MCUCC Meeting Minutes October 28, 2015

Call to order – Matt Barringer @10:01am

Self-Introductions

Review & approval of minutes – reviewed & approved @ 10:08am

Minutes will be emailed to you monthly (make sure you put your email address on the sign in sheet)

Minutes can be found at MCUCC.org Monthly narrative – Tami Stout

Breast Cancer Facts 1. In the US 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer 2. The risk of breast cancer in a man’s lifetime is about 1 in 1,000 3. Getting a mammogram can help reduce the number of deaths by 30 – 40% among

women ages 40 - 70 Dig It – monthly video update

Drag strip in Charlotte

Final PIPES Plus meeting was held in Wilmington

Interview with Wendy w/NC811

Tickets can be entered 365 days a year 24 hours a day

You can access all of the tickets you’ve entered for up to 4 years

Become a partner for FREE Locate Request / Transmissions for NC

Tickets September 2015 – 140,720 = 18.6% increase vs. 2014

Transmissions Sept 2015 – 720,183 = 25.3% increase vs. 2014

Total Tickets – 1,161,280 = 17.2% increase vs. 2015

Total Transmissions – 5,733,913 = 20.3% increase vs. 2014 County ticket volume

20,349 total tickets up 30.9% County ticket volume YTD

153,713 total tickets for 2015 vs. 126,197 for 2014 County ticket distribution

September total = 20,349 for Mecklenburg County 16,168 of which were in Charlotte FAQ this month –I am only digging a couple of inches deep, do I still need to call?

YES. The depth of the facility is not known. Damages & Incidents (top 3 for September 2015)

559 damage events in 59 counties

Telecommunications 209 events @ 37.39%

Cable TV 133 events @ 23.79%

Electric 94 events @ 16.82%

It is the LAW to report damage events Damages & Incidents Excavator Type

NC811 2015 Quarter 3: 1695 damage events in 82 Counties

Telecommunications 345 @ 20.35%

Natural Gas 291 @ 17.17%

Water 266 @ 15.69% Damages & Incidents Quarter by Month

July 526 events @ 31.03%

August 610 events @ 35.99%

September 559 events @ 32.98% Remote Ticket Entry (RTE)

September 2015 = 87,231 vs. September 2014 = 67,969

Total ticket entry = 140,786 Safe Digging Partner

Ingles Market

Van Wingerden Nurseries

They will put stickers on Mums

Will reach about 100,000 people

If you have safety events NC811 will be happy to come and share information Damage Reports

23 for TWC

59 for PNG

16 for BRS Open Discussion

Please try to bring your damage reports for the month to the meeting

Important to know if the lines were marked or not & who is at fault

We had 39 in attendance!!! 11 from PNG. GREAT!!

Biggest problem for some is mismarks. Majority are parallel

Positive response/does it help? Are you checking it? Did you download the APP?

Problem with positive response – requires you to call in 3 hour short notice ticket

Some tickets can involve 40+ homes on 1 ticket

Generalizations are not proof

A perfect storm of work

Safety & money issues when locates are not done

Everything we do is based on underground facilities

Dead lines are an issue with time & having locators come out for an emergency that really is not

USIC is great to work with

The best thing to do is to call in separate locates for all addresses instead of 1 ticket for a quarter mile that might involve 40 properties which will in fact get more locators out there

Facility owners are told to call in tickets from one location to the other NOT 1 ticket per property

Money driven instead of safety driven

No clear way to describe what USIC does

Locates should be a safety thing NOT a money thing

Shawn with USIC would like to know if lines were marked incorrectly & will find out WHY

PNG is working behind the scenes to make locating a better process on our end & working with USIC to get more workers out there. Take 30% off the top, stop calling in unnecessary tickets that won’t be worked for a while

Blanket tickets bogs down the system

Tickets have to be taken as they are given

The more we can help each other the better

Tickets need to be called in to the exact address where the work is going to be done

The more exact the ticket is called in the better it is going to be

NC811 & USIC educate about everything where locating is concerned

Put a small committee together just to focus on locate requests that meet biweekly

Sam’s last time at the meeting working for TWC

Certain areas like Mecklenburg County are high volume areas for USIC locators

Metro Tech, PNG, TWC, USIC & Google agreed to the small committee meetings

USIC is the largest locating company in America

USIC cannot higher sub-contractors when their volume increases & are short handed in Mecklenburg County

Duke Energy/PNG merger is great for USIC

Personal contact with the person who locates for your job is key The next meeting will be Wednesday, November 25, 2015 @ PNG on the Lower Level @ 11am Lunch will be provided by Badger Day Lighting.

