Road improvements coming for at least 10 local streets
Page 4 • Wednesday, July 1, 2015 • The Hammonton Gazette
by Brittany Mauro
GAZETTE STAFF WRITER
HAMMONTON—At the June 22 meeting, town council unanimously passed a
bond ordinance for road improvements appropriating $350,000 including the sum of
$17,500 as the down payment. The bonds are
to be issued for the financing of milling,
paving, curbing, surveying and engineering
to achieve optimal drainage on Lakeview
Drive, Moss Mill Road, Walmer Street, Park
Avenue, Egg Harbor Road, Ninth Street,
First Road, Second Road, Grand Street, Old
Forks Road and any other streets that may
require restoration, as stated in the agenda.
Town engine er Bob Vettese, of Adams,
Rehmann and Heggan updated council on
the 14th Street roadway improvements. ARH
has completed all field work and will begin
preparation of the base plan shortly. Once the
base plan has been prepared, they will begin
the design on the project.
Howell said he is finalizing the lease
agreement between AT&T and the town to
be consistent with other town leases. The
agreement will also include the location of
AT&T communications equipment to the
front portion of the Water Department Building.
The NJDOT has allotted $230,000 to complete a bike path extension from the N.J.
Transit Station to Hammonton Lake Park.
Council had received the NJDOT notice of
grant approval to have the project under contract for construction within 18 months or by
December 2015. Any appropriating
funding ordinance for this project to
be considered by council within this
year’s budget must include the following items:
Total estimated project construction costs; construction survey, design and permitting; construction
management; police protection and
miscellaneous; administrative, legal
bond counsel, etc. The possible
bond amount is $275,000 to
$300,000, as stated on the agenda.
Council approved the total
amount of $343,991 in special emergency appropriation tax appeals to
be created by this resolution, according to the agenda. Three percent of
the total operations in the budget for
the year 2015 is $371,897.92. An
emergency appropriation was made
for current fund and reserved for tax
appeals in the amount of $343,991,
the agenda said.
The South Jersey Gas Site Remediation on Lincoln Avenue project is
underway. ARH has completed the
design work related to the relocation
of the components of the Chemical
Feed Building at the Lincoln Avenue
site into the renovated Main Water
Department building. A submission
was made to NJDEP and ARH is
awaiting their review and approval
of the design.
Once the design is approved, they
will have an itemized construction
cost estimate for council’s consideration, for inclusion in the agreement
with SJ Gas. Once the agreement
with SJ Gas is executed, ARH will
seek approval from council to proceed with advertising and receipt of
bids for the project.
ARH met with SJ Gas representatives and their consultants to discuss
the costs for the various sites, building improvements, building replacement, site remediation inspection,
etc. required at the Lincoln Avenue
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site and how funding for same will be established.
They have supplied additional information
to SJ Gas as requested which is presently
under their review and provided a revised
cost estimate for their consideration associated with the review, inspection and reporting work required during their site
remediation work. The site remediation inspection and related costs will be part of a
separate agreement between the town and SJ
Gas. The site remediation work is scheduled
to occur in 2016.
It is believed that ARH is close to finalizing the cost figures for building replacement
and project site remediation inspection with
SJ Gas.
Council approved the following grants as
stated on the agenda:
• $4,000 from The State of New Jersey for
Click It or Ticket 2015 Seat Belt Mobilization, and wishes to amend its budget to include this amount as a revenue.
• $37,215.88 from the 2015 Clean Communities grant, and wishes to amend its
budget to include this amount as revenue.
Council was updated on the progress of
Wells number 1 and number 3. The following work has been completed, as stated on
the agenda,
• The backwash for two of the four filters
is complete. The contractor is waiting for a
part so that other two filters could be backwashed.
• The controls for the Lincoln Avenue portion of the site are complete and can be op-
erated. The contractor is waiting for delivery
of additional radio control equipment so that
all wells can be properly coordinated.
• The painting/stucco contractor continues
to work at the site.
Once testing is completed and satisfactory
results obtained the wells could be placed
on-line within deadline date provided to
NJDEP Southern Enforcement of July 17,
2015.
During the council meeting, town solicitor
Brian Howell and Public Works
Manager/Business Administrator Jerome
Barberio informed council about funding an
expert for affordable housing requirements
litigation. According to an email from Howell on June 28, the expert is Robert W.
Burchell, PhD, who is affiliated with the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and
Public Policy at Rutgers University.
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