Presentation given by Matthew Marko, CH2M HILL to the New York Conference of Mayors Public Works Session in Canandaigua, NY on October 24, 2012

1. Green Infrastructure
Asset Management
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in Onondaga County
Joanne M. Mahoney, County Executive
Joanne M Mahoney County Executive
Onondaga Lake Amended Consent Judgment (ACJ) Compliance Program
NYCOM Public Works Session
October 24, 2012
Matthew Millea, Deputy County Executive
for Physical Services
Matthew Marko PE BCEE
Marko, PE,
CH2M HILL

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Onondaga County,
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New York Onondaga Lake
Onondaga Creek
• 7,660 acres
• 49 CSOs
• ~1 Billion gallons/year CSO Harbor Brook

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• 1988 – Atlantic States Legal Foundation
History
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files lawsuit against County
• 1989 – Litigation settled through
METRO consent judgment Onondaga Lake Facts
• 1998 – METRO consent judgment
replaced with Amended Consent Watershed: 285 Square Miles
Judgment (ACJ)
1 Mile Wide – 4.6 Miles Long
• 1st ACJ amendment May 1998
• 2006 ACJ Amended to include Average Depth: 35 feet
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consolidation of ammonia and
phosphorus treatment and Harbor Max Depth: 63 feet
Brook conveyances and RTF
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1940 – Swimming Banned
• 3rd Amendment April 2008 (Extension)
• 2009 ACJ amended to authorize use of 1970 – Fishing Banned
Gray and Green infrastructure

4. 4th
ACJ Amendment Authorized a
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Balanced Approach to CSO Abatement
Regulatory Goals Community Impacts/Goals
• Capture and Treat 95% of the • Improve quality of life through
Annual CSO Volume via environmental responsibility
Gray & Green Infrastructure • Promote sustainability
• Achieve water quality • Ensure cost effectiveness in
standards in tributaries compliance with ACJ milestones
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and lake • Community revitalization
Major Milestones
• 89.5% capture/elimination by 12/31/2013
• 95% capture/elimination by 12/31/2018
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5. Gray Infrastructure Program Builds on
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10 Years of System Improvements
Ammonia decreased from 8 000 pounds
8,000
per day (ppd) to less than 50 ppd
Phosphorus decreased
from 300 ppd to 50 ppd

6. Midland Regional Treatment Facility (
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Advanced Despite Community Opposition
2009-2010
2009 2010 Performance
Flow to Facility 228.8 MG
Treated/Creek 123.2
123 2 MG
Discharge
METRO 99.6 MG
Treatment
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Bypassed 6 MG

7. County Transitions from RTFs to Storage
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and Strategic Gray Projects
• Harbor Brook Interceptor (ARRA)
• Midland Conveyance (CSO 044)
• Sewer separation projects
• CSO 022, CSO 045
• Clinton Storage Facility
• H b Brook S
Harbor B k Storage F ili
Facility
Facilities Planning:
Floatable Controls
And, All New Gray
Projects Include Green Elements!

8. Clinton Storage Facility
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 Design Challenges
 Underground Storage
Required
 G i In, Pump Out
Gravity I P O
 High Chloride
Groundwater – 80,000
mg/l
 ACJ Milestone – Tight
Schedule
 Downtown Syracuse –
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noise, construction
traffic, parking
mitigation, coordination
with businesses
May 2012

9. Clinton Storage
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10. Harbor Brook Storage Facility
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 Design Challenges
 Underground Storage
Preferred
 Gravity In, Pump Out
 High Chloride
Groundwater
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 Contaminated Soils
 Limited Site
 Hydraulics – CSO
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Overflow Weirs,
Brook Elevation,
Flood Elevation

11. County Executive Mahoney Announces “Project 50!”
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“Onondaga County will construct fifty distinct green
infrastructure projects to return rain water and snow
melt to the ground instead of our sewer system.”
system.
Joanne M. Mahoney, State of the County Address,
March 1, 2011
Syracuse
becomes one
of ten Green
Cities
Paradigm shifts from
planning to construction

12. Green (and Gray) Infrastructure Program Management 12
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Need Increases with Approval of 4th Stipulation
• Green Infrastructure (GI) is an emerging technology and
mostly new to Onondaga County Departments
▫ Need for a trusted advisor on program implementation
▫DDepartment can focus on existing operations, and Gray
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Program projects, while learning to integrate with GI
• Role of the Green Program Manager
Role of the Green Program Manager
▫ Develop strategy that meets ACJ milestones
▫ Provide GI expertise on applications, design standards,
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construction, and maintenance
▫ Prioritize opportunities based on diverse, dynamic factors
▫ Transition to a fully County operated GI Program by 2018

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Project 50!
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Construction

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Civic Strip
OnCenter Convention Center
66,000 Square Foot Green Roof

