HomeMy WebLinkAbout1991 Dryden Initiative Acquisition of Sewage PlantDRYDEN INITIATIVE
ACQUISITION OF ADDITIONAL SEWAGE PLANT CAPACITY
November 15/ 1991
Presented To:Prepared by:
Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment
Plant Joint Owners
Town of Dryden
George Schlecht, P.E.,L.S
Town Engineer
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TOWN OF DRYDEN • DRYDEN, NEW YORK
65 EAST MAIN STREET. DRYDEN, NEW YORK 13053
607-844-8619 In the Heart of the Finger Lakes Region
OFFICE OF THE SUPERVISOR
November 15, 1991
Mr. Phillip L. Cox
Chairman
Special Joint Subcommittee
Ithaca Area Waste Water Treatment Plant
Third Street
Ithaca, New York 1485p
Dear Mr. Cox:
Thank you for the opportunity to present the concept of the
"Dryden Initiative" at the meeting of the committee on October
21st. We particularly appreciate the amount of time provided
considering the short notice of our request.
Acting committee chairperson Shirley Ruffinsperger suggested
that we formalize our proposal and submit it in writing to the
committee for consideration. Because of the urgency of the matter
we have also provided information copies to the elected officials
on the governing boards of the three municipalities that own the
plant.
We believe that this initiative facilitates the acquisition
of sewage treatment capacity by those municipalities in critical
need of such capacity either because of the Cayuga Heights
moratorium or the high cost of "on-site" system construction and
replacement. The Town of Dryden, in offering this proposal, is in
a unique position of assuming a leadership role as both an original
sponsor and owner of the project as well as being a municipality
whose citizens recognize the benefits that public sewers bring to
the local environment and the economy of the region.
Please note that the "Dryden Initiative" is based on the
commitment that the sewage treatment capacity requested for
allocation outside of the current Ithaca Area Waste Water Treatment
Plant planning area will be purchased along the lines of the buy
in costs set forth in the January 1990 Stearns & Wheler report
attachments D and E as revised in November of 1990. The actual buy
in costs would be based on percentages calculated using the
"outside" capacity requested by Dryden.
We further recognize that the time will come when the
"immediate expansion" described in attachment B of the Stearns &
Wheler report will also be .necessary. Drydeh is prepared to
participate in the cost of that expansion in proportion to the
needs of all owners at that time.
We would appreciate the opportunity to further review this
proposal with the SJS at the earliest opportunity.
Very truly yours.
es F. Schug
cc; Members of S.J.S. Committee
Jeannine Kirby, Town of Lansing Supervisor
Ted Wixom, Mayor of Lansing
Common Council of Ithaca
Town Board Ithaca
City Controller, D. Cafferillo
City Engineer, William Gray
Town Board Dryden
DRYDEN INITIATIVE
ACQUISITION OF ADDITIONAL SEWAGE PLANT CRPACITY
November 15, 1991
Presented To:Prepared by:
Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment
Plant Joint Owners
Town of Dryden
George Schlecht, P.E.,L.S
Town Engineer
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Table of Contents
Executive Summary Pg. 1
History Pg. 2
Statement of Objective Pg. 5
Discussion of Benefits Pg. 6
Town and Village of Lansing Buy In Pg. 7
Appendix #1 Pg. 8
Appendix #2 Pg. 9
Appendix #3 Pg. 10
Appendix #4 Pg- 11
Exhibit #1
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Town of Dryden currently owns approximately one percent
of the Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Facility. The Town of
Dryden wishes to expand their treatment capacity by an additional
200,000 gallons per day to service areas within the existing SJS
planning area. This additional capacity would be' bought in
accordance with the terms of the intermunicipal agreement. It is
contemplated that 100,000 gallons per day would be bought in 1992
and another 100,000 gallons per day within 5 years.
The Town of Dryden also proposes purchasing an additional
200,000 - 400,000 gallons per day of existing excess capacity from
either the Town of Ithaca or the City of Ithaca. This additional
capacity would be purchased for areas outside the SJS planning
area.
The various service areas are shown on Exhibit #1 and the
projected future flows for a 20 year study period are shown on
Table 1.
TABLE #1
TOWN OF DRYDEN
SUMHARY OF
20 YEAR PROJECTION
OF
SEWER FLOWS
Inside S.J.S. Planning Area as Revised:
1 1991 2011
Existina Future
(GPD)(GPD)
Varna 50,000 55,000
Monkey Run 50,000 .100-200,000
Turkey Hill 0 42,000
Southwest 0 n 63.000
260-360,000
Outside S.J.S. Planning Area as Revised:
Southwest 0 37,000
Northwest 0 150-250.000
187-287,000
Additional Capacity Needed:naj. uapaciTiy r^eeaea: \ / \
Inside (l6G,000 to 260,000 GPD) +
Outside' 187,000 to.287,000 GPD
HISTORY
The Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Facility is a 10,000,000
MGD capacity activated sludge plant located in the City of Ithaca.
It is owned jointly by the City of Ithaca, Town of Ithaca and Town
of Dryden.
The Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Facility was completed
in 1987 at a cost of approximately $35,000,000. It was constructed
under the provisions of the Clean Water Act of 1972. It was one of
the last projects funded under a grants program wherein the federal
government typically provided 75% of the funding and the state
government 12.5%.
Due to the use of innovative technology the state and federal
grants actually amounted to approximately 90% of the cost of the
project. Without an aggressive unified effort by local, state and
federal elected officials, representing each of the owning
municipalities, the local community would have lost over
$30,000,000.
The Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Facility includes a
septage facility for the treatment of septic tank waste from those
areas of Tompkins County that do not have public sewers. The local
share of the costs of this facility was provided by Tompkins
County.
An intermunicipal agreement provides for the allocation of
the capital construction cost and operating costs. The agreement
includes provisions for the reallocation of capacity amongst the
owners. At the outset the capacity acquired by each municipality
was as follows:
City of Ithaca 5,744,500 gpd
Town of Ithaca 4,157,400 gpd
Town of Dryden 98.100 gpd
Total 10,000,000 gpd
The original planning area has been enlarged once to include
the Monkey Run Sewer District in the Town of Dryden, Appendix #3
includes the background correspondence which led to this adjustment
of the planning area.
The Facilities Plan included an evaluation of 10 different
treatment alternatives and defined the size of the plant through
planning area boundary maps and population projections. At start
up it was forecast that approximately 80% of the plant capacity
would be utilized.
