UTILITY MARKING DEVICES Naples City Council Workshop November 17, 2014 Presented by: Andrew Holland, P.E., Engineering Manager
CITY OF NAPLES UTILITIES Reclaimed Water Sewer Force Mains Raw Water Potable Water High capacity potable and reclaimed water mains not only deliver utility service to homes and businesses but also provide fire protection to neighborhoods. Service interruptions to large lines could severely hinder fire rescue operations.
CITY OF NAPLES UTILITIES Damage to a raw water main such as the 36 on Golden Gate Parkway could mean limited water supply City-wide.
CITY OF NAPLES UTILITIES Service interruption to a large sewer force main will result in City and private sewer systems overflowing into the City s stormwater system, businesses and homes.
TECO Gas November 11, 2010 a contractor hit an 8 gas main with a roadway grader causing an explosion which nearly killed the grader operator and caused a massive service outage to all Lee and Collier residents and businesses. Reports state that the above ground utility markers had been knocked down and not put back up. January 12, 2012 construction crews punctured the gas line near 5 th Avenue South and 8 th Street causing a natural gas leak and large outage. 5 th Ave S restaurants forced to close their doors resulting in significant economic loss. No markers at this location (then or now). Title 49 Part 192 of the Code of Federal Regulations regulates permanent markings for gas mains.
Fiber Optic Cable Fiber Optic Cable is the leading transmitter for most telecommunications locally, nationally and internationally. Even a local smart phone cell phone call is likely to be routed from the phone to a cell tower then through fiber optic cable and back again to the receiver. Local Fiber Optic Cable is used to provide communications services to many vital organizations such as: City of Naples (all phone and email communications including 911) Collier County Sheriff United States Air Force Financial institutions South Florida is a major Fiber Optic hub for transoceanic fiber crossings.
On July 6 th 2009 a fiber optic cable line was damaged by excavators in Ventura County, CA causing a county-wide 911 service outage. All police and fire emergency personnel were dispatched to patrol streets to remain visible. In October 2014, contractors working for FPL on Goodlette Road damaged a small fiber optic line owned by Comcast on Goodlette Road. While there were no major service interruptions, repair costs exceeded $40,000. Fiber optic duct bank. 26 th Ave N near Fire Station#2 (Five 4 conduits)
Florida Statute 556 Underground Facility Damage Prevention and Safety 556.101(3)(d): Reserve to the state the power to regulate any subject matter specifically addressed in this chapter. Municipalities, counties, districts, or other local governments may not adopt or enforce ordinances or rules that conflict with this chapter or that prescribe any of the following: 1. Require operators of underground facilities to obtain permits from local governments in order to identify underground facilities. 2. Require pre-marking or marking. 3. Specify the types of paint or other marking devices that are used to identify underground facilities. 4. Require removal of marks.
Recommendations Continue to work with all utility companies to formalize their permanent utility marker policies for the City of Naples. Markers should be installed more conducive to the natural landscape architecture throughout the City. Continue to coordinate with other municipalities regarding policies and rules for permanent marker placement. Provide contact information to residents and businesses for all utility company representatives with authority to address the concerns of the resident or business.
Recommendations Through the Florida League of Cities, lobby for legislation that brings some regulatory control to the City for: Limiting the number of communication s companies (or their encumbrance of the public ROW) in light of the many services provided by existing communications companies. In other words, since Naples has three competing communications providers, each with extensive underground lines and aboveground cabinets/markers, should additional companies be allow to further encumber an already clutter ROW, thereby reducing space for future needed services (i.e. reuse irrigation water).
Century Link Fiber Jeff Anderson Jeff.S.Anderson@centurylink.com 239-285-3560 Kelly Clark Kelly.j.clark@centurylink.com 239-263-6223 FPL FiberNet Noel Reese Noel.reese@fpl.com 239-693-4260 Sunshine 811 John Segovia Damage Prevention Liaison, South Florida Region john.segovia@sunshine811.com 1-800-638-4097 (x 2058) Comcast Fiber Jerry Stephenson Jerry_stephenson@cable.comcast.com 239-671-3985 TECO Gas Charles Byrd Chbyrd@tecoenergy.com 239-690-5508 City of Naples Utilities Bob Middleton rmiddleton@naplesgov.com 239-213-4745