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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1998-09-08PH 9 -8 -98 TOWN OF DRYDEN PUBLIC HEARING RE: TIME WARNER CABLE SEPTEMBER 8, 1998 Supv Schug opened the public hearing at 7:05 p.m. and explained that this hearing was being held to consider the franchise agreement with Time Warner Cable to provide cable television service to the Town of Dryden. Phil Smith, General Manager of Time Warner Cable, introduced himself. Supv Schug explained that the Town has not yet negotiated, accepted, rejected, or really discussed in detail any proposed franchise agreement. This meeting is to hear any concerns or comments from the public with regard to cable television. Maria Rice, Assistant Superintendent, Dryden Central Schools, speaking on behalf of the school district - Offered the support of the Board in reestablishing the cable franchise agreement with Time Warner Cable of Ithaca. Asked the Town Board to consider expanding the cable franchise arrangement to include public access channels for the Dryden area community. Feels the availability of public access channels can provide the community with a lot of opportunities, for example, broadcasting town and village meetings as well as hearings on special issues would be beneficial to everyone. Feels the school district would be able to broadcast their meetings and special events such as concerts, assemblies and athletic contests. They understand the equipment needed for the broadcasting would be available at 1p no charge once the franchise arrangement is agreed on by the Town and Time Warner and then is approved by the State of New York. They feel it is a wonderful opportunity for the adults in the community to work with the students and the faculty to collaborate on different video production projects, as well as the school district providing video clubs and credit - bearing courses at school. The District would be able to house the equipment and set up a broadcast studio and provide access to Town residents. (Distributed letter from Dr. Donald B. Trombley to Town Supervisor and Board members.) Cl Beck - Asked who would be providing the equipment. Maria Rice - It is the school's understanding that it is part of the arrangement and must be approved by the State. The school would have to also go into this with the understanding that this equipment would be at no expense to the School District as well as to the Town. Supv Schug - Advised the public that the Town has not had a formal agreement with Time Warner since 1991. Inquired if there were any comments or questions and there were none. He noted that this is a 10 year contract and asked if that was normal. Phil Smith - That is a standard franchise length and is the maximum term allowed in New York State, Cl C Hatfield - Asked Mr. Smith to give an overall view of the present situation. Phil Smith - Time Warner serves all of Tompkins County with the exception of Enfield and addition serve a small part of the Town of Covert and the Town and Village of Candor. Time Warner has approached the Town as well as a number of other municipalities following two plus years of discussion with the Tompkins County Intermunicipal Cable Commission with a document. They have proposed to the Town that perhaps there were some items that the Page 1 of 4 t PH 9 -8 -98 Town could benefit from, such as a public access station. Now, without having to wait for the formal process with the Intermunicipal Cable Commission and the City of Ithaca. They expect that process will take some length of time. The tentative document proposed to the Town includes "safe harbor language" meaning that if there are items in a later document with the Intermunicipal Cable Commission which the Town would like to have in its agreement, then Time Warner would include those items in the Town's franchise. Early discussions with the Town indicate a desire for separate access channels and /or separate educational access channels, in the Town. The Town seems to feel that things are different in this community than they are downtown and the franchise would allow us to move forward with that. This would not have been possible in the past, but the complete fiber optic upgrade of the delivery system in the County has made this possible. Individual channels can now be fed to different areas of the County. Something that may be negotiated in the franchise agreement is how far out into rural areas they will agree to build cable system. The current franchise (extended by the State Public Service Commission in 199 1) obligates Time Warner to build down to a density of 27 homes per mile. The minimum State standard is 35 homes per mile. In some franchises Time Warner has agreed to build to a lower density than 27 homes per mile, so there is an advantage to the Town to perhaps extend the service to a new franchise. Ten years might seem like a long time. Time Warner would like a franchise close to a ten year term so that they can recoup their investment. It costs them about $13,000 per mile to run aerial plant and $33,000 per mile to build underground plant. Shareholders like to see long term franchise. All of the items in the franchise, however, are negotiable. tow Franchises, by New York State Public Service Commission Regulations, are non- exclusive. The Town would not be precluded from having different franchises with different providers. There is a more competitive environment for entertainment providers now than there was 5 years ago. The satellite delivery business has gotten very competitive. Quality of service and customer service is important. Supv Schug - At the border, you will be able to provide different programming to the Town of Dryden than you do in Ithaca? Phil Smith - Yes. However, if you are going to have an access channel at the school, you would need to take into consideration that there are certain parts of the town that are in the Ithaca City School District. It is fairly simple to isolate that part of the town. Ithaca City School uses our current educational access channel along with Cornell University and Ithaca College. There is quite an active program in the Ithaca City School District. We have a lot of equipment at the high school and last year we started providing equipment to Boynton Middle School and there is an active program at that school. The High School produces a weekly program called Lake Street News and have also provided coverage of school board meetings and interviews. They are hoping to generate enough interest in their own student body this year to expand on the sports coverage this Fall. We have the equipment for them to do it. The students at Boynton have produced a series of five half -hour programs that they created themselves. (Channel 54) Mike Lane - Is the County's representative to the Intermunicipal Cable Television Commission which has been working for a number of years now to bring together municipalities across Tompkins County to bring together the weight of the number of subscribers of those municipalities so that there would be more leverage in negotiations with the cable operator, Time Warner. They are currently coming together in joint negotiations among the City of Ithaca and all of the other municipalities, Towns and Villages, with the exception of four. They would like to have Dryden join -in with the others and be part of the negotiations. He is well aware that the Town Board is concerned with public access programming. We need to keep in mind that access is a three channel operation. It is governmental, its educational, and its public. The operator has to make channels available for Page 2 of 4 PH 9 -8 -98 O public access. Public access is the one that causes the problems and results in so many complaints. Educational access would be used by the schools and governmental access used by the municipalities to do such things as broadcast meetings. Time Warner very much did not want to see us go into joint negotiations with the City of Ithaca and it certainly would very much like to be able to split up the municipalities. We think that there is strength in numbers. The issues that you are talking about, we have been talking about with Time Warner for a couple of years. Simply by changing the source of access does not guarantee that you are going to be able to eliminate the programming which you don't like to have. He has looked at this from every direction possible, and has had long discussions with Phil Smith. Phil would like to see that kind of programming eliminated too. He went to Court and testified when the District Attorney brought charges against one individual whose programming was declared by a jury not to be obscene. If there is one resident in Dryden who has an offensive tape and wants to play it, he is going to have the right to do that. The issue which we have to follow up on is how to get oversight which is representative of the entire County and not just of the City of Ithaca. Presented a time line to the Board for completion of negotiations. They expect to it to be completed in May 1999. They are meeting on September 16 at 7:30 p.m. and would like to have representatives from this Town Board present to express concerns to their group and become a part of that group. There are having subgroups on access, technical