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2. Mayor's Communications
3. Communications and Hearings from Persons Before the Board
4. Response to the Public
5. Reports
Special Committees of the Board
Council Liaison
Board Liaisons
Superintendent and Staff
Other Department Heads
2. VOTING ITEMS
8.1 Building-s, Properties, Refuse and Transit
8.2 Highways, Streets and Sidewalks
8.3 Parking and Traffic
T.4 Creeks, Bridges and Parks
A. Award of Bid for East Clinton Street Bridge Replacement and Prospect
Street Reconstruction Project — Reconstruction
9. DISCUSSION ITEMS
9.1 Construction Projects 2012
9.2 Ithaca Road Sidewalk and Uphill Bike Lane
9.3 Request for Exemption from Use of City Property Fee for 1201 North Tioga
Street
9.4 Occupy Ithaca Land Use Variance
9.5 Two Way in Ithaca
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8AA Award of Bid for East Clinton Street Bridge Replacement and Prospect Street
Reconstruction Project — Reconstruction
We still do not have approval from the State for the low bidder. We are inserting this as a
placeholder and will modify the resolution if needed.
9.1 Construction Projects 2012
We thought it might be useful to review the current city-wide construction work program we are
facing in 2012. It is daunting and some of it is underway now. While some of the work may be
delayed or slide into 2013, 2012 will be a busy year in Ithaca. Larger maps will be available for
the meeting. The city-wide view does not display well at a small scale.
9.2 Ithaca Road Sidewalk and Uphill Bike Lane
Tim Logue has provided an update on the Ithaca Road Reconstruction Project. A significant
cost and future maintenance bill will be incurred with the installation of sidewalks down the
southeast side of Bryant Park. There will be some impact with the proposed loss of parking
the south side of Ithaca Road required to install the uphill bike lane. We would like to finaliz
these issues with the design. I
9.3 Request for Exemption from Use of City Property Fee for 1201 North Tioqa Street
Tsvi Bokaer appeared before the BPW on March 12th to request he be exempted from paying
a bill for use of city land. Please see my memo dated April 4, 2012. 1 would like to know how
the Board wants to respond.
9.4 Occupy Ithaca Land Use Variance
Attached is a recent e-mail from Mr. Sledzona as he seeks to work his way through the city
code, land use policies, and New York State law. While I would have characterized our
conversation differently, he is seeking support and direction for his efforts. I just wanted him to
find out what was required for a variance from the zoning board, assuming that is what he
needs. Most of his questions are outside my expertise, but I feel like he needs guidance so I
will try to keep his question going forward so he will know what is required to get answers to
his basic question, which I take to be "What do I need to do in order to conduct an "Occupy
Ithaca" style protest and educational effort in Ithaca?"
9.5 Two',11ay in Ithaca
Attached is an exchange between Tim Logue and Steve Ferranti concerning the question of
one-way streets around the Commons. This question has come up many times over the
years. I realize there is a perception that if you ask the same question of the same people you
should not be surprised that you get the same answer. That doesn't mean that no thought goes
into answering the question, or that the answer you get is wrong. The fact that the question
keeps coming up does mean that the answer is not the one many people want to hear. There
are several ways to change things and, perhaps, get a different.answer. One is to change the
question by changing the controlling factors. A simple version would be to say "I don't care if
the intersections will drop to Level of Service F, can this work with two-way streets?" Does the
Board want staff to submit this project as a capital project in the 2013 budget request? If so
how large of a study do you want to request?
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2.4A Award of Bid for East Clinton Street Bridge Replacement and Prospect Street
Reconstruction Proiect — Reconstruction
WHEREAS, a Project for Prospect Street Reconstruction and Replacement of the East Clinton
Street Bridge Project P.I.N. 375457 ("the Project") is eligible for funding under Title 23 U.S.
