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TOWN OF ITHACA
Public Works Committee
April 29,2008,9:00 a.m.
Public Works Facility
Present: Peter Stein, Bill Goodman, Pat Leary, Dan Walker, Fred Noteboom,
Rich Schoch, and Mike Smith.
Guests: Creig Hebdon, Kristin Taylor,Susan Reha, and Stephen Wagner
The meeting began at 9:07 a.m.
The March 25, 2008, meeting minutes were approved.
Town Hall Roof
Dan Walker explained that pitched part of the roof would not work if solar
panels were put in. The flat side could have solar panels, although there are
some structural issues to work out.
Dan reiterated that it will be approximately$150,000 to repair the roof and there
is no money budgeted in 2008. Dan suggested that we could patch it until
money was available in 2009. Peter Stein felt that we should move ahead instead
of patching it.
Dan will have a plan and cost estimates for the full Board at their June meeting.
East King Road Sewer
There are five houses on E. King Road between Troy Road and Ridgecrest Road
that have septic systems instead of municipal sewer. This project has been on the
capital plan for some time now, and when it was put on the plan it was estimated
to cost around$50,000. In 2008, the cost estimate is approximately $101,000.
Typically, sewer (and water) lines are built by a contractor developing a
subdivision. The houses between Troy Road and Ridgecrest Road are older and
not part of a subdivision. The area is very rocky so putting in new septic systems
would be very expensive.
The Committee discussed the criteria for doing sewer and water line installation.
Currently, there is not policy or guideline. There used to be sewer districts set
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up,but now it is a town-wide cost. Health issues usually warrants putting in
sewer lines.
This particular project was evaluated during the capital projects process and
deemed necessary.
The Committee felt that we need a policy on this. The Committee discussed if
this project should be put on hold until the policy is written. Pat Leary felt that
this project should not be held up to develop a policy because it was on the
capital plan and they are waiting for us to do the work.
Dan said that we would put in the main, but the residents will have to pay to
have their lateral hooked to the main.
We will take this project's specifications before Town Board for their approval
and start working on a policy for this type of project. It was pointed out that
some times the Town will have to look at projects on a case by case basis.
Northeast Drainage
Creig Hebdon handed out maps that were created after the survey was
completed in the Northeast. The maps show the properties canvassed, filled out
surveys, specific problems, and the area broken down into smaller sections.
Creig's recommendations for a plan of action include having culverts and
erosion of ditches evaluated by the Public Works staff, dying trees reviewed by
the Park's Maintenance Manager, and field work surveying by the Engineering
Department. This will help to formulate possible remediation plans for the
Town to undertake or recommendations for resident to implement.
The Committee felt that we need to figure out what is the resident's problem and
what is ours.
Susan Reha pointed out that the drainage systems have been changed over the
years.
The Committee agreed that we need to have another public meeting. This
meeting has been set for May 28th at 7:00 p.m. in the Northeast Elementary
school. We will have a sign put up at the corner of Hanshaw Road and Warren
Road regarding the meeting.
The Committee discussed how the surveying will be done and Creig explained
that we use Engineering students from Cornell, etc. Most interns are paid
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through outside funding, although we pay for a few. We also discussed having
the Engineering staff take a camera and take pictures during heavy rain events.
The Committee discussed the State has mandated Town's have a storm water
management plan. We continue to develop a plan using the northeast as a guide.
Dan also pointed out that there are other areas of the Town that streams are
flooding. We will put this on the next agenda.
ROW will be on the next meeting agenda.
The meeting was adjourned at 10:15 a.m.
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