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MINUTES of a special meeting of the Board of Trustees of the
Village of Cayuga Heights held on Thursday, April 16, 1953, at
7 P.M. at the home of Treasurer Guise, 207 Iroquois Rd.
PRESENT :. A. W. Chamberlain, Trustee
Sanford S. Atwood, Trustee
Frederick G. Maroham, Trustee
C. H. Guise, Treasurer
Carl Crandall, Engineer
Lowell George, Police Commissioner
At. the request of Mayor Shirey who was absent, Trustee
Chamberlain was appointed chairman of the meeting. Chairman
Chamberlain welcomed Police Commissioner George on the occasion
of his first attendance at a Trustee meeting.
1. The minutes of the meeting of April 6th were read and
approved.
2. Engineer Crandall explained what was involved in the
matter of making up the assessment roll for the annexed portion of
the Village, which was the main business of the evening. He called
attention to the fact that the Trustees had at a previous meeting
established.a policy that no change would be made in the assess-
ments of those properties assessed by the Town Assessors as of
July 1, 1952 and that the Village would accept those assessments
for this year's assessment roll except for obvious errors, construc-
tion accomplished since July 1, 1952 and for changes in assessments
where the new Village line passed through properties which were
now partly in the town of Ithaca and partly in the annexed area.
The Engineer stated that in the time available, which was only
since the meeting on April 6th, he had inspected every property
in the annexed area and made new assessments on those properties
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which were to be considered as described above, that he had
examined court house records and other material available in
arriving at the assessments proposed. He stated that the field
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books as prepared from.the records of the Town assessors
contained certain errors in boundaries,'and that certain properties
were not assessed at all by the Town due to various circumstanoes.
Thanks were expressed to the Engineer, for doing such a
comprehensive.job ` in the short time available.-,
3. The Board of Trustees, acting as a Board of Assessors,.
decided to acoept the assessments on the properties in the
annexed area.'as established by -the Town of Ithaca assessors on .
July 1, 1952 except for properties where special consideration
should be given.due to new construction, the new Village line, and
obvious errors. These'properties.were considet3d separately and.the
assessment roll was, completed for the year.1953 and filed.'with the
Clerk.
4. IT WAS VOTED that Grievance .Day would.be held on
.April. 28; 1953 between the hours of 7 and ll P.M. at the school
house.
5. The Clerk reported the.receipt of a letter from,the
State Comptroller acknowledging receipt of the certified copy
of the petition for annexation of territory to the Village of
Cayuga Heights, together with a list of 984 inhabitants of such•
area, and stated that his records would be so noted and per capita
assistance payments increased accordingly'. to become effective with
the installment due on May 15, 1953
6. The Clerk
Mr. Lacy of the Ele
for street lighting
he would furnish at
proposed new street
reported that he had received a letter from
stric & sae Corporation with regard to.costs
in the annexed area and that Mr. Lacy. stated
a later date a map showing location of
lights. No action was taken:
7. The Engineer reported that he had received a letter
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from Sargent, Webster, Crenshaw & Folley, architects for the
new addition to the schoolhouse, requesting permission to change
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the location and grade of the Village sanitary sewer at -the
Cayuga Heights School. Engineer Crandall had answered this letter
on April 9th and read his answer to the Board. The Engineer
explained that the construction of the addition necessitated
certain changes in line and grade of the sewer and upon his
recommendation the following resolution was voted:
RESOLVED: that the School.Board District No. 6 be authorized
and permitted.to'make adjustments in line and grade of the Village
Sanitary Sewer:to accommodate construction of_the proposed school
building extension, provided that if the relocated sewer passes
through the,new building, this section shall be.placed..in iron
' pipe, available for inspection and repairs, and with cleanout
provision at each side of the building; it being understood.that
the existing Village sewer easement recorded in the Tompkins
County Clerk's Office in Liber 225 of Deeds at Page 2 remains
applicable.
9. The Engineer discussed results to date with reference to
collection of refuse in the annexed area and stated that one of
the problems to.be worked out was that of drive -in service at
certain locations. He said that we should furnish uniform service
to all the taxpayers, that there were mitigating circumstances
where some driveways were long or property was occupied by widows
who could not get their garbage to the curb without difficulty,
' and sometimes absence or illness.of men in the family made the,
problem complicated. He said that this was a problem.to be_ worked
out and that at present Mr. Haskins was keepin6 a list of special
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services being requested and rendered, and that at some future
time a policy would of necessity need to be established to
cover.the special cases, perhaps an extra charge for extra
service.
9. The Engineer stated that;he had a new man lined. up
who could assist on road work.
10. The Engineer.reported discussions-held with Charles.
H: Newman regarding the 25 -foot trail and planting strip between
Forest Drive and.Comstock.Road extending from The,Parkway
easterly to Forest Drive. H6 said this strip was low in.elevation
and might be a suitable spot for running a new sewer line at
a future date.. Mr`. Newman indicated that the ,Cayuga'Heights
Land Corporation might be willing to deed this property to the
Village, and wished to know if:the Village,would accept it.
IT WAS VOTED that it was the opinion of the Trustees that
they would be agreeable to the idea of accepting a deed of this
property at some time in the future when a proper description
and deed could be prepared.
11. Discussion was held regarding the advisability of
having the Cayuga Heights Village listed in the telephone book
with the telephone numbers for the Treasurer, Clerk, Engineer,
Police Patrolman, Mayor, and Road Maintenance Foreman.
IT WAS VOTED that the Clerk should request.that such
listings be made for inclusion in the next printing of the .
telephone directory, if the price was reasonable,.
12. It was brought,up that some residents did not know
whom to call in case of emergeney,.and it was agreed that Police
Commissioner 'George, would consult with the Sheriff regarding a.
notice to.be published in the Ithaca Journal that would'list both
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i the Village Patrolman telephone number and the Sheriff's telephone
number. If the Sheriff was willing to have his office and number.
mentioned in the proposed article then such article was to be
prepared and submitted to the Ithaca Journal with a request for
publication.
13. There was discussion regarding mail deliveries in the
annexed area, it being brought out that on some streets which have
recently devbloped, such as Texas Lane, there are no mail.
deliveries except on North Triphammer Road. The Clerk was
requested to write to the postmaster and request mail deliveries
in such expanded areas as Texas Lane.
14. Adjourned at 10:13 P.M.
Clerk .
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