Code, as amended, that calls for the apportionment of the costs to be borne at the ratio of 80%
Federal funds and 20% non-federal funds; and
WHEREAS, that the Common Council authorized the City of Ithaca to pay in the first instance
100% of the federal and non-federal share of the cost of Scoping, Preliminary Design, Detailed
Design, and Right of Way Incidentals work for the Project or portions thereof; and
WHEREAS, that the sum of $494,000 has been appropriated (Capital Project #725 - $280,000
and Capital Project #726 - $214,000) and were available to cover the cost of participation in
the above phase of the Project; and
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WHEREAS, FAHS Construction Group submitted the low bid for the Project in the amount
$3,512,333.00; and I
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• Preliminary Engineering and Detail Design Cost ..................................... $646,000.00
• ROW Incidental Cost ................................................................................ $28,000.00
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R rnCqulsition C0Js .............................................................................. $ 14 0, 0. 0 0. 0
• Construction Inspection and Construction Support Cost ......................... $480,000.00
• Construction Cost ... .............................................................................. $3,807,!it .00
• Contingency and Short Term Borrowing ................................................. $179,000.00
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WHEREAS, the City of Ithaca Common Council amends the Capital Project budget
authorizations for the Project by the sum of $4,419.00.00 for a total project cost not to exceed
$5,300,000, with the 20% local share, currently estimated at $1,060, 000, to be shared as
closely to a 15% /5% State/City split as is funded by New York State under their Marchiselli
Program, now therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the City of Ithaca Board of Public Works hereby awards the contract for thl
Project to FHAS Construction Group for its low bid of $3,512,333.00,contigent upon New Yo
State Department of Transportation approval, and be it further I
RESOLVED, That the Superintendent of Public Works be and hereby is authorized to execu
and administer the contract, once the necessary funding is in place. I
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CITY OF IT CA
108 East Green Street, Suite 202 Ithaca, New York 14850-5690
OFFICE OF THE CITY ENGINEER
Telephone: 607/274-6530 Fax: 607/274-6587
To: Board of Public Works
From: Tim Logue, Transportation Engineer
Date: April 4, 2012
Re: Ithaca Road sidewalk and uphill bike lane
Engineering office staff, particularly Ass"t Civil Engineer Eduardo Torres, are
developing plans for a rehabilitation of Ithaca Road from Mitchell Street to
Dryden Road. The Streets & Facilities division will be doing the work this
summer. The scope of work was originally to rehabilitate the pavement, with
some minor curb and drainage repair. In our field reviews, staff would like to
pursue three changes that are slightly beyond a rehabilitation of the street in -
kind. We would like to: 1) construct a sidewalk on the west side of the street
along the Bryant Park block; 2) modify the curb alignment at the intersection
with Bryant Avenue and Fairmount Avenue; and 3) prohibit parking at all times
on the street in order to stripe an uphill bicycle lane.
In anticipation of this project, we sent the attached letter to all residences along
the street on February 10, 2011. We received a few responses, but not more than
five. On January 31, 2012, we sent out an email (also attached), which was
forwarded to neighborhood email lists, that included a few alternatives for
changes. At the time, we were looking at the intersection of Ithaca Road and
Elmwood Avenue, too, because over the years, I've received complaints about
the crossing there. Based on feedback from these communications, we would like
to pursue the above three changes. We are also looking for a minor change to the
crossing at Elmwood that does not require changing any curb alignments.
Drawings are attached for your review. I would like to discuss the project with
you at your meeting on April 9ffi. If you amenable to the changes, I will prepare a
resolution for your meeting on April 23rd.
`An Equal Opportunity Employer with a commitment to workforce diversification." 0.011.
CITY OF IT AC
1,08 East Green Street, Ithaca, New York
OFFICE OF THE CITY ENGINEER
Telephone- 607/274-6530 Fax: 607/274-6587
MEMM=
14850-5690
February 10, 2011
The City of Ithaca Department of Public Works is planning to re -pave Ithaca Road,
between Mitchell Street and Dryden Road, sometime in the next couple years. We would
like to use this as an opportunity to address some of the neighborhood concerns that we
have received regarding pedestrian and bicyclist safety issues, as well as other general
traffic issues. However, we also want to be clear that due to the austere financial times,
we can't promise that suggestions can be incorporated into the project.
At this early stage in the project, we encourage you to provide comments and suggestions
to us regarding concerns or improvements that you think should be considered. Two
particular aspects that we are looking at so far are: 1) pedestrian safety improvements at
the Elmwood Avenue intersection and 2) the possible continuation of an uphill bicycle
lane on Ithaca Road from Mitchell Street to Dryden Road we are already planning to
extend the East State/MLK Jr. Street uphill bike lane up Mitchell Street between East
MLK Jr. Street and Ithaca Road this year).