Average daily flows for the first 9 months of 1991 are as
follows:
ITHACA AREA WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY
Month Of Average Dailv (MGD)
January 1991 7.06
February 7.06
March 7.55
April 8.05
May 6.87
June 5.95
July 6.17
August 6.24
September 6,. 59
This is an overall average of 6.84 million gallons per day.
Daily flows in excess of 7.5 mgd are unusual and occur most often
after periods of heavy rain or snow melt.
This is indicative of extraneous infiltration and inflow which
if minimized will result in significant additional plant capacity.
The issue of infiltration, inflow and combined sewers was to
be investigated and reported to the New York DEC (Letter dated
4/10/90 - Appendix 1).
The Town of Ithaca purchased 7 0% of the spare capacity or
1,400,000 gpd. Through the provisions of the joint agreement spare
capacity is to- be made available to the needing entity in
proportion to the amount of spare capacity purchased.
The local cost of the project was approximately $5,000,000
including the Town of Ithaca and Town of Dryden buy-in for the land
value, pre-agreement costs and remaining debt on the old plant.
Each municipality's share of the local cost was financed by each
municipality and each municipality raises the funds needed through
its own budget and not through the Special Joint Subcommittee. The
bonds have a 20 year term and the total local cost including
interest will result in user charges of over $10,000,000 for the
life of the financing. The City includes all of the annual debt
payments in the sewer rate whereas the Town of Ithaca raises the
funds partially through sewer rates and partially through benefit
assessments due to the extensive amount of undeveloped tax exempt
property.
The plant is readily expandable on the existing property to
17.5 MGD in 2.5 MGD increments without renovation of the existing
processes.
The SJS is currently having discussions with the Village of
Lansing and Town of Lansing to consider modifying the service area
to include these municipalities as owners. Northeast Sewer
Planning Committee is preparing a response to the Stearns & Wheler
report which describes the terms- of that buy-in. This response is
expected to be completed by January 1992.
One of the difficulties facing the Northeast Sewer Planning
Committee is the lack of existing server infrastructure in the Town
of Lansing. The combination of the heavy cost to acquire treatment
capacity, and expand sewer infrastructure on the heals of a major
investment in public water is providing the Lansing Town Board with
a major challenge.
STATEMENT OF OBJECTIVES
An objective of the Town of Dryden is to provide public water
and sewer services in all parts of the Town where extension of such
services are feasible. Georae Schlecht. Engineers and Survevors
were retained by the Town of Dryden to help meet that objective.
A 20 year projection of flows for portions of the Town of
Dryden was done. The results were shown in Table 1.
The Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Facility presently
receives sewage from the Varna Sewer District and the Monkey Run
Sewer District. Presently these two districts have combined flows
of 100,000 gallons per day, with each district contributing
approximately 50 percent. Each of these districts are part of the
present intermunicipal agreement. A third district, the Turkey
Hill District, is presently proposed by the Town of Dryden. This
third district is also part of the present agreement area.
A fourth district is currently being studied by the Town of
Dryden. This district, to be known as the Southwest Sewer
District, is principally located along Snyder Hill Road and N.Y.S.
Route 79. A portion of this district is inside the present
agreement area of the Intermunicipal Plant and a portion of this
district would lie outside the present agreement area.
Table #1 shows the total 2 0 year projection for service areas
within the present planning area between 260,000 and 360,000
gallons per day. This means that the Town of Dryden projects a
need for an additional 160,000 to 260,000 gallons per day treatment
capacity within the next 20 years, for areas within the present
planning area of the Intermunicipal Plant.
Areas not in the original planning area of the Intermunicipal
Plant are also likely to be serviced with sewer within the next 20
years. Referring to Table #1 this includes the Northwest Dryden
area estimated at 150,000 to 250,000 gallons per day. It also
includes a portion of the Southwest area estimated at 37,000
gallons per day. The various areas so described are all shown on
the map included as Exhibit #1.
DISCUSSION OF BENEFITS
The Town of Dryden believes that providing public sewer
services to the greatest numbers of its citizens is in the best
interest of the citizens of the Town of Dryden and in the best
interest of our neighboring communities.
One mutual benefit is the elimination of the multiple sources
of ground water pollution which on site septic systems represent.
The areas of Dryden affected by this initiative are principally in
either the Fall Creek, or the Six Mile Creek drainage basins. Both
of these creeks are major sources of water for Cornell and for the
City of Ithaca.
The increased participation by the Town of Dryden will also
result in less cost to both the Town and the City of Ithaca for
their share of the necessary upgrade to jointly owner facilities
and infrastructure. The Health Department has served notice that
the Kline Road Sewer and the Fall Creek Siphon must be repaired
and upgraded in a timely fashion (Letter dated January 30, 1991,
Tompkins County Department of Health - Appendix 2).
The Town of Dryden also believes that this initiative provides
a benefit to all communities by encouraging the management of
growth in a responsible manner. A recurring theme, consistently
expressed by residents of the Town of Ithaca, the Town of Dryden,
and, in fact, the county at large, is the desire to see the rural
nature of the County preserved.
The alternative is on-site septic systems and wells, which
causes an inordinate pressure to build on larger, cheaper, "rural"
lots along existing roads, away from the population centers. One
result is an unnecessary increase of traffic, and another is the
sense of losing "rural" land to suburbinazation.
TOWN AND VILLAGE OF LANSING BUY IN
An examination of Exhibit #1 shows that in the northwest
portion of Dryden ^ a small area inside the Village and Town of
Lansing has been included in the proposed service area. It is
anticipated that this particular area would be serviced as an out
of district customer by a new Town of Dryden district.
Based on current water usage the expected flows would be
45,000 _ gallons per day from the Village of Lansing and
approximately 80,000 gallons per day from the Town of Lansing.
Those flows are currently being treated in the Cayuga Heights
treatment plant.
The Town of Dryden believes this initiative enhances the
ability of the Village of Lansing and the Town of Lansing to make
a , commitment to the long term buy-in of capacity at the
Intermunicipal Plant. The Town of Dryden also believes that the
long term buy-in by the Village and Town of Lansing is in the
mutual interest of all present owners for many of the reasons
already given.
Extensive discussion by the participants of the Northeast
Sewer Planning Committee over the past year have revealed the
difficulty in achieving a commitment toward the buy in at the SJS
Plant primarily due to the lack of sewer infrastructure. This
proposal facilitates the planning for that infrastructure by
defining the Cayuga Heights moratorium.
