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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1977-07-12 PUBLIC HEARING # 1 FEDERAL REVENUE SHARING VARNA COMMUNITY CENTER JULY 12 , 1977 Minutes of the following Public Hearing held by the Town Board of the Town of Dryden at Varna Community Center on July 12 , 1977 commencing at 7 : 30PM . Present : Deputy Supv Cotterill , Clw Graham , Cim Webb , Atty Amdur and ZO Stewart . Absent : Supv McCord and Clm Tarr Deputy Supv Cotterill read the Public Hearing notice that was published in the newspaper stating the purpose was to consider revenue sharing funds .' QUESTIONS AND / OR COMMENTS 411 1 Wanted to know what the Revenue Sharing money could be used for . Clm Cotterill stated that the town was restricted on the way the money was to be spent and this was the first year that the state required a public hearing . In the past the town could use the Federal money at the towns discreation that was allowed by Federal Law . 2 Wanted to know the criteria for Senior Citizen with the Federal Rev . money . Atty Amdur reported that there is a corp . for Senior Housing . There is an option on property in the Village of Dryden . The housing will be available to evpNone in Tompkins County . Closed Public Hearing 7 : 40PM PUBLIC HEARING # 2 ROGER BENNETT & ROBERT WING SR OPERATE AUTO REPAIR SHOP Deputy Supv Cotterill read the notice that was published in the newspaper stating the purpose of said hearing was to consider the application of Roger Bennett and Robert J Wing Sr , 700 Wood Rd . to operate an Auto Repair Shop at 258 Bone Plain Rd . , Freevil & e , NY QUESTIONS AND / OR COMMENTS Clm Cotterill read a letter from George Guest of the Health Dept stating that no sewage or waste disposal is needed at this time . An application has been filled out for a sewage system to handle sewage , wash water and floor drains . Clw Graham wanted to know if there would be a sign . Mr Bennett said yes there would be a sign which he has applied for from NYS . Mr Peter Curtiss wanted to know if there would be any screening or fencing . Mr Bennett said that they are back 250 ' from the road and anything he would be doing would only be about a 1 or 2 week project . There are trees and shrubbery on the property now . Cim Cotterill wanted to know how many unlic or unreg vehicles there would be on the property or just cars to be repaired . Mr Bennett said that they would be customer cars that needed repair work . Clm Cotterill wanted to know how long a car would be there for repair . There was some discussion and it was felt that 15 to 30 days would be the limit for a car . Clm Cotterill wanted to know if there would be any cars stored that they would • take parts from . Mr Bennett said there would not be any cars like that . Clw Graham wanted to know if there was any objection from the adjoining property owners . Clm Cotterill said that all property owners were notified of the hearing . Closed Public Hearing 8 : 00PM 9 TOWN BOARD MEETING VARNA COMMUNITY CENTER JULY 12 , 1977 Minutes of the Board meeting held by the Town Board of the Town of Dryden at Varna Community Center commenced at 8 : 05PM Called to order by Deputy Supv Cotterill Members and guests participated in the Pledge of Allegiance Roll call was by the Town Clerk Present : Clm Cotterill , Clw Graham , Atty Amdur Clm Webb and ZO Stewart Absent : Supv McCord and Clm Tarr Motion was made by Clm Webb and 2nd by Clw Graham that the minutes of • the Public Hearing and Board Meeting held on June 14th and Special Meeting held on June 26th be approved as submitted . COUNTY BRIEFING - Absent CITIZEN PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR Mr Reed inquired about the possibility of making Mt Pleasant Rd one - way down from Turkey Hill Rd to Route 366 . Atty Amdur said that he would have to get a petition from the people in that area and bring it to the Town Board for their endorsement to send it to the county . COUNCILMAN PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR - Nothing ATTORNEY Atty Amdur reported that she had received a decision from Judge Lee on the Adult Book Store and stated that the Town of Dryden was entitled to a preliminary injunction . Atty Amdur has sent the order to the -ergo & ve- and is waiting for the order to be received before it can be enforceable Clm Webb wanted to know more about the closing of the Book Store . Atty Amdur put a clause in the order which she hopes Judge Lee will sign to the effect that she will be able to go to any authorized law enforcement agency to enforce the order without making any further application . Thts would work with the out of state corp . All principals are out of state except the person that is employed at the store . Keiths Pool Town property is now cleaned up and looks nice . Atty Amdur received a letter from DEC regarding property that was sold to them from the Town of Dryden which stated there was a bus on the property that was appraised at $ 400 . 