Please submit your ideas and comments by March 31 " to Kent Johnson at the above
address or email to kjohnson G&cityofithaca.org. You can also call him at 274-6528. We
will use the feedback to help form our ideas of what to do. Part of our work will be to
balance neighborhood desires with broader, city transportation needs. Atter we have
collected concerns and ideas, we would like to hold a neighborhood meeting probably
some time in April or May to discuss this topic in greater detail. Ultimately,
recommendations will be brought to the Board of Public Works for approval.
Sincerely yours,
'rim Logue
City Transportation Engineer
lent Johnson
Junior Transportation Engineer
'An Equ.1 Opporturtity Ruiployer with a cmwzmihneTet to workforce diversifivation,'
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Tim Logue - Ithaca Road alternatives
To: Cornish, JoAnn; Donna Fleming; Ellen McCollister; Parsons, Tom; Tarz...
Date: 1/31/2012 11:59 AM
Subject: Ithaca Road alternatives
CC: Benjamin, Ray; Cliff Murphy; Grace, Jeanne; Gray, Bill; Johnson, Ken...
Attachments: Ithaca Rd & Elmwood.pdf; Ithaca Rd & Bryant & Fairmount alts.pdf
As you may know, the Department of Public Works is looking to repave Ithaca Road between Mitchell Street and
Dryden Road this summer. Though we do not have an endless budget, we do have some opportunities to make
some improvements besides pavement. We are looking at the following 3 things and we are interested in
your feedback before going to the Board of Public Works for direction. There are some details that I'm not going
to cover in this email, so please feel free to call or email me if you have questions about anything.
1. At the intersection of Elmwood Ave and Ithaca Rd, we are looking to improve the crosswalks. Attached is a
pdf of concept showing the proposed location of crosswalks at the intersection and the curb realignment under
consideration. We would remove the existing crosswalk on the northern leg of the intersection and the long
diagonal one on the south leg. Sliding these down the hill a bit helps with sight distances and these
crosswalks would shorten the crossing distance. At first, we were only looking at crosswalk "A" but more
recently, we've been thinking about adding both "A" and "S."
2. There is no sidewalk along the west side of the street along the park, forcing pedestrians to either cross the
busy street or to walk all the way around. Additionally, at the intersection ee of Ithaca Rd and Bryant/Fairmount
(at northern point of Bryant Park), there is a lot of undefined, open pavement, which tends to keep speeds high,
especially the turn onto Bryant from Ithaca Rd. We are looking to both extend a sidewalk along the eastern
edge of the park with a tree lawn comparable to the rest of the street and do something to close down the
intersection. Attached are three alternatives. Alt #1 separates Bryant Ave from Fairmount Ave; sidewalks
and crosswalks would go through the hatched areas (not shown on drawing). Alt #2 closes access to/from
Ithaca Rd and connects Bryant Ave to Fairmount Ave. Alt #3 keeps access in one intersection, albeit smaller
than the existing one.
3. We are looking at extending the uphill bicycle lane from where it ends on Mitchell Street up to the
intersection at Dryden Rd. This would require the removal of on -street parking in this stretch, though it is not
currently used ail that much due to the prohibition against parking between gam and noon for the WO & 200
blocks and the 2 hour restriction for the 300 block. We wrote to all the residences on the street last year,
mentioning that we were looking at this. We only got a few responses and they were mixed on this particular
point. I think it makes a lot of sense from a broader transportation perspective. It might make sense to ask the
BPW for special permission to allow residents on Ithaca Rd to buy a residential parking permit to help lessen the
impact of removing the on -street parking.
We also spent a little time looking at the intersections at either end of the project. The 5 corners is on our list
for improvements - the traffic signal is past its useful life and it is not a pedestrian friendly spot, despite all the
people walking here. We are interested in the idea of rebuilding the intersection as a roundabout (like the one
down at Albany/Spencer/Old Elmira), however, such a project is out of our scope and budget (for that matter
addressing the intersection at all is out of our scope), so we will have to pursue it another time. Cornell does
have this intersection on their list of places they are willing to invest as part of the Cornell/Community
Transportation Initiative.