Allowing the Town of Dryden to service the Lansing area is a
benefit to the Town of Dryden because it generates an immediate
usage base and income for Dryden which otherwise might not be
expected for 5 to 10 years.
The eventual buy in commitment by Lansing is likely to release
the outside user capacity to Dryden "in a time frame that will
coordinate with Dryden's projected needs.
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Appendix #1
Letter from DEC dated April 10, 1990
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QUALITY OFFICE
April 10, 1990
Mayor and City Council
City of Ithaca
108 E. Green Street
Ithaca, New York 14850
RE: ITHACA SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
Dear Mayor and City Council:
annual®inaplctio"of the"ibo"e r°/ference(a^f^°iMr. Denmark and their 6tdfrco"in?e to
operating and maintaining this facmtv Thi« ? ^'coellent job incontinued compliance of the plant' Jith spU' S^u'^effLen?
requiring attention^: following item was noted as
?o%ddTsf w'e°ather'dav""'''Tb"'''^'status of the combines sewer system should h ^ currentand reported to this Departme^fwUhfn^sixtJ^ay:!^'^^^'^'^
questions, please contact this office at 315-426-
Sincorely,
SANDRA M. I/jZLOVS
Sanitary Engineer
CC: Mr, Gleason
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Appendix §2
Letter from Health Department dated January 30, 1991
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TOMPMNS COUNW DEPARTMENT OF HI
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SUZANNE R. STOPEN, R.N.. M.P.S.
Public HeaKh Director January 30, 1991
Envlronmenlai Health DIvlalon
401 Harris B. Dates Drive
Ithaca, New York 14850-1386
607-273-727S
Mr, Williom Gray, P.E.
Ithaca City Engineer
City Hall
100 East Green Street
Ithaca, NY
Dear Mr. Gray:
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Overloaded Sanitary Servers
Our staff has witrtessed sewage ovrrflowing from a manhole in the Ithaca Hiijh
Sclujol parking lot off Lake Road near Rail Creek. The problem is related,
apparently, to a bottleneck under Fall Creek and an expanded service area. This
sewage overflow must be investigated and eliminated.
The overflow is a violation nf various sections of the Tompkins County Sanitary
Code and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation regulations, and
must be addressed seriously.
While being investigated, the irrpacts of the overflow must be minimized. Your,
staff must l:ef?p a record of the overflow events, isolate the area from tlie public,
and clean up promplly. During the week of November 12, people were observed
walking through sanitary waste.
In addition, we ere notifying you and the contributing service areas that, new
service e>itonsions which will carry sewage. to this point will not be appro ved
until overflows are eliminated. We are requesting a map from you showing us the
exact area and all sewers flowing to this point.
In addition, we recommend that no new service connection permits for this
contributory area be issued by any municipality.
We would appreciate seeing an evaluation fro''m your office by February 20, 1771,
outlining what hiie exact problem is, what cat^ bo done to correct it, and a
timetable for correction. "
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We also understand two other area? experience periodic overflows of sanitary
snwage: ti«e GOn block of'Smith Cayuga Street and downstream of the Cootmunity
Hospital off Trumansburg Road; We would appreciate your assessment of these areas
by February 20, also.
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If you desire to meet about this issue", please call; otherwise we will expect your
report by February 20.
Very truly yours,
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Janj M. ftndersson,
Director of Environmental Health
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CCS Benjamin Nichols, Mayor of Ithaca
Lee Flocke, NYSDEC
•ijames Schug, Dryden (T) Supervisor
. Shirley RafFensperger, Ithaca (T) Supervisor
Dan Walker, Ithaca (T) Engineer
Suzanne R. Stopen, Public Health Director
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Appendix #3
Various correspondence regarding adjustment to Planning Area
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3rd Street Extension
Ithaca, N.Y. 14850
ITHACA AREA WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT
(607)272-2655
MEI-DRfiNDUM '
TO: Members of SJS
FROM: Noel Desch
RE: Monkey Run Sewer District - Town of Dryden
DATE: November 10, 1987
Pursuant to telephone conversation with Mr. Leland C. Flocke,
Regional Water Pollution Control Engineer with Region 7 DEC, the
connection of the Monkey Run Sewer District to the Ithaca Area
Wastewater Treatment Plant will not require an amendment to the
grant for the Ithaca Plant. In the event the Town of Dryden had
sought n Federal Funds for the Monkey Run Sewer Project their
application to DEC/EPA \^ould have necessitated the inclusion of a
revision of the Facilities Plan for the Ithaca Plant.
The decision to permit the connection of districts such as the
Monkey Run District is totally a matter under the control of the
owners with technical review and review by the Tonpkins County
Health Department.
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3rd.Street Extension
Ithaca, N.Y. 14850
TO:
FROM:'
DATE:
Re;
273-8381
273-8411
ITHACA AREA WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT
MEMORANDUM
All SJS members
'Noel Desch Chairman SJS Committee
October 13, 1987
Letters from Attorneys' and Engineers'
concerning Wastewater Treatment Plant
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cc: all SJS members
for meeting October 27, 1987
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"An Equal OpP-Jflunily Employer with an AlHrmallve Action Piudliliil"
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3rd Street Extension
Ithaca, N.Y. 1485Q .
rrHACA AREA WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT
(607)272-2655
October iO, 1987
Mahlpn R. Perkins^ Esq«
Town At±omey
Tcwn of Dryden
20 West Main Street
P.O. Box 27
Dxyden, New York 13053
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Dear Mahlon:
Thanks for your letter of Septembex 3 on the matter of the Monkey
Run Sewer District with respect to the Facilities Plan Amendment,
While Mr. Gresens letter is very helpful, I would suggest that a
letter frem DEC confirming the statement with specific references
to the grant number^ for the Wastewater Treatment Plant Project (C
361095) vrould make it totally clear that sucix grant is not put in
jeopardy throu^ a loccil amendment to the Facilities Plan.
Ccxknirrently with the above, the Town of Dryden should move forward
to se^ approval of the other two governing bodies to the Joint
Sewer Agreansnt, ite first step being a presentatim of the total
engineering repijj.L cn sewer to the SJS. * (See Secticaa 12). A
recaranaMiatiaQ vrouM- then go forward to the City .Board of Public
Works, City Ooaaan Council and the Ithaca Ttown Board.
