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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPublic Hearing/Reg Mtg. Minutes 12/17/1990Motion by Trustee Pimentel, seconded by Trustee Fleming: RESOLUTION 4205 - AUTHORIZE PUBLIC WORKS SUPT. TO SEEK BIDS FOR TOW- BEHIND LEAF VACUUM VOTED to authorize Supt. of Public Works Rogers to advertise for bids for a used, tow - behind leaf vacuum similar to the one that is presently being tested by the DPW crew. Unanimously passed. Trustees Fleming, Pimentel, Searle, Weiss and Wheeler voting yes. Moved By Trustee Fleming, seconded by Trustee Pimentel to adjoueeting. Adjournment 10:54 p.m. Anne Krohto Clerk MINUTES of a Public Hearing 12/17/90 Minutes of a public hearing, duly published and posted, held December 17, 1990 at 7:00 p.m. in the Vilalge Hall, to consider resolutions for setting up special assessment districts for Remington Roadway fire protection, sewer system, and water system. PRESENT: Mayor Anderson; Trustees Fleming, Pimentel, Wheeler; Acting Attorney Oesterle; Treasurer Silber; Police Chief Wall; Fire Chief Miller. ABSENT: Trustees Camp, Searle, Weiss. OTHERS: Jack Rogers, Dennis Shepherd, Bruce Kusse, David Donner, Tom McCarthy, Sharon Petrillose. MINUTES of Regular Meeting - 11/19/90 Police Chief Wall presented his monthly report which is on file in the Village Office. Chief Wall reported that he has received the signs for posting on Iroquois Road and White Park Road. Regarding the request from a Village resident for a stop sign at the end of Sunset Drive (onto Wyckoff), he stated he will post a stop sign on a temporary basis at that location - making Wyckoff Road from Cayuga Heights Road west to the Village line a through- street. A public hearing regarding all temporary signs will be scheduled for the same date. Trustee Camp and Attorney Oesterle left the meeting. Supt. of Public Works Rogers presented his monthly report which is on file. Motion by Trustee Pimentel, seconded by Trustee Fleming: RESOLUTION 4204 - ACCEPT SECODYNE INC. BID VOTED to accept the bid from Secodyne Inc., the lowest bidder on a cost per pound basis, for Conditioning Dry Polymers. Unanimously passed. Trustees Fleming, Pimentel, Searle, Weiss and Wheeler voting yes. Motion by Trustee Pimentel, seconded by Trustee Fleming: RESOLUTION 4205 - AUTHORIZE PUBLIC WORKS SUPT. TO SEEK BIDS FOR TOW- BEHIND LEAF VACUUM VOTED to authorize Supt. of Public Works Rogers to advertise for bids for a used, tow - behind leaf vacuum similar to the one that is presently being tested by the DPW crew. Unanimously passed. Trustees Fleming, Pimentel, Searle, Weiss and Wheeler voting yes. Moved By Trustee Fleming, seconded by Trustee Pimentel to adjoueeting. Adjournment 10:54 p.m. Anne Krohto Clerk MINUTES of a Public Hearing 12/17/90 Minutes of a public hearing, duly published and posted, held December 17, 1990 at 7:00 p.m. in the Vilalge Hall, to consider resolutions for setting up special assessment districts for Remington Roadway fire protection, sewer system, and water system. PRESENT: Mayor Anderson; Trustees Fleming, Pimentel, Wheeler; Acting Attorney Oesterle; Treasurer Silber; Police Chief Wall; Fire Chief Miller. ABSENT: Trustees Camp, Searle, Weiss. OTHERS: Jack Rogers, Dennis Shepherd, Bruce Kusse, David Donner, Tom McCarthy, Sharon Petrillose. a14 a. MINUTES of a Public Hearing - 12/17/90 Mayor Anderson opened the public hearing to consider the resolution for setting up the Fire Protection Special Assessment District. The draft resolution as prepared by the Attorney was reviewed and errors and omissions were noted by Jack Rogers relative to lots benefited /not benefited. It was noted that care must be taken to include all appropriate lot numbers in each resolution. Mr. Rogers pointed out that when the Village connected its water system to Bolton Point there was given (at no expense to the Village) a right -of -way to place a water line across Ito 8 -1 -13.2 which benefited everone in the Village relative to fire protection. He pointed out also that the properties along lower Remington pay a Bolton Point ad valorem charge - 1/3 unit for each buildable lot which helps pay for fire protection throughout the Village and asked why these properties are assessed again for a special cost. After some discussion the Mayor stated that this presented a reasonably good argument for this being a Village -wide expense since earlier lines were put in to do the same thing in other areas. Trustee Pimentel agreed that the Village should pay costs connected with fire protection. Mr. Kusse of 144 N. Sunset Drive said that he, does not intend to use any of these services since he does not wish to divide his property at this time and if he should decide in the future to do so, he would be willing to "buy into this expense." Attorney Oesterle said this would be complicated and questioned its legality. The basis on which these charges would be allocated was