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The City Staff would like to discuss with City Council the Summit County improvements for various sanitary sewer improvements and future easements located on City of Hudson properties within the downtown area.
Brief Description: The Summit County Department of Sanitary Sewer Services is requesting various sanitary sewer easements on several City of Hudson properties located in the downtown area of Hudson for various sanitary sewer improvements. (See the attached overall map and the phases of the improvements and easements.)
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Legislative History
20-0084 - Summit County discussed “Area K” I&I Project; 6/23/2020
Purpose & Explanation
As part of an Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA) mandate to eliminate an existing overflow of storm/sanitary flow within the Brandywine Creek Tributary the County is improving the existing system especially during large rain events within the historic downtown area which is due to infiltration and direct discharge of storm water into the existing sanitary sewer system. The County is requesting from the City of Hudson several sewer easements for the necessary improvements to mitigate these I & I issue. All of the improvements will be funded by the County.
The various easement locations needed for the sanitary sewer improvements will reduce the inflow and Infiltration (I & I) from the historic area of downtown and reduce the sanitary sewer backups within this branch of the existing County sanitary system. This project will bypass the sanitary & storm I & I flow into an underground storm and sanitary storage system, which will be redirected to a new pump station and force main that will reduce sanitary sewer backups in the downtown area of Hudson, including Owen Brown St. and Atterbury Blvd. areas. This new system will pump the flow to the Cuyahoga Valley Interceptor plant on Hines Hill Road and help alleviate the existing sanitary sewer trunk system within the downtown neighborhoods.
1. The first phase of the required improvements requires the County to install a new 18” diameter sewer interceptor pipe from Owen Brown St., along First Street stub roadway, then through the City parking lot just west of the existing Heinen’s Store, and lastly west along Clinton Street to an existing manhole near Brandywine Creek Tributary bridge. The purpose of the interceptor is to reroute the large flow of storm/sanitary water that occurs during large rain events and reduce the backup of this flow into the existing sanitary system on Owen Brown St. that causes the sanitary flow to overflow into the Brandywine Creek Tributary and backups into nearby residential basements.
2. The County will also be installing a new sanitary sewer pump station located at the end of Morse Road near the railroad tracks in the current stub street right-of-way of Morse Road. The pump station will require an easement from the city for the proposed building and infrastructure. The city will retain the right-of-way area of the stub street for other utilities, including an existing storm sewer line.
3. Adjacent to the pump station, the County will install an underground sewer storage system located along the railroad right-of-way, on the former Windstream property located at 100 Owen Brown St.
4. The final portion of this sewer improvements is the installation of a new sanitary 12“ diameter force main from the proposed pump station to the existing pump station located on W. Prospect Street at the Brandywine Drive intersection. The County will require an easement along the former Windstream property, now owned by the City which is located at 100 Owen Brown St.; continuing northwest along the former salt barn and public works site along the property line; then within the Clayton Court homeowner’s association property; and finally within a vacant lot and the land in which the existing pump station is located on that is north of Clayton Court. The new force main will continue north to the Cuyahoga Valley Interceptor Plant on Hines Hill Road, along W. Prospect Street.
The city staff has reviewed the above improvements over the past several years with the County and these improvements will benefit our Hudson residents in this area of the existing sanitary sewer system, eliminate an overflow issue, and provide the necessary sanitary sewer capacity to develop this area of our downtown in the future.
The final design will be completed in 2022. The improvements will be constructed in 2022 and 2023.
Following the improvements, the city is planning to fund and resurface Clinton St., and Owen Brown Street that have been delayed due to these pending improvements by the County.
Timing Considerations
Following the review and approval by City Council, the City staff will have the County move forward with the proposed design.
Fiscal Impact
Currently Budgeted (Account #, $)
Supplemental Appropriation Required (Account #, $)
X Appropriation Not Required.
Recommendation
Suggested Action
The City Administration requests City Council approve the City Administration to move forward with the detailed design of the improvements and easements with the County and return to City Council for legislation authorizing an agreement and subsequent easements.
Submitted by,
Jane Howington, City Manager
Thomas J. Sheridan, Assistant City Manager - Professional Services
Bradley Kosco, PE, PS, City Engineer