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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReg Mtg. Minutes 5/19/198030 MINUTES of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Cayuga Heights held May 19, 1980 at 7:30 P.M. in the Village Hall. PRESENT: ABSENT: Deputy Mayor I Ronald E. Anderson Trustees David J. Allee Shailer S. Philbrick David'Pimentel Jean Robinson Stanley Warren Attorney Treasurer Engineer /Z.O. Police Chief Fire Chief Mayor F.G. Marcham Roger B. Sovocool Gordon B. Wheeler John B. Rogers Harlin R. Mc Ewen Lowell T. George OTHERS PRESENT: Lagrand Chase, Jaroslav Vanek Lagrand Chase appeared before the Board to request permission for the issuance of a building permit to construct a single family house on the private street known as Pleasant Grove Lane, Lot No. 4, on the suggested sub - division plan previously sub- mitted to the Board. The northerly boundary of said lot has frontage on Pleasant Grove Lane of 192 feet; west boundary 108 feet; south boundary 170 feet; and east boundary 237 feet. Mr. Chase showed the Board a photograph of a Colonial - styled street sign he wishes to install at the entranct to Pleasant Grove Lane. Mr. Vanek appeared before the Board to report on results thus far of his experiment with the solar energy structure which the Board allowed him to conduct for a three - month period. He stated that the device is an effective source of energy and recom- mended that the Board consider making changes in the Zoning Ordinance to permit the use of such energy saving structures. In answer to the statement that the structure is in violation of the Zoning Ordinance, Mr. Vanek said he plans to remove it from his front lawn to Cornell property across the road. Chief MCEwen expressed concern regarding a traffic safety problem and stated further that he was strongly opposed to its location in that area. Mr. Vanek asked that he be allowed to continue his experiment with the collector in his back yard. The Board will pursue this matter at a later time and, in the meantime, will continue their talks with Cornell offici- als concerning the relocation on Cornell property of the structure currently on Mr. Vanek's front lawn. Motion made by Trustee Philbrick, seconded by Trustee Warren: VOTED to approve the minutes of a regular meeting held April 2, 1980 as previously ' furnished Trustees in mimeographed form with amended page 5. Unanimously passed. r * x 5/19/80 1.,31 Motion made by Trustee Philbrick, seconded by Trustee Pimentel: VOTED to approve the Abstract of Audited Vouchers dated May 19, 1980 in the following amounts: General Fund - $62,362.80; Sewer Fund - $31,555.82. Unanimously passed. e * x Deputy Mayor Anderson read Mayor Marcham's report to the Board in the Mayor's absence and it is on file in the Village Office. Trustee Warren reported he had no new information regarding Northeast Transit Committee. Chief McEwen'gave the Board the figures concerning Village ridership according to his most recent study. Motion made by Trustee Pimentel, seconded by Trustee Warren: RESOLUTION 3055 - CONTRIBUTE TO NORTHEAST TRANSIT PROGRAM VOTED to authorize the payment of $1500 for the Village of Cayuga Heights as their portion of a subsidy for the Northeast Transit bus service for nine months of service plus an additional $300 for summer service and to authorize the Mayor to sign tIn contract. Unanimously passed. x Fire Chief Lowell George gave his report and it is on file in the Village Office. Motion made by Trustee Philbrick, seconded by Trustee Robinson: RESOLUTION 3056 - APPROVE TRANSFERS VOTED to approve transfers, copy of which is attached to Minute Book. Unanimously passed. * x Treasurer Wheeler recommended that the Board endorse the New York State Confer- ence of Mayors' position that the State set up enabling legilation allowing gov- ernments to form joint pools on various forms of insurance. Motion made by Trustee Pimentel, seconded by Trustee Robinson: RESOLUTION 3057 - ENDORSE NEW YORK STATE CONFERENCE OF MAYORS' POSITION ON JOINT POOLS OR RECIPROCALS. VOTED to endorse the New York State Conference of Mayors' position that efforts should be made to persuade the State Legilsature to pass enabling legislation per- mitting municipalities to form joint pools or reciprocals and to instruct the Mayor to write to the appropriate legislators in regard to this endorsement. Unanimously passed. Treasurer Wheeler requested permission to negotiate for a $100,000 Capital Equipment Note with several banks. 