Coronavirus/COVID-19 & Canadice Town Operations
As the Town begins phasing back into normal operations. The Town Hall will continue to remain closed to the general public. Employees and appointed & elected officials will resume normal work hours. They will continue to respond to phone calls, voicemail and e-mail. Office hours, phone and e-mail addresses are available in the department listings under the "Government" pull down menu above. A dropbox is located to the left of the main entrance to the Town Hall where correspondence, checks and other documents may be left.
Physical contact with residents at the Town Hall will continue to be by appointment, by phone, or by e-mail. All contact will follow the CDC guidelines for social distancing, requiring a mask if distance can't be maintained (employees and visitors) and disinfection of surfaces after people leave.
Town meetings that are open to the general public will continue using the Zoom on-line meeting application. In person attendance is still not allowed. Links to instructions for attending each upcoming meeting by the general public will be posted in advance below (on the Town's home page).
Canadice Town Court
Court will not be in regular session due to the coronavirus. All matters are administratively adjourned until further notice. Upon resumption of regular court sessions you will be contacted by court personnel. If you have a scheduled appearance or were otherwise directed to attend court you will not be penalized for your absence during this adjournment.
Water Project
There have been some impacts on the project related to Coronavirus/COVID-19. The project has been pushed back for a start-up by August 1, 2020 but the reason for this is unrelated to the pandemic. See below for additional project details. Letters will be mailed to each water district property owner as soon as the system has received NYS Department of Health approval to operate. No connections to the system are allowed until that approval has been granted.
Quick Link: Request For Proposal
Request for proposal for the construction of a wall with a pass through door to divide the current conference room into two rooms and all work necessary to establish two complete work space offices. Proposals must be received by noon on July 13th for review by the Town Board at their meeting that evening.
Quick Link: Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting - Wednesday, July 8, 7:30 PM
This meeting will be conducted entirely on line using the Zoom video conferencing application. No one will be at the Town Hall. The general public may attend using these instructions. The agenda for the meeting is available here.
Quick Link: Town Board Meeting - Monday, July 13, 7:30PM
In person attendance is allowed for only the Town Board members as well as elected and appointed town officials. The general public may attend using these instructions.
Quick Link: 2020 Aquatic Weed Management Program
Information for operation of both the weed harvester and the shoreline collection barge. Special notice for waterline marking is available here.
Quick Link: Ontario County Electronic Waste Event August 1st, Bristol Highway Facility.
Quick Link: Ontario County "Drive Thru" Food Assistance Program, Summer Schedule.
Quick Link: 2020 Ontario County Buy Local Guide
Prepared by the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ontario County
The local food movement is a trend that is here to stay, especially in this day and age with people wanting to know where their food is produced! Locally raised and locally made products are everywhere in Ontario County-farm stands, farmers’ markets, CSAs, U-pick farms, grocery stores, and some restaurants. The guide is a representation of the diversity of the producers providing you a farm fresh direct to you experience and will allow you to find local farms based on location and product.
Quick Link: Parenting Classes
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ontario County in partnership with Ontario County Department of Social Services offers a free series of seven parenting classes three times a year. The next series starts September 1, 2020; the registration form may be found here.
Quick Link: Canadice 2020 Final Assessment Roll
Quick Link: Informational flyers with activities for children supplied by the Richmond Recreation Department.
Quick Link: Ontario County Recycles, 2020 Special Collections Events.
Quick Link: Rabies Clinics 2020
Quick Link: Census Bureau Job Openings for 2020 Census in New York.
Additional information can be found here.
Quick Link: 2020 Approved Budget (PDF)
Quick Link: 2020 Proposed Budget (PDF) Breakdown of budget here.
Quick Link: 2019 Special Assessment Roll - Water District (PDF).
Quick Link: Water District #1 Project Home Page - Updated on Saturday, 5/30/2020.
As the Town begins phasing back into normal operations. The Town Hall will continue to remain closed to the general public. Employees and appointed & elected officials will resume normal work hours. They will continue to respond to phone calls, voicemail and e-mail. Office hours, phone and e-mail addresses are available in the department listings under the "Government" pull down menu above. A dropbox is located to the left of the main entrance to the Town Hall where correspondence, checks and other documents may be left.
