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Candie Leader <br />From: <br />Rob Rector <rob@m2industrial.com> <br />Sent: <br />Monday, October 09, 2017 3:34 PM <br />To: <br />Candie Leader; Mark Cook; Jim Van De Venter <br />Subject: <br />Bowers Field Gate <br />I am writing in regards to the East Gate at the Bowers Field location. Kittitas County Public Works notified me that the <br />East Gate had possibly struck a vehicle while closing. I went to the site and determined that the photo eyes were not <br />functional. I also attempted to reverse the gate by activating the gate safety edge. This was also not functional. I <br />removed the cover from the transmitter and found that the battery was missing. The gate edge was also damaged on <br />the top from having contact with the latch post assembly. This may have been affecting the gate function and possibly <br />the reason the battery was removed. I left a message for Jim indicating what I had found. At the time I did not know <br />that he was on vacation. Approximately 2 days later Candie called me about the gate. I told her what I found and that I <br />had left a message with Jim, she told me that he was on vacation and that I had the go ahead to replace the gate edge <br />and transmitter so that they were functional. I also told her that I would not be able to replace the photo eye until the <br />fire risk was lower. I have to grind and weld to complete the photo eye replacement and there is a lot of dry brush at <br />the gate location. <br />Mark Cook also contacted me after the initial call and inquired about the responsibility of the county to the owner of the <br />damaged vehicle. I told him what I had found with the items that were not working. I also told him that in order for the <br />gate to hit a car, the car would have to be parked within the gate opening for at least 20 seconds. The gate has an auto <br />timer on it that holds it open and then starts to close. Im not sure why someone would park in the middle of the gate <br />for that long and/or get out of their vehicle and leave it there. I also noted that there was no damage to the gate edge <br />where it would strike a vehicle in motion. The gate operator also has a built in sensor that monitors and detects a spike <br />in motor current load when there is contact with an obstruction. This also causes the gate to reverse. I don't know how <br />much damage there was to the vehicle, but I don't feel the gate could have done much since it is a slow speed strike and <br />then reverses. It doesn't hit with momentum, it just pushes and then reverses. <br />If I can be of help in any way please feel free to call me. <br />Thanks <br />Rob <br />ROB RECTO; I Estimator 1(509) 999.4502 <br />6 <br />4V9 q <br />INDUSTRIAL, INC. <br />General Contractors <br />C"Icw: (503)443-67031 Fix (5") 925-6444 <br />`aU Ha-s;a Hid I L,,�go; 7 VeA 9213a I u wrr 12,1 J, _. r,i con <br />