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<br />~i <br />Elk River <br />Municipal Utilities <br />13069 Orono Parkway • PO. Box 430 <br />Elk River, MN 55330-0430 <br />March 2 ] , 2008 <br />To: Jerry Takle <br />President of Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission <br />From: Bryan Adams <br />General Manager. ~ ~ <br />Subject: Jackson Street Water Tower <br />Phone: 763.441.2020 <br />Fax: 763.441.8099 <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 interval. Also by removing this tower <br />and pump house, this lot can be redeveloped. <br />Enclosed is the following information for your review. <br />1) 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 Elk River's Municipal water system. This tower and the "Cretex" water tower, <br />which was demolished in 2002, 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 1997, municipal well #1 which is at the base of the Jackson Ave. <br />"T'ower 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 to~,~~er as a place to attach telecommunication antennas. These marketing <br />effi~rts 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 tov~~ers are still in use. Due to the smaller capacity and limited height, these <br />structures often do not meet today's fire flow and pressure needs for larger or growing <br />communities. <br />