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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReg Mtg. Minutes 9/9/19681k;. MINUTES of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Trustees of•the Village of Cayuga Heights held in the Village Office on Monday, September 9f; 1968 at 7:30 P.M. PRESENT: Mayor Trustees Attorney Clerk Fire Councilman Police Chief Treasurer F. G. Marcham Ronald E. Anderson Harold R. Fisher. Verne A..Fogg Mary T. Freeman Carl H. Nelson Rane F. Randolph Roger B. Sovocool Vera W. Snyder. Richard A. Vorhis Jack W. McGraw, Sr. Gordon B. Wheeler. 199, OTHERS PRESENT: Lagrand E. Chase of the Village Green Shopping Center,,Inc. E. Stewart Underwood, Owner Kent's Steak House. Gerald R. Talandis VOTED to approve the minutes for-the meetings held May 28, June 10, July 8 and 29, August 19 and 26, 1968 previously furnished to the Trustees in mimeographed form. VOTED to approve Abstract of Audited Vouchers dated September 9, 1968 in the following amounts: General Fund, $1,663.29 Sewer Fund, $2,710.47 . Mayor Marcham's first item on his report was a request from Attorney James Clynes asking that a public hearing be scheduled.for a permit to operate a restaurant in the stone house in the Village Green Shopping Center. Mr. Underwood explained his plan for operating a restaurant in the "Stone House ". Iie expects to be displaced from his present location by urban renewal and since many of his customers are residents of the Village he believes the location ideal. He tentatively plans to serve lunch and dinner to ppen from 12 noon until about 2 p.m. to reopen at 5 or 5 :30 p.m. and serve until 9 :30 p.m. 6 days a week and until 10 or 10:30 on certain weekends and suggests midnight for closing time. He figures his ratio for serving food to be 80% with 20% for liquor. He plans to use the large room for dining area and the small dining room for cocktails with a bar to accommodate 7 persons and 15 small tables. He stated a 10 o'clock closing would be very awkward and uneconomical_ and requested the Board to review closing time to agree to accept a later hour. Mr. Chase and Mr. Underwood left at 8:20 p.m. The Mayor resumed his report and explained the possible legal involvement which might ensue regarding the Village charges to,the Town of'Lansing for water, improvement charges. 1 Mayor Marcham introduced Mr. Talandis.to the Board and Mr. Talandis stated'he plans to erect 162 more apartment units on a 14 acre tract.on North Triphammer Road in the Town of Lansing which would discharge sewage into the Village Sewage Treatment Plant, under our agreement with Sewer District No. 2.in the Town of Lansing. 9/9/68 200 .�, - � • Mr. Talandis left at 8:35 P.m. Attorney Sovocool reported he is' working on several ordinances, also redrafting the sewer ordinance to meet State requirements as well as working on a sign ordinance. He stated Mr. Catherwood is ready to give an easement for blow -off on the water line on Highland Road extension,. He referred to the Kapp case and,recommended a review of procedure in issuing sewer permits to owners outside. the Village as well as. the questionnaire . we are now using. He stated he hEld not.received the formal notice of the Judge's decision in the Kapp case, but the.verbal decision was that the property.in question was a two - family house with two other occupants in each side, however, it was qualified by the statement that Mr. Kapp rent only to two families and they could sublet the basement apartments to'two other :people. The Attorney for the Town of Dryden indicated they are prepared to go back to one family residences in the Sewer District No. 1. RESOLUTION 1322 - REDRAFT DRYDEN SEWER CONTRACT FOR. DISTRICT NO. 1 . VOTED to authorize the Attorney to draft a.new sewer contract:with the Town of Dryden for sewer services in DistrictNo. 1 changing the residence requirements to one family houses. RESOLUTION 1323 - PUBLIC HEARING - AMEND ARTICLE XI - SECTION 2 - RESIDENCE DISTRICT VOTED to hold a Public Hearing to consider amending.Article XI of the Village Ordinances under Section 2, Residence District as it relates to occupancy. Police Chief McGraw asked if there were any questions regarding his written report. He gave an additional report on the amount of ;overtime the police force have worked for June, July and August. He requested approval to send Patrolman Darling to school of instruction on fire arms for 3 weeks at Camp Smith in Peekskill, New York beginning September 16, 1968. RESOLUTION 1324 - APPROVE ATTENDANCE AT,FIRE ARMS SCHOOL OF INSTRUCTION VOTED to approve sending Patrolman Darling to a 10 -day school of.iristruction on fire arms and a 5 -day Defensive Tactics School to be held at