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VOTED to hold a Publis Hearing at 7:15 P.m. on October 18, 1982 to consider the enactment
of a Local Law No. 2 of the Year 1982 amending and superseding Locat Law No. 1 of the Year
1981. Unanimously passed.
After some discussion concerning the lighting problem in the Village Hall, the Board
granted permission to the Police Chief and Engineer to seek bids in connection with the
cost of installing a new service.
Motion made by Trustee Robinson, seconded by Trustee Philbrick:
RESOLUTION 3319 - APPROVE ATTENDANCE AT TRAINING SCHOOL
VOTED to approve the attendance of the Clerk at the 27th Annual Training School for
Fiscal Officers and Municipal Clerks, September 28 - October 1, 1982 to be held at
Grossinger's Hotel, Grossinger, NY. Unanimously passed.
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Meeting adjourned 10:48 P.M.
VILLAGE OF CAYUGA HEIGHTS
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Anne Krohto
Clerk
MINUTES of a Public Hearing duly published and posted held October 18, 1982 at 7:15 p.m.in
the Village Hall to consider the enactment of a Local Law No. 2 of the Year 1982 tmending
and superseding Local Law No. 1 of the Year 1981 entitled "Traffic Control ".
PRESENT: Mayor F. G. Marcham; Trustees David Allee, Ronald Anderson, James Bennett, Shailer
Philbrick, David Pimentel, Jean Robinson; Attorney Roger Sovocool; Treasurer-Gordon Wheeler;
Engineer /ZO John Rogers; Police Chief Harlin McEtaen; Fire Chief Francis Miller.
ABSENT: None.
OTHERS PRESENT: Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kalter; Architect Anton Egner; Mrs. Danilee Poppensiek;
Warren Buck; Mr. and Mrs. Ron Schmitt; Mrs. Kuniholm.
Mayor Marcham opened the Public Hearing citing the proposed changes in the Traffic Control
Ordinance as follows: the addition of (e) under Section 5, d. (2) Texas Lane Cul -De -Sac
from the Southeast at its intersection with Texas Lane; Section 7, b. (2) the elimination
of paragraph (g) No parking zone on the South side of East Upland Road and (h) No parking
zone on the East side of the Parkway and a new sub - section (x) No parking zone on the South
side of Country Club Road within the right of way line from the. intersection of Triphammer
Road West for 225 feet. No discussion followed and the Public Hearing was declared closed.
ABSENT: None.
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MINUTES of a regular meeting of
the Board of Trustees of the Village of Cayuga Heights held
on October 18, 1982 immediately
following the Public
Hearing.
PRESENT: Mayor F. G. Marcham; Trustees David Allee,
Ronald Anderson, James Bennett, Shailer
Philbrick, David Pimentel, Jean
Robinson; Attorney
Roger Sovocool; Treasurer Gordon Wheeler;
Engineer /ZO John Rogers; Police
Chief Harlin MCEWen;
Fire Cheif Francis Miller.
ABSENT: None.
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OTHERS PRESNET: Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kalter, Architect Anton Egner; Mrs. Danilee
Poppensiek; Warren Buck; Mr. and Mrs. Ron Schmitt; Mrs. Kuniholm.
Motion made by Trustee Philbrick, seconded by Trustee Bennett.
VOTED to approve the minutes of a Public Hearing and a regular meeting of the Board of
Trustees held September 20, 1982 as previously furnished Trustees in Xerox form.
Unanimously passed.
Motion made by Trustee Anderson, seconded by Trustee Bennett:
VOTED to approve the Abstract of Audited Vouchers dated 10/18/82 in the following
amounts: General Fund - $25,607.11; Sewer Fund - $28,585.52. Unanimously passed.
Mr. Egner and Mr. Kalter presented for Board approval the final site plan and floor
plan for construction of a building on East Upland Road. Discussion followed concerning
questions of occupancy, parking spaces, and use of rental space.
Motion made by Trustee Anderson, seconded By Trustee Allee:
RESOLUTION 3320 - FINAL APPROVAL TO KALTERS FOR PROPOSED SITE PLAN FOR BUILDING
AT 410 EAST UPLAND ROAD WITH CONDITIONS FOR RENTAL USE
VOTED to approve the proposed site plan by Anton Egner for Mr. And Mrs. Kalter dated
10/8/82 for a building at 410 East Upland Road with the condition that the second
floor of the building be used only for office space, the first floor for'retail or
office purposes and that the basement not:be::used.for office or retail purposes`
without-further permission.of the.Board.
Trustee Allee Voting Yes Trustee Philbrick Voting Yes
Trustee Anderson Voting Yes Trustee Pimentel Voting Yes
Trustee Bennett Voting Yes Trustee Robinson Voting Yes
Mrs. Danilee Poppensiek appeared before the Board to "request permission to operate an
infant day care center at 406 Triphammer Road, Cornell -owned property. Mrs. Poppensiek
distributed copies of the plot layout of the house, driveway and parking areas and
explained that Cornell University wishes to use this property as a place for the care
of 24 young children ranging in age from 8 weeks to 18 months, with a staff of six people.
