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MINUTES of a ktgul'ar Meeting - 1/9/89
Minutes of a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Cayuga
Heights held January 9, 1989, 4:30 p.m. in the Village Hall.
PRESENT: Mayor Anderson; Trustees Camp, Fleming, Kira, Pimentel, Wheeler;
Attorney Oesterle.
OTHERS: Randy Hatcher, Brian Chabot, Steve Shiffrin, Jane McCarthy, Mr. /Mrs.
Rockcastle; Mr. /Mrs. Mutkoski, John Dennis.
Mayor Anderson called the first such "additional" regular monthly meeting to order
stating that it was more to serve the purpose for discussion and to get caught
up on issues that take up too much time at the regular, third Monday- of -the-
month meetings.
The Board focused its attention first on the new proposal "D" by Randall Hatcher
to subdivide the lot at the corner or Kline and Wyckoff Roads and to construct
two, two - family dwellings as noted on his accompanying Site Plan. The Mayor
make brief reference to the petition signed by residents protesting Mr. Hatcher's
previous proposals and Mr. Chabot's letter to Mr. Hatcher in which he expresses
his own, personal, positive view of his new proposal. In reviewing the Zoning
Officer's notes on the Hatcher proposal, Attorney Oesterle commented that neither
she nor AttorneySovocool agree entirely with his interpretation of the Zoning
Ordinance as it relates to the Multiple Housing District, citing those points
of disagreement. Attorney Oesterle was asked to prepare a brief on these points.
Mayor Anderson invited comments /questions from the audience. Questions concerning
size of lot, density and parking were addressed. The Board agreed to review
the survey map submitted by Mr. Hatcher and the Attorney was instructed to
summarize the Board's options.
T.G. Miller Associates' proposal re Remington Road Improvements was discussed
and there was a general feeling for accepting the services to be rendered as
outlined under II 1, 2 and 3 and to consider the feasibility of Village DPW
crew doing final construction of the road. It was suggested that Tom Miller be
asked to appear prior to the meeting on the 16th at 7:00 p.m. to address questions
relative to the present status of the road, how much it will cost to upgrade
it to a point that will allow for reopening it, etc. Mayor Anderson will contact
Mr. Miller to arrange for this.
As a result of discussion concerning Savage Farm development, the Mayor was
instructed to contact John Majeroni on the following points:
1. to inquire about the extent of their present bulldozing operation - hoping
they do not intend to fill in the creek area, 2. to inform him that the Village
has requested from DEC a procedure to be followed to obtain assessment of wetlands,
3. to ask if he will permit a Cornell University class project for the planning of
a parkon either the entire Farm or a protion of it. Trustee Pimentel will
follow through on directives for students to provide information on options to
include also cluster and retirement housing.
Trustee Kira announced that the Committee wi-ll:.interview five candidates for the
position of Treasurer on Thursday, January 12.
Re Budget planning for the new fiscal year,Trustee Wheeler suggested that Department
heads be asked to submit proposals for long -term capital planning. Attorney
Oesterle suggested budgeting to allow for the hiring of a consultant in connection
with Savage Farm development.
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MINUTES of Regular Meeting - 1/9/89
A letter from Noel Desch, Treas. SCLIWC, in which he refers to policy recently
enacted concerning the prompt filing with the Commission of "as built drawings"
® for all water and sanitary sewer systems, led to discussion of the Town's stand
relative to issuance by Village of Cayuga Heights of sewer permits for connections
in the Northeast Sewer District Area. (See Minutes of March 21, 1988 - page 1)
Attorney Oesterle was instructed to write Mr. Desch concerning this matter.
There was brief discussion concerning the Village -owned B25 Hanshaw Road and
Trustee Kira mentioned that Fire Chief Miller and Jeff Silber will go through
the house to see what is needed prior to its occupancy. Trustee Fleming said
he will follow up.
Adjournment 6:25 p.m.
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Clerk
MINUTES of Regular Meeting - 1/16/89
T.G. Miller appeared before the Board immediately preceding the regular meeting
to discuss with members his engineering proposal for the improvement of
Remington Road. Questions were raised concerning possible input from Village
labor force, alternatives relative to utilities, road surface, etc. It was
suggested that the Town of Ithaca, in which a portion of the road lies, be
contacted to seek their participation.
Minutes of a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Village of
Cayuga Heights held January 16, 1989 at 7:30 P.M. in the Village Hall.
PRESENT: Mayor Anderson; Trustees Camp, Fleming, Kira, Pimentel, Searle,
Wheeler; Police Chief Wall; Fire Chief Miller.
ABSENT: Attorney Sovocool /Oesterle, Supt. of Public Works Rogers.
OTHERS: John Dennis, Steve Shiffrin, Randy Hatcher, Att. Bixler, John Majeroni,
Pat Mutkoski, 50 -60 Villegers, TV Channel 7 Rep.
Mayor Anderson called the meeting to order at 7:30 P.M.
John Dennis reported the results of the Village survey recently conducted
by the Savage Farm Alternatives Committee relative to Cornell's development
plan for Savage Farm. Copies of same distributed to Board members. Mr. Steve
Shiffrin addressed his comments to the legal aspects in the matter, to wit:
he urged the immediate hiring of an environmental law expert; he advised the
Board to reject the proposal, stating that an environmental review process
would be a waste of time; the Village, he said, should seek an appraisal of the
land while continuing discussions with DEC. He said further that the Village
should ask Cornell to be more forthcoming in its information concerning costs
and benefits of the proposal and better still, to submit what he called a more
reasonable proposal. Mrs. Caroline Spicer, Pres. of the Board of Managers of
Sevanna Park Condominiums read her letter to Trustees in which she calls attention
to the fact that the proposals for this site have shown provisions for access
to the development through Sevanna Park Drive, for which no easement has been
requested by Cornell and further, there is no intention to grant such an
easement by Sevanna Park, owner of the road. She urged the Board to be mindful
of this when evaluating the Savage Farm proposal.
Motion by Trustee Kira, seconded by Trustee Wheeler: