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TOWN OF DRYDEJV
TOWN BOARD 11 STING
February 30, 2005
upv Stephen TrumIyu11, Cl Stephen Stelick, Jr,, Cl Martin
Christofferson, Cl Christopher Michaels, CI Michael Hattery
F3ombi 1,, Hvlienbeck, Town Cleric
Jack Bush, Highway Superintendent
Other Town Staff` Mahlon R. Perkins, 'rown Attorney
lienry S1aix}r, Zoning Officer
Dave Putnam, TG Miller Engineers
Debbie Oros, Environmental Planner
upv Trumbull opc;ned the meeting at 7:05 p_m, and led board rrnembers and guests in
c.he pledge of allegianoi�._ He introduced Kirnbr .Lrly Oazzo who has agroed to accept the position
of Town H i %I:c)T--i an Ms Oszzo Raid she was born and raised in Los Angeles, term to college
oijt Ode of FCansas City, and library school of UCLA. She spent five years in Vermont• as a law
librarian before moving to this aroma_ Her primary motivatiork for moving hero was the quality of
life thail Dryden area offers, and the universitic in t 1 .e aswYa. She currently works at the
Hi %tory Center in Tompkins County and hau two children in Dryden schools_ She has spent
some time with Harry Weldon, bas been working on the website for Che History House end has
spent a few hours with Lawrence Beach.
RESOLUTION #47 - APPOINT TOWN HISTORIAN
Cl Christofferson offered the fallowing resolution and asked for its adoption;
RESOLVED, that this 'Yown Board herf.;b. y appoints Kimberly Gazzo a Town I•listori;�n,
21115 C1 Christofferson
Roll Fall dote
C1
Stelick
Yes
O1
Chri %tofferson
Yes
upv Trumbull
Yes
Cl
Michaels
Yes
Cl
Hattery
Yes
PUBLIC HEARING
SITE PLAN REVIEW APPLICATION OF JC LEASING
upv Trumbull o pen (id the public hearing a1: 7;07 p.m_ ..end Town Clerk read the legal
notice published in The Ithacu. Jou mat. 4JC Leasing would like to lease a }portion of their
facility to DLH +express, a courier service, for the purpose of general dispatch office. John
Burress, owner ofJC leasing, received site plan approval to corngtruct the building in 1.993 but:
that approval die[ not contain the ability for him to lease portions of the building to other
oecu rats. They are asking pertnis %ion to lease this 9,000 sq ft building to a courier service.
ZO dater said there iS SuMcien11 on -site parking. County Planniag has no interest: in the
project un&r §209 1 & m and i% exempt tinder SEQ R. ZO Slater suggested that the recent
Standard conditions of approval be attached, which would allow the applicant to as %ign these
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types of activities to second parties- f•[e said this is an administrative action as long as the site
has the capacity to handle the business., and he believes it does,
There were rro cornmerLts or questions, a-n.d the hearing was left open at 7:11 p.m,
PUBLIC HF MUNCY
SPECL4L PERMIT APPLICATION OF NICHOLAS B]ELLISARIO
TO CONSTRUCT & OPERATE .A SELF STORAGE FACILITY
AT 15 OAK BROOK DRIVE (continued from 5- 13 -04)
�9upv'T'rumbull opened the public hearing at 7112 p -m- and Tuwn Clerk read the legal
notice published in The Ithaca. tJourrkol- ApplWant is requesting a special permit to construct:
and operate n sell = storage facility consisting of four 20' x 120' pre - engineered structures at 15
Oakbrook Drive. ZO Slater said at the: flay .13, 2004 hearing #h ere was considerable
discussion regarding sturmwa.l.c&r management and erosion control, and asked the applicant to
provide an approved storm ester management and ero5i an control plan, construction drawings
of the proposed buildings, and to take into consideration screening needs relative to the
lBoutras property- Applicant has had a stormwater prevention plan prepared that, hes been
reviewed by the Town's Environmental Planner and Engineer- onstruction drawings and
photos of the proposed buildings have been provided, as well as some screening options. ZO
Slater said it is unclear' from the screening plan where the printings will be and what the
length of the plantings or fence would be. Tom pkiras County Planning has previously reported
that the Town is Free to act.
N Bellis,irio displayed photos of potential plantings or fencing for screening and wild
there is already somewhat of a rnatural Buffer near the Boctrus residence. Cl Hattc'ry asked if a
fence could be installed without broadening the Footprint of the drive -pway and the applicant said
that it could. 'i`hc board discussed with the applicant the location of the drivcway and
buildings with respect in the Boutros properi_y-
Dave Putnam explained the storin ater management plan a.,;; presented and where the
water would flow through the property-
Cl Hattery asked about what appears on the map to be a proposed addition to the
building and whis;h was not a parl' of the original application. Applicant said he asl{rd the
engineers to include that ror purposes of possible future expansion to insure the plan would
handle the flow. D Putnam noted that you are supposed to plan for bLJiId -out of the Site when
a plan such as this is made,
Cl I -1attery asked if the plan was still Ftar a daylight only facility with no need for lighting
and applicant said that. was Still they case.
Supv Trumbull ask<A if anyone wat5 present who wished to comment an the JC Leasing
application. There W(Lr no coiiitncnts and the hearing was closed at 7:30 p -rn. and Atty
Perkins was asked to determine whether a S rQR determiriation was nrcessary on thP, JO
Lcasing applicadon while the Bellisario hearing continued.
Virginia Test was pre setnt ass attorney for Susaln Boutrvs, She said she has nwiewed the
original proposal, meeting minutes and t:he history of the file as well as new proposal
dncLurneiit, and is requesting that the public hearing be continued and decision reserved until
the DEC has had a chance to review the application and rorninerit. This would also give
adjacent. property. owners time to review it: and consult with a personal engineer, as her client
would like to do, in order to fully understand the document. She said the Boutros' house is 15
feet' from the biaundary line and very much downhill of the subject property.
