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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11-17-10 Board of Public Works Meeting AgendaA meeting „f2- Board of Public Works will be held on Wednesday, November 17, at 4: p.m. in Common Council Chambers - Third Floor, City Hall, 108 East Green Street, Ithac New York. I 1 . Additions or Deletions to Agenda 2. Mayor's Communications 3. Communications and Hearings from P ersons before the Board 4. Response to Public 6. Approval of Minutes 6.1 October 27, 2010, Board of Publi©2: » Meeting Minutes 8. VOTING ITEMS 8.1 Puildings, Properties, Refuse, and Transit 8.3 Parking and Traffic 8.3A 2011 Parking Rates — Resolution 8.313 West End Parking Rates — Resolutior AE"Wo =-- Pmz " A �� 2.5 Water and Sewer 8.5A Appeal of Water Bill for 205 O4:l it Road — Resolution 8.5 Appeal of Water Bill for ■04 Stewart Avenue — Resolution 9. DISCUSSION ITEMS 9.1 Buildings, Properties, Refuse, ands a • � J � r 10. New Business Adiournment If you have a disability that will require special arrangements to be made in order for you to fully participate in the meeting, please contact the City Clerk at 274 -6570 at least 48 hours before the meeting. The Board of Public Works meets on the second, third and fourth Wednesdays of the month at 4:45 p.m. All meetings are voting meetings, which opens with a public comment period. Meeting agendas are created from prior public input, Department operating and planning issues, and requests made to the Superintendent. The Board reserves the right to limit verbal comments to three minutes and to request written comments on lengthy or complex issues. This information may then be used to create committee agendas, with the speaker or author invited to attend. Page 2 -1 17M 8.5A Appeal of Water Bill for 205 Old Elmira Road — Resolution 8.5B Appeal of Water Bill for 804 Stewart Avenue — Resolution Two bills have been reviewed due to the request of the owner or their representative believe the resolutions contain the reasons for and results of those reviews. W.J. Gray, P.E. Superintendent of Public Works November 12, 2010 III REM 0 1 1 -T �'' -c—,- UUM, 71IFFT, ineretforr parKing Tacliales IF] UIUUf LU fileef ine atopLea Dittgel A _;Wfofe it rMs (011 REAM 192 1 IIZIWI Moll MR E VIN Lam, 1110MON-A in lwltff��� RESOLVED, That all monthly permit charges in all parking facilities shall be increased annually future years by 3 percent on January 1 s' unless the Board of Public Works directs otherwise hereafter and the schedule of all changes is set forth in this document. Monthly Permits Actual 2010 Rates Effective 8/1110 Proposed 2011 Rat es Effective 1/1/11 Amount Changed Garage, 5'a -Seneca All Levels 44 410 Uo. ►% increase Contract with Hotel' 3% increase Contract with Ciminel li2 1 5% increase Green Street Garage, Day and Night z $72.1 0/mo 3% increase Contract with Ciminel li2 $50. 0/mo 4, increase Cayuga Street Garage, Day and Niaht All Levels, including long-term storage $56.00/mo- $57.68/mo 3% increase Contract with Ciminel li2 $44.90/mo $45.57/mo 1.5% I increase Contract with County (Libr $44.90/mo 1.5% increase Premium Area Rates $1 its /mo 3% increase D den Road Garage Day 6:00 a.m. — 9:30 p.m. $11 0.00/mo WIN Night 6:00 p.m. — 6:00 a.m. 3% increase Day and night (24 hours) $220.00/mo _3% increase Other Non-Meter Permit Parking 4 Contract with County (DSS) Dryden Road Garage Parking Meters and Pay nd Display Actual Proposed Proposed Weekly Rates 2010 Rates 2011 Rates 2010 Rates 2011 Rates Effective Effective Amount Effective 1/1/10_1 111/11 Changed Seneca Garage, Day and Night 10 M�M 3% increase Green Street Garage, Day and_����Wft 3% increase Dryden Road Garage, Day OR Night 0 3% increase Dryden Road Garage, 24 Hours Collegetown Every hour - - I I I Dryden Road Garage Parking Meters and Pay nd Display Actual Proposed Surface Lot: Green Hourly RateS5 $1.50/hour 2010 Rates 2011 