Fossel, Elizabeth Joy
From: Hurt, James
Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2024 12:16 PM
To: Fossel, Elizabeth Joy
Subject: FW: Recovery Assistance Meeting
Attachments: Layout Revision3 pdf
From: Jernberg, Wayne
Sent: Tuesday, September 3, 2024 1:29 PM
To: Hurt, James ; Matthews, Doug ; Washington, Mark
-; Canfield, Louis
ec: Sagorski Munsell, Lindsay
Subject: RE: Recovery Assistance Meeting
Attached is a digital map of a large area in Ward 3 (centered eround Adams ond Philadelphia) with all of our Main
breaks, watermain replacements and service line replacements we have responded to in the past 11
years. Please note the following:
'* Solid tines are local watermains (smaller than 16 inches in diameter)
Dashed lines are transmission watermains (16” and larger in diameter)
+ We have replaced 7 sections of watermain (along with several intersections of piping) in this area inthe
past 11 years and we have additional replacements schedule in Boston and Fuller for the coming year.
‘+ The blue dots represent emergency lead service leaks that resulted in our Field staff replacing the public
portion of the lead service line.
© The red ’s are local watermain breaks that our crews have responded to and fixed in this time
frame. There has been 68 of these in the past 11 years.
© Thered.’s with a circle around it represents breaks on transmission watermains which are pipes 16” and
larger. There has been 3 of these in this time frame.
‘0. The transmission break at Adams/Gladstone occurred in January 2013 and resulted from a 30” cap
releasing off a tee fitting (restraint failure). After that joint failure, we found the same construction
arrangement at the two additional intersections to the east (Adams/Rosewood and
Adams/Cambridge) the following year and replaced those full intersections at that time.
©. The transmission main break at Blaine and Oakcale occurred in July of 2013. This breek hed a
similar failure to the Adams and Philadelphia break where a large chuck of pipe split and broke
open.
| will be bringing a hard copy of this map to share as a reference at the meeting tomorrow.
Wayne Jernberg, PE
Water System Manager
City of Grand Rapids
1900 Oak industrial Dr. NE
Grand Rapids, Mi 49505
616.456.4055,
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From: Jernberg, Wayne
Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2024 12:05 PM
To: Hurt, James ; Matthews, Doug ; Washington, Mark
; Canfield, Louis < rand-rapids.mius>
Ce: Sagorski Munsell, Lindsay
Subject: RE: Recovery Assistance Meeting
Statt is working to pull data and present in a map format the following information for an area in
Burton on the south, ML King on the north, East City Limits to the east and Eastern on the west.
Alllead service line replacements
Allocal watermain breaks
All transmission watermain breaks
Allwatermain replacements
Date will be in the period from January 1, 2013 to today.
| expect the info to be ready in the next day or so, but | am off tomorrow. Lindsay will make sure to get it distributed
toyou if in factit is completed tomorrow.
Thanks,
Wayne Jernberg, PE
Water System Manager
City of Grand Rapids
1900 Oak industrial Dr. NE
Grand Rapids, Ml 49505
618.456.4055
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From: Hurt, lames
Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2024 1:45 PM
To: Matthews, Doug ; Washington, Mark ;
Canfield, Louis <|canfield @grand-rapids.mi.us>; Jemberg, Wayne ; Washington, Mark ;
Canfield, Louis ; Jernberg, Wayne
Subject: RE: Recovery Assistance Meeting
just listened to the commenter again from last night - Venessa David referenced “important note to call out that
this isn’t the first time there has been a city watermain break, there has been a couple in the past 2 years, there is.
also a major city watermain break that happened 10-11 years ago in our same area where the house | tived in a
year before | bought it also flooded from a city watermain break so there is clearly a infrastructure issue within our
area and it keeps happening”.
Not clear where Ms. David lived 10-11 years ago but there was a break around that time near Adams and
Gladstone that Doug mentioned below.