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Cl
Michaels
asked
if the Boutros had a.
pre:ferrnce for fencing or trees for the screening -
S Boutros
said she
wc,uld
like the (}pportunit }�
to leek at opiiotts-
i SL'e~ lick asked why the DEC would be involved, and Debbie Gross staid the DEC
doesn't typically mvie w 11h plans. and usually just wants submission of a notice of intent, but
in this case DEC saw the site, reviewed the plans and had some concenis, so they asked to see
any future plans. D Putnam Saki thi:J Was dc-,NignC(J iri aCCOrdanCC with 1) 1� esign
standards and they require a five day notification before work is started. V Tesse said she
understands that, buI: t.hr: adjacent owners should have 6wv to n�vicw the p1jirt, ark that
because DEC requested a look at the final plans, they would like time to do that. D Putnam
said the reason the DEC was involved at all initially was brx:nuse the fir;;t plan was
substandard and they needed some ammunition to take back to the original designer, and that
if the current plan had been submitted first, the DEC ,would never have rnade a site visit.
1 Michatl% said he understands that a lot of work had been done befor(-: the current
owners bought the site, and wondered if the impact of construction and stor•mwater
management plan is being measured from the proper tim(.:. l) Gross said her understanding of
the DEC reglations i
u s that the: mquim.ment is to go back to when the current owner started
working with the site and if the Town wanted something more stringent there Tvauld have to bC
arl ordinance.
BOutrus said it looked to her likC
Tewse said
Mrs
Boutros would like: to speak
if the
hearing is going
to be closed
tonight.
Cl Hattery
said
the board would like to hear
from
anyone who has
a cornment-
BOutrus said it looked to her likC
what was being presented
today was different than
what was presented in Ma y.
She said the
1900 sgkiare foot addition
was new and she wanted
to be clt a that if approval is
given today,
that lie would in fact: hive
to come back for approval
Cor that addition and the board
con fu-med
that was the case,
Boutros is concornc,•d about the number of trees that may be reinc)vvd acid said that
the snap in the report is represented as the existing conditions, while .it is dated 2002, and the
overall report is elated January 2€3, 2005, She said the k)wer photo is snore representative of
the vegetation. It is a si:eep site ajid removing rrteyre vegetation reprotients a significant charge
in the rate of runo #f. She pointed out where trees were: {lying off an the site, and the visual
buffer bO:ween the properties was decreasing - She said the area is mixes] between reside-ntial
and Commercial and she_ would like to see a reasonable balance, and would like to able to enjoy
some privacy in the back of her property. She is also (.9unceri3ed about eroKiwi, the ainoun1: of
runoFf of water and her art CSian well. She sugguc3ted that Bel liqurio make solve arrangement
for access through The Antlers property. She said that: Mr Bellisario hns been removing i_mes
on his property that previou%ly provided a buflar-
CI C:hrixtofferson asked S Boutros what: she would like I:o see for buffering and she said
she would like to have i'm.es and a 6' wooden fence so that she would have more securi ty, and
demonstrated on the nicap foi• hirn where she would like the fence placed. N Bellisario said he
didri't feel both were necessary, and them were no windows a)ri the end of the house that faced
the driveway. N Bellisario said he planned to have a e;ha.in link fence around the buildings with
a gate.
Boutros said she ix concerned about the pond and lnosqui1:os since it appears there
will be standing water. She said she has quest: 0T1,q about the: hours of operation of the
business and vwas told it would not be IighI -ed. She said there is already light that: shines on
her property- Cl Hattety said this is a day -use facility and there will be no lighting, and 1t has
not been restrii,1;ed beyond da}Iight- the said she would like iI, to be lirnil:ed to 7:00 p -m. so
L5he has pri vacy in hear hack yard- Increased i'mffic is also a cuncern, as ue]1 as noise. S
Boutros said theme is mention of art oil filte }r in the retesnF.ion pond and she Wondered if it is
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® anticipated there; will be pollution of the pond with oil, pesticides or fertilizer, and what would
happen if the pond failed. She :asked if there would be additional fill placed for the addition
shown in the plan. She is concerned that the engineering firm had the correct grading map
and whether the contour lines were correct. Mr Bellisario said the map and contours were as
of October 2004,
V Tesi said the most recent photos in the plan are June 2004 and Mr Bellisario has
done additional regrading and clear cutting of the vegetation, and that would affect the
environmental review.
Mr Bellisario would have to come before the board for approval of any addition to the
building.
Nancy
Connelly asked
if Mr
Bellisario was going to keep the green or brown color of the
buildings and
he said he was.
She
said she approves of the current design.
Cl Hattecy asked whether the stormwater management plan was supposed to have
anything with respect to impacts on existing Lie -es, such as runoff and loss of soil. D Putnam
said runoff would all be directed to a pond and funneled through a control outlet. 'there will be
no runoff directed to trees unless they happen to be in the area between what: exists and what
is proposed_
The public; hearing was closed at 8:05 p.m.
V Tesi asked if it was possible for them to submit documentation before the beard
makes a decision some time in the next few= weeks and whether the board would consider that
additional documentation. C1 Christofferson said the board may make a decision in the next
few minutes, but if they did not, they would accept additional documentation.
The board moved into regular session and Att., Perkins advised them a SEQR
declaration was not necessary because there are no changes to the site in the JC Leasing
application. ZO Slater recommended the tx)ard continue the 1997 conditions.
RESOLUTION #48 - APPROVE JC LEASING SITE PLAN
Cl Michaels offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
RESOLVP.D, that: this Town Board has reviewed the application of JC Leasing for
approval to lease a portion of their facilities to DFIL, a courier service, and determined that it is
a Type 11 action, exempt from SEQR, and approval is granted, subject to the current Standard
of Conditions (7- 2000), and the continuation of the 1997 conditions of approval, as follows:
1. Construction of the access to Abbott Road to be built within 1 year (August: 1.998).
When Abbott Road access is built; sign shall be removed which directs traffic to Route 13 and
no exit sign on Lower Creek Road except for local delivery installed.
2. Approval of drainage plan by town engineer.
3. Sign installed for drivers.
4, No more lighting installed or signs advertising.
S. Easement for Monkey Run water and server district.
6. If there is any problem with outside lighting this will have to be mitigated.
23Irl Cl Christofferson
Roll Call Vote;
Cl Stelick Yes
CI Christofferson Yes
Supv Trumbull Yes
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® Cl Michaels Yes
Cl Hattery Yes
The board reviewed the SEQR form in connection with the application of Nicholas
Bellisario.
RESOLUTION #49 - NEG SEQR DEC - NICHOLAS BELLISARIO
Cl Christofferson offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
WHEREAS,
A. The proposed action involves consideration of the application of Nicholas
Bellisario d /b /a Pro Law, to construct quid operate a sell= storage facility consisting of four 20' x
120' pre - engineered structures at 15 Oakbrook Drive.