NC811

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OCTOBER 2015

Mecklenburg County UCC Meeting

September 2015 Minutes MCUCC Meeting Minutes September 30, 2015 Call to order – Sam Gonzalez @ 10:04am Self-Introductions Review & approval of minutes – 10:09am Monthly narrative – Tami Stout Locate Request / Transmissions Total tickets – 1,020,494 = 17% increase vs. 2014 Transmissions – 5,013,730 = 19.6% increase vs. 2014

County ticket volume 19086 total tickets 909 average per day

County ticket volume YTD 168 work days 133364 total tickets 794 average locates per day

County ticket distribution August total = 19086 for Mecklenburg County

White lining stats August – White line = 25915 Total tickets = 142720 @ 18.2%

September 2015 Minutes

White lining in conclusion

White paint/flags should be a vital part of a successful excavation operation

White is the only color that should be used to mark the proposed site

White markings help eliminate confusion, reduces “Industrial Graffiti” & is the standard in the APWA color code

FAQ this month –Does a destroyed marks ticket get immediate response from locators?

No. Member facility owners have 3 full working days (excluding the day of notice) to provide a response & to mark any affected underground facility. These types of locates may be given a higher priority by the member facility owner, but that is not known by NC811. State law does not address a locate by time frame for “re-marks”. It is the responsibility of the excavator to maintain & preserve any marked/staked areas.

September 2015 Minutes

Damages & Incidents

600 damage events in 58 counties 99 in Mecklenburg County 16 of which did not have locates

Telecommunications 29 events

Electric 29 events

Cable TV 21 events

Natural Gas 10 events

Water 6 events

Unknown/Other 4 events 811 Kids

The Common Ground Alliance (CGA) manages call811.com as well as the development of 811 educational tools for industry & public use. The 811 materials are free for educators, troop 4-H leaders or parents to download & use in teaching children about 811.

September 2015 Minutes

Three Hour Notice/Ticket This means that if the excavator has waited the three full working days & “is aware of or observes indications of an unmarked facility” then NC811 will create a 3 hour notice/ticket when they receive the call from the excavator.

A 3 hour notice/ticket can be issued regardless if there is a Positive Response 999 code on the locate request

The 3 full working days for the initial locate must be complete or ALL members must have supplied positive response

The excavator is aware of or observes indications of an unmarked facility

September 2015 Minutes

Three Hour Notice/Ticket – How the law reads:

If an operator fails to respond to the positive response system, the excavator may proceed if there are no visible indications of a facility at the proposed excavation or demolition area, such as a pole, marker, pedestal, meter, or valve. However, if the excavator is aware of or observes indications of an unmarked facility at the proposed excavation or demolition area, the excavator shall not begin excavation or demolition until an additional call is made for the facility to be marked by the operator within three hours from the time the additional call is received by the Notification Center.

September 2015 Minutes

Some people are getting 3 hour tickets that are not due. They still have 12 hours left. Some are circumventing the law, using 3 hour tickets while others are not getting their tickets entered.

If the locater responds in a positive manner but there is a mistake will they give a 3 hour ticket? Yes, there should be a 3 hour ticket given. (Tami) She will check on this.

Locator marks a communication line in 3 areas; will they come out and give correct info before digging starts? If there are 2 marks for one utility it’s because they are getting a signal & must mark it or they will have to pay for a cut line. How accurate should it be? Call & they will get somebody out there to verify per (USIC personnel).

September 2015 Minutes

People are being told by utility companies; it’s ok to dig without marks. If there are no marks you should wait – what the law SHOULD say. It could be a matter of life or death! A photo example was passed around & shared by USIC. They are getting way too many requests to compensate & get them done on time.

