06/16/1980 Board of Public Works Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING b. Formally organized and licensed activities which are scheduled in close proximity to the musical installations; and JUNE 16. 1980 4. That the Board only consider requests for installations in areas which are-deemed by.`the Board to be predomi- nately non - residential in nature. Mr. McMahon stated that his recommendations would not, of course, list all the considerations which may be deemed pertinent to each individual permit application. Mr. Roland Kelly, Director of Marketing of St. Joseph Bank and Trust Company, stated that he had no objections to the guidelines as proposed by Mr. McMahon. Upon a motion made by Mr. Hill, seconded by Mr. Kernan and carried, the recommendations of Mr. McMahon were adopted. Upon a motion made by Mr. McMahon, seconded by Mr. Hill and carried, approval was granted to the St. Joseph Bank and Trust Company for installation of the carillon chimes in accordance with its request, and the matter was referred to the Deputy Controller's Office for issuance of the proper permit. PRESENTATION OF CUBS TICKETS TO SPRING CLEAN -UP WINNING TEAM Mr. Kernan presented to Ed Nowak 14 tickets to a Cubs baseball game for his team's efforts in hauling the most trash in the spring clean -up program which had been conducted in April. Mr. Kernan stated that the Mayor had issued a challenge to other departments and the Board of Works crew had hauled 39 truckloads on Tuesday of that week; however, the contest had run the entire week and on Thursday, Ed Nowak and Herb Smith and the other members of the team had successfully hauled 42 loads. The tickets had been purchased by officials in the administration and gasoline would also be furnished to the group going to Chicago for the game. Mr. Kernan emphasized that no public funds would be used. APPROVE CLOSING OF OLIVE STREET PUMPING STATION Mr. John Leszczynski, Director of Utilities, informed the Board of recent odor problems being experienced in Well No. 4 at the Olive Street Pumping Station. He stated that in March of this year, his office began receiving customer complaints of certain chemical odors. Upon investigation, most often the odor had dissipated by the time employees responded. At times when the odor could be _detected, adjacent services were sampled and monitored in an effort to isolate the possible source. Mr. Leszczynski stated that it was not until late April that the odor or contaminant was found to be present in enough samples that sufficient data could be collected directing personnel to the Olive Street Station, and Well No. 4 particularly. He indicated that the alcohol -like odor appeared to be isolated to Well No. 4 only and it was immediately removed from operation on April 29, 1980. It had been determined that there was some foreign substance present in Well No. 4. In subsequent testing, it was found that the contaminant could be derived from dry cleaning fluid or degreasing solvents; however, the report lacked quantitative data and this has not been confirmed. Mr. Leszczynski informed the Board that, despite the fact that there are no current standards addressing contaminants of this type and despite the fact that he had not yet received any quantitative information to establish that the concentra- tion of the contaminant exceeds the preliminary standards, he took the precaution on June 13, 1980, of closing down the entire Olive Street well field. He stated that he had no reason to believe that the other five wells at Olive Street have been or will be affected by this contaminant and that an analysis of those wells indicates that they have not; however, he requested that the Board confirm his order that the wells remain closed until the detailed testing which is currently underway be completed and his original finding of no contamination be confirmed. He also requested that, until the nature and extent of the pollution problem at Well No. 4 is