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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReg Mtg. Minutes 9/19/1988:_ MINUTES of a Special Meeting - 9/13/88 as sewer permits are issued by the Village. Adjournment 5:35 p.m. Anne Kro to Clerk MINUTES of Regular Meeting - 9/19/88 Minutes of a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Cayuga Heights held September 19, 1988 at 7:30 p.m. in the Village Hall. PRESENT: Deputy Mayor Kira; Trustees Camp, Fleming, Pimentel, Searle, Attorney Oesterle; Engineer /ZO Rogers; Police Chief Wall. ABSENT: Mayor Anderson, Trustee wheeler, Fire Chief Miller. OTHERS PRESENT: Betty Miller, Mildred Staples, Kay Ensworth, M/M Bill Wilcox, Doug Sutton, Mary Call, Elizabeth Mount, Kay Newman. Mrs. Betty Miller presented a drawing of the proposed Marcham Garden, to be located on the Marcham Hall premises, showing pathways and various types of plantings. There was some discussion concerning the care and maintenance of the garden as well as the need for donations of money, plantings, garden bench and physical labor. The plan met with Board approval and work will begin soon so that hopefully the garden can be dedicated before winter. Mr. Doug Sutton, Architect, presented a proposed plan and model of a house "Mr. and Mrs. Bill Wilcox hope to build on their property on Tyler Drive. Mr. Sutton stated they have abandoned their subdivision plan submitted 4/6/87, which had been condititionally approved by the Board. He asked for Board consideration of the following: Height of proposed building which is beyond the allowable 251, installation of septic system, and use of Village -owned portion of Tyler Drive, between Tyler Road and the Wilcox property, as a private access. Decision was set aside for later in the meeting. Mary Call appeared to brief the Board on the recycling progress. She stated that the Village has been chosen for the program and Lee Cornell, Recycling Coordinator, wishes to schedule a public meeting. When Mrs. Call informed the Board that the tentatively scheduled meeting for October 11, at the CHS presented a conflict for Mr. Cornell, it was strongly suggested that he be urged to speak at the C.H.C.A. picnic on Saturday, the 8th of October, 5 p.m. where he can reach the greatest number of people. He and Phil TAvelli of the C.H.C.A. will be contacted regarding this. Deputy Mayor Kira called the regular meeting to order at 8:40 p.m. Per Trustee Camp - Amend Minutes of July 18, 1988 regular meeting: The motion for Approval and Subsequent Tabling of the Minutes of the June 20, 1988 REgular Meeting and Special Meeting of July 11, 1988, and also Approval of Minutes of June 20, 1988 with Exclusion of Resolution #3930 - Grant Sewer Connection Permit to Hospital Facility - page 2, to be retyped and mailed to Trustees and Mayor as submitted in writing by Trustee Camp, Verbatim. Moved by Trustee Camp, seconded by Trustee Fleming: VOTED to approve the Minutes of the August 15, 1988 regular meeting with the modification as follows per Trustee Camp as submitted by him in writing, Verbatim: "Motion by Trustee Kira, seconded by Trustee Pimentel: r�T�7 MINUTES of Regular Meeting - 9/19/88 VOTED to lift the table motion of the minutes for June 20, 1988 and July 11, 1988 ® special meeting. Trustee Camp, Fleming, Kira, Pimentel, Searle voted YES, Trustee Wheeler ABSTAINED. Motion by Trustee Kira, seconded by Trustee Pimentel: VOTED to approve the minutes of June 20, 1988 meeting in total, Trustees Camp, Fleming, Kira, Pimentel, Searle VOTED YES, Trustee Wheeler ABSTAINED." Per Trustee Pimentel - Amend Minutes of Special Meeting of July 27, 1988, page 2: Re- insert Attorney Sovocool's response "He thought not, in most respects" to Trustee Camp's question "Is tyler Road comparable to W. Remington ?" Unanimously passes. Trustees Camp, Fleming, Pimentel and Searle voted yes. Moved by Trustee Pimentel, seconded by Trustee Camp: VOTED to approve the List of Audited Vouchers dated 9/19/88 in the following amounts: General Fund - $47,702.00; Sewer Fund - $19,843.60 and to include $8,909.43 for OBG Operations, Inc. Unanimously passed. Trustees Camp, Fleming, Pimentel and Searle voted yes. Deputy Mayor Kira reported on the following: Letters by residents pertaining to Savage Farm. - Letters regarding proposed allocations sent to contracting parties. - Request from Ida Webber to forgive penalty on 1988 -89 Village Tax Bill. Consensus among Trustees was to denyher request. Deputy Mayor Kira will so inform her. - SCLIWC's letter addressing fire drills and acceptance of "next daynotification." - CC of Marilyn Greg's letter to Betty Matyas requesting payment of $1300 for the Northeast Eenior Citizen Program. Consensus among Trustees that $1000 was the amount agreed upon tobe channeled through the CHCA upon written request from the latter. Trustee Searle had nothing to report re CHCA except for the upcoming picnic - 10/8 at CHS - 4:00 to 5:30 p.m. The Fire Cheif's report was reviewedih"his absence (on file) - comment by Trustee Pimentel concerning the last paragraph of the report suggesting that the adjective "live" or "hot" precede "ashes." Trustee Kira reported that the Safety Committee had met to discuss possible solutions to the problem of the declining membership in the Fire company. She sakd that Trustee Wheeler will investigate the possibility of seeking publicity through the media, and she suggested that the members talk to groups such as the P.T.A. to make known the critical need for volunteer firefighters. Attorney Oesterle reported that the lawsuit filed against the Village by Wheeler Development of Ithaca has been reviewed by the insurer of the Village's Public Officials Liability Insurance and they have informed the Village that there .M MINUTES of Regular Meeting - 9/19/88 is