issues, and negotiating. There has been concern expressed that the City will dominate the negotiations. If that is the case, the rest of the County Cable Commission can walk. If the Town does not like the end result, you don't have to accept the franchise that comes out of these negotiations. This franchise will cover not only the access issues, but all the other things which are so important. The Cable Commission proposed a model franchise. Time Warner sent it back with 50% of it crossed out — issues like data communications, which they eliminated. They also crossed out what the Commission wanted for the INET, which is the system which would connect government buildings (police agencies, schools, courts). This is something the commission would like to have expanded. How you charge franchise fees is an issue. Is a franchise fee a tax, as it appears on the bill now? What other enterprise pays a fee for service, being able to have the ability to service people within a community, and then turns around and adds it to their bill to their customers as if it were a tax? At least one Federal Court has said that it is not a tax. It shouldn't be because that simply gives Time Warner the ability to add more on their bill. There should be more access locations and he agrees with that concept. We have a studio now at Tompkins Cortland Community College, but we don't have a connection for even basic cable. He hopes that is changing. Live programming (for example the Quiz Show that originates at TC3) has no way of being sent out other than by tape being carried to the Public Access Station in Ithaca. Trumansburg and Newfield Schools need to be considered. The Commission is trying to get benefits for all the schools. How much you can make the cable operator pay for equipment is limited. The cable operator can provide some very basic equipment. Beyond that you either have to charge the customers, as a surcharge on the bill, or the taxpayers have to foot the bill for that, either through their school taxes or town taxes. Part of the negotiations will be to negotiate for as much service as we can possibly get out of Time Warner. The issues of the ordinances for use of the Town roads is something that needs to be discussed. We may want to go from franchise fees to use of the Town roads - a rental fee for use of the public rights -of -way. It may also be beneficial rather than to have all of the requirements under the State Cable Regulations in the franchise agreement itself; they may recommend having cable ordinances which cover those so that if there are changes because of Page 3 of 4 PH 9 -8 -98 competition that the ordinances will affect all operators in the future. If for example the telephone company gets a better deal, Time Warner will have the right to have that better deal automatically, even though it is a cable company and not a telephone company. The kind of companies providing these services, whether it is data, video or audio, are merging and the telephone company is going to be doing this. The electric companies may be doing this as well as other kinds of communication companies. Competition may come, but we need to be careful that we are protected. A ten year franchise is a long time. In 1986 the Village of Dryden signed a ten year franchise with American Community Cablevision. Three months later the Cable Deregulation Act sailed through Congress and left them stuck with a franchise in the Village of Dryden for ten years with all of the obligations that the Village had, but no longer allowed the Village to regulate the rates. The rates went up. Urged the Town of Dryden to come along as part of the Intermunicipal cable franchises. He realizes access is important to the Town of Dryden and believes we can obtain good programmin�u. They will have this done by next Spring, and would like the Town of Dryden to be a part of it. Supv Schug - Inquired if there were any questions of Mr. Smith, or anything the public would the Board to look for or do in the negotiation. Any questions from the Board? Cl Grantham - Supports what Mike Lane has said. She thinks they have a lot of experience already down there and they have put a lot of thought into these issues. Martha Gold, The Ithaca Journal - Do you know at this point what the rates would be or would that be part of the negotiations? Phil Smith - Rates are not regulated by local municipalities anymore, based on the change in the Federal law that Mike referred to. Supv Schug - Inquired if there were any more questions and there were none. He thanked Phil Smith and the public for coming out. Mike Lane - Ben Curtis, who Chairs the Cable Commission, has said that he would glad to come out and speak about what the Cable Commission is doing and bring this Board up to speed on some of the areas that I have not touched on. Supv Schug - Thank you. Public hearing closed at 7:35 p.m. Page 4 of 4 TB 9 -8 -98 TOWN OF DRYDEN TOWN BOARD MEETING SEPTEMBER 8, 1998 Supv Schug opened the Town Board meeting at 8:00 p.m. Board members and guests participated in a moment of silence followed by the pledge of allegiance. Roll call by Town Clerk Bambi Hollenbeck proved the following in attendance: Cl Ron Beck, Cl Thomas Hatfield, Cl Charles Hatfield, Cl Deborah Grantham, Supv James Schug, Atty Mahlon R. Perkins. Supv Schug pointed out the fire exits in the event of emergency. The minutes of the meetings of July 7, July 14, and August 11, 1998, were discussed. Cl Beck felt that the wording of Special Condition #14 on page 26 of the July 14 meeting could be made clearer. After discussion, it was decided to change the wording as follows: "Vehicles and equipment may not back onto the site from Freese Road or off the site onto Freese Road." Upon motion of Cl T Hatfield, seconded Cl Grantham, and unanimously carried, the minutes of July 7, July 14 (as amended) and August 11, 1998, were approved. CITIZENS PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR Karl Heck, representing HUD - Dryden was successful in this round of HUD funding. The Town grant placed 54th out of 302. Dryden is getting $400,000 for rehabilitation of a minimum of 19 houses. They have 19 applications now and did 21 last time. There will probably be more. HUD needs two resolutions, one to accept the money and one to work with • them again, basically on the same terms. They will provide us with more applications. There is some money still available from the last grant. Cl Grantham - Asked Karl Heck to go over the criteria for who would be eligible. Karl Heck - replied that it is anyone in the Town of Dryden outside of the two villages who owns their own home and would qualify under low or moderate income guidelines for Tompkins County. For example, for a family of three the maximum is $33,850 presently. This usually changes in December and may be a little higher then. Their home must require some form of rehabilitation to bring their house up to standards. Supv Schug - Has seen some of the homes that have been fixed up. A lot of the work involves roofs, electrical and fixing basement walls. He feels that this is a worthwhile project and is money well spent. Karl Heck - Most of the work involves updating heating systems, electrical and other major items. Joe Kucher - Recently moved to 108 Besemer Hill Road. This road connects Snyder Hill down to Route 79 near the Livery. It is a very steep hill. There are no speed limit signs on this road. Many vehicles come very quickly over the crest of the hill and at the bottom of the hill there is a blind curve where many vehicles come quite fast. He has gathered signatures from every resident on the hill, except one who was not at a home. They are asking for a speed limit reduction and would like to see a speed limit of 35 -40 mph. There is quite a wildlife population in the area and you hear screeching tires quite frequently. Page 1 of 18 r TB 9 -8 -98 Supv Schug - Explained that we can pass a resolution, but the State is the only one who can set speed limits. We will forward our resolution to the County Highway Department, and if they agree, they will forward it on to the state. Joe Kucher - inquired how he could obtain a hidden driveway sign. Supv Schug directed him to call and talk with Randy Riker. RESOLUTION # 195 - REDUCE SPEED LIMIT BESEMER HILL ROAD Cl Grantham offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption: RESOLVED, that the Town of Dryden hereby requests that the speed limit on Besemer Hill Road in the Town of Dryden be reduced to 35 to 40 mph, and it is further RESOLVED, that the Town Clerk shall prepare the appropriate document and forward it with a copy of this resolution to the Tompkins County Highway Department for further action. 