What can we do with update tickets to help the situation? Stop calling in unnecessary updates? How can we all make it better? What parameters can we put in place to accomplish this? SUGGESTION: Take pictures of freshly marked lines to prevent calling in an update. Contractors keep tickets open until the job is finished & job has been inspected.

Use probe on marked lines to gage how deep line is.

USIC – they have 120 more locators this year. Project tickets are getting pushed back from all locating companies.

September 2015 Minutes

Destroyed marks ticket – why mark only one side of the road & then mark the other side on the remark when it was asked to mark both sides in the first place? Customer told by USIC employee that they were told to mark only one side. It’s a judgment call per USIC.

USIC gave an example of water main being close to fire hydrant. Respect among contractors must be given. We all make mistakes. Things are going to happen.

An APP by USIC called Dig Check allows you to look at your tickets. It gives you the numbers, pictures, locator’s notes and other information. It is free right now but there may be a charge next year.

September 2015 Minutes

Check out those stickers!

We are required to teach so NC811, Ingles & Van Wingerden Nurseries have partnered in a sticker program to help educate homeowners about 811 & calling before you dig. Stickers will be placed on mums this fall and on hanging baskets in the spring & sent to 10 stores in 6 states hoping to reach 100,000 people.

September 2015 Minutes

Damages

PRG- 61

PNG -51 damages 8 w/no locates

ATT – 45

City Storm Water has a lot of projects coming up & will be very busy Sugar Creek will be closed for 2 years at the railroad tracks

Presentation

Kesha from City of Charlotte/ Utility Coordinator 3 years

CityLynx/Goldline Street car Starter Project- one of six major transit projects

Planned 10 mile system

Quote of the month: Document, document, document!!!

• In the US, 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime.

• A man’s lifetime risk of breast cancer is about 1 in 1,000. • Getting a mammogram can help reduce the number of deaths from breast cancer by 30 to 40% among women ages 40 to 70

Breast Cancer Facts

Locate Request / Transmissions

YTD 2015 Tickets & Transmissions

Sept. 2015 vs 2014

Tickets September 2015

Tickets September 2014

140,720 118,698

18.6%

Transmissions September 2015

Transmissions September 2014

720,183 574,913

25.3%

Total Tickets – 1,161,280 17.2% increase vs. 2014

Transmissions – 5,733,913 20.3% increase vs. 2014

Last months stats compared with previous year

County Ticket Volume

Type Ticket % Measured against Total Tickets

3 HR CNCL NEW RXMT UPDT TOTAL % 3 HR % CNCL % NEW % RXMT % UPDT

2014 0 194 11329 11 4015 15549 2014 0.0% 1.2% 72.9% 0.1% 25.8%

2015 396 189 13161 628 5975 20349 2015 1.9% 0.9% 64.7% 3.1% 29.4%

-2.6% 16.2% 5609.1% 48.8% 30.9% 1.9% -0.3% -8.2% 3.0% 3.5%

YTD stats compared with previous year

County Ticket Volume

Type Ticket % Measured against Total Tickets

3 HR CNCL NEW RXMT UPDT TOTAL % 3 HR % CNCL % NEW % RXMT % UPDT

2014 0 1138 91614 99 33346 126197 2014 0.0% 0.9% 72.6% 0.1% 26.4%

2015 1063 1600 103614 4677 42759 153713 2015 0.7% 1.0% 67.4% 3.0% 27.8%

40.6% 13.1% 4624.2% 28.2% 21.8% 0.7% 0.1% -5.2% 3.0% 1.4%

County Ticket Distribution MECKLENBURG 20349

BERRYHILL 2

CHARLOTTE 16168

CHARLOTTE OUT 754

CHEMWAY 1

CLEAR CREEK 39

CORNELIUS 460

DAVIDSON 280

HUNTERSVILLE 1107

MATTHEWS 559

MIDLAND 2

MINT HILL 513

PAW CREEK 5

PINEVILLE 382

STALLINGS 8

STERLING 2

UNIVERSITY PLACE 67

FAQ this month

I am only digging a couple of inches deep, do I still need to call?

Yes, the depth of the facility is not known.

Damages & Incidents

Damages & incidents

Damages & Incidents

Damages & Incidents

Remote Ticket Entry

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