B. The proposed action is an Unlisted Action for which the Town Board of the Town
of Dryden is the lead agency for the purposes of uncoordinated environmental review in
connection with approval by the Town.
C. The Town Board of the Town of Dryden, in performing the lead agency function
for its independent and uncoordinated environmental review in accordance with Article 8 of the
New York State Environmental Conservation I.aw - the State Environmental Quality Review Act;
"(SEQR), (i) thoroughly reviewed the Short Environmental Assessment Form (the `Short EAF "),
Part I, and any and all other documents prepared and submitt:rd with respect to this proposed
action and its environmental review, (ii) thoroughly analyzed the potential relevant areas of
environmental concern to determine if the proposed action may have a significant: adverse
impact on the environment, including the criteria identified in 6 NYCRR §617.7(c), and (iii)
completed the Short: EAF, Part 11;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS:
1. The `foam Board of the Town of Dryden, based upon (i) its thorough review of the
Short EAF, Part 1, and any and all other documents prepared and submitted with respect to
this proposed action and its environmental review, (ii) its thorough review of the potential
relevant areas of environmental concern to determine if the proposed action may have, a
significant adverse impact on the environment, including the criteria identified in 6 NYCRR
§617.7(c), and (iii) its completion of the Short EAR, Part 11, including the findings noted thereon
(which findings are incorporated herein as if set forth at length), hereby makes a negative
determination of environmental significance ( "Negative Declaration") in accordance with SEQR
for the above referenced proposed action, and determines that neither a full Environmental
Assessment Form, nor an Environmental impact Statement will be required, and
2. The Responsible Officer of the Town Board of the Town of Dryden is hereby
authorized and directed to complete and sign as required the determination of significance,
confirming the foregoing Negative Declaration, which fully completed and signed Short EAR and
determination of significance shall be incorporated by reference in this Resolution.
2,,a Supv Trumbull
Roll Call Vote
Cl Stelick Yes
Cl Christofferson Yes
Supv 'Trumbull Yes
Cl Michaels Yes
CI Hattery Yes
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Cl Michaels said he had some concerns about the Bellisario approval. He said he
believed a substantial amount of the property owned by the applicant was being modified and
the mitigation plan contemplates an addition, and it is not clear whether that will be
constructed now or at some time in the future, but it seems the entire site is being modified.
Clearly a lot of fill has been added and clearly a lot of demolition work has been done in terms
of trees. He said he does not feel the board has been presented with a mitigation plan for the
entire site. He is also concerned about how much of the work was started before the
application was made and has continued thereafter. The work done was represented as not
being part of the property that the approval was sought for, and he doesn't necessarily agree
with that. He said he does not know what the plans are for the entire site and is not confident
the board is seeing a mitigation plan that reflects the entire site. Under those conditions he
feels the request to delay the approval is reasonable, and at: this point Ile is not inclined to
approve the permit on the sole issue that it is part of the entire plan for the whole project.
With certain conditions he would be amenable to approving a plan for the entire project and
thinks that some of the issues can be mitigated, but he doesn't feel they are seeing the plan for
the whole site.
D
Putnam said the stormwater plan
addresses the. whole site, but. the other part of the
proposal specifically addresses the
storage
buildings. The stormwater law states you are not
supposed
to segment the plan, but
look into the future and plan for that. What the applicant
is saying
in the application is that the only
other real plan for the site is an addition to the
back side
of the shop on trop of the
hill and
that has been addressed.
Cl Michaels said he thinks there is a resolution to the issues with the neighbors to the
extent that the board can impose, but. he still feels they are not seeing the plan for the whole
site.
D Gross said the original proposal that. came in May was just for the smaller site, and
the disturbance based on that proposal was likely to be less than an acre, which meant that a
DEC style stormwater plan wasn't required, but: it was on seeing the amount of disturbance
that is going on on the full site that triggered some concern. As a result of that, the applicant
has been cooperative working with two engineers to get a stormwater plan done, and that
stormwater plan has considered the full site, all of the conditions before the applicant started
and all of the conditions now. She pointed out that the steep slope must be re- vegetated as
part of the plan. She asked the applicant if the reason for the original re- grading was to
expand the area on top for additional parking, he said it was. She asked if there were
intentions to continue that and applicant said there were riot and it had been 80 %, re-
vegetated. D Gross said she thinks that the plan does look at the full site. She suggested
when the Town considers a stormwater ordinance in the future there could be a stipulation
saying that: existing vegetation shall be maintained to the extent possible, but: there is not one
in place now.
Cl Michaels said he thinks there are a lot of conditions that would have been put on
this development and site, not the least: of which being that existing vegetation Should not be
disturbed as part of the stormwater management: plan. The work was done prior to coming to
the board and he is uncomfortable; with that:, and would not be troubled by delaying approval
of the application. Cl Christofferson said he didn't. know what else the board could get with a
delay that. would help him, that studies have been done, and they are close to getting terms
amenable to each party. This is the second opportunih.r to present information and he is in
favor of moving forward. Cl Michaels said he has visited the site and he does not think it is
® unreasonable to do both the wooden fence and trees.
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RESOLUTION #50 - APPROVE BELLISARIO SPECIAL PERMIT
Cl Christofferson offered the following resolution and asked for its adop6()r1:
RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby approve% the special permit; application of
Nii�.ht)las } ellisario d jbf a Pro Law, to construct and operate a self- storage facility con %iNting or
four 2 0' x 120' pre - engineered sttwtctures at 15 Oak Brook Drive, subject to the following
conditions=
1_ tandarc] Conditions of Approvals (7- 2000);
2_ To be operated as a daylight only facility with no outside lighting',
3. Applicant will con si:ruet a 6' wooden fence and plant and main Win (rues (6' at
planting and l ' : l matunty) betWeeD applicant's prnperty and property of Su San Boutros
aIong the drive} {gay extending the lengi'h cif the property to the chain link fence %orrounding
applicant's facility. The screening plan {prepared by a landscape dc:�igner) must be approved
by the Town Bourd-
4, Applicant will maintain eAsting vegetation to th(t extent possible.
2«i' Supv Trurn bull
Roll Call Vote Cl Stelick Ye6N
CJ Christofferson Yes
Supv Trumbull Yes
Cl Micharpli No
Cl Hattery Yep
Cl Michaels said if the board now had the thing% it is }waiting on, hc_ probably would
40 have voted yes.
CITIZENS PRIVILEGE
Norie.
