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Home My WebLink AboutMN-BPW-1994-08-24T LO MT W zZ L BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS PROCEEDINGS CITY OF ITHACA, NEW YORK Regular Meeting 4:00 p.m. August 24, 1994 PRESENT: Mayor Nichols Commissioners (4) - Reeves, Smith,'Tripp, Seligmann ABSENT: Commissioners (2) - Gerardj Rusoff OTHERS PRESENT: Deputy City Controller - Superintendent of Public Assistant Superintendent Assistant Superintendent Senior Stenographer - Ho Thayer Works - Gray of Streets and Facilities - Ferrel of Water and Sewer - Fabbroni Lcomb PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Mayor Nichols led all present in the Pledge of Allegiance to the American flag. By Commissioner Tripp: Seconded by Commissioner Reeves RESOLVED, That the Minutes of the August 10, 1994 Board of Public Works meeting be approved as published. Carried Unanimously ADDITIONS TO OR DELETIONS FROM THE AGENDA: Parking and Traffic Items Commissioner Reeves requested the addition of Item A - Request for No Parking" Signs on Crescent Place. No Board member objected. REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT: Superintendent Gray reported to the Board on the following: Route 96 /Bridge Design meetings MPO meeting Sidewalk contracts Fiber Optic project REPORT OF ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS AND FACILITIES• Assistant Superintendent Ferrel reported to the Board on the following: Street paving program is ongoing; Stewart Avenue brick replacement; Triphammer Road being paved; Sign Shop crew is striping crosswalks and parking lots; Fall shifts for buses to begin this coming weekend; Creek cleaning /run off problems last Friday. Creek near high school flooded over. On Spencer Road we lost the retaining wall for the creek that comes down on the back side of where Valley Lumber is. Sal Pirro has requested trash cans to be placed on his property in the West End. Alderperson Booth has requested that the Board consider a flashing light on Mitchell Street where the city sidewalk goes up one side of the street and passes the city line and stops. On the opposite side of the street the town has installed a path and a lot of students are crossing the street at that site. Assistant Superintendent Ferrel handed out copies of the corrected budget. 1 177 [ff.] Discussion followed on the floor .•r, a rding Mr. Pirro's request for trash cans. REPORT OF ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF WATER ANL SEWER Assistant Superintendent Fabbroni reported to the Board on the following: Silt Dam work ongoing; water main break on University Avenue; Utility bridge re- furbished; In the area of Wegman's, TOPS, K -Mart and the Sherwin Williams building there is an opportunity to tie all those quite large water systems together with some benefit to the public system. Staff is working on the budget and it should be ready for the Board next week; HIGHWAYS. STREETS AND SIDEWALK ITEMS: A. Award of Bid for 1994 Sidewalk Contract By Commissioner Smith: Seconded by Commissioner Tripp WHEREAS, bids for the 1994 Sidewalk Contract were received and reviewed by staff, and WHEREAS, F &J Masonry submitted the low bid of $112,938.75, and WHEREAS, the Board authorized the use of funds for construction of sidewalks within Wood Street park in their resolution of June 9, 1993, and WHEREAS, after discussions with the community, the amount of sidewalk within the park design has increased substantially; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the Board of Public Works awards 1994 Sidewalk Contract to F &J Masonry of Waverly, New York, for an amount not to exceed an amount of $75,000., and be it further RESOLVED, That the Board authorizes the installation of additional sidewalk in Wood Street Park, not to exceed an amount of $20,000., as part of the capital project funded at $75,000., and be it further RESOLVED, That the Board authorizes the Superintendent to enter into an agreement for the project. Carried Unanimously P. Request for Signage at Community Gardens 'y Commissioner Smith: Seconded by Commissioner Tripp WHEREAS, the Board of Public works has received a request from members of the Community Gardens requesting signage to allow pedestrian crossing and Yield signs at the gardens; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the Board of Public works directs staff to take measures to dead end the road as it was originally designed and install signage warning motorists of pedestrians, and be it further RESOLVED, That the Board urges the participants of Community Gardens to work with the department staff to relocate gardens so they are contiguous, allowing