HomeMy WebLinkAboutReg/Spec. Mtg Minutes- 1/13/1925; 2/05/1925Village of, Cayuga Heights
Special Meeting - Prof. Burdick's Office,.- January 13, 1925
Present: 0. H. Myers,''Piesident"
C'. X. Burdick
Reading of. minutes of last meeting dispensed with
Upon motion duly made and seconded the _foll'owingabills were
approved, ordered paid and charged to the fonds indio8{'ted.
General Fund
A. G. Hurlbutt . Services . 3 hre. 3.00 i.
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® Highway Fund
Seymour Idosher ... team.. 9 bra. 9.00
man... 9 hrs. 4.50
'Chas Oliver ...... labor b bra . ...... .... ....:.. 2.50
Kenneth Hurlbutt labor 10 bra. ..........0.: ....
........ 5.00
A. G. Hurlbutt.... services . 22 bra. ...'.: :..........22.00
State Insurance Fund - Initial premium estimated for
Workmen's Compensation Insurance during period from
12 -1124 to 12 -1 -125 ..... .......................:..2b.80
Garbage Fund
Seymour Mosher ...team....80 bra* ...:................80.00
man.....80 bra . ....................40.00
Lighting Fund
New York State Gas & Elea. Corp. light for Dec. :..,...58.00
Received from C. H. Blood check for $19.44 in full
payment of his share of the cost of constructing a cement gutter
on the west side of Highland Road neer Iroquois Road. Check
forwarded to Treasurer. /
Meeting was occupied with a discussion of the first draft of ✓
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/the agreement between the Village of Cayuga Heights and J. T.'
Newman and C. H..Blood in regards the disposition of the water mains
within the confines of the Village. This draft with slight changes
was referred back to the attorney for the Village, C. T. Stagg.
Voted to adjourn
President
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Village of Cayuga Heights
Regular Meeting February 5, 1925
Present: C. H. Myers
Dwight;Sanderson
C. K. Burdick
Idinutes of the two meetinga'held December 4, 1924 and'January
' 13, 1925 read and apprbved.
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Upon motion duly made and seconded the
approved, ordered paid, and charged to the
General Fund
following bills were
funds indicated.
Dr. H. H. Crum - Serviees as Health Officer. during the
two years- 1923- 24 .. ...........................1. 40000
Highway Fund
Ithaca Savings Bank -
.Bond and Interest Account
Innterest on $14,000, paving bonds. - dated July 1,
1922..........:.350.00
4,000 " " dated Oct.1923.100.00
Certificate Account
Certificate of indebtedness - paving bonds........ 600.00
Lighting Fund
.New York State Gas and Eleo. Corp. light. January...... 62.00
Received from Epsilon Association of Sigma Phi'Fraternity
the remaining two payments due on the cost of paving Highland
Road with interest at 5% from July 1, 1924 until February 1,1925.600.37
(Two payments of 0'291.60 or $583.20 and interest of $17.17'or:
$600.37)
C he Voted to order cancelled a.certificate of indebtedness of
0.00 on paving bonds in view of the payment in advance .of
0'600.37 by the Epsilon Association of Sigma Phi Fraternity.
Upon motion duly made and seconded the following ordinance
was enacted, and ordered spread upon the minutes;
Resolved, that the Board of Trustees, under and by virtue of
the power in it vested under the provisions of the Village.Law of
the State of Iiew York, hereby ordains and enacts the following
ordinance:
"No person, firm or corporation shall erect any
telegraph, telephone, electric light or other pole within the
limits of any street, highway,.alley or other public place within
the village of Cayuga Heights except as provided in this
ordinance. All such poles shall be reasonably* straight and not
\y less than five inches in diameter at the top. All poles shall be
set inside the curb line and so maintained. All oles.shall be
\ peeled. Before any pole is erected or relocated, the street
aomnissioner shall be consulted regarding the,looation, and no
pole shall be set until said street commissioner shall have
ascertained that in the best interests of the.village, of the
property owners concerned and of the person, firm or corporation
proposing to set such poles,.the chosen location is.the best.
that could be selected and that the erection of the' pole is
necessary. An appeal can be had by any aggrieved party to
the Board of Trustees._ Every pole authorized to be erected
shall be set upon'the condition that'it•is subjeot to transfer
to another location or removal if in the judgement of the
Board of Trustees a better location is available or its use ..
dispensed with. Any person, firm or corporation violating this
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® ordinance shall be subject to a penalty* of ten dollars, and in
addition to such penalty a ikioldtion shall constitute disorderly
conduct and a person violating the.-same shall be a disorderly
person."