She stated that the children will be arriving and departing at staggered times, and it
would be possible to limit and control the times of arrival and departing in order
to prevent traffic tie ups on Triphammer Road. There was long discussion concerning
matters relating to parking facilities and the generated flow of traffic. Trustee
Philbrick expressed his view that this was not the proper location for this type of
activity in terms of safety.
Motion made by Trustee Pimentel, seconded by Trustee Allee:
RESOLUTION 3321 - ENDORSE CONCEPT OF INFANT CARE CENTER AT 406 TRIPHAMMER ROAD
WITH UNDERSTANDING THAT TRAFFIC MATTERS ARE SUBJECT TO FURTHER
DISCUSSION
VOTED to endorse the concept of an infant care center at 406 Triphammer Road with the
understanding that questions relating to the movement of traffic in and out of the pro-
perty and the care of children outside the building are :matters to be discussed by the
Village Engineer and Police Chief with William Wendt, Director of Transportation for
the University with a view to further consideration of the whole matter by the Board.
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Trustee
Allee
Voting
Yes
Trustee
Anderson
Voting
Yes
Trustee
Bennett
Voting
Yes
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Trustee
Philbrick
Voting
No
Trustee
Pimentel
Voting
Yes
Trustee
Robinson
Voting
Yes
Mayor Marcham gave his report and it is on file in the Village Office.
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Mayor Marcham referred to a letter from Mr, and Mrs. E. F. Roberts of 105 West Upland Rd.
in which they state that it has come to their attention that the Village records list
their property as:a two family house and requested that since the house has been a one
family residence throughout their ownership since 1964, the Village records be corrected.
Motion made by Trustee Bennett, seconded by Trustee Philbrick:
RESOLUTION 3322 - CORRECT VILLAGE RECORDS FOR ROBERTS PROPERTY AT 105 WEST UPLAND ROAD
VOTED to authorize the alteration of Village records regarding the property of Mr. and
Mrs. E. F. Roberts of 105 West Upland Road so as to register it now as a one family house
on the basis of their letter dated 10/18/82.
Trustee Allee Voting Yes Trustee Philbrick Voting Yes
Trustee Anderson Voting Yes Trustee Pimentel Voting Yes
Trustee Bennett Voting Yes Trustee Robinson Voting Yes
Trustee Bennett asked to be excused at this point in the meeting.
The question of the Community Center!s rental of their space to outside users for a fee
was raised once again, and in particular, whether that income might possibly exceed the
rental fee the School District is charging for the space occupied by the Center. Trustee
Allee will look into this. Trustee Allee talked about the Center's interest in starting an
ice skating activity, possibly to include a "Little Folk" hockey program. Questions
concerning flooding, maintenance, supervision and insurance were raised. Attorney
Sovocool suggested that permission be obtained from the School District before going
ahead with plans for such an activity.
Fire Chief Miller presented his report and it is on file in the Village Office.
Fire Chief Miller reported that the Fire Department just completed their annual hose
testing with help from the local Boy Scout Troop and the Kuniholm family.
Motion made by Trustee Robinson, Seconded by Trustee Allee:
RESOLUTION 3323 - CONFIRM AUTHORIZATION FOR $50,000 NOTE
VOTED to confirm the authorization to the Treasurer for taking out a 14 -day $50,000 note
to cover an overdraft at First Bank prior to maturation of Certificate of Deposit, with
the interest amounting to $155.28.
VOTED to approve the transfers as attached to Minute Book..
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Trustee
Allee
Voting
Yes Trustee
Philbrick
Voting Yes
Trustee
Anderson Voting
Yes Trustee
Pimentel
Voting Yes
Trustee
Bennett
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Trustee
Robinson
Voting Yes
Motion made by
Trustee
Robinson,
seconded by Trustee
Anderson:
RESOLUTION 3324
- APPROVE
TRANSFERS
VOTED to approve the transfers as attached to Minute Book..
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Trustee Allee Voting Yes Trustee Philbrick Voting Yes
Trustee Anderson Voting Yes Trustee Pimentel Voting Yes
Trustee Robinson Voting Yes
Motion made by Trustee Pimentel, seconded by Trustee Allee:
RESOLUTION 3325 - RETURN OF TAX WARRANT TO VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
AND AUTHORIZE TRANSFER TO TOMPKINS COUNTY FOR RELEVY
VOTED resolved that the Treasurer has returned the 1982 Tax Warrant and Account of
Uncollected Taxes to the Board of Trustees as required by REal Property Tax Law.
The Trustees have certified the list of unpaid taxes as presented by the Certificate
of the Treasurer showing a balance of $4607.70 including 7 percentum of the amount of
principal and interest. The Trustees returned the account of unpaid taxes to the
Treasurer and authorized transfer to Tompkins County of the Account and Certification of
delinquent taxes as provided in Section 1436 of the Real Property Tax Law in the amount
of $4607.70 for collection by the County under the terms of the County of Tompkins
Local Law No. 7 of 1981.
