PET-2024-5 : Petition of National Grid for grant of location to construct line of underground electrical conduit - intersection of Main St. & Emerson St. Plan #30885503

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▶ 1:25 Kimberly Vandiver: We have one order before us. The order before us is petition 2024 dash five Petition of National Grid for grant of location to construct line of underground electrical conduit, intersection of Main Street and Emerson Street. Plan number 3 0 8 8 5 5 0 3. Um, tonight we have the city engineer, um, Bonnie Reese here to speak with us as well as I believe a National Grid representative. Um, could you please introduce yourselves and, uh, summarize the project for the committee?

▶ 1:56 Speaker 1: I'm Vni Reese, the city engineer.

▶ 1:59 Speaker 2: I'm a distribution design in molding for National Grid.

▶ 2:05 Kimberly Vandiver: Okay. And, uh, can you tell us, uh, uh, give us a summary of the project?

▶ 2:11 Speaker 2: Yes. Uh, actually this is an, an existing service in six 60 Main Street. In that property, there are two, two houses. Uh, in the first one, uh, there are like four apartments and the, in the red one, there are two apartments. So actually they already installed the AC and the heating system, but they haven't been able to use it because the existing service is so small, it's only number two size wire. So now they want to use the service and they are asking, eh, to have another meter to have each, uh, apartment has their own, uh, surface meter. So in that case, uh, we will need to change all the size of the cable of sizing the cable and the conduit because the existing conduit is not, uh, big enough to rewire that.

▶ 3:06 Kimberly Vandiver: Thank you. Uh, are there any questions from the committee?

▶ 3:10 Speaker 3: Uh, councilor Karen Chatty,

▶ 3:12 Manjula Karamcheti: Thank you so much for being here. Just a quick question. Given the location of Main Street and Emerson Street, could you just give a very brief, very simple like overview of like how the intersection is impacted and about how long it takes?

▶ 3:26 Speaker 2: Yes. Actually this is a job that can be done in our, in our in only one day because it only is gonna be in the sidewalk. So the manhole actually is in the, is in the west side of the, on the main street is not gonna be crossing over the whole street. So it's gonna be between the, the, the sidewalk going directly to the, to the, to the property. So it will be like 12 feet. Great. Thank you so much. Appreciate It. Oh, you're welcome. Thank you for the question. Thank you.

▶ 3:56 Kimberly Vandiver: Okay. And Councilor Garipay.

▶ 3:58 Mark Garipay: Thank you. Um, Madam Chair. Thank you. I had most of my questions. We spoke earlier, but, uh, one quick item on the sidewalk repair where it's Main Street, it says it's gonna be immediate upon completion. Is it immediate upon completion with just, um, hot top and then coming back with concrete? Or is it gonna be concrete that same day?

▶ 4:17 Speaker 2: Well, eh, that's something that I need. It depends what, what do you want? Because actually the, in these cases, the customer, we only asking the petition on behalf the customer. So the customer is gonna make all the civil work. So it has to be on your decision. What do you want? Eh, how, how's gonna be like the reparation to be done?

▶ 4:39 Speaker 1: So I thought Typically they'll, um, use asphalt that same day. Um, just to have a finished surface. And then, uh, when they have enough panels to get a concrete truck full of concrete, they'll come and, and do a whole bunch all at once, but it will be done this season.

▶ 4:57 Mark Garipay: Okay. And when we say, um, they will, when we, when they have enough, is that the city or is that National Grid?

▶ 5:03 Speaker 1: National Grid, yeah. That's separate from the city's sidewalk program.

▶ 5:06 Mark Garipay: And we'll make sure that by the winter everything will be completed with. Yes. Okay. Thank you. I'll make a motion to recommend. Second,

▶ 5:16 Kimberly Vandiver: We have a motion to recommend from Councilor Gpe with a second by Councilor Kara Chetty. Uh, any discussion? Uh, this will be a voice vote. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Any opposed? This order will be brought to the next full council meeting with a recommendation for passage. At this time, we have concluded our business, the chair will entertain a motion to adjourn. Motion to Adjourn. Second. A motion to adjourn by Councilor Repe, second by Councilor Hamilton. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Any opposed? And we are now adjourned.