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Council reviews drone imagery proposal to support new river permit; administrator recommends contract award to Dresner Robins
Summary
Borough administrator presented a proposal from Dresner Robins for UAV-based aerial surveys covering multiple river segments (including a waterway through Pompton Lakes) to support a new NJDEP stream-cleaning permit; the administrator recommended moving the contract award to the March 25 meeting, but the transcript records inconsistent cost figures that require clarification.
Borough Administrator Michael Corelli presented a proposal from Dresner Robins at the March 11 council meeting for UAV-based aerial surveys to support a new New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection stream-cleaning permit and to help the borough engineer assemble a work plan.
Corelli said the proposal covers multiple waterways — including segments of the Ramapo and waterways that run through Pompton Lakes — and would produce georeferenced imagery, 3D models (50 feet from the top of bank), and video and photo documentation viewable in a Google Earth–style interface for the borough engineer. The data set is intended to be shared with the borough’s Flood Advisory Board to produce a work plan attached to the permit application.
The administrator said the vendor responses ranged widely in price and that the recommended proposal would be a 3–5 day flight. The audio transcript contains inconsistent cost numbers: the speaker read an amount that sounded like “$929,120 dollars per day” and then referenced a not-to-exceed figure and separately said the amount would be payable out of capital accounts, with a transcript line that referred to a $7,500 figure. The council discussion made clear that the contract award would be considered at the March 25 meeting pending clarification and that the project would be financed from capital accounts if approved.
Council members asked whether the flights are a one-time effort; Corelli said the proposal is a single engagement that should produce a data set that will likely need updating at regular intervals (he suggested every two years in the future) and noted the permit process and capital planning would take about a year.
Next steps: Administrator recommended moving the Dresner Robins contract award to the March 25 meeting; council asked for clarified pricing and the final contract amount and funding source to be presented before any award. The transcript’s cost figures were inconsistent and require confirmation from the administrator and the vendor before a contract is executed.
