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Moving steel sheeting near Onondaga Creek (Jan 2008)
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Monthly report—March 2008
Properties cleared for conveyances
(ACJ completion date—Phase II RTF—9/1/05 (revised) & Phase III Conveyance—5/01/07. Further Milestone revisions requested)
Phase II construction completed
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Onondaga Creek and the steel sheeting installed for construction of the new RTF (Jan 2008)
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All construction work is now completed on the
facility, and a pre-start up testing period is underway.
Upcoming work
Work anticipated for April 2008 includes:
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Completion of testing of various equipment and systems
including PLCs, HVAC, boilers
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Punch list items to be worked on.
Midland Phase III activities
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Titan Wrecking and Environmental, LLC of
Kenmore, NY completed building demolitions related
to the Midland Phase III and Harbor Brook projects.
By the end of March, all six building had been
demolished and just topsoil and seeding remain to be
done.
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Completion of bid documents for re-bidding of
the Phase III project.
Construction on the Phase III pipeline will begin at
the West Castle Street end and progress over 2½ years
toward West Newell Street. No single area will be
affected for the full 2½ years, and the length of time
that construction will take place along each street
depends on the size of the pipe to be installed. The
pipeline ranges in size from 12 feet in diameter near
West Castle Street to 4 feet in diameter near Newell
Street.
Sewer separation for CSO basin 050—the Rockland
Avenue-Parkway Drive area of Syracuse—involved
installation of 4200 feet of new sewer pipeline.
Construction
began
on July 9, 2007 at the intersection of Rockland and
Hunt. The project is scheduled to be completed,
including restoration of the streets, in the spring of
2008 at an estimated cost of $3.2 million.
Work underway (March 2008)
Construction to be concluded:
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Filling a trench on East Bissell Street (Jan 2008)
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Relining a portion of the combined line under a
portion of Bissell and Temple (spring 2008)
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Streets to be fully restored (spring 2008).
The CSO has been converted to stormwater only and no
longer discharges combined sewage and stormwater into
Onondaga Creek.
Construction continues to progress
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Construction began at the end of July and is
continuing.
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Installation of manholes, sheeting, and sewer lines
continues.
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Continued installation of micro-tunneling shafts and
caissons.
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Approximately 70 linear feet of 88-inch pipe has been
installed through pipe ramming under Onondaga Creek,
bringing the pipe from the west side of the Creek to
the east side of the Creek to connect west side
overflows to the future facility.
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Completed repair of tunnel lighting conduit damaged
during archeological investigation at RTF site.
Upcoming work
Work anticipated for the month of April includes:
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Continue installation of manholes, sheeting, and sewer
conveyance pipelines
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Continuation of pipe ramming under Onondaga Creek
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Complete construction of micro-tunneling caissons
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Possibly begin microtunneling operation on west side
of Onondaga Creek.
(ACJ date: construction complete 2012)
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Phase II Conveyance-related work
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RTF-related design work
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Notice of intent to award was issued on Contract 2A.
Bids were opened on January 9, 2008. The following
four bids were received:
Delaney at $3,578,908 (apparent low bidder)
Bongiovanni at $4,983,040
Falter at $5,574,101
Tuscarora at $10,734,150
The engineer's estimate was $3,692,000. Contract 2A
covers the railroad crossing near the RTF to the rear
of the MOST. The notice of intent to award was issued
March 7 to Delaney.
Work continues to finalize the contract.
2B project will cover the West Jefferson Street to
Fayette Street pipeline and creekwalk.
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RTF was advertised for bids on August 8.
Pre-bid meeting was held on August 22.
Bids were opened October 10. Three bids were received
for the general construction contract. Falter was
apparent low bidder at $65,615,101.
Total of low bids for all four prime contracts is
$75,938,541. At County's request, bidders have agreed
to another time extension to allow the County
additional time for review and discussions with all
parties to the Amended Consent Judgment regarding alternatives. This
extension goes to May 1, 2008.
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Geophysical testing at the Clinton RTF site (Sep 2008)
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The goal of the project is to abate eleven CSOs
between Fayette and Oneida streets. The Facility Plan
evaluates alternative technologies to address the
overflows and alternative sites for a
storage-treatment facility. It recommends:
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In-line storage and a regional treatment facility
(RTF) with a vortex separator as the most
cost-effective approach
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Construction on a site between the elevated railroad
tracks and Onondaga Creek southwest of the MOST on West
Jefferson Street.