2nd Cl C Hatfield Roll Call Vote Cl Beck Yes Cl T Hatfield Yes Cl C Hatfield Yes Cl Grantham Yes Supv Schug inquired if there were any further comments on Cortland Memorial Hospital's parking plan for 129 North Street. There were none and the hearing was closed. Bette Minarski, 64 Crystal Drive - Spoke on behalf of the "Skateboard Committee ", a local group trying to establish a skateboard park in the Town of Dryden. They are looking for a location to build a skateboard park and were hoping the Town would have property available for that purpose. They would need an area approximately 120' by 140'. They are willing to work to raise money to build the park, but would like it to be on Town property because they feel the liability is less. There are grants available to municipalities for this purpose. There is a large number of youth in this community who are interested in skateboarding. The problem is that they have no place to do it. Local merchants chase them off their property because of liability and the police don't relate well with these kids. Animosity is being created that doesn't need to be there. These are good, bright, energetic kids and they need someplace to go. Supv Schug - Was impressed with the youngsters who were present at the skateboard meeting at the church. They were well manner and spoke intelligently, and he gives them a lot of credit for pursuing this. B Minarski - They have studied a lot about the liability and the liabilities are a lot less than some people originally believed. They have information regarding this that they will provide to the Town. She asked what information she could provide the town in order for them to make a decision. Supv Schug - The money is important. We've heard about other parks where costs have been more than originally projected. B Minarski - The cost is the least of it. They feel they can raise the money. What they need first is a location. If they know that the Town would offer a piece of land and be willing to take on the liability and understand the risks, they could become a more viable group. Page 2 of 18 TB 9 -8 -98 • Supv Schug - Asked for clarification on how much space they need. An acre is not a lot of space, but enclosing it is a concern. It needs to be controlled. B Minarski - Feels it would be like any other park in the Town. Suggests that you first start with a time frame when the park could be in use. If problems occurred it could then be fenced in. It could be a larger park to accommodate inline skates and bikes, or it could be smaller and limited to skateboard. Supv Schug - The town owns very little property around the town. We own a gravel pit and the property here. B Minarski - A piece of property here (at the Town Hall site) would be fine. Candace Akins, 420 Irish Settlement Road - The site chosen needs to be accessible to downtown. Law enforcement and business owners haven't wanted the kids to be around downtown, yet they are spending money when they are here. They are well- behaved and have a lot of positive energy. They were allowed for a short time to use the parking lot behind the Presbyterian Church until parishioners became concerned about liability. There were approximately 30 kids using that parking lot. They were well- behaved there and took care of their equipment and the site. When they were asked to leave, they did so without argument and have not been back. There is definitely a need for this kind of a park, and they have begun to collect signatures on petitions. Supv Schug - Inquired if they had been to Yaman Park and seen their facility and what was their opinion of it. A young man in audience replied that it needs a little work, but it is alright. isB Minarski They have had a lot of offers from people to help make ramps. They want to be sure that when they get equipment it will be durable and long lasting. She distributed literature to the board regarding getting a skate park going. It describes the liabilities, raising money, upkeep and talks about kids and creating places for them where we can embrace them instead of pushing them off. The school superintendent wants nothing to do with a skateboard park. There is not much more liability with this sport than football or soccer. A survey in this book indicates that the incident of injury on skateboards is less than most other sports. There are enough parents and interest that the money will get there. There is grant money available that we can tap into if we can tie up with a municipality. Cl Grantham - Inquired how many people would use the park if there was space and was informed there are 30 -40 for certain in the Dryden area. Probably people from Ithaca and Cortland would come, too. B Minarski - They have their own areas now, and there is no intent to draw others from out of town. There are younger children coming up who are interested. They feel it would get as much use as the playground. Children are the best resource we have and we need to make them feel that we care. As they become teenagers if they aren't on a school sports team, we begin to lose them. Supv Schug - If this didn't cost the Town anything, the Town Board would not have much of an argument against it. You need to understand that all of the property that we own in this area is within the Village limits, but they probably wouldn't care if we used the property ® in that way. We may need to have public hearings. Page 3 of 18 TB 9 -8 -98 B Minarski - If we can get some grant money and some funding going and come back and keep a dialog going with you, that would be the way to go? Cl Beck - The school issue is closed? B Minarski - Dr. Trombley said that there is no place for it and there is too much liability. Joe Kucher - Feels there may be a need for supervision at a skateboard park. B Minarski - Pointed out that there is no supervision at the school playground after hours or at our local park. One of the reasons for wanting the park near the Town Hall is because of the number of people nearby during the day and close proximity to downtown. Candace Akins - Supervised might be preferable but the alternative if they do nothing is that they keep getting harrassed by the village cop for being in the village. Supv Schug - If it is here, you are still in the village, and if people complain, it will be the same village cop. B Minarski - The noise level has been discussed and has apparently not been an issue. Skating is not a particularly noisy thing. Karen Pastorello, 45 Stevens Road - Her son is an avid skateboarder and she is an educator and has worked with kids in various age groups, especially 13 to 18 year olds, for over 20 years. Feels this is a unique group of kids because at the informal sites, both at the Dryden Presbyterian Church and in Ithaca, supervision was never a concern. They are so passionate about skateboarding, that there are no problems. From an educator's perspective we need to keep this in mind. As parents, we are supervising our kids. We know where they are most of the time, and if they change locations they call us. B Minarski - These kids know they have to be well behaved. They understand that in order for someone to give them an inch, they have to be ten times better than the kid playing the organized sport. When they used the space behind the church, they policed the area and kept is cleaned up. C Akins - Even though Cortland (and soon Ithaca) have parks, as parents they don't like the idea that these kids are getting in each others cars and driving to another community. They would like to keep them closer to home. Cl Grantham - Asked Atty Perkins what the difference in liability is for something like this as opposed to some other park. Atty Perkins - That is a question for the carrier. Underwriters assign rates for activities presumably depending on whether they are supervised or unsupervised, how large they are, what kinds of things they have there. The question needs to be asked of underwriters. Supv Schug - We have spoken with Bailey Insurance, who is the Town carrier. They are going take a look at it. There may be some regulations involved, such as they must wear a helmet or have someone on site to supervise. During the day we have the ambulance crew right here. The person monitoring the park would need access to a telephone to get help if needed. It would probably be difficult to find people to monitor it. We would need to find out if the kids would respect the closing time. •.:- U M TB 9 -8 -98 • Cl Grantham - Pointed out that it is certainly possible to raise the money to build something like this. Cl T Hatfield - You are dealing with what we call specialty risks and you need to understand that no matter what this Town Board may want to do or may choose not to do, the insurance carrier is going to dictate a lot of the terms for insurance. Without insurance it will be difficult for the Town to pledge the town's credit and put the taxpayers at risk. If you are willing to understand that those parameters have to be established, I think this can be accomplished. Whether it ends up on Town property or property that you buy, I think there can be some sort of municipal interaction and basis for grant money. We have demonstrated over time that we are very much in favor of keeping our youth at home if we can. Supv Schug - Asked them to put together where they would like to have it and how much blacktopped space is needed, what kind of hours would they like to see it open. We'd like to know if there will be someone available to supervise. Cl C Hatfield pointed out that there would need to be space for parking and an audience member stated there would not often be more than two cars. Most of the kids would probably walk or be dropped off. Cl Grantham - Would like to know more about how to make it multiple use, bikes and inline skating, for example, and would like a better estimate of how many kids would be using it. Audience member - The way the ramps are designed, most can be used by skateboards and inline skates, but a bike may require a larger ramp. C Akins - pointed out there are diagrams in the information distributed. B Minarksi - She will keep the board informed of their progress. Kathy Zahler, 637 Midline Road - She and her neighbors are requesting a speed limit reduction (to 45 mph) on that section of Midline Road between Irish Settlement Road and Ringwood Road (petition presented). There are a number of school age children in that area, bicyclists, pedestrians, at least one blind person and one deaf person. There is no posted speed limit and vehicles often travel 70 mph. It is a County road and she understands the process, but she hopes the Board will pass a resolution and get the process under motion. RESOLUTION #196 - REDUCE SPEED LIMIT ON MIDLINE ROAD RESOLVED, That the Town of Dryden hereby requests that the speed limit on Midline Road in the Town of Dryden be reduced to 45 mph, and it is further RESOLVED, that the Town Clerk shall prepare the appropriate document and forward it with a copy of this resolution to the Tompkins County Highway Department for further action. 