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Posted on: May 20 2015,11:22 am |
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Just move. Shut up, and do it. Your town is a crap hole, and that's not changing, anytime soon. The only person here that's not aware of that is you.
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Dear future generations: Please accept our apologies. We were rolling drunk on petroleum.
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Posted on: May 20 2015,11:34 am |
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Funny thing is that he lives in the crappyest part of the crap hole.😜
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Posted on: May 20 2015,1:57 pm |
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The "writing" was on the wall for AL 30 some years ago.
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Albert Lea
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Posted on: May 20 2015,5:06 pm |
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(was1 @ May 20 2015,11:13 am)
QUOTE your not drilling a well in limestone, you are building utility and road infrastructure over peat - theres a big difference. And, there is a soils report that has the data, including water table in it. But you keep on speculating instead of getting facts and answers.
Nice ratio work, but not actual cost reduction, may be close, may not be. If its in the worst of the soils, which it appears to be, then you may actually be saving the City more $!
So, by your "They know who I am and how to get in touch with me." just tells me you just like coming on here, spouting off, and really don't want to do anything. Sad.
Hey! You question my knowledge of a water table, then you refuse to accept the data I posted from the respected ArcGis with centimeters converted to inches for people like you.. Then you say I speculate when I give you facts.. Go to this link and enter 1201 Virginia Place:
http://www.arcgis.com/home...c956ca6
You can't get better facts than showing the location of this property has Le Sueur loam with a minimum soil depth to the water table is 45cm (17")..
Didn't I say over one million in savings? In 2012 the storm water was bubbling out of the storm sewer leaving the area flooded up to the siding of homes.. The disturbing part is its been fixable for many years prior to the 2012 flood..
It takes actions like this topic or as Maddog would say, Yelling in the back yard for City Leaders to listen.. Al Brooks has been publicly shamed but it also goes much deeper to those not elected to the City Council.. The local lobbyist at the Chamber of Commerce gets paid to push an agenda along with his ding bat wife... Who the hell does the people on the South, East and West sides have to lobby for them? Nobody..
This single topic has done more for more people than you ever did on the City Council.. You Ellen Kehr are a leach like your husband Randy..
Nothing but a Bloodsucking Phony..
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Albert Lea
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Posted on: May 21 2015,1:37 am |
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My list of questions that I will be asking at the May 26 hearing on the Virginia Place Reconstruction..
1) What is the breakdown per foot of a special assessment?
2) What are all the funding sources and what is the percentage they will be responsible for?
3) Why would the assessments jump from 10.4% of cost in the Capital Improvement Plan to 20.5%?
4) What percentage of the job is the Water & Sewer Fund paying?
5) How did assessments go from $135,000 in the Capital Improvement Plan to $429,000?
6) What is the reason for an additional $800,000 over the Capital Improvement Plan?
7) What is the lift station pump GPM?
8) Can the City install an adjustable vent to allow outside air in at the lift station? The door is always wide open and I am concerned that someone will turn off the power supply to the pump..
9) What is the age of the sanitary sewer line that runs from 1201 Virginia Pl straight west to Broadway? My concern is that it is so close to the water table that a severe storm could overwhelm proper flow if its severely falling apart and allowing a major inflow of storm water..
10) Could the City add an automatic generator to the bill? I would feel a whole lot better if I knew that during a severe storm and the power goes out that a generator will kick in at the lift station to run the pump..
11) Would the City please run a 30" storm sewer line from the manhole at the park to the lift station and a 18" storm sewer line from the manhole at the big park drain to the manhole at the park? All the lines I viewed were way too small in the gutters for the volume of water coming from Broadway to the West and 6th St. to the East and all of Virginia Place..
Thank you all for your time and effort..
Sent to: City Councilmen, Mayor, City Manager and City Engineer
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Posted on: May 21 2015,9:51 am |
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Let’s see. . . you reference an AcrGIS – Water Table Depth. Which is a generated MODEL – not actual physical soil boring data. You stated some time ago that the City had done soil borings. GET THE SOILS REPORT! It will show you where they first encountered water, and where it was upon completion. That is true data for that location, not a model.