no provision for coverage for this type of cl'aA m-under the current policy with them. She reported further that since the claimant is seeking injunctive relief, it is solely the Village's responsibility to settle the claim. She has requested a twoweek extension. Police Chief Wall presented his statistical report which is on file. The Chief spoke of the problem with dogs running loose on school grounds and jumping on children. It was suggested that the matter be addressed in an article by him in the next issue of the Village Voices. In connection with the question raised by Trustee Searle regarding the lights on the upper lot of the school grounds, the Chief reported that the School has not yet established the period of time they will be lit. Chief Wall reported that Officer Salino will resign from the Police force, effective 10/17/88 and will submit a letter of resignation at that time. To mark the observance of Crime Prevention Week , Police Chief Wall stated he plans to have present -on The Ithaca Commons, the marked police car and one Cayuga Heights Police Officer all day Saturday, October 1st. Motion by Trustee Fleming, seconded by'Trustee Camp: RESOLUTION 3951 - APPROVE INSTALLATION OF STREET LIGHTS VOTED to authorize the installation by NYSEG of two street lights in the Village I at the following locations: 117 Texas Lane and across from 336 N. Sunset Drive. Unanimously passed. Trustees Camp,.Fleming, Pimentel and Searle voted yes. The report of the Engineer /ZO is on file in the Village Office. Engineer Rogers stated that since the upcoming Village -wide flushing of fire hydrants is to be regarded as a Village expense, as opposed to Fire Department, accounts should be set up accordingly. The Board took up the matter of the Wilcox proposal and discussion focused, in particular, on the conditions for granting an easement for the Village -owned portion of Tyler Drive, i.e., maintenance, liability insurance, width measurement. Motion by Trustee Pimentel, seconded by Trustee Fleming: RESOLUTION 3952 - APPROVE WILCOX PLAN TO BUILD ON TYLER DRIVE VOTED that the concept of the sub - division plan for the Wilcox property, dated. March 6, 1987 and approved with conditions on 4/6/87, be abandoned and the property be considered as one lot. Further, that.permission be granted to allow them to construct this house with a height as shown on plans dated 9 /12/88. ' Further, that an exemption be granted for sewer hookup; however, there will be no further exemption for that property for connection to the sewer. On the matter of terms of the easement, the Attorney will draft appropriate language for Board approval. Unanimously passed. Trustee Camp, Fleming, Pimentel and Searle voted yes. M MINUTES of Regular Meeting - 9/19/88 ® Trustee Camp reported that the Committee to studywater surface drainage problems had met to discuss ways to handle complaints relating to the drainage situation and he distributed draft copies of guidelines which he reviewed with the Board. He stated that his Committee (Fleming, Kira and Camp) visited with Mr. Charles Smith of 110 Hanshaw Road to discuss his problem. They examined his and surrounding properties carefully in an effort to diagnose the cause of some erosion of a grassy section in his garden. There was some difference of opinion and the Committee felt that further study was necessary to arrive at a decision on the Smith property. Trustee Camp asked for comments and suggestions so that a final version of the guidelines could be forwarded to the Village Attorney for his recommendation. He stated that at some point a policy will have to be established to deal with these problems. Adjournment 10:50 p.m.°l Anne Krohto Clerk MINUTES of a Regular Meeting - 10/17/88 Minutes of a regular meeting of the Board of. Trustees of the Village of Cayuga Heights held October 17, 1988 at 7:30 p.m. in the Village Hall PRESENT: Mayor Anderson; Trustees Camp, Fleming, Kira, Pimentel, Searle, Wheeler; Attorney Oesterle; Engineer/III Rogers; Police Chief Wall; Fire Chief Miller. OTHERS: Dorothy Nichols, M/M Chamberlain, Peter SArkus, Peg Kimble, Kit Baker -Carr, Dick Agard, Frank Hnashaw, Kay Newman, other Village residents. Dorothy Nichols, a Lowell Place resident, voiced her concerns about Joe Ciaschi's tentative plan to develop his land on E. Upland Road into cluster housing. When asked by Trustee Camp which specifically of her two points - 1) the proposed cluster concept -which-would'.require - a:zoning change.:or..`.2)-.-.the removal-of numerous trees - was of primary concern to her, she responded the first because she feared the renting of property to students. Mayor Anderson informed her that Mr. Ciaschi has no formal proposal before the Board at this time and further, that a zoning change would require a public hearing. Mr. Peter Sarkus, Carriage House Apartments co- owner, complained of the potential increase in traffic if Mr. Ciaschi is allowed to proceed with his plan for expansion. However, he said he was more concerned that the ingress and egress to the Carriage House Apartments from the Ciaschi property remain open to vehicular traffic. Mr. Kit Baker -Carr voiced the same concerns. Mrs. Grace Chamberlain questioned the status of lower Remington Road and was told by the Mayor that a meeting between himself and Tom Miller was scheduled for Monday,10 /24 for the purpose of discussing the engineering survey of that road. She was assured that notice of public hearing will be published in the newspaper. ' Mayor Anderson called the regular meeting to order at 8:10 p.m. Moved by Trustee Kira, seconded by Trustee Pimentel: VOTED to approve the minutes of a special meeting held September 13 and a regular meeting held September 19, 1988 as previously furnished Trustees in photo- copy form. Unanimously passed.