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT & DPW
Jack Binh disphayed drawings prepared by Trowbridge & Walt` of changes he would like
to see around the town hall and highway building,. These include increased plantings of trccs
and re- arrangement of parking spaces_ Parking in front: of the town hall building would be
eliminated and a grass, area would be installed, as well as in front of the highway department
bullding_ They have previously planted trees, in the area between the town buildings and
Empire Livestock buildings, They hope to eve nt :ually have a salt storage buIIding, but have
been holding off on that' until they arc pure of where the town hall is going. Once: that is
deterrnined they will move forward with their pljcms,
COUNTY BRIEFING
Mike Large said the County Board meets twice a month and ut each meeting there is
timeI set aside for any municipal o €fciaJ who wants to address the legislature regarding relcw�nt
issues and invited the board to talcs advantage of that,
Northwest Airlines will now bc: flying oui: of the Torn ins Regional Airport and tickets
are now on sale for flights beginning in May_ There wilt be two flight, in lbounc] and outbound
every clay to the hub at Detroie which will provide western connections inchiding to the Pacific
rim out oI' Ithaca, which has been lacking for some time. Tompkins County was able to get
them tip come i:o this airport by giving them sorrke benefits and guarantees in the first year-
The y have developed a public - private part nrrLNMip with bu sines se ,the our1ty, and Cornell
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is University to guarantee them approximately $270,000 the first year. The County believes there
will be enough business recaptured to cover that. Cornell University has agreed to insure that
it: directs over half a million dollars worth of its air traffic for various things through Northwest.
Any other airline that wanted to do the same things on the sane terms would be able to do
that. They don't think it is competing with US Airways and their contract is up for renewal
next year. To day, the County has not had to put forth much which could be deemed a subsidy
from the local taxpayers. He said about 61% of the air traffic that could be flying out of Ithaca
goes to Syracuse, Binghamton or Elmira, but expect to be able to recapture some of that as the
prices have come down substantially and are very competitive.
The Government. Operations Committee will be looking at some of the tax exemptions
are available including veterans exemptions, senior exemptions, exemptions for disabled, etc.
They will be sending letters to the Towns about: the maximums they can institute should they
wish to do so.
M Lane said he chaired a meeting ,ruesday night for the property owners in the sewer
district north of the Village, and thanked Supv Trumbull and Cl Stelick for attending along
with Mayor Taylor of the Village for being available to answer questions. This was not an
official meeting, and was done to try and take a look at the issue of whether or not annexation
should be proceeding piece -meal or whether it should be done as a district. Letters went out to
35 property owners in the area and about 20 attending the meeting. It was a good airing of
issues about the problems with the sewer plant in the Village, the need for water extensions,
the past annexation of the DOT parcel, the proposed annexation of the Dryden Mutual parcel,
services provided in the Village, tax rates, costs and potential costs for the construction of
waater or sewer lines in the area. He said nothing was resolved at the meeting, and property
owners were encouraged to contact: their attorneys, the Town or Village, or M Lane to see what
the next step would be.
He noted the agenda included discussion of a county tax collection proposal and said
there is no county tax collection proposal. Supv Trumbull asked if the County saw a problem
with the existing method of tax collection. M Dane said this comes from the committee that: has
been working to ascertain cost savings to county/town residents. They have also looked at
highways, police protection, courts, co- insurance, etc. One of the issues that came up from
discussion was the process for tax collection that we have at the present time and whether or
not: there is a less expensive way to do that. That issue was refered to the County Government
Operations Committee to simply gather information. In December he sent a letter to the
Supervisor requesting information on what it costs the Towns to do tax collection. They
intended to compile that information and take it back to the intermunicipal group with
information of what it might cost if it was contracted out. He said apparently this has become
a political issue and he has heard from a number of municipal officials that the Town Clerks
have taken this as a county proposal to take over tax collection, which is an affront to their
jobs and to the services that they provide as tax collectors in their municipalities. He said that
is not what this letter is about. It's about: gathering information. To change what we have now
would probably require state legislation to begin writh.
M Lane said the tax collection system is quite archaic and some of the taxing
authorities have gone to less expensive and less complicated taxing. Tile Ithaca City School
District contracts with the "Trust Company to collect its taxes and Dryden Schools contracts
with the Dryden Funk to collect it: taxes. He said the County goes through a cumbersome two
or three stage process of the County printing the bits, the Town Clerks sending them out,
warrants being issued, satisfaction of the warrants to the Towns first, then to the County, then
the taxes being returned by the clerks to the County. The County making whole the towns,
school districts and the Villages for unpaid taxes, and then the County doing foreclosure for
unpaid taxes if necessary. He said this is a system that provides a lot of services, and people
have someone at the counter to talk to about it.
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M Lane said he doesn't think gathering information fora municipal group should be
taken as any kind of threat to anybody, He said tax collection procedure is mandated in the
state Real Property Tax Laws and exactly how it: would be changed if they decided to do it, he
wasn't sure. The Lax collection procedure is left over from the old Board of Supervisors, where
the County was run by the elected Supervisors of the Towns and also separately elected
supervisors frorr► the Cities. It made sense in that type of government, but he says he thinks it
is archaic and cumbersome. M Robertson said she is in favor of saving the taxpayer money,
and regardless of where it resides, if it is more efficient. and saves money that is the goal and a
benefit to the citizens.
M Robertson said one of the tax exemptions that they are going to look at this week is
one for a family who fixed up their home for their disabled daughter, for the renovations made
to their home to accommodate her.
The budget and capital committee heard from the committee who has been looking at
income tax as a possible way to off -set property taxes. She said the people on the committee
are business people and accountants and there are real pros and cons to it. This would not be
on top of current: property tax. They would only be looking to do this if it replaced a certain
arnount of property tax. It would change the distribution of who is paving more. They are also
looking at a payroll tax that would help broaden the tax base for the County, as there are more
than 1.3,000 that commute into the County to work. They will be working the numbers and
report again.
ENGINEERING
® No report.
RECREATION
Board members have a copy of the monthly report. J Staton said she would not be
doing anything with the ice rink for this year because by the time they got the rink put together
for the court at Montgomery Park and tilled it would be March, and it was more money than
was budgeted for this year. The summer concert series will be eight weeks instead of six this
year and will begin in June with the Burns Sisters.
