Recommendation Regarding Proposed Area in Need of Rehabilitation #19-05

TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE 25 LAKESIDE AVENUE, WEST ORANGE, N.J. 07052 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS ROBERT D. PARISI Tel: (973) 325-4160 Mayor Fax: (973) 669-9588 Email: llepore@westorange.org LEONARD R. LEPORE Director/Municipal Engineer May 7, 2019 Mayor and Township Council Municipal Building 66 Main Street West Orange, New Jersey 07052 RE: AREA IN NEED OF REHABILITATION MAIN STREET, EAST SIDE BABCOCK PLACE TO WASHINGTON STREET BLOCKS 116 AND 116.01 Mayor Parisi, Council President Guarino and Council Members: Pursuant to the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law, NJSA 40A:12A-14, the area along the easterly side of Main Street between Babcock Place and Washington Street in Blocks 116 and 116.01 is an area in need of rehabilitation due to the age of the water and sewer infrastructure and the housing stock there. Specifically NJSA 40A-12A-14(a) states the governing body may designate all or part of the Municipality as being in need of rehabilitation if it determines by Resolution that there exists in that area conditions such that a majority of the water and sewer infrastructure in the delineated area is at least 50 years old and is in need of repair or substantial maintenance, and /or more than half of the housing stock in the delineated area is at least 50 years old. The sanitary sewer system in this section of Main Street is over a century old dating back to the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The water main here was installed in 1892. The existing housing stock in this area was constructed during the period 1871 to 1932. The sanitary sewer mains are made of vitrified clay, a very brittle material, and the pipe joints are oakum sealed with lead. Additionally, the manholes along Main Street are brick with mortar joints. Over time the joints between pipes and the joints between the brick courses in the manholes deteriorate, allowing for the infiltration of groundwater into the sanitary sewer system. During wet weather periods this extraneous flow causes sewage flow rates to rise considerably resulting in sewage backups into basements or surcharging of manholes causing discharges into the street. Even during dry weather periods and peak daily flow times such as early mornings, the sewer mains are nearly full. There is little capacity for additional flow in dry weather periods let alone wet weather periods. To accommodate future dry

k daily flow times such as early mornings, the sewer mains are nearly full. There is little capacity for additional flow in dry weather periods let alone wet weather periods. To accommodate future dry weather flows and to reduce flows from infiltration, the sanitary sewer mains and sanitary AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER www.westorange.org