Glendale Fire Department To Flush Hydrants April 14th to May 9th 2008

Glendale Fire Department To Flush Fire Hydrants
Thursday, April 14th thru Monday, May 9th, 2008

The Village of Glendale Fire Department will be servicing and flushing fire hydrants beginning Thursday, April 14th thru Monday, May 9th, 2008. The Village is divided into 4 zones with the railroad tracks and Sharon Avenue acting as the boundaries. The zones and flushing dates are as follows;

Zone #2 (all homes North of Sharon and East of the tracks): April 14th to April 18th

Zone #4 (all homes South of Sharon and East of the tracks): April 21st to April 25th

Zone #1 (all homes North of Sharon and West of the tracks); April 28th to May 2nd

Zone #3 (all homes South of Sharon and West of the tracks): May 5th to May 9th

This process involves the greasing of the hydrant valve stem, opening and closing of a hydrant to exercise it and substantial flushing of water to clean out sediments that have accumulated in the water mains. Immediately following the flushing of your nearest hydrant, you will notice a temporarily discolored water (iron and mineral sediments). While the water is safe, you should run your faucets several minutes to draw in clear water prior to doing your laundry. It is preferable to run faucets that do NOT have strainers or aerators (commonly found on the kitchen sink and bathroom sink faucets.) Most basement laundry tub sinks and bathtubs do not have such devices and are desirable to flush out your home’s water lines. Should your laundry ever become discolored due to our flushing, please call or visit the Village Office for a free product that will remove all iron discoloration. Lastly, if you have a water softener and or filtration system, we strongly suggest you bypass it until such time as your zone has been flushed and you have run your faucets clear. Glendale appreciates everyone's patience and understanding for any inconvenience this very necessary and required flushing process may cause.

March 18-19 Flood Emergency

The Village of Glendale, along with other Hamilton County communities, experienced a flood emergency on March 18th and 19th, 2008. The creeks flooded, causing numerous problems to storm and sanitary sewers throughout the County; Glendale included. The 5-7"" of rain after 12" of snow melt overwhelmed collection systems. We have made a list of the 31 properties that reported water in their basements. They are as follows;

1178 Lincoln Avenue, 1177 Cole Avenue, 1185 Cole Avenue, 1120 Church Street, 41 W Sharon Avenue, 61 W Sharon Avenue, 55 W Sharon Avenue, 58 W Sharon Avenue, 62 W Sharon Avenue, 66 W Sharon Avenue, 117 W Sharon Avenue, 183 Garfield Avenue, 745 Woodbine Avenue, 750 Woodbine Avenue, 755 Woodbine Avenue, 855 Greenville Avenue, 1084 N Troy Avenue, 301 E Sharon Avenue, 920 S Troy Avenue, 330 E Willow Avenue, 316 Cleveland Avenue, 9 Warwick Place, 355 E Sharon Avenue, 380 E Sharon Avenue. 395 E Sharon Avenue, 521 E Sharon Avenue, 533 E Sharon Avenue, 539 E Sharon Avenue, 557 E Sharon Avenue, 559 E Sharon Avenue, 440 Oak Rd

This list of homes that received flooding in their basements has been forwarded to our engineer, Dan Miklos, of Advance Treatment Sciences, Inc. (ATS). This is the first sewer infiltration to homes that we have experienced in almost four (4) years in spite of improvements made to date. We are on track with recommended improvements and expect to finish up with Village owned sewer system improvements in late 2008. After we are done repairing and upgrading our sewer collection systems, we will then need to look at each home's lateral sewer line to determine if it is tight and that it does not allow rain water to infiltrate.

The new sewer plant will also help immensely. It is being built to handle larger flows and is 87% complete. Over 70% of the Village has been investigated (underground TV and smoke testing) and repairs and many improvements which will help to prevent storm water from entering sanitary systems. The Inflow and Infiltration (I&I) improvement program, while near completion, is not complete and this storm combination has overwhelmed that which it can handle. It remains our goal to wrap up both projects this year; which will increase our ability to handle future severe flooding situations.

Whenever a resident has basement flooding, we ask that you try to determine the source and report it to us. Your observations of what took place at your home will be compiled for further engineering study and included in a plan of action for future improvements.

We hope that all residents understand the severity of the March 18th –19th storm and know that we are doing everything within our means to remedy an old problem. We pledge our continued diligence in the implementation of corrective measures.