The first Club Dryden
Dryden Youth Opportunity gi
are not. residents of the `]'own
children attended the event.
this a quarterly event.
was held this past Saturday
anted $450 to help fund this.
or attend Dryden schools (13
All indications are this was a
it the Dryden Middle School. The
There was a $5 fee for children who
in attendance). A total of 240
huge success. They hope to make
Cl Stelick said the Dryden Recreation Commission, through SUNY Cort:land's Ree tip
I,,eisure Studies, is conducting a telephone survey of the needs of the Town of Dryden residents
as far as recreation opportunities. This is more; geared toward adult recreation and is a ten-
minute survey. `1`hcsy have randomly selected an equal number from each of the voting districts
in the Town to get an idea of the needs of the Town's residents. Calls will begin on February 14
and they will have the results of the survey within 2 months.
Cl Stelick said he would like a town committee established to look at the recreation
opportunities in the Town and would like that committee to consist of himself, Jennifer Staton,
Debbie Gross, and representatives from each of the town's centers (F1Gs Hollow Community
Center, etc). He would like them to meet and come up with a plan for recreation for the Town
because it is not specifically addressed in the comprehensive plan other than to say the town is
under with respect to recreational areas. Isle said there were good questions brought up at the
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last board meClirk and ht WOUld like to address them properly, CI Christofferson said the
recommendation for our population is surnewhert boween 80 and 1.00 acres of town -owned
reercationaI land ;end we hive about 1.5 acres, so by national standards we are under_
telick asked Cl Michaels to also serve on this committee_ Cl Hattery said )lie believes the
cornprfLhon%Ive plan essentially says we need a recreation plan_ �'I 14lirhae1; said it has been
talked about with increased frequencv RinCe he has been on the board, and Cl ChrisWM:rson
reviewed what'r was in the comprehensive plan,
ATTORNEY
Ai't.y Perkins has prnriou sly provided the board with copies fuel depot agreements
between the Town and Neptune Hose and the Town acid Dry duri Ambultuice. He and the
Highway Superintendent have worked on these and would like the board to autharize the
Supervisor to sign them_
RESOLUTION #51 - AUTHORIZE SUPERVISOR TO SIGN FUEL DEPOT AGREEMENTS
1 Michaels offered the Following resolution and asked for its adoption=
RES0LV11D, that this Town Smird hereby authorizes the Supetwisar to exec ttte fuel
depot agTmrnents with Neptune Hose Company No. l of Drydent Inc. and Dryden Ambulance,
Inc_
211d Cl Hattery
Roll Call Vote] I'elick Yes
Cl ChristoFferson Yes
40 Supv Trumbu[I Yes
Cl Michaels Yes
Cl Hat:tery Yes
At.1:y Perkins said he had sent thc_ board a merno on the outstanding issues with
Tectonic and said he thought the big issue was i;he geographical restriction and asked the
board far their guidance. ,111Ff Kirby of Tectonic was present and discussed the issue with the
board_ His recommendation was Chat the geographic restriction be limited to the Town or an
adjacent Town and less than two miles from the Town of Dryden boundary. He said the reason
for that kw�s that a telecommunications facilit,? located more than two miles from the Town
botmdary would have no impact; on the services provided k y that carrier within the 'Town
because the F3]&mal doesn't carry that far, In response to a concern from Cl Christofferson, J
Kirby said they certainly would not represent: the Town anal an applicant to the Town at the
same time, lie said if the Town feels that: it is not get.i.ing an appropriate level of service from
them, he would expect the contract to be termina[ed. Tectonic has severai agreerne ms with
other municipalities and gone of thern have the raised 1:hc issue to this degree.
Attv Perkins said there is language in the contract that requires Tectonic: to advise the
Town with respect: to anybody who rnight have a potential application for a project within
whatever geographical area is agreed on, and they have also promised not to have anyone
working on %tuff for the Town who is also working for a carrier who has an application b( fore
the Town- He said ii; realty comes down to making sure that they don't take any work within ei
certain geographical area so they can make sure: that personnel is far enougll removed from the
Town. Atty Perkins said reasonable compromise would probably be within the Town of
Dryden and any adjacent Towns and the beard and J Kirby agreed, Ad Perkins will make t.tke
Changes in the contract,
RESOLUTION 45 - AUTHORIZE CONTRACT WITH T ETONJIO
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Cl Michaels offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
RESOLVEIa, that this Tovvrn Board hereby authorizes the Supervisor to sign an
agreement with Tectonic Engineering and Surveying Consultants, PC for telecommunication
consulting services, pending approval of the Town Attorney.
21141 Cl Christofferson
Roll Call Vote
Cl Stelick Yes
Cl Christofferson Yes
Supv `i'rumbull Yes
Cl Michaels Yes
Cl l•lattery Yes
Atty Perkins said he e- mailed to the Board on January 21 a draft of an agreement
between the Town Board and the Highway Superintendent so that he could make
arrangements for the use of Town -owned highway machinery, tools and equipment. J Bush is
satisfied with the form of it..
RESOLUTION #53 - APPROVE AREEMENT FOR USE OF TOWN -OWNED HIGHWAY
MACHINERY, TOOLS OR EQUIPMENT
C1 Michaels offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby approves t:he Use of Town -Owned Highway
Machinery, Tools or Equipment Agreement between the Highway Superintendent and the Town
Board.
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Roll Call Vote
Cl Stelick Yes
Cl Christofferson Yes
Supv Trumbull Yes
Cl Michaels Yes
Cl Hattery Yes
Atty Perkins said he understands that the Town has a contract signed with Empire
I.,ivestock and there is a provision that it is contingent: upon the Board holding a public meeting
Within 30 days. The acceptance date for purposes of this is February 2 so it would be
appropriate to schedule that mc,cting sometime prior to March 4. After discussion, the board
decided to hold the meeting on March 3 at 7:00 p.m. at the Village Hall.
Atty Perkins has reviewed agreement with Cornell Cooperative Extension for youth
services and made, some changes. CI Stelick not:(-.d $43,000 of the $53,294 is for personnel
expenses, leaving less than $10,000 that actually goes to programming expenses. This
contract covers the Youth Conservation Corps and some other programs offered to youth in the
Town. This has been provided for in the budget. The board would like a presentation on this
program. Cl Hattery asked if this could be merged with the Recreation Commission. M
Robertson said the youth services department of the County has a funding stream that goes to
the Youth Commission activities, but not to the recreation side, and that could be a
complication. Cl Michaels said he would like more information on what they provide.
