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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReg Mtg. Minutes 12/16/1985MINUTES of a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees held December 16, 1985 at 7:30 p.m. in the Village Hall. PRESENT: Mayor F. G. Marcham; Trustees Anderson, Camp, Fleming, Kira, Pimentel; Attorney Sovocool; Engineer /ZO Rogers; Lieut. Wall. ABSENT: Trustee Bennett. OTHERS PRESENT: Howard LaFever, Nick Hatala, John Majeroni, Gordon Wheeler, Bob Flumerfelt, Alexander Kira, Nary Call. John Majeroni presented a brief update on the status of the Savage Farm proposal for development stating that the Cornell group had recently met with the Oxford company in Baltimore and looked at several of their housing projects. Mr. Majeroni stated that bids have been received for a market study which were sub- stantially higher than had been anticipated and that before Oxford proceeds with the project, they will require a firm commitment from the University regarding their involvement. Majeroni said it will be summer before Oxford representa- tives will be ready to appear before the Board to discuss site plans,-zoning, etc. Gordon Wheeler, who accompanied the Cornell group to Baltimore on Nov- ember 26, described the retirement homes he had toured. He mentioned several items of possible Board concern, i.e. overall quality, drainage, traffic, density and height of-buildings and environmental impact studies. Mr. Wheeler left copies of his notes of the trip in the Village office for those interested. A proposal outlining the scope of work and associated costs to perform the second phase study to determine the impact of the Morse Chain discharge on the Village sewer treatment plant was submitted by Stearns & Wheler. Engineers, LaFever and Hatala, appearing before the Board, recommended that the sewer ordinance be up- dated and agreed to guide the Board in drafting such an ordinance, which would apply to all future industrial discharge coming into the plant. Motion made by Trustee Kira, seconded by Trustee Pimentel: RESOLUTION 3659 - AUTHORIZE MAYOR TO SIGN AGREEMENT WITH S & W AND TO INFORM NORSE BORG- WARNER OF ADDED ENGINEERING COSTS VOTED to authorize the Mayor to sign the agreement with Stearns and .Wheler on the terms set forth in their letter dated December 12, 1985 with the understanding that the Mayor will inform Morse Borg - Warner that this contract has been entered into and that these expenses will be incurred and the assumption is they will be prepared to meet them and in doing this they will be furthering their own interests. Trustee Anderson Voting Yes Trustee Fleming Voting Yes Trustee Kira Voting Yes x *x Trustee Pimentel Voting Yes Trustee Camp Abstained Mayor Marcham called the regular meeting to order. Motion made by Trustee Kira, seconded by Trustee Pimentel: VOTED to approve the minutes of a regular meeting held November 18, 1985 and a , special meeting held December 2, 1985 with the following correction of the minutes of the special meeting: that in Resolution 3657 - Approve O'Connor Pro- posal for Subdivision and Driveway Location for Raleigh Estate - Trustees Camp and Pimentel abstained. Unanimously passed. IVE MINUTES of a regular meeting 12/16/85 Trustee Anderson Voting Yes Trustee Pimentel Voting Yes Trustee Fleming Voting Yes Trustee Camp Voting Yes Trustee Kira Voting Yes r *� Motion made by Trustee Pimentel, seconded by Trustee Fleming: VOTED to approve the Abstract of Audited Vouchers dated 12/16/85 with the following additions to the Fire Department equipment and contract service accts.: LaFrance Equip. Corp. - $325.35; Saulsbury Fire Equip. - $778.00; and Underwriters Lab Inc. - $750.00. Unanimously passed. Trustee Anderson Voting Yes Trustee Pimentel Voting Yes Trustee Fleming Voting Yes Trustee Camp Voting Yes Trustee Kira Voting Yes Mayor Marcham read his report and placed it on file. Mayor Marcham reported on the informal meeting which took place on December 8, 1985 in the Village Hall immediately after the Trustees, along with the Village Engineer and Bob Flumerfelt, re- examined sections of the sidewalks in the Old Village. Motion made by Trustee Anderson, seconded by Trustee Kira: 1 RESOLUTION 3660 - AUTHORIZE MAYOR TO SIGN SIDEWALK PROPOSAL FOR FLUMERFELT TO PERFORM ENGINEERING SERVICES VOTED to authorize the Mayor to sign the proposal submitted by Robert Flumerfelt for engineering services to be rendered in connection with the planning for repair or replacement of damaged or deteriorated walks in the Old Village and to instruct Mr. Flumerfelt to go forward with the plan set forth in his second pro- posal - particularly, as it relates to the subject of costs. Trustee Anderson Voting Yes Trustee Pimentel Voting Yes Trustee Fleming Voting Yes Trustee Camp Voting No Trustee Kira Voting Yes Mayor Marcham read