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*--Elk Riv <br /> Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br /> TO: FROM: <br /> Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission Troy Adams, P.E. —General Manager <br /> John Dietz—Chair <br /> Al Nadeau— Vice Chair <br /> Daryl Thompson— Trustee <br /> MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br /> September 10, 2013 6.1a <br /> SUBJECT: <br /> Staff Updates—General Manager <br /> DISCUSSION: <br /> • The amendments to the original Non-Exclusive Tower Attachment Agreements with <br /> Sprint for the Gary Street and Johnson Street water towers which had been approved by <br /> the Commission last month have now been executed by Sprint. Sprint's subcontractors <br /> are now working on upgrades. <br /> The Sprint upgrade work that had been performed on the Auburn Street water tower has <br /> been completed and a final inspection by our contractor KLM has been completed. Staff <br /> will be working to close out this project this month. <br /> • Verizon continues to work through their analysis of our Johnson Street and Gary Street <br /> water tower sites as potential locations for their 4G system upgrades. Template non- <br /> exclusive tower attachment agreements have been provided to Verizon for review. We <br /> have received the preliminary drawings from Verizon and will be submitting those for <br /> engineering and structural review. <br /> • The rehabilitation to the Freeport water tower has been completed. Staff is working with <br /> Badger State Inspection, our contracted project management, to close out this project this <br /> month. <br /> • I've been working with Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association (MMUA) and the <br /> other Minnesota municipal utilities that submitted 3 year notice for Mid-Continent Area <br /> Power Pool (MAPP) membership withdrawal last month. We had been working on terms <br /> for an early buy out without having to continue membership for 3 more years. We do not <br /> have final numbers but the early out for ERMU is projected at an estimated $30,000. <br /> This would likely be a budgeted expense for 2014. I will bring back more specific <br /> information at a future Commission meeting. <br /> .. POIIIID 11 <br /> RIP$ Page 1 of4 NATURE <br /> ) <br /> Reliable Public <br /> Power Prowler POWERED To SERVE <br /> 104 <br />