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<br />u~~ <br />Elk River <br />Municipal Utilities <br />13069 Orono Parkway • PO. Box 430 <br />Elk Rive[, i~4N 55330-0430 <br />n,~arct; ~';. 2008 <br />7~0: Jerry Takle <br />President of Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission <br />Prom: Bryan Adams <br />General Manager ~ ~ <br />Subject Jackson Street Water Tower <br />Phone: 163.441.2020 <br />Pax: 763.44 ] .8099 <br />This memo is in response to your requests for more information on the Jackson Street Water <br />Tower. At our March 2008 Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission meeting, we discussed the <br />future of this tower. We either need to paint this structure or remove it. The estimated cost to <br />remove this tower is in the $35,000 range. 'The estimated cost of repainting is in the $55,000 to <br />$60,000 range and will need to be spent on a 10 to 12 year inten~al. Also b_v removing this tower <br />and pump house, this lot can be redeveloped. <br />Enclosed is the following information for your review. <br />1 j Picture of this 100,000 gallon water tower. <br />2) Aerial view of Jackson Water Tower area. <br />This tower was constructed in 1920 by Minneapolis Steel and Machinery Company and was the <br />beginnings of E!k River's Municipal water system. This tower and the "Cre?ex" water tower, <br />which was demolished in 200?, have not been in use since approximately 1986. When the water <br />tower on Freeport Ave. was constructed in 1985, the Jackson Ave. and Cretex towers became <br />obsolete due to their height. In ] 997, municipal well # 1 which is at the base of the Jackson Ave. <br />"Cower was properly abandoned. <br />In 2002, Utility staff proposed the Jackson Ave. Tower be demolished. It was decided at that <br />time to market this tower as a place to attach telecommunication antennas. These marketing <br />efforts have not been successful due to the towers' location and not being tall enough. <br />'There is nothing unique about this structure. Still in rural America in the small communities, <br />many of these to~~~ers are still in use. Due to the smaller capacity and limited height, these <br />structures often do nut meet today's fire flow and pressure needs for larger or growing <br />communities. <br />