Sincerely,


Walter W. Cordes

Hazardous Waste Program for Glendale Begins March 1st, 2008

The Household Hazardous Waste Program for Glendale and all Hamilton County residents will open this year on Saturday, March 1st and extend through Saturday, November, 22. They are extending the duration of the program by almost a month, and cutting one of the less popular week days. The hours for the program will be as follows:

Southern Site
4650 Spring Grove Avenue
Cincinnati, Ohio 45232
Tuesdays 2pm-6pm
Saturdays 9am-1pm

Northern Site
10163 Cincinnati-Dayton Road
Cincinnati, Ohio 45241
Wednesdays 2pm-6pm

For more information about the HHW program or what hazardous items may be excluded, please visit their website at www.hamiltoncountyrecycles.org or contact Michelle Balz, Program Specialist Hamilton County Solid Waste Management District, 250 William Howard Taft Cincinnati, Ohio 45219 (513) 946-7789 Fax: (513) 946-7779 www.hamiltoncountyrecycles.org

Administrator's Updates and Notices

Water Plant Project – (A. Hoeweler, Committee Chair) Our engineer continues to design and plan for the strategic replacement of deficiencies and obsolete processes at out water plant. This project is scheduled to be completed over the next three years. We did have a complete well failure (it was installed in 1953) and we are replacing it ($165,000) so that it will perform twice its former capacity and last another 50 years with proper maintenance. We maintain two deep wells at all times.

Inflow and Infiltration Project – (A. Hoeweler, Committee Chair) This ongoing project, sealing the sewer mains from infiltration of ground/storm water, is now finished for 2007. Next year we will target the area north of E. Fountain to Sharon and everything west of Congress. We will smoke test and TV for any storm or soil water leaks into our sanitary sewers and make the appropriate repairs. It is a pleasure to note that flooding of basements, due to sanitary sewer overloading, has stopped! We will, however, continue on and finish up the entire Village over the next two years.

North Troy Bridge - This project is complete and was under budget. The majority of it was funded with a grant and was necessary due to the cement bridge, which spans a large creek system, was failing and becoming very dangerous.

Tree Planting 07-08 Project (T. Carruthers, Park Board Chair) In late November Tom Carruthers, Chair of the volunteer Glendale Park Board, convened a Park Board meeting and target areas in the Village that need street or park trees. With the help of our arborist, the Board selected species and locations for a Winter planting. If you have a location to suggest or wish to donate, please contact Mr. Carruthers at 30 Village Square, Glendale OH 45246 (771-7200). If the front or your property receives a new tree, please consider watering it during dry times until it can establish roots. Thanks!


Fall Leaf Schedule and Brush Schedule
This Fall we started the Fall Leaf Program 3 weeks early, much due to the draught and the early release of our tree leaves (extreme hot/dry weather caused trees to loose their leaves early this year) . Please rake your leaves out to the edge of the street. You may do so up to and including December 15th, 2007. We will vacuum them up. After the 15th of December, you may put them in bags for Rumpke to collect with the trash. We want to remind everyone that you should NEVER mix any thing with the leaves - foreign objects or sticks will serious damage our new leaf machine.

Brush will also be collected up to December 15th. Please stack them at the edge of your yard and make sure only sticks are in the untangled piles. (One time a steel rod was mixed in a pile and it nearly caused an employee serious injury and it caused thousands of dollars of damage to our chipper machine). After the 15th, you can put miscellaneous brush in your trash cans for Rumpke until we resume all service in the Spring.

Snow Removal
As always, we will work all night and day as necessary to plow accumulated snow on the streets. We use minimal salt as compared to our municipal neighbors because we are a green community with many times the inventory of trees. While using minimal salt, we greatly improve the health of our street trees and reduce damage to our aged streets. Also, in keeping with our Glendale heritage, we will plow your street side sidewalks after we finish with the streets!



Glendale Office and Service Holiday Schedule Notes
Thanksgiving – closed on Thursday, Nov. 22nd and Friday, November 23rd.
Christmas – closed on Monday, Dec. 24th and Tuesday, December 25th.
New Years – closed on January 1st.

Rumpke will not pick up on Christmas day (Dec. 25th) or on New Years Day (Jan. 1st)…. During this time the Tuesday and Wednesday pickups will be one day late.