/ Voted to authorize the President to-sign the contract with ✓
Messrs. J. T.-Idewman and C. H. Blood'proriding for the acquisition
of the water mains and fire hydrants located in the - Village of
Cayuga Heights in accordance with the terms of the agreement which
follows:
"Agreement made this 5th. day of February, 1925 between
Jared T. Newman and Charles H. Blood, of the village of Cayuga
Heights, New 'York, parties of the first.part, and the.Village
of'Cayuga Heights, a municipal corporation, party of, the second
part, witnesseth:
WHEREAS, before the incorporation of the village of
Cayuga Heights the Cornell Heights Land Company, at its own
expense, installed certain water pipes and appurtenances within
the territory now included within the corporate limits.of said
village; and
WHEREAS, the parties of the first part before and sinoe
the incorporation of -said village have installed at their own
expense other mains and appurtenances within such territory; and.
WHEREAS, the parties of the first part have succeeded to
the rights of the Cornell Heights Land Company in the pipes
® and appurtenances so installed by said Company; and
iJ1MEAS, all of said water pipes and appurtenances are now
being used in the distribution of water within the corporate.
limits of said village, such water being furnished by the city
of Lthaca under contract with individual consumers upon financial
terms that are exceedingly advantageous to the city* because the
rates at present charged are higher than are charged to residents
of the city, and water is being supplied to mains that cost the
city nothing; and
WHEREAS, under somewhat analagous conditions the city in
extending its limits had heretofore paid the owners of the mains
previously installed compensation for the transrer of title
thereto; and,
WHEREAS, the Installation and extension of such water'system
within the Village limits has been practically* essential to the
growth and development of the Village of Cayuga Heights to the
increase in the number of Village residents subject to taxes; and
WHEREAS, the Village owes a certain duty to its residents to
minimize-hazard from fire, and
WHEREAS, the parties to this agreement are desirous, of having
defined their respective rights in.such mains and appurtenances,
and are desirous of giving to the Village of Cayuga.Heights the
power to control, manage, maintain and extend ;such water system,
and to deal with the City* of Ithaca in relation to . furnishing an
ade.ouate supply of water for the village,and the inhabitants
thereof;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the sum of One Dollar.
paid by each party* to the other, and in oonsideration of the mutual
covenants and agreements hereinafter expressed, it is•agreed.as
follows:
FIRST. The parties of the first part hereby remise,
release, grant, sell and convey to, the Harty of the second part
all their right, title and interest in and to all the pipes,
mains, valves, cut -offs, hydrants and other appurtenances now
constituting the water system within the corporate limits of
the Village of Cayuga Heights, to have and to hold said water
system unto the party of the second.part, its successors and
assigns forever, except as provided in the paragraph of this
agreement marked "Second."
SECOI . If, after the making of this agreement the village
of Cayuga eights shall be incorporated into And become a part
of the city of Ithaca, the conveyance of said water system
hereinbefore made shall become null and void; and the title to
said water system and all additions thereto made by either part
of the.flret part,.w ithin the public highways of said village,
shall vest in the parties of the first part, their heirs and
assigns.
THIRD. It is understood that at the date of this agreement
there are water mains running through the streets of the village
and extending beyond the village limits to lands owned.by the
parties of the first part and of each of them, and that sub jest
to such regulatlons and limitations as the City of Ithaca may
prescribe the parties of the first part and each of .them their
heirs, representatives and assigns, including all their present
and future grantees to whose lands such water privilege is
appurtenant, may continue to enjoy.the privilege without charge '
or hindrance by the party of the second part, excepting such
reasonable regulations to be compiled with.by the users as may
be im_oosed upon the residents of the village; and may make such
extensions and such additional connections necessary for the
development of their lands north and west of the village as may
be authorized by the City of Ithaca.
