HomeMy WebLinkAboutTB 2023-132 Set PH PIO IAWWTF AdditionalMEETING OF THE ITHACA TOWN BOARD
215 N. Tioga St., Ithaca, NY Tompkins County
August 28, 2023 at 4:30 p.m.
TB Resolution 2023 - 132: Order Setting a Public Hearing Regarding a Proposed Sewer Improvement for the Town of Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, pursuant to Article 12-C of the Town
Law, to be known as the Town of Ithaca 2023 Additional Boiler Replacement and Facility Improvements Sewer Improvement at the Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Facility and establishing
the Town of Ithaca 2023 Additional Boiler Replacement and Facility Improvements Sewer Improvement Area
Present: Supervisor Rod Howe; Members Rich DePaolo, Eric Levine, Rob Rosen, Margaret Johnson, and Bill Goodman Absent: Pamela Bleiwas
Moved: Rod Howe Seconded: Rich DePaolo
Whereas, a map, plan and report, including an estimate of cost, have been duly prepared in such manner and in such detail as has heretofore been determined by the Town Board of the Town
of Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, relating to the establishment and construction, pursuant to Article 12-C of the Town Law, of sewer system improvements to be known and identified
as the Town of Ithaca 2023 Additional Boiler Replacement and Facility Improvements Sewer Improvement at the Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Facility (the “Improvement”), to provide
such Improvement to the present Town sewer system, such sewer system Improvement to be jointly constructed and jointly owned by the Town of Ithaca, City of Ithaca and Town of Dryden,
all of which are co-owners of the Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Facility (“IAWWTF”), to serve a benefitted area in said Town to be known as the Town of Ithaca 2023 Additional Boiler
Replacement and Facility Improvements Sewer Improvement Area (the “Sewer Improvement Area”); and
Whereas, the area of said Town determined to be benefited by said Sewer Improvement Area consists of the entire area of said Town excepting therefrom the area contained within the Village
of Cayuga Heights, and the Sewer Improvement Area boundaries shall consist of the entire area of said Town outside of the Village of Cayuga Heights as more fully shown upon a map on
file in the office of the Town Clerk, which map is available for inspection by any person or persons interested in same during regular office hours at said office; and
Whereas, said map, plan and report, including estimate of cost, were prepared by a competent engineer, duly licensed by the State of New York, and have been filed in the office of the
Town Clerk of said Town, where the same are available during regular office hours for examination by any person or persons interested in the subject matter thereof; and
Whereas, the Improvement proposed in connection with the establishment of the Sewer Improvement Area consists of the following: replacement of the IAWWTF’s existing out-of-service digester
gas boiler and two Camus boilers that are at the end of life with a new non-condensing boiler and a new condensing boiler, installation of a new gas train, boiler recirculation pumps,
valves, and air ductwork, pad and piping modifications, electrical work, and disposal of the three existing boilers; installation of five new control valve stations and five new control
valves with associated piping and electrical modifications; installation of a new automated waste gas burner, piping, concrete pads, pressure transmitters, valves, flame arrestor and
thermal valve, electrical work, and disposal of the existing flare and waste gas piping; installation of two new variable refrigerant flow (VRF) heat pump systems, wall-mounted cassettes,
piping, communications wiring, transformer, and panel, ductwork modifications, electrical work; installation of a new supply air fan and a new exhaust air fan to serve the turbine room,
and installation of new ductwork; installation of new heating coils for existing air handlers, piping modifications, and disposal of existing coils in existing air handling units; installation
of two 36” x 54” influent slide gates to replace two existing 26” x 54” slide gates, and disposal of the existing slide gates; removal to deck and disposal of existing Administration
building roof, and installation of skylight and new roof with R-30 insulation and 90 MPH, 20-year full system warranty; updates to and upgrades and recommissioning of existing JCI controls
associated with the foregoing projects; and other ancillary and incidental improvements and expenses in connection therewith, at a maximum estimated cost to the Sewer Improvement Area
of 40.88% of Three Million Two Hundred Forty-Three Thousand Eight Hundred Forty-Six Dollars and No Cents ($3,243,846.00), which is One Million Three Hundred Twenty-Six Thousand Eighty-Four
Dollars and No Cents ($1,326,084.00), it being determined that the remaining $1,917,762.00 of the $3,243,846.00 aggregate maximum cost shall be apportioned and allocated to the City
of Ithaca and Town of Dryden, pursuant to the terms of the December 31, 2003 Joint Sewer Agreement, as amended, among the Town of Ithaca, City of Ithaca and Town of Dryden; and
Whereas, said $1,326,084.00 maximum estimated cost, which is the cost of the project to be expended by the Town of Ithaca, shall be authorized to be financed by the Town of Ithaca by
the expenditure of current revenues and surplus funds from sewer rents and charges from said Sewer Improvement Area, and/or by serial bonds, provided however, grants-in-aid may be received
and utilized therefor; and
Whereas, it is proposed that the cost of the Improvement shall be borne by the real property in said Sewer Improvement Area by assessing, levying upon and collecting from the several
lots and parcels of land within such Sewer Improvement Area, outside of any villages, which the Town Board shall determine and specify to be especially benefitted by the Improvement,
an amount sufficient to pay the cost, and
Whereas, said maximum estimated cost is not greater than one tenth of one per centum of the full valuation of the taxable real property in the area of the Town of Ithaca outside of any
villages and, therefore, in accordance with the provisions of subdivision 13(a) of Section 209-q of the Town Law, the permission of the State Comptroller is not required for such Improvement
and the establishment of said Sewer Improvement Area; and
Whereas, the Town Board has determined approval, construction and implementation of the Improvement to be a Type II Action pursuant to the regulations of the New York State Department
of Environmental Conservation promulgated pursuant to the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQR) for the following reasons: the Improvement involves the purchase of equipment,
and the replacement in kind of facilities on the same site; and thus per the SEQR regulations the Improvement will not have a significant adverse impact on the environment, and approval,
construction and implementation of the Improvement are not subject to review under SEQR; and
Whereas, it is now desired to call a public hearing for the purpose of considering said map, plan and report, including estimate of cost, and the providing of the Improvement, and to
hear all persons interested in the subject thereof concerning the same, all in accordance with the provisions of Section 209 q of the Town Law; now, therefore, be it
Ordered, by the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, as follows:
Section 1 A public hearing shall be held by the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, at the Ithaca Town Hall, 215 North Tioga Street, in Ithaca, New York, in
said Town, on September 11, 2023, at 5:30 o’clock P.M., Prevailing Time, to consider the aforesaid map, plan and report, including estimate of cost, and the question of providing the
Improvement, and to hear all persons interested in the subject thereof concerning the same and to take such action thereon as is required by law.
Section 2. The Town Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to cause a copy of this Order to be published once in the official newspaper, and also to post a copy thereof on the Town
signboard maintained by the Town Clerk, not less than ten (10) nor more than twenty (20) days before the day designated for the hearing as aforesaid, in accordance with the provisions
of Section 209 q of the Town Law.
Section 3. This Order shall take effect immediately.
The question of the adoption of the foregoing Order was duly put to a vote on roll call, which resulted as follows: Rod Howe, aye; Rich DePaolo, aye; Eric Levine, aye; Rob Rosen, aye;
Margaret Johnson, aye; Bill Goodman, aye. The resolution was thereupon declared duly adopted.
Paulette Rosa
Town Clerk