Presentations hy Dryden before each of these bodies will probably
be required.
Please let roe knew vhen Diyden will be ready to proceed.
Very truly yours.
Noel Desch
Chairroan, SJS
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Mahlon R. Perkins, P. C.
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW
20 WEST MAIN STREET
P. O. BOX 37
DRYDEN, NEW YORK 13053
MAHLON R. PERKINS TELEPHONE
(607) 844-9111
September 3, 1987
Mr. Noel Desch, Town Supervisor
Town of Ithaca
126 East Seneca Street
Ithaca, New York 14850
re: Monkey Run Sewer District
Dear Noel: . -
Enclosed are copies of letters from Hunt Engineers with
respect to the "Amendment" to the facilities plant for .the
Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Plant.
I believe the letter is self-explanatory but if you • need
further documentation, please give me a call.
feest Regards. •
Very truly yours,
Mahlon R. Perkins
MRP/ab
Ends (8/25 & 8/27 Letters)
cc: Clinton E. Cotterill, Town Supervisor
James R. Gresens, P. E.
I HUNT ENGINEERS AND ARCHITECTS P.C.
lb EAST CORNING ROAD/P.O. BOX 20
C^RNINC. NEW YORK I4B30
•a7.»e2.3137
ROBERT W. KUNT. P.E.
TIMOTUV J. nALDW IN. P.R.
CHARLES i. FHANZIvSE. P.R.
JAME.S R.GRE.Sn.SS. P.R.
JUSEHH A. CONNRU. K.A.
AX.Vl; H.A.
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August 25, 1907
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/-'•AHLON R. ipERKlNS, P.C.
Mr. Clinton Cotterill, Supervisor
Town of Dryden
65 E. Main St.
Dryden, NY 13053
RE: Monkey Run Sewer District *
.Dear Supervisor Cotterill:
Disposal of wastewater for the proposed Monkey Run Sewer District i'
planned for the City of Ithaca Wastewater Treatment Plant, The City
of Ithaca is currently constructing improvements to it's Wastewater
Plant with the aid of "an EPA Federal Grant. The planning area
described in the Facility Plan for the City Treatment Plant
improvements does not include all- portions of the Town's proposed
Monkey Run-Sewer District. The question has been raised as to
whether the Town.is reouired to amend the Facility Plan that was
prepared for the City of Ithaca improvements.
I have reseacched this question with Mr." Chris White^of'the Region 7
NYSDEC office, Mr, Dave Lang of the Central NYSDEC office in Afbsny
and finally with Mn. Lee Flocke of the Region 7 NYSDEC office, Jn
an August 11, 1907 phone conversation with Mr. Flocke, he explained
to me that NYSDEC has no rules or regulations for an amendment to
the existing Facility Plan if no Federal funding is being utilized
to construct the project. From an administrative standpoint, NYSDEC
has no problems with the proposed District and does not require an
an amendment to the Facility Plan, Administrative reviews may be
conducted by the Special Joint Subcommittee. Sewer extension
technical reviews will be addressed by John Anderson of the Tompkins
County Health Department. If Mr. Anderson has any problems he may
contact NYSDEC.
WATER SYSTEMS • WASTEWATER • HIGHWAYS • DRAINAGE • BUILDINGS • GRANTS - PniDGES ' J'-KVLI INO • jlOUD W/' • " • lANO ri.ANNIN<
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Pag«? 2
August 25, 1907
Mr. Clinton Cotterill
1 am sumbitting a letter to Mr. Flocke requesting written
confirmation of our conversation as described.
If you have any questions or require any additional information, do
not hesitate to contact me.
Very truly yours,
HUNTING INEER^ AND ARCHITECTS, P.C. " " *
Jar^s R. Gresens, P.E.
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cc: Mahlon Perkins, Town Attorney
HUNT ENGINEERS AND ARCHITECTS P.C.
teS EAST CORNING KOAD/P.O. BOX 30
CORNING. NEW YORK 14S30
607-002.3137
August 20, 1907
ROBERT W. HUNT. P.II.
TIMOTHY J. BALDWIN. P.C.
CHARULS J. PRAS'ZCSG. P.R.
JAMES R.GRESnSS. P.IL
JOSEPH A.CONNT.U. ILA.
ANNEIinUSII. R.A.
D.LSIEL C. nOWRi:, P.US.
Mr. Lee Flocke
NYSDEC Region 7
7AB1 Henry Clay Boulevard
Liverpool, New York 130BB
Re: Monkey Run Sewer District
Dryden <T>, Tompkins <C)
Dear Mr. Flocke:
MAHLCN R. PF-RKINS, P.C.
This letter is a follow—up to our phone conversation of
August 11, 19B7. I had called to discuss an administrative
concern regarding the Monkey Run Sewer District proposed to
be constructed by the Town of Dryden.
Disposal of wastewater for the proposed Monkey Run Sewer
District is planned for the City of Ithaca Wastewater
Treatment Plant. The City of Ithaca is currently
constructing improvements to its wastewater plant with the
aid of an EPA Construction Grant. The planning area
described in the- Facility Plan for the City Treatment Plant
improvements does not include all portions of the Town's
proposed District. You will find a map enclosed outlining
the boundaries of the Facility Plan Planning Area and the
boundaries of the proposed sewer district.
The question was raised as'to whether the Town is required to
amend the Facility Plan that was prepared for the City of
Ithaca improvements.
From our phone conversation, I understand that NYSDEC has no
rules or i-egulations for an amendment to the existing
Facility Plan if no federal funding is being utilized to
construct the project. From an administrative standpoint,
NYSDEC would have no problems with the proposed District and
would not require an amendment to the Facility Plan since no
federal funds are being incorporated. Administrative review
may be conducted by the Special Joint Subcommittee and
technical review by John Anderson of the Tompkins County
Health Department.
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August 28, 1987
Mr. Lee Flocke
To thoroughly assure the Town of Dryden that my understanding
of our conversation is correct, I respectfully request that
you confirm (or correct) the above interpretation in a
letter• Your cooperation would be greatly appreciated.
If you have any questions or require any additional
information, do not hesitate to contact me.
Very truly yours,
hun;K^gineers & architects," p.c.
J^es R. Gresens, P.E.