At the other end, at Mitchell St, though we considered a number of things, we have settled back into keeping
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the curbs were they are and restriping the centerline more appropriately and adding/replacing warning signs for
the curve with recommended speed signs. Though the intersection is not ideal, it does not have much of a crash
history and we didn't see compelling reason to add scope of work to address much.
So with that, please feel free to contact me with any questions and with your feedback. I'd like to get this on
the BPW agenda for a meeting in February, but we have not picked a date yet.
Thanks much,
Tim
Tim Logue
City Transportation Engineer
Office of the City Engineer
City of Ithaca
108 E. Green St.
Ithaca, IVY 14850
(607) 274-6535
timlo@cityofithaca.org
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CITY OF ITHACA
108 East Green Street, Ithaca, New York 14850-6590
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
William J. Gray, P.E. Superintendent / City Engineer
Telephone: 607/274-6527 Fax: 607/274-6587
TO: Board of Public Works
FROM: William J. Gray, P.E., Superintendent of Public Works JZX)7
DATE: April 4, 2012
RE: 1201 North Tioga Street
Request To Not Pay For Use Of City Land
The Board of Public Works was approached at its meeting of March 12, 2012 by Tsvi Bokaer as
the General Partner of Fall Creek Associates to request that he be exempted from paying a bill he
had received for use of city land. Fall Creek Associates had entered into an agreement to
redevelop and use the city land adjacent to his property as part of the site plan approval in 1986
as he was redeveloping the lot that had been an old abandoned P&C market. The loss of Fall
Creek Pictures as primary occupant has resulted in a significant reduction of use and income
from the property. Mr. Bokaer would like a "temporary exemption" from use of the land and the
bill for that use.
We have started down this road before. Attached is the most recent request as well as a 2010
request which started a review of the issues then. It is my understanding that Mr. Bokaer was
required to obtain use of the land in 1986 in order to develop the land in the manner he was
proposing. It is my understanding that he could only stop paying for the use of the land if he
agreed to change the permitted uses (zoning) of the property. He has not requested that to my
knowledge. The 2010 response from the building department was that they would have to know
what land use he was proposing in order to know what the parking requirements were, which
was not exactly a response to the question I was asking. I guess I would tell you the cost of
paying for the land use is the cost of keeping the option to use the land as he has historically. If
he wants to stop paying for and using the land, then he gives up that option, and the land use
shrinks. He would like the option at no cost.
The second question that came up both times is that when he stops using the land he should
restore it. His response was to provide pictures of the land before he redeveloped it to show it is
as good or better than it was then. My response is that if he had not agreed to use and pay for the
land when he did his original development, he would have been required to put in sidewalk,
plantings, and curb as part of the site plan approval in 1986. We would expect the land to revert
to that condition as it represents the acceptable previous condition at the time of his
"An Equal Opportunity Employer with a commitment to workforce diversification."
Board of Public Works
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April 4, 2012
development. He bypassed that step and went directly to developing it for parking and paying
for that use.
If the Board wants to consider the request of Mr. Bokaer, I will request determinations from the
Planning Department and Attorney's Office of what would be required to suspend the use,
assuming that is even possible. There are probably ramifications for a grandfathered use that
could expire. There is the possibility that the Planning Board would downgrade the allowable
land uses to match the available parking and current zoning and Mr. Bokaer would have to
reapply for a variance or other accommodations if he wanted to restore the same level of land
use. It is possible that the city could choose not to renew the use of city lands and eliminate the
parking due to safety or neighborhood concerns. Several of these would bring up the question of
restoring the land which will have its own legal determination.
What would you like to do?
wirme
cc: JoAnn Cornish, Director of Planning and Development
Aaron Lavine, City Attorney
Phyllis Radke, Building Commissioner
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To the City Chamberlain
Dpt. of Public Works
Building Dpt.
City of Ithaca NY
Once again, as we have in previous years, we are asking the City of
Ithaca Chamberlain-s Office and the Dpt. of Public Works to give us a
temporary exemption from the use of City property located at 1201-15
N. Tioga Street, Tax Map 12.-2-1 and at 120 York Street, Tax Map 5.-
2-10.2.
The business of Fall Creek Pictures, a 300 seats movie theater has
been close since June 2009, and as the primary user with that seating
capacity no longer operating, we no longer need, nor are we required
to provide Off Street parking at this time.