00 , which didn ' t belong to the Town of Dryden and the town was unjustly- enriched to that amount of money . The state would like the money returned . Atty Amdur spoke with Mr Karsch Jr stating that the Town never gave DEC a bill of sale for anything on wheels and it is not considered a permanent fixture and was not included in any of the appraises . Mr Karsch Jr apologized that it was their attorneys mistake and the bus was not included in the appraisal and the town was not unjustly enriched . Atty Amdur also had received the new revised contract from Bolton Point /411 RESOLUTION # 90CREVENUE ANTICIPATION NOTES FOR SOUTHERN CAYUGA LAKE INTERMUNICIPAL WATER COMMISSIOP Clm Webb offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption . RESOLVED , that the Chief Fiscal Officer of the Town of Ithaca is hereby authorized to borrow , on behalf of the Towns of Lansing , Ithaca , and Dryden , and the Villages of Cayuga Heights and Lansing , on Revenue Anticipation Notes , a sum not to exceed $ 330 , 000 , only as needed , for a period of one year , for the purpose of paying retainage due contractors between now and December 7 , 1977 , under the 5 % retainage provision of the contracts , the need for such borrowing arising out of ( 1 ) loss - of water revenue due to late start - up of the system , ( 2 ) the 7 . 8 % interest due February 10 , 1977 on second year Bond Anticipation Notes of $ 8 , 000 , 000 and ( 3 ) principal and interest payment due August 15 , 1977 on $ 7 , 000 , 000 bonds . 2nd Clw Graham Roll call vote - All voting YES TOWN CLERK - Nothing ZONING OFFICER 24 building permits for the month of June . ZBOA held 2 hearings and granted variance to Mrs Van Pelt on Ringwood Rd and Mr Gary Parker from Ringwood Rd . Gave letter to the Town Board concerning Frank Robinson . property . There was some discussion . Requested to take the last week in July for vacation . CORRESPONDENCE Letter from Mr Deming regarding the traffic signal Final Equalization Rate - Town of Dryden 43 . 47 Report from Sammon Communication Cable TV 0 Notice of meeting on the abandonment of LVRR for Aug 4th , 10 : OOAM at the Broome County Office . Letter from the Lab of Ornithology regarding the disruption of birds by the Tompkins County Fair Grounds . Letter from Gary Lee in regard to removing justices from town boards which concern 2nd class towns . This does not apply to the Town of Dryden . Letter from the County Health Dept regarding the discontinuing of service of sewer and water approval on transfer of property of home buyers . Resignation of Sec - Bookkeeper to Supv and Sec to Highway Supt . HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT - Absent Mr Munch from Varna reported that he had called the Highway Supt . several times to see if the ditch could be cleaned out on Freese Rd since the flood last year between Rt 366 and the bridge . He reported that the sluice is not the same size that is under the main highway and it just cannot handle all the water . Clm Cotterill said that he would contact the Highway Supt about the ditch . RESOLUTION # 91 AUDIT HIGHWAY FUND BILLS Clm Cotterill offered the following resolution and asked for its adoptton . RESOLVED , that the Highway Bills be paid as audited . 2nd Clw Graham Roll call vote - All voting YES RESOLUTION # 92 AUDIT GENERAL FUND BILLS Cim Webb offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption . RESOLVED , that the General Fund Bills be paid as audited . 2nd Clw Graham Roll call vote - All voting YES JUSTICE REPORTS - Judge Sweetland $ 1784 Judge Newhart - $ 1785 FINANCIAL REPORTS REVENUES EXPENSES, General Fund A $ 21357 . 74 $ 74319 . 02 General Fund B 468 . 12 2662 . 88 Fire Protection District 21 . 20 - 0 - Federal Revenue Sharing - 0 - 3606 . 84 Highway Fund 56317 . 12 78321 . 62 NEW BUSINESS - August meeting to be held at Houtz Hall in Etna . 410 RESOLUTION # 93 REVENUE SHARING FUNDS Clw Graham offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption . RESOLVED , that the Town Board allocate- Transportation - Operation - $ 7500 - Equip Capital outlay - $ 30 , 000 - Total $ 37 , 500 . Culture - Rec . - Varna : - Equip - Capital outlay $ 3500 Etna - Equip Capital . outlay $ 4 ,. 