HomeMy WebLinkAbout1987-08-10TOWN OF DANBY
TOWN BOARD MINUTES
AUGUST 10, 1987
THE REGULAR MEETING OF TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF DANBY HELD
AUGUST 10, 1987 AT THE DANBY TOWN HALL, 1830 DANBY ROAD,
DANBY. N.Y. WAS CALLED BY CLMN, RIC DIETRICH AT 8:00 PM
PLEDGE OF ALLIANGANCE LED BY CLMN, DIETRICH,
PRESENT: RIC DIETRICH COUNCILMAN
DOROTHY ROBERTS COUNCILWOMAN
ED SHAY COUNCILMAN
ABSENT: DONALD BURDICK
JUDY TAGLIAVENTO
OTHERS PRESENT:
MARY CASTERLINE,
RICHARD MARISA,
STEVE KAMBIC, WA
KEN CODDINGTON,
JIM ME'YE'RS, ROBE
HOVANEC, JOEL GA
ROY
MILDR
LTER
DON F
RT DU
GNON,
SUPERVISOR
COUNCILWOMAN
CASTERLINE,
ED L. MILLER
SCZEPANSKI,
E'NTON, DAVID
TCHER, JAMES
PAM CLERMON
LINDA
, DEA
CAROL
MAST
HOVA
T AND
RECORDING SECRETARY: JOAN BABBITT, TOWN CLERK
APPROVAL OF MINUTE'S
HOWE,
N ECKSTROM,
SCZEPANSKI,
ROBERTI ,
NEC, MARGE
BOB ROE
A MOTION WAS MADE BY CLMN. ROBERTS, SE'CONDE'D BY
CLMN, SHAY THAT THE MINUTES OF THE JULY 13,1987
MEETING BE ACCEPTED, 1.
ADOPTED:
DIETRICH,
ROBERTS,
SHAY
ABSENT_
BURDICK,
TAGLIAVENTO
A MOTION WAS MADE BY CLMN, DIETRICH, SECONDED BY
CLMN, SHAY THAT THE MINUTE'S OF THE JULY 28,1987
PUBLIC MEETING BE ACCEPTED,
ADOPTED_ DIETRICH, ROBERTS, SHAY
ABSENT BURDICK, TAGLIAVENTO
PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR
DOROTHY ROBERTS STATED SHE ANSWERED THE PHONE AND
THAT FRANK PROTO WILL NOT BE HERE TONIGHT AND THE
ONLY REPORT HE HAD WAS THAT SAMPLE'S ARE ,STILL BEING
TE'STE'D FOR LANDFILL. SHE ALSO STATED THAT LUCY
HUTTENE'N, REGARDING WATER BILL FOR PROPERTY THAT
THERE IS NO HOUSE ON PROPERTY, ROY CASTERLINE
STATED THAT SHE MUST PAY, AFTER DISCUSSION JOEL
GAGNON WAS ASKED BY CLMN, DIETRICH READ THE
REGULATIONS AND CHECK REGARDING WATER CHARGES,
DON FENTON REPORTED THE NOISE AND DISTURBANCES
ON COMFORT ROAD, GAVE PHOTOS TO TOWN BOARD AND E'TC,
BOARD SUGGESTED HE CALL THE SHERIFFS DEPT, AND THE
STATE POLICE, FOR THE LOUD NOISE AND ETC,, THE TOWN
BOARD CAN WORK ON SOME OF THE THI.NG.S,
DAVID MASTROBERTI ALSO SPOKE REGARDING THE NOISE
AND DISTURBANCES, ABOUT THE BUSINESS BEING A VIOLATION
OF THE TOWN OF DANBY ZONING AND ABOUT 55 GALLON DRUMS
JUST SIT'T'ING AROUND WITH OIL AND METAL AND IT LOOKS
LIKE A DUMP, PLUS HE DOES WORK ON VEHICLE'S THAT
ARE NOT FAMILY MEMBERS, ALSO THAT THE DOUBLE WIDE
HE IS LIVING IN IS A CEMENT BLOCKS AND THEY JUST
SKIRTED, WHICH IS A VIOLATION IN THE TOWN OF DANBY.
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PRIVILEGE OF FLOOR CONT'D
RICH 'MARISA QUESTIONED THE PLANS FOR A PET
CEMENTARY ON STEAM MILL ROAD, HE HEARD THAT THERE
WAS A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE CEMENTARY AND NONE
OF THE NEIGHBORS WERE AWARE OF THE MEETING. CLMN,
DIETRICH EXPLAINED THAT THERE WAS A A PUBLIC HEARING
JULY 28, 1987, AND THAT THE MINUTES OF THAT MEETING WERE
AVAILABLE AND HE READ. HE ALSO EXPLAINED THAT THE
BOARD HAS NOT GIVEN FINAL APPROVAL AS MR. DUTCHER DOES
NOT OWN THE PROPERTY YET, CLMN, DIETRICH SUGGESTED
THAT HE SPEAK WITH ROBERT DUTCHER, WHO WAS SITTING
NEXT TO HIM, FOR MORE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE PET
CEMENTARY.
JOEL GAGNON SUGGESTED THAT THE PUBLIC HEARINGS BE
ADVERTISED BY THE TOWN SIGN, NEWSLETTER AND ETC.,
NOT ONLY IN THE ITHACA JOURNAL,
CAROL SCZEPANSKI STATED THAT THE ITHACA JOURNAL
DID NOT LIST EACH PUBLIC HEARING SEPARATELY,
THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS DONE LEGALLY,
JIM HOVANEC ASKED WHAT IS BECOMING OF HIS DEVELOPMENT?
HE ALSO ASKED WHEN COULD HE EXPECT HIS FINAL PLANS TO
BE APPROVED BY THE TOWN OF DANBY? AS HE RECALLS THE
LAST MEETING OF THE BOARD, THERE WAS A UNANIMOUS
DECISION PENDING THE OUT COME OF THE COURT CASE, ABOUT
OLD TOWN ROAD AND THAT CASE AND TWO AFTER THAT WAS IN
OUR FAVOR, SINCE THEN WE HAVE PROGRESSED WITH THE ROAD
TO THE POINT OF HAVING THE FIRST .PHASE OF THE ROAD
AND PROPERTY THAT HAS BEEN SOLD, I PERSONALLY AM
BIULDING A HOUSE THERE AND I GUESS I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW
IF THE TOWN WAS GOING TO DRAG THEIR FEET NOW THAT I
HAVE MADE MY INVESTMENT AND WHEN CAN I EXPECT A SET
OF SIGNED DRAWINGS?
CLMN. DIETRICH I'M NOT SURE THAT I'M FOLLOWING?
JOAN BABBITT: HE HAS A SET OF PLANS UPSTAIRS, WHICH NEEDS
A STAMP ON THEM AND DON GRAHAM IS NOT HERE AND I - TRIED
TO FIND OUT WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO STAMP THOSE, HE NEEDS
A STAMP ON THEM.
