SUNRISE BEACH, Mo. — Sunrise Beach is moving forward with a project to increase the customers on the village’s water system by nearly 50 percent.
The Village Board of Trustees approved going out to bid on the Phase III Water project at their Monday, July 11 meeting.
In the Phase III project, Village engineers Schultz Surveying and Engineering (SSE) will connect approximately 92 new customers to the village waterworks system, bringing the total water customer base to 300.
The infrastructure project will bring water connections to Sunrise Beach residents in the Ambrosia, Beachwood, Kansas City Way and Castle Gardens area. They have no public water available, and aging private sewer infrastructure threatens to contaminate area water wells.
SSE was hired to design a system that would provide safe drinking water to Sunrise Beach water customers, as well as water infrastructure for fire protection. The system design includes a water main extension, installing supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) meters, fire hydrants and flush hydrants. According to City Planner Roger Corbin, the new infrastructure will also pave the way for economic growth in village by providing the potential to supply water to both future residential and commercial users.
The board’s approval also included connecting another 28 residents on Eddie Road, if funding is approved. Currently the village is waiting for final approval to receive a grant from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR) for 75 percent of the cost of the Phase III Water project. “We will authorize the go-ahead pending funding approval. If there is no funding we will pull the Eddie Road portion,” Village Mayor Curt Mooney explained.
SSE Engineer Jared Wheaton reported all the easements, except one, have been received and more than half of the needed connection agreements have been returned. The village distributed the connection agreements near the Fourth of July in an effort to catch part-time residents at their Lake home over the holiday. The board also approved sending a mailing to those who have not returned their Phase III water connection agreement, just in case they were not at their Lake-home over the Fourth.
Wheaton added that they were ready to submit five copies of the projects specs and plans to the DNR to obtain approval of the Phase III project construction permit. He said the comments on the Finding of No Significant Environmental Impact are expected to be approved shortly and the Due Diligence Questionnaire was submitted on Friday, July 8.
In other board business on Monday night, in closed session, the board approved entering into negotiations with Charter Communications regarding unpaid franchise fees owed to the village.
Police
The Sunrise Beach Police Department reported they handled 184 calls for service in June. The calls include; 30 calls to assist outside agencies, 19 motorist assists, 16 watch/locate/report suspicious vehicle/person, 13 domestic disturbances, 10 animal complaints, nine alarm calls, eight follow-up investigations, seven calls referred to other agencies, seven stolen or recovered property, five accident outside agency assists, four of each of the following; animal complaints, drug seizure reports/investigations, escort people or vehicles, lock out assists and trespassing, three abandoned vehicles/property, three court of official duty, three check well-being requests three traffic events, two burglaries, two lost/found property, two property damage reports, two remove debris, two security patrol requests, two tampering/vandalism/harassment, two quarry blasting and one of each of the following; disturbing the peace, juvenile report/call, keep the peace, pedestrian check, property dispute, stolen vehicle report/recovered, suicide threat, threats/stalking, trash dumping/nuisance violation and one water department/tower call.
In the traffic division, police officers issued 28 warnings and 58 citations. The issued citations include; 27 for speeding, 14 stop sign violations, two following to close, two improper license plate, two for no proof of insurance and one of each of the following; careless and imprudent driving, defective equipment, failure to obey electric traffic device and one open container of alcohol.
The next meeting of the Sunrise Beach Board of Trustees is scheduled at 6 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 8 at the Sunrise Beach City Hall.