them to avoid crossing the road, and be it further , RESOLVED, That the Board encourages members of the Community gardens to communicate with the businesses in the area to make them aware of their concerns and the, safety issues involved. Amending Resolution By Commissioner Reeves: Seconded by Commissioner Tripp RESOLVED, That a new first Resolved be added to the resolution to read as follows: v— L / T- M Z G "RESOLVED, That the Board denies the request of the Community Gardens, and be it further" Carried Unanimously Amending Resolution By Commissioner Smith: RESOLVED, That in the first Reso lved clause (in the original resolution) the words "and install- signage warning motorists of pedestrians" be deleted. Motion Failed for Lack of a Second Main Motion as Amended A vote on the Main Motion as Amended resulted as follows: Carried Unanimously PARKING AND TRAFFIC ITEMS: A. Request for "No Parking" Signs on Crescent Place By Commissioner Tripp: Seconded by Commissioner Reeves WHEREAS, the Board of Public Works has received a request to prohibit parking at the curve on Crescent Place, and WHEREAS, Superintendent Gray has suggested that parking He removed from inside of the curve, make the turn safer, and WHEREAS, on July 13, 1994, the Board of Public Works passed a resolution modifying the regulations on the inside of the curve on Crescent Place, and WHEREAS, the board has received a second request and recommendations from the Chief of Police to eliminate parking from both sides of the street at the curve on Crescent Place; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the Board of Public Works hereby approves the request to install "No Parking" signs on both sides of Crescent Place at the curve, based on the original recommendation by the Chief of Police. Discussion followed on the floor. A vote on the resolution resulted as follows: Aye (1) - Smith Nays (3) - Reeves, Seligmann, Tripp Motion Fails CREEKS, BRIDGES AND PARKS: A. Disposition of Seneca Street Bridge By Commissioner Reeves: Seconded by Commissioner Tripp WHEREAS, the New York State Department of Transportation will be replacing the Seneca Street bridge over Cayuga Inlet, in the course of the Route 96 Improvement Project, and WHEREAS, this bridge is of local importance and interest having been manufactured in 1908 by the Groton Bridge Company in a striking truss design that is gradually becoming less common, and WHEREAS, the city has expressed interest in seeing the bridge trusses re -used within the city, and WHEREAS, NYSDOT has indicated willingness to have all or parts of the structure salvaged and relocated, as part of the Route 96 project, to a location designated by the city, and WHEREAS, several possible locations and uses have been considered by the city and this board; now, therefore, be it 3 179 RESOLVED, That the Board of Public Works concludes that the most desirable use of the Seneca Street bridge trusses would be as components of a structure needed to carry Finger Lakes State Parks' Black Diamond multi -use trail across Cayuga Inlet at the NYSDEC fish ladder and drop structure, and be it further RESOLVED, That the Superintendent be directed to coordinate with State Parks on this matter to determine whether such use is in fact reasonable and acceptable, so that time arrangements may be made for the move, and be it further RESOLVED, That this resolution, and information regarding State Park's response to the idea, when such response is given, be conveyed to Common Council for appropriate action and to NYSDOT for incorporation into the project. Carried Unanimously By Commissioner Reeves: Seconded by Commissioner Tripp WHEREAS, the Board of Public Works has been presented with an outline of the proposed substitute park lands for Southwest Park as well as related recommendations by the Southwest Area Land Use Committee and the Parks Commission; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the Board of Public Works hereby endorses the proposed alienation of Southwest Park and acquisition of substitute park lands as outlined in the excerpted portions of the Southwest Area Land Use Study presented to the Board August 17, 1994, and be it further RESOLVED, That the Board adopts the recommendation of the Southwest Area Land Use Committee and the Parks Commission that the alienation process include the creation of a capital reserve fund for city parks funded from any surplus value of the alienated Southwest Park remaining after all the proposed substitute park land has been acquired. Carried Unanimously On a motion the meeting adjourned at 5:30 p.m. Connie J. Holcomb SeniorrStenographer Benjamin Nichols Mayor