2nd Cl T Hatfield Roll Call Vote Cl Beck Yes Cl T Hatfield Yes Cl C Hatfield Yes Cl Grantham Yes Supv Schug inquired if there were any further questions or comments on the Fitzgibbons matter. There were none and the hearing was closed at 8:40 p.m. Page 5 of 18 David Weinstein, 61 Freese Road - With respect to the Ottenschott matter, inquired if • there is a time limit for when he is supposed to start making the site look better or hiding it more from the outside. ZO Slater & Supv Schug advised him that he must make those improvements before he can use the property. Atty Perkins inquired if Mr. Ottenschott had been issued a permit and ZO Slater informed him that he had, but Mr. Ottenschott had not taken any action or removed any gravel. Ann Card, 33 Annee Lane - She sent in a petition regarding the RD Zone, Supv Schug - Informed her that the Board planned to do a resolution and set a public hearing later in the meeting. The hearing will probably be at the October board meeting. COUNTY BRIEFING Charlie Evans - The PSC is expected to approve the Tompkins and Tioga Counties' electric and gas alliance tomorrow. If that happens, the following day letters will be mailed to residential consumers who are eligible (low income, DSS, HEAP or Section 8 recipients, and senior citizens who receive tax abatement due to income). They anticipate open enrollment to begin on the 15th of September and there will be an 800 number hotline for that. There will be public meetings during that period of time. A second reminder will be mailed on October 1. By October 5 there will be draft RFP ready for review by NYSEG and the PSC. October 15 will be the close of enrollment. The RFP will be published November 1, bids received by November 30. The contract should be executed by December 28 and it is anticipated that power under this agreement will be available on the first meter reading after January 1, 1999. Not only are low income eligible, but so are all municipalities in Tompkins County. The County met last week with the Landlords Association of Tompkins County and anticipate the same schedule of bidding for natural gas. Any interested school districts or governmental agencies can also participate in this. With respect to the Government Operations Committee, they have completed a land use policy for the County, both for acquiring land and disposing of it. Expects the Board to act on this in the next month. Reminded the Board that the County has been holding some land at the request of the Town for about 3 years and the Town needs to make a decision on that pretty quickly because it will be tough for the County to hold it for another year. There will be public hearing at some point in the future regarding changing the County Charter to allow non - county residents to be appointed by the board to advisory committees. This comes about following an incident where they had a candidate for the soil and water conservation district recommended by the farm bureau. The gentleman has a farm in Tompkins County however his home is across the County line and he was rejected because of that. He would have been excellent candidate. Mr. Evans feels this is an appropriate thing to do, but states the county is open to other points of view. Mr. Evans attended a budget committee meeting today. The County Administrator's recommendation calls for a 7% tax increase. It will be a difficult process. From what he saw today, there won't be a lot of cuts until it gets to the County Board level. The process has been changed. Both the budget committee and the capital budget committee have been made �I committees of the whole, so all 15 board members will sit and hear the budget process. The TB 9 -8 -98 • proposal is that a budget passed by a committee will be presented to that board committee and then it is up to the County Board to reduce it if they wish. In the past it has gone through the budget committee and taken considerable paring before it arrived at the County Board. At the next meeting they will be hearing a number of reports from various committees appointed to look at the issue of the County library and the Woolworth building. If they do decide to move into the Woolworth building, they expect to acquire that at no cost to the County. The Park Foundation has agreed to pay for it and give it to the County for that purpose. Estimates are that will cost 6.4 million dollars to renovate that building into a library usable for 20 years and also be able to house the Finger Lakes Library Associate Group for at least 10 years. The budget estimate to renovate the present building is 6.7 million dollars for ten years and would require putting out the Finger Lakes Library group immediately. The estimate to renovate the current library for 20 years is 13.2 million dollars. There are no strings attached to the gift from the Park Foundation except that the building be used as a library. The decision will probably be made before the end of the month because the Park Foundation has to deal with this before the 15th of October if it is going to be done this year. The 6.4 million dollar figure is for renovation, tearing down the existing building and putting up a new one. The existing building is not structurally sufficient to accept a second floor. The report on the existing library building indicates that if the County does not want to keep the building, they would probably have to give it away. If it is renovated after it has been given away, it should put about 2.6 million back on the tax rolls. Michael Lane - Is not happy with the Administrator's recommendation-of a 7% tax rate increase. It is based mainly on maintenance of effort (building & labor contract negotiations, insurances, etc). He has attended two budget sessions so far and is "sharpening his knives". The public is invited to comment on September 23 from 7 -9:30 p.m. at the Boynton Middle • School Cafeteria. This is a helpful session for the county representatives. They will be discussing whether or not to cut the County sales tax on clothing and shoes permanently, whether they should spend 12 million dollars for a new radio system, 7 or 8 million dollars for the library and how to allocate funds to different programs. Supv Schug - When the County raised the sales tax by 1% a few years back, it was only going to be for a few years to get the County stable. Do I understand that we have now reapplied for another two years for this 1% and was there any consideration for dropping that 1 %. Mike Lane - The County has gotten into it so deeply that the problem of extricating from that 1% will be difficult. It produces over 5 million dollars in additional income for the County budget. To be able to drop that and go back to the 7% level we would need to cut the budget by 5 million dollars or raise taxes by 5 million dollars. It is pretty hard to do and there doesn't seem to be much enthusiasm at the County. We have surveyed businesses and the public and it seems that people would rather have it on the sales tax then they would on their real property tax. Supv Schug - Inquired if they had considered raising the sales tax to 10% and then sharing that increase with the Towns to reduce the amount of real property tax. Mike Lane - Thy County has rec�tf#y been lq�bying through the NYS Association of Counties to ask the State to replace lost sales tax revenues with state revenue sharing again. Counties used to share in state revenue sharing, but no longer receive that. Towns and Villages get a little, but no where near what they used to get. The program originally started in the early 1970 it was supposed to be tied to the increase in the state revenues, and if the State . had continued with its promise, you would not need any real property taxes in the Town of Dryden because it would all be coming as part of your state income tax. ZIMS TB 9 -8 -98 The forms for the basic STAR exemption have started to be mailed out to property owners who the County thinks will qualify. This month they are being mailed to property owners in Groton, Lansing, Ulysses and Newfield. They have already been sent to Caroline and Danby. In October they will go to the City, in November