Physical contact with residents at the Town Hall will continue to be by appointment, by phone, or by e-mail. All contact will follow the CDC guidelines for social distancing, requiring a mask if distance can't be maintained (employees and visitors) and disinfection of surfaces after people leave.
Town meetings that are open to the general public will continue using the Zoom on-line meeting application. In person attendance is still not allowed. Links to instructions for attending each upcoming meeting by the general public will be posted in advance below (on the Town's home page).
Canadice Town Court
Court will not be in regular session due to the coronavirus. All matters are administratively adjourned until further notice. Upon resumption of regular court sessions you will be contacted by court personnel. If you have a scheduled appearance or were otherwise directed to attend court you will not be penalized for your absence during this adjournment.
Water Project
There have been some impacts on the project related to Coronavirus/COVID-19. The project has been pushed back for a start-up by August 1, 2020 but the reason for this is unrelated to the pandemic. See below for additional project details. Letters will be mailed to each water district property owner as soon as the system has received NYS Department of Health approval to operate. No connections to the system are allowed until that approval has been granted.
Quick Link: Request For Proposal
Request for proposal for the construction of a wall with a pass through door to divide the current conference room into two rooms and all work necessary to establish two complete work space offices. Proposals must be received by noon on July 13th for review by the Town Board at their meeting that evening.
Quick Link: Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting - Wednesday, July 8, 7:30 PM
This meeting will be conducted entirely on line using the Zoom video conferencing application. No one will be at the Town Hall. The general public may attend using these instructions. The agenda for the meeting is available here.
Quick Link: Town Board Meeting - Monday, July 13, 7:30PM
In person attendance is allowed for only the Town Board members as well as elected and appointed town officials. The general public may attend using these instructions.
Quick Link: 2020 Aquatic Weed Management Program
Information for operation of both the weed harvester and the shoreline collection barge. Special notice for waterline marking is available here.
Quick Link: Ontario County Electronic Waste Event August 1st, Bristol Highway Facility.
Quick Link: Ontario County "Drive Thru" Food Assistance Program, Summer Schedule.
Quick Link: 2020 Ontario County Buy Local Guide
Prepared by the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ontario County
The local food movement is a trend that is here to stay, especially in this day and age with people wanting to know where their food is produced! Locally raised and locally made products are everywhere in Ontario County-farm stands, farmers’ markets, CSAs, U-pick farms, grocery stores, and some restaurants. The guide is a representation of the diversity of the producers providing you a farm fresh direct to you experience and will allow you to find local farms based on location and product.
Quick Link: Parenting Classes
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ontario County in partnership with Ontario County Department of Social Services offers a free series of seven parenting classes three times a year. The next series starts September 1, 2020; the registration form may be found here.
Quick Link: Canadice 2020 Final Assessment Roll
Quick Link: Informational flyers with activities for children supplied by the Richmond Recreation Department.
Quick Link: Ontario County Recycles, 2020 Special Collections Events.
Quick Link: Rabies Clinics 2020
Quick Link: Census Bureau Job Openings for 2020 Census in New York.
Additional information can be found here.
Quick Link: 2020 Approved Budget (PDF)
Quick Link: 2020 Proposed Budget (PDF) Breakdown of budget here.
Quick Link: 2019 Special Assessment Roll - Water District (PDF).
Quick Link: Water District #1 Project Home Page - Updated on Saturday, 5/30/2020.
The current best guess is that the system will be fully operational and property owners will be able to start installing service connections by approximately August 1, 2020.
Cause for the Latest Delay
During the start-up of the rechlorination system on Friday, May 22, it was discovered that the chlorine chemical feed subsystem has both design and workmanship issues. The rechlorination system is located in the dark green “hut” that is located adjacent to the west side of County Road 36 at the tank site.
Start-up and testing of the rechlorination system is the only item that is holding up our submission to the NYS Department of Health for approval for full system operation. Everything else required for operation and for the NYS-DOH approval is in place and ready to go. Although a large number of other items remain to be completed, (including restoration of lawns, etc.) none of them are required for operation or NYS-DOH approval of the system.