CLMN. DIETRICH: RIGHT
PAM CLERMONT: JIM IN THE FIRST PLACE WE DON'T HAVE
A PROCEDURE FOR SIGNING AND STAMPING.APPROVAL.FOR THE
PLANS, WHAT WE WOULD BE GIVING YOU WOULD BE COPIES OF
THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT D.ISRTICT ONCE IT IS FINALIZED,
THE MINUTE'S OF THE PASSING OF THE RESOLUTION FOR THE
PLANNED UNIT DE'VELOPME'NT SAY CONTINGENT %OF':THE;iOUTOOME
OF THE LITIGATION CONCERNING OLD TOWN ROAD AND THAT
LITIGATION HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED,
JIM HOVANEC: I BEG TO DIFFERENCE ON THAT,
PAM CLERMONT: WE'LL, JIM ONE LAWSUIT HAS BEEN STARTED,
ONE LAWSUIT"STILL IN LITIGATION,
JIM HOVANEC: MAYBE THE LAWSUIT IS, BUT THE COURT CASE
THAT WAS BEFORE THE COURT AT THAT TIME WAS DECIDED
AND PAM CLERMONT AT THE LAST MEETING MENTIONED THAT
THERE WAS SOMETHING, I CAN'T TAKE •'A SWING, I ' VE GOT
A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS INVESTED, THE PEOPLE THAT
WERE JUST HERE TALKING ABOUT THE JUNK THEjNEIGHBORS
HAVE, I'M TRYING TO IMPROVE THE AREA AND I'M TRYING
ADD TAX BASE AND I NE'E'D A DECISION, I CAN'T SIT ON
IT, I'VE GOT PEOPLE WAITING TO BUILD HOUSES, I HAVE
LAND SOLD, I CAN'T SELL LAND THAT HASN'T GOT FINAL
APPROVAL, THE HEALTH DEPT. HAS BASICALLY FINALLY GIVEN
APPROVAL, I'VE GOT TEST WELLS DUG, I'M GOING BY THE
BOOK, I'VE DONE EVERYTHING LEGALLY AND I'VE COME BEFORE
THE PLANNING BOARD, I ' VE TALKED 710 ALL MY NEIGHBORS,
WHICH WAS A MISTAKE, .I SHOULD HAVE BY- PASSED THEM, BUT
I DIDN'T, I TALKED TO THEM, I NE'E'D AN APPROVAL, .I CAN'T
GO ON THE WHIM OF' THE TOWN, THAI' THEY WON'T APPROVE
BECAUSE OF THIS OR THIS, I'VE BEEN DRAGGED INTO COURT
THREE TIME'S ALONG WITH MY WIFE AND EACH TIME WE HAVE
WON THOSE CASES AND WE HAVE WON THEM BASICALLY BECAUSE
THE OPPOSITION HAS NO CASE, THIS COULD DRAG ON FOR THREE
MORE YEARS IF THE LAWYERS WANT TO HAGGLE OVER THIS THING
AND STRING THE THING ON.
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PRIVILEGE OF FLOOR CONT'D
PAM CLERMONT: NOW LISTEN JIM, WAIT A MINUTE,'; DON'T
SAY THE LAWYERS, OK, I'VE WRITTEN 710 THE ADMINISTRATIVE
JUDGE TWO WEEKS AGO ASKING FOR ANOTHER JUDGE, TO BE
ASSIGNED TO US. THE JUDGE SAID THE CASE ISN'T GOING
TO BE HEARD, I CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THAT EXCEPT TRY
AND GET A NEW JUDGE ASSIGNED. THE WHOLE PROBLEM IS WE
HAVE A PENDING LITIGATION, THE TOWN BOARD CAN PUT IT ON
THEIR AGENDA TO RE- EXAMINIE THEIR DECISION IF THEY
WANT TOO.
JIM HOVANEC: TO REXAMINE THE DECISION FOR OLD TOWN,
FOE MY DEVELOPMENT?
CLMN. DIE'TRICH: THE DECISION-AS` IT STANDS, TAKEN BY
BY THE BOARD WAS BASICALLY, WE HAD NO OBJECTIONS AS
LONG AS THE ROAD WAS LEGAL AND THAT WAS THE OUTCOME OF
THE COURT CASE, THAT HAS GOTTEN CAUGHT UP IN A MESS OF
STUFF, BUT BASICALLY THE ISSUE STAYS THE SAME.
JIM HOVANEC: OK, JUDGE BRYANT'S DENIAL OF THE
INJUNCTION BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT AT THAT TIME SAID
THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO CONTINUE WITH OUR DEVELOP-
MENT, BECAUSE OF THE SHORT BUILDING SEASON, THAT WAS
THE WHOLE CLAUSE, IN FACT WHAT'S HAPPENING THE TOWN
IS NOW PUTTING AN INJUNCTION ON SOMETHING YOU'VE
APPROVED, 'TO ME, YOU SEND UP SIGNALS, IF YOU DON'T
FIGHT JUNK YARDS,
PAM CLERMONT: WHAT WOULD
JIM HOVANEC: HANG ON JUST A MINUTE, PAM, I'M TALKING
DO YOU MIND? IF THE TOWN ALLOWS JUNK YARDS TO GO ON
WITHOUT SOME KIND OF INTERVENTION AND THEN WHEN
SOMEONE TRIES TO DO SOMETHING DE'CE'NT AND TRIES TO
IMPROVE THE COMMUNITY, THEY DON'T ACT ON THAT, YOU
DRAG YOUR FEET ON IT, YOU SEND UP SIGNALS, THERE IS
OTHER PEOPLE WAITING IN THE WING WORKS, TO SEE HOW
THIS DEVELOPMENT IS GOINC. CAN DANDY BE DEVELOPED?
IT NE'VE'R HAS BEFORE, ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO GO OUT
AND BUILD A HOUSE OR BUY A PIECE OF LAND FROM THEIR
DAD OR E'X'PAND, PRETTY MUCH DOE'S IT, ON THEIR OWfk.
I'VE DONE IT LEGALLY AND I WANT SUPPORT FROM THE
TOWN!
PAM CLERMONT: CAN I ASK JIM A QUESTION?
CLMN, DIE'TRICH: SURE
PAM CLERMONT: WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE THE TOWN DO TO
THAT ROAD?
JIM HOVANEC: NOTHING! I'M NOT ASKING A THING FROM
THE TOWNON THE ROAD, I JUST WANT MY DEVELOPMENT TO
BE APPROVED AND A FINAL SET OF STAMPED DRAWINGS,
THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING!
MARGE HOVANEC: WHAT LIFE IS THE JUDGES STATEMENT ON
JUNE It 1987? HE SAYS THE TOWN OF DANDY HAS ISSUED
THE NECESSARY PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT HOMES ON OUR
PROPERTY,
PAM CLERMONT: WHAT THE JUDGE SAYS IN AN OPINION
IS NOT A HOLDING ON THE MAIN ISSUE, AS TO WHE'THE'R
OR NOT HE WAS GOING TO GIVE A PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION.
HE'S MAKING A DECISION ON WHAT THIS TOWN BOARD DID,
NOW IF YOU WANT A COPY OF THE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT
THAT SAYS CONTINGENT ON THE OUTCOME OF COURT CASE
JIM HOVANEC: I HAVE THAT COPY
PAM CLERMONT: LISTEN TO ME, WE CAN GIVE YOU APPROVAL
THAT SAYS CONTINGENT ON OUT COME OF LITIGATION.
JIM HOVANEC: THAT'S FINE! I JUST WANT TO BE ABLE
TO PROGRESS WITH MY DEVELOPMENT, I HAVE A TIME TABLE
FINANCE COMMITMENTS,
PAM CLERMONT: DO YOU UNDERSTAND YOU CAN'T BUILD ANY
HOUSES DOWN THERE?
JIM HOVANEC: I HAVE A BUILDING PERMIT, WHY CAN'T
I BUILD HOUSES?
PAM CLERMONT: ONE HOUSE FOR YOU TO LIVE IN, PRIVATE
RESIDENCE, THAT WAS THE TERMS OF THE APPLICATION
FOR THAT BUILDING PERMIT,
JIM HOVANEC: OK, BUT IF I WANT TO SELL LAND TO
SOMEONE ELSE, I HAVE A PIECE OF LAND SOLD THERE,
I HAVE A HOUSE COMING IN THAT WILL BE PUT ON THAT
LAND, WHY CAN'T I DO IT?
PAM CLERMONT: PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT CONTINGENT ON
THE OUTCOME OF THE LITIGATION, WHICH EVERYBODY
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EXPECTED TO BE IN AUGUST,
JIM HOVANEC: IT WAS!
PAM CLERMONT: IT WAS NOT!
JIM HOVANEC: THE OUT COME OF THE LITIGATION, LOOK
AT IT PAM, IT MAY NOT BE THE FINAL- -THE OUT COME
OF THE LITIGATION,
PAM CLERMONT: WHAT IS'THEtWHOLE ISSUE OF LITIGATION,
JIM? WHETHER OT NOT THE ROAD IS ABANDONED,
JIM HOVANEC: OK, I'M NOT EVEN QUESTIONING OLD TOWN ROAD!
PAM CLERMONT: HAS THAT BEEN DECIDED?
JIM HOVANEC: IT'S BEEN DECIDED ON THE TOWN MAP, JUST
BECAUSE I SAY I'M GOING TO PUT UP A BLOCKADE ON MUZZY
ROAD AND SAY IT ISN'T A TOWN ROAD ANYMORE, THAT DOESN'T
MEAN IT ISN'T!