5/19/80 ].32 Motion made by Trustee Warren, seconded by Trustee Pimentel: RESOLUTION 3058 - TREASURER TO NEGOTIATE FOR $100,000 CAPITAL EQUIPMENT NOTE VOTED to authorize the Treasurer to negotiate with several banks for a Capital Equipment Note,-of $100,000 to run up to five years. Unanimously passed. � r k The Treasurer reported that he had received from New York State Department of Environmental Conservation a copy of the final Audit Report of the construction of the Sewage Treatment Works and that, based on the findings of the report, it was determined that the Village has been overpaid by the State in the amount'of $19,464.Motion made by Trustee Robinson, seconded by Trustee Warren: RESOLUTION 3059 - ADD DELINQUENT WATER BILLS AND ACCOUNTS . RECEIVABLE TO 1980 -81 TAX ROLL VOTED to authorize the Clerk to add to the Village tax bills the amount of $1,240.36 in 'delinquent water usage bills and $131.36 in overdue accounts receivable. Unanimously passed. Motion made by Urustee Pimentel, seconded by Trustee Robinson: RESOLUTION 3060 - SPECIAL MEETING TO APPROVE YEAR -END BILLS VOTED to hold a Special Meeting on May 30, 1980 at 3:30 p.m. to approve year's end bills and authorize appropriate transfers and also to discuss the prospect of permanent installations of energy systems in the residential area. * * e Police Chief MCEwen gave his report and it is on file in the Village Office. Chief Mc Ewen reported that a sum of $255 had been realized from the "found property" sale and also the receipt of $250 from Security and Energy Systems, Inc. for six months' rental fee per contract to place the electronic switching equipment in the Village Hall basement.. Chief Mc Ewen requested that the Board consider the $500 annual income from this rental space be used for capital equipment purchases by the Police Department, and he requested also that the Board authorize the Treasurer to transfer $275 of this total amount to the Police Department Equipment account for the purchase of a pager. Motion made by Trustee Warren, seconded by Trustee Pimentel: RESOLUTION 3061 - APPROVE TRANSFER OF $275 TO POLICE DEPARTMENT EQUIPMENT ACCOUNT FOR PURCHASE OF PAGER VOTED to approve the purchase of a pager in the amount of $275.for the Police Dept. and to pay for this from funds received from the sale of found property and from rental fee received from Security and Energy Systems, Inc. Unanimously passed. 5/19/80 133 Chief Mc Ewen stated that the intersection of Forest Drive and Comstock Road is a dangerous one and recommended that a stop sign be erected on Comstock Road and that Forest Drive be designated a through road. Motion made by Trustee Robinson, seconded by Trustee Allee: RESOLUTION 3062 - PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE IV, SECTION 5, OF VILLAGE ORDINANCES VOTED to hold a Public Hearing on June 16, 1980 at 7:15 P.m. in the Village Hall to consider amendment to Article IV, of the Cayuga Heights Ordinances as follows: "Article IV, Section 5, c. Through Highways Designated (to add a new subdivision (16) Forest Drive from its intersection with The Parkway to its intersection with Hanshaw Road; and also Article IV, Section 5• d. (2) (to add a new subdivision (d) The Parkway from the south at its intersection with Highgate Road. Unanimously passed. * e Motion made by Trustee Philbrick, seconded by Trustee Warren: RESOLUTION 3063 - INCREASE HOURLY RATE FOR PART -TIME POLICE OFFICERS VOTED to increase.the hourly rate to $5.00 per hour for each of the three part - time Police Officers, effective June 1, 1980, x • Chief Mc Even reported that the used 1978 Chevrolet Malibu has been sold for $2,762. Motion made by Trustee Pimentel, seconded by Trustee Philbrick: RESOLUTION 3064.- DENY REQUEST BY LAGRAND CHASE FOR COLONIAL STYLED STREET SIGN MARKING PLEASANT GROVE LANE VOTED to deny the request by Lagrand Chase for a colonial- styled street sign marking the entrance to Pleasant Grove Lane but to remain with the standard signs marking roads and lanes throughout the Village, be they public or private. Unanimously passed. Motion made by Trustee Robinson, seconded by Trustee Philbrick: RESOLUTION 3065 - INCREASE MILEAGE RATE TO EIGHTEEN CENTS PER MILE VOTED to increase the reimbursement for mileage on private vehicles for Village business from 15 cents to 18 cents per mile, effective June 1, 1980. Unanimously passed. 