to Dryden, Ithaca and the mobile home parks. In December the renewal applications for the enhanced STAR program will be going out. The basic STAR program is for any property owners who qualify with a one to three family residence, as long as it is owner occupied. In the first year they will qualify for a $7,500 exemption against their assessment which will first show up on the 1999 School Tax bills. They are trying to schedule the dedication ceremony for the Dr. Crispell Dam on October 17. He received a copy of a report on what the possible reuse of the old library building would be. It was done by a group including Andy Sciarraba. It is interesting that they indicate that the building probably could not be sold for more than minimum value because of the cost of the renovation that would be necessary. COUNCIL PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR Supv Schug - Told Cl Grantham that he received the copy of the letter she wrote regarding the safety program. Inquired if anything was going to be done at the Dryden School, Cl Grantham - The school has said they are doing things there, but she has not heard from them. They said they had to do different things with different age groups and were going to do a session for parents so that parents would know what they are doing in the schools. She has been in touch with the Tompkins County Planning Federation about scheduling a workshop on SEQR procedures for Dryden and it probably will be open to the larger community as well. They are looking at October or November dates and Deb has requested that it be held in Dryden. The Board concurred with her suggestion. Janet Morgan - Asked what the dates were for the safety program and was told it is scheduled for three Monday evenings, October 19, 26 and November 21 ATTORNEY Atty Perkins - Concerning the lettuce farm, he had a conference call last month with them and explained the Town's position and a couple of ways they could comply with it or get NYSEG to comply with it and they are to get back to him. Supv Schug - Mahlon wrote a letter (dated August 12) regarding the adult entertainment questions that we had and asked the Board if they have any questions. Cl Grantham - Didn't believe Marshall Taylor's requests to expand the distances were addressed. He wanted the distance from homes to be the same as those from schools and churches. Atty Perkins - That is a legislative decision. We would have to do an analysis of how that would affect the amount of the area that is available. The zone already prohibits any new residential use. He will check on the distances and let us know at the next meeting. MMOMOMM • TB 9 -8 -98 • TOWN CLERK The records inventory under the SARA grant has begun. As we move along decisions will need to made regarding disposal of old records, maintenance of current records, whether to microfilm, and a records management program will need to be developed and adopted. We will have a Records Advisory Board, probably one representative from each department of the Town. SARA recommends that one member of the Town Board also be a member of the Records Advisory Board. Cl Grantham offered to serve on that Board. In the past attorneys have requested tax searches from the Clerk's Office and paid $1.00 per tax search. Since we now have a computer system which generates a duplicate receipt they are requesting those. We have no policy regarding a charge for these. Often times we fax them and sometimes it is to a long distance number. Only 8 tax searches have been done since January 1, 1998, In 1997 we collected $72 for tax searches and $62 in 1996. We have generated at least that many duplicate receipts so far this year. The Town Clerk will gather information and make a recommendation to the Board so that a policy can be adopted at the organizational meeting in January. With respect to the Yellow Barn Drainage District, Dave Putnam will get the final figures to the Board by September 30, 1998, so they will have an opportunity to review it and can then set a public hearing at the October board meeting. The bids for the repair work on manhole 17 will be due before the October meeting so that it can acted on at that time. Repairs can be made this fall, but restoration will have to • wait until spring. Supv Schug - inquired of Janet Morgan if the VCA had come to any agreement with Bell for placement of the planters and she informed him that they are working on it. He also asked her if they were ready to move ahead with their request for paving their parking lot, but hopefully will be ready by the October meeting. With respect to the Cortland Road Water District, Dave Putnam will try to have that report to us at east a week before the November meeting. Supv Schug would like to move ahead with this program. The Village is ready. Pinckney Road Water & Sewer - Dave Putnam requested authorization to move ahead with his map, plan and report. RESOLUTION # 197 - AUTHORIZE MAP, PLAN & REPORT FOR PINCKNEY ROAD WATER & SEWER DISTRICTS Cl T Hatfield offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption: RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby authorizes TG Miller Engineers & Surveyors to prepare a map, plan and report for the Pinckney Road Water District at a cost not to exceed the previously appropriated sum of $5,000.00, and it is further RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby authorized TG Miller Engineers & Surveyors to prepare a map, plan and report for the Pinckney Road Sewer District at a cost not to exceed the previously appropriated sum of $4,000.00. 2nd Cl C Hatfield Roll Call Vote Cl Beck Yes Cl T Hatfield Yes Cl C Hatfield Yes Cl Grantham Yes U • 6 D Putnam - The NYSEG tank is not moving as fast as he would have liked it. They've had some structural problems due to the overflow. They will bid it this year, but the work will not begin until Spring. Painting contractors are presently busy trying to get done for the end of the year and we would not get a good price for this year. With respect to the highway garage roof, the submittals are done. Atty Perkins had some questions on the insurance and that has gone back to them for revision. The materials have been ordered. Cl C Hatfield - Inquired what the Youth Corp had worked on this simmer and was told that they had worked on the Baker Hill Cemetery and built a playground in Varna at the Community Center. They were not able to do a survey of the cemetery. They also painted the benches on the Dryden Trail. ZONING OFFICER Board members have the Zoning Officers report. RMS Gravel finally has a mining permit, almost three years after they began the process. ZO Slater - Because of significant reimbursable expenses we now sometimes encounter, he has reviewed the standard 1 -13 -98 conditions of approval and has some proposed changes. Currently is says that no permit shall be issued until all fees are paid by the applicant and no certificate of occupancy shall be issued until all reimbursable costs are paid by the applicant. Many times we have a project that may involve Miller Engineering and ongoing items such as drainage work. He would like to change it so that we can protect ourselves throughout the entire project in all cases, rather than just those that may result in a certificate of occupancy. For instance, in a mitigation program there may be no such thing as a certificate of occupancy so we lose the ability to collect that money until we put it on the taxes 18 months later. He suggests that we amend that to read: "No permit shall issued until all fees incurred and current reimbursable expenses are paid by the applicant, and no certificates of occupancy, temporary certificates of occupancy or certificates of compliance shall be issued until all outstanding reimbursable expenses are paid -by the applicant." We could then collect those expenses that are ongoing throughout the mitigation portion of the project prior to signing off on completion. RESOLUTION # 198 - AMEND STANDARD BOILER PLATE CONDITIONS Cl Grantham offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption: RESOLVED, that the Town of Dryden Standard Conditions of Approval #9 is hereby amended to read as follows: "No permit shall issued until all fees incurred and current reimbursable expenses are paid by the applicant and no Certificate of Occupancy or Temporary Certificate of Occupancy or Certificates of Compliance shall be issued until all outstanding reimbursable expenses are paid by the applicant." 2nd Cl C Hatfield Roll Call Vote Cl Beck Yes Cl T Hatfield Yes M.Mv1 TB 9 -8 -98 Cl C Hatfield Yes • Cl D Grantham Yes I ZO Slater - Inquired if the reasonable reimbursable expenses of the Town Attorney could be recovered and was advised that they could not. ZO Slater - The Park Foundation is planning to give Cornell a park on either side of Forest Home Drive between the town line and the mobile home park. The problem he sees with the initial plans by Trowbridge & Wolf was that they wanted to put a walking path that would connect the parking lot to one of the crossover paths that would be within the town right of way due to the terrain restraints on the south side of Forest Home Drive. The Board reviewed the map provided and felt that it did not adequately define the town line and what they identified as NYS Route 392 was incorrect. Dimensions need to be clearly labeled. ZO Slater will request that they provide us with a more accurate map. Supv Schug - Inquired if we had done everything we needed to do for RMS Gravel and was advised that we had passed it on to DEC. ZO Slater - Their going under the road is our domain. Supv Schug - Asked ZO Slater to provide Cl Beck with a copy of the map. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS The contract for the roof replacement should be completed in a week or two. 40 HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT Randy Riker would like a survey of Snyder Hill Court and possibly change the area there. Atty Perkins asked that this matter be moved to executive session since it may involve the acquisition of property. The Board may want to take action after they reconvene. Hile School Road - The pipes are in and everyone is pleased that it was done in this manner. The contractor was experienced in working in water and Randy is glad that this was contracted out as opposed to the Town doing it themselves. We needed to be careful because of it being in the Owasco Watershed. We have some guard rails still to be installed. The 1996 Chevrolet pickup truck was sold for $14,500, which was the price we wanted for it. They have taken two pieces of equipment to the auction in Lansing, the sander and the rubber -tired roller. We didn't own the white truck, so we couldn't send that. J Schug has sent a letter to the owner asking him to retrieve it or allow us to junk it. We tried to move the tanker this morning and it started falling apart, so we may just cut it up and junk it. There is a problem with the paving that was-hired out to be done on Ellis Hollow Creek Road and Snyder Hill Road. Their equipment keeps breaking down and he feels that we're too far along in the year for this paving to be successful. We can make temporary repairs now and put off the paving to next year. They will honor the quoted price, and if the price goes down, we believe we can obtain a better price. R Riker will get something in writing from the contractor. This was done under state contract and so the contractor tries to fit us in between other customers which must be done this year. Board members have a copy of the Highway Department Inventory and. a copy is attached to the minutes. Page 11 of 18 TB 9 -8 -98 Supv Schug - We have a request from Jack Bush to go to a one -day seminar in November with Dianne and Teri regarding people interaction and accounting. RESOLUTION # 199 - AUTHORIZE JACK BUSH TO ATTEND SEMINAR Cl T Hatfield offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption: RESOLVED, that Jack Bush is hereby authorized to attend a seminar regarding people interaction and bookkeeping at a cost not to exceed $200.00. 2nd Cl C Hatfield Roll Call Vote Cl Beck Yes Cl T Hatfield Yes Cl C Hatfield Yes Cl Grantham Yes Supv Schug has met with Jack Miller to discuss the radio upgrade for our town. Our station is operating at less than 10% efficiency and there is no battery back up for it. We wanted to be sure that we were in tune with what they are doing at the County. Jack Miller said that even after their project is approved it could take three to five years. It is Randy's and Jim's feeling that the bid we have not to exceed $12,000 to upgrade the battery backup, repair the repeater and maintain the system we have will more than pay for itself. Jack informed us that it will not be necessary to go into their system immediately. Going into their system means all new radios for all of our equipment at a cost of $1,500 to $2,000 each. He would like us to send him a letter of support for his request for a county upgrade. Cl Beck asked how much it would cost to provide the Highway Department with cell phones and was advised that we currently use approximately 50 radios. We have them in equipment and some portables. There are still a lot of dead spots in the town if you are using cell phones. Our current system has been in place for 20 years and with no battery back up if we were hit with a big storm we may have no form of communication. The batter back up will provide an extra 3 days should the power go out. RESOLUTION #200 - UPGRADE RADIO SYSTEM Cl T Hatfield offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption: RESOLVED, that the Highway Department is authorized to expend a sum not to exceed $12,000 to upgrade its current radio communication system. 2nd Cl Beck Roll Call Vote Cl Beck Yes Cl T Hatfield Yes Cl C Hatfield Yes Cl Grantham Yes Supv Schug & R Riker were duly impressed with Jack Miller's explanation of his request to upgrade the County communication system and he offered to come here. He will be speaking at the TACOMA Meeting and you are all invited on September 29th. He has asked for a letter of support from the Town Board. The system would be used by all municipalities and schools within the county. Page 12 of 18 • TB 9 -8 -98 RESOLUTION #201 - SEND LETTER OF SUPPORT TO COUNTY FOR RADIO SYSTEM Cl Beck offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption: RESOLVED, that the Supervisor is authorized to forward a letter of support to Jack Miller in his efforts to obtain a new county -wide radio system. 2nd Cl T Hatfield Roll Call Vote Cl Beck Yes Cl T Hatfield Yes Cl C Hatfield Yes Cl Grantham Yes There is a request by Randy Riker to upgrade three employees to Machine Equipment Operators. One has worked for the Town for 25 years, one for 8 years and one for 7 years. Though the Board would like to do this, the Town Board can make no unilateral changes until the resolution of the pending administrative proceedings are settled. It would be an unfair labor practice. R Riker - Feels very strongly about this. These men were asked to do these duties by the Highway Superintendent and he should have upgraded them a long time ago. Cl Beck - Assured Randy that if it weren't for the labor law the Board would support him in this action completely and immediately. Jack Bush asked if there was some way around that and C1 Beck suggested that we check into it further and get an opinion from our attorney. DISCUSSION Supv Schug - Asked Atty Perkins if he had received anything further from the Varna Community Center with respect to their request for a moratorium on special permits in that area. Atty Perkins replied that he had sent the information to Ken FinMestein that he had requested and had not heard from him. What the Town Board needs in order to consider a temporary interference with private property rights is you must establish that the town is going to act in response to a dire necessity. No one has defined that dire necessity. You have to demonstrate that the action was reasonably calculated to alleviate the -condition. that you have identified and that the Town is taking steps to rectify the problem. We asked K Finklestein to expand on this and in support of that gave him copies of information to aid him in answering those questions or addressing those issues. We have heard nothing from him. Supv Schug - He understands that they wanted the moratorium through October or November in connection with their grant application. Dave Weinstein - They expect to have their revitalization plan done by mid November. Supv Schug - He noted that in driving through Varna some unsightly materials behind Barter Bob's and has been told that it is not Barter Bob's and asked Varna residents how they felt about that and asked who it belongs to. Page 13 of 18 TB 9 -8 -98 ZO Slater - It belongs to Geoff Potter who admits it and says that he is working at getting it cleaned up. Inquired if the Board would like him to cite Mr. Potter and /or Mr. Chen who owns the property. The Board will give Mr. Potter a chance to clean it up. Board members have copies of the Paramedics Report for August and the Judicial Report for August. Supv Schug - Has tried to the talk to the County about the celebration funds. He received notice from the Ellis Hollow Fair organization, and it is the only one that is really complete. He has written the letters as Mike Lane requested. Freeville Church sent one in, and their letter indicates that they are making so much money they are giving it away. These funds are to help cover the costs of celebrations. The idea of the celebration funds is to bring people together, not give them more money to give away. We wrote to the VFW and they indicated they would like to have money for the flags for the grave monuments. We always have that in the budget and we send it whenever they ask for it. Cl Grantham - Reminded the board that we could carry this money over to next year. Cl C Hatfield suggested they contact Brenda Carpenter about the Dairy Day Parade, Supv Schug - Ellis Hollow not only sent a nice letter, but also a breakdown of their entire budget. They are asking for $4,000. We have $2,000 to give away and they will receive some part of it. We still don't have the answers from Stu Stein regarding the Finger Lakes Microd Club and Sturgess Machine. The Board may have someone interested in being appointed to the Recreation Partnership Board. That person will contact Supv Schug for an application. Mike Allmendinger has not yet forwarded a formal resignation, however the Town does need to replace him. Cl T Hatfield has agreed to serve on the Intermunicipal