PAM CLERMONT: WHAT IF YOU START BUILDING HOUSES
DOWN THERE AND.IN SEPTEMBER, JUDGE ELLISON FROM
WATKINS GLEN HEARS THE CASE AND DECIDES THAT ROAD
HAS BEEN ABANDONED, THEN WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO ASK
THE TOWN FOR?
JIM HOVANEC: NOTHING I'LL PUT IN A PRIVATE ROAD
TO THAT DEVELOPMENT!
PAM CLERMONT: WHERE?
JIM HOVANEC: I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT
I'M NOT PROPOSING ANOTHER ROAD AT THIS POINT, I'M
SAYING OLD TOWN ROAD, WE GET FEDERAL HIGHWAY FUNDS
FOR THAT ROAD, ITS BEEN ON THE TOWN MAP FOR 100 YEARS
WHY SHOULD I THINK ITS ANY DIFFERENT, PAM? IN THE
OUTCOME OF THE COURT CASE WHICH WAS DECIDED BY JUDGE
BRYANT IN A LEGAL DECISION, THEN THAT WAS TAKEN BACK,
THEN WE WENT THE WIDTH OF THE ROAD, WE WON THE
LITIGATION ON THAT AND THEN WE WERE DRAGGED INTO COURT
FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT CHARGE'S, THAT SAID WE WERE
DOING IRRUPUTABLE DAMAGE TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND THAT
WAS THROWN OUT, THAT WAS DROPPED BEFORE WE EVEN GOT
THERE, THAT WAS THREE COURT CASE'S THAT WE'VE WONa
I CAN'T SEE WHY
PAM CLERMONT THAT WAS THREE ASPECTS OF THE SAME
LITIGATION
JIM HOVANEC: OK, BUT WHY SHOULD I THINK I'M GOING
TO LOSE, IF I'VE WON THREE PREDIMANARY ONES, THERE
IS JUST NO WAY FROM A LAYMAN, I KNOW AS A LAWYER
YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE NEGATIVE AND YOU HAVE TO
SAY WELL IT COULD, MAYBE NOT BE DONE, BUT IF THIS
THING, IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO GET AN APPEAL OUT WE
COULD WIN THE COURT CASE AND IT COULD BE APPEALED
FOR TWO MORE YEARS, DOES THAT MEAN I'VE GOT A GUN
TO MY HEAD AND I CAN'T DEVELOP? WHEN I'VE GOT MY
MONEY INVESTED AND I'VE GOT TO GET MY MONEY BACK
OUT OF IT, DOE'S —THE SIGNALS THE TOWN BOARD SENDS
UP TO OTHER DEVELOPERS AND TO OTHER JUNK YARDS IN
THE AREA ARE VERY OPEN, IF YOU DON'T DO ANYTHING
ABOUT THE JUNK YARD AND YOU STOP A LEGITIMATE
DEVELOPMENT, WHAT THE HELL IS THAT TELLING PEOPLE?
CLMN. DIETRICH: YOU RIGHT JIM, AS FAR AS YOUR
CONCERNS, BUT OUR POSITION HERE, IS TO TAKE EVERY.
ONES CONCERN, AND TAKE THE TOWNS CONCERNS, YOU
KNOW. YOU HAVE A VIEW IN THE TERMS OF WHAT'S
HAPPENING, WE AS THE TOWN BOARD HAVE TO REPRESENT
E'VE'RYBODY AND THAT MAY NOT BE TO YOUR ADVANTAGE
OR IT MAY JUST TOTALLY FRUSTRATING TO YOU, I THINK
IN THE TERMS OF EVERYONE, EVERYONE THAT IS INTO
IT, HOW MUCH MONEY GOES INTO IT, HOW MUCH TIME
GOES INTO IT, THE WHOLE THING HAS GOT TO BE BALANCED
OUT, I KNOW THAT FRUSTRATES YOU TO NO END, WE
STARTED SOME KIND OF A DEAL GOING ALONG WHERE WE
TRIED TO GET IN AND HELP OUT BY COMMUNICATION, YOU
YOU DIDN "T WANT TO DO IT THAT WAY, YOU WANTED TO DO
IT YOUR WAY, YOU DIDN'T WANT
JIM HOVANEC: YOU KNOW AS WELL AS I DO WHERE YOU GOT
WITH THE COMMUNICATION WITH BOTH TEAMS,
CLMN. DIETRICH: I FELT -- RIGHT --NO WHERE!
JIM HOVANEC: EXACTLY!
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CLMN. DIETRICH: RIGHT, SO MY ONLY ALTERNATIVE
THEN AND THE BOARDS ONLY ALTERNATIVE WAS TO GIVE
IT BACK TO THE LAWYERS - -- BECAUSE AS PEOPLE WE
WEREN'T GOING ANYWHERE WITH IT -- -AND AT THIS
POINT HERE, I WOULD BE WILLING TO FOLLOW PAM'S
(TOWN ATTORNEY) SUGGESTION - - -IN TERMS OF TAKING
THAT ASPECT OF WHAT WE PUT FORWARD WHEN WE
APPROVED THE PLANNED UNIT DEVEGOPMENT,:BRING IT
BACK TO THE BOARD -- -WE'LL REVIEW IT AGAIN
JIM HOVANEC: ARE YOU IN FAVOR? IS EVERYONE ON
THE BOARD IN FAVOR OF THE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT?
YOU VOTED EXCEPT FOR.ED SHAY, EVERYBODY VOTED IN
FAVOR FOR IT! IS THE FEELING STILL THAT WAY? OR
SHOULD I PULL IT OUT? OR SHOULD I SAY TO HELL
WITH THE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT? WE'RE GOING
TO GO FOR A COMMERCIAL JUNK YARD - -OR AM I GOING
TO GET SOME COOPERATION FROM THE TOWN BOARD, THAT'S
WHAT I WANT TO KNOW!
CLMN. DIETRICH: WELL -- - THE TROUBLE IS JIM YOU
COME ON SO HEAVY - - -SO DAM HEAVY!
JIM HOVANEC: RIC, WHEN YOU HAVE A HUNDRED THOUSAND
BUCKS OUT
CLMN. DIETRICH: THAT'S NOT MY PROBLEM, THERE'S
OTHER THINGS IN THE TOWN, TOO!
JIM HOVANEC: YES IT IS'�YOUR PROBLEM, RIC BECAUSE
YOU VOTED FOR THE DAM THING!
CLMN, DIETRICH: NO IT ISN'T - - -JIM
PAM CLERMONT: THERE'S NO ROAD, HOW CAN WE GIVE
YOU
JIM HOVANEC: THERE IS A ROAD AND THERE HAS BEEN
A ROAD. I 'M NOT E'VE'N ASKING THAT, THAT ROAD BE
BROUGHT UP TO DATE. I ' VE GOT MY ROADS 710 TOWN
SPECS!
PAM CLERMONT: NO ONE IN THE TOWN, NO ONE CAN BUILD
WHERE THERE IS NOT A TOWN ROAD!
JIM HOVANEC: BUT, THERE IS A TOWN ROAD, THERE IS
AN OLD TOWN ROAD, UNTIL SOMEONE CAN PROVE THAT IT
ISN'T A TOWN ROAD. THERE IS AN OLD TOWN ROAD, IT'S
ON THE TOWN MAP -- -IT'S ON MY PROPERTY MAP, THE MAP
I COT THERE IS AN OLD TOWN ROAD, THE TOWN ISSUED
A PERMIT BASED ON THAT ROAD BEING A TOWN ROAD. IT
IS A TOWN ROAD UNTIL IT'S PROVEN NOT TO BE A TOWN ROAD -
AND IF THE DAETSCH'S AND THE WRIGHT'S WANT TO SPEND
5 YEARS PROVING IT ISN'T, THAT'S THEIR BUSINESS.
IT IS A TOWN ROAD, I HAVE A BUILDING PERMIT, PROVES
IT IS A TOWN ROAD AND I'M BUILDING A PLANNED UNIT
DEVELOPMENT ACCORDING TO THE PLANS, I SUBMITTED
AND ALL I'M ASKING IS SOME COOPERATION FROM THE
BOARD, IF THE BOARD HAS TO CO BACK AND AMEND THE
MINUTE'S OR WHAT EVER ---TO GET THIS THING APPROVED
THEN I WOULD APPRECIATE IT TO BE DONE,
CLMN, DIETRICH: WE WILL TAKE THE MINUTES AND WE
l� WILL TAKE THEM TO THE BOARD AGAIN AND WE WILL SIT
DOWN AND WE WILL COME UP WITH A DECISION TO LET IT
STAND OR TO CHANGE IT!
