HomeMy WebLinkAboutEngineer's Report July 1970VILLAGE OF CAYUGA HEIGHTS
REPORT OF THE ENGINEER
JULY 1970
REFUSE COLLECTION
After negotiations with the City of Ithaca permission was received by Mr. Robert 0.
Deman to use the City of Ithaca Solid Waste Disposal Area until July 18, 1970 at
which time this area will be closed. The County Sanitary Landfill Area to serve
the northeast section of the County including the Village of Cayuga Heights is
scheduled to be open on July 20, 1970. Collection routes have not as yet been
changed.
STREETS
The gasoline driven AC Welder and Power Plant was purchased and has been in operation
for the past few weeks. This unit can be used as an emergency generator for power
supply of 110 volts DC current.
Upon the recommendation of the Public Works Foreman, Bob Tyrrell, authorization was
given to purchase a used 4 -wheel drive power wagon for $450. This vehicle came
on the market on short notice and seemed to fit well our needs for an off the road
heavy duty prime mover for our air compressor. or sewer rodder. At the time of pur-
chase the truck needed a new motor Mr. Tyrrell has 1 Gated such a motor and assures
S�EaoL� cost for putting the truck in good operating condition will be about $150
Bids were received for the supply of sewer pipe and awarded at the Special Board
Meeting held July 13, 1970, Notice of award to the low bidder, Haverstick and
Company, Inc. of Ithaca has been sent. Delivery of the pipe will be made before
• the end of the month.
The heavy rain storm of July 3rd caused the flow at the Village Sewer Disposal
Plant to exceed 3 million GPD but the flow at that level lasted only a very short
time. Here again indicating that any infiltration problems are from some direct
surface connection or a connection near a stream bed. Flow charts will be available
at the Village meeting.
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A copy of the Village contract with the City for water service and hydrant service
was secured and the following is quotation of section 8 of that contract, "The City
agrees to operate all valves, service all hydrants (not including repairs) and do
necessary flushing of mains without additional charge for water used in such
operations. The Village agrees to pay all labor charges involved in flushing said
mains. The City also agrees to operate and maintain all pumping stations and storage
tanks, at the option of the District for which rervice the Village agrees to re-
imburse the City." It was not clear as to the meaning of "service all hydrants
(not including repairs)" so a meeting was held between the engineer and Mr. Hannan
of the City Water Department on July 1. A copy of Fire Chief Boice memo on service
dated June 21 was shown to Mr. Hannan and he agreed that the City would do the
hydrant inspection and servicing for the fee of $75 per hydrant per year paid by
the Village. He stated that a crew was doing the inspection of hydrants in the
Village. In the City the City Water Department has done a major part of the
inspections. This familiarizes the firemen with the hydrant locations and also
makes use of available time of paid firemen. The Village situation differs in
• that we have no paid fireman and there is no available time from the Village streets
and maintenance men to carry out the inspections, A copy of the report sheet filled
out by men making the inspections for the City wi" be turned over to Fire Chief
Boice. It is suggested that he deal directly with Mr. Hannan for the inspections
he thinks are necessary on the fire hydrants.
Engineer's Report
STREETS - STORM SEWERS
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• Little damage occurred in the big rainstorm of July 3rd. A few culverts became
plugged and water overflowed the streets. On East Upland where we were requested
not to install a new culvert at the Webster property, the water overflowed East
Upland Road. This did not cause any damage to the road or the shoulders. At the
corner of Midway and Klinewoods Road a culvert that had overflowed a number of
times before 'again overflowed with the heavy rainfall. On July 13th the culvert
was dug up and replaced. A large 2 x 6 was lodged in the center of this culvert
and was a major source of the problem. At 310 Triphammer Road the newly graded
playing field of the University caused the drainage system to plug up and water
flowed over Triphammer Road. The bank next to the sidewalk was eroded. The
University replaced the washed out area the Monday after the storm.
REMOVAL OF DEAD ELM TREES
Clarification is requested as to the Village position and Village authority to
proceed with the removal of dead elm trees on private property during the summer,
fall or winter. If we do not set up a system that will give the Village adequate
time to move in and do the removal themselves before those landowners who will not
cooperate,it seems that a almost year round surveillance notification and removal
system is needed.
STREET OPENING PERMITS
During the past month 2 street opening permits were issued.
• The New York State Electric and Gas Company is in the process of replacing gas
mains on a number of the Village streets. The majority of the work is being done
outside of the paved road but within the road right of way. There are places where
the paved road must be crossed and in these locations proper backfill and tamping
is being carried out to reduce settlement to a minimum. Inspection crews said the
roads have been left in very good shape and the adjoining property owners land is
put back in as near as possible to the previous condition.
J. B. Rogers
Village Engineer
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