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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSpec Mtg. Minutes 5/15/1953r L r MINUTES of a special meeting of the Board of Trustees of i the Village of Cayuga Heights held on May 15, 1953 at 5:30 P.M- at the home of Clerk Trousdale, 102 Northway Road. PRESENT; Henry J. Shirey, Mayor A. W. Chamberlain, Trustee E. A. Whiting, Trustee Sanford S. Atwood, Trustee Frederick G. Marcham, Trustee Carl Crandall, Engineer Also Harry Gordon, Town Supervisor, and E. C. LaValley, Director of Environmental Sanitation, Tompkins County Health Dept. were present by-invitation of the Mayor., 1. Mayor Shirey called on Harry Gordon, who had requested permission to attend the Village.meeting in order to make a statement. Mr. Gordon stated that he 'and Mr..LaValley were present representing the ,County Hoard.of Health. Mr. Gordon said that a problem was facing the members of the Town Board and`the Health Department, namely that the sewage problem in the annexed. portion of the Village was causing complications, due to the fact that persons in this area were asking the Town Board and. the Board of Health for information regarding possible sewers in the area, and that the Board of Health did not feel it was in a position to properly answer the questions. A typical question was "What should I do about.my present septic tank? It does not operate properly. It.is overflowing causing concern to myself and to my neighbors and I do not know whether I should extend the laterals or how to cope with my neighbors who are making complaints against me." The basic problem that seemed to be'facing many of . the residents in the annexed area was that they.did not know how to proceed from the sanitary standpoint. They did, not wish to spend many. hundreds. of dollars in trying to.correot their.septic .tank situation if sewers were about to go through,• and they.did not:, �., know what action the Board of Health might take. Mr. Gordo ri'eaid f 1 <9 193 that he.did not feel that they should be giving orders to these residents when the Health Department was not familiar with the Village plane regarding.installat- ion'of sewers. He suggested that it`.mo uld .be 1 helpful . to.. the Town Board,. Board :of ; Health,', Village Trustees, and to "all thee: residents of..the Village; if. the Village Trustees would publish a statement indicating what,the'Village plans were, the steps `:to,be; taken , and the approximate time involved to:aohieve a °.completed sewer system Mr. LaValley.supplemented Mr. Gordon�s;'rem.rks and pointed' out a, specific case, that of Mr. Allen of,Fofrest Drive, who was co mplaining.about; his ''upper neighb ors 'on'ComstockRoad because t the ,effluent from their septic tanks was overflowing on his property V The problem was complicated by the fact that the. constant rains during the last few weeks made the septic tanks particularly ineffective. .Engineer Crandall said that the various steps involved were: 1) the, surveying, planning, and engineering work to lay out a sewer system; 2) negotiations with the City for receiving the, effluent or the construction` of a Village sewage disposal plant;' 3) obtaining the estimated cost; 4) getting the residents of the annexed a -ea`to vote the necessary bond issue to take care of the cost; 5) the construction of the.system. He thought that. he earliest possible:date.that all these: steps co.uld.be accomplished would.be. minimum of,jthree.,years, but if lucky breaks were encountered on all items above mentioned it might be accomplished ln;:less than. three years on the. othe'r ,.hand, if any difficulties were encountered on. any one. of ithe items upwards of $1,000:for a satisfactory a eptictank,withj proper laterals and then find.a sewer line 'going right''past his property which he would be forced'to use, 'thus making his: investment. in. the septic tank:worthlsea The Engineer eaid'that the engineering:,; work could be underway this summer to consummate'the.firet step_ . in the program.. Trustee Marcham a aid ; that he thought it would be. advisable for all the, step s :necessary•to, be, ' taken in the. pro gram to be mentioned in the publicity so that the. residents in the annexed area would have full recognition of the