JIM HOVANEC: OK, WELL I NEED SOME ANSWERS - -IN THE
NEAR FUTURE, IF I LOSE A PROPERTY SALE DOWN THERE
I HAVE ALREADY LOST TWO SALES, DUE TO MY NEIGHBORS
DRAGGING THEIR FEET,
CLMN, DIETRICH: JIM -- -GOOK BECAUSE YOU WENT INTO
THIS WITH YOUR HEAD DOWN AND YOU WENT BLASTING
ALONG - -- ALRIGHT YOU GOT .YOURSELF .IN A SITUATION- -
I'LL BE GOD DAMM IF I'M GOING TO PULL THE TOWN
IN ON TOP OF IT, UNTIL I MAKE SURE ALL MY BASES
ARE COVERED - -- -AND THAT IS IT!!-ALRIGHT?
JIM HOVANEC: NO - --
IT'S NOT ALRIGHT!
CLMN, DIETRICH: HOLD IT!
JIM HOVANEC: RIC -
CLMN. DIETRICH: I'M NOT GOING TO GO ANYMORE OF
THIS - - -IT IS SETTLED-- -WE'LL TAKE THE STUFF- -
WE'LL REVIEW IT AND YOU'LL HEAR FROM THE BOARD- -
THAT'S IT!!
ALRIGHT? ANYONE ELSE WANT TO KNOW?
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AUGUST 10, 1987
: I'M NEW TO THE AREA AND WONDERED
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IF THE SPEED LIMIT OF DANBY ROAD HAS EVER BEEN
DISCUSSED IN TERMS OF ENFORCING?
CLMN. DIETRICH: PETE, DO YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH
THIS, YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH SPEED LIMITS, I KNOW
SOME ABOUT IT, BUT YOU MIGHT KNOW MORE.'
PETE CODDINGTON: THE TOWN DOESN'T HAVE ANY RIGHT
TO IMPOSE ANY SPEED LIMIT.
CLMN. DIETRICH: RIGHT.
PETE CODDINGTON: IT HAS TO THROUGH THE STATE, THE
ONLY, THE BEST WAY WOULD BE TO PETITION AND PRESENT
TO THE TOWN BOARD,
CLMN. DIETRICH: ENFORCEMENT YOU CAN TRY, IT IS A
PROBLEM ALL OVER THE COUNTY, IF YOU THINK 45 IS TO
FAST AND WANT TO DROP IT DOWN, THE ONLY WAY IS TO
TRY. THERE IS,A NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN A NUMBER OF
AREAS AND ESPECIALLY DURING THE SUMMER AND SPEED
IS A REAL ISSUE! FRANK PROTO IS THE REPRESENTATIVE
FROM CAROLINE /DANBY, CERTAINLY A LETTER TO HIM, A
PHONE CALL EXPLAINING THE SITUATION, ASKING FOR HIS
HELP, THERE IS A PROPOSAL IN TO TRY AND GET MORE
PERSONEL, MORE SQUAD CARS OUT ON THE ROAD. YOU
HAVE A MEMBER OF THE SHERIFFS DEPT. THAT LIVES JUST
DOWN THE SOREET FROM YOU, THERE IS MARY CALL, WHO
HEADS THE COUNTY BOARD OF REPS, A LE'TTE'R TO HE'R,
A LETTER TO THE STATE POLICE,
PETE CODDINGTON: THEY ALMOST USE TO LIVE IN DANBY,
BUT WITH THEIR RADAR ANYMORE YOU`NEVER SEE THEM.
CLMN. DIETRICH: AGAIN I THINK IT REQUIRES SOME
EFFORT, BUT IF YOU WANTED TO GsE'T TOGE'THE'R WITH
SOME OF YOUR NEIGHBORS, I'M SURE THEY ALL FEEL THE
SAME WAY, LET US KNOW,
CLMN. DIETRICH: ANYONE ELSE?
STEVE KAMBIC, HISTORIC ITHACA: HISTOOIC ITHACA
OF TOMPKINS COUNTY HAS A PROGRAM, THE PROGRAM 15%'
FUNDED THROUGH THE STATE OF NEW YORK DIVISION OF
HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL, THE PROGRAM IS
FROM YOUR TAX DOLLARS AND WHAT IT DOES IS IT
ALLOWS US TO HELP PEOPLE WITH LOW AND MODERATE
INCOME, BASICALLY THE STATE FUNDS ARE FOR OFFICE
STAFF AND EXPENSE'S, TO HELP PEOPLE OF LOW AND
MODERATE INCOME OBTAIN DECENT AND AFFORDABLE
HOUSING, IT DOESN'T MEAN IT HAS TO BE HISTORIC
HOUSING, OK? I WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR THAT IS
WHAT HISTORIC ITHACA IS NOTED FOR, IT IS AN
ADVACACY ORGANIZATION TRYING TO PRESERVE HISTORIC
LAND MARKS, THAT IS NOT WHY I WAS HIRED, I DO NOT
HAVE THE EXPERISE TO DO THAT, My E'XPERTISE IS TO HELP
LOW AND MODERATE INCOME PEOPLE AFFORD DECENT
HOUSING, THIS IS A.INOT FOR PROFIT CO— OPERATION
AND WE ONLY OPERATE IN THE RURAL AREAS OF TOMPKINS
COUNTY, THE REST OF THE ORGANIZATION OPERATES
COUNTY WIDE. I ONLY SERVE THE RURAL AREAS. ITHACA
NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SE'RVE'S,' YOU MAY HAVE HEARD
OF, DOES WHAT I DO IN THE CITY. WE TRY NOT TO DO
THE SAME THING IN THE SAME AREAS, IN THE RURAL
AREAS IT IS KIND OF WIDE OPEN, THERE IS SO MANY
WAYS OR PLACES YOU COULD.STAIRT ON, IN THIS COUNTY,
THERE IS ALOT THAT COULD BE DONE, ONE OF THE
THINGS WE ARE PROPOSING TO DO, WE CAN ONLY DO WITH
THE CO— OPERATION OF THE TOWN, WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS
APPLY FOR STATE FUNDS, I HAVE TO SUBMIT THE
APPLICATION NEXT WEEK, FUNDS TO HELP US BUY OLD
BUILDINGS AND RENOVATE THEM AND SELL TO LOW AND
MODERATE INCOME PEOPLE, WE WOULD DO THIS WITH THE
PARTICIPATION OF BANKS. THERE Z'S. "A COUPLE )OF, ;BANKS
IN TOWN THAT ARE INTERESTED AND THERE WOULD BE STATE
FUNDS, THE STATE WOULD IF WE ARE SUCCESSFUL WOULD
PROVIDE $15,000.00 PER HOUSE ON A GRANT BASIS TO
HELP LOWER THE RENOVATION COST, SO THAT THE PERSONS
COULD AFFORD THE LOAN. I'M LOOKING AT A LOAN WHICH
WOULD HAVE VERY LITTLE DOWN PAYMENT, TRY TO MAKE
OTHER ARRANGEMENTS WITH CLOSING, COST, ESSENTIALLY
ALLOW A LOW TO MODERATE INCOME FAMILY OF FOUR A
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A HOUSE WHICH IS FULLY UP TO TODAYS BUILDING
CODES, DOESN'T MATTER IF YOUR HOUSE IS BRAND
NEW OR IF IT'S AN OLD ONE, THE CODES ARE THE
SAME, THERE IS ALOT OF MONEY AND EFFORT THAT
HAS TO GO INTO THESE,' THINGS, WE HAVE CONTRACTORS
THAT ARE INTERESTED, BUT AT THIS STAGE, _ WHAT
I NEED TO DO, IS TO KNOW IF THIS TOWN WISHES TO
PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM, THERE ARE OTHER
TOWNS CONSIDERING IT ALSO, WE WOULD BE INTERESTED
IN WORKING IN THIS TOWN AND DOING THIS,- ONE OF
THE ACTIVITIES THAT CAROLINE'HAS BEEN IS ON THE
YELLOW SHEET, VERY SIMPLE, IS TO HELP US IDENTIFY
WHERE THESE VACANT PROPERTIES ARE, MY FAVORITE
PROPERTY IS ONE THAT IS VACANT AND TAX DELINQUENT,
WHEN WE ARE DONE WE GET SOMETHING BACK ON THE
TAX ROLLS, UP ,TO CODE AND SO FORTH, WHEN WE
CAN DO THAT, THAT IS THE BEST, I ENJOY IT THE
MOST, IT'S THE BIGGEST RENOVATION CHALLENGE AND
SO FORTH AND WHEN YOU ARE DONE, THE BUILDING
SHOULD SURVIVE ALONG TIME, AS I SAID TO MEET
TODAYS CODE, ANYONE CAN FILL THESE OUT AND ALL
WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS MAKE IT SIMPLE SO SOMEONE
CAN TELL US WHERE A VACANT HOUSE IS AND WE'LL
TAKE; :OVER. IF YOU KNOW THE NAME OF THE OWNER
OR ANY OTHER INFORMATION THAT IS HELPFUL, BUT
IF YOU DON'T, GIVE LOCATION, IT WILL GIVE US A
START, I DON'T KNOW YOUR COMMUNITY AS WELL AS YOU
DO, WHAT I AM ASKING FOR TONIGHT IS CERTIFICATION
AND A LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM THE TOWN, IT WILL
COST THE TOWN NOTHING. THE APPLICATION WILL NOT
BE CONSIDERED BY THE STATE UNLESS THE STATE KNOWS
FOR A FACT THAT THE TOWN IS INTERESTED IN THE
ACTIVITIES AND THE WAY THE STATE INSURES THAT. IS
THEY REQUIRE CERTIFICATION FROM THE TOWN, SO YOU
HAVE TO HAVE A MEETING FIRST AND YOU HAVE TO DECIDE
A FEW THING ONE IS THIS PROGRAM NECESSARY FOR YOUR
.AREA? DO YOU HAVE OLD BUILDINGS? IS THIS SOMETHING
THAT LOW AND MODERATE INCOME PEOPLE COULD BENEFIT
IN YOUR AREA? DOES THE AREA QUALIFY IS IT ELIGIBLE?
