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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPWC Minutes 2004-02-24�C��j DME TO f1ighway Department 106 `ever t Mile Drive, Ithaca, NY 14850 PUblicworks@town,.ithaca.ny.us 1110NE (607) 273­1656 Roads, Parks, ['rails, Sewer, and Water "I"OWN OF I'THACA PLJ BLIC WORKS commiTTEE T'Llesday, February 24,,2004,8:00 a.t.n. public Works Facility L Approval of Mi,nLI.tCS a. December 2,2003 bJanuary 27, 2004 2. Review Water Projects a. Stone Quarry T-Main. b. Bostwick Road'I"ank. c. Eco-village Talik. d. Coy Glen Pump Station and T-Main. 3. Discussion on East 1--fill Water'Tank Design 4. Discussion on Skmth Hill 'I"ransmission Main 5. Review SLITniner Projects a. TLACIO Park ConstrLACti011 b. i1","W Trail —East Ithaca Recreation Way Construction c. Woolf Lane Park Construction & Caldwell Road Reconstruction e. Evergreen Lane Reconstruction f. Rich Road ReconstrLlCtiOn g+"ater I'ank Fainting/Security Fencing h. Nortliview Water Grid i. Hanshaw Road Water Main j. TrUmansbUrg Road Water '"Tank k, Northeast/SOLIth 1] ill Sewer Improvements L Water Systern Telemetry ghk FAX (607) 272­6070 Daii Dan Staff '- f -e G.11v1'1' MSPTSMON DAZE T OWN OF FFHACA Public Works Corninittee February 24,2004, Minutes Public Works FacilitY, 8:00 a.m. 0 Present: Peter Stein, Cathy Valentino, Sandy Gittleonan, Dan Walker, Fred Noteboom, Rich Schoch, Wayne Sincebaugh, and Gene Redn'ian The niceting be at 8:15 arn. The minutes froni December and January were approved. R(WieNN Bostwick Road/Stone Quarry Road Project: On Bostwick Road, the water Inain has been installed and the tank is finished. On Stone Quarry Road the f�inal restoration needs to be conipleted; the rest is finished. Then 'lown's PUblic Works forces will install plantings at Bostwick Road tank. Eco-Village (West Fuin rank) Project: 'This is corripleted with the exception of the restoration and landscaping work, The rown,s public Works forces will do the landscaping. Coy Glen Road Water Main project: The Water Inain has been installed. and the ptunp station has been set. The floor (for the purnp st�ation) still needs to be pot,ired. The flushing and testing of the pipes will be done after the punip station is complete, The ['oven's forces will be doing the plantings at this site. Dan Walker said that aie'rown of utysses water line pr('.)ject is not done yet, J`he pump station has been set and the pipes are in the ground. T'he hook LIP connections and testing should be done around April Ist and testing and chloriniation of the lines should be done around May 14. They Conn-nittee discussed that this project will be both the 'Town of Ithaca and the Town of Ulysses. Shoidd the J'own of Ithaca need to repair the, %vater lines or the water tank in the West Hill area (including the hospital), this line will allow theTown to bypass the brcak area so it can be fixed and the residents (and hospital) should continue k,-) have water dUring the repair. And, of course, the'Fown of Ulysses will get, much needed water to residents. „Public Works Committee Minutes, February 24,2004 V M 'rhere was a discussion regarditig the 'Town of Newfieldrequesting the Town. of Ithaca to provide water to parts of that'Town. According to a newspaper article, the Fawn of Ithaca turned down the'rown of Newfield's proposal. "I"his is not entirely true. The Town of Ithaca indicated that it Would have to be approved by the Town of Ithaca's Planning Board and the J`own Board. East [Jill Water'"I"'ank -D ............................ Bolton Point will be building as 750,000-gallon water tank oil I'litngerford I fill as part of their distribution system. This will help maintain reserves if there were amy disruptions in the transinission system. This will be as buried tank, similar to the Eco-Village tank. South Flill'"I"ransmission Main rhef-own,s rmgmeering Departrrient has started to review the failing transmission - rnain that feeds the South Hill area (of theTown) with water. We would. like to put in as larger main. Currently, there is an 8” main, and we would like to iricrease to a 12" mahl. Currently, this mairl carries 600 gallons per minute, and we would like to go ill) to'1,000 to 1,200 gallons per IllinUtC. We Would have to get an easernent frorn Ithaca College. "Flie currently estimate to complete this project would be $300,000. The Committee reviewed Bolton Point's system throughout the TcAvil, Review Surnmer Prcl' t a. Tutelo Park Construction. We have as design for the park. The work is budgeted and divided over as two-year spari. This year, 2004, we are considering contracting all the earth moving work OLlt, There are two parts of the project that will be done by interested citizen groups involving interactive walking trails and signage. A neighborhood meeting will be field before we proceed. b. William and 1-fannah Pew Section -.—East Ithaca Recreation Wily Constrilctioli. "I"he issues about developing sorne of the land in that area have been settled. We are preparing, to go ahead and start constructio 11 this year, c. Woolf Lane Park ConStrUCHOII. In 2004, we will be working oil design work for the Woolf Lane park, and construction is state(] to start in 2005, d. Caldwell Road Reconstruction. We have as plan that has been. looked at by the 1, ransportation Corni-nittee, the Public Works Corruriittce, and the "Fown Board, We are ready to move iihead, The Plantations at Corriell Public Works Committee Minutes, February 24,2004 Page 3 ghk have looked at our plans and are in agreement. The only thing we need to do is meet with the people of Forest Home, and they don't want to do anything until they get their traffic study back. e. Evergreen Lane Reconstruction. Everything is ready to go on this project. We will be having a meeting with the neighborhood to go over the plans for this project before we proceed. Rich Road Reconstruction. This project is a rehabilitation project for Rich Road. It will give the road a new surface and upgrade the drainage on the road. g. Water Tank Painting/ Security Fencing. There is an on -going maintenance line to keep our water tanks in good shape. The fencing around the tank sites is installed for safety reasons to keep people from our water tanks. Ridgecrest Road tank is scheduled to be fenced this year. h. Northview Water Grid/Water System Telemetry. The Northview water grid needs a new guard valve. This project along with the water system telemetry is part of the West Hill water project. This will help maintain the pressures we need to pump water to West Hill. The telemetry is needed to tell the pumps when to work and to monitor the system. i. Hanshaw Road Water Main. We discussed the design and timing of replacing this section of water main in conjunction with Tompkins County's planned rebuilding of Hanshaw Road in 2005 and 2006. Trumansburg Road Water Tank. This tank has long needed maintenance to remove rust and repaint the tank. We have not been able to take it off- line until we could provide water to West, Hill alternatively. Now that the tank at Eco-Village is complete we should be able to do this project this year. k. Northeast/South Hill Sewer Improvements. These are small projects to deal with infiltration problems in our sewer lines.