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Home My WebLink About1989-08-14 TOWN OF DANBY c / 3 TOWN BOARD MINUTES AUGUST 14 , 1989 THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF DANBY WAS HELD AUGUST 14 , 1989 , AT THE DANBY TOWN HALL , 1830 DANBY ROAD , COUNTY OF TOMPKINS , NEW YORK . PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WAS LED BY SUPERVISOR DIETRICH AT 8 ; 05 P . M . PRESENT : DEAN ECKSTROM COUNCILMAN DOROTHY ROBERTS COUNCILWOMAN JULIA TAGLIAVENTO COUNCILWOMAN FREDRIC DIETRICH SUPERVISOR ABSENT MARY OLTZ COUNCILWOMAN OTHERS PRESENT : FRANK PROTO , HERB EPJGMAN , ROSA JOHNSON , MARY & ROY CASTERLINE , NANCY WEITZEL , JOEL GAGNON , RIC DOBSON , MARTY LUSTER , ED ROBERTS , JIM & MARGE HOVANEC . RECORDING SECRETARY : JOAN BABBITT APPROVAL OF MINUTES : CLMN ECKSTROM MADE THE MOTION , SECOND BY CLMN TAGLIAVENTO , TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE JULY 10 , 1989 MEETING AS SUBMITTED . COMMUNICATIONS : SUPERVISOR DIETRICH READ LETTER OF RESIGNATION SUBMITTED BY EDWARD M . ROBERTS , CHAIRMAN OF BZA , EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1 , 1989 . THE TOWN BOARD WILL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION AT THE SEPT . BOARD MEETING . LANDSTROM LANDFIIL . A LETTER FROM FRANK PROTO IN RESPONSE TO WEST DANDY GROUP ADVISING TOWN BOARD ON THE CLOSURE OF LANDFILL . MET WITH MR . MASON , EXPRESSED CONCERNS AND SENT HIM SUCH IN WRITING . RECYCLIN CONTAINERS : CORRESPONDENCE : LETTER FROM HOTCHKISS ( COORDINATOR ) INTEREST IN DROP -OFF CONTAINERS , THE TOWN IS PURSUING WHETHER TO KEEP UNDER TOWN OR ENCOURAGE MERCHANTS TO PARTAKE IN PROGRAM . ALTERNATIVE IS THE TOWN BARNS , LOCK AT NIGHT , BUT THAT MEANS EXTRA STOP FOR PEOPLE . CURB SIDE MORE CONVENIENPT . SOME- THING WILL BE DONE . DANBY PRE-SCHOOL : CORRESPONDENCE WAS RECEIVED FROM DANBY FIRE DEPT . REGARDING USE OF STATION FOR THE 89-90 SCHOOL YEARMEMBERS VOTED AT THEIR JULY MEETING NOT TO CONTINUE USE . THIS ARRANGEMENT WAS SUPPOSE TO BE AN INTERN SOLUTION SOME TEN YRS AGO , UNTIL OTHER SPACE COULD BE LOCATED . ISSUE OF LACK OF SPACE IN THE TOWN FOR COMMUNITY . A REPORT WAS TURN OVER TO RICH MARISA TO LOOK AT . EMERGENCY SPACE HAS BEEN LOOKED INTO . PRIVELEDGE OF THE FLOOR : TOWN BOARD NOTHING TOWN CLERK : ABSENT COUNTY REP : FRANK PROTO : INTRODUCED THE RESOLUTION FOR :B&A COMMI'1'1'E FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES IN ORDER TO GET $ 5 , 600 . PUT ON THE EMERGENCY SERVICES TRAINING AT TC3 THIS YEAR . ITS GOOD NEWS FOR THE FIRE CO . AIRPORT TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT APPROACHING $ 9- 10 MILLION RANGE . MOVED TO THE PRIORITY LIST TO GET DISCRETIONARY MONEY FROM FAA . ASSURES WE WILL BE CONSIDERED . READING ROOM: ROOM INSPECTED , AND WILL MEET WITH FLA TO DISCUSS WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE . AN EAGLE SCOUT HAS OFFERED TO HELP WITH THE ROOM TO ACHIEVE A COMMUNITY SERVICES AWARD . COMPREHENSIVE YOU : TABLED TILL SEPT . WE ARE PUTTING TOGETHER PROPOSAL TO TAKE OVER THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FOR YOUTH . $ 750 , 000 . ASSIGNED COUNCIL PROGRAM : AND LEGAL DEFENSE . SCOPING DONE ON THE P . D . OFFICE AND IT WAS $ 750 . 000 . THE ASSIGNED COUNCIL GROUP CAME UP WITH A PROPOSAL FOR $ 540 . 000 AND ALSO THE STATE HAS PASSED ONTO THE COUNTY ; THE PAROLE RESPONSIBILITY . STATE TRYING TO SAVE HONEY . I RECOMMEND THAT LARRY PALMER BE ASSIGNED TO THE COUNTY PAROLE BOARD . HE IS A LAWYER AND DANBY RESIDENT . WE DISCUSSED AT THE PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING , THE COUNTY TAKING ON A PARKS SYSTEM . OUR SALES TAX # ' S FOR FIVE YRS LOOK GOOD . DANBY ' S SHARE HAS GONE UP , ASKED THE COUNTY TO LOOK INTO GRANTS ADMINISTRATOR . BETTER HOUSING GRANT : PROPOSAL TO PLANNING COMM . FOR BETTER HOUSING FOR TOMPKINS CO . ASKED FOR GRANT OF $ 10 , 000 . TO REHABILITATE 4 -6 HOUSES . COUNTY RECYCLING : WE KEEP REFINING THE GUIDE LINES TO REMIND PEOPLE WHAT ' S ACCEPTABLE AND NOT . COPIES 'BEING SENT TO TOWNS . ( ITEMS LISTED FOR INFORMAL PURPOSES ) . TIPPING FEES : /LANDFILL : GOING TO INTRODUCE NEW FEE FOR LANDFILL USE . $ 40/TON EFFECTIVE ONE YR BEGINNING 1 - 1 -90 FOR GARBAGE , NOT RECYCLABLES . MARTY LUSTER : IDEA OF COORDINATING HUMAN SERVICES ACTIVITIES , WAS SUBJECT FOR LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES THIS YEAR . A BILL THAT ESTABLISHES A FUND OF $ 10QQ00 . FOR PILOT PROJECTS AROUND THE STATE SO HUMAN SERVICES CAN HAVE JOINT ADMINISTRATION FOR RELATED ACTIVITIES , SUCH AS YOUTH , ALCOHOLIC AND DRUG COUNCILING UNDER ONE ROOF . ANOTHER BILL THAT PASSED WAS , SCHOOL BUSES RIDE BACK ROADS , AND PEOPLE WHO WORK FOR OR AT A DISTRICT :BUILDING WOULD BE ABLE TO RIDE THE BUS WITH KIDS . ADVANTAGE WOULD BE THE BEHAVIOR OF KIDS ON THE :BUS , FEB' . T(3 RIDE . INCREASED REPRESENTATION ON BOARDS FROM RURAL AREAS FOR HOME CARE SERVICES & PUBLIC HEALTH COUNCIL THAT ADVISE THE GOVERNOR , RURAL HAIL CARRIERS , SEAT BELTS , BILL PASSED DO NOT HAVE TO WEAR SEAT BELTS . LUSTER ALSO HAS LIST OF GRANT FROM PRIVATE & GOVERNMENT . TOWNS CAN RUN THEIR NEEDS THRU HIM IF NEEDED . HOUSING : MONEY RELATIVELY SECURE , TRUST FUND IS SET . DIETRICH ( SOMETIME IN SEPT ) WOULD LIKE MEETING WITH TOWN ON WHAT KINDS OF HOUSING DANBY