problems 1 m *olved and why such a project. can not be accomplished over night. The Engineer said that he would write up'an article - for.publicity purposes and forward it to the Mayor,.who, if he thought it was satisfactory, could bubmit it to the newspapers and local radio station. . As Mr. Gordon and Mr. LaValley were completely satisfied with Mayor Shirey's statement that the Village Trustees would be glad to prepare such a statement and have it published, they lef t the meeting at 5 :55 P•M IT WAS VOTED RESOLVED: That Engineer Crandall be requested to prepare plans and specifications as soon as possible for the sewer mains and manholes in the recently annexed portion. of the Village, and that.the cost for such plan e.and. specifications would be presently paid from Village.funds, but later on when funds were available from -the proceeds of the bond issue, such cost would.be charged to the project cost and properly pro =rated over the property owners benefitted. 2. IT WAS VOTED RESOLVED. That the amount of $41,619.02 be levied upon the taxable.property of the, Village of ',Cayuga Heights n Ij reggeatiea;tio iurniem<tine.vuiage uierx witin..a copy oi-properyy transfers - "in the Town of :Ithaca monthly `5 The Engineer; reported that Herbert M Blanohe` had sold hiss. :property to H.. T. Jenkins`,and,that;Mrs. McPherson.had'sold . ...henhouse at 211, Han shaw Road,and the" contiguous lands ,to George. M. Kahin, who.bought the property',for useby his father: b Engineer. Crandall reported that the Electric & Gas: Corporation`wishet to bring in a hi. gh pressure gas line at the Community Corners in order,to provide "satisfactory gas service for residents in.the,area. In.order to do this they.found it 1;10 uld be neeessary:to :build a small structure approximately 14 by 14 feet, one story high, on a 50 :foot by 100.foot,lot on the west. side of "Pleasant Grove Road, about opposite . the property of .Philip Krebs. The Engineer "pointed out: that this was within the authority of :the Board: to grant such permission .under,.the terms �,of the Zoning Ordinance. IT WAS VOTED that the New York; State Electric Corpora- tion.be permitted- "to, build, the. above' structure "in ,order,to:hous "e high:pressure "gas-line, equipment to: serve the residents: of. the. area, with the provision, however, that the;archi.tectural appearance of the structure receive.prior approval from.': the ' y;6 Community Corners Corporation. 7. The ..Engineer.: stated that Profl Credle'of the -Board of Education,of Union Free School District # 61 had'requeeted'ihe Village to remove the,`ashes and trash' from :the school . ., IT WAS VOTED that :pursuant to.the request,of,Prof: Credle, President of School District 6, the Village of.Cayuga Heights will co remove the ashes and trash from., the, school "property at'no charge, „ if such,material -ls,placed outside :the buil'ding.convenient` for the Village truck to pick up, such: arrangement :to be effective June lst. g. Mayor Shirey explained that he, had made`a study of; the, law regarding the legality of transferring the .Village funds from ,the First Nat, onal -Bank to'The Tompkins County •Trust'Co. He stated that the.law on the. subject was on the hazy''side and to .be sure:._ that the Village was not doing anything illegal. he wrote for-, an opinion from the Attorney General, who advised that the account might not'be kept`in the Tompkins County Trust Co. because of,the, fact that Trustee Chamberlain was Vice President of such bank. Consequently Trustee.Chamberlain moved.and Trustee Whiting seconded the following resolution which wae'duly voted:;; RESOLVED: that the action taken regarding the official bank. depositary for the year 1953-54 on April 6 and amended on April'29 be rescinded and that the following action be taken: RESOLVED: That the First National Bank of Ithaca, N. Y.:b3 designated as the official depositary of Village Funds,for, the year 1953 -54. 9. The, next meeting,was set for,Tuesday, June•2nd at 7:30: P.M. and upon invitation of Trustee Marchdm it:will be ".held at, his 1 1'.1I I I 1�7 Assessors of the Town of Ithaca for the purpose of reaching a reconcilement in the difference of assessments by the Village Assessors and the Town Assessors. 10. Adjourned at 6:23 P.M. Clerk .