Map does not zoom in enough to pinpoint any location. Could be Le Sueur loam, could be Lester loam (one minimum depth given of 110 cm or since you assume I don’t understand the metric system, approximately 43 inches), could be Undorthents wet substratum (again no water depth given). Therefore you need to look at the actual SOILS REPORT.
Now there are lobbyist in Albert Lea working not have your street fixed? WOW!
As for you list of questions, all of those should have been addressed at the Informational Meeting that was held. Back when I was1, that’s what was presented at those meetings. Sad if they were not covered, and even sadder if you did not ask them. I know many who don’t like the “grandstanding for the cameras” that elected officials do now that their meetings are on TV. Sounds to me like you are looking to do the same, sad.
I think your question #8 is a legit safety concern, not only for someone turning off the power and causing an issue, but also for safety of kids, or someone else, getting in there and hurting themselves. Sounds like a major liability to the City.
Question #9 – I would bet that the line going west is at least as old as the line in Virginia. I also guarantee that over 75% of the sewer mains in that town are old clay tile that leak like a sieve all year long putting clean water into the sanitary sewer system, which leads to backups and also additional sewage treatment costs. It is a problem in nearly every community in the country. Now, take into consideration all the sewer services that run from the homes to the main that are also like this and you can really have overwhelmed sewers.
#11 – you should let the City know you are a hydraulics engineer and that you have completed a drainage study and calculated the required storm water pipe sizes. Shoot – I bet they will be so happy for your assistance on that they will pay you for your efforts!
On a serious note, that street is long overdue to be reconstructed. It has many engineering and construction challenges which drives up the cost on the project, which I assume has been the reason for the long delay. I honestly hope you actually present your “buy-out” plan and the resulting reduction in at a minimum the sanitary sewer and roadway. And a little advice, present it in a nice and professional way, not the way you spout off here, no one will listen to that nonsense.
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Posted on: May 21 2015,10:34 am |
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Nice. Solid advice. Kudos was1.
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Albert Lea
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Posted on: May 21 2015,12:47 pm |
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All of your advice reminds me of a mother.. You have gotten use getting by with spouting off to others because I'd have to say you get pretty lippy with me..
I never once said they did borings.. And I'm sure ArcGis collected data because it is so precise..
When you click on the Le Sueur loam it shows a little bluish oval area on the map.. I've checked closely with the other selection of maps and it brings in 1201 and several of the City properties, also a portion of Newton.. Beacon shows the ring of peat..
You know when a budget is set, you and Randy are right there at the front door of City Hall trying to get funding for one thing or another and that goes on all year.. When the money is gone you two are sucking up to staff and council for the next time you want to get your hands on funding for a special interest..
What I'm doing with this project, I learned from the Kehr's.. Get the money before its gone.. Interest rates are going up and will cost the residents of the area even more next year..
Everyone concerned has the list of questions. It should go quick..
I thought while they have the street torn up they might be able re-line the sewer.. Hell I don't know.. I just don't want a basement full of sh!t..
I have never checked to see if there is a second door that is locked at the lift station.. Still an open door seems like an invitation..
You think its sad that I want the answers I get from the city to be recorded? 
If during heavy rainfall you have a 10" line coming from Broadway and a 10" line coming from 6th St., that would be 20" of pipe putting out a fairly high pressure of storm water.. Then you add on all the water from Virginia Place that goes to the 4 street sewer drains in the same location as mentioned in question #11 and then you add on the large drain in the park and that 30" sewer line I recommended will be close to maxed out..
I have the feeling that some of the flooding problems were caused because of a lack of capacity going to the lift station.. If the City says the lift station pump can't handle more water coming in, then we know the pump is too small and should have been replaced a long time ago..
Treat me with respect and I'll treat you with respect.. If the City shows me respect on the 26th, they'll get the same in return from me..
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