It Is further agreed that the parties of the first part,
their heirs, executors, administrators and assigns shall keep in
.proper repair all mains outside the village limits and in the
event of the failure of theparties.of the first part Be to do,
upon forty -eight hours notice repairs may be made by the party
of the second part at the expense of the first parties or the
party of the second part may shut off the water at.the village
line.
FOURTH. The village of Cayuga Heights, upon the making of
this agreement, and during the period that the title to said
water system shall be vested in the village, shall manage and
maintain the same and shall have power to make extensions and
additions thereto and to regulate and control in all ways -the use
Of said water system and the making of connections therewith.
It being understood that all grantees of the parties of.the
first part, present and future, of lands within -the Village
adjacent to which water mains have been installed or may be
Installed by the parties of the first part or either of them or
served by short connections through private land lying adjacent
to mains so installed by the parties of the first part or either
of them, shall be.entitled to make use of water'mains under the- ,
same terms and regulations imposed upon other residents, and the
parties of the first part shall have the privilege under.suoh
regulations as the party of the second part may prescribe of
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extending mains to lands within the Village owned by the. parties
of the first part nit now supplied, it being understood that
nothing In this contract contained shall be construed as preventing
the parties of the first part or either of them from requiring
purchasers of lots contiguous to or supplied with water from
mains now installed or hereafter installed at the sole expense
of the parties, of the first part or either of them to pay the
parties of the first part or either of them an equitable part of
the cost of such mains contiguous to the property sold to such
purchaser or served by the aforesaid short connections as a part
of the contract of purchase of such land and upon such terms as
may be agreed upon in such contract of purchase or sale.
It is further agreed that the ownership of any mains hereafter
laid by the parties of the first part or either of them, within
the limits of the Village shall forthwith Vest in the Village under
the terms of this agreement and that the parties of the first
part, their heirs, administrators, executors and assigns will
execute and deliver to the party of the second part such conveyances
as may be necessary to carry this clause into effect.
FIFTH. If the corporate limits of the village of Cayuga
Height-F-s-Tiall be extended so as to include territory now outside
the Village within which the parties of the first part, or either
of them, have installed water mains or appurtenances connected with
-the mains within the present limits of the village; the parties
of the first part, their heirs, administrators, successors and
assigns, shall grant, release, sell and convey to the party of the
second part such water pipes and appurtenances for the consideration
of one dollar, such conveyance to be upon the same terms and con-
ditions as are specified in this agreement in relation to the water
system within the present corporate limits of the village of
Cayuga Heights.
SIXTH. It is further understood and agreed that out of the
moneys included in the tax budget of said village for the next
fiscal year after the making of this agreement, there shall be paid
to Jared T. Newman, one of the parties of the first part, the sum
of 0315.23 representing the cost of three hydrants installed by him
at his own expense within the corporate limits of said village
within the past two years.
IN WITNFSS WHEREOF, the parties of the first part have
hereunto set their hands and Beale the day and year first above
written, and the party of the second part has caused these presents
to be signed by its .president and the corporate seal. of said
village to be attached, attested by the village clerk."
Highland Road
Voted to authorize the President to sign the deeds with Messrs. H.G.
Davenport... and C. H. Blood accepting Hill Side Drivedand Cayuga
Park Drive as village roads. Further voted to authorize the
clerk to record these deeds and: spread- :thesg• re_solut,ions:upgn 'the records,
to wit: `
W RREAS the Cayuga Heights Park Association!, Inc. has
executed and delivered to the Village Clerk of the Village of Cayuga,
Heights a conveyance of certain lands located in the.Village, and more
particularly described in said conveyance as follows:
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"For highway purposes a strip of 'land having a uniform
width of fifty feet, being the curved road or drive known. as Highland-
Road, extending from its intersection with the Hanshaw State Road
and Upland Road northerly* to the north line of tho Village of Cayuga
Heights, the said strip of land being the same strip indicated on a
map of Cayuga and Renwick Iieights made by Carl Crandall in January
1921, and filed in Tompkins County Clerk's Office on July 19, 1921,
to which said map reference is hereby made for an exact location of
said right of way." .
