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HomeMy WebLinkAboutEngineer's Report 4/5/1971• RLPORT OF ENGINEER April 5, 1971 I. Elm Tree Removal A check was made with Tree Warden Pimentel, General Arborists and the Village General Foreman and as of March 26th there were still three marked elm trees on Village rightof ways to be removed. Ode on Highland Road, one on Brook Lane and the other is on Kelvin Place. All three are fairly large trees and Will cost $80 to $100 each to remove. To date the last bill submitted by General Arborists, dated March 22 is for $989.60. Since then mdre work was done by this company and the amount to be billed will be $967.60 II. Fire House Site Work Site work of moving trees and bushes has been laid out for the general fore- man. General Arborists has agreed to work with our men to transplant three larger trees and to complete the work before General Contractor Thomas McCarthy wants to move in. Site work of the excavation for the new drive in front of the new fire house was staked out. This excavation and the installation of a two foot gravel base can proceed as it will fit into the schedule of the Village general foreman. Mr. Heasley of the Corners Community Center is being contacted in hopes that it will be possible to dispose of excavated soil on the low areas to the west and north at the back of the Village Fire Hall lot. III. Construction of Fire House Addition • A meeting was held with the Architects, Mayor, Fire Chief and General Contractor on ?•larch 24th. The Architect is preparing a small change order required to meet the fire regulations. It will involve the increasing of the height of the windows in the front of the office portion of the addition by 1' -1 feet and also the placing of a curb of 114- feet to the present boiler room and a required door change to the boiler room. The Architect was re- quested to prepare his plans and specifications for this change order and have them submitted to the Contractor so that the Contractor could submit his bid for doing this change and extra work. It is my opinion that the cost should be under $50 if anything, as the actual increase cost to the con- tractor is negligible. IV. Car Wash Construction Within the Village Giordano Construction Inc. wants to proceed with the construction of a car wash which was brought before the Board a year ago. A letter to Teetor- Dobbins has been sent.asking for their opinions and recommendations as to the treatment of effluent from a car wash as it might effect the new second- ary and tertiary treatments now under design by their firm. As a result of Teetor- Dobbins recommendations there might be some restrictions on the effluent on the car wash that the Board might want to establish before the approval of construction. V. Jacobs Subdivision on Fleck Road Discussion on the approval of the Jacobs subdivision have been held with Professor Jacobs and also his Engineer Thomas Miller. One remaining matter to be resolved is the sewer line right of way across Jacobs land so that his land and a major part of Lansing can be served by the Village of Cayuga Heights Sewage Treatment Plant. At this point Professor Jacobs land would be more greatly benefitted than any other by a sewer line running across his property. • Engineer's Report Page 2 V. Jacobs Subdivision on Fleck Road (continued) Because one exact location of the sewer line right of way is not known and because the party to receive the right of way is not clear (The Village of Cayuga Heights, Tompkins County. Sewer Agency or the Town of Lansing) be has been advised by his lawyer not to grant a right of way until these matters are cleared up. In a way of resolving this matter, I think which would be acceptable to Professor Jacobs would be to ask him to submit to the Village a letter of intent to grant a right of way when it is needed and the location can be established. This letter of intent could be in some way binding on his heirs or his assigns. VI. Schoenfeld's Proposed Road in Northeast Corner of the Village. Numerous telephone calls have been received from Mr. Schoenfeld. It is now proposed that if the road is approved in the location as last presented to the Board, the entire construction of the road except for bituminous concrete paving would be completed by Mr. Schoenfeld before the road is turned over to the Village. VII. Request to Discontinue a Short Drive at Fire House There have been an increasing number of cars turning into the fire house parking lot driveway on the way to the Corners Community Center. This presents a hazzard to the cars parked at the fire house. Fire Chief Boice has requested that the small driveway connecting the fire house parking lot with the Corners Community Center parking area be removed. VIII. Municipal Cooperation As a representative of the Village, the Engineer has met with representatives of the City of Ithaca, Town of Ithaca, Tompkins County and the Town of Lans- ing as a municipal cooperation committee headed by Mr. William S. Downing, Jr. At the last meeting the possibility of requesting a planning report through a State Program was discussed. The report would be to investigate the feas- ibility of a consolidated single governmental body for the Greater Ithaca Area. The formula of funding is described in a letter from the Office of Planning Coordination to William S. Downing would be two thirds Federal, one sixth State and one sixth local government or governments. The local share .. might run $20,000 and be shared between the city, county, towns of Lansing and Ithaca and the Village of Cayuga Heights. The reaction of the Village Board of Trustees to establishing and financing such a report is requested by Mr. Downing's committee. REPORT OF ZONING OFFICER April 5, 1971 There were no building permits issued during the past month, The Zoning Board of Appeals after a second hearing with Mr.Thompson of Patten's Jewelers granted a variance of a roof overhang into a side yard set back at their commercial building located on Pleasant Grove Road.