what he called a disturbing letter from Madison Wright in re- sponse to the Board's request that he continue to representative the Village on the County Environmental Management Council. In his letter, Mr. Wright complains about the lack of an established relationship between the County legislators and the EMC and stated that an attempt is underway through Mary Call to establish such a liaison. He noted that if the situation does not improve, he will resign and may recommend that the Village not appoint a replacement. The Board in- structed the Mayor to write Mary Call for her comment. The Mayor referred to a letter from George Gillespie, Chairman of the Zoning Board of Appeals in which he requests that the Zoning Officer be allowed to issue a certificate to property owners requesting a variance whose property does not comply. with the Village ordinances due to non - conforming, pre - existing conditions. The Mayor is instructed to write Mr. Gillespie to arrange a meeting between the two Boards in January of 186 to discuss this issue. Q? MINUTES of Regular Meeting - 12/16/85 Mayor Marcham read Rene Randolph's letter of resignation as Village Treasurer due to ill health. The Board agreed to the placement of an advertisement in the Ithaca Journal to fill this position. Community Association had no report for the month, Fire Chief Miller presented his written report which is on file. The Attorney reported that in connection with the sewer contract negotiations, the only significant change in the contracts is that future sewer rental bills will be rendered by each municipality. Motion made by Trustee Pimentel, seconded by Trustee Anderson: RESOLUTION 3661 - AUTHORIZE THE APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEE TO REVIEW SEWER CONTRACTS AND AUTHORIZE MAYOR TO SIGN VOTED to authorize the appointment of a committee consisting of the Mayor, Attorney and Engineer who shell examine the contracts and further to authorize the Mayor to sign the contracts for the Village of Lansing and Town of Lansing. Unanimously passed. Trustee Anderson Voting Yes Trustee Pimentel Voting.Yes Trustee Fleming Voting Yes Trustee Camp. Voting Yes Trustee Kira Voting Yes *a* In connection with the three proposed zoning ordinance changes as discussed at the November meeting, the Board agreed to schedule a public hearing prior to the January 20th regular meeting at 7 p.m. In connection.with the Bolton Point changes to their rules and regs,.the Attorney suggested the addition of two provisions - one having to do with penalty charges and the other, the use of water by a municipality for its own purposes without charge. Motion made by Trustee Camp, seconded by Trustee Fleming:.. RESOLUTION 3662 - APPROVE BOLTON POINT RULES AND REGULATIONS WITH TWO PROVISIONS VOTED to accept the rules of Bolton Point as promulgated by them with the two changes as discussed by the Board having.to,do with.waiver of penalty charges and municipal use of water without charge. Unanimously passed. Trustee Anderson Voting Yes Trustee Pimentel Voting Yes Trustee Fleming Voting Yes Trustee Camp Voting Yes Trustee Kira Voting Yes Lieut. Wall presented the Police Chief's report which is filed in the Village Office. , Lieut. Wall reported that the street lighting problem on Spruce Lane has not been resolved and stated he will present three new options to those residents. q MINUTES of Regular Meeting - 12/16/85 Engineer /ZO Rogers presented his reports and placed them on file. The Clerk reported that the Personnel Department has scheduled a Police Chief exam for March and asked the Board to set salary range per their request. Motion made by Trustee Camp, seconded by Trustee Anderson: RESOLUTION 3663 - SALARY RANGE FOR POLICE CHIEF VOTED that on recommendation of the Safety Committee and ex -Chief McEwen, the salary range for Police Chief be set at $26,300 - $29,323 and authorized the Clerk to so notify the Personnel Department. Unanimously passed. Trustee Anderson Voting Yes Trustee Pimentel Voting Yes Trustee Fleming Voting Yes Trustee Camp Voting Yes Trustee Kira Voting Yes Trustee Anderson spoke briefly about the options for relocating Route 96 to'the hospital and suggested the following action by the Board so that the County in turn could forward its recommendation to the City. Motion made by Trustee Anderson, seconded by Trustee Kira: RESOLUTION 3664 - VILLAGE BOARD SUPPORTS SOLUTION C REGARDING RELOCATION PLAN OF ROUTE 96 VOTED to recommend to the County Board of Representatives that the Board of Trustees of the Village of Cayuga Heights strongly supports Solution C with the overpass in addressing the problem of relocating Route 96. Unanimously passed. Trustee Anderson Trustee Fleming Trustee Kira Meeting adjourned 10:25 P.M. Voting Yes Trustee Pimentel Voting Yes Voting Yes Trustee Camp Voting Yes Voting Yes Anne � Clerk