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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReport of the Mayor 9/20/1976• 0 REPORT OF MAYOR 9/20/76. In the aftermath of the Pyramind affair it Is perhaps worth reporting that for reasons I still do not understand, Mayor Smidt was indignant over our request for a copy of the Lansing resolution authorizing him to sign the contract with us. The last few hours of the contract dealings were hectic. I put into the record an account of the chief actions hour by hour, , day by day until the evening of the 20th of August, in case there should be any controversy about our part in them. Important to me was the fact that In the final hours, when Pyramid and Lansing were urging us to allow an early connection with our sewer system, they tried to move things along by presenting Xeroxed copies of documents that were supposed to support their arguments. Some pages of the documents were hardly legible. The documents themselves were irrelevant to their case. For this reason I refused to act until I had seen the original documents and Judged that they were adequate authority for action on our part. The total episode was my most extensive experience In the interrelation of business and local government. I think all of us learned much from it. Cornell housing replied vigorously to the question we raised concerning the Durland tennis court. Mr. Peterson, for Cornell, spoke of posting-'the property. Mr. Stamp said the court had been padlocked; the key was available, so he said, only to Mr. Durland and his family. I have heard no more'from Mrs. Saul. I have written letters to fraternities and sororities in the Village explaining our rules and procedures regarding parties and garbage collection. I told Mayor Smidt that under the terms of our contract with Lansing the Village of Cayuga Heights would appoint an engineer to survey the sewer problem relatlpg'to the Tucker property and Its Immediate neighborhood. Our Engineer suggests as possible condidates, Mr. Thomas Miller, Mr. lei-non Shumaker and Teetor- Dobbins. Proposals are still alive concerning ordinances to deal with ten p. m. closing of stores and with control of structures such as boats and parts of trailers stored on residential property. On the latter subject, I hvae written for advice to the Conference of Mayors at Albany.