000 Total $ 7500 . Home Community Services - Senior Citzen Center Equip - Capital outlay $ 5 , 000 Total - $ 5 , 000 Grand Total $ 50 , 000 . 2nd Clm Webb Roll call vote - all voting YES ' RESOLUTION # 94 GRANT SPECIAL PERMIT Cim Webb offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption . RESOLVED , that this Board grant a Special Permit to Roger Bennett and Robert Wing Sr with the following stipulations . 1 - Mon thru Fri 8 AM to 6 PM - Sat 8 AM to 12 Noon . 2 - Not open on Sun . 3 - Limit to customer cars only . 4 - No car shall be kept no longer than 30 days . 5 - Premises should be kept in an orderly fashion . 2nd Ciw Graham Carried Adjourned : 9 : 15 PM Town Clerk P I i ll. x-_ 96 PUBLIC HEARING HOUTZ HALL , ETNA , NY SPECIAL PERMIT TO OPERATE A RESTAURANT AND GIFT SHOP - Francois Carlo Boeres August 9 , 1977 Minutes of the following Public Hearing held by the Town Board of the Town of Dryden at Houtz Hall , Etna , NY on August 9 , 1977 commencing at 7 : 30 PM . Present: Supv McCord , Clw Graham , Clm Cotterill , Clw Tarr , Clm Webb , Atty Amdur and ZO Stewart . Supv McCord read the notice that was published in the newspaper stating the purpose of said hearing was to consider the application of a Special Permit for Mr Boeres to build a restaurant and gift shop on Rt 13 north o f Dryden between Rt 13 and the Old Dryden Rd . QUESTIONS AND / OR COMMENTS Mr Donald McKee showed the Town Board a blue print of the proposed ✓ estaurant and gift shop and museum . Mr Boeres runs L ' Auberge Alpine Restaurant in McGraw . The blue print legend 1 - = Restaurant and lounge 100 seats , front and rear porch , split level 2 - Snack Bar and Gift Shoppe 3 - Covered eating area 4 - Covered display area ; antiques and carriages 5 - Blacksmith Shop 6 - Existing barn , remodeled into museum for old farm implements 7 - Antiques , wood burning steam boiler 8 - Court yard with brick pavers , gat lights and well 9 - Existing farm shed . Clw Graham wanted to know who owned the property south of the proposed ✓ estaurant . ZO Stewart stated Armando Natale . Mr McKee stated that he thought that it would be more of a tourist ✓ estaurant with European Style . A main restaurant , the L - shaped would be w here people could get ice cream or hot dog . In the old existing barn w ould be a blacksmiths shop and display area . The property is 3 . 7 acres . Clw Graham stated this wasn ' t just a restaurant and gift shop as stated in the Public Hearing notice and permit applied for . Mr Schenck wanted to know the entrance and exit to the restaurant . Mr Julian stated he owns property in Dryden and Virgil and about 3 years ago he went to a Town Board meeting in Virgil . Mr Muncey , the Town Highway Supt . informed the property owners living on the old Dryden Rd that e ventually the road between Mr Schenck ' s house and Rt 13 would be abandoned because it would hot be feasible to repair . Clm Cotterill asked Highway Supt . Humphrey who maintained that portion of the road . Mr Humphrey stated that the Town of Dryden maintanied the road . Mr Julian said the reason the question came up was that the property owners were getting 2 different towns for snow removal service . Mr Muncey said they might as well get used to Virgil because the Town of Dryden was going to abandon that section of the road . Mr Julian wanted to know if this was true . Supv McCord stated as far as he knew it was not going to be abandoned . Mr Boeres stated that he had a nice clientel with no roughness , because he would not tolerate such a thing to happen . He stated that it would be like a Museum Village with a Blacksmith Shop , and Wagon Shed . The ✓ estaurant would serve from 75 to 95 people . Clw Graham wanted to know • if there would be a bar . Mr Boeres said there would be a service bar . He felt that the restaurant would be a compliment to the community . Mr Honan wanted to know if he would have musical type entertainment . Mr Boeres said no that he had not given it any thought at this time . He felt this type of musical entertainment is not very profitable in this type of restaurant . Mr Honan wanted to know the hours that his ✓ estaurant would be open . Mr Boeres stated from 11 : 00 AM to 11 : 00 PM Mr Schenck thought the Old Dryden Rd was very narrow and not well maintained . Clw Graham wanted to know how this would be advertised . Mr Boeres said only by word of mouth and no advertising at the moment . Mr Julian was very much concerned becaused there ,areihbout 30 children in this area and felt that there would be an increase in traffice to this ✓ estaurant . This is why the residents in the area have moved for the safety