Rather than attempt to work with the subcontractor who supplied the original flawed subsystem the Town has made the decision to entirely replace the chemical feed subsystem. Working with the subcontractor would have required field repairs and modifications to the subsystem, as well as field replacement of key components of the subsystem. It also is not clear that this solution could be implemented in a timely and reliable manner.
The replacement chemical feed subsystem is being designed, fabricated and installed by the City of Rochester Water Bureau by personnel working out of the Hemlock Water Filtration Plant. They will also operate the chemical feed system, which has always been the plan under the operating agreement that the Town has in place with Rochester. The Water Bureau has designed, fabricated and installed dozens of similar chemical feed systems for themselves. They are experts at this type of work.
This may seem like drastic action. It is. This is the most expedient path to resolving this problem. In the long run it will also be the safest, most reliable and most cost effective solution.
Unfortunately, taking this path causes yet another delay of up to eight weeks, pushing start-up for resident connections to approximately August, 1, 2020. It is possible that start-up could occur before then. Additional total net costs to the project are expected to be about $25,000 to $30,000 (the charge from Rochester, less partial credit from the original subsystem supplier). Those costs will be covered by the water district.
The Town’s web site remains the best source for up to date information.
DO NOT INSTALL SERVICE CONNECTIONS UNTIL YOU ARE SPECIFICALLY NOTIFIED BY U.S. MAIL THAT THE SYSTEM IS READY AT YOUR LOCATION!
Detailed specifications for service connections are available at the Town Hall or at this link. This information must be supplied to the private contractors that property owners select to install their service connections. Revisions have been made to the spec. so make sure that your installer is working from the latest version, dated 6/28/19.
Service installations by residents will only be possible after the system is fully operational and has been approved for use by the NYS Department of Health. This is expected to occur by August 1, 2020.
Site restorations (driveway, sidewalk and lawn repairs), weather permitting, are expected to be completed by July 30, 2020.
On Thursday, July 26, 2018 instructions for service sign-up were mailed to water district residents who have dwellings on their property that are eligible for service. Service sign-up is ongoing (there is no deadline). Due to the continuing delays for start-up, the deadline for signing up for service at a reduced cost of $100 has been extended until December 31, 2020. NOTE: Completion dates that were originally included in the Service Sign-up Instructions have been revised.
Residents have also asked about the meter pit requirement for the project. Meter pits are addressed in a mailing to residents, in the install spec, and on the Questions & Answers web page. Even if you heat your dwelling in the winter, if your dwelling is not on a full basement where the meter can be installed without risk of freezing then a meter pit is required.
A page with Construction Notes, including contact information for the on-site Resident Engineer, is on the project home page.
The project overview (pdf) was updated on January 30, 2018 by the project engineering firm, LaBella Associates. Revised estimated project costs and financing are summarized on the project's Costs & Financing page.
The Costs & Financing page also includes the Assessor's list of all properties that are in the water district and the number of benefit units that are allocated against each property in order to recover the capital debt costs for the project. Full information is available through links at the Cost & Financing page.
Revised project plan drawings were released by LaBella as part of the bid package. Paper copies of the drawings are available for review at the Town Hall. They are also available as PDF's here on this website.
Cause for the Latest Delay
During the start-up of the rechlorination system on Friday, May 22, it was discovered that the chlorine chemical feed subsystem has both design and workmanship issues. The rechlorination system is located in the dark green “hut” that is located adjacent to the west side of County Road 36 at the tank site.
Start-up and testing of the rechlorination system is the only item that is holding up our submission to the NYS Department of Health for approval for full system operation. Everything else required for operation and for the NYS-DOH approval is in place and ready to go. Although a large number of other items remain to be completed, (including restoration of lawns, etc.) none of them are required for operation or NYS-DOH approval of the system.
Rather than attempt to work with the subcontractor who supplied the original flawed subsystem the Town has made the decision to entirely replace the chemical feed subsystem. Working with the subcontractor would have required field repairs and modifications to the subsystem, as well as field replacement of key components of the subsystem. It also is not clear that this solution could be implemented in a timely and reliable manner.