Suggestions and feedback Welcomed
It is often difficult to provide service to so many households and families with diverse needs and expectations. It is our goal to make Glendale your unique hometown and to make your living here a cherished experience for you and your family. We value your opinion and ask for your feedback on how we are doing and what we can do to better serve you. Please send your comments to the Administrator at wcordes@glendaleohio.org or Administrative Assistant pdepeel@glendaleohio.org . Of course you can also call (771-7200) or stop by… we have an open door policy and no appointment is necessary. Thank you!

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Decorating Contest in Glendale Revived!

Since 1938 (with the exception of the last few years), the Glendale Garden Crafters have organized a holiday decorating contest. This year they are re-establishing the tradition! Though the original criteria included doorways only, they have expanded the judging to include the house fronts and yards. With help from all the Glendale garden clubs, the decorative efforts by homeowners will be viewed and judged.

Judging will be on Monday, December 17th. Ribbons will be awarded and the homeowner’s names and house pictures will be posted on the Village website. All residents are invited to join in the Glendale Garden Crafter contest and everyone is invited to tour Glendale to see the incredible decorating results! This contest will once again make Glendale one of the merriest and most festive towns in Cincinnati.

Sexual Offender Article Correction

From: Walter W. Cordes, Administrator

To: Mr. Korte, author of Sex Offenders article in the Cincinnati Enquirer 7/29/2007

Dear Mr. Korte,

Your special report (sex offender) article featured Sunday, July 29th made a gross error concerning the amount of sex offenders residing in Glendale. The linked web page search engine that the Enquirer hosts also contains the same gross error. Zip code 45246 does include Glendale (we are under 2 square miles and have a population of 2,177), but the 45246 zip code is predominately Springdale. In fact, not one sexual offender lives in Glendale, Ohio 45246 and by no means is our population 14,342. Instead of having a high ratio of "8.4" sex offenders per 10,000 residents , we have a rating of "0" per 10,000.

We officially request that a correction be published and that the Enquirer correct the web page link "See if a sex offender lives near you".

I am a resident of Wyoming and I see that the same error was made with Wyoming's count (you report 43 sex offenders in a population of 31,355 with a ratio of 13.7). The zip code 45215 is in Lockland, Wyoming, Lincoln Hts, Reading and part of Cincinnati) and I trust they will contact you as well for a correction... a quick check of the Sheriff's web page indicates only a fraction of the 43 reported sex offenders live in Wyoming.

Respectfully,

Walter W. Cordes
Village Administrator
Village of Glendale
30 Village Square
Glendale OH 45246

(513) 771-7200


CC: Mayor Joseph Hubbard, Council, Clerk and Solicitor, City Manager of Wyoming

Air Quality Hotline

Many times in Glendale residents call to let us know that foreign smells are in the air. With so many commercial facilities surrounding us, it is not uncommon to smell flavors, batches of food cooking and chemicals several times a week. While the problem has gotten much better over the years (many thanks to the Glendale residents that call violations in for investigation), it still is an annoyance from time to time.

A new Air Quality Hotline is now available 24/7! It is hosted by the Hamilton County Dept. of Envioronmental Services (HCDOES) and here is the number;

For Complaints; (513) 946-7777

There are other HCDOES hotlines for information that might be of interest to you;
Air Quality/Pollen and Mold Count Hotlilne; (513) 946-7753
Living With Allergies/Air Quality Brochure Hotline (513) 946-7747

Walter Cordes

Duke Energy: Gas Main Construction Work In Glendale - 2007

We have been notified by Duke Energy (formerly CG&E) that their contractors will be replacing aged gas mains on many streets in Hamilton County this year. We have obtained a copy of the Glendale streets that will receive work (see below). They report that they will start work in late July and end in late December. We are told that traffic will be maintained wherever possible and that they will have off-duty police assisting with traffic whenever needed. Our Public Works supervisor Ron Hafner has been assigned the task to monitor all of their work (excavation and restoration). We have also asked them to make timely and courteous notice to residents prior to starting work on their Glendale roadways.

Should you have difficulties, let us know and we will try to help out. (We will have a name/phone list of all the key contacts with Duke and their contractors).

Walter Cordes
Village Administrator

Washington
Jefferson
Church
W. Sharon between Jefferson and Church
E. Sharon between Congress and N. Troy
N. Lake
Coral
N. Greenville
N. Troy
S. Troy
Cleveland
Albion
Osprey
Hedgerow
Glendale
Oak
Kingfisher
Chester