Cable Commission. There are several people in the North Road /Anne Lane area who don't feel that they want to have mobile homes as an allowed use in the RD Zoning District. They would like it to be strictly site built and modular housing. This is basically the way we have operated in the past, but it is not clear in the Zoning Ordinance and needs to be clarified. Atty Perkins position is that if you prohibit it, which ZO Slater feels is the simplest thing to do, then it is not appeallable to the Zoning Board of Appeals. You can't appeal a prohibition. If you don't include it in the allowed uses, then it may be appealed for a use variance which is very difficult to substantiate and sustain. RESOLUTION #202 - APPROVE CORTLAND MEMORIAL HOSPITAL PARKING PLAN Cl Beck offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption: RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby approves the parking plan as submitted by Cortland Memorial Hospital for parking at 129 North Street, and the applicant will meet the criteria set forth by the town engineer with respect to water runoff, 2nd Cl T Hatfield Roll Call Vote Cl Beck Yes Cl T Hatfield Yes Cl C Hatfield Yes Cl Grantham Yes P SPR #98 -6 • • TB 9 -8 -98 The Board reviewed the application of Thomas Fitzgibbons and the short form EAF. When Mr. Fitzgibbons made his original application for his garage the possibility of doing this was discussed and he was told to come back to the board when he was ready. The property is in the MA Zone and Atty Perkins pointed out that the purpose of the MA Zone is protect businesses from residences, not the other way around. He is not doing any paving. His current driveway has a turnaround in it and he will use that space to park the vehicle for sale. The sign (a motor vehicle dealer license) will be posted on the garage. RESOLUTION #203 - SEQR NEGATIVE DECLARATION - FITZGIBBONS Cl T Hatfield offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption: RESOLVED, that this Town Board issue a negative declaration based on the SEQR review for Thomas Fitzgibbons' application. This is an unlisted action and the Town of Dryden is the lead agency in uncoordinated review. The supervisor is authorized to sign all necessary documents. 2nd Cl C Hatfield Roll Call Vote C1 Beck Yes C1 T Hatfield Yes Cl C Hatfield Yes Cl Grantham Yes SPR #98 -7 RESOLUTION #204 - APPROVE FITZGIBBONS SPECIAL PERMIT Cl T Hatfield offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption: RESOLVED, that this Town Board approve the special permit application of Thomas Fitzgibbons to sell one motor vehicle at a time at his residence at 1427 Dryden Road with the 1 -13 -98 Standard Conditions of Approval. 2nd Cl C Hatfield Roll Call Vote Cl Beck Yes Cl T Hatfield Yes Cl C Hatfield Yes Cl Grantham Yes Atty Perkins presented proposed language for amending the Zoning Ordinance and it was discussed. This amendment removes any reference to mobile homes except in the areas where they are allowed, consistent with Article 10 and mobile home ordinance. This will resolve any questions and interpretation about them being allowed in an RD Zone because they are allowed in an RC Zone. Page 15 of 18 TB 9 -8 -98 RESOLUTION #205 - INTRODUCE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO ZONING ORDINANCE REGARDING MOBILE HOMES Cl C Hatfield offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption: RESOLVED, That the Town of Dryden Zoning Ordinance is hereby amended as follows: 1. Subsection 8 of Section 751 is hereby repealed. 2. Subsection 12 of Section 801 is hereby repealed. A public hearing on said proposed amendment shall be held before the Town Board on October 13, 1998 at 7:30 p.m. prevailing time at the Town Hall, 65 East Main Street, Dryden, New York and the Town Clerk is directed to publish notice of such public hearing and post notice on the Town signboard in accordance with the provisions of law. 2nd Cl Grantham Roll Call Vote Cl Beck Yes Cl T Hatfield Yes Cl C Hatfield Yes Cl Grantham Yes Supv Schug explained that for a husband and wife to be insured with Blue Cross Blue Shield under our present plan, it is more costly ($30 -50 /year) for a family plan than if we issued each person their own policy. This would not, of course, apply to those who have children to be insured. The Board felt it would be a wise business move to insure our participants in this manner. The coverage offered the participants would be the same. The SPCA has sent notification that we need to renew their contract. They are asking for a 3% increase. Atty Perkins will prepare a new contract with the same level of services. The Editor of the Lansing newspaper. He would like to prepare Town maps for us, at no cost to the Town. He will give us about 3,000 copies and sell the ads which surround the map. It will not be an official Town map and he is asking us to provide some Town history for the map. It will be a 23 x 38 inch sheet, 50 lb paper, folded down to map size. He will show all the roads in the Town of Dryden. He is looking for a sense of how the Board feels about this. They have no problem with it. Vouchers were reviewed and Cl Grantham has spoken with the Association of Towns regarding the voucher submitted by Cl Hatfield for audit work done for the Town for the park grant. A Town Board member can contract with the Town for up to $750 per year total, but there has to be a public disclosure at a board meeting of what the contract is and for how much. Cl T Hatfield - I was asked by the Town to perform an audit at the request of the Department of Parks and Recreation. After I was asked, we went about the process of making sure they would accept this from a board member. Once that was agreeable I said I would do it for $500.00. I performed the audit services that you would expect a CPA perform and worked with Dianne McFall to get the audit done. It has been submitted to the State and as far as I know it has been accepted by the State. Page 16 of 18 TB 9 -8 -98 is RESOLUTION #206 - APPROVE ABSTRACT # 109 Cl Beck offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption: RESOLVED, that this Town Board approve Abstract 109, as audited, Vouchers #787 through #867, totalling $92,182.46. 2nd Cl C Hatfield Roll Call Vote Cl Beck Yes Cl T Hatfield Abstain Cl C Hatfield Yes Cl Grantham Yes RESOLUTION #207 - ACCEPTANCE OF U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT SMALL CITIES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT Cl Grantham offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption: WHEREAS, the Town of Dryden applied for and was awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) through its Small Cities Community Development Block Grant Program, and WHEREAS, the Town continues to desire this grant to provide monies for housing rehabilitation in the Town, now therefore be it RESOLVED, That the Town of Dryden hereby accepts HUD Grant B- 98 -DH -36 -0393 for $400,000 for housing rehabilitation of a minimum of 19 properties in the Town of Dryden, and RESOLVED, FURTHER, That the Town Supervisor is authorized to sign any documents required of HUD related to this grant. 2nd Cl C Hatfield Roll Call Vote Cl Beck Yes Cl T Hatfield Yes Cl C Hatfield Yes Cl Grantham Yes RESOLUTION #208 - AUTHORIZATION TO CONTRACT WITH TOMPKINS COUNTY FOR SMALL CITIES PROGRAM SERVICES Cl Grantham offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption: WHEREAS, the Town of Dryden was awarded $400,000 for housing rehabilitation in the Town of Dryden through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Small Cities Community Development Block Grant program, and WHEREAS, the Town of Dryden worked with Tompkins County on the implementation of its 1995 HUD Small Cities grant and wishes to do so again, and WHEREAS, the HUD Small Cities grant provides for funds for administration and program delivery, now therefore be it Page 17 of 18 TB 9 -8 -98 RESOLVED, that the Town of Dryden is authorized to contract with Tompkins County for an amount not to exceed $80,000 for program delivery and administration services related to the HUD Small Cities grant, and RESOLVED, further, that the Town Supervisor is authorized to sign any documents related to this contract. 2nd Cl T Hatfield Roll Call Vote Cl Beck Yes Cl T Hatfield Yes Cl C Hatfield Yes Cl Grantham Yes The board adjourned to executive session at 11:10 p.m. No further action was taken. Respectfully submitted, Bambi L. Hollenbeck Town Clerk RUN DATE O. —08 -1998 AT 13:42:47 PAGE 1 INVENTORY OF HIGHWAY MACHINERY, TOOLS AND EQUIPTMENT TOWN OF DRYDEN COUNTY OF TOMPK:INS DATE OF INVENTORY 09 -30 -1998 —__ —YEAR _ — _..______...__..