As the attached posters show, we are actively seeking out new
Tenants for that property, and we will inform the City of Ithaca, the
Dpt of Public Works, and the Building Dept, when we secure Tenants
so that we may begin again to rent the same City properties as we
have since 1985.
We wish to respectfully suggest that it would not be in the City's best
interest for us to restore these properties to their previous conditions -
see attached picture.
TsviBokaer
CITY OF ITHACA
108 East Green Street Ithaca, New York 14850-5690
OFFICE OF THE CHAMBERLAIN
Telephone: 607/274-6580 Fax: 607/272-7348
January 31, 2012
Fall Creek Associates LLC
417 Linn Street
Ithaca, NY 14850
Re: Use of City Property at 1201-15 N. Tioga Street, Tax Map 12.-2-1
The City of Ithaca is preparing bills for the use of City property] -for the period of April 1, 2012 throȢ1t March 31,
2013. Our records show you use City property in proximity to your property at 1201-15 N. Tioga Street under an
approved license agreement_ Please complete the form below and return it to us by February 29, 2012, to indicate your
intent to renew or to cancel the license to use City property.
A renewal fee of $50.00 is due with your notice of intent.The fee for the continued use of the property for 2012-2013
will be $3,500.75. Upon receipt of your intent to renew, and proof of personal injury liability insurance coverage in
the sum of at least $1,000,000.00 on the encroachment, naming the City as an additional insured, a bill will be
prepared and sent to you. If you wish to renew but dispute the calculation of the fee, describe the basis for your
appeal in writing and in detail, and return it to with your notice of intent to renew.
lfyou no longer intend to use the City's property, so indicate. Please be advised that the property must be restored to
its previous condition and surrendered to the City by April 1, 2012, in accordance with Chapter 170 of the City Code.
Work pPrfnrmed by the City to restore the property will be charged to you at cost plus 25% overhead.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or concerns.
Sincerely,
Debra A. Parsons, City Chamberlain
Name of Licensee
Address of Benefited Property
Tax Map Number
Mailing Address
Fall Creek Associates LLC
1201-15 N. Tioga Street
12.-2-1
417 Linn Street, , Ithaca, NY, 14850
(Please note an* corrections.)
I/We intend to renew our license agreement. Our $50 renewal fee and proof of insurance is enclosed.
Signed
I/We do not intend to renew our license agreement. I/We understand our obligation to restore the property to its
previous condition.
Signed°'t��1`SStcificZ
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"An Equal Opportunity Employer with a commitment to workforce diversification." ��
1201 NORTH TIOGA STREET, ITHACA, NY 148SO f 607-2S6-0011
To: Bill Gray, Dpt of Public Works
Daniel Hoffman, City Attorney
Debra Parsons, City Chamberlain
Re: License Fee to Occupy City Property
Hand Delivered
To Whom it May Concern,
April 16, 2010
RECLErV-D
APR 11 9 2010
OFFice of the
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My name is Tsvi Bokaer. I am a Fall Creek Associates, LLC partner. As
such I have paid for the past 25 years the fees for the usage of a strip
of land that belongs to the City along the West Side of our property at
1201-1215 N. Tioga Street, Ithaca.
As you know, that parking strip was granted to the old N. Tioga P&C
since the mid-50's, and we used it as per City's code, in order to
accommodate the Off Street Parking requirements when the 300 seat
FallCreekPictures movie theaters opened its doors in 1986.
As you also know, FallCreekPictures closed its doors in June 2009. I
am enclosing a copy of the 2009 Invoice for the rental of that strip of
sidewalk that belongs to the City which we have paid in full. With this
letter, I am requesting that you refrain from charging us for usage of
the same strip for the time being since the movie theaters are now
closed, and since we do not have a need for additional Off Street
parking at this time.
While our property has now been vacant for close to a year, I would
like to assure you that we will inform you and your Dept. of our needs
for additional Off Street Parking once we will secure a new Tenant for
the FallCreekPictures space. Please, take the time to respond to this
request in writing so that we may have it for our records and our
future dealings with the Building Dpt.
