Rochester Hills Legistar System

Roger Rousse, Director of DPS, presented the following discussion:

* Proposed bids are due Friday, October 14, 2005.

* Bids will be evaluated, finalists chosen, interviews and recommendation to follow.

* Initial report indicated a ten percent (10%) factor for future growth within the City.

* 20,422 customers in the year 2000.

* 21,956 customers currently.

* The ten percent (10%)contingency has been used.

Mr. Rousse stated future large scale development planned at Hamlin Road and also at

Tienken and Rochester Roads which will further reduce those reserved capacities.

* It was suggested that the City consider what these developments will do to the water

system before approving them due to the possibility of a decreased fire suppression

service.

Report reflects the following:

* Two methods of evaluation of pressure: 1) domestic use at 35 psi and 2) fire

fighting at 20 psi.

* Indicates average day use and shows that there are no deficiencies of those two

perimeters.

* Indicates City Section 14 shows a significant drop in pressure to 22 psi and below

20 psi for fire fighting.

* Establishes fire flow requirements.

* In 1993 ISO Commercial Services (CRS) outlined criteria for determining the City's fire

insurance classification and identified additional fire flow capacity needed in 36 different

locations within the City.

* City Section 5 (five) showed a deficiency of 6.4 psi .

* The intent of the water reservoirs is to provide reserved capacity.

* The RFP for design requires successful bidder to verify all this information with

additional scenarios which include future development and to use the new information

as a basis for their design of the facilities.

Committee member asked if bonding the two projects (DPS Facility and Water

Reservoirs) together was possible.

Ms. Jenuwine stated that the shared cost would save the City approximately $40,000 - $

50,000.

City of Rochester Hills Street Lighting Policy

Street Lighting Policy.pdf; Street Lighting Policy.Revised.pdf; Street

Lighting Policy FS 101305.pdf

Roger Rousse, Director of DPS, submitted to Committee members, a revised proposed

Street Lighting Policy for their review. He noted the following change:

* Once Street Lighting Policy is adopted by City Council, the requests only need to go to

the Advisory Traffic and Safety Board.

* Removed reference to Detroit Edison because the future of the company is not known

Julie Jenuwine, Director of Finance, presented first fourth quarter budget amendment

proposal to utilize contingency.

* State recommendation is leave an estimated contingency in the budget for departments,

such as police and fire, that have emergency situations because all budget amendments

have to be made prior to year end.

* It is illegal to go over budget, cannot amend budget after year end.

* Contingency would be placed into a contingency account if appropriate.

* A contingency account is the first fourth quarter budget amendment to refine all the budget

line items so that there is no padding which will give an estimate on projections that will

come in at the end of the year.

* Emergency or appropriate departments, especially such as Police and Fire, will have

contingency monies specifically used for unexpected circumstances.

Roger Rousse, Director of DPS, discussed the National Twist Drill Corporation noting

the following:

* Corporation is located at Tienken and Rochester Roads.

* Corporation has a history of violations pertaining to their discharge permits.

* Violations amount to approximately $437,000 owed to the City for sewer replacement.

* Sewer line only services that building.

* A developer is interested in purchasing the building and National Twist Drill will then

dissolve the corporation.

Mr. Rousse stated that John Staran has been contacted asking him to move quickly to

secure the City's interests. He further stated that Mayor Somerville also asked him to

move quickly. He further stated that he reviewed the DWSD citation against National

Twist Drill noting that the sewer pipe samples were analyzed and it was determined that

volatile organic compounds from Elite Cleaning and Precision Cleaning softened the

sewer line and the pressure in the ground caused its collapse. The Ordinance indicates

that the owner of record is the user of the facility and is, therefore, consequently

responsible for the damage which does not get transferred on to a lessee of the building.

Committee member questioned whether the City has placed liens on the tax roll.