MR. KAMBIC EXPLAINED FORMS AND WHO WOULD BE ELIGIBLE.
FORMS WERE LEFT FOR PEOPLE TO FILL OUT AND GET IN
TOUCH WITH MR, KAMBIC, TOWN BOARD AGRE'E'D THIS IS
A WORTH WHILE PROGRAM,
COMMITTEE REPORTS
EMC: NO REPORT
COMMUNITY COUNCIL: NO REPORT
HIGHWAY: CODDI.NGTON GAVE A REPORT OF FINISHING
BLACKTOPPING MILLER ROAD, GRAVELING STEAM MILL ROAD
TODAY, CLEANING DITCHES, FIXING EQUIPMENT,
SENIOR CITIZENS: CLMN, ROBERTS REPORTED THAT THEY HAD
---------------
GONE TO TWO PLAYS THIS SUMMER AND WAS GOING TO SEE
MARK TWAIN, WEDNESDAY.
_ ZONING:
DOG CONTROL: NO REPORT
PLANNING BOARD: JOEL GAGNON WAITING FOR REPORT FROM
PAM CLERMONT AS TO HOW TO DEAL WITH THE DEFINITION
OF FARM PROBLEM,
WATER DISTRICT: ROY CASTE'RL.INE GAVE REPORT AS TO ALL
FINE CLMN ROBERTS ASKED HIM TO CALL LUCY HUTANNEN,
DICUSSED WATER RATES,
FIRE _DISTRICT_ RESCUE CALLS INCREASED
COUNTY YOUTH: SESSION WAS HELD FOR THE
PEOPLE IN THE DANBY SUMMER CAMP AND RE'CEIVE'D
CERTIFICATES, CAMP IS OVER AND THAT WENT WE'LL,
IT WAS THE LAST SUMMER FOR US TO USE THE SCHOOL AND
WE ARE GOING TO TRY AND MOVE A LITTLE WITH THE POND
COMMITTEE AND SEE IF WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT IS
HAPPENING WITH THE POND THIS FALL, WE DON'T KNOW
WHERE DANBY SUMMER CAMP WILL BE NEXT YEAR, BUT WE
HAVE A WHOLE WINTER TO FIGURE THAT ONE.
I
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PACE 81 TOWN OF DANBY BOARD MINUTES, AUGUST 10. 1987
OLD BUSINESS
OLD TOWN ROAD:
CLMN.
DIETRICH
WOULD
LIKE
CLARIFICATION
OF
WHERE
WE
ARE WITH
ALL
THIS.
PAM CLERMONT:
JIM
HOVANEC
DOESN'T
WANT
US TO
DO
ANYTHING WITH
THE
ROAD,
JUST
APPROVE
HIS
PLANNED
UNIT DEVELOPMENT,
NO
MATTER
WHAT
HE
SAYS
THE
LAWSUIT HAS NOT
BEEN RESOLVED.
THE
ONLY
ISSUE
IS WHETHER OR
NOT
THE
ROAD
IS ABANDONED,
HASN'T
BEEN SETTLED.
OUR
POSITION
IS IT
HAS
NOT BEEN
ABANDONED! THIS
IS BEING
CHALLENGED
IN
COURT
AND YOU ALWAYS
HAVE
TO
TAKE
THE POSITION
THAT
AT
SOME POINT IT
MAY
BE DECIDED
BY A
JUDGE
IT HAS
BEEN ABANDONNED,
I THINK
THAT IS RELATIVELY
SLIM,
HOWEVER IF WE
CHANCE
JUDGES
AND WE
WILL
HAVE
TO
BY THE TIME,' +'BECAUSE
CURRENT
JUDGE
SAYS
HE IS
NOT
GOING TO HEAR
IT
BEFORE
HE
RETIRES,
THE'fNEXT
JUDGE
MAY HAVE A TOTALY
DIFFERENT
VIEWuOF
WHAT,HAPPENED,
JUDGE BRYANT
SEEMS
TO
BE
LEANING VERY
FAR TOWARDS
NON- ABANDONDMENT,
I HAVE
NO IDEA
HOW
THE NEXT
JUDGE WILL VIEW
THE WHOLE
CIRCUMSTANCE'S,
HE
HAS
TO START FROM
SCRATCH
AND
WE HAVE
TO
HAVE
A
HEARING, I HAVE
TRIED
TO
EXPIDITE
THE
ASSIGNMENT
BY WRITING TO
THE
ADMINISTRATIVE
JUDGE,
WHO
IS
IN CHARGE OF
ALL
THE JUDGE
ASSIGNMENTS
AND TOLD
HIM THIS SHOULD
BE A PRIORTY
CASE,
EVERYONE
IS
BEING PUSHED,
THE
TOWN
IS
BEING CAUGHT
IN THE
MIDDLE AND WE
NEED
TO
GET
IT RESOLVED,
SO WITH
ANY LUCK WE CAN
GET RE-
ASSIGNED
TO
A
NEW
JUDGE
THIS FALL AND
HAVE
IT
HEARD
RATHER
THAN
NEXT
YEAR SOMETIME,
IT
IS TRUE
YOU PEOPLE
COULD
RECONSIDER
YOUR DECISION
ABOUT
P.U.D.
AND MAKE
IT
NOT
CONDITIONAL OF
OUTCOME
OF
LITIGATION,
THE PROBLEM
WITH THAT AS
I .SEE
IT
IS
IF YOU DO
THAT
AND
THERE
IS BUILDING DOWN
THERE
OVER
THE WINTER,
OVER
THE
FALL WHICH HAS
BEEN
PLANNED
AND THERE
IS INDICATZION
THAT THE ROAD
HAS
BEEN
ABANDONED,
THE
REAL
QUESTION IS NOT
WHAT HOVANEC
DOES,
BUT
WHAT
KIND
OF
OBLIGATION THEY
CAN BRING
BACK TO
THE
TOWN,
OKAY
YOU APPROVED
SOMETHING
FOR
US, NOW
GET
US OUT
OF
THERE, WE NEED
ACCESS.