Sincerely, r
Tsvi Bokaer
Partner
108 E GREEN STREET
ITHACA NY 14850
Bill to :
FALL CREEK ASSOC, LLC
417 LINN St.
ITHACA_ NY 14850
Invoice Date :
08/18/2,
Invoice # :
0001065
Account#:
00000164
Due Date :
09/21/2009
City Engineer
General Billing Information
(607) 274-6580
Information specific to bill
(607)274-6530 i
Property :
1201-15 Tioaa St N
Invoice From: City Engineer Invoice ReL
Entry.Date Item Category Item Description Qty Price Total
08/18/12009 LICENSE FEES TO OCCUPY CITY 2009 LICENSE FEES 1.00 $1,625.42 $1,625.42
LAND
Total: $1,625.42
Additional Description: 2009 LICENSE FEE TO OCCUPY CITY PROPERTY
BILLS NOT PAID WITHIN 30 DAYS ACCRUE A LATE PAYMENT PENALTY A C THE RATE OF TWELVE PERCENT PER AN -NUM OR $3.00
PER \MONTH. WIIIC14EVER IS GREATER. PURSUANT TO CITY CODE. BILLS REt\.9AINING UNPAID ON NOVE\4BER I ST ARE ADDED TO
THE FIRST INSTALLMENT OF THE NEXT CITY TAX BILLING, AND COLLECTED AS A PART THEREOF.
Make check pa) able to :
CITY OF ITHACA
' CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE
° 108 E GREEN STREET
ITHACA NY 14850
RfiTEA
FALL CREEK ASSOC. LLC
417 LINN St
ITHACA_ NY 14850
Return this portion i'r'ith.,,j`oir payaicit
Invoice Date : 08/18/2009
Invoice # : 00010654
t 1 ; i t l, ',
Please Pa%, on or before 51,625.42
09/21 /2009
' f Amount Paid
INVO0010654
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12010) Skip Schell - Re: Fwd: Fall Creek Assoc. Use of City Property
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From: JoAnn Cornish
To: Schell, Skip
CC: Gray, Bill
Date: 05/06/2010 4:30 PM
Subject: Re: Fwd: Fall Creek Assoc. - Use of City Property
Skip, can you check on this property for us? Was the on street parking part of the parking requirement for
the property?
Thanks, JoAnn
JoAnn Cornish
Director of Planning and Development
City of Ithaca
108 East Green Street
Ithaca, new York 14850
607-274-6550
>>> Bill Gray 5/3/10 4:41 PM >>>
JoAnn,
The forwarded memo and its attachment have to do with the Fail Creek Associates (Tsvi Bokaer)
property at the end of Tioga Street. He is asking to have the fee for parking on a stip of city street ROW
be eliminated since they don't need the parking at this time.
It is my understanding that the parking is a requirement for the development of the land in its current
form, and that he is required to have the parking available. Whether his building is occupied or not is not
the city's issue (though it may be of interest). If he wants to give up the parking he needs to get the zoning
changed to eliminate the need for the parking? This is actually a question, even though it looks like a
statement.
If he was to give up the parking I would expect it to be restored to curb lawn, complete with trees and
grass, at the land owners expense. I don't think that is what he wants to do. I think he is hoping we will
reduce his current expenses and our revenues by suspending the billing.
I am willing to take his request to the BPW, but I would like to know if my understanding of the history
and his zoning obligations is correct. If you want to make a recommendation based on your Planning and
Development perspective I would be happy to forward that as well. My experiences over'the years would
not lead me to recommend this suspension for this property related expense, or for this owner unless the
land was first restored and the zoning variance eliminated.
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Deb, Please do not suspend or eliminate this bill. It is under "protest" so it is not delinquent during the
question and response period.
Kathy, Please put this in our agenda file for the BPW.
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Bill Gray - Fwd: Land Use Variance for Living Wage Social
From: Kathrin Gehring
To: Gray Bill
Date: 4/4/20139:06AM
Subject: Fwd: Land Use Variance for Living Wage Social
>>> Nicholas Sledziona <tioheno@gmai|.com> 4/4/2012 1323AM >>>
HiSvante
This is Nick from Occupy Ithaca, sorry to bother you regarding this, but seem to be atsort-of a dead end.
