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Tompkins Consolidated
Area Transit, lnc,
737 Willow Avenue
lthaca, NY 14850-3214
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CONSOLIDATED AREA TRANSIT
Molly Shoemaker
104 Northway Road
Ithaca. New York 148
September 20,2007
Dear Ms, Shoemaker,
This letter responds to our September 18, 2007 e-mail request for documents.
The request is for "a py of the rrpinutes of the meeting of several months ago
when the T-Cat bus ro
request of the Village
te was moved from Upland Rd to Northway Road at thef Cayuga Heights," "a copy any other minutes, of all
correspondence includ
memoranda and copies
Information Act relatin
ng e-mails; telephone logs, and letters, all written
'l
f public statements available to me under the Freedom of
to the chalige in the T-Cat routes affecting Upland and
Norlhway Roads," and
other official of the V
cannot use."
any lists submitted to you by the Village Engineer or any
lage informing T-Cat of roads that a T-Cat bus can or
TCAT, Inc. is a priv not-for-pfofit corporation and is not subject to the
Freedom of Informati Law (FOIL). Nonetheless, I am enclosing a copy of my
Brent CroSs, the Superintendent of Public Works for theAugust I0,2007 letter
Village of Cayuga Hei
not discussed at a TCA
other documents
After Brent Cross rec ended to
instead of Upland Ro I evaluated
following:
o Northway R
narlow.
o The turni
lmpfovemen
Triphammer
Triphammer
the roadway,
, regardi4g the use of Northway Road. This issue was
Board or cpmmittee meeting, and I am not aware of any
ve to your fequest.
TCAT in August to use Norlhway Road
his recommendation, consulted with TCAT
staff, and determined th
is straigfrter than Upland Road, which is curvy and
movement at Northway and Triphammer is an
because it provides better and safer access to
Road. The turning movement from Upland onto
s steep and ithe buses created additional wear and tear on