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8 May 14, 1991 "The City of Portsmouth rents approximately 135 acres from the Navy for operation of the Craney Island Landfill. The landfill has been in operation since 1971 and is currently being used for disposal of bulk refuse. In 1988, the State Department of Waste Management passed new solid waste regulations which govern the operation of landfills. In addition, the Navy began renegotiating a long term lease for the City's continued use of the landfill. In January, 1990, the City selected Joyce Engineering to perform the engineering work needed to responsibly satisfy the mandates of the State Department of Waste Management and the Navy. This work includes the development of an operations and management plan for continued landfill use, a closure plan for~areae new.being used, and an environmental assessment required by the Navy to meet Federal EPA regulations. The 1990-91 Capital Improvement Program authorized $410,000 for the landfill project. Cost estimates provided Joyce Engineering show that the full authorization will be needed to fund items such as the preparation of permits/applications for future use, engineering services, groundwater monitoring, drainage design and cover'material. by It is expected that we will not be provided the flexibility as we have had in the past to implement our response to regulations and time schedules. Failure to comply with mandates in the future could result in a s10,000 per day penalty plus the costs associated with performing the required improvements. I, therefore, recommend appropriation of $410,000 for landfill project. With your approval, the balance in the Capital Improvements Fund will be $4,724,959." the Motion of Mr. Hawks and seconded by Mr. King, the following ordinance was approved on first reading, and by unanimous vote. "AN ORDINANCE TO APPROPRIATE $410,000.00 FROM T~E CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FUND FOR THE CRANEY ISLAND LANDFILL PROJECT." 91-177 - Letter from the City Manager recommending adoption of an ordinance appropriating $300,000 from the Public Utilities Capital Improvements Fund for the replacement of water mains in portions of Mt. Hermon and Port Norfolk. "The Public Utilities Master Rehabilitation Program authorized in 1987 has given Portsmouth computerized maps of the City and an effective array of automated tools to help manage our water and sewer system. The program has identified a variety of projects, both major and!minor, needed to restore and maintain Portsmouth's utility system. Nineteen of the projects relate to replacing some 38 miles of two-inch galvanized steel water main in our neighborhoods. These mains are past their usefulilife, produce low pressure, contribute to our periodic "rusty" water problems and are becoming inadequate to support fire protection in some neighborhoods. Public Utilities has identified a fifteen year program to replace these mains in priority order. The addition of fire hydrants on these new mains is coordinated with the Fire Department. The first of these replacement projects was funded in October of 1989 (the Shea Terrace neighborhood) and the current Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) contains funding for an additional five years of this program.