I'M
NOT SURE
WHAT
LEGALLY
WE CAN DO TO
PREVENT
THAT,
BECAUSE
OF
A PLANNED
DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT
CAN'T
BE A CONTRACT
BETWEEN
TWO PEOPLE IT
IS
A RE-
ZONING
AND IN
RE-
ZONING
YOU
CAN'T SAY JIM
HOVANEC
AGREES
NOT TO
HOLD
THE
TOWN
LIABLE IF IN
FACR
THE
ROAD
IS DEEMED
ABANDONED.
YOU CAN'T CONTRACT
PLANNED
UNIT DEVELOPMENT.
WE
LEARNED THAT-YEARS
AGO,
THE NEXT
STEP
IS TO
ENTER
INTO SOME KIND
OF
WRITTEN
AGREEMENT
WITH
JIM
HOVANEC, WHERE
WE SPELL
OUT
ALL THE
TERMS
AND
HE
ABSOLVES THE
TOWN OF DOWN
THE ROAD
LIABILITIES.
IF HE BUILDS
AND
THERE
IS
NO ROAD,
OBVISOUSLY
HE
THEN WOULD BE
OBLIGATED
TO
BUILD A
ROAD
WHERE
EVER
HE HAS ACCESS
OR
HE CAN
GET
ACCESS,
WHAT
HE
TOLD
ME IS HE NEVER
TALKED
710
BLOCK ABOUT
GOING
UP
THROUGH HIS PROPERTY,
THAT
IS A POSSIBILITY,
BUT
I THINK WHAT
HE
IS THINKING
IN THE
BACK
OF HIS
MIND EVEN IF
IT
IS NOT
A
TOWN ROAD,
HE
HAS A
RIGHT
A -WAY, WHICH
MEANS
HE
CAN
BRING IT
UP
TO SPECS,
THEN DEED IT
OVER
TO THE
TOWN AND
THAT
AGAIN
COULD
GET INTO A WHOLE
NEW BATCH
OF LITIGATION
AS
TO
WHETHER HE CAN
DO
THAT.
IT IS TRUE
OUR
POSITION
IS THAT IT IS
A
ROAD,
HOWEVER
RIGHT
NOW,
WE
ARE
BOUND BY A COURT
ORDER
SAYING
WE CAN'T
GO ANY
FARTHER THAN
CLMN. DIETRICH.
THE
DITCHES,
SO HE
WANTS
WHICH IS
TO LEAVE
15
-20
THE
FEET.
ISSUE
OF THE ROAD,
IN
THE TERMS
OF ANY RESPONSIBILTY
ON
THE TOWNS PART
IN
SPECIFICALLY
HAVE
THE
TOWN
CHANCE
THE WORDING OF
THE
RESOLUTION,
THAT
WE
GAVE
ON THE
P.U.D. WOULD
IT
BE REASONABLE
FOR
YOU
TO CONTACT
MR. TAVELLI AND
SEE IF
SOMETHING
COULD
BE PUT
TOGETHER?
PAGE 9, TOWN OF DANBY BOARD MINUTES, AUGUST 10,1987
z
OLD BUSINESS CONT'D
PAM CLERMONT: THE PERSON I WOULD WANT TO TALK TO
BEFORE I TALK TO PAUL TAVSLLI IS THE ATTORNEY OF
THE ASSOCIATION OF THE TOWNS, TO SEE WHAT KIND OF
LEGAL LEG WE HAVE TO STAND ON,
CLMN. DIETRICH: IF WE CAN REMOVE - -- PROTECT THE
PEOPLE OF THE TOWN
PAM CLERMONT: THEN LET HIM DO THE DEVELOPMENT
EVEN THOUGH HE MAY NOT HAVE ACCESS TO OLD TOWN
ROAD, THEN THE QUESTION IS DOES HE "NEED A
VARIENCE, AS HE DOESN'T HAVE ROAD FRONTAGE?
WE ARE SAYING HE DOES HAVE ROAD FRONTAGE AND
UNTIL IT IS DEEMED ABANDONED HE DOESN'T NEED
VARIENCE,
OTHER DISCUSSION WITH PEOPLE PRESENT ON OLD
TOWN ROAD,
PAM CLERMONT EXPLAINED TOWN LIABILITIES DURING
FIRE WITH A 15 FOOT ROAD, EVEN IF JIM HOVANEC
SAYS HE'LL FIND HIS OWN WAY OUT.
CLMN. DIETRICH -: I'M NOT INTERESTED IN WHAT JIM
HOVANEC HAS TO SAY, IN TERMS OF THAT PART. I'M
INTERESTED IN SEEING IF WE CAN MOVE THE COURT
CASE UP, SEEMS TO BE AT EVERYONES ADVANTAGE
GO MEET WITH THE LAWYERS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF
TOWNS AND TRY AND KNOCK IT AROUND AND SEE IF THERE
IS SOMETHING WE CAN PUT TOGETHER THAT WOULD GET US
OUT OF THE
PAM CLERMONT: I DON'T SEE HOW YOU CAN GET OUT OF
POTENTIAL FOR FIRE OR THAT KIND OF LIABILITY. OLD
TOWN ROAD CAN'T BE BROUGHT UP TO SPECS,
CLMN. DIETRICH: THE OTHER PART IS WE DO ALLOW
HOUSES, INDIVIDUAL HOUSES TO BE BUILT WHERE THERE
IS NO ACCESS TO THEM, THERE IS A DRIVEWAY
PAM CLERMONT: THAT IS NOT TO SAY YOU CAN'T HAVE
A 2 MILE DRIVEWAY, BUT NOT THE SAME AS APPROVING
A DEVELOPMENT, MAJOR CONCERN FIRE ACCESS, AFTER
MANY PHONE CALLS ".WITH MARGE,' HOVANEC, I TOLD HER
THE TOWN COULD CERTAINLY RECONSIDER ITS DECISION
AND MAYBE THAT IS WHAT YOU WANT TO DO, PUT ON YOUR
AGENDA NOW- -FOR SEPT. MEETING - -I'M SURE IT WILL BE
TO LATE FOR THEM FOR WHAT THEY WANT.
CLMN. DIETRICH: I WOULD SAY RIGHT NOW THAT IF WE
WERE TO MEET, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION,
UNTIL WE HAVE SOMEWAY OF KNOWING, IF YOU(PAM CLERMONT)
CAM BACK TO US AND SAID LOOK I'VE TALKED TO SOME
LAWYERS AND I DO HAVE A SINCE THAT WE COULD RESOLVE
OURSELVES OF ANY POSSIBLE LITIGATION AND THERE IS A
FORM OR A WHOLE PROCESS TO GO THROUGH, SO YOU COULD
RESOLVE THE TOWN OF ANY LIABILITY. THAT IS VALUABLE
INFORMATION OR YOU COULD COME BACK THE OTHER WAY,
LOOK NO MATTER WHAT WE DO, NO MATTER WHAT KIND OF
LEGAL HOOPS WE JUMP THROUGH, WE CAN'T RESOLVE OUR-
SELVES OF POSSIBLE LIAILITY OF IT. I WOULD SUGGEST
WE DON'T, AT THAT POINT. IF WE HAVE INFORMATION WE
COULD CALL A SPECIAL MEETING, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE
SOME THINGS COMING UP HERE THAT WILL NOT WAIT UNTIL
THE SEPTEMBER MEETING.
ANYMORE QUESTIONS REGARDING: OLD TOWN ROAD?
WHAT ALL THE HOOP -TA -LA WAS ALL ABOUT?
NEW BUSINESS
_- ��-- v�--- CERTIF
WITH S
HISTOR
IMPROV
RESOL U
IC
TE
IC
E
TI
ATI
VE
IT
QUA
ON
ON OF HISTORIC ITHACA. AFTER DISCUSSION
KAMBIC AND PEOPLE PRESENT REGARDING
HACA AND TOMPKINS COUNTY EFFORTS TO
LITY OF RURAL HOUSING THE FOLLOWING
WAS MADE
RESOLUTION _t#_ BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE
TOWN OF DANBY /W. DANBY HAS
DECIDED TO ENDORCE HISTORIC
ITHACA AND TOMPKINS COUNTY
1987 FUNDING APPLICATION TO
N.Y.S. AFFORDABLE HOUSING
CORPORATION'S AFFORDABLE
OWNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
PAGE 10, TOWN OD DANBY BOARD MINUTES, AUGUST 10,1987
NEW BUSINESS CONT'D
CLMN,
MOTION
DIETRICH
DIETRICH
MOVED TO APPROVE, SECONDED BY
MOVED TO APPROVE, SECONDED BY
CLMN,
ROBERTS
SHAY"
ROBERTS
AYE
ROLL CALL: DIETRICH AYE
ROBERTS AYE
SHAY AYE
TAGLIAVENTO ABSENT
BURDICK ABSENT
ADOPTED
CONSTRUCTION OF CHAIN LINK FENCE
RESOLUTION# BE IT
ADVER
CONST
FENCE
BE OP
BOARD
MEETI
RESOLVED
TISE NOTIC
RUCTION OF
SEALED
ENED 7PM,
PRIOR TO
NG AT 8:'00
TO
E FOR
CHAIN LINK
BIDS TO
BY THE TOWN
TOWN BOARS
PM
CLMN,
MOTION
DIETRICH
BY
MOVED TO APPROVE, SECONDED BY
CLMN.