WOULD LIKE TO SEE . SENIOR ISSUES : LUSTER REPORTED PAUL HARINGBURG ( COMMISSION ON AGING ) COMING TO ITHACA OCTOBER AROUND THE 27TH . PUBLIC : UNIDENTIFIED PERSON SPOKE ABOUT THE DANBY MOTOR DEVELOPMENT LEAVING THE FIRE STATION AND REPORTED HE DID NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT . THOUGHT THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO STAY TILL THEY FOUND MORE SPACE AND THIS PERSON FELT DIDNOT MAKE ANY SENSE FOR THE :BUILDING TO SIT EMPTY ALL DAY LONG . DIETRICH SAID THERE WILL BE FURTHER DIS- CUSSION LATER . RIC DOBSON TALKED ABOUT REPAIRS TO THE TOWN HALL . TOWN BOARD MINUTES PAGE2 AUGUST 14 , 1989 4 /St JIM HOVANEC : TALKED ABOUT TRAILERS . EFFECT ON RESALE PROPERTY . THINKS THIS IS BAD TIMING . TOWN NEXT TO US HAS NO MOBILE HOMES ORDINANCE , BUT TRYING TO PASS ONE . LETS LEAVE THINGS LIKE THEY ARE . DIETRICH : QUESTIONAIRE GOT NO RESPONSE TO IT . ECKSTROM : WE NEED AN IRON CLAD TRAILER ORDINANCE . MORE DISCUSSION FOLLOWED . C flfl1'1'EE REPOR'T'S : EMC HERB ENGMAtd AS A GRANTS WRITER , HE ENDORSES TOWNS TAPPING INTO SYSTEM . ON EtNVIRONMENTAL , BEFORE TIPPING FEES ( AND. AFTER ) HOPES THERE WILL BE AN EFFORT BETWEEN THE SHERIFF ' S DEPT , PUBLIC WORKS , AND CONSERVATION TO PATROL ROADS , SUSPECTS THERE WILL BE A LOT OF DUMPING ON ROADS BEFORE THE SNOW COMES . DITRICH SUSPECTS PEOPLE WILL BURN . HAD COMPLAINTS ABOUT ODORS , SMELL . TOMPKINS CO . CAN ONLY :BURN IN CONTROLLED CONTAINER . NEW GAS PIPELINE , EFFECT SMALL CORNER OF DANBY , EMC IS FOLLOWING PROGRESS AND NO PRO:BLEMS . CENTRAL PROCESSING FACILITY : EMC IS VERY SUPPORTIVE OF COIMMMERICAL AVE SITE . HIGHWAY : DIETRICH REPORTED THEY ARE ALMOST DONE WITH COMFORT RD EXT . AND HAVE BEEN DOING SOME PATCHING AND RESURFACING ROADS . SENIOR CITIZENS DOROTHY ROBERTS : WORKING ON TRIPS , HOUSING ISSUE FOR SENIORS . NANCY WEITZEL SAYS SENIORS ARE NOW REALIZING THAT , WHERE DO WE GO NOW THAT OUR LARGE HOME ARE TOO MUCH FOR US TO MAINTAIN . ZONING : DOUG STALEY : CLMN ECKSTROM STATED 1 NEW HOME , 2 MODULARS , 2- 3 GARAGES , 1 ADDITION , VALUE $ 347 , 500 . VALUE , 6 ORDERS TO REMEDY , 2COURT VIOLATIONS DOG CONTROL LORRAINE BARD NO REPORT COMPENSATION LORRAINE HURT END OF MAY IN THE BARN LATE AT NIGHT . DIETRICH NOT SURE HOW PIECES ARE COMING TOGETHER . THERE HAVE BEEN COMPLAINTS AND DIETRICH WOULD LIKE TO REPORT FOR THE RECORD . PLANNING BOARD . NANCY WEI'1'zEL : WEITZEL FEELS TOWN NEEDS ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING ON MOBILE HOMES . INFORMAL MEETING , CONSENSUS WAS ABOUT 13 FOR , 2 AGAINST . NOT MUCH REPRESENTATION FROM THE TOWN . DIETRICH , PEOPLE FEEL HOUSING AS A MAJOR