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- MARCHAM HALL
/- 836 HANSHAW ROAD Telephone
607-257-1238
ITHACA. N.Y. 14850 Fax
607-257-4910
ENGINEER'S REPORT Office Hours
9A.M.-4PM.
DATE: August 3, 2011
TO: BOARD OF TRUSTEES
FROM: Brent Cross
RE: Recent Activity
1. Although we have not been able to have a Public Works Committee meeting to discuss the new
radios for the DPW, I have reviewed the quote from Midstate Communications with the
Treasurer. I believe that we are in agreement as to the action to pursue, but with Steve on
vacation this week, I have not been able to prepare a final proposal ahead of time- Maybe I can
discuss this with him on Monday and be prepared with a proposal for the meeting.
2. The proposed local law to revise the sewer billing method will only directly affect the Village
"inside customers". Billing of the "outside customers" is done through contractual relationship
between the Village and each of the towns. Once the revised law is adopted, we will need to
work with the other towns to implement the new billing cycle into our budget. Since the towns
budget year cycles are different than the village, then there will need to be some calculating to
prorate the billing from the old to new systems- This is a reminder that we have contracts with
"outside' municipalities for several different sewer districts, of which most/all of these contracts
are expired and in need of renewal-
3. As a preliminary notice, I have had discussions with various people from the Town of Lansing
relative to the possible expansion of the Warren Road Sewer District to include a relatively large
development of apartments by Rocco Lucente. I have indicated to the Town Engineer that this
would require them to request a modification to the existing contract between the Town and the
Village of Cayuga Heights for the sewer district. There is no action to take at this point.
4. The Planning Board has recently taken action on two separate subdivision projects:
The Upland Road development by Mark Macenas has been granted final approval with a
number of conditions. The most significant condition is that he must submit proof of compliance
with the US Army Corp of Engineers permitting of disturbance to locally identified wetlands.
Therefore, a permit to allow this project to begin is pending the wetlands approval which,
according to Mr. Macenas, has not been submitted to USACE yet.
Another smaller subdivision between Pleasant Grove Road and Pleasant Grove Lane, by
developer Jason Sokoloff, has also received final plat approval. This project does not include
the construction of any infrastructure- The approval was conditioned upon the documentation of
an agreement between the developer and the Pleasant Grove Lane Homeowner's Association
for access to one of the lots that has frontage on the private lane.
5. The redesign of the crosswalk at Kendal's driveway and the new bus stop/shelter have been
approved by the appropriate parties. Construction scheduling has been hindered by the lack of
availability of the granite curbing installer. Both projects are still expected to be complete this
construction season-
6. The design of the Marcham Hall addition project has continued with the Architects submittal of
structural roof design elements for me to perform an engineering analysis- For the most part the
design will stay substantially as was submitted/approved at the last meeting.