Atty Perkins said the Supervisor has received Amendment #2 to the contract for t:he
Virgil Creek Stabilization Project which extends the deadline for completion to September 30,
2005, and said the board should consider a resolution to authorize the Supervisor to sign it..
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RESOLUTION #54 - AUTHORIZE SUPERVISOR TO SIGN AMENDMENT
TO VIRGIL CREEK STABILIZATION PROJECT AGREEMENT
Cl Christofferson offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
RESOLVE 0, that this Town Board hereby authorizes the Supervisor to sign Amendment
#2 to the Agreement for the Virgil Creek Stabilization Project.
2nd Cl Stelick
Roll Call Vote
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St:elick
Yes
Cl
Christofferson
Yes
Supv 'Trumbull
Yes
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Michaels
Yc %s
Cl
Hattery
Yes
Atty Perkins said with respect to the Sapsucker Woods Road matter, the title concerns
have been addressed and there is still the outstanding issue of the trees that were planted
where they weren't supposed to be. J Bush said he has met: with a representative of Cornell
and they drove along the roadway and identified the trees. Cornell has agreed to transplant
the trees in the Spring, so it. looks like we will be able to move along.
ZONING OFFICER
ZO Slater said along with the amendment to the
also been advised that the money that had been withhe
sending a check for everything that. is owed. "There is a
Slater, J Bush, D Putnam and some others to decide to
work on the creek,
agreement for Virgil Creek, we have
Id will be forthcoming. REMA will be
meeting scheduled for Monday with ZO
how proceed with the last portion of
Earlier this year CI Hattery, D Gross, Barbara Caldwell, Oers Kelemen and ZO Slater
began meeting about continuing education for the Planning Board and Zoning Board of
Appeals. They have a pilot put together that proposes a training schedule, topics, etc. to allow
each person to conform with the requirement.
The Planning Board's hearing on the Comprehensive Plan will be February 17 at the fire:
station, Atty Perkins said once the Planning Board has held its public hearing and
recommended to the Town Board that: it be approved, the Town Board has 90 days in which to
hold a second public hearing because it has delegated the responsibility of preparing it to the
Planning Board. The Town Board may then adopt it or send it back or modify it. The Planning
Board will do SEQR before recommending it to the 'Town Board. D Gross expects the Planning
Board to send it: to the Town Board in April.
ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNER
D Gross distributed copies of the draft Comprehensive Plan to board members. She
encouraged board members to review it and comment either at the public hearing or directly
with her.
The grail consultant: has put. together a contract including a detailed task list, fee
proposal, and an agreement with the Town. The agreement is still under negotiation to correct
some of the language. Supv Trumbull and Cl Hattery have seen the task list and fee proposal
and feel comfortable with them. D Gross did check with another municipality that has had
trail consultants and asked if the cost seemed reasonable and they said that it seemed
reasonable. She asked the board to authorize the supervisor to sign the contract once the
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language was resolved. D Cross noted the cost is not: to exceed $25,000. She also noted that if
the project should end up costing more than the amount allocated ($102,500 through DOT and
$45,000 Town match) the Town will need to prepare to pay for it or have underway applications
for additional town funds, because DOT will not expand what it will pay and will want to see
the project finished. CI Hatt.ery added that the consultants said it was very typical to be in
negotiation process with DOT at the end, and i.f DOT likes the work being done they often will
do an addendum to a project.
RESOLUTION #55 - AUTHORIZE SUPERVISOR TO SIGN TRAIL CONSULTANT CONTRACT
Cl Christofferson offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
Whereas, the Town of Dryden has received Federal 'Transportation Enhancements
funding for the development of a bicycle/ pedestrian trail on the former railroad bed between
the Villages of Dryden and Freeville, and
Whereas, such a trail would be an extension of the existing Jim Schug Trail and would
provide an alternative transportation route between the two villages, and
Whereas, the Town desires to investigate the feasibility of this grail and develop a
preliminary design in cooperation with the Villages of Dryden and Freeville and the private
landowners along the proposed route, and
Whereas, New York state Department of Transportation's procedures for Locally
Administered Federal Aid Projects requires preparation of preliminary design by a licensed
Engineer or Landscapte Architect, and
Whereas, by resolution No. 177 (2004) the Town Board has selected as Trail Consultant
the firm Marton and Loguidice, with subconsultant: Northeast Greenways, and
Whereas, Barton tic Loguidice has developed a detailed task list for the project, fee
proposal, and such documents have been revised by Supervisor Steven Trumbull, Councilman
Michael Hattery, and Environmental Planner Debbie ross, and
Whereas, the fee proposal identifies costs based on tasks, estimated hours required,
hourly rates, direct non - salary costs, DOT approved overhead, and a fixed fee, and
Whereas, the fee proposal identities costs based on tasks, estimated hours required,
hourly rates, direct non - salary costs, DOT approved overhead, and a fixed fee, and
Whereas, the fee proposal determines that the maximum amount payable is $25,000,
and
Whereas, the final Agreement with the trail consultants is nearly complete, but some
issues remain to be resolved, and
Whereas, it is desirable to move this project forward in a timely manner, given that. the
original obligation of funds by NYSDOT was in 1996,
Now, therefore, be it resolved that:
The Town Board authorizes Supervisor Trumbull to sign the contract with the trail
consultant once the contract: has been approved as to form by the Town Attorney.
2m' Cl Stelirk
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Cl Stelick Yes
Cl Christofferson Yes
Supv Trumbull Yes
Cl Michaels Yes
Cl Hattery Yes
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Board members have a copy of the proposed contract with the Town of Caroline for
environmental planner services. D Gross has suggested to the Town of Caroline that in the
long term they may want to find someone else who will have more time for them, and said this
contract may coves a transition time. She is comfortable with the contract.
RESOLUTION #56 - APPROVE ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNER AGREEMENT
Cl Christofferson offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby approves the agreement with the Town of
Caroline for environmental planner services, and authorizes the Supervisor to execute the
same.
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Roll Call Vote Cl Stelick Yes
Cl Christofferson Yes
Supv Trumbull Yes
Cl Michaels Yes
Cl Hattery Yes
D Gross said there was a meeting to review the results of the test well drilled at the
outlet of Dryden Lake. Todd Miller of USGS gave a presentation and they discussed what
direction the remainder of the aquifer study should take based on the results and how should
additional funding be used. There was some discussion about: whether the well should be
developed as a water supply, or should they maintain a broad focus on the whole aquifer area.