JRG/jrg
cc: Clinton Cotterill, Town Supervisor
Mahlon Perkins, Town Attorney
File
Appendix #4
Joint Sewer Agreement Amended April 11, 1984
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JOINT SEWER AGREEMENT
City of Ithaca - Town of Ithaca - of Dryden
December 22, 1981
Amended April 11, 1984
This agreement dated tliis •22nd day of December, 1981.
BE^IWEEN, the City of Ithaca, a municipal corporation of the County
of Tortpkins and State of New York, and
The Town of Ithaca, a municipal corporation of, the County of
Tarpkins and State of New York, and
The Town of Dryden, a, municipal corporation of the County of
Tcxrpkins and State of Nev; York,
WITNESSEIH:
INTRODUCTION
WHEREAS, the City of Ithaca has for the past several years provided
sewerage service for portions of the Town of Ithaca and Dryden on a
contract basis, providing for the conveyance of sewage through its
sewers and the trejatment and disposal of the sewage at its existing
wastewator treatment plcmt, and
WHEREAS, the City of Itliaca treiitment facilities are no Icxiger
adequate to meet the effluent quality requirements of. the New York
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State Department of: Environmental Conservation and the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, nor does the plant have adequate
capacity to meet future requirements of the municipalities; and
WHEREAS, the Nev/ York State Department of Environmental
Conservation and U.S. Environmental Eirotection Agency have ordered
.the facilities be iirproved and are considering providing grant
funds to assist in carrying out the necessary improvements, and
WHEREAS, benefit:s include inprovement of the environment of not
only the service area but the preservation of Cayuga Lake and the
streams of Tonpkins County, and
V\?HEREAS, the respective legislative bodies of said municipalities
have determined it to be the best interests of their respective
municipalities to construct, and operate a single wastevrater
treatment and disposal facility, and
WHEREAS, the above mentioned municipal corporations respectively
and severally desire to provide for tlie construction, mintenance
and operation of a joint vrastewater treatment and disposal facility
set forth in the foregoing reports,
NW, IHEREFOKE, in consideration of the pronises and" the mutual
covenants and agreements herein contained and pursuant to Article
5-G of the General Municipal Law, it is hereby agreed by and
between tlie parties as folla-^s;
" Section 1. Scope
The parties hereto agree to jointly construct a wastewater
treatment and disposal facility as defined in the Wastewater
Facilities Plan to meet the needs of the municiiDalities in the
designated service area (Appendi>: III - Map) and to provide for the
opercition and maintenance tdiereof, of the type specified and under
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the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, and as set forth in
the Sewer Uso Ordinance.
That the participating municipalities are" not unmindful of and do
ackncwledge the interest of certain other entities which have a
special interest in this Agreement and the project herein
considered, as follows: (1) The County of Tcrpkins has requested
that consideration be given to include facilities in the project to
provide for tlie receipt, treatment, and disposal of septage
produced within the County. The STEP I Facilities Plan included
such facilities and the STEP II Design includes the septage
facility. The participating municipalities intend to enter into a
separate joint agreement v/ith the County of Toipkins to construct,
cperate and maintain this service; (2)' Under the present rules of
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, wastewater from certain
industries within the service area of tdiis Agreement may require
special permits. The parties intend to adopt the Sewer Use.
Ordinance and inplerrent the Industrial Pretreatment Program set
forth in the adopted Pretreatment Report prepared under Federal
Project No. C-36-1095-01-2 in June 1983, and hereinbefore approved
by the parties in May 1983. (3) All parties agree tliat no other
public wastewater collection and treatment system shall be
activated by any member municipality to serve the service area
until the -bond issues for the project have been paid--in full>
without the consent of all parties.
Section 2. Duration
The terms of this Agreement shall be for a period equal to the
terms of the Serial Bonds which are to be issued in connection with
the financing of thi.s Project, unless othen-zise nodified and
amended by the parties to the Agreement.
This Agreeriicnt shall foe renewed by tlio partias upon such terms and
conditions as they may agree upon.
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This Agreement, as. it nay have been modified from time to time
sh^ll be renewed by tiie parties on such terms as they may agree
-upon. However, this Agreenent with-i^l amendments.in effect, shall
be autoratically renewed upon the same terms ^.d conditions then in
' effect for such period, unless one of the parties elects to
terminate its. participation as hereinafter provided. - -
if any of the parties wishes to terminate its participation in the
Agreenent and Project, at the' ejqjiration of the original term, as
provided above, -it must give written notice to the other parties at
least four (4) years prior to the expiration of such original term,
which notice shall contain the reason for such termination.
In the event that the election to terminate is exercis^ as above
provided, the assets of .the joint operation shall b^ disposed of-by
agreerrent of the parties hereto upon agreed valuation on the basis
of ownership interests as herein provided. - ' ' .
Section 3. Title to Property
Title to all real- property and inprovf^nts thereon, including the
wastewater treatnerit' plant" site location and the rights-of-way to
jointly owned sewer lines and other facilities shall vest in the
parties hereto as tenants in conncn in the prcportiohs outlined in
^pendix I. ' . - ; / ^ •
Section 4. Right-^of-way "and Tax Exemption
It is specifically agreed during, the duratioh of this contract that
the real property cuid iirproveinents, including any intennunicifal
interceptor, trunk line or lines, located within each municipality.
sJiall be entirely excitpt frcxn real properly taxation by said
n municipality ,and each municipality agrees to said exenption,- and
each nuiiicipality will adopt a Tax Exemption llesolution providcxi
uritjf.!!' Section 406 of the Real Property Tax Law.
Section Tj." 'lypG of. Tit-:atiTiont Pl.mt and ln'.pravcm;nts . ,
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The design, type, size, arid specification of the treatment plant,
including site development, trunk lines, iicprovements and other
equipment shall be as recommended by the Consulting Engineers,
subject to the approval by the respective governing bodies of the
municipalities, and further subject to the approval by the New York-
State Department of Environmental Conservation and the U.S.
Environnental Protection Agency.
Section 6. The Facilities Plan
The parties hereto do hereby substantially accept the STEP' I
Facilities Plan prepared by Consulting Engineers Stearns & ITheler
as approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Neii?
York State Department of Enviranmental Conservation and do agree
that the fees paid to the Consulthig Engineers and others (as a
part of the STEP I facilities planning) shall be, included in the
capital costs of the project as herein mentioned. The cost of the
STEP I Sewer System Evaluation Survey is covered in a separate
agreenent,
The parties hereto do agree to "proceed with the STEP II Design and
do jointly agree that the Consulting Engineering firm of Steams
and tSheler is designated to carry out the work and that the-
legitimate costs of said TOrk shall be included in ,the capital
costs of the project.
