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Capital planning process for addressing high-risk areas of sewer backups
2:20:01
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Council Member Restler discusses the challenges of addressing sewer backups, emphasizing the need for better understanding of the capital planning process and timeline for improvements in high-risk areas.
- Acknowledgment of the expensive and time-consuming nature of sewer infrastructure projects
- Request for more transparency in the capital planning process for high-risk areas
- Emphasis on the importance of communicating progress and timelines to constituents
Lincoln Restler
2:20:01
Yeah.
2:20:02
Look, I I think that I know you know, from the conversations I've had over the years with Tassos and others on his team, guess in his former role, congratulations.
2:20:15
When we've brought DP folks out to our district to talk through these issues, you know, these are extraordinarily expensive projects over extended periods of time.
2:20:25
They are not quick fixes.
2:20:27
And when people are experiencing sewer backups on a regular basis, they really freaking want a quick fix, understandably enough.
2:20:34
So appreciate that you have some simple guidance here to improve people's quality of life tomorrow or for the next big storm that hits.
2:20:43
But I do think that how we can better understand the pipeline for these capital projects in these high high risk areas and show the timeline for the progress and that you're, you know, responding to these risk areas in a way that we can inform our constituents is really helpful.
2:21:04
Because, you know, it's no surprise to me when I look at this map exactly where the issues are in Greenpoint.
2:21:09
Those are the places where I've had to go knock on people's doors and connect them to help in when we've had big storms.
2:21:14
And so and I'm sure that's true for most of the members of the city council.
2:21:18
And I think it would be enormously helpful to us to be able to understand a little bit better, more granularly, the capital planning process that you all have when we might expect resources to hit our districts to actually address these areas when we because 74,000 is a in some ways, it's a big number.
2:21:34
Right?
2:21:34
And in other ways, it's a it's a number we can wrap our heads around.
2:21:37
And so I really appreciate the map, the numbers, the short term, you know, help or guidance that you give to folks, but being able to better understand how the capital plan reflects these priorities would be immensely helpful.
2:21:51
Okay.
2:21:52
Alright.
2:21:53
I am supposed to ask some questions about water quality, which I do So I'll do my best.
2:22:03
So the percentage of obviously, you know, it's the most important thing that you all do.
2:22:13
We are enormously grateful for DP's excellent work in providing the best water in the world.
2:22:22
Just a few questions on water quality monitoring and compliance.
2:22:25
The percentage of water samples testing positive for, coli or coli formed bacteria decreased from two point one point three percent in early f y twenty four to point seven four percent in f y twenty five.
2:22:38
That's a significant reduction.
2:22:39
What specific actions do DP take to improve this metric and are there ongoing efforts to further reduce contamination risks?