Camp Smith;.Peekskill,: New York starting September 16, 1968 at an' estimated cost of $250,.the, sum m of $100 to be advanced to Patrolman Darling when he leaves, vQAM r 20;, The Fire Chief's report was mailed to Trustees prior to the meeting. He reported further details on his inspection work. He asked for Board action on his request that the Fire Department be authorized to expend up to $100 for emergencies without prior approval of the Board. RESOLUTION 1325 - AUTHORIZE FIRE DEPARTMENT SPENDING UP TO $100 1, VOTED to authorize the Fire Department to spend up to $100 for emergencies as they arise.without prior approval of the Board. Fire Chief Vorhis explained the Fire Department plans for conducting a.Fire Safety and fire Prevention program working with schools in the area. They, request authorization to purchase pertinent literature to be distributed to approximately 1,700 children at a cost of about $150. RESOLUTION 1326 - PURCHASE LITERATURE VOTED to authorize the Fire Department to purchase literature for the Fire Safety and Fire Prevention program to be conducted in the area at a cost not to exceed $150. Chief Vorhis stated several nearby.village fire departments have 'expressed an interest in the used fire truck and he anticipates several bids will be sub- mitted on the bid opening date, October 14, 1968. Mayor Marcham presented the Engineer's report in his abasence, and after discussing Item 3, the following action was taken: RESOLUTION 1327 - PURCHASE TREES FOR SCREENING SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT VOTED to authorize the purchase of not to exceed 50 evergreen trees as requested by the Engineer for the Sewage Disposal Plant site for screening. The Mayor, Engineer and Trustee Freeman are to approve the planting. RESOLUTION 1328 - OVERHAUL PACKER VOTED to authorize the overhauling of the Packer mechanism and painting of the body as requested by the Engineer. The installation of the fire hydrant between the Carriage house and the new Telephone Building was discussed. On the basis of figures submitted,:the Board judged that there had been some major arithmetical mistake.' They could not see how substitution of 8" for 4 ".pipe at no extra cost for labor.was going to cost something like $25 a foot. This being cleared the Board was prepared to act. Treasurer Wheeler advised the Board that his quarterly report would be completed before the end of the month and mailed to them. 9/9/68 202 In regard to the Bond Anticipation Note due October 14, 1968 in the amount of $60,000 and also the one due November 19, 1968'in the amount of $45,000, Mr. Wheeler recommended we pay $20,000 on each note from funds received from New York State on the land take. RESOLUTION 1329 - BOND ANTICIPATION NOTES NOS. 11 and 12 VOTED to pay $20,000 on principal of each Bond Anticipation Note, No. ll coming due October 14,.1968 and No. 12 due November 19, 1968 and authorize renewal of outstanding amounts. RESOLUTION 1330 - CORRECT CONTRACT WITH RENWICK HEIGHTS SEWER DISTRICT VOTED to authorize the correction of the area description in the Sewer Contract with the Town of Ithaca for Renwick Heights so as to include in the area mentioned in the contract the following properties on Sunset Drive: Sherwood Holt, 130 Sunset Drive and Henry B. Sutton, 126 Sunset Drive. VOTED to formalize Resolution No'. 13:20 which approved the amount of Town of Ithaca Fire Protection District Contract for '1969 at.$7,100. RESOLUTION 1331 - UNPAID SEWER CHARGE FOR TOWN.OF LANSING VOTED to authorize the Clerk to bill the Town of Lansing for unpaid sewer charges in accordance with the Lansing Sewer District No, 1 Contract amounting to $8,812.80. RESOLUTION 1332 - UNPAID SEWER CHARGES FOR TOWN OF ITHACA VOTED to authorize the Clerk to bill the Town.of Ithaca for unpaid sewer charges against the Lansing Terrace Apartments, Inc. for the.apartment complex at 600 Warren Road in the Northeast Sewer District in the amount of $9,234.0O.since their check was returned marked "not sufficient funds" and has not been made good to date. In the case of.unpaid sewer charges against Otto.E. Kapp.for.the:Sapsueker Woods Road property, the Board instructed the.Clerk to .prepare a new bill and submit it to Mr. Kapp for payment, based on the Judge's decision. RESOLUTION 1333 - PUBLIC HEARING OCTOBER 14, 1968, RESTAURANT.. VOTED to call a Public Hearing at 7 p.m. on October 14,;1968 to consider the request of the'Village Green.Shopping Center for permit to operate :a restaurant' on their premises. 9/9/68 VOTED to approve the following overtime for the month of August: Gardner, 4 hours, $9.80 Garvin, 16 hours, $43.84 Grover, 4 hours, $11.32 Adjourned 10:40 p.m. Vera W. Snyder Village Clerk 1 1 2`0 3