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Water District outlines, starts $8.1 million city H20 Battle Plan
By Ed Waggener The Columbia-Adair County Utilities District voted unanimously to authorize General Manager Lennie Stone to begin preliminary work on Phase I of two-phase battle plan to eliminate the bulk of the City of Columbia's water problems. The total estimate for the project is $8.1 million dollars, according to consulting engineer David Bowles, who outlined the massive public works project at the board's regular November meeting. Phase I will address problems in what Bowles and Stone described as the areas in the greatest need of repairs: Longhunters Subdivision, Downtown Columbia, the Tutt Street area, and the Highway East 80 area. The total cost of this project will be $4,000,000.00. The board made the historic decision at its regular meeting, Thursday, November 11, 2010, with Chairman Danny Downey presiding, and all members, including Mitch Harris, Rudy Higginbotham, and Rabon "Toon" Burton voting for the Battle Plan. Member Larry Legg was not present at the meeting, but is a strong advocate for the project. The proposal calls for financing through the State's Revolving Loan Fund, the most readily available source of public assisted funding. Bowles told the Board that the biggest hurdle to be to obtain financing. At the moment, he said, publicly funding is scarce. "You might look at the projects as having two components, physical, and fiscal. The physical element, designing, getting good bids, and building will actually be the more straightforward," he told the board. "Getting the funding at the right price will be harder." The State Revolving Fund money is competitive, Bowles said, and there is a finite pool of the money, which carries a 1% interest rate, but he said he believes that because the situation in Columbia is well defined, and because of the urgency, it should rank very high on the list of projects. Work on Phase I could get underway sometime next year. The board's action Thursday night night will accelerate the prospect that bidding on the project can come sooner. The first step will be to advertise for an engineering firm to handle the project, GM Lenny Stone said. Phase II of the makeover depends on funding Phase II of the $8.1 million dollar project involves the Hudson ST/Frazier Avenue, Highway 61 South area, Lindsey Wilson area, and the Oshkosh/Industrial Road area. He estimated The exact time Phase II would start depends on funds. For Phase II, Bowles suggested looking at a wider array of sources, with the proposed financing to come from a $1,000,000 Community Development Block Grant, a $1,000,000 Rural Development grant, and a $2,100,000 Rural Development Loan. This part of the plan will cost local taxpayers less than the Phase I project, with nearly 50% of the project cost coming from grants, the rest from low cost loans, but the financing is much more difficult to obtain. Bowles said that the plan he outlines will give the district the best Battle Plan. It will allow work to begin in the very near future on part of the overhaul, and it will allow a little more time to obtain more favorable financing on the other. While the County has only had possession of the antiquated City System since August 2010, the district has been assessing the situation for over two years, GM Stone added. Besides providing better water in the affected areas of the city, the $8.1 million in projects will assure better fire protection and provide for expected economic growth. New $37,000 sewer line being run to plant in GR Commerce Park GM Lenny Stone announced that a sewer line with a lift pump will connect the C-AC Sewer from KY 55 to the Assisted Transportation Plant site in the 200 block of Development DR. The work involves a grinder lift station and about 2700 feet of sewer line. The cost of the project will be borne by the Columbia-Adair County Economic Development Authority (CACEDA). The plant is owned by Adair County natives Kenneth Wilkerson and his son Rob. It already employs 12 people, according to the CACEDA. Sewer plant rebuild after May 2, 2010 flood nearly complete Mr. Stone told the board that the Columbia Sewer Plant work which was necessary following the May 2, 2010 flooding is nearly complete. The work is being done with FEMA grants and insurance payments, with the money going through the City of Columbia, owners and operators of the plant at the time of the flooding. The firm of Bennett & Devore is doing electrical work at the plant, Mr. Stone said. A new generator is scheduled to be installed, but because of a mistake by the firm from which it was ordered, the generator shipment is running about six weeks behind schedule. In the meantime, the supplier is furnishing another generator at no cost. Mr. Stone said that the 18 lift stations in the sewer system are being monitored on a daily or every other day basis. Petition for Arlis Grant RD approved The board approved a petition for service on the Arlis Grant RD, off KY 900 RD in Magisterial District 3 between Glens Fork and Melson Ridge. The .4 mile road has two applicants and the possibility to serve two more. The unanimous vote for the project came on a motion by Member Rudy Higginbotham, with a second by Mitch Harris, and all four members concurring. The board unanimously approved a special budget required by U.S. Rural Development Administartion. The vote came on a motion by Rudy Higginbotham, with a second by Mitch Harris. General Manager Lenny Stone gives update on Phase 11 Mr. Stone gave a report on the scatter water line projects in the completion of the Phase 11 project, designed originally to run a 12" water line to to Holladay Place and to include the 1,000,000 gallon storage tank at Holladay Place. The original portion is in place and is operating with no problems he said.Additional water lines were authorized to close out the Phase 11 project. The projects were in several locations around the county. At the November 11, 2010 meeting, Mr. Stone gave this progress report:Phase 11 Roads in Service
Mr. Stone reported that the work on Phase 12 is going well. The project involves a new 12-in waterline from Holladay Place to the Old Sparksville School on Weed-Sparksville RD, with a new million gallon storage tank to be constructed there. He said that bids for the water line will be advertised in a a few days. Some easements on private property have not been obtained, but in those instances, the lines can be run with easements obtained from the Kentucky Department of Highways. This story was posted on 2010-11-15 08:22:00
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