questioned - front footage? average width? Mr. Rogers asked how fire protection costs could be separated from water supply costs. One suggestion: by taking the cost difference between 4" lines (water supply) and 6" lines (fire protection) and adding this to hydrant costs could produce a dollar amount which could be borne by the Village. Jack Rogers stated that a fire protection loop system is the primary concern. The Mayor said that when the Board decides.on a reasonable way to pursue this, the engineers may have to ' review it and advise on the appropriate course to follow. The hearing ended with a question from Tom McCarthy with respect to the exact length of the road to be improved and upon hearing it is 3820 feet, commented that if the allocation cost is based on front footage, he will be paying 1/7 of the road cost. The Mayor opened the hearing at 7:40 p.m. to consider the proposed resolution for setting up the Water System Special Assessment District. Mr. Kusse iterated his previous comments. Numerous errors were cited in the resolution relative to lot numbers and it was agreed to hold a special meeting in early January for further discussion relative to all proposed resolutions. There was discussion regarding,the resolution to set up a Special Highway Assessment District. The phrase in parenthesis in paragraph 3 will be deleted since this is already covered in paragraph 5 and the word "re- surfacing" in the second line of paragraph 3 will be replaced with "surfacing." Tom McCarthy asked if the Village would use its own workforce and a response from the Mayor indicated that the Village's crew may not have the time and it may not be cheaper anyway, but it will be explored. He stated further that the proposal from Stevenson is misleading in that it was based on the assumption that the Village would do practically all of the work and that it may come over Miller's proposed estimate once figures for rquipment rental, manpower, etc. are included. Disagreeing with the Mayor concerning the feasibility of Village crews' participation in the project, Jack Rogers said he hoped this would be looked into before the Board makes its final decision on how to proceed. RElative to the Town's portion of the road, Trustee Wheeler asked the Attorney if the Twon has taken any action to deed the parcel to the Village. Attorney Oesterle repeated what she had reported at the November 19 meeting, stating she is still awaiting a memo from Attorney Barney - she will follow,up on it. The hearing regarding the resolution to set up the sewer System Special Assessment District followed the same discussion as the hearing for water system with the basis for allocation question needing to be determined here also. Trustee Wheeler 413 MINUTES of Public Hearing - 12/17/90 suggested researching the records to determine how this was done in the past, stating that this method could be used as a possible precedent. Mayor Anderson closed the public hearing stating there needed to be considerable review of details and general discussion of the concepts based on ideas that have come up during the hearing. The public hearing was declared closed at 8:45 p.m. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MINUTES of Regular Meeting - 12/17/90 Minutes of a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Cayuga Heights held December 17, 1990 at 8:45 p.m. in the Village Hall. PRESENT: Mayor Anderson; Trustees Fleming, Pimentel, Wheeler; Acting Attorney Oesterle; Treasurer Silber; Police Chief Wall; Fire Chief Miller. ABSENT: Trustees Camp, Searle, Weiss. OTHERS: Sharon Petrillose and David Donner. Mayor Anderson called the meeting to order opening it to privilege of the floor. Mrs. Sharon Petrillose of 166 Pleasant Grove Road spoke to the Board of matters of grave concern to her. (Copies of her memo were mailed to Board members in December.) She addressed issues of safety relative to cyclists and joggers using the road instead of the sidewalk - asking if cyclists could be required to equip their bikes with "bells and lights." She asked if the Village snowplow crew could plow east of the yellow line on Pleasant Grove Road since traffic follows the plow line and ends up on her sidewalk. Also, a light is needed where the University's sidewalk meets the Village walkway. She complained that cars travelling north on Pleasant Grove Road toward the Corners take a short cut across the service station property and asked if a barricade (of bushes) could be placed along there in an effort to curtail this problem. She wondered if the sign at the intersection of Jessup /Pleasant Grove Road which belongs to Cornell University could be moved so as not to obstruct the line of vision for drivers turning north onto Pleasant Grove Road. (It was pointed out that the sign is on the Town of Ithaca right -of -way). She asked if the "Cornell University" signs pointing traffic onto Pleasant Grove Road could be diverted to direct