5/19/80 134 The Village Attorney reported that three Cornell students who were doing volunteer service in connection with a criminal diversion program administered by the Tompkins County Probation Department were injured while working for the Village on Saturday, May 3, 1980. They were painting creosote on guard rails on Remington Road and got some of the creosote on their hands and arms and were burned. The Attorney request- ed Board guidance on how he should proceed inasmuch as we have no insurance to cover such injuries. The Board directed the Attorney to contact the three boys and offer to pay for their medical expenses not already covered by their own insur- ance and to have them sign a release before such payment is made. Trustee Allee mentioned that Marthat Allee, our representative to the Tompkins County Youth Board would like to come before the Board to bring them up to date on the activities of the Youth Program. Chief Mc Ewen suggested writing to Noel Desch telling him the Village would like to have the City Youth Bureau devise some means of collecting data which would indicate how many participants of the program are from the Cayuga Heights area. Attorney Sovocool reported on the following: (1) The Morusty Zoning Matter - the Attorney described the property as having a main house on N. Triphammer Road with three apartments, a house in the rear, and a shed. He stated that perhaps the Village should secure a map or survey to show setback distances and the percentage of land coverage. The Attorney will attempt to contact previous owners of the property in an effort to obtain more data per- taining to the number of living units and prior use of the shed. (2) The French Zoning Matter - the Attorney reports that Mr. French has agreed to convert the entire main part of the house to his personal living quarters and main- tain two apartments in the basement, stating he has a non - conforming use. The Attorney will continue his investigation in an effort to determine if the apartments were put in the basement before the 1953 Zoning Ordinance went into effect. (3) Deed to Texas Lane Pathway - Minor details still being worked on by Attorney Harry Hamilton and will be ready for next meeting. . (4) Title to Village -owned strip at end of Cambridge - Abstract Company is making up a title search and it should be ready for next meeting. The Attorney received a letter from David Davis, owner of a vacant, wooded lot on Remington Road who asks first, if application can be obtained for a building permit to construct a house on said lot, since the road is unpaved; and secondly, would he be permitted to use the road for ingress and egress to his lot. The Board agreed that a building permit could be issued even though the road is unpaved because the road is owned by the Village and the Village would take repsonsibility for paving it and also Mr. Davis is entitled to ingress and egress. 5/19/80 135 Attorney Sovocool spoke of a letter he received from Leonard Liberman, owner of Noahs Boat Club, Inc., in which Mr. Liberman advises the Village that the beach area which is adjacent northerly to the Village sewer outfall pipe has been deter- mined by court decision to be a trespass area which cannot be used until certain permissions have been obtained. Recently, the Village has used this trespass area to gain acccess to the outfall pipe area. The Attorney pointed out that the Village is currently paying the railroad for two crossings - one for pipe and the other for vehicular crossing - at an annual rate of $100. The Attorney will investigate the possibility of securing permanent easements. The Board looked over Cornell's plans for proposed lighting of the playing fields between Triphammer and Jessup Roads. They expressed approval of the coneept of the area being used for playing fields but questioned the matter of lighting, hours of use, and other incidentals where they felt zoning requirements must be met. Deputy Mayor Anderson will contact Mr. Matyas to arrange a meeting between the Mayor, Trustees, Mr. Matyas, and Mr. Schultz at the earliest possible time to settle these questions. Engineer Rogers gave his report,and._it is on file in the Village Office. The Engineer reported to the Board the emergency situation which has developed at the Sewage Treatment Plant due to the breakdown of the tank truck used