�__ PURCHASE______ DESCRIPTION MANUFACTURED PRICE COND ID # 1 PICKUP TRUCK; TRUCK: W /SNOW EQUIP 1997 8 1/2' — $ #1 W /PLOW 2,775.00 OPT PICK 1998 UP #17 1996 $ 20,647400 $ 17,326°84 TRUCK: #20 1992 2 TRUCK TRUCK: $ #18 #3 1988 1 TON 819490.00 20 BULLDOZER GO — 421 1.990 1972 $ 16,498.00 $ 329698°00 GO GO 3 TRUCK; GRADER #4 — SNOW 1984 EQUIP $ 57,969.00 1985 GO $ 81,678.00 #23 — TRACTOR GO 4 TRUCK $ #5 — TANDEM GO 23 TRUCK: #24 W 1991 BOX,PLOW EQ 1993 $ 869705.00 $ 979645.00 GO s., TRUCK: 24 • SPREADER #6 — SNOW #24 TRUCK EQUIP $ 2,920900 1988 $ 79, 115.00 GO 6 TRUCK #7 W /FRINK ONE WAY PLO 1995 $ 119,614.00 7 TRUCK: #9 — DUMP W /VIKING 1991 $ 90,611.00 GO 8 TRUCK #10 — TANDEM W /SNOW E 1975 $ 43,985.00 GO 9 TRUCK #11 — 4 x 4 W /SNOW EQ 1989 $ 1005194.00 GO 10 TRUCK #12 — SINGLE AXLE W /SN 1989 $ 749590.00 GO 11 TRUCK; #13 DUMP 1 TON 4X4 1993 $ 209016<00 GO OWING #13A 1995 $ 8,549.00 13 `("RUCK #14 — DUMP W /SNOW 1979 $ 609827.24 GO 14 DUMP TRUCK #15 W /SNOWPLOW 1997 $ 299879.99 15 SWEEPER TRUCK; #16 W /SNOW EQUIP 1997 8 1/2' $ 96,829.00 $ 2,775.00 16 PICK UP #17 1996 PICKUP $ 17,326°84 TRUCK: #20 1992 17 TRUCK: $ #18 — SNOW & BODY 1988 $ 819490.00 20 BULLDOZER GO 1.8 SWEEPER #19 8 1/2' 1990 $ 2,775.00 GO 19 PICKUP TRUCK: #20 1992 $ 89092°47 GO 20 BULLDOZER — 421 1972 $ 329698°00 GO 21 GRADER #22 1984 $ 57,969.00 GO 22 TRUCK #23 — TRACTOR 1986 $ 60,994600 GO 23 TRUCK: #24 W /DUMP BOX,PLOW EQ 1993 $ 979645.00 24 • SPREADER #24 TRUCK 1994 $ 2,920900 1GCGK24R1W21367 1GBHC34K7LE19878 1GDT9E4J0FV50390 4V2JCBDF5M809322 1GDT9E4JXJV60101 4V5JCBJF6TR84525 BNM001090G �3C�i►.�"."1 2M2S141.C5K:C00108 1M2P197Y7KWO0581, 1GSHK:34 F3PE24493 C49EJ9V126858 1GBJK34FS05521.3 1HTGLAHTBVH44674 1871AF16Y8TS68900 4V2SCBCF3JU50145 9034T9 1GTDC14Z7NE54091 96J2788 27V7473 IGDT9F4R7GV53837 1M2AM08C4RMO0246 125- -OP103 RUN DATE 0'9 -08 -1998 AT 13:42:47 PAGE 2 INVENTORY OF HIGHWAY MACHINERY, TOOLS AND EQUIPTMENT TOWN OF DRYDEN COUNTY OF TOMPKINS DATE OF INVENTORY 09 -30 -1998 YEAR PURCHASE DESCRIPTION MANUFACTURED PRICE COND ID # ___________________________________ _____.__..__--- _____________. 25 LOADER $ 825554.00 #25 GO 1991 $ 1429123.00 26 LOADER GO #26 1982 $ 849293.00 27 TRUCK: $ #27 - W /SNOW 1997 EQUIP and 28 EXCAVATOR #28 1996 $ 995.00 29 BACKHOE 1995 #29 19425.00 1998 30 $ BUCKET #29A DITCHING 1994 $ 32,888.00 36 -INC 31 TRAILER 1991 #30 $ 299264930 GO 32 TRACTOR $ 2,950.00 #31 FA W /AC $ 4WD 33 TRAILER GO #32 1998 $ 15,527900 34 TRUCK $ #35 - DUMP TRUCK 1996 $ 35 3,450.00 TRAILER #36 - SEMI $ 9,875.00 *TRAILER 1994 #39 59290.00 DUMP 1997 37 $ CHIPPER 4,494.41 #40 - ORANGE $ 879480.00 38 TRACTOR 1978 #41 $ 33,200.00 GO 39 SNOWBLOWER $ 139497.35 #41A GO 1995 84 -INCH F 40 FLAIL MOWER 1997 #41B $ 4,444.00 41. SWEEPER $ #41C 6 FOOT FRONT M 42 AIR CONDITIONER #41D 43 ROLLER - #42 44 ROLLER #43 45 CHIPPER #44 46 SHOULDER MACHINE #45 47 SANDER #46 10 -FT W /GRIDS FO 48 SANDER #47 8 -FT STAINLESS ST • 1986 $ 825554.00 GO 1991 $ 1429123.00 GO 1982 $ 849293.00 GO 1995 $ 1669509.88 1997 $ 41,403.00 1996 $ 995.00 1995 $ 19425.00 1998 $ 269139.00 1994 $ 32,888.00 1991 $ 299264930 GO 1964 $ 2,950.00 FA 1991 $ 339518.00 GO 1998 $ 15,527900 1.994 $ 229815.00 1996 $ 3,450.00 :1997 $ 9,875.00 1994 $ 59290.00 1997 $ 4,494.41 1997 $ 879480.00 1978 $ 33,200.00 GO 1986 $ 139497.35 GO 1995 $ 39,120.00 1997 $ 4,444.00 1998 $ 39775.00 99YO4463 4YGO082.0 1GDT9E4J8CV58122 86438 31006983 SF04- 72N36C AC9FS121XS1431 1147747 1E9N2204RE111112 1GBM7H1J108894 900125 1H4003021MKO2390 012420 BD87885 21 -G -69 TGER -0529 945453 A21 181 502 100 A F H 126 5C1594V 2- 137874 20 --1.0 10 12 RUN DATE 0'9 -08 -1998 AT 13 INVENTORY 0 TOWN OF DRYDEN DATE OF INVENTOR DESCRIPTION :42:48 F HIGHWAY MA C0 Y 09 -30 -1998 MANU PAGE 3 CHINERY, TOOLS AND EQUIPTMENT UNTY OF TOMPKINS YEAR PURCHASE FACTURED PRICE COND ID # A9 SPREADER 4t48 MATERIAL 1986 $ 4,740900 GO 1255 50 SPREADER #49 MATERIAL 1989 $ 29248.443 51 SPREADER #50 - MATERIAL 1991 $ 294438.8© 0419 52 SANDER #51 13 -FT 1998 $ 59250.00 7965 53 SPREADER 052 - MATERIAL 1992 $ 29900900 8934 54 SPREADER 453 - MATERIAL 1994 $ 3,107.00 BMS 55 SPREADER 4t54 -- ELECTRIC FOR 1995 $ 3,000.490 56 SPREADER #55 - MATERIAL 1988 $ 49000.00 57 SPREADER #56 1995 $ 69062.00 101382 58 SPREADER #57 - 14FT FLASH SA 1984 $ 19200.60 FA 0428 59 SANDER #58 10 -FT 1998 $ 4,280900 9000 •SNOW WING #59 1977 $ 6,750.00 GO 61 TRACTOR #60 W /SIDE 72 -IN MOW 1997 $ 14,950.00 LVO955E200911 62 MOWER #60A 1997 $ 39338.85 E00350X985024 63 LAWN TRACTOR #61. 1995 $ 49605.00 M00125AO23200 64 CART #61A 1992 $ 400.00 65 TRUCK #62 PICKUP 1988 $ 8,974.00 GO 1B7HD14Y1JS75660 66 FORKLIFT #63 1997 $ 169338°00 A5878K -A 67 PICKUP TRUCK #64 1992 $ 89092.47 1GTDC14Z4NE54175 68 ROLLER 465 RUBBER TIRED 1967 $ 19000000 GC431023 69 SPREADER #96 - 13 FT W/O GRI 1991 $ 4,990.00 GO 125- AFHI3SS 70 MOWER #97 - SIDE MOUNT 1990 $ 119143.00 GO 71 SNO PLOW #98 ( USED) ONE WAY 0 $ 700.00 GO 72 • PLOW #98A ONE WAY 1993 $ 39795°00 B931248A RUN DATE 09 -08 -1998 AT 13:42:48 PAGE 4 INVENTORY OF HIGHWAY MACHINERY, TOOLS AND EQUIPTMENT TOWN OF DRYDEN COUNTY OF TOMPKINS DATE OF INVENTORY 09 -30 -1998 _ ------------------------------------------------------------------- YEAR PURCHASE DESCRIPTION MANUFACTURED PRICE COND ID # _................. _________--............................ ______............... _— 73 TWO MAY RADIO #01 COMMUNICAT 74 RADIO UNIT #02 — MAXTRAC 75 RADIO UNIT #03 76 RADIO #04 77 RADIO #05 78 RADIO #06 W /EXTERNAL SPEAKER 79 RADIO RADIO $ #10 #07 W W /EXTERNAL 88 SPEAKER 80 RADIO 83 RADIO — 16 #08 #11 (1988) W /EXTERNAL 81. RADIO — W /ANTENNA SPEAKER •RADIO #09 POST W /EXTERNAL #12 SPEAt;ER 82 RADIO RADIO $ #10 W /EXTERNAL 88 BAR RADIO SPEAKER 83 RADIO — 16 CHANNEL W /AN #11 W /EXTENSION W /EXTERNAL #19 — W /ANTENNA SPEAKER •RADIO POST #12 W /EXTERNAL CHAIN SPEAKER 85 RADIO W /33 - -INCH BAR #13 BASE $ STATION 14 —IN 86 RADIO #14 87 RADIO $ #15 — 16 CHANNEL W/A 88 BAR RADIO #16 — 16 CHANNEL W /AN 89 W /EXTENSION RADIO #19 — W /ANTENNA IN NEW 90 POST HOLE DIGGER 91 PUMP — 2 INCH TRASH 92 CHAIN $ 26,306.50 SAW W/33 —INCH GO BAR c.3 CHAIN SAW W /EXTENSION 1989 $ 452.00 GO 94 CHAIN 2741. SOW W /33 - -INCH BAR 95 CHAINSAW $ 482.50 14 —IN BAR _96 CHAIN SAW 16 —IN • 1977 $ 26,306.50 GO 1989 $ 452.00 GO 428FPA 2741. 1988 $ 482.50 GO 475FMS2447 1989 $ 659.50 GO 428FPU2207 1989 $ 659.50 GO 428FPU2208 1990 $ 416.00 GO 428HQL1192 1.990 $ 416400 GO 428HQL1193 1988 $ 482.50 428FPA2741, 1993 $ 916.00 428ATJ2235 1992 $ 394.00 428ASY4533 1993 $ 486.00 D43MJA77A3CK 1993 $ 486.00 428ASY4533 1994 $ 759.98 428AUED863 1994 $ 540.00 428TUW3581, 1996 $ 518.00 694 —A7678 1996 $ 518.00 694 —A7684 1997 $ 518.00 G94- 40009753 1980 $ 554.54 GO 00031 - 008939tH 1989 $ 937.50 GO HJ2770018 1995 $ 850000 33021 1995 $ 775.00 036591 1995 $ 850000 80EV006590TY 1997 $ 250.00 951045935 1998 $ 299.00 8140443 RUN DATE' 09 -08 -1998 AT 13:42:48 PAGE 5 INVENTORY OF HIGHWAY MACHINERY, TOOLS AND EQUIPTMENT TOWN OF DRYDEN COUNTY OF TOMPK:INS DATE OF INVENTORY 09 -30 -1998 YEAR PURCHASE DESCRIPTION MANUFACTURED PRICE COND ID # .............. ____._____.............. _...... _....... -................ -......... 97 CHAINSAW JACK 18 -INCH 1998 $ 329.95 8142762 98 CHAINSAW - 14 -IN JACK: 1998 $ 245.00 95750825 99 WELDER 22 PORTABLE -TON 1960 $ 749.50 FA 100 WELDER - ELECTRIC 1960 $ 319.20 GO 101 WELDER 1995 $ 2,322.00 KF792446 102 SIGNMAKER 103 BATTERY CHARGER 104 BATTERY CHARGER 1.05 LAWNMOWER - 21 INCH PUSH 106 PORTA POWER 107 JACK: - FLOOR,AIR 7 TON :•JACK HYDRAULIC, AIR, 20 TO 1.09 JACK: - HYDRAULIC, FLOOR, AIR 110 JACK - FLOOR, 20 TON 111 JACK: 20 TON 112 JACK - AIR /HYDRAULIC 113 JACK: HYDRAULIC 22 -TON 114 DRILL PRESS 115 DRILL PRESS 116 CHAIN FALL HOIST - MANUAL OP 117 VICE - BENCH 8 INCH 118 VISE - BENCH, 18 INCH 119 COMPRESSOR - AIR 120 COMPRESSOR - AIR • 1960 1982 1983 1986 1965 1961 1969 1969 1977 1997 1998 1998 1960 1983 1960 1960 1960 1979 1969 $ :y $ $ $ $ $ $ 575.00 GO 200900 GO A102037 225.00 GO HC12:31 275.00 GO 54035793 279.60 FA 123.60 GO 585.00 GO 585.00 GO 49.95 GO 639.00 835.00 835.00 199.50 FA LCN 93731 50 -- 013449 50013466 299.00 GO 089206 99.75 GO 59.85 FA 159.60 FA 1,551.00 GO 30T44119 350.00 FA RUN DATE' 09 -08 -1998 AT 13:42:48 PAGE 6 INVENTORY OF HIGHWAY MACHINERY, TOOLS AND EQUIPTMENT TOWN OF DRYDEN COUNTY OF TOMPKINS DATE OF INVENTORY 09 -30 -1998 YEAR PURCHASE DESCRIPTION MANUFACTURED PRICE COND ID # ........................ _...................... _............................. __ 121 COMPRESSOR - AIR 1995 $ 15272.00 771421 122 LEVEL - TRANSIT 1974 $ 283.50 GO 1,2.3 LEVEL - MINI -G TRANSIT 1985 $ 295,00 GO 1P -2373 124 PAINT - SPRAY WITH EQUIPMENT 1968 $ 273.00 FA 125 TOOL CHEST - MECHANICS WITH 1960 $ 39000.00 GO 126 TOOLS - SHOP MISC 1992 $ 2,000.00 127 TOOLS - SMALL., GREASE BAY 1996 $ 1,500.00 128 GRINDER - PORTABLE WITH ACCE 1978 $ 346.40 GO 129 GRINDER - BENCH 1984 $ 338.89 GO 18D -0127 130 HIGH PRESSURE WASHER 1989 $ 3,895900 GO H14936 1,31 SNOWBLOWER - USED 1976 $ 200.00 FA 10 TRIMMER - STRING 1988 $ 110.00 GO M0110GA117583 133 TRIMMER - STRING 1993 $ 394.51 M0030SX012464 134 GROUND POUNDER 1992 $ 1,550.00 GO 1,35 JUMPING JACK; TAMP 1997 $ 11900.00 2714384 136 DISTANCE MEASURER 1993 $ 444.79 16823 137 CAR CASSETTE TRUCK: #20 1994 $ 119.99 01216811 138 SAW - CIRCULAR 1996 $ 159.99 347236 1,39 ROAD SAW - 13HP 1997 $ 1,850.00 4496060 140 SAND BLASTER PUMP AND HELMET 1998 $ 1,015000 6094000355 &02288 ............ _________........ _..................... ___..................... DESCRIPTION ESTIMATED COST .__________________________________________.________ .._________________- ___________ 3 - 10 WHEELERS 300,000.00 I LOADER 240,000.00 TARPS,RADIOS ( 2) ,JACK,BACKHOE,COMPRF_SSOR,PAVER 919000.00 3/4 P/U 4X4 305000.00 TO AL 661,000900 WN SUPERINTENDENT • PLEASE PRINT Name M ; nai, 5 ce .i he r ,Yi -lcl 1(4 c4flcj TOWN OF DRYDEN Regular Town Board Meeting September 9, 1998 Address C .S Y 6ese;nar A // > 43 S ad x ft aaca V( 0/y, 1Q CC.V4 rv`c 2U1 )' /y610 ooyy- Fk V' /; a C30 � 13669 r1de'1 Cow%'er. W `- 1340106`