it to Cayuga Heights Road, which she stated is much straighter and more direct to Central Campus. She asked once again for a "Hidden Driveway" sign stating her earlier request had been denied. She raised the issue of reducing the traffic on N. Triphammer and Pleasant Grove asking if Cayuga Heights Road could carry some of this traffic. In addressing some of her concerns: Mayor Anderson stated that alternative routes are being studied by groups such as East Ithaca Corridor Study Committee under Stu Stein, County Planning Dept. coordinated by Mr. Hanson, Ithaca /T.C.Transportation Commission, on which Village resident, Art Shull is representative. Chief Wall explained that bicycles are required under State law to have lights and horns and will not be registered if they are in violation; bicyclists and joggers are issued a warning and pedestrians are required by law to use a sidewalk where one exists. Regarding a barricade at the service station, he pointed out that this is under consideration but gasoline trucks must be able to enter and exit without having7 to turn around and Mr. Ciaschi and Skip Morgan are working on measurements for this. Mrs. Petrillose left the meeting. Mayor Anderson read a letter from John Majeroni in which he explains that he intended to appear this evening to discuss a new location for the northern access to Savage Farm, but since the Village of Lansing Planning Board has reversed its earlier negative decision re its consideration to locate the northern access to Savage Farm opposite Sheraton Drive (subject to certain conditions) he would like to study this option before coming before the Village L —' MINUTES of Regular Meeting - 12/17/90 RESOLUTION 4209 - AUTHORIZE EMERGENCY REPAIR VOTED that the repair to the Packer was an emergency and there was not sufficient time to invite bids for repair costs. Unanimously passed. Trustees Fleming, Pimentel and Wheeler voting yes. Motion by Trustee Fleming, seconded by Trustee Pimentel: RESOLUTION 4210 - AMEND RESOLUTION 4097 - RENEW $95,000 BAN VOTED to amend Resolution 4201 adopted at the November 19, 1990 meeting to include the renewal of the 1987 BAN of $25,000 at the rate listed by TCTC of 6.25 %. Unanimously passed.' Trustees Fleming, Pimentel and Wheeler voting yes. Motion by Trustee Pimentel, seconded by Trustee Fleming: VOTED to approve the Abstract of Warrants dated 12/17/90 as follows: General Fund - $55,776.53, Sewer Fund - $20,058.56; Capital Fund - $257.84. Unanimously passed. Trustees Fleming, Pimentel and Wheeler voting yes. The Attorney, having reported already on the Homa lawsuit,,had nothing further. Police Chief Wall presented his written report which is on file. Chief Wall reported that part -time Officer Van Vorce had been injured while on the job in the Village and had lost one day's work at the I.C.P.D. He said he is working with the insurance company and is trying to get restitution for the medical expenses. He reported that as a result of this incident, the Department has purchased three new restraint devices. Motion by Trustee Pimentel, seconded by Trustee Fleming: RESOLUTION 4211 - PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER PROPOSED LOCAL LAW #1 OF 1991 VOTED to schedule a public hearing January 21, 1991 at 7:15 p.m. in the Village Hall to consider the adoption of a proposed Local Law No. 1 of 1991 entitled "Traffic Control Law" which amends ans supersedes Local Law No. 1 of 1990 - Section 7b - (No Parking Regulation). Unanimously passed. Trustees Fleming, PimenteI and Wheeler voting yes. Supt. of Public Works Rogers presented hjs monthly report which is on file. Motion by Trustee Pimentel, seconded by Trustee Fleming: RESOLUTION 4212 - APPROVE ADDITIONAL HOLIDAY FOR FULL -TIME, NON -UNION EMPLOYEES � 146-MINUTES of Regular Meeting - 12/17/90 Revenue Share: 89 -90 $49,712 - projected for 90 -91, $11,196 less. - SCLIWC re Backflow Prevention - Local Law required to supplement the existing cross connection local law adopted by all 5 member municipalities in 1980. Attorney Oesterle will review the draft. - Quoted from the November issue of SENIOR CIRCLE - the new law making more seniors eligible for tax exemption. It was determined it is too late to act on this for the 1991 -92 tax year but will be acted upon before the following one. -Re Homa lawsuit - Attorney Oesterle reported she is in the process of asking for an adjournment from January 3 hearing date. She explained that Mr. Homa erroneously sued Jack Rogers instead of the Village and that he also claims in his suit that he has paid his bill (he has not). Attorney Oesterle is in the process of finding out if she can ask to get the suit dismissed (on the basis that he has not paid his bill) and suggested the Village then file suit against Mr. Homa. -The Mayor reminded the Board that Village Attorney Sovocool will retire on December 31, 1990 and recommended appointment of Attorney Oesterle to fill this vacancy