Flood Mitigation Project Update: April 27, 2012

The below listed residents of West 12th Road attended last nights Broad Channel Civic Association and the presentation of the "Proposed Final Shared Street Design and Identified Impacts" by D.O.T. Queens Commissioner Maura McCarthy and Mr. Joseph Menzer of the RBA Group.

Jonna Barnes (42 W12thRd)

Sophia DeVirgilio (43 W12thRd)

John Heaphy (12 W12thRd)

Peter Mahon (55 W12thRd)

Scott Valentine (48 W12thRd)

ISSUE #1: Parking

Of primary concern to all W12th Road residents was the issue of parking and we are pleased to announce that this problem has been resolved. 

The specifics of the parking resolution may be found on page 3 of the below pdf file.  At first glance it would appear that a total of 155 feet of W12th Road would be designated as "no parking" areas (3 fire hydrants @ 30 feet each; 7 utility poles @ 5 feet each; and a 30 foot turnaround area at the Cross Bay Boulevard entrance to W12th Road) however, this total loss of footage can be reduced by:

1. placing the three fire hydrants adjacent to three utility poles - saving 15 feet...

2. of the remaining 4 utility poles, one is at the extreme end of the street adjacent a driveway and will have no impact in this regard -    saving 5 feet...

That leaves a total of 135 feet of "no parking" area and 90 feet of that total is attributed to the 3 fire hydrants which have always been present on our block.

Thus, in reality we will be losing approximately 45 feet of parking area which equates to about 4.5 car lengths.

This new design will allow for "legal" resident parking of automobiles on both sides of West 12th Road.

ISSUE #2:  Impact on Individual Properties

In order to achieve the requisite street width to accomodate the shared street design and allow for parking on both sides of the street as described above, there will be impacts/mitigations to individual W12th Road properties where the city will have to use small sections of private property for the street.  These impacts or encroachments will be markedly less than the encroachments originally envisioned under the oroginal (old)  

project design.

Presently, the following properties have been identified in this regard.

50  W12thRd

46  W12thRd 

44  W12thRd

40  W12thRd

38  W12thRd

36   W12thRd

34  W12thRd

32  W12thRd

30  W12thRd

28  W12thRd

26  W12thRd

24  W12thRd

20  W12thRd

16  W12thRd

14  W12thRd

10  W12thRd

1201 Cross Bay Blvd.

We are in the process of identifying the specifc impacts to each of the above properties and we will be contacting the individual homeowners of each of the above properties to advise them of same as soon as we obtain that information.

ISSUE #3:  Where do we go from here? 

The project design will be submitted to D.E.C. for their review and issuance of permits within the coming week.

In June,  Mass Mailing #2 will take place with a project design considered 80% complete being forwarded to all involved agencies, utilities, Community Board #14 as well as our association requesting review and comments.

In June the city will be forwarding "consent forms" to all property owners on W12th Road which are required in order for the city to move forward with this project.

The issuance of an RFP to obtain contractor bids for this project will be contingent upon receipt of all requisite permits from the D.E.C. after their review of this project but hopefully construction will commence in the Spring of 2013.

In the interim, as soon as we are able to put together all the specifics of this project (hopefully within the next two weeks) we will have a meeting for all West 12th Road residents to ensure all of you are fully aware of what is happening and how this will affect you.

As always, we will keep you informed of any additional information/developments as we become aware of them. 

Your neighbors,

Jonna Barnes (42 W12thRd)

Sophia DeVirgilio (43 W12thRd)

John Heaphy (12 W12thRd)

Peter Mahon (55 W12thRd)

Scott Valentine (48 W12thRd)

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