for removal of sludge. Motion made by Trustee Philbrick, seconded by Trustee Pimentel: RESOLUTION 3066 - AUTHORIZE ENGINEER TO PREPARE$ SPECIFICATIONS AND TO ADVERTISE FOR USED TRUCK FOR USE AT SEWER PLANT VOTED to authorize the Engineer to prepare specifications and to advertise for bids, for a used truck for use at the sewage treatment plant that has capabilities of carrying a 3500 gallon tank and which will be subject to inspection and approval of the quality of the vehicle by a Village representative. Unanimously passed. Motion made by Trustee Warren, seconded by Trustee Pimentel: RESOLUTION 3067 - PERMISSION GRANTED TO LAGRAND CHASE FOR BUILDING PERMIT FOR LOT 4 VOTED to approve the request of Lagrand Chase for issuance of a building permit to construct a single family house on Pleasant Grove Lane, Lot No. 4, on the suggested sub- division plan previously submitted to the Board and subject to the same condi- tions set forth in previous approvals for Lots No. 5, 3, and 2. Unanimously passed. x * e Motion made by Trustee Philbrick,,aeconded by Trustee Pimentel: RESOLUTION 3068 - PERMISSION DENIED LAGRAND CHASE FOR SIGN PERMIT VOTED to deny the request by Lagrand Chase to erect a 3' x 5' "For Sale" sign at the site of construction on Lot No. 2 on Pleasant Grove Lane, on the basis that it is too large. Unanimously passed. * * a 5/19/80 136 In regard to a request from William Dillon for permission to build a four -foot high fence in front of his house on ground'which has been raised in elevation above the natural grade due to recent construction, the Board agreed after examining a plot plan submitted by Mr. Dillon to grant his request on the basis that the berm has been in existence for almost a year. Meeting adjourned at 11:35 P.m. Anne Krchto Village Clerk MINUTES of a Special Meeting of the Board of Trustees held May 30, 1980 at 3:30 p.m. in the Village Hall. PRESENT: Mayor F.G. Marcham Trustees Ronald Anderson Shailer Philbrick David Pimentel Jean Robinson Treasurer Gordon B. Wheeler TO Engineer John B. Rogers ABSENT: Trustees David J. Allee $IS Stanley Warren Motion made by Trustee Pimentel, seconded by Trustee Philbrick: VOTED to approve the Audited Vouchers in the following amounts: General Fund'- $3,731-00; Sewer Fund - $2,976.31. Unanimously passed. Motion made by Trustee Philbrick, seconded by Trustee Anderson: RESOLUTION 3069 - APPROVE TRANSFERS VOTED to approve the following transfers: Unanimously passed. * * r TO FROM $IS A3120.53 Police Insurance A1620.4 V.H. Contract Service 57.00 A1410.5 Clerk Other Expense A1620.4 V.H. Contract Service 50.00 A3410.51 F.D. Supplies A3410.4 F.D. Contract Service 50.00 G8120.51 S.L. Supplies 08120.2 S.L. Equipment 1,800.00 G8130.21 S.P. Equip Maint G8130.51 S.P. Supplies 300.00 . Unanimously passed. * * r '137 Motion made by Trustee Philbrick, seconded by Trustee Anderson: RESOLUTION 3070 - TO DRAFT PROPOSED ORDINANCE REGARDING SOLAR ENERGY STRUCTURES VOTED to authorize the Mayor, with the Attorney, to draft a proposed ordinance or Village Law regarding the erection of structures to provide solar and other forma of alternative energy. Unanimously passed. Motion made by Trustee Pimentel, seconded by Trustee Philbrick: RESOLUTION 3071 - MAYOR AND TRUSTEE ROBINSON AUTHORIZED TO ARRANGE TO MEET WITH MR. BACKER, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS VOTED to authorize the Mayor and Trustee Robinson to ,ask for a meeting with Mr. Backer to seek clarification of the issues that arise from the potential closing of the Cayuga Heights School and to ask the Attorney to explore the legal issues that relate to use of school property if the Village School is closed. Unanimously passed. Motion made by Trustee Philbrick, seconded by Trustee Anderson: RESOLUTION 3072 - BEJECT REQUEST BY IGA FOR SIGN PERMIT VOTED to reject the request for a sign from IGA on the grounds that the proposed sign is too large. Unanimously passed. its* Motion made,by Trustee Pimentel, seconded by Trustee Anderson: RESOLUTION 3073 - ACCEPT PROPOSED AGREEMENT AMONG KING, SCHOENFELD, AND THE VILLAGE VOTED to accept the proposed agreement among King, Schoenfeld, and the Village with an alteration to the effect that on line 9, after the word "progress" the remainder of the sentence be struck out and also in line 8, substitute "may" for "will ". Copy of agreement attached to Minute Book. Unanimously passed. F.G. Marcham Mayor t