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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.
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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.
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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,
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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