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Civic Strip
War Memorial
Cistern Reuse System

20. War Memorial Cistern Reuse System
Reusing rainwater appears to allow the ice making to occur one to two degrees
warmer than using potable water resulting in energy savings

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First Commercial Green Street: Harrison Street 21
BEFORE: Stormwater enters catch AFTER: Stormwater is diverted to
basins and is directly connected to Green Streets and only overflows to
sewer sewer when necessary

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First Commercial Green Street: Harrison Street 23

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OnCenter Surface Parking Lot: 290 green spaces
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GI Technology:
Perimeter porous
asphalt and tree
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infiltration trench
Project Owner:
County
Capture Area:
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134,000 square feet
Runoff Reduction:
2,360,000 gallons/year
Construction Cost:
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$812,000 (bid)
$/gallon: $0.48

25. Installation of Stone Storage Bed

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OnCenter Surface Parking Lot
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Porous
Asphalt
Perimeter
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“Embrace
the
Change”
(Order)

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OnCenter Municipal Parking Garage 27
GI Technology:
Roof leaders to rain
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gardens
Project Owner:
County
Capture Area:
7 ,5
72,500 square feet
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Runoff Reduction:
1,277,000 gallons/year
Construction Cost:
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$234,000 (bid)
$/gallon: $0.26

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OnCenter
Municipal Parking
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Garage
Bio-Infiltration

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Before
Townsend Parking Lot (“Lot B”)

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Vegetated Infiltration Beds,
90 Trees Planted

32. Base Course Asphalt Installed prior to winter shutdown

33. Volume capture: 975,000 gallons/year

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Project 50!
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Beyond the Civic Strip:
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Green Streets

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Linking with Major Transportation
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Reconstruction Creates Green Progress
Phase 1: Contracts 1 and 2
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Image – Barton & Loguidice

36. Connective Corridor
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Capture Area: 6.75 ac
Run‐off Reduction: 5.16 MG/Year
Construction Cost: $948,700 (bid)
$/gallon Runoff Capture $0.18
$/gallon CSO Reduction $0.26
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37. Connective Corridor
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Image – Barton & Loguidice

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City Road Reconstruction: Pavement Removal 39
at Geddes Street
GI Technology: Bioretention
Project Owner: City of Syracuse
Capture Area: 29,700 square feet
Run‐off Reduction: 523,000 gallons/year
Construction Cost: 3, ( )
$203,000 (bid)
$/gallon: $0.55
Status: completed

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Project 50!
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CSO Treatment Wetlands

42. CSO Treatment Wetland Project
Compensatory Storage Project Completed in 2011
CSO 018
Proposed
Constructed
Wetland
Harbor
Brook

43. Treatment Wetland Eliminates CSO 018
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(up to design storm)
• 144 Acre CSO b i
A basin
• 40 overflows / year
• Significant Nutrient Removal
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• Partner with SUNY ESF

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Project 50!
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Green Parks

46. Rosamond Gifford Zoo
Elephant Exhibit, 2011
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GI Technology:
6,000 sq.ft. Green roof
Green Roof Project Owner:
County
Capture Area:
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6,000 square feet
pavement, Runoff Reduction:
and rain 114,000 gallons/year
barrels for
stormwater Construction Cost:
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reuse $183,900
$/gallon: $2.27

47. Creekwalk Project Greening: Jefferson to Walton
Porous Asphalt
Strip in Parking Lot
Before
Bioretention
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Rain Garden
Flexi-pave
Flexi pave
Porous Walkway
Porous Asphalt Volume capture: 135,000 gallons/year
Parking Lot

48. Creekwalk Project Greening: Walton to Fayette
Porous Concrete
Porous Asphalt
Strip in
Parking Lot
Before
Re-established
Natural Stream Bank
Volume capture: 119,000 gallons/year

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•GI Technology:
Rain gardens
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•Project Owner:
County/City
•Capture Area:
39,000 square feet
•Run off Reduction
•Run‐off Reduction:
680,000 gallons/year
•Construction Cost:
$300,000 (bid)
•$/gallon: $0.62
Green Infrastructure Concept for the Zoo Entrance
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Rosamond Gifford Zoo Entrance Enhancement 50
Bio-infiltration
Systems
capture
runoff from
surrounding
streets

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Skiddy Park Porous Courts and Playground 51

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Project 50!
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Green Schools

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Hughes Magnet School
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New Parking
Lot captures
runoff from
school roof
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and upper lot

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Project 50!
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Green Parking Lots
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Sunnycrest Park Arena Parking Lot 55
GI Technology:
Porous pavement
Rain garden
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Project Owner:
Syracuse Parks
Dept.
Capture Area:
7, q
107,000 square feet
Run‐off Reduction:
1,876,000
gallons/year
Construction Cost:
$303,000 (bid)
Map of Proposed Sunnycrest Arena Parking Lot Project $/gallon: $0.22