From: Matthews, Doug ; Canfield, Louis ; Jernberg,
Wayne ; Hurt, James
Subject: Re: Recovery Assistance Meeting
Wayne's team is obligated to a meeting with the folks in Caledonia about their future water service this afternoon. |
did speak with him about it a bit earlier and can share some basics. But the short version is that there was a
separate water issue about 11 years ago related to a cast iron fitting (all have since been replaced), but no utility-
side breaks like this recent one on record. It’s likely that the referenced breaks were on the residential service side
and not on the utility side.
Doug Matthews, ICMA-CM * He/Him/His
Assistant City Manager
City of Grand Rapids
616-456-4536 (Ww)
512-573-8757 (c)
wrow.grcity.us
From: Washington, Mark
Date: Wednesday, August 28, 2024 at 12:11 PM
To: Canfield, Louis , Jemberg, Wayne ,
Matthews, Doug , Hurt, James <|hurt@grand-rapids.mi.us>
Subject: Re: Recovery Assistance Meeting
‘Someone who can address the allegations of repeated breaks in the area that was mentioned from
residents last night and also make decisions if needed.
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From: Canfield, Louis <(cantield@grand-rapids.mi.us>
Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2024 12:06:44 PM
To: Jernberg, Wayne ; Matthews, Doug ; Hurt,
James
‘Ge: Washington, Mark
‘Subject: RE: Recovery Assistance Meeting
Thank you, Wayne.
In addition to James, Mark would like additional representation from within the Water Department to attend as
your alternate.
Lou
Louis T. Cantield | Chief of Start
Executive Office | City of Grand Rapids
309 Manroe Ave NW
Grand Repids, Ml a3s03
818.458.4123 Phone
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From: Jernberg, Wayne
Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2024 11:46 AM
To: Canfield, Louis ; Matthews, Doug ; Hurt, James
Subject: Re: Recovery Assistance Meeting
Lou,
lave a conflict with this meeting that | cannot change. My conflict is a meeting with EGLE. James Hurt
will be representing Water this afternoon at the meeting for Adams and Philadelphia.
Wayne
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From: Canfield, Louis
Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2024 11:12:18 AM
To: Matthews, Doug ; Hurt, James <|hurt@zrand-rapids.mi.us>; Jernberg, Wayne
Subject: RE: Recovery Assistance Meeting For this afternoon's 2pm meeting, in addition to what is described below, Mark would like to cover:
+ The history of watermain breaks in the vicinity of the June break that caused the flooding. (Last night, a
pattern of breaks was alleged.)
‘+ Multi-year data on the number of total number of breaks citywide per year, along with any summary
statistics available on severity of breaks (e.g., customers impacted, gallons of water lost, etc.)
Lou
Louis T. Canfield | Chief of Statt
Executive Otte | City of Grand Repids
300 Monroe Avo NW
‘Grand Rapids, MI 49503
616.455.4123 Prone
lcantiels@grcity.us | www. grandrapidsmi.gov
From: Washington, Mark
Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2024 9:41 AM
‘To: Washington, Mark; Berens, Kate; Matthews, Doug; Bohatch, Connie; Hurt, James; Jernberg, Wayne; Brown, Brad;
Farole, Allison; Green, David; Riley-Mukavetz, Andrea; Canfield, Louis; Cain, Asante; Bowers-Payne, Randi
Subject: Recovery Assistance Meeting
When: Wednesday, August 28, 2024 2:00 PM-3:00 PM (UTC-05:
Where: Microsoft Teams Meeting
)) Eastern Time (US & Canada).
Last night, during a post-Commission meeting with affected residents, | affirmed my commitment to meeting in
their neighborhood to share community services and resources that are already available or can be developed to
support them. Housing repair programs, disaster assistance and volunteer recovery groups. We need a follow-up
meeting today with staft as there ara commissioners who are anxious to organize a separate effort. I would like to
share a date and tentative location today with the residents end commissioners of the next meeting sometime
next week in their neighborhood. My hope is that Water, Community Development and Emergency Management
Office will be able to bring resources and partners to the neighborhood meeting that the residents can voluntarily
consider pursuing. We need to treat this like a disaster recovery effort initiative and bring as many
resources/services as possible to this neighborhood.
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