She said the decision seemed to be to continue to explore the broader area. Cl Hattery said he
was surprised they were talking about producing wells at all, because he thought the intent:
was to characterize the aquifer so it could be better protected. 17 Gross said that was the
intent, but they were excited about the discovery of a very high yielding well and wanted to see
if there was interest in a more in -depth study of the sight.
D Gross said they were hoping that an outcome of the studies would be a model that
would show the direction of flow, etc., and they are not sure they will be able to generate ghat
model because the data may show that the terrain is too complex to have a model that: really
accurate. Some of the funding was for that model, and she said we may want to ask them to
rethink what the best; direction to proceed would be. She suggested that the recharge areas
could be mapped to the extent possible so those areas can be protected.
M Lane said with respect to the aquifer studies, the hope of the County was that
eventually the towns would enact ordinances that would protect the aquifer, such as
Cort:landvilic has clone.
D Gross said Tompkins County has sent a letter to municipalities offering to help
compile an intermunicipal application for funding. A project the Towns of Danby and Caroline
and the County have discussed is a conservation and management plan for an area called the
forest lands mapped out on the 'Tompkins County Comprehensive Plan. It spans the towns of
® Danby, Caroline and Dryden and they are asking if Dryden has any interest ui being involved
in the grant application. Thoma Associates think there is a greater chance of funding for an
intermunicipal project than for a town alone project. She provided the board with a summary
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of the project proposed by the county and said they could get back to her on whether the Town
would like to be involved.
A letter has been received from the Finger Lakes Land Trust. There is a parcel of
property for sale along Fall Creek that is for sale (northeast of Freeville). It is a very narrow,
long strip of land, mostly in the flood plain. The L aid Trust might think of it: as an important
parcel for conservation because it is in the flood plain. Andy Zebb said if there is interest on
the `T'own's part, they would be interested in exploring whether a partnership between the Land
Trust: and the Town might ultimately put this in Town ownership. They are currently working
with Freeville on the acquisition of 52 :acres bordering Fall Creek and the Freeville Board has
unanimously endorsed the project and will be holding a public hearing prior to proceeding. D
Gross asked if perhaps the Town has some interest in contributing some funding to purchase
these lands that have high conservation priority. D Gross said if the board is interested she
can make a map of the site, and they asked her to do that.
DISCUSSION
Thorna Development is preparing an application for funding for the Town through NYS
Department of State Quality Communities isrogram for money to fund a recreation master plan.
This would include the two villages and the hamlets in the Town. The Supervisor needs
authorization to apply.
RESOLUTION #57 - AUTHORIZATION TO APPLY FOR FUNDING UNDER THE
QUALITY COMMUNITIES PROGRAM
Cl Stelick offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby approves the Thorna Development application
for the Town of Dryden to New York Stage's Department of State for funding tinder the Quality
Communities Program at an amount: not to exceed $25,000.
2111' Cl Christofferson
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Cl
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Supv
Trumbull
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Cl
Michaels
Yes
C1
Hattery
Yes
Supv Trumbull said Ron Flynn has brought to him the bill introduced by Assemblyman
Jeff Brown providing tax breaks and other incentives to encourage emergency service
volunteerism. C1 Hattery said he is supportive of bills that provide these kinds of
encouragements to firefighters. 144 has had time to look closely at this particular bill, and it is
hard to determine what the actual level of financial benefit would be. Cl Christofferson said it
doesn't mean that we have to do it once we do see the financial implications.
RESOLUTION #58 - SUPPORT LEGISLATIVE BILL FOR EMERGENCY SERVICE
INCENTIVES
Cl Christofferson offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
RESOLVED, that the Town of Dryden is in full support of the Legislative Bill introduced
by Assemblyman .Jeff Brown (R- Manlius). This Bill offers tax breaks and other enticements to
encourage firefighting and emergency service volunteerism.
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® Roll Call Vote Cl Stelick Yes
C1 Christofferson Yes
Supv Trumbull Yes
Cl Michaels Yes
Cl Hattery Abstain
Supv Trumbull displayed a suggestion from a Dryden High School history class, for the
signs to be put up by the Chamber of Commerce. The slogan is "it.'s all here". M Lane said he
came up with a short motto: "Welcome to Dryden - Knowledge, Rwnily, Community". Supv
Trumbull will check with the Chamber to see if they want pictures in addition to words.
RESOLUTION #59 - APPROVE ABSTRACT #2
Cl Stelick offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
RESOLVED, that: this Town Board hereby approves Abstract: #2, as audited, vouchers
#35 through # 125, totaling $594,671.31
211(+ Cl Christofferson
Roll Call Vote Cl Stelick Yes
Cl Christofferson Yes
Supv Trumbull Yes
Cl Michaels Yes
Cl Hattery Yes
D Putnam said TG Miller has submitted a proposed bill for mapping for the property the
® town may purchase from Empire Livestock. They have 1994 aerial photographs of this area
and can map the proposed acquisition, the houses up the hill, and the wetlands that [Neptune
Hose Company owns. $2300 would be for turning the photographs into a map, ground control
is $800 and there would be some additional field work required around the town hall to update
the map. He said there can be quite a time lag in the mapping, and he would like to discuss it
with the board. if the Town is going to do anything with the land, it will have to pay a surveyor
to go out and create this by hand, which would be about $1,300 for two or three acres, and
they can do the whole parcel for $2,300. This would include a topographic map. This could be
used for planning a trail and would be helpful for the regrading. The architects will need this
information and it will be helpful for planning for salt storage.
Atty Perkins said the contract with Empire provides that: they will provide a boundary
line and occupational survey, and he thinks D Putnam should be lobbying them for their work
and giving the Town a price for the rest of the work the town will need, including the
topographic map. D Putnam said this would not be for the boundary work. Cl Christofferson
said he is not sure what the Town will need yet. D Putnam said NYS wage rate will play a part
in this and they will be able to save the Town some money in that regard. The aerial
photograph mapping is about. $30 an acre and for them to update the area around the town
hall is $1300. This will help in determining where to site the building.
Atty Perkins said there is a 30 -day window in which the Town has to hold a public
hearing, and there is also a procurement policy that must be abided by. The board took no
action tonight. Cl Michaels said this could wrapped in with a landscape architect to plan the
site.
On motion made, seconded and unanimously carried, the board moved into executive
session at 10:40 p.m. to discuss a matter of litigation. They moved back into regular session at
10:55 p.m.