Rates Street Garage7 No max. No max. Effective Effective Downtown 6/1/10 1/1/11 Amount Changed Seneca, Green, Cayuga Street Garages" 0-1 0 $1 Remove 1 free hour Collegetown Every hour $1.00/hr thereafter $1 /hour $1/hour No change $0.50/hr Increase worth $25,000 Dryden Road Garage Parking Meters and Pay nd Display Surface Lot: Green $1.50/hour $1.50/hour Street Garage7 No max. No max. No change Downtown Collegetown $1.00/hr $1.00/hr Thurston & Stewart $0.25/hr $0.50/hr Increase worth $25,000 Foot Notes 1 —Volume discount rate for 104 spaces — see contract dated June 6.2008. Rate adjustment annually nn8Mbased on average increase in other rates, but not more than 3% Page 5 2 — Up to 40 permits in Seneca Street Garage at posted rate (except handicap permits, are at special Cayuga Garage rate); up to 100 permits in Green Street Garage, up to 150 permits in Cayuga Street Garage, total not to exceed 250 permits. Right to purchase additional 150 permits at posted rates — see contract dated June 6, 2006. Rate to change for first 250 permits after August 1, 2007, "from time to time" based on percentage change in the CPI between adjustment dates. There has been a 1.1 % or a 1.9% increase (U.S. City average and Northeast Urban Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000) in the CPI — All Urban Consumers (CPI -U) between September 2009 and August 2010, so a 1.5% increase has been calculated. 3 — Up to 150 total permits in Green Street and Cayuga Street Garages at lowest permit price available for those spaces; up to 50 permits in Seneca Street Garage at lowest posted monthly rate for Seneca Street Garage spaces (Seneca spaces are only available if Green Street and Cayuga Street Garages are full). Thomas Associates is eligible for volume discount fee structure —not currently applicable. This contract expired October 31, 2010. 4 — The County's mental Health /Library agreement for 100 spaces in Green Street Garage (and /or Lot D) will remain in effect for ten (10) years, or for as long as the building at 101 East Green Street is owned by the County and used for public library purposes, whichever period is shorter. Both parties agree to work in good faith to negotiate a successor agreement at the expiration of this agreement. The rate charged is the lowest rate charged to anyone. The agreement was signed November 28, 2000, so expires in November 2010. County's DSS agreement for 20 spaces on West State Street (in "Fire Station lot ") expires December 31, 2016. 5 — Fees charged: Downtown garages, 2:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Monday through Friday: Dryden Road garage and Green Street Surface Lot, 24 hours / 7 days. 6 — The City has an agreement with TC3 that allows TC3 to issue passes for students, clients, and customers, for which the City charges TC3 88 percent of posted rates for the accumulated parking fees. 7— In 2010, the pay station for the Green Street Surface Lot maybe changed to accept credit cards, at which time the hourly rate shall be increased to $2 per hour. 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Q> ar O CU i O C f8 CT > -O L v > O C 0 C a) O O t6 L co �U a) C co 0 0 Z Z O O U Q Q Z Z F° F® 0 N <v w WHEREAS, Guiliano Lucatelli, owner of Lucatelli's Ristorante at 205 Old Elmira Road, has protested a water and sewer bill received in the fall of 2009 in the amount of $3,389.12, which is roughly five times higher • '• - bills, WHEREAS, a records search for property i ws that notices of .. possible leak sent with the quarterly bills for September f the property owner concrete reported that both a gas service leak and a water service leak were discovered under the .