(ACJ completion date for in-water system—7/1/02—Not implementable—new stipulated completion date Jan 1, 2012)
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Conveyance-related work
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RTF-related work
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No new activities this month
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Building demolition contractor, Titan, completed
demolition of four buildings at the corner of Grand
and Delaware needed for the Harbor Brook project in
March. Topsoil and seeding is to be done in April.
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The Facility Plan recommends two regional storage and treatment
facilities (RTFs), five underground floatables control
facilities, upgrading one pump station, and
installation of conveyance pipelines to transport CSO
flow to the facilities. The Facility Plan also identifies
two sites, both are privately owned vacant land, for
purchase for sites of the RTFs.
Nothing to report at this time.
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Brighton area sewer separation (Summer 2003)
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Projects completed since July 2002—not included in
Interim Projects—are the following:
The following is a summary of the projects completed
under Appendix B, pages 10-12, of the Amended Consent Judgment. Each of these
ten CSO-related projects had a major milestone
completion date of July 1, 2002. Some of these
interim projects were completed well ahead of the
major milestone date, and all except two met the major
milestone date. The projects are listed below
by date completed:
Under Appendix A of the Amended Consent Judgment, certain improvement
projects at Metro were designated as interim projects
and given a major milestone date for completion of
July 1, 2002. All six projects were completed by the
milestone date, and most were completed well ahead of
schedule. The projects are listed below by date
completed:
Sampling conducted this month included:
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Biweekly tributary sampling was conducted on March 4
and 18. The sampling event on March 4 also met the
criteria for a high-flow sampling event.
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An additional special tributary sampling event under
high-flow conditions was conducted on March 5 in
response to 0.42 inches of rain and snowmelt.
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The AMP has now completed five high-flow sampling
events for 2008.
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Special Onondaga Creek samples relating to dewatering
activities on the Clinton project were collected at
Dorwin Avenue, Adams Street, and Water Street on March
10 and 24.
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Monthly winter sampling in the South Deep of Onondaga Lake
was conducted on March 27.
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Conducted QA/QC of data entries in the Integrated
Biological Database
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Equipment was prepared and repaired for the upcoming
2008 monitoring season
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All field and laboratory activities have been
completed for the 2007 monitoring season.
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Morning at Onondaga Lake, March 2007
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None to report.
None to report.
Sewer separation, CSO 047 and 048
Contract with C.O. Falter Construction
amended to include final changes to close out contract
work not needed.
Change order amount: Deletion of $344,078.66.
Executed: March 17, 2008.
Biosolids handling improvements
Contract with Airside Technology amended to include
costs associated with providing the odor control
system.
Change order amount: $99,848.00. Executed:
March 21, 2008.
Action items of the County Legislature in March:
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A resolution approving the increased cost of
certain improvements for the Midland RTF
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A resolution authorizing the issuance of an additional
$25,478,433 in bonds of the County of Onondaga to pay
the increased cost of certain improvements for the
Midland RTF.
Upcoming for April legislative session: No items.
Upcoming for April committee: No items.
State Bond Act funds
Clinton Street conveyances and RTF: Received requests
for $1,281,254.24 on March 27 and $1,973,746.98 on
March 28 for total received of $8,214,932.
Total payments received to date in State Bond Act
funds: $110,448,961.
Federal EPA funds
None to report.
Total received to date in Federal EPA funds: $82,329,119.
Federal Army Corps of Engineers funds
Sewer Separation (CSO 050):
Received request for $1,109,638.65 on March 17.
Total received to date from Army Corps of Engineers
funds: $11,468,159.
Received reimbursement payment from EFC during March
for sewer separation (CSO 038, 040, 046A and 046B):
$463.76 on March 21 for a total received of
$2,067,800.
Total reimbursement monies received to date through
EFC loans for the funded ACJ projects: $159,069,198
(short term), $33,996,308 (long term).
 Chronology of project construction starts
Contractors for construction projects
Grants and loans applied for—not yet approved
Grants received
Financial status report
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Susan Miller, Project Deputy Director
Onondaga County Dept of Water Environment Protection