Section 7. Capital Costs
It is mutually agreed beb;een the parties that capital costs for
the w-astewator treatment facility and other jointly owned
facilities as hereinafter set forth, shall be allocated, borne and
paid by the respective municipalities as set forth in Appendix I of
this Agreement.
/in Interim Intermuni.cifjal Agreenont has been executed by and
bctiiTeon the City of ithaca, the Town of Ithaca and tlie Town of
Drydon .relaLing- to t)ic financing of the STEP II Design, Project
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#C-36-1095-02. Said Agreerent is attached as Appendix IV, and.is
made a part of this Agreanant.
Capital costs shall include all of the following:
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(a) Planning-fees and costs.
(b) Professional Engineering fees.
(c) .-Cost of rights-of-way acquisition for jointly owned
sewers.
(d) Cost of land acquisition for plant site and other joint
facilities. . .
(0) Construction costs of the wastewater treatment and
di^xDsal facility includir^ site preparation, derrolition,-
and existing facility deactivation of all eligible
reij±>urseable itens.
(f) Remaining debt on original plant equipment and facilities
owned by the City of Ithaca whether or not included in
the new joint facility as listed in Appendix I.
(g) Measuring meters for determining operational cost
allocation hereinafter set forth.
(h) Attorney and legal fees, adininistrat:ive e^q^enses.
(1) Such other expenses ordinarily connected with the
constuniction and establishment of a joint wastewater
treatiT^t facility but specifically GKcluding the
respective laterals and internal sewer systems of the
participating rcunicipalitdes.
(j) Financing, and interest costs.
(k) Cost of equipment required to inclement tlie Industrial
Pretreatment Program. , •
Section B. Pre-Agreeirant Costs
The City of Ithaca shall receive a credit adjustment towards its
share of capital cost:; for. the land and rights-of-way which it las
acquiired and nav bi'/ns, and for tlie buildings thereon, (including
equipment or:d apparatus) which are to be transterrcx! from the
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present facilities now owned and operated by the City of Ithaca, to
the project and the facilities which are to be jointly owned under
this Agreement.
The parties have ageed that the amount of the credit adjustment for
land, buildings, equipment, and apparatus shall be in the amounts
set forth in Item 4 under tlie heading, "Anticipated Local. Capital
Costs" of Appendix I.
O^he parties have further agreed, that in addition to the
aforementioned credit to the City for its -contribution of land,
eguipnent, buildings and apparatus toward the project, further
credit will be allowed to the City for expenses that it incurred
for the Plan of Study, the ^^axiJll!m Efficiency Evaluation for
Vfestewater Treatment Facilities Report, and STEF I work (exclusive
of SSES which is covered by a separate agreanent) which has not
othervJise been shared in by the other participating municipalities.
The To^vn of Ithaca has provided a recording secretary and shall
receive credit for such costs in ^pport of the Sever Service
Planning Coirmittee.
Section 9. Financing - Capital Costs
Each respective E«rticipating municipality shall be responsible for
financing its respective share of the Capital Costs. The
participating municipalities may jointly or individually apply for
Federal or State grants for all or a portion of their share of the
project cost, whichever may be most advantageous to said
muni.cipality.
That sa.id resE)ective amounts shall be provided by each respective
municipcility or such portion thereof as may be needed during
construction upon warrants issued therefor by tlie Project Fiscal
Officer hereinafter des.lgnated and charged witli the expenditure of
fund.s for LJie project under tennfi ol this /vgrcemeiit.
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That it is mutually agreed that the Chief Fiscal Officer of the
City of Ithaca or his Deputy be and he hereby is designated Fiscal
Officer for this Project for the parties for the purpose of
receiving and paying out funds pursuant to this Agreement upon his
filing with tlie Towns of Ithaca and Dryden, in addition to his
official bond filed with the City of Ithaca, a bond in tlie penal
sum of $300,000 in favor of the participating municipalities,
conditioned upon his faithful performance and discharge of the
trust iitposed upon him. The Fiscal Officer shall deposit all
moneys received from the respective launicipalities in separate
accounts in one or more banks or trust conpanies authorized by law
to receive deposits of funds on behalf of the respective
municipalities. No expenditures shall be made frcm said special
account or accounts except after an audit according to normal
auditing and paynent procedures of the participating municipalities
and in accordance with provisions of Section 119-0 of tlie General
Municipal Law of the State of New York.
Operation
The parties agree that Uic City of Itliaca through its Department of
Public Vtorks shall operate and maintain the proposed plant in a
nanner consistent with parameters defined in the SPDES Permit.
Matters pertaining to the selection, appointment, direction and
-administration- of • 'employees - or personnel itBtters;"'collective
bargaining or labor negotiations are the sole prerogative of -the
City of Ithaca and appropriate ejptenses rela-ting to same are to be
covered under "Section 10 - Operation Expenses" which follows.
All the parties to -this Agreement shall be named as permitees on
the SPDES Perndt for the Itliaca Area Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Section 10 - Operating Exi>anses
Operation and iraintenance costs shall include cpGrathig costs for
managing, repairing and nviinhaining ail jointly used facilities and
equipment, including the treatment plaj-)t and that pertion of
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• interinunicipal sewers jointly used, insurance, salaries, legal,
engineering, bookkeeping and auditing and required overhead on
personnel, social security, health insurance, utility costs, fuel,,
supplies, parts, materials, and all incidental exposes for
operation, managing, inspection, maintenance, repair, SFDES Permit
f^s and costs of monitoring Cayuga Lake required by the conditions
of the plant construction grant and the SPDES .Permit and the
operating costs of the Industrial Pretreatment Program.
The parties agree-that the operating ^expenses for the operation .of
the joint facility, including the operating costs of the
Pretreatrrent Program shall be apportioned as described in Appendix
II and as projected by the annual budget.
The flcx-7 shall be rreasured in so far as feasible by means of meters
on the trunk lines from the Towns of Ithaca and Dryden as provided
in the approved STEP I" Facilities Plan."
The neasurement of str^gtli of the sewage, if and when required,
shall be determined by accepted engineering standards. Ihe
formula, frequency of saiipling and means of measuring the strength
of the sewage shall be as agreed upon by the governing bodies of
the participating municipalities.