Under direction from Bill Gray, I Stopped by City Hall early Tuesday morning and I met with a few people from
the Building Department regarding obtaining a "use variance" in order to allow for overnight camping of security
personnel within the two tents specified in the permit application. "Skip" Schell and Gino Leonard| were both
emtnenn*|y helpful in trying to determine the correct process and/or paperwork tufile. After brief meeting with
Mr. Leonardi and afollow-up call, hewas able hodetermine, with guidance from the Building Commissioner,
that it is impossible toapply for or obtain a "use variance" for the event because camping is not permitted
within the city limits.
Later that afternoon, Imet briefly with Bill Gray and herecommended that Iemail you regarding the permit and
ask for guidance astothe next steps I must take in order to obtain the use variance that I require. So that's, in -
essence, the rut that I am stuck in. As Mr. Gray pointed out to m*, this entire process is something that the City
of Ithaca is not familiar with, and therefore finding my way through the bureaucracy is understandably going to
be a challenge in this case... not just for me, but for everybody involved. I am copying Bill 8ray'soffice onthis
email so that, perhaps we can open up a discussion as to the possible next steps. I look forward tohearing from
you soon. Thank you for your time and patience concerning this matter!
NickS|edziona
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From: Tim Logue
To: Gray, Bill
Date: 4/3/20124:23PM
Subject: Fwd: RE: two way inIthaca
Hi Bill,
Below isSteve Fernanti'sreply tomyinquiry about a budget number for the study. He's also included some of
his memories.
Tim
>>> "Stephen Ferranti" <uferr nb@srfa.net> 11:19Aq Tuesday, April 03, 2012 >>>
We remember the study very well, and Amy even remembered the year and project number. That's scary.
What xverecall isthat the two most compelling reasons for not converting entirely were (1) Cayuga St
(between Green and Seneca ): congestion/loading operations, queuing and sp0back.
(2) Seneca/Aurora intersection: congestion- v/c ratio, spillback into "tuning fork" etc.
What exactly would you want to convert, both or just A urora?
Initially, my thoughts are that conversion of Cayuga would likely have significant and unacceptable
impacts .... even ifitwas for only one year. Its not only motorist operation and safety but Cayuga has significant
ped activity as you know, and conversion to two-way will impact safety for all users.
Conversion of Aurora alone may be less detrimental to operations, however complexity of turning fork
intersections limit options for signal phasing/coordination changes.
If conversion of Aurora is only considered, updating counts and running new analyses considering inputs from
TranoCADand resources, the cost would bennmore than $10k.
Otherwise, you are doing a larger, more comprehensive downtown circulation study again, that could be
upwards to $80kto$40k.
What do you think?
Stephen R^Ferranti, P~ErPTOE
Principal Transportation Engineer/Planner
SRF&Associates
3495VVinton Mace, B|dg.E110
Rochester, New York 14623
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ph:(585)272-455O
fax:(585)272-4662
From: Tim Logue [nnaUto:thn aca.oro]
Sent: Monday, April O2, 20123:53PM
To: Stephen Ferranti
Subject: two way inIthaca
Hello Steve,
Remember the study we did with you about 10 years ago on converting the one-way pair of Cayuga and Aurora
to two way traffic Well, the topic has come back around. This time the impetusisour Clinton/ Street
bridge and street reconstruction project dhatwi|lhavetheS1neetdosedf0rmoStOfUheyearand|imitaccessto
South Hill. Our Board ofPublic Works has expressed a strong interest in the idea and though we've circulated
your study bit, they would like a fresh look.
I was wondering if you would be able to put together a cost estimate for budgeting purposes on what it would
take to update the study with new traffic counts, a consult with the TransCAD model (PM peak only) that the
ITCTC maintains, inputting data into Svnchno modeling (I can give you my current model) to understand the
impacts, and the recommendations for mitigations. We would have to put out a RFP for the study, so I don't
want you to spend hours and hours putting together a proposal level estimate, but I wondered if you could give
me a realistic number to take to Council to establish a capital project for the study.
VVou|d you be ab|etodothatw�hou�too nluch effort? Feel ca|! nrayhqu�ytion� �you n�ed more
direction or if you think different methodology would make sense.
Hope all iswell and thanks much,
Tim
Tim Logue
City Transportation Engineer
Office of the City Engineer
City mfIthaca
1O8E.Green St.
Ithaca, NY1485O
(607)274'6535