INTERMUNICIPAL TASK FORCE (ITF) RED HOOK INFRASTRUCTURE MONTHLY REPORT SEPTEMBER 2022
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Red Hook Sewer Project
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Meetings were held on September 9 and 23, 2022 at the Red Hook Village Building and via telephone conference call.
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a. September 9, 2022 — Progress Meeting #20: C.T. Male Associates (Kevin Dufek, Kathryn Serra, and Ron Smaka), Sausto Contracting (Mario Sausto), Carver Construction (A.G. Bourgeois and Eric Klefbeck), Village of Red Hook (Karen Smythe and Brent Kovalchik) attended. Items discussed included:
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e Tasks completed since August 26, 2022:
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A total of ten septic tanks have been installed, primarily on South Broadway. Five were successfully tested for leaks and all passed the 24hour leak test.
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Setting risers, placing control panels, lateral runs and shut-off, and installing electrical conduit runs from individual property electrical panels to the septic tank control panels continues as the tanks are installed.
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Ajr piping sand filter floats, control panels, light poles, conduits, backfill and compaction continue at the WWTP.
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e Tasks scheduled include:
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Carver Construction will continue on South Broadway and East Market Street to install tanks, with heavy duty tanks, given priority.
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Finish items at the WWTP including air piping for the blower units, simplex pump for the sludge tank and site grading.
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Sausto Contracting will follow up with Carver Construction to install circuitry to the control panels as the septic tanks are installed.
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o Complete cabling and conduit for the WWTP components. o Complete the installation of the main WWTP control panel.
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e Survey as-builts for directionally drilled mains for the NYSDOT are to be completed by Carver Construction.
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e An updated two week look ahead was submitted by Carver Construction. e American Iron and Steel documentation was submitted to RHV for completion of USDA-RD Form E #001
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e Carver Construction Pay Application #7 has been processed by NYSEFC; Pay Application #8 is currently being reviewed by C.T. Male Associates prior to sending for processing to the RHV.
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e Sausto Contracting Pay Application #6 has been reviewed by C.T. Male Associates.
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e Erosion/Sediment Control — There were no incidents of substantial erosion at the tank installation sites at the WWTP from recent storms as grass is growing in newly seeded areas.
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e Site Safety — Safety meetings are conducted weekly. Carver Construction’s Safety Officer was on site and gave a presentation on trench safety.
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e Plant start is expected during the week of October 3, 2022. Delays in components, due to “supply side” availability, has delayed WWTP start up.
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e The Village of Red Hook has requested an updated project schedule listing revised substantial and final completion dates.
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b. September 12, 2022 — A meeting was held, in the Red Hook Village Building, to discuss and review discrepancies in the NYSEFC Forms and USDA-RD Form E. USDA-RD (Sharon Lawyes and Jessica Divene) and Village of Red Hook (Karen Smythe and Brent Kovalchik) attended. All discrepancies have been resolved. Discussions also included procedure to extend the Substantial and Final Completion dates, if necessary.
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c. September 23, 2022 — Progress Meeting #21: C.T. Male Associates (Kevin Dufek, Kathryn Serra, and Ron Smaka), Sausto Contracting (Mario Sausto), Carver Construction (A.G. Bourgeois and Eric Klefbeck), C3ND (Fernando Dongo), and Village of Red Hook (Karen Smythe and Brent Kovalchik) attended. Items discussed included:
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e Tasks completed since September 9, 2022: o 19 tanks have been installed.
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Pump vaults have been arriving on site at a rate of 20/week. Currently 6 vaults, with pumps, have been installed.
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Triplex and simplex pumps, air piping for the blowers, circuitry and lighting have been installed at the WWTP.
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e Tasks scheduled include:
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Carver Construction completed revised Project Schedule with a proposed Substantial Completion date of April, 2023. However, barring any major setbacks are related “supply side” issues, the entire sewer system should be installed and operational by the end of December, 2022. The April, 2023 completion forecast is to cover the “unknown” as well as finishing site restoration (seeding, etc.).
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Tank precasting is being coordinated with Carver Construction.
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Some tanks need to be buried deeper than listed on contract documents (lower elevations of existing discharge pipe). Confirmation from the precaster’s engineers and pump vault manufacturer are being requested to verify tank and vaults can withstand additional weight of backfill.
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o Sausto Contracting will begin making connections to the propane tank/generator at the WWTP.
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WWTP start-up is scheduled between the weeks of 9/26/22 and October 3, 2023. All upgrades to the plant need to be complete before start-up. Actual start-up depends on the delivery and installation of VFD (Variable Frequency Drives).
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Carver Construction will finalize as-built drawing of mains installed under NYS highways for review and approval by the NYSDOT.
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e There have been no issues with erosion or sediment control at the WWTP or individual service area sites.
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e Carver Construction will invoice the RHV for properties that have changed specified tanks sizes.
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Village of Red Hook Water Distribution System Maintenance and Improvement Project/Sewer Service Area Operating/Maintenance Procedures and Protocol a. Awater meeting was held on September 9, 2022 in the Red Hook Village Building. Delaware Engineering (Robert Flores) and the Village of Red Hook (Karen Smythe and Brent Kovalchik) attended. Items discussed included:
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e WIIA Grant Funding and Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill.
- Project includes updates to the Firehouse Lane WTP controls (SCADA) system.
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- Mains and distribution system upgrades in the north/east quadrant.
- o Paint Tower Street elevated water storage tank. o RHV/RHT Water Distribution System Interconnect.
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e A resolution is needed to be approved for the Village of Red Hook PFOA/S Removal and Water System Resiliency Upgrades (SEQR Type II Classification) stating that the Project does not meet or exceed any of the thresholds in 6 NYCRR Part 617.5 (c)(2). The resolution will also determine that the Project is a Type II Action (under SEQR) and is not subject to review under SEQR (6 NYCRR Part 617.5).
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e Northeast Water Technology will finish surveying water distribution system assets (hydrants, valves, mains) in the south/east quadrant and begin surveying water distribution system assets in the north/east quadrant and parts of the Town of Red Hook currently part of the Village Water Distribution System east of the Village. Work is anticipated to begin during the week of October 3, 2022.
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e Two interns from Bard College will begin a preliminary survey of the Village’s Water Distribution curb stop valves. The data will be incorporated into the asset inventory maps and spreadsheets by Delaware Engineering.
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e C.T. Male Associates and C3ND are to develop a preliminary protocol and procedures policy. RFP may be issued to select an engineering firm to develop the final protocol and procedures policy.
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e ARFP may be issued for the services of a sludge hauler to pump the sewer service area grease traps, tanks, and WWTP.
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e Delaware Engineering will develop a proposal to design the water distribution system and sewer collection system at the proposed Anderson Commons subdivision in the south/east quadrant of the Village.
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A meeting was held on September 16, 2022 in the Red Hook Village Building with members of the Cookingham Family. Karen Smythe and Brent Kovalchik attended. The meeting included discussion regarding:
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e Current deed restrictions affecting Richard M. Abrahams Park.
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e Possibilities of acquiring additional land for Red Hook Village water supply, parking for Abrahams Park, and connections to the Red Hook Town Recreation Park and Abrahams Park. Several site locations were reviewed and discussed.
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A meeting was held on September 23, 2022 in the Red Hook Village Building to discuss the Red Hook Sewer System design, outflow data, operational procedures, and Saw Kill Tributary monitoring of the Benner Road tributary. Bard College/SKWC (Andrew Patterson), C.T. Male Associates (Kathryn Serra — via telephone conference call), and Red Hook Village (Brent Kovalchik) attended.