A compilation of notes from the 9/24 sewer meeting and 9/28
committee meeting re: Bruce Douglas Russell.
Service Director Scott Thomas and CT Consultant Bob Greytak
explained the testing, project and plans for the area. Recent tests show how
each house’s private drain is connected to the sewer system. The results of
computer models show existing sewer infrastructure does not have the capacity
to drain water at a rate that meets the homeowners’ expectations. Also,
people’s expectations of the dryness of their basements have changed over time
given there are more finished basements now. The amount of rainfall is
changing. For every 50 linear feet of publicly owned sewer, there are as much
as 300 feet of privately owned drains feeding into that.
Mr. Thomas discussed the next steps, timing, costs and
financing, he noted the guidance was preliminary and subject to change. It may
take multiple years because of budget cycles. Mr. Thomas suggested a group of 5
people to serve as neighborhood representatives, but not all audience members
liked the idea.
Other areas face the same difficulties.
Audience feedback: Belief that the selection of their area
for improvements is unfair. Belief the engineer’s recommendations will not
create results. Belief that homeowners should not be responsible for paying for
improvement but the cost should be paid by the city and shared among all
taxpayers.
At Monday’s meeting a resident from the area and in
attendance on the 24th commented: A lot of people were upset and want this
project to move quicker. He understands not everyone will be satisfied and they
need to find a happy medium. It is cost prohibitive to design a system to
collect rains for a hundred year storm. The frustration level is that it has
been so long and nothing has moved forward.
Also on Monday, Paul Koomar asked when engineering might be
wrapped up on this and wants a time frame from CT Consultants. CT Consultants
has not put together an RFP (Request for Proposal).
Thank you to everyone that contributed to these notes.
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