Trustee Allee
Voting Yes
Trustee Philbrick Voting Yea
Trustee Anderson
Voting Yes
Trustee Pimentel Voting Yes
Trustee Robinson Voting Yes
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Attorney Sovocool reported that he had met with
Attorney Mulvey in connection with
the Morusty zoning matter and
was informed that
Mr. Morusty will apply for a zoning
variance.
Police Chief McEwen presented
his report and it
is on file in the Village office.
Motion made by Trustee Pimentel, seconded by Trustee Bennett:
RESOLUTION 3326 -
LOCAL LAW NO. 2 OF THE YEAR 1982 ENTITLED "TRAFFIC
CONTROL LAW"
VOTED to enact a Local Law No. 2 of the Year 1982 entitled "Traffic Control Law"
which amends and supersedes Local Law No. I of the Year 1981.
Trustee Allee Voting Yes Trustee Philbrick Voting Yes
Trustee Anderson Voting Yes Trustee Pimentel Voting Yea
Trustee Robinson Voting Yes
Chief McEwen reported that Bill Scott of Ithaca Agency is preparing quotations for
Officials Liability Insurance and will present them to the Board at the November meeting.
Engineer Rogers gave his report and it is on file in the Village Office.
Engineer Rogers referred to a letter from Edmund Hollenbeck of 2213 North Triphammer
Road requesting a skewed installation of the new culvert which, he stated, would
straighten the stream on his property at the point where it approaches the new culvert.
It was the Engineer's opinion that such installation would allow direct flow of high
water into the culvert and he said the added cost would be about $1000. The Board
was in favor of the skewed installation and suggested that the Engineer and Attorney
review the necessity for a construction easement of the Hollenbeck property.
Motion made by Trustee Philbrick, seconded by Trustee Anderson:
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RESOLUTION 3327 - SPECIAL MEETING TO CONSIDER BIDS FOR CULVERT PIPE
VOTED to hold a Special Meeting on October 25, 1982 at 4 p.m. to consider bids
which have been submitted for culvert pipe.
Trustee Allee Voting Yes Trustee Philbrick Voting Yes
Trustee Anderson Voting Yes Trustee Pimentel Voting Yes
Trustee Robinson Voting Yes
The following proposals have been submitted for the installation of a new electric
service for the Village Hail: For a 250 -260 amp service to be brought into the building
and connected to a new panel board in the basement of the Village Hall - Norton Electric -
$2,127; Marion Electric - $2,297. For a 200 amp service with 100 amp panel for the
Village Hall and 100 amp panel for the Village Hall annex (Wordpro), with no new panel
in the boiler room: Norton - $1,024; Marion - $1,201; Dick and Jerry - $1,195.
Notion made by Trustee Anderson, seconded by Trustee Philbrick;
RESOLUTION 3328 - ACCEPT IiORTON ELECTRIC'S BID FOR ELECTRIC SERVICE TO
VILLAGE HALL
VOTED to accept the bid for 200 amp service with 100 amp panel for the Village
Hall and 100 amp panel for the Village Hall Annex from Norton Electric at a price
of $1,024.
Trustee Allee Voting Yes Trustee Philbrick Voting Yes
Trustee Anderson Voting Yes Trustee Pimentel Voting Yes
Trustee Robinson Voting Yes
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Engineer Rogers reported the occurence of another large oil spill at the sewer plant
and stated that the source has been traced to the Morse -Borg Warner plant on Warren
Road. The Engineer and Gary Gleason will meet with Morse Chain plant officials and
Village of Lansing engineers on Monday, October 25, to review the problem. Mayor
Marcham was instructed to put Morse -Borg Warner plant on notice as well as the
Village of Lansing.
In connection with the request from the Department of Public Works personnel for a
trade off of the Veteran's Day holiday on November 11 with the day after Thanksgiving,
November 26, the Board agreed that those in the Village workforce who prefer to take
the latter in place of Veteran's Day, be given the option to do so.
Engineer Rogers was instructed to inform Mr. Pat Hyde of the Mobil Station that the
wording of the sign for which he had issued a permit must remain unchanged according
to the Board's interpretation of the sign ordinance and further, it is the Board's
interpretation that a proper sign is a logo and not one which consists of numbers
which are changed on a routine basis.
Motion made by Trustee Robinson, seconded by Trustee Pimentel:
RESOLUTION 3329 - APPROVE REFUND TO DR. LIM . -FOR OVERPAYMENT OF WATER BILL
VOTED to approve a refund to Dr. A. Lim of 152 North Sunset Drive for overpayment of
a water bill in the amount of $30.13.
Trustee Allee Voting Yes
Trustee Anderson Voting Yes
Meeting adjourned at 10:40 p.m.
Trustee Philbrick Voting Yes
Trustee Pimentel Voting Yes
** Trustee Robinson Voting Yes