• in the fall of 2009 and WHEREAS, Supt. ited that, if allowances • i ce in the sewer bills for March, • September 2009 allow f` water that was lost beneath restaurant f never processed by -a plan, `• of 46,000 fi feet (344,000 gal.), $1,886.00, • f be appropriate, now e e • . be it RESOLVED, That the i•. • of ''f lic Works approves a cr'• f ; of $1,886.00 to Mr. Lucatelli's account number 4900355100 for his restaurant at 205 Elmira Road, representing water deliver that was never processed through the City's wastewater treatment i.!^ i Item 8.5A Giuliano Lucate0NJr. Acct. #: 4900355100 2G5 Elmira Rd. Meter Size: ----------- Min. Consumption*: 32 Meter Reading Date I Consumption*1 Billing Date Water Bill I Total Bill Notes 6/2/2006 104 6/29/2006 104.00 607.36 9/5/2006 97 10/1/2006 267.72 566.48 12/4/20064 98 1/1/2007 276.36 608.58 3/8/2007 110 4/1/2007 310.20 683.10 5/31/2007 1 7/1/2007 290.46 639.63 8/31/2007 104 10/1/2007 293.28 645.84 12/5/2007 118 1/1/2008 343.38 783.52 3/10/2008 124 4/1/2008 360.84 823.36 50 1,11 g 9/8/2008 125 10/1/2008 363.75 830.00 12/10/2008 148 12/20/2008 446.96 1,053.76 Meter replaced 10/15/08 3/12/2009 155 3/23/2009 468.10 1,103.60 6/8/2009 179 6/19/2009 540.58 1,274.48 12/4/2009 89 12/21/2009 295.48 689.75 3/2/2010 75 3/19/2010 249.00 581.25 6/3/2010 75 6/21/2010 249.00 581.25 *Conaunnpbonioin1O0oubicfeet (i.e. 57 = 5,700 cubic feet of water consumed) JABiU Gnuy\BiU\a plaint Proteoto- bill analyses285 Elmira Rd. 11/12/2010 Water Consumption for 205 Elmira Rd. Z 350 MEIIII 250 HE Ir 75 100 50 1,11 g JABiU Gnuy\BiU\a plaint Proteoto- bill analyses285 Elmira Rd. 11/12/2010 0=1 nolmmz WHEREAS, Lenoard Bisk, as Alumni Advisor to Alpha Sigma Phi at 804 Stewart Avenue, has raised an objection to the adjusted bill for water and sewer service for that address dated September 18, 2009, which was used to correct a 10 to 1 under registration of water consumption and the resulting billing error, and WHEREAS, the City's adjusted consumption figures to correct the 10 to 1 error are includei in the middle average calculated above and do not appear to cause an aberration in the increasing use pattern that is apparent in the last two years, but appear to be a significant change over the two years prior to the meter change out, now therefore be it RESOLVED, That the Board of Public Works denies Mr. Bisk's request to modify the billings sent to correct the 10 to 1 meter read errors because the Board understands the source of and correction to that error, but directs staff to work with Mr. Bisk to use the capabilities of the new meters to help the residents at 804 Stewart Avenue understand their new (or increasing) water use patterns, and be it further RESOLVED, That the Board directs staff to inform Mr. Bisk of the usual terms and conditions for having the meter pulled and bench tested to verify accuracy should the fraternity feel that the meter is responsible for some or all of the changes in their water and sewer bill. Item 8.513 Water Bill Analysis Alpha Signrna Phi Acct. #: 5002108100 804 Stewart Ave. Meter Size: 1.5 inch Min. Consumption *: 55 Meter Reading Date Consumption* Billing Cate Water Bill Total Ball dotes 12/6/2005 97 1/1/2006 267.72 298.76 3/10/2006 91 4/1/2006 251.16 531.44 6/6/2006 85 6/29/2006 234.60 496.40 9112/2006 61 10/1/2006 168.36 356.24 12/6/2006 104 1/1/2007 293.28 645.84 3/9/2007 95 4/1/2007 267.90 589.95 6/1/2007 105 7/1/2007 296.10 652.05 9/5/2007 77 10/1/2007 217.14 478.17 12/7/2007 115 1/1/2008 334.65 763.6-O- 3/13/2008 121 4/1/2008 352.11 803.44 6/3/2008 122 7/1/2008 355.02 810.08 9/17/2008 55 10/112008 160.05 365.20 12/10/2008 228 12/20/2008 688.56 1,623.36 Meter replaced 10/16/08 3/12/2009 15 3/23/2009 166.10 391.60 Actual cons. = 150 6/8/2009 13 6/19/2009 166.10 391.60 Actual cons. = 130 9/8/2009 115 9/18/2010 347.30 818.80 12/4/2009 177 12/21/2009 587.64 1,371.75 3/2/2010 150 3/19/2010 498.00 1,162.50 6/3/2010 256 6/21/2010 849.92 1,984.6-0 *Consumption is in 100 cubic feet (i.e. 57 = 5,700 cubic feet of water consumed) J: \Bill Gray \Bill's Correspondence \Complaint Responses \Water Protests - bill analyses804 Stewart Ave. 11/12/2010