The Chief Fiscal Officer shall collect operating charges by neans
of an annual prospective budget and 'assessing each . individual
participating municipality on the ratio as hereinabove provided and
under the formula thereafter promiLgated. - _
I'Jpthing herein sha.11 prevent the respective participating
municipalities from raising, in addition to said Pperating
assessment, such amount:-; in addition thereto sufficient to amortize
th'jir respcctr'-e capital costs or to a.sses.s a surcharge to pay for
the.maintenance of tlicir individual sy-stems.
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Xn the event a participating municipality shall fail to pay its
respective assessment for operating costs, or any installment
thereof when due, the other municipalities shall have the right to
conpel pai'Tiieht of same under provisions of law.
The annual budget of t±e V?ater Pollution Control Facilities (t-JPCF)
shall include an item for contingencies. If during any year tdiat
the assessment shall be insufficient to defray the operating costs
during said year, the Chief Fiscal Officer shall recciiinend an.
amende budget and assessment which shall be reviev>?ed, adopted and
paid in the same manner as the yearly assessment.
"Section 11. Responsibility for Damages and Claims
In the event any liability is asserted against any of the parties
hereto arising out of the construction, operation, or rraintenance
of this joint project, the parties shall be jointly and severally
liable for the defense and paiTOent of any such claims.
The liability shall be apportioned among the municipalities in
proportion to the interests of each party in the project or in
accordance with such otlier methods as the parties may agree.
Insur^ce against any such possible liability for protection and
benefit of the project and each separate riunicipality and the
premiums for any such insurance coverage shall be an obligation
chargeable against the project and the costs thereof to be
apportioned during the construction period in accordance witli the
d^t allocations, and, tliereafter, • to be included in the cost of
: the .operation and maintenance of the project, and included in the
budget assessed against each municipality each year in the manner
,set forth in /^pendix II.
Section 3 ?. Outside Users
The seiN'ntje treatment tacilitj.es provided'fo^ in this conturact shall
bo limitfKl to tlie dofincid service area (see Appendix III) . No
extension of the facj.jitios hereJy created sliall be peniutted
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outside tlie service area of the parties hereto v.dthout the consent
of the governing bodies of the parties hereto. Such joint consent
of the governing bodies of the parties liereto shall be by a
majority' vote of the voting strengdi of the respective governing
bodies.
Section 13. Special Joint Subcoirnittee
Oversight of the joint V/PCF operation will be by a subcomnittee
(SJS) of the Board of Public Works.
The SJS v;ill have eight itErnbers. Representing the City will be
three irerrJjers of the Board of Public Works and the liaison from the
Cmiuion Council to the Board of Public VJorks. Representing the
Towns will be four mentiers of their choice, one of \;hom must be an
elected official from the governing bodies. The SJS will elect its
own chairman and shall establish scheduled meeting dates to provide
for timely referrals to the Board of Public Works.
The charge of the SJS shall be to oversee cperations of the tVPCF,
including budget. Matters will be brought before the Board of
Public Works with the majority (5 votes for) recommendation of the
SJS. Matters so referred to the Board of Public Vtorks shall be
^cted on within 30..days. Those recomendations that are accepted
by the Board of Public Works shall then be inplenented accordingly.
Those recornxEndations that are either rejected by the BH-J, or not
acted upon within 30 days, or tliat reach an inpasse in tlie SJS
shall then be referred to the Chief Fiscal Officer viho shall
convene a meeting of the Mayor, Superintendent of Public Vrarks, the
Tcwn of Ithaca Siperv'isor, and tlie Town of Dryden Supervisor ^•rfio
shall attenpt to resolve the matter. The natter shall he so
resolved by a unanimous agreement of these officials. Where there
is nof inioinimity, the matter shal], be referreci to the
municii>a1 itie.'^ for resolution.
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Budget estimates for the joint V7PCF operation will be submitted by
the Superintendent of Public Vtorks to the SJS by July 1, preceding
each fiscal year. By September 1, the SJS will submit a
recomended budget to tlie Board of Public Works.
One marber of the SJS or another person so designated by the SJS
sball serve as Secretary for the purpose of providing meeting
notices, recording and distributing minutes of the meetings, and
other administrative duties. Each member shall have the right to
present agenda items for discussion and arbitration.
The SJS shall have the follcv;ing authority, pa.-rer and duties:
(1) Establish tlie administrative procedures for
administration of the Agreement and for the billing of
charges to the nunicipalities.
(2) Discuss and audit the billings prior to submission for
payment.
(3) Discuss and negotiate any natters of nutual interest in
relation to tlie avnership Agreement.
(4) Fran time to time, rrake recoimendations to the
municipalities regarding the Agreement.
(5) Administer the Reserve Capacity set-aside.
- ■- (6) Negotiate equitable-charges for-services rendered-to each
other or jointly.
(7) Review applications for neii; service connections as
appropriate to assure accanplishment of the primary
objectives of tlie Pretreatment Program.
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(8) Monitor master fla; meters.
(9) Arrange for the enforcement of Se\\er Use Laws and
Regulations emd the Pretreatment Program.
(a) It shall be the responsibility of the SJS to
review*? the effectiveness of the Sev/er Use Lai/
and Pegulations and the Pretreatment Program
anti Liieir enforccnoht by tlie-duly authori2ed
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municipal officials. It shall report
■pericclically on the foregoing matters to the
City's Board of Public Vtorks and to the
respective Town Boards of the Towns of Ithaca
and Dr^den and shall furnish such information
and data as may be required by the Board of
Public.Works or the Town Boards.
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I responsibility for monitoring industrial
0 . ^^astevTater and enforcing applicable laws and
■ . regulations within the jurisdiction of each
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'—^ such municipality, within their respective
areas. In order to provide an otoerly,
I I '. . effective monitoring and enforcanent program,
I the City's SevTsr Superintendent of the Joint
i i Sewer Treatment Plant Facility of his duly
■ authorized representative shall have the
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- ' , authority (1) to sarrple and monitor industrial
discharge throughout the se;i^er service area in
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collaboration with the City Superinti^dent of
' Public Works (in those cases where the
L ... ' discharge into toe sewer collector system
^ ■ originates in the City) and the municipal
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• ■ • engineer of the respective To\7ns \Aere such
discharge originates; and (2) to ^force the
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Sev.'er Use Law and the Pre.treatment Program and
regulations in collaboration with' the municipal
* :( ' officials as provided in the preceding
subparagraph (1). ,
j ! (c) • The status of all violations shall be
inr.vediately reported to the SJS, vdiich shall
; prcnptly reconmend whatever further action may
))e recjudred to correct or stop any violation,
to the Mayor or the Tam Supervisor of the
iuu!^i.cii«lity in' vhich tlie \dolatibn occurred.