NOW THEREFORE, BF IT RESOLVED that the Village of Cayuga
Heights by resolution of its Board of Trustees hereby "aooept such
zonveyanee
AND WHEREAS the Cayuga Heights Park Assoeiation,.Ino.
has executed and delivered to the Village.Clerk of the Village of
Cayuga Heights as proper conveyance of certain lands hereinafter
described to be used for a public street, and more "particularly
described in raid conveyance as follows:
"For highway* purposes a strip 'of land having a uniform
width of 40 feet, being the curved road or drive known as Cayuga
Park Drive extending from the west ltne'of Highland Road west of .
the new residence of Prof. Mordoff westerly* down the hill to the
intersection with Upland Road, the southerly line of said lands be-
ing 18 inches southerly and parallel with the cement walk along the
southerly* edge of said road, said southerly line of said lands
being described.in more detail as follows, to wit:
Beginning at an iron pipe marking the intersection of
said southerly line with the westerly line of the 50 ft. right of
way of Highland Road, said point being 3 feet west of the Highland
Road cement walk acid 18 inches south of the Cayuga Park Drive walk
and being for purposes of this description designated as Station
A; running thence parallel with the Cayuga Park Drive walk on a
curve to the right with a chord of North 33 degrees 39 minutes West
110.5 feet to another iron pipe designated as Station B; thence
parallel with said walk on a curve to the left with a chord of
North 31 degrees 10 minutes West for 105.5 feet to Station C on the
center line of a concrete culvert and at the easterly face of the
west endwall of said culvert; thence continuing on curve to the.'
left with a chord of North 60 degrees 46 minutes West for 100 feet;
thence continuing on a curve to the left with a chord of South 88
degrees 35 minutes West for 100 feot; thence continuing on a curve
to the left with a chord of South 61 degrees 15 minutes West for 100
feet; thence continuing on a curve to the left with a chord of
South 32 degrees 34 minutes West for 100 feet to a point in.the
northerly line of Upland Road 19 inohes from the aforesaid walk and
205 feet in a straight line easterly from the intersection of the
center lines of Upland Road and Cayuga Heights Road.
The bearings of the above description are magnetic readings
Of July, 1922, and for the general location of said lands reference
is hereby made to a map of Cayuga and Renwick Heights.made by Carl ,
Crandall, dated January, 1921, and filed in the Tompkins County
Clerk's Office under date of Jply 19, 1921.
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"For highway purposes a strip of land having a uniform
width of 33 feet; being the ourved'road or drive.known as Hill
side Drive and extending from Highland Road westerly.down -the: hill
to the intersection with the Hanshaw Corners Road, 'the southerly
line of said lands being 18 inches southerly and parallel with the
southerly edge of the present cement walk along the southerly edge'.
of the road,-said southerly line of the said lands being described in
more detail as. follows, to wit:
Beginning at the intersection of said southerly line with•
the westerly line of Highland Road, said .point being 4.8 feet west
'of the Highland Road cement walk and 18 .inches south of the Hill-
side Drive cement walk and being 385 feet southerly along the
aforesaid westerly line of Highland Road from a stone monument set
at, the southeast corner of the residence lot of Charles H. Blood;,
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runing thence on a flat curve to the left parallel with the Hill-
side Drive walk with a chord of South 84•degrees, .42 rpinutes West
for 100 feet;,thence along a'curve to the right with a chord of
North 89 degrees 15 minutes West for 102 -* feet to•apoint in the
center of the northerly end'of Overlook Road; thence continuing
on a curve to the'right and parallel with said walk with'a.ohord of
North 66 degrees 25 minutes West for 63 a feet to a point 15 inches
north of the center of an 8 -inch maple tree in front of the Davenport
residence; thence continuing parallel with said walk on a flatter
ourve to�the right.with a chord of North 55 degrees 34 minutes West
for 100 feet; thence on a flat curve to the left with a chord of,.
