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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPWC Minutes 2004-05-25P1 ION E ((,,)()7) 273-1656 TORN OF ITHACA Highway Department 106 Seven Mile Drive, Ithaca, NY 1,4850 pu.bli.cworks@towii.ithaca.ny.us Roads, Parks,'rrafls, Sewer, and Water TOWN OF IT] i ACA PUBLIC' WORKS COMMITTEE Tuesday, May 25, 2004, 8:00 ami. Public Works Facility 1. Approval. of Minutes a. April 27,2004 2. Discussion on Valley View Water Extension. 3. Review of Capital Projects a. Status Review i. Construction ii. Telemetry b. East Trill ,ran C. Town of Ulysses/Woolf Lane Punip Station 4. Discussion on Paving Projects. ghk J'AX (607) 272-6076 May 25, 2004, Minutes Public Works Facility, 8:00 a.m. Present: Peter Stein, Cathy Valentino, Sandy Gittlen'lan, Dan Walker, Fred Noteboom, Rich Schoch, Mike Smith; and Gwne Redman The meeting began at 8:05 am. The minutes from the April. 27, 2004, meeting were approved. Valle View l�er�rcl. Water l�xte�nsican. Dan Walker stated that the Town extended the water (to the end house) on Valley View Road. This was possible due to the added pressure from. the new tank on West Hill. Before the extension, some houses had very long services and used pumps to get the water to their houses. We extended the line approximately 440 feet and used an 8" pipe. The'rown also received an easement frorn 125 Valley View Road (end house) so that we could build a turn around. This is so we can turn the snow plows around in the winter without tearing tip the property there. Cathy Valentino asked where the rnoney was coming from, and Dan said that we are taking it from the regular scheduled fine maintenance expense account. Review of Current �Pr(:�e�cts, Dan informed the Committee that we are in the process of trying to close out the water project at the Flospital. The contractor has put in a claim for more money. The Town has denied it. CoriseqUently, the contractor has not signed off to get their, retainage money. They are asking for approximately $10,000 and the retainage is between $30,000 and $40,000. Dan and Wayne Sincebaugh will be meeting with them, to discuss this further. Bostwick Road/Stone Quarry Road "Fransmission Line: We will be making the final payment on this project at the next Board Meeting. "o,"INblic Works COMITlittee MioUtes, May 25, 2004 '4 flage 2 -orrie gradint g o be done, although thelNea ther Eco-Village WaterTank: "There is still s has not been conducive to work up there. There is also some landscaping to be done after the grading is done. Our forces will do the landscaping. Coy Glen Road PUrnp Station: The f.)LIMPS are being started today. This project is almost done, The Town will be paving the road in, early June. Telernetry Project: We are working with. the Boards to get the OK for antennas to be put on some of the tanks for the telemetry to work. E,ast f 'fill Tank (on Hun, erford Hill). Bolton Point is getting an appraisal for, the land. Cornell University feels it is worth snore than Bolton Point does, This project may not get started until next year (unless the appraisal ancl easement are done before August 'Ist), this is due to the fact that all the concrete needs to be poured at thew sani,e time, Town of Ulysses: All the work from the corifractor is completed. The Town has corne restoration work to do now, The tank is working and the fire department has done flow testing. We will now ask the Town, Board to accept the pump station. Dan said that we have the old pump station that we would like to sell. It is operational and still in the ground so that as potential buyer could see it running. We are looking into the cost of extending the water on W. King Road. This will go through the capital planning process. EL'Ar]&L,q*A�, Fred Noteboorn said that we are ready to have Evcrgreen Lane —the underground drainage pipes have been put in. We ar(,, ready to start Putting in the underground drainage pipes on Rich Road. We are hoping to be done with the drainage by the end of the week, We are planning on paving the first week in June. Coy Glen Road will be paved at the same tissue. We are going to replace, as few culvert pipes before the paving is done. I Caldwell Road: We will be closing Caldwell Road on June 1, 2004, Until around August 20, 20(W It will be closed froni Carnpus, Road to Plantation Road. Public Works Committee Minutes, May 25, 2004 Page 3 Miscellaneous Peter Stein talked to Hal Kraft (Cornell University) regarding the Town-'s problem with trying to deal with too many people. Hal agreed and said that we should be talking to Gary Stewart or John Gutenberger. Cathy said that, in the past, Cornell University has been hard to work with —this may be because people at Cornell don't really listen to each other. Slaterville Road/Frandsen: The Town is in the process of talking to an appraiser for possible eminent domain. We need the easement to repair the gully at Ewings, but Mr. Frandsen wants the Town to give him some lots (of land) for it. Inspection Station: The Town Highway Department currently conducts the New York State inspections required to drive vehicles. The State is implementing a new system whereas the Town will have to purchase computer equipment and have a phone line so that when inspections are done, the information is conveyed to the State right then. This equipment will cost about $1,600 to purchase. Each time we call the State, we will be charged .36 or approximately $ 140 a year. We need to transfer some money to get the equipment and this will be going to the Town Board for their approval. Friedrick's: The landscape restorations have been completed. We replaced some plants. Storm Water Management: Tompkins County is responsible for their own storm water management (storm drains), although the Town may have some responsibility after it comes to our storm drains. Cathy said that consultant firms have contacted the Town regarding the designs of Hanshaw Road and Coddington Road. We would like to be involved in the process (before the final design is completed and approved), although the County is adamant that we do not need to be involved at this time. Bill Lesser (Town Board) has talked to the County and Dick Booth (County representative) does not know where the Highway Department is in the process. Cathy will talk to John Lampman regarding this. The Town has concerns about their storm water management plan and pedestrian access for those roads. Tutelo Park: The Eagle Scouts have worked on the nature trail at Tutelo Park. We will have a public meeting regarding the plans for this park. The meeting ended at 9:08 a.m. ghk