Arlington Massachusetts USA ... 4 Winslow Street .... a 13 story apartment building operated by the Arlington Housing Authority .... 95% of the residents are disabled ... 100% are poor ... seems there has been a problem with the fire pump since 2014 ... and 8 years later the problem is still not fixed it seems
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3/10/2022 ... sources of info for this news article ... aha board minutes + permit info from town of arlington website + acmi.tv at youtube + aha documents from search of aha website
note ... projects / spending is for 'fire pump' and 'fire pump room' and 'feeder' (?electrical?] and whatever ... its all related
note .. a fire pump needs a motor to make it run ...... and the motor needs a ?electronic? controller and a feed ... I assume it would be an electric motor
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CHRONOLOGY
Aril 16 2014 minutes ... 667.3 fire pump design ... (gonna assume that 667.3 = winslow] .... web.archive.org/web/20220329204201/https://arlingtonhousing.org/2014_4-16_minutes.php
Nov 1 2014 ... 5 Year Capital plan ... $34,000 for fire pump
July 2017 ... rfp for new fire pump room ... $115,000 estimated cost
Jan 22 2018 ... permit for install new fire pump room .. GMT ... $20,000
Feb 28 2018 ... permit for feed to fire pump controller ... Brite Lite Electric
Spring 2018 ... new fire pump room ... DHCD Housing Doctor contract ... Kevin L patin AIA MCppD certified ... bob cronin supervisor ... $114,000 construction cost ... (mentioned as reference on ?upton ?school project bid]
May 16 2018 ... aha board minutes ... fire pump room change order ... $526 to GMT Contracting and painting ... ( ?green mountain tower? ... did I see their truck on winslow st? I wonder who they really were]
Oct 22 2018 ... aha board minutes ... vote for fire pump room
Feb 16 2020 . aha board minutes ... fire pump not meeting capacity ,,, needs to be replaced ... $150,000
April 27 2020 . aha board minutes ... fire pump not meeting capacity ,,, needs to be replaced ... $150,000
May 14 2020 ... 2021 annual plan ... annual inspection found problem with fire pump
Oct 21 2020 aha board minutes .... replace fire pump at winslow
Nov 11 2020 ... aha board minutes ... replace fire pump
Jan 2021 aha board meeting ... recording at acmi.tv ... ? 43:00 ... fire pump rebuilt 3 years ago ... need $150,000 ... 1:02:00 ... new generator was involved ... water pressure too low from street ... no warranty on earlier pump rebuild ... even room cost of $150,000 per Griffin ... Grecco says prevailing wage law drives prices up ... includes hoses
April 9 2021 ... 2022 annual plan ... pump replacement $126,000
July 2021 ... aha board minutes ... fire pump replacement is out to bid
August 25 2021 ... aha board minutes .... vote on low bid for fire pump replacement
Oct 14 2021 ... FY 22 annual plan ... fire pump replacement ... $126,000 ... total
Nov 2 2021 ... permit for new feeder for fire pump ... $14,900
Feb 21 2022 ... permit for fire pump ... $95,000 ... Rustic
March 29 2022 ... I have not seen any info anywhere indicating that the problem has been fixed yet
5/9/2022 ... recent aha board meeting ... jack nagle said that fire pump work was done and company was easy to work with ... (I have not noticed any difference in my water pressure so ???]