DEP Biweekly Reports Folder 0049, 2000-2001

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

Springfield Gardens Industrial Park (Air Freight Area) (a/k/a SE-727); Queens Springfield Gardens Residential Areas (a/k/a SE-727A and SE-727B); Queens The next meeting of the Springfield Gardens Task Force team of DEP, Department of Design and Construction(DDC) and the Economic Development Corporation(EDC) is scheduled for Thursday, January 18, 2001. At the last meeting of the Task Force on January 4, 2001, DEP's OEPA Office reported that the wetlands mitigation plan was completed and Department of Environmental Conservation(DEC) has informally accepted the proposal. Upon final submission of the Environmental Assessment Statement (EAS) and mitigation plan and following the appropriate public notice period, DEC is expected to issue their permit.

Ramblersville Sanitary Sewer Project (SEQ-002433); Queens The contractor for the capital sewer project has been given an order to commence work. A meeting was held with Council Member Stabile, community residents, and representatives from the Department of Design and Construction(DDC), the Queens Borough President's Office, and DEP. The focus of the meeting was to discuss issues involving the methods of service connections to the sewers when completed, due to the special nature of various property configurations in this area. It was agreed that a series of follow-up meetings would be scheduled to address issues such as the extent of work that the City would do to provide connections for such sites and how much would plumbers. be the responsibility of the homeowners through homeowner associations and licensed

Arverne-by-the-Sea Residential Development; Queens Transportation(DOT) On Wednesday, January 10, 2001, representatives from DEP, Departments of Deputy N` 1 and Design and Construction(DDC), as well as, other interested agencies met with the r' Mayor's Office of Economic Development and Finance and the NYC Department of Housing /reservation and Development (HPD) regarding the Arverne area of Queens. Pursuant to the ¶\,p)Mayor's initiative to support new citywide housing development, HPD has grg rl p 1jiuest for in flenrb çpth is \\\ ~~V~~VProposal (REP) for the westerly portion of the Arverne site between fr O to be called the erne- y e- ea Development. At the January 10, 2001 meeting, lvlayul J vua.s.. v. uvv.......-.. --. ~-- —...1....~ the Deputy '"rf-- nce and HPD md'icated that the Ma or int nds to subsidize the necessary infrastructure -nts for this development from Cital Funds. Pct,mnte that the cost o e nronc ry sewers was based on me pi P which proposes the demapping of seven (7) existing streets in the project area. DDC an estimate for the required street work which will cost approximately $26 million 3T1

Re-engineering/Planning/E-Government

New Scanning Project - Mapping and Records Unit; Citywide Plan DEP has begun work on a scanning project which was responsible for last year's Drainage scanning of records and scanning project. The purpose of this project shall be to complete the drawings related to interceptor sewers and drainage calculation and computation sheets.

-4-

NYC-WTC 000137964