The replacement chemical feed subsystem is being designed, fabricated and installed by the City of Rochester Water Bureau by personnel working out of the Hemlock Water Filtration Plant. They will also operate the chemical feed system, which has always been the plan under the operating agreement that the Town has in place with Rochester. The Water Bureau has designed, fabricated and installed dozens of similar chemical feed systems for themselves. They are experts at this type of work.
This may seem like drastic action. It is. This is the most expedient path to resolving this problem. In the long run it will also be the safest, most reliable and most cost effective solution.
Unfortunately, taking this path causes yet another delay of up to eight weeks, pushing start-up for resident connections to approximately August, 1, 2020. It is possible that start-up could occur before then. Additional total net costs to the project are expected to be about $25,000 to $30,000 (the charge from Rochester, less partial credit from the original subsystem supplier). Those costs will be covered by the water district.
The Town’s web site remains the best source for up to date information.
DO NOT INSTALL SERVICE CONNECTIONS UNTIL YOU ARE SPECIFICALLY NOTIFIED BY U.S. MAIL THAT THE SYSTEM IS READY AT YOUR LOCATION!
Detailed specifications for service connections are available at the Town Hall or at this link. This information must be supplied to the private contractors that property owners select to install their service connections. Revisions have been made to the spec. so make sure that your installer is working from the latest version, dated 6/28/19.
Service installations by residents will only be possible after the system is fully operational and has been approved for use by the NYS Department of Health. This is expected to occur by August 1, 2020.
Site restorations (driveway, sidewalk and lawn repairs), weather permitting, are expected to be completed by July 30, 2020.
- Asphalt driveway restorations are 95% complete.
- Non-asphalt driveway restorations will be completed by July 30, 2020.
- Lawn and sidewalk restorations will be completed by July 30, 2020.
- For specific restoration issues and concerns please contact the project resident engineer for resolution.
- Lingering site restorations and any remaining construction "punch list" items should be complete by August 30, 2020.
On Thursday, July 26, 2018 instructions for service sign-up were mailed to water district residents who have dwellings on their property that are eligible for service. Service sign-up is ongoing (there is no deadline). Due to the continuing delays for start-up, the deadline for signing up for service at a reduced cost of $100 has been extended until December 31, 2020. NOTE: Completion dates that were originally included in the Service Sign-up Instructions have been revised.
Residents have also asked about the meter pit requirement for the project. Meter pits are addressed in a mailing to residents, in the install spec, and on the Questions & Answers web page. Even if you heat your dwelling in the winter, if your dwelling is not on a full basement where the meter can be installed without risk of freezing then a meter pit is required.
A page with Construction Notes, including contact information for the on-site Resident Engineer, is on the project home page.
The project overview (pdf) was updated on January 30, 2018 by the project engineering firm, LaBella Associates. Revised estimated project costs and financing are summarized on the project's Costs & Financing page.
The Costs & Financing page also includes the Assessor's list of all properties that are in the water district and the number of benefit units that are allocated against each property in order to recover the capital debt costs for the project. Full information is available through links at the Cost & Financing page.
Revised project plan drawings were released by LaBella as part of the bid package. Paper copies of the drawings are available for review at the Town Hall. They are also available as PDF's here on this website.
Quick Links Below: Recreation Programs
The Town of Canadice contributes to the Richmond Recreation Program, which in turn allows Canadice residents to participate in those programs. Please check out the various seasonal programs, for people of ALL ages, as they become available.
Also, the Cornell Cooperative Extension operates 4-H Camp Bristol Hills. They offer a variety of both Day Camp and overnight Resident Camp programs. "Camperships" are available to youth from financially limited families. Click on this link or stop by the Canadice Town Hall for more information.
The Town of Canadice contributes to the Richmond Recreation Program, which in turn allows Canadice residents to participate in those programs. Please check out the various seasonal programs, for people of ALL ages, as they become available.
Also, the Cornell Cooperative Extension operates 4-H Camp Bristol Hills. They offer a variety of both Day Camp and overnight Resident Camp programs. "Camperships" are available to youth from financially limited families. Click on this link or stop by the Canadice Town Hall for more information.