally, but by other industry professionals as well....even if to just bounce ideas off of them.
We may have better answers by the Board Meeting. 

Rationale:  Attached are the Pump Test graphs for the seven relief wells. Andrew Rieschick of Rieschick Drilling stated, "We had good-excellent results on all wells except 22-A. It didn't appear to have much impact on the well. Initially, it showed pretty good specific capacity compared to the other wells, so perhaps it was not in dire need of rehab as some others were. It was the only well that really exhibited iron deposits upon pumping and rehab".

From Sean Parks of Olsson's; After reviewing the data, the wells cleaned by Rieschick Drilling look to have been effective. The cleaning has reduced the piezometric elevation in piezometers 4, 6, 7, 10, and 12 by 0.3 to 0.9 feet. This reduction is after the impact of the pressure relief wells completed by Valley Corp. Based on these findings, we would recommend the well cleaning be continued next fiscal year. I’ve attached a map that shows the wells we have just cleaned, the wells we suggest cleaning next year, the remaining flowing wells, and the non-flowing wells. The next wells include: 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 36, and 37.
I’ll start writing the follow-up memo discussing our findings. I’ll also circle around with Tim Gokie and let him know of our findings and make sure we include all the different analysis he is wanting to see and that we have addressed all of his concerns.

We have used up the budget on the current contract for instrumentation and well cleaning (except for survey). I would like to send you over a new scope and fee for finalizing the analysis of the well cleaning along with future instrumentation measurements.

Rationale:  Rosendahl Farms Seed & Feed sent in $1,399.00 for drill rental for the first half of the year, 23 cooperators used the drill.
Rezac Seed had 12 cooperators use the grass drill. The District's revenue is $1,034.25 but there were repairs of $1,115.45 for tires and plow coulters. The District owes Rezac Seed $81.20, which they will subtract from the end of the end statement.

Rationale:  As mentioned previously, the District owns six lots at Thomas Lakes (map attached). Two lots are on the Clear Creek Levee and four on the Thomas Lakes high ground tied into the Clear Creek Levee. The District has written and registered easements with the Saunders County Register of Deeds, completed a Title search and had the County Surveyor mark the lots. We can now proceed to sell them with a recommendation from our legal counsel. Two adjacent home owners have an interest in the two lots on the levee and the Thomas Lakes HOA has an interest in the other four.
 

Rationale:  A Preliminary Budget sheet will be available.

Rationale:  We haven't received any applications or payment requests.

Rationale:  For the month of June, the District received $10,462.50 in park permit revenue. The year by year break down of annual permit sales is listed below.
 

Month	Monthly Total	YTD
June 2022	$10,462.50	$62,573.00
June 2021	$10,567.50	$73,132.50
June 2020	$13,030.00	$80,140.00
June 2019	$15,597.50	$67,385.00

Rationale:  For the month of May, the District received $17,755.42 in camping revenue. The year by year comparison is listed below.
 

Month	Month Total	YTD
June 2022	17,755.42	61,564.56
May 2021	16,352.03	67,185.82
May 2020	20,362.09	75,030.04
May 2019	15,709.51	42,870.46

Rationale:  During the month of July, the building was rented 19 times with 3 NRD rentals. Revenue for the month was $1,120

Rationale:  July's KTIC Radio ads and Wahoo Newspaper E-ads featured the upcoming variance deadlines. This will continue through August.

Rationale:  Lower Platte North NRD had a booth at the Butler County Fair. Stickers and magnets went over well. Not a lot of brochures were taken other than the tree booklet and the NRD booklet that includes general information about all the NRDs.

We will hopefully have a float in today's parade in Wahoo, unless it is raining.

Rationale:  The Summer Viaduct if finished at the printer, most have been delivered or shipped to the area newspapers. The plan is to have them inserted in the first and second week in August. 

Rationale:  The LPNNRD Facebook/Twitter pages, and the website are the fastest and low-cost ways to get information out to the public. The analytics are a way to see if people are seeing the information and what ways seem to be most effective. If you are on Facebook or Twitter, please like, follow, share, or retweet the Lower Platte North NRD posts!

Total reach/impressions show how many people saw the post/tweet. Engagements include likes, comments, shares/retweets and link clicks.
 

FACEBOOK	Total Reach	Engagements	Followers
July 1-27	8,108	673	1,388
June	7,325	413	1,384
May	5,222	279	1,372

 

TWITTER	Total impressions	Engagements	Followers
July 1-27	3601	158	377
June	3,114	140	372
May	2,140	112	367

Top Posts on Facebook and Twitter:
• Tom’s retirement party
• Fireworks at Lake Wanahoo on July 4th
• Weekly drought monitor updates
• July’s Coffee Lakeside flyer
• The NRD internship program

Rationale:  Coffee Lakeside: Plant ID Walk - 10 adults & 2 kids

Trivia and Game Night - 0. I was targeting middle schoolers on purpose, but I think that was my downfall. Next time I will market it as a family trivia and game night and hopefully we will get more people. It was also the first night of the rodeo, so maybe that conflicted as well.
 

Rationale:  August 3rd: Back to School Night
August 11th: Coffee Lakeside: Fireflies
August 12th: Nocturnal Night
August 17th: Wildflowers and Wine
August 18th: Grand Opening of the Story Walk 
School is back in session! 

Rationale:  The current projector does not display presentations very well, so we are looking at purchasing a new one to replace it. Diode Technologies will be sending us a proposal with prices for a new laser projector and installation. 

Rationale:  The RWD responded/marked three locate (811) requests the past month.  We have been working with Phoenix Web Group at moving our WaterWorks software (billing and meter reading) to be housed on the LPNNRD local server.  PWG has also been working on updating the remote meter reading.

Rationale:  As part of ongoing maintenance plan the RWD has been addressing issues with meter pits; extending pits to grade, repairing pits due to damage or normal wear.  All of the meter pits are PVC casing, some have been cracked/broke by mowers/other mechanical means, and some have had landscape changes that resulted in them being below grade which creates a runoff issue within the pit.  
Routine monthly sampling completed, meters read and bills to be mailed 7/29.

Rationale:  The lead and copper results were received and results were sent to tested households.  Confirmation of results were also submitted to NDEE Drinking Water division. All results were below action limits.
Bruno RWD has been in contact with Black Hills Energy about their plans on extending a natural gas line parallel/across our water line east of David City.  They are currently planning on early 2023 for construction.
Routine monthly sampling completed, meters read and bills will be mailed 7/29.