56. Installation of Storage and Infiltration Systems

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Combination of
bio-retention,
bio retention
porous
asphalt, and
subsurface
storage and
infiltration
systems

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Shifting the Paradigm
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Planning for Widespread Implementation of GI
Planning for Widespread Implementation of GI
▫ Opportunity/Idea Coordination
 New Project Form
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 Database and GIS Management
Projects include: Parking Lots, Parking Garages, Schools,
Libraries, Parks, Firehouses, Post Offices, Streets (commercial
Lib i P k Fi h P t Offi St t ( i l
and residential), Water Reuse, Wetlands, Roofs, Vacant Lots
▫ Concept Development
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 Site Visit, watershed identification, BMP Identification
 Calculator (capture and preliminary cost estimate)

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Shifting the Paradigm
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Planning for Widespread Implementation of GI
Planning for Widespread Implementation of GI
▫ Landowner Endorsement
 Bi‐weekly City‐County Coordination Meeting
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(if you think you can do this without a lot of coordination and
meetings ‐ you can not)
▫ Field Work and Permitting
Field Work and Permitting
 Survey (including utility identification)
 Soils Testing (infiltration)
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 Environmental Analysis (Phase 1, Analytic Testing, etc.)
 SERP (SEQR, SHPO, SWPPP/NEPA/Landmark Preservation, etc.)

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Shifting the Paradigm
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Designing 50+ Projects
▫ 50% Plans
 Design Guidance Manual
 Design Workflow (flow chart)
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▫ 90% Plans and Specifications
▫ Final (for Construction) Plans Specifications and Bid Forms
Final (for Construction) Plans, Specifications, and Bid Forms
 Comment Adjudication/
Quality Assurance
▫ Cost Estimating
 At Concept and 90%
▫ D i C di ti
Design Coordination
 WEEKLY Design and Construction Review Meeting

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East Water Street Gateway: Case Study
Project Features:
▫ Bike Boulevard
▫ Traffic Calming
▫ Private/Commercial collaboration
▫ Porous Paver Parking Lanes
▫ Curb Extensions
Curb Extensions
▫ Robust Tree Planter systems
• Challenges Include:
Challenges Include:
▫ Mid‐street pedestrian crossing
▫ Snow plow considerations
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▫ Turning radii for tractor trailers

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Water Street Gateway Project Concept
GI Technology:
Infiltration trench
and porous pavers
Project Owner:
City of Syracuse
Capture Area:
53,000 square feet
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Runoff Reduction:
924,000 gallons/yr
Construction Cost:
$920,000 (bid)
$/gallon: $1.00
$/gallon: $1 00

63. Water Street Gateway Project
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Before

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During

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After

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After

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Shifting the Paradigm
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• Procurement
▫ Contract Documents: Bundling projects as appropriate
▫ Advertisement: Pre‐Bid Meeting, Addendum, Bid
• Construction
▫ Services During Construction
 Clarifications, RFIs, Modifications, Change Orders, etc.
▫ Construction Inspection
 PrimaVera Construction Manager
Construction Manager
▫ Project Completion Reports
 $/gallon accounting
 Post‐project communication on challenges/successes

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Other Program Elements
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• Legislative Agenda
▫ Existing City Ordinances (Stormwater, Tree, Sidewalk)
▫ New and Innovative City Ordinances: Permission
• Enhanced Street Tree Program: 8500 new street trees
Enhanced Street Tree Program: 8500 new street trees
• Rain Barrel Program: 650 and counting (Goal: 3600)
• Vacant Lot Program
Vacant Lot Program
• Grant Funding: Federal/State successes
• Green Improvement Fund: Onondaga County’s
Green Improvement Fund: Onondaga County s
Public‐Private‐Partnership for Incentivizing GI
▫ Grants up to $200,000
▫ Stay tuned for a presentation on this, next year!

70. GIF: Porous Pavers at Hotel Skyler
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Porous
Paver
Parking
Lot

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Public Education and Outreach 71
• STR Website: www.SaveTheRain.us
• Monthly Report: for ACJ Parties County Legislature
Monthly Report: for ACJ Parties, County Legislature
• Coalition Partners / Stakeholders
 City of Syracuse (DPW, Engineering, Law, School District,
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Parks, Zoning, Codes, etc.)
 ACJ Parties (NYS DEC, ASLF): Policy Committee
 Academic Community (SU SUNY ESF)
Academic Community (SU, SUNY ESF)
 Community Groups / NFPs
 Business Community, Large Landowners (hospitals)
 General Public
 Manufacturers / Vendors / Suppliers
 Engineering Community
Engineering Community
 Construction Community (M/WBEs), Bidders Wanted!