CONSIDER- ATION AND SOME PEOPLE FELT TRAILERS WERE ONLY ALTERATIVE TO THEIR INCOME . MORE DISCUSSION FOLLOWED . DIETRICH SAYS THIS DISCUSSION WILL CONTINUE AT ANOTHER TIME . SEPTEMBER WILL SET ANOTHER MEETING ON TRAILERS . WA'T'ER DISTRICT : - CASTERLINE REPORTED EVERYTHING JUST FINE . BZA : ED ROBERTS REPORTED THAT A VARIANCE FOR A NOPN—CONFORMING GARAGE . TRAILER VARIANCE , HOVANEC TRAILER PARK , GAVE 6 MONTH , ANOTHER ONE COMING UP . FIRE DISTRICT : NOTHING COUNTY YOUTH : NOTHING , BUT DIETRICH ASKED FOR UPDATE FROM RICH MARISA ON THE DANBY PRE —K : AT THE YOUTH MEETING HELD HERE , ISSUE WAS THE NEED FOR SPACE FOR PROGRAMS HERE IN! : DANBY AND THE NEED FOR SPACE FOR THE CURRENT PRE_K PROGRAM . FIRST TASK WAS FINDING SPACE FOR THE PRE—K AND TIME WAS SPENT GATHERING INFORMATION . DANBY PRE—K TEACHERS HAVE NO SPACE AND THE DANBY CHURCH HAS NO TEACHERS . BOTH HAVE SIMILAR CONCERNS . STILL TALKING ON TERMS AND SPACE FOR THE PRE —K . MORE DISCUSSION FOLLOWED . OLD BUSINESS : NONE NEW BUSINESS : NONE APPROVAL OF WARRENTS : A MOTION WAS MADE BY CLMN TAGLIAVENTO , SECONDED BY CLMN ROBERTS TO APPROVE PAYMENT FOR GENERAL FUND WARRANT # 8 • TOTALING $2 , 630 . 76 . ROLL CALL CLd+RJ ECKSTROM k AYE CLMN OLTZ ABSENT CLMN ROBERTS AYE dLd N TAGLIAVENTO AYE SUPERVISOR DIETRICH AYE ADOPTED A MOTION WAS MADE BY CLMN ROBERTS , SECONDED BY CLMN TAGLIAVENTO TO APPROVE PAYMENT FOR HIGHWAY FUND WARRANT #8 TOTALING $ 22 , 250 . 44 . ROLL CALL CLMN ECKSTROM AYE CLMN OLTZ ABSENT CLMN ROBERTS AYE CLMN TAGLIAVENTO AYE SUPERVISOR DIETRICH AYE ADOPTED A MOTION WAS MADE BY CLMN ROBERTS , SECONDED BY CLMN TAGLIAVENTO TO APPROVE PAYMENT FOR CHIPS WARRANT #8 TOTALING $ 9 , 792 . 98 . ROLL CALL CLMN ECKSTROM AYE CLMN OLTZ ABSENT CLMN ROBERTS AYE CLMN TAGLIAVENTO AYE S ° ERVISOR DIETRICH AYE ADOPTED A MOTION WAS MADE BY CLMN ECKSTROM , SECOND BY CLMN ROBERTS TO APPROVE PAYMENT FOR WEST DANBY WATER DISTRICT WARRANT #8 TOTALING. . $ 420 . 09 . ROLL CALL CLMN ECKSTROM AYE CLMN OLTZ ABSENT CLMN ROBERTS AYE CLMN TAGLIAVENTO AYE SUPERVISOR DIETRICH AYE ADOPTED APPROVAL OF SUPERVISOR ' S REPORT : A MOTION WAS MADE BY CLMN ECKSTROM , SECOND BY CLMN ROBERTS TO APPROVE THE TOWN BOARD MINUTES PAGE 3 , AUGUST 14 , 1989 SUPERVISOR ' S REPORT . CLMN ECKSTROM AYE CLMN OLTZ ABSENT CLMN ROBERTS AYE CLMN TAGLIAVENTO AYE SUPERVISOR DIETRICH AYE IN THE ABSENCE OF THE TOWN CLERK , HER REPORT WAS NOT AVAILABLE . APPROVAL AT SEPTEMBER MEETING . MEETING ' ADJOURNE ) AT 10 ; 45 P . M . MOTION BY SUPERVISOR DIETRICH , SECOND BY WIN ECKSTROM . RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED ,c9a lLAA-7-0 IF JOAN :BABBITT , TOWN CLERK I