at the same annual salary. Motion by Trustee Pimentel, seconded by Trustee Fleming: RESOLUTION 4207 - APPOINT ATTORNEY PATRICIA OESTERLE TO FILL VACANCY CREATED BY RESIGNATION OF ATTORNEY SOVOCOOL VOTED to appoint Acting Village Attorney Oesterle to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Village Attorney Sovocool at the same annual salary. Unanimously passed. Trustees Fleming, Pimentel and Wheeler voting yes. There was no monthly report for CHCA. Fire Chief Miller presented his monthly report which is on file. Treasurer Silber distributed copies of the Abstract of Warrents for approval as well as his monthly report and list of transfers. Motion by Trustee wheeler, seconded by Trustee Fleming: RESOLUTION 4208 - APPROVE TRANSFERS VOTED to approve transfers as recommended by the Treasurer as follows: TO FROM A1210.1 Treasurer, Cont. Exp. Contingency A1910.41 Other Ins. " A8160.21 Refuse Equip. Maints. DPW Reserve A8160.47 Refuse Equip. Rental A8160.46Tipping H5410.42 Sidewalk Supplies Sidewalk Cont. A3120.1 Police Dept. Salary Contingency A3120.21 Police Dept. Equip. Maint. Contingency A3120.42 Police Supplies Contingency Unanimously passed. Trustees Fleming, Pimentel and Wheeler voting yes. Motion by Trustee Fleming, seconded by Trustee Pimentel: AMOUNT 500.00 1742.00 9050.00 Fees 3500.00 250.00 57821.00 2100.00 2620.00 1 C2" MINUTES OF Regular Meeting - 12/17/90 Of Cayuga Heights Trustees. Mr. Donner asked if there had been any new proposals regarding Savage Farm since Julyl, 1990 and was told there had not been any. He then withdrew from the meeting. Motion by Trustee Fleming, seconded by trustee Pimentel: VOTED to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of November 19, 1990 as previously furnished Trustees in copy form. Unanimously passed. Trustees Fleming, Pimentel and Wheeler voting yes. The Treasurer requested that the Abstract of Audited Vouchers be taken up during his report. Mayor Anderson reported as follows: - Internal Auditors have finished their work in the Village offices and referenced subsequent letter from Treasurer Silber to that firm in connection with said audit. -Set up a special meeting of the Board to discuss draft resolutions for setting up special districts for Remington Road. It was agreed to meet on Wednesday, January 9, 1991 at 7:00 p.m. -Re request from the Banfields as presented to the Board at the November 19 meet- ing, the Mayor reported that he, Attorney Sovocool and Zoning Officer Rogers met with M/M Geoffrey Banfield to discuss their request and in particular what effect it might have on their grandfathered status. Discussion focused on the fact that ' in 1974 they were issued a building permit to construct a new garage and family room but decided sometime afterward to build instead a poolside house for which they did not apply for a permit. In 1984 they were issued a permit to enclose and extend a porch with the understnading that a shed had to be removed when construc- tion was completed. This had never been done. Attorney Oesterle said that the intent of area requirements is to provide balance on a lot; this (parcel from Dr. Salerno) does not look like it is part of it - it does not add to the visual im- pact of the house. Motion by Trustee Wheeler, seconded by Trustee Pimentel: RESOLUTION 4206 - DENY BANFIELD REQUEST VOTED that, acting as a Planning Board, the Board of Trustees for the Village of Cayuga Heights has reviewed the request of Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Banfield to ad- just the property line at 110 Iroquois Road, Ithaca, New York, and to construct a garage on the premises after the addition of a parcel to be purchased form Dr. and Mrs. Salerno. It was unanimously resolved to deny said request because the addition of the garage, even with the proposed purchase of additional land, does not meet the requirements of the Village of Cayuga Heights Zoning Ordinance in spirit or in fact. The Zoning Officer was directed not to issue a building permit for the proposed garage. Unanimously passed. Trustees Fleming, Pimentel and Wheeler voting yes. The Mayor will inform the Banfields of the Board's action. -T.C. Department of Health - information concerning rabies control. - Letter from Village resident, Ed Smith, praising the Village workforce in their prompt and through pickup of brush and leaves. -NYCOM Uppdate - Revenue Sharing Alert - the Village will lose 22.5% of the State q MINUTES of Regular Meeting - 12/17/90 VOTED to approve an additional holiday for full -time, non -union employees, for the fiscal year 1990 -91 to be taken before May 31, 1991 and at their own choosing; and further, to approve a total of twelve holidays for the same group of employees for the 1991 -92 official year. Unanimously passed. Trustees Fleming, Pimentel and Wheeler voting yes. Trustee Fleming moved and Trustee Pimentel seconded to adjourn the meeting. Meeting adjourned 11:10 p.m. Anne Krohto Clerk