City Manager's Report: Library; Parks and Recreation; Fire; Public Works; Planning 

Library

• The library and the Parks and Recreation Department will host the summer’s first Family Dive-In today from 7 p.m. until 10 p.m.

The whole family can enjoy “Hotel for Dogs” shown on a big screen, snacks, and water fun.

• The library is offering its “Read Deep in the Heart of Texas” Summer Reading and Listening Club for children, teens, and adults.

• The Harker Heights Public Library is now offering wireless Internet access for patrons. Patrons may use the wireless access by presenting their library card.

Parks and Recreation

• YogaFit with Kristel will be held every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. from June 20th through August 15th and is free for ages 12 and up.

• At the Activity Center from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays there will be a Zumba class.

• The Summer Recreation Guide is available on the City’s web site and is also available at the Recreation Center, Chamber of Commerce, City Hall, and the Library.

• Season pool passes are available at the Recreation Center. Cost is $60 for City of Harker Heights residents’ family pass, up to five people, and $125 for non-residents family pass, up to five people.

• The pool officially opened for the season on Saturday June 7.

Fire

• Fire Department new employee Dana Allison will be starting his Field Training on June 15.

• The Command Van was in Hamilton June 1st thru the 5th to train the Texas Parks and Wildlife recruits.

Public Works

• The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has renewed the Wastewater Plant discharge permit through May 2014. The Wastewater Treatment Plant is permitted for 3.0 million gallons per day (MGD) treatment capacity.

Currently, the annual average flow at the treatment plant is 1.61 MGD or 54% of the permitted plant design.

When a treatment plant is processing 90% of it permitted plant design. When a treatment plant is processing 90% of it permitted flow, expansion of the plant is required (2.7 MGD for the Harker Heights plant).

The City is actively “tightening up” the sanitary sewer collection system to prevent intrusion of storm water and ground water into the system, thereby extending the life of the current wastewater plant.

Planning

• Materials processed through the City’s recycling drop site from March 27 through May 27 included 19,480 pounds of paper/plastic/aluminum, 15,500 pounds of cardboard, and 12,620 pounds of metal.