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Regular Council Meeting <br />June 24, 2013 <br />Page 7 <br />informed City staff that TNT had budget changes that would allow them to pay Phase 2 at <br />$25,000 and Phase 1 at $10,000. <br />A Motion to approve the selection of MHS Planning and Design for Phase 2 of the new <br />Parks, Recreation, and Open Space Master Plan was made by Council Member Drake and <br />seconded by Council Member Lancaster. Motion carried, 6 ayes — 0 nays. <br />18. Discuss and provide direction to staff on the General Obligation Bonds, Series 2013 <br />Mr. Anderson said as a result of the citizens voting to issue up to $45,000,000 worth of <br />general obligation bonds for replacing and extending water and sewer lines, that City staff <br />needed direction on several items. He said staff needed to know what portion of the bonds <br />would be issued initially, should the staff issue RFPs for a single engineering firm to prepare <br />design plans and specifications and provide contract oversight for the project and if so, should <br />that firm prepare designs, plans, and bid documents for a single project or multiple projects and <br />should the City contract with the engineering firm for project management. KSA Engineer <br />representatives Tracy Hicks and Brent Bassett gave an update to City Council about their efforts <br />and progress made toward developing the infrastructure master plan. Mr. Bassett said they had <br />reviewed the water and sewer systems to determine which lines to replace. He said the City of <br />Paris' water distribution system was mainly comprised of old cast iron lines and the rest was <br />PVC. Mr. Bassett said the main issue with the water distribution center was leaks in addition to <br />dirty water and low pressure. He said the reoccurring leaks should be prioritized and said that <br />five criteria had been developed for comparison of pipes. Mr. Bassett said in their review of the <br />sewer system, they were able to create a map and a model of the system. He said the key <br />findings were that the sewer system had a lot of older style brick man holes and clay pipe. Mr. <br />Bassett said over the last three years there had been 3,501 service line repairs and 1,351 main <br />line repairs. He said they also developed a ranking system with five criteria and were able to <br />give each individual pipe a score, which allowed them to compare the sewer pipes throughout the <br />entire City. Mr. Hicks said the ranking system would help them prioritize the list of projects. <br />Council Member Grossnickle said this was a good scientific project to the problem. Council <br />Member Lancaster inquired if they had actual drawings of the sewer system depicting location of <br />the lines. Mr. Hicks said they did not have the exact location. Mr. Bassett added they had a GPS <br />location for some of the man holes. Council Member Wright inquired if they knew the location <br />of all of the water lines. Mr. Hicks said they had a map that reflected the general location and in <br />some instances they had data for fire hydrant locations. Council Member Wright wanted to <br />know how they determined the size of lines and location. Mr. Hicks said information from the <br />model and data from staff helped them determine those factors. City Council expressed <br />appreciation to KSA Engineering for their presentation. <br />