AYE
ROBERTS
SHAY"
SECONDED BY
ROLL CALL: DIETRICH
MOTION
AYE
BY
ROBERTS
HIGHWAY
AYE
ROBERTS,
SHAY"
SECONDED BY
AYE
TAGLIAVENTO.'
TO
ABSENT
CLMN.
BURDICK
PAYMENT
ABSENT
FOR THE GENERAL
ADOPTED
APPROVAL OF WARRANTS:
A
MOTION
WAS MADE
BY
BY CLMN.
HIGHWAY
BY
ROBERTS,
FUND
SECONDED BY
CLMN,
DIETRICH
TO
APPROVE
CLMN.
PAYMENT
TAGLIAVENTO
FOR THE GENERAL
FUND
WARRANT #
8,
TOTALING
FOR
$5,137.71
WEST
- --
-------------------------------
DISTRICT,
WARRANT
-
- -
ADOPTED:
MOTION
WAS
BY
DIETRICH,
HIGHWAY
BY
FUND
ROBERTS
& SHAY
ABSENT:
CLMN.
SHAY
TAGLIAVENTO
APPROVE
&
BURDICK
FOR
THE
A MOTION WAS MADE BY CLMN, DIETRICH,
CLMN. SHAY TO APPROVE PAYMENT FOR THE
WARRANT #81 TOTALING $7,093.96
ADOPTED: DIETRICH, ROBERTS, & SHAY
ABSENT: TAGLIAVENTO & BURDICK
SECONDED
MOTION
WAS
BY
MADE
HIGHWAY
BY
FUND
ROBERTS,
A
MOTION
WAS
DIETRICH,
MADE
BY
CLMN, DIETRICH,
ROBERTS,
SECONDED
BY
CLMN.
SHAY
TO
APPROVE
PAYMENT
BURDICK
FOR
THE
WEST
DANBY
WATER
---------------------------------------
DISTRICT,
WARRANT
#8,
TOTALING
$ 132
90
- - - --
-
ADOPTED: DIETRICH, ROBERTS, & SHAY
ABSENT: TAGLIAVENTO & BURDICK
A MOTION WAS MADE BY CLMN. DIETRICH, SECONDED BY
CLMN, SHAY TO APPROVE PAYMENT FOR HIGHWAY(CHIPS)
-------- - - - - --
FUND, WARRANT {(8 , TOTALING $ 1 0, 4 1 3. 34
-------------------------------- - - - - --
ADOPTED:
DIETRICH,
ROBERTS,
& SHAY
ABSENT:
TAGLIAVENTO
&
BURDICK
PAGE 11, TOWN OF DANBY BOARD MINUTES, AUGUST 10,1987
4 ow
APPROVAL OF SUPERVISORS REPORT
ADJOURN
A MOTION WAS MADE BY CLMN, DIETRICH, SECONDED BY
CLMN. ROBERTS TO ACCEPT THE SUPERVISORS REPORT AS
PRESENTED,
ADOPTED: DIETRICH, ROBERTS, & SHAY
ABSENT: TAGLIAVENTO & BURDICK
A MOTION WAS MADE BY CLMN, SHAY, SECONDED BY
CLMN, ROBERTS TO ADJOURN MEETING AT 9:50 PM
MEETING ADJOURNED,
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED:
JOAN BABBITT, TOWN CLERK, DANBY
AUGUST 10, 1987 /
TOWN OF DANBY
TOWN BOARD MINUTES
THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF DANBY
HELD AUGUST 10, 1987, AT THE DANBY TOWN HALL, 1830 DANBY ROAD
DANBY, N.Y. WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY CLMN. DIETRICHuAT 8:00 PM.
PLEDGE OF ALLI.ANGANCE LED BY CLMN DIETRICH.
PRESENT: :RIC1`DIETR1o,CH COUNCILMAN
DOROTHY ROBERTS COUNCILWOMAN
ED SHAY COUNCILMAN
ABSENT: DONALD. BURDICK SUPERVISOR
JULIA TAGLIAVENTO COUNCILWOMAN
OTHERS PRESENT:
MARY CASTERLINE, RO
RICHARD MARISA, MIL
STEVE' KAMBI.CI WALEE
K1.':N CODDI.NGTON, DON
JIM MF.YERS, ROBERT
HOVANEC, JOEL GAGNO
OT'HE'RS .
Y CASTE'RL
DRED L' : � M
R SCZEPAN
FENTON,
DUTCHER,
N, PAM CTS
INE,
I.T1LE
SKI,
DA VI
JAME
ERMO
LINDA HOWE
R, DEAN ECK
CAROL SCZE
D MASTROBER
S HOVANEC,
NT,BOB ROE
RECORDING .SECRETARY: JOAN BABBITT, TOWN CLERK
ST
PA
TI
MA
AN
ROM,
NSK.I ,
RGE
D
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
A MOTION WAS MADE BY CLMN, ROBERTS SECONDED BY
CLMN. SHAY THAT THE MINUTES OF THE JULY 13, 1987 MEETING BE
ACCEPTED.
ADOPTED: DIE.'TRICH, ROBERTS SHAY
ABSENT: BURDICK, TAGLIAVI?:NTO
A MOTION WAS MADE BY CLMN, DI.ETRI.CH, SECONDED BY
CLMN SHAY THAT THE MINUTES OF THE JULY 281!1987
PUBLIC MEETING BE ACCEPTED.
ADOPTED _ DIETRICH, ROBERTS, SHAY
ABSE'NT� BURDICK, TAGLI.AVENTO
PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR
DOROTHY ROBERTS REPORTED THAT FRANK PROTO WILL NOT
BE HERE TONIGHT, HE REPORTED TO HER THAT THE SAMPLES ARE STILL
BE TESTED FOR THE LANDFILL. ALSO LUCY HUTTENE:N HAD CALLED REGARD
I.NG WATER BILL CHARGES.
DON FENTON*REPORTED THE NOISE AND DISTURBANCES ON
CO1vIFOR'1'ROAD, GAVE .PHOTOS TO THE BOARD,
DAVID MASTROBERTI. ALSO SPOKE ABOUT THE COMFORT ROAD SITUATION.
RICHARD MARISA QUESTIONED THE PLANS FOR A PET CEMETARY ON STEAM
MILL ROAD AND NEIGHBORS BEING UNAWARE OF THE MEETING.
6
JOEL GAGNON
® ON THE TOWN
JIM HOVANEC
DI.SCU63SION
CEMN, DIETR
ATT'ORNE.Y TO
HOVANEC PRO
SUGGESTED T
SIGN, NE'WSL
ASKED WHAT
ON THE FLOOR
ICH SAID THA'
IF THERE WA
CEE'D ON THIS
HA T
E T T h.;
WAS
F0T,
TOW
S AN
PUD.
TH1: P
R AND
BECOM
LOWED
N BOA
Y WAY
UBLIC
E71C.
I N G 0
RD WO
LE,'CA
SPEED:,L.T.M.IT FOR DANBY ROAD DISCUSSED
HEARING
F HIS G.1i
ULD CONS
L.LY THE
BE ADVE
VEL OPME.: N
UL2' WITH
TOWN -COU
RTIZED
9' a
THE TOWN
ED LET
STEVE KAMBI.0 SPOKE REGARDING H.IS'1'ORI.0 ITHACA AND A PROGRAM
FUNDED THROUGH THE' STATE OF NY DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUN.
