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| Public Works
Committee Actions |
APRIL 5, 2006
ATTENDANCE: William Krummel, Chairman; Kelly Straniti; Douglas Hempstead.
STAFF: Hal Alvord, Director of Public Works; Richard Linnartz.
OTHERS:
CALL TO ORDER
Mr. Krummel called the meeting to order at 7:35 p.m. He noted for the record that there was no quorum in attendance.
APPROVALS / AUTHORIZATIONS
1. Approve the Minutes from the Public Works Committee meeting of Tuesday, March 7, 2006.
No action was taken on this item.
2. a. Authorize the Mayor, Richard A. Moccia, to execute an agreement with [the lowest responsible bidder], for Project No. DRG 2005-1, Proposed General Drainage at Various Locations, for a sum not to exceed $_____.
Mr. Linnartz distributed a report to the attending members. A brief discussion followed.
No action was taken on this item.
Mr. Krummel approved sending the item on to the Council’s next meeting in April.
2. b. Authorize the Director of Public Works to issue Orders on Contract to the Lowest Responsible Bidder for Project No. DRG 2005-1, Proposed General Drainage at Various Locations, for a sum not to exceed $_____.
Account No. 0905 4027 5777 C0138 ($125,000)
0905 4027 5777 C0302 ($250,000)
(bid opening Tuesday, April 4, 2006)
No action was taken on this item.
Mr. Krummel approved sending the item on to the Council’s next meeting in April.
3. Authorize the Mayor, Richard A. Moccia, to execute any and all documents necessary to apply for and accept grant funds from the State of Connecticut for $50,000 in connection with the construction of the traffic signal at the intersection of Main (Route 7) and Foxboro Drive.
No action was taken on this item.
Mr. Krummel approved sending the item on to the Council’s next meeting in April.
4. Authorize the Director of Public Works to issue Orders on Contract to FGB Construction, Inc. for Project No. 4R 2005-1, Proposed 4R Pavement Management Program, for a sum not to exceed $83,000.
Account No. 09 03 4021 5777 C0021 ($54,000)
09 03 4021 5777 C0283 ($29,000)
No action was taken on this item.
Mr. Krummel approved sending the item on to the Council’s next meeting in April.
5. Authorize the Mayor, Richard A. Moccia, to execute any and all documents in connection with the State/Municipal Project Grant Agreement for the Local Bridge Program for the Rehabilitation of the Wall Street Bridge over the Norwalk River.
Mr. Alvord stated that the project was ready to bid and that the funds are in place from the Capital budget. A brief discussion followed.
No action was taken on this item.
Mr. Krummel approved sending the item on to the Council’s next meeting in April.
6. Authorize the Mayor, Richard A. Moccia, to execute any and all documents with the State of Connecticut Department of Transportation, in connection with the Grant Agreement with the Local Bridge Program for the Westmere Avenue Bridge over Farms Creek Design Services, Federal Local Bridge Program No. F.A.P. No. BHZ-6102 (4), State Project No. 102-315-Rehabilitation of Bridge No. 04440.
Mr. Alvord stated that bids for this project will go out in February 2007 and awarded by March 2007. Construction would begin in the spring and the projected completion date was September 2007. He stated that the project would consist of Texas rail and give the appearance of what is already there. A brief discussion followed.
No action was taken on this item.
Mr. Krummel approved sending the item on to the Council’s next meeting in April.
7. Authorize the Mayor, Richard A. Moccia, to execute an agreement with URS
Corporation AES to provide certain Design Services in connection with the Westmere
Avenue Bridge Project for a sum not to exceed $68,505.
Mr. Alvord stated that URS would do a survey, and reimburse to the City 80%.
Mr. Krummel asked that it be noted for the record that he was resigning as a freeholder on Lynes P. Mr. Linnartz stated that he would select a replacement from the approved list. A discussion followed.
No action was taken on this item.
Mr. Krummel approved sending the item on to the Council’s next meeting in April.
DISCUSSION
8. Engineering Division Report
a. Personnel
There was no report.
b. Project updates
1) Road repaving
Mr. Alvord stated that Broad Street was being repaved at this moment and should be completed within the next two weeks. He stated that both CL&P and Yankee Gas were assisting financially with the costs of repaving the road.
Mr. Alvord said they will be doing the remainder of the streets in July and will be preparing the 2006-07 list shortly. There was a brief discussion about repaving streets.
2) Speed humps
Mr. Alvord said speed humps have been requested for Strawberry Hill Avenue and Ward Street, at a cost of $80,000 each. A long discussion followed. Mr. Krummel stated that he was willing to support Mr. Alvord’s idea that traffic management comes before traffic calming and that the Strawberry Hill project is a good one to go for. Mr. Hempstead suggested presenting it to the Council at the April meeting.
Mr. Alvord said that there has been a study done on traffic signals in the South Norwalk/East Norwalk areas. He said there were 86 signals in total, but lack of funds only allowed a study of 24 signals, so they picked the 24 that needed the most work. Mr. Linnartz stated that traffic calming is part of traffic management, and explained how the traffic signals work through a computerized system in response to Ms. Straniti’s question.
c. Other
There was no further discussion.
9. Operations Division Report
a. Personnel
There was no report.
b. Equipment issues
There was no report.
c. Facility issues
There was no report.
d. Other
Mr. Alvord stated that there have been some complaints received regarding odor from the sewage treatment plant. He said this odor is due to the release of material but it is done as late at night as possible to avoid just such complaints. He stated there is not much they can do about this odor as it comes from necessary operation of the system.
10. Customer Service Center Report
There was no report.
OTHER
11. Action on any item discussed herein.
There were no further actions.
12. Next Public Works Committee Meeting:
Tuesday, May 2, 2006
Public Works Library, Room 226, Norwalk City Hall
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 9:10 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Linda J. Hayes
Telesco Secretarial Services
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