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If legal action is required, the matter shall
be proTptly referred to the attorney of the
municipality in which the violation occurred,
, . or to such other attorney duly authorized to
• take such action. The nrjnicipal attorney
concerned' shall have the authority to initiate
proceedings when immediate action is required.
(10) Submit periodic and annual reports to the municipalities.
(11) Notify the governing bodies in relation to any claims,
demands, disputes, differences, controversies'and'
misunderstandings which cannot'be resolved by arbitration
and negotiation. , ' ' ^
(12) Negotiate an agreement with Ttnpkins. County on the
financing of the capital cost of the septage facility and
the methods of the recovery of .the capital and Derating
and maintenance costs for s^e.
(13) Fran time "to tiire hold public hearings.as necessary.
(14) Fran time to" tiire revie;^ the Operating and Maintenance
Manual.
(15) It shall adopt, subject to the appra/al of the governing
bodies of the municipalities-which are parties to this
instruirent regulations to impleirent any of the foregoing
powers and duties.
Sectim 14^ Approvals Required
This Agreement shall be effective upon approval by tlie governing
bodies of each municipality, subject to required provisions of law.
Upon approval of this Agreaient, each municipality s)iali proceed to
arrange procedures for financing the construction of this
Agrecnent. It is understood that no bid for construction shall be
advertised and no contract for the construc:tion sha.ll be awarded
until nil bonding and financing resolutions have bo^ finally
cipproved and authorize.; ajid all required procedures have been
ca[plio(i wit;h.
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Section 15. Concurrence of Participating htunicipalities
Unless othenvisG provided herein, whenever the agreement of eadi"
participating municipality is required under this Agreanent, such
agreement shall be required to be approved by a majority' vote of
the voting strength of the respective governing bodies- of said
municipalities.
'Section 16, Amendments
This Agreement has been entered into on the basis of 12is% local .
funding. In the event that this local share for the total project
as defined in the Wastewater Facility Plan increases si±)stentially,
there shall be good cause for renegotiation of financial aspects of
tlus Agreement.
The pai±ies agree that tiiis Agreement ^st te amended .further to
establish procedures either by arbitration procedures and by resort
to courts of cCTipetent jurisdiction for the settlement of disputes
and the resolution of those matters upon which the parties have
be^ unable to agree.
It is recognized by the participating municipalities that this
agreement may not be carplete in every re^ct and it may be
, necessary to clarify and amend the Agreement fron time to time.
This Agreement may be modified or amended by an instrument in
writing, duly executed and acknavledged by tlie duly authorized
- representatives of each participating municipality, upon approval
by majority vote of the voting strengtli of the respective governing
bodies of said participating municipalities.
Section 17. Future Expansion of Capacity
It,shall be the responsibility of the Sv7S to initiate planning for
addlt:x<iii-J cap-acity when tlie iaiproveiTGnts defined -in the STEP II
Design reach no more tha 95^ of the design capacity.
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In Witness VThereof the parties hereto have caused this Agreen>ent to
be executed by their duly authorized officers and sealed with their
corporate seals the day and the year first aforementioned.
Attest: .
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City Clerk
City of Ithaca, New York
City of Ithaca
Mayoi
City of Ithaca, New York
Attest:To\-m of Ithaca
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I Tcwn Clerk
Tavn of Ithaca
By:_ _2^
Supervisor
Tovm of Itliaca
Attest:Tct-^ of Dryden
Toi-m Clerk
Tcwn of Dryden
By:
Supervisor n
Town of Dryden
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seweh system planning committee
SEPTEMBER 24, 1980
SUMMARY OF SCHEME HI
REVIEW
SCHEME I - The scheme by which all costs associated with new plant
and site would be apportioned by fixed percentages
based- on growth projections for the respec
tive municipalities for the year 2005 and on load fae- '
tors for major industry and septage: Fixed percentages
would be applicable for the life of the" loan.
SCHE-..JE II - The scheme by which all costs associated with new plant
and site would be apportioned by percentages adjusted
annually based on the most recent twelve month flow
records.of contributions from respective municipalities
and load factors for major industry and septage.
SCHEME III ~ The scheme by which all costs associated with new plant
and site for the hypothetical 1985—No Growth plant would
•be apportioned by fixed percentages based on the 198-d
flow records of contributions from respective munj.ci—
palities and load factors for major industry and sep- "
I tage. The reserve capacity of the new plant and pro--
portionate share of the site would be apportioned by
fixed percentages.based on growth projec
tions for the respective municipalities for the year
2005 and on additional load factors for major industry
and septage. At the time the fixed percentage of
reserve capacity is reached by any municipality or
I f^ industry, additional capacity shall be made available
; as needed from the remaining reserve capacity. Each
municipality or industry with remaining reserve capa-
,1, I city shall provide the needed capacity by a proportion
equal to their remaining reserve capacity over the
total remaining resei've capacity and be reimbur.sed for
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same in "doUars of that year" by the needy entity.
Any reduction of 1984 flow values from any entity
while not affectins the fixed percentages paid 'for':
the 1985 plant will act as a credit for capacity to
that entity and always be used before additional
reserve capacity.
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AN EXAMPLE OF HOW SCHEME III ^YQRKS
ASSUMPTIONS n
1. 30 YEAR BONDING PERIOD :
2. INTEREST .RATE - 6% "
3. LOCAL LENDING FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION - $4,300,000
4. LOCAL LENDING FOR EXISTING PLANT AND LAND.-
a. Based on Edv/ard VI. Austin 6/80 Land Appraisals -r
Parcel ill $ 1,500
Parcel IV .$206,500
land $208,000
b. Based on Edward W. Austin 6/80 Land Appraisals, '
American Appraisal 6/79, and Federal Funding -
$286,000 X .56"= Parcel III $143,000
Remaining Debt on Reusable Parts $ 50,000
BUILDINGS $193,000
LAND PLUS BUILDINGS TOTAL $401.000
5. PROJECT local GRANT TOTAL - $4,701,000 .
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