ITY RENEWAL. HE WOULD LIKE A CERTIFICATION FROM DANBY IF THEY
WISH TO PARTI.C.TPATE IN THE PROGRAM.
v
COMMITTE.. REPORTS
E'MC NO REPORT
COMMUM171Y COUNCIL NO REPORT
PAGE 2, AUGUST 10, 1987
*6q
COMMITTEE REPORTS CONT'D
HIGHWAY: PE'T'E CODDINCTON GAVE A REPORT OF FINISHING
THE BLACKTOPPING ON MILLER ROAD, GRAVELING STEAM MILL
ROAD, CLEANING DITCHES, FIXING EQUIPMENT,
SENIOR _CI T.T.
SE'E'N— 71 W0 —P 1i
MARK TWAIN
ZONING NO
DOG CONTROL
ZHN.S: : CLMN ROBERTS
AYS THIS SUMMER AND
ON WEDNESDAY.
REPORT
: NO REPORT
REPORTED SENIORS HAD
WERE GOING TO SEE
PLANN_INC, BOARD: JOEL GAGNON WAITING FOR REPORT FROM
PAM— CLE.'RMONT AS HOW TO DEAL WITH THE DEFINITION OF
FARM PROBLEM,
WATER_ DISTRICT: ROY CASTERLINE REPORTED ALLS WELL.
CLMN ROBERTS ASKED TO CALL, LUCY HUT'TENE'N, DISCUSSED
WATER RATES,
FIRE _DISTRICT: RESCUE CALLS INCREASED.
COUNTY YOUTH: TRAINC SESSION WAS HELD FOR THE PEOPLE
IN THE DANBY SUMMER CAMP AND THEY RE'CIEVE'D CERTIFICATE'S.
CAMP IS OVER AND IT WENT WELT, 17' WAS THE LAST SUMMER
FOR US TO USE THE OLD DANBY SCHOOL. WE.' ARE GOING TO TRY
TO MOVE A LITTLE.; WITH THE POND COMMITTEE TO SEE WHAT IS
HAPPENING WITH THE POND THIS FALL, WE HAVE ALL WINTER
TO FIGURE WHERE; CAMP WILL BE HELD NEXT YEAR,
OLD BOSSINESS
OLD TOWN ROAD: DISCUSSION OF
PAM C'LERMONT SAID IT IS ,ST.,f,
TOWN;'S LIABILITIES. CLMN DIET
TO TALK WITH THE ATTORNEY OF
TO FIND OUT WHAT LEGAL LEG WE
THERE IS A WAY THE TOWN CAN L
BUILDING. AND RELEASE TPE' TOWN
NEW BUSSINESS
OLD T
IN L
RICH
7'H Es' A
HAVE
E' 7' 110
FROM
OWN ROAD PUD AND
.IT'I.GAT.I0Na DISCUSSED
ASKED PAM CLERMON77
SSOCIATION OF TOWNS
710 STAND ON, AND IF
VANE'CS MOVE WITH
L I.413I L P 0
CERTIFICATION OF HISTORIC ITHACA. AFTIiI? DISCUSSION
WITH STEVE KAMBIC AND PEOPLE: PRESENT REGARD cNC HISTORIC
ITHACA AND TOMPKINS COUNTY EFFORTS TO IMPROVii QUALITY
OF RURAL HOUSING. THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS MADR:
RESOLUTION ff LC'f BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN
OF DANBY /W, DANBY HAS DECIDED
TO ENDORSE HISTORIC ITHACA AND
T.OMPKINS COUNTY 1987 FUNDING
APPLICATION' TO N.Y.S. AF'F'ORD-
ABLE HOUSING CORPORATION'S
AFFORABLE OWiVE:RSHIP DFiVELOP-
MFINT PROGRAM,
CLMN. DIETRICH MOVED TO APPROVE, .SE'CONDIir BY CLMN.
R0BI:RTS.
ROLL CALL
DIETRICH ti
- - - -- ® A Y _7
ROBERTS ,AYE
S' HA, Y AYIi
TAGLIAVEIVTO ABSENT
BURDICK ABSENT
ADUP7'E'D
CONS7'RUCTION OF' CHAIN
TO Ni W HIGHWAY BARNS
RESOL UTIO —#
LINK FENCE TO BORDER ROAD
BE I7" RE'SOLVIiD 710 ADVERx7'.IZE'
NOTICE FOR C'ONSTRUCT.TON OF
CHAIN LINK FENCE_ THIS IS A
REQUIRMENT OF' I'HE' RIGHT OE' WAY
T'0 THE TOWN'S 1,AND ACRO:iS AUTO
E: "S LAN T
D, SFALED BIDS '
SALVAG 0
B' OPENED, 7 ri, BY THE' 'TOWN
BOARD PRIOR 'I'O THE HOARD MEETING
SF..'PT. 14, 1987,
CLM11. DIETRICH MOVED TO APPROVE', .SECONDi•:D BY CLMN.I7OBE'.RTS
ROLL CALL DIETRIC_:Y A1'E
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BURDICK ABSb'NT
ADOPT!•; D
APPROVAL OF WARRANTS
A MOTION WAS MADE BY CLMN. ROBERTS, SECONDED BY
CLMN. DIA'TRICH TO APPROVE: PAYMENT FOR GI-;RERAL
FUND WARRANT 11 81 TOTAr,l -NG $5, 137.71 .
ADOPTED: DTI ?TRICH, ROBERTS, SHAY
ABSENT: TAGLIAVI?NTO, BURDICK•
A MOTION WAS MADIS, 13Y Cr.MN DII'TRICH, •:'9E:CONDE:D BY
CLMN. SHAY 710 APPROVE PAYMENT FOR HIGHWAY FUND
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WARRANT #81 TOTALING $ 7109L-3T96—
ADOPTED,
MOTION
WAS
{TRICH,
DIETRICH,
BY
BY
ROBERTS
ROBIiRTS,
DIL;TRI.CH,
ROBERTS,
ROBERTS
SHAY
A13.SI:NT:
SHAY
ARS'IiN7'1
TAGTjIAVl.ofNTOj
BY
TAGLIAVI•:NTO,
SHAY
710
APPROVE
BURDICK
A
MOTION
WAS
{TRICH,
MADI•:
BY
BY
ROBERTS
C'r,MN.
DIL;TRI.CH,
ROBERTS,
ROBERTS
SHAY
SECONDED
SHAY
ARS'IiN7'1
TAGTjIAVl.ofNTOj
BY
CLMN,
SHAY
710
APPROVE
BURDICK
!"AYMI•;NT
FOR
WEST
DANDY
WATER
PTSTRICTr--WARRAN7' N 81 TOTALING $ 132.00
ADOPTED,
MOTION
DII
{TRICH,
DIIiTRICH,
BY
ROBERTS
ROBERTS,
ROBERTS
SHAY
ABSENT
SHAY
ARS'IiN7'1
TAGTjIAVl.ofNTOj
AT
TAGLIAVI:'NTO,
PM.
BURDICK
A MOTION WAS MAD/: BY CGMN.DIIs'7'RICIJ, SIiCONDIiD BY
CLMN. SHAY TO APPROVE nAYMI;NT FOR HIGHWAY (CHIPS)
FUND WARRANT 118, TOTALING 10,413, 7 34
ADOPTED:
MOTION
WAS
MADE:
DIIiTRICH,
BY
CLMN.
ROBERTS,
ROBERTS
SHAY
ARS'IiN7'1
AT
TAGLIAVI:'NTO,
PM.
BURDICK
APPROVAL OF
C
A
A
A
AJOURN
SUP
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LMN.
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DOPT
13 .S E: N
IiRV_ISOR'S REPORT
ION WAS MADE BY CLMN. DIETRICII, SECONDED BY
ROBERTS 790 ACCEPT THE SUPERVISOR'S REPORT
14 SIi NTED .
ED: DIE'TRICH, ROBIiRTS, SHAY
T: TAGToIAV!•;N'TO, BURDICK
A
MOTION
WAS
MADE:
BY
CLMN.
.SHAY
ROBERTS
TO AJOURN
AT
9:50
PM.
MI {1•:TING AJ011RNAD
RF.SPE:CTFULLY SUBMITTED:
JOAN'BABBITT, TOWN CLIiRK
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SECONDED BY CLMN.