72. But, what about Maintenance?
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The Paradigm Shifts Again…
• Asset Management
Asset Management
▫ Asset Definition: Location,
quantity, make/model, etc.
▫ Standard Maintenance
Procedures (SMPs)
▫ Computerized Maintenance
Computerized Maintenance
Management System (Maximo)
• Onondaga County is
committed to maintaining
its investment in Green
(and Gray) Infrastructure!

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Maintenance Training: March 2012
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Developed GI Maintenance Manual
▫ Conducted 1st annual training session
Conducted 1 annual training session
 50+ participants, including
• Onondaga County Department of Water
Environment Protection (OCDWEP)
• Syracuse Department of Public Works
• Syracuse Water Department
• Syracuse Parks and Recreation
• Bureau of Planning and Sustainability
• Syracuse City School District
• Town of Geddes
• Syracuse University
• Onondaga Earth Corp.
• People's Equal Action and Community Effort
• Syracuse Downtown Committee
• Atlantic States Legal Foundation
• Central New York Community Foundation
• Syracuse Model Neighborhood Corp. (SMNC)

74. Maintenance Training: March 2012

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What did the training participants say? 75
• Evaluation Forms completed by most attendees
• Feedback important for next year’s session
Feedback important for next year s session

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77. Maintenance Training: March 2012
• Attendee feedback was positive
• 2013 Session will be enhanced due to significant volume of
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built infrastructure in the public maintenance phase

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What is
Wh t i GI M i t
Maintenance?
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▫ 13 Standard
13 Standard
Maintenance
Procedures (SMPs)
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have been prepared
for OCDWEP

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has an associated SMP

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Maintenance: Seasonal Considerations

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Maintenance Report Log(s) 81

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Case Study:
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City Lot #3
Constructed
November 2010
Project Description
provides overview
of constructed GI for
Maintenance Staff

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information in GI Technology Fact Sheets

84. Project File includes Engineered Stormwater Plan
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providing detail on the system as constructed

85. Green Infrastructure (GI) Assets are identified from
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Engineered Stormwater Plans as Inputs for CMMS

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Example of Asset List for City Lot #3
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•Manual TOC
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•Training / Feedback from training session
•Photo from session; Sign-in sheet
•13 SMPs
•Projects with Assets listed
•Assets with Project Locations
•Handouts with Maximo output for Lot 3 for 2011/12 work
•Feedback on Costs
•Maintenance Term Contractor

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Maximo is the CMMS tool WEP is using
for Asset Management Program
• Work orders include:
▫ Maintenance activities/step by step directions
M i i ii / b di i
▫ Tools/equipment (including costs)
▫ Planned time to complete
Planned time to complete
▫ Actual maintenance info is loaded back into
Maximo after completion
Maximo after completion
• Example maintenance task for E‐06 Porous
Pavement Vacuuming follows…
Pavement Vacuuming follows

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Maintenance: Labor Costs
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• Contracted with local non‐profit,
Onondaga Earth Corps
O d E hC
• Fall 2011: 4 sites maintained under
pilot effort ($14,000)
• 2012: Annual Contract for $19,000
(4 sites)
▫ Spring and Fall, with periodic support as
needed (up to 3x)
▫ Major landscape activities – weed,
mulch, trim veggie, trash removal
• WEP S ff
WEP Staff performs vacuuming of
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porous pavements
▫ Spring + Fall
▫ Labor Costs being calculated

90. Maintenance: Equipment Costs
• Major equipment required is porous pavement vacuum
• 1 month lease through state contract = $3,500
• WEP currently contracts for one month in Spring,
and one month in Fall
• OCDWEP is currently considering capital investment or
subcontracting the maintenance activity via a
subcontracting the maintenance activity via a
Maintenance Term Contract (multiple local vac vendors)

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Measuring Progress: Monitoring 92
• ACJ Compliance
▫ Annual Report: April
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 SWMM : Volume Capture
 Goal: 246 MG/Yr by 2018
Goal: 246 MG/Yr by 2018
 Ambient Monitoring Program
(AMP): Water Quality
 Goal: Wet Weather Standards
• Net Environmental Benefit Analysis
• Funding Sources and Financial Tracking
“100 Projects” Milestone Achieved in September 2012
100 Projects Milestone Achieved in September 2012

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Save the Rain: 2012 2013
2012-2013
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• Focus on Efficiency over Quantity
▫ Improved Constructability
▫ Lower Maintenance
• Utilize SWMM for prioritization of project location
• Unit Price ‐ Quantity Based
Construction Procurements
▫ Civil Site Work Contract
▫ Landscape Installation and Maintenance Contract
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▫ Post‐Warranty Maintenance Contract, conducted by
Conservation Corps (Community Based Green Jobs)
Conservation Corps (Community Based Green Jobs)
• Asset Management Consultant contracted

94. Thank You!
Questions?
Please Visit us at
www.SaveTheRain.us