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88-inch casing near South Clinton Street—looking into the caisson on the east side of Onondaga Creek, Apr 2008
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Monthly report—April 2008
(ACJ completion date—Phase II RTF—9/1/05 (revised) & Phase III Conveyance—5/01/07. Further Milestone revisions to be determined)
Phase II construction completed
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Removing the construction trailers from the Midland RTF site (Apr 2008)
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All construction work is now complete on the Midland
RTF, and a pre-start up testing period is underway.
Upcoming work
Work anticipated for May 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 will continue to be worked on.
Midland Phase III activities
Titan Wrecking and Environmental, LLC, of Kenmore, NY
completed site restoration with topsoil and seeding at
the six lots related to the Midland Phase III work where
demolitions occurred.
Documents for re-bidding of the Phase III project were
completed. The potential for further revisions is
being evaluated at this time.
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 (April 2008)
Construction to be concluded:
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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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On West Street, work on the microtunneling shafts (Apr 2008)
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Construction began at the end of July 2007 and is continuing.
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Installation of manholes, sheeting, and sewer lines continues.
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Installation of microtunneling shafts and caissons continues.
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All of steel casing for the 88-inch pipe has been
installed through pipe-ramming under the creek—bringing the pipe from the west
side of Onondaga Creek to the east side of the Creek to
connect west side overflows to the future RTF facility.
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Completed the following:
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Installation of two manholes
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Further grouting on the microtunneling caissons
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Restoration of curbing and concrete base on
Gifford Street and West Onondaga Street.
Upcoming work
Work anticipated for May includes:
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Continue installation of manholes, sheeting, and sewer conveyance pipelines
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Installation of 88-inch carrier pipe within the
steel casing completed under Onondaga Creek for the conveyance sewer
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Complete construction of micro-tunneling caissons
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Complete final pavement restoration (asphalt
replacement) on West Onondaga and Gifford streets on
the west side of Onondaga Creek
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Begin surface restoration of Rescue Mission grounds.
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Complete jet grouting of caisson joints and begin
microtunneling operation on west side of Onondaga Creek.
(ACJ date: further amended completion date of January 1, 2013)
Notice of intent to award was issued on Contract 2A.
Contract 2A covers pipe installation under the
railroad near RTF to the rear of the MOST and will
take in one CSO. The following tasks were completed:
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A notice to proceed was issued on April 29 to Delaney Construction on the Phase 2A project
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Contract finalized and signed on April 25
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Preconstruction meeting held with contractor on April 29, 2008
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The Engineer's estimate was $3,692,000. Bids were opened January 9, 2008. The following four bids were received:
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Delaney at $3,578,908 (apparent low bidder)
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Bongiovanni at $4,983,040
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Falter at $5,574,101
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Tuscarora at $10,734,150
The County notified bidders on April 25, 2008 that all
bids on the Clinton RTF project were rejected. Working
with the ACJ parties and others, the County will
pursue implementation of alternatives technologies to
address the Clinton CSOs. These technologies will include green
infrastructure projects.
The goal of the Clinton project is to abate eleven CSOs
between Fayette and Oneida streets near downtown
Syracuse.
(ACJ further amended completion date January 1, 2013)
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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
site restoration with topsoil and seeding of the lots
at the corner of Grand and Delaware in April.
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Site of demolition, before restoration, at Grand and Delaware. Harbor Brook is beyond the stone fence in the background. (Apr 2008)
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The current planned project for the Harbor Brook CSOs
includes two regional storage and treatment
facilities, four underground floatables control
facilities, upgrading one pump station, and
installation of conveyance pipelines to transport CSO
flow to the facilities. The two sites identified for
purchase for the storage and treatment facilities are
on vacant privately owned land. The County along with
the other ACJ parties will be evaluating the potential
use of green infrastructure in this CSO area as well
as the Clinton area.
Nothing to report at this time.
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Siphon rehabilitation (1998-99)
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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:
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Biweekly tributary sampling conducted on April 15
and 29. Quarterly extended tributary sampling also
conducted on April 1 that qualified as a high-flow
event. Six high-flow sampling events have now been
completed 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 April 7 and 21.
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Weekly sampling began this month on the lake for
this new monitoring season.
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Lake weekly sampling events were conducted on
April 3, 14, and 28.
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Double Lake sampling event including north and
south deep was conducted on April 9.
Collected the first of the season pelagic larvae
sampling on April 24. This will be done every 2 weeks
from April through July.
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Spring 2003
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Clinton Street conveyances and RTF: Contract with Delaney Group, Inc.
for general construction of Phase 2A of the Clinton
Street CSO conveyances project
Contract amount: $3,578,908.00. Executed: April 29,
2008.
Midland Avenue conveyances and RTF: Contract with Wolf Construction Management
Services, LLC, amended for additional property management through
December 2007
Contract amount: $1,500.00. Executed: April 4, 2008.
Midland Avenue conveyances and RTF: Contract with Ridley Electric Company
amended for various modifications including installation of chemical
inductor control panels, conduit, and wire for motorized gate, install
power cables and underground phone service
Change order amount: $91,065.00. Executed: April 1,
2008.
Clinton Street CSO conveyances and RTF: Contract with Delaney Group, Inc.
amended to include installation of additional
ductbank, conduits, and manholes and removal of underground storage tank at
Byrne Dairy
Change order amount: $82,572.52. Executed: April 4,
2008.
Action items of the County Legislature in April:
No items.
Upcoming for May legislative session:
No items.
Upcoming for May committee: No items.
State Bond Act funds
None to report
Total payments received to date in State Bond Act funds: $110,448,961.
Federal EPA funds
Midland Avenue conveyances and RTF:
Received request in the amount of $711,788.00 on April 14, 2008 for total
received of $28,369,366
Total received to date in Federal EPA funds: $83,040,897.
Federal Army Corps of Engineers funds
None to report
Total received to date from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
funds: $11,468,159.
The following reimbursement payments were received from EFC during April:
None to report
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