North 58 degrees 45 minutes West for 100 feet; thence on a sharper
curve to the left with a chord of North 66 degrees 9 Idinutes,West for
94 feet to a point in the easterly line of the Hanshaw Corners Road,
said point being 25 feet ,easterly from the center of the macadam on
said Road and 18 inches south of the Hillside Drive cement walk.
The bearings of the above description are magnetic readings
of July, 1923, and for the general location of "said Hillside Drive re-
ference is hereby made to a map of Cayuga and Renwick Heights, made
by Carl Crandall, dated January, 1921, and filed.in t$e.Tompkins County
Clerk's Office under date of July 19, 1921.
'1IOW TMMEFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the said conveyance be
and the same is hereby accepted.
Voted to adjourn
President..: : ^�
Also, for highway
purposes 40 feet in width over the road
that nuns northerly from the
approximate midpoint of Cayuga Park
Drive to the north boundary.of
the Village of. Cayuga Heights and in-
eluding the curved turns at
the-intersection of said roads, the exact
location of said lands being
as shown on the map above referred to."
NOW THREFORE, BE
IT RESOLVED that said conveyance be-and-
the same hereby is accepted
by the Village of Cayuga Heights for the
purposes in said conveyance
specified,
AND WHEREAS Charles
H. Blood and Herbert J. Davenport
have executed'and.delivered
to the Village, Clerk of the Village of
Cayuga Heighte•a proper conveyance of certain lands for' a'pub lio
street, and more particularly described as follows:
"For highway purposes a strip of land having a uniform
width of 33 feet; being the ourved'road or drive.known as Hill
side Drive and extending from Highland Road westerly.down -the: hill
to the intersection with the Hanshaw Corners Road, 'the southerly
line of said lands being 18 inches southerly and parallel with the
southerly edge of the present cement walk along the southerly edge'.
of the road,-said southerly line of the said lands being described in
more detail as. follows, to wit:
Beginning at the intersection of said southerly line with•
the westerly line of Highland Road, said .point being 4.8 feet west
'of the Highland Road cement walk and 18 .inches south of the Hill-
side Drive cement walk and being 385 feet southerly along the
aforesaid westerly line of Highland Road from a stone monument set
at, the southeast corner of the residence lot of Charles H. Blood;,
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runing thence on a flat curve to the left parallel with the Hill-
side Drive walk with a chord of South 84•degrees, .42 rpinutes West
for 100 feet;,thence along a'curve to the right with a chord of
North 89 degrees 15 minutes West for 102 -* feet to•apoint in the
center of the northerly end'of Overlook Road; thence continuing
on a curve to the'right and parallel with said walk with'a.ohord of
North 66 degrees 25 minutes West for 63 a feet to a point 15 inches
north of the center of an 8 -inch maple tree in front of the Davenport
residence; thence continuing parallel with said walk on a flatter
ourve to�the right.with a chord of North 55 degrees 34 minutes West
for 100 feet; thence on a flat curve to the left with a chord of,.
North 58 degrees 45 minutes West for 100 feet; thence on a sharper
curve to the left with a chord of North 66 degrees 9 Idinutes,West for
94 feet to a point in the easterly line of the Hanshaw Corners Road,
said point being 25 feet ,easterly from the center of the macadam on
said Road and 18 inches south of the Hillside Drive cement walk.
The bearings of the above description are magnetic readings
of July, 1923, and for the general location of "said Hillside Drive re-
ference is hereby made to a map of Cayuga and Renwick Heights, made
by Carl Crandall, dated January, 1921, and filed.in t$e.Tompkins County
Clerk's Office under date of July 19, 1921.
'1IOW TMMEFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the said conveyance be
and the same is hereby accepted.
Voted to adjourn
President..: : ^