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RESOLUTION #60 - RE- RELEASE NOTICE ON GOLF COURSE
Cl Hattery offered the following resolution and asked f'or its adoption:
RESOLVED, that this 'Town Board hereby authorizes the Supervisor to re- release the
press release indicating the Town's willingness to partner with someone who is intersted in
purchasing the golf course for certain specified public purposes.
2,,d Cl Christofferson
Roll Call Vote
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Stelick
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C1
Christofferson
Yes
Supv Trumbull
Yes
Cl
Michaels
Yes
Cl
Hattery
Yes
On motion made, seconded and unanimously carried, the meeting was adjourned at
10:57 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Sambi L. Hollenbeck
Town Clerk
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TOWN OF DRYDEN AND VILLAGE OF DRYDEN BOARDS
ON THE ANNEXATION PETITION OF
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March 2, 2005
This joint meeting was held at the Dryden Village hall and called to order at 7:03 p.m.
PDQ Court Reporters was present and their transcript is attached as a record of this
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TOWN & VILLAGE MEETING,
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REPORTERS
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TOWN BOARD:
Councilman Michael Hattery
Deputy Town Supervisor Stephen Stelick, Jr.
Town Clerk Bambi Hollenbeck
VILLAGE BOARD:
Trustee Mark Strom
Trustee Daniel Wakeman
Trustee Robert Witty
Attorney David Dubow, Esq,
Mayor Reba Taylor
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MAYOR TAYLOR: This is a Public
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I guess the first order of business
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Public Hearing. Nominations?
MR. HATTERY: I nominate Reba
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MR. WAKEMAN:
MAYOR TAYLOR:
(Aye)
MAYOR TAYLOR:
MR. HATTERY:
be, right?
MAYOR TAYLOR:
Second.
All those in favor?
Okay, I'm in charge.
Be hard for you not to
Huh?
This was published in the Ithaca
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You
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MR. DUBOW: We've got -- the record
should show that we have an Affidavit of
Publication from the Ithaca Journal
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fountains are there, the restrooms are over
there (indicating). In case of fire please
do not use the elevator.
And I would like everyone to go
around the table and introduce themselves so
that everybody knows who they are. Mike,
would you like to start?
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Councilman.
MR. STELICK:
Mike Hattery, Town
Steve Stelick, Deputy
Town Supervisor, Town of Dryden.
MR. WITTY: Bob Witty, Village
Trustee,
MR. STROM:
Trustee.
MR. WAKEMAN:
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MAYOR TAYLOR:
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Reba Taylor, Mayor,
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Okay. For the record I'd like to
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Pomeroy, Armstrong & Casullo; Dryden Central
School, who are parties that would normally
be affected directly by this annexation.
Now, does -- is anyone here to speak
in favor or against this annexation?
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MAYOR TAYLOR:
MICHAEL LANE:
Hm -mm? Michael?
Mayor, could I make
more of a generalized comment here?
MAYOR TAYLOR: Mm -hm.
MICHAEL LANE: I'm Michael Lane.
I'm a County Representative from District 14
County, which includes the Village of
Dryden, Village of Freeville and part of the
Town of Dryden.
I just wanted to mention that on
February 8th I facilitated a meeting of
property owners of those owners north of the
Village that have -- that are located within
the Town sewer district up there to provide
information to those property owners about
issues having to do with water and sewer
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I invited Mayor Taylor and Supervisor
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answer questions. It was not an official
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It was simply an informational session.
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Some people indicated that they were not
interested in annexation of the area. Some
indicated that they were interested in but
had a particular need. Mr. Baxter was there
and spoke about the particular need that
Dryden Mutual has presently to try to become
a part of the Village.
But I simply want it on the record
that people are talking about that and I
think the communities need to come to grips
with whether it makes sense to annex parcel
by parcel as needs arise or whether it makes
sense to annex the general area.
There were some figures given at
the meeting by the Town Attorney and I know
those -- some of those figures have been
questioned since that as to whether they
would actually apply. I would certainly
like to have an opportunity to try to get
better figures out to property owners up
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And having said that, I'm not really
speaking for or against Dryden Mutual's
application here today, but I simply wanted
to make everyone aware that that meeting
happened.
MAYOR TAYLOR: Thank you, Mike.
Mr. Baxter, would you like to address
the Board and tell us your needs and why
you're requesting this annexation, please?
ROBERT BAXTER: My name is Robert B.
Baxter. I'm the CEO and General Manager of
Dryden Mutual Insurance.
Quite simply put, my Board is at a
juncture trying to plan for the future and
we have been in this community since before
the Civil War and the Board is committed to
trying to remain here. We've undergone
substantial expansion of our business in the
last five years. It's more than doubled.
And we're going to have to expand our
building at some point in the immediate --
fairly immediate future. We've been advised
by the Department of Health that our current
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situation we have to meet higher standards
of water supply, we are on a well. We have
met those standards. We struggle to
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continue to meet those standards as recently
as today.
In laying down our future in the
community we simply need access to public
water. We have forty -five full -time
employees on site. We have roughly ten
part- timers. We are probably looking to add
over the next ten years certainly probably
double what we have.
When it became clear that the
Department of Transportation was going to be
successful in getting a purchase offer on
the land next to us and part of that was to
get water from themselves and they were
annexed, that put our property adjacent to
the Village. We realized that it would
have been better for a group of us to have
been annexed at the same time but none of
our neighbors that I know of have any
immediate interest or financial interest in
doing so.
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Both the Trustees of the Village and
then the Town ought to be also cognizant of
the fact that we just purchased the four
acre -- 4.26 acres that's in the Village
adjacent to our property. I haven't closed
on it yet. The offer was just signed, it
hasn't been ratified by my Board and won't
be until March 22nd.
MAYOR TAYLOR: Can I ask you to -- I
have the area map that was just done, so you
purchased --
ROBERT BAXTER:
We're dealing with --
MAYOR TAYLOR:
ROBERT BAXTER:
it so --
maybe.
MAYOR TAYLOR:
ROBERT BAXTER:
We think we have.
That's significant.
I haven't closed on
That's significant
I have a signature
but I haven't exchanged money, so...
MR. DUBOW: Your property line is
right here? You're talking about those two
properties (indicating)?
ROBERT BAXTER: Let me -- let me --
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MR. DUBOW: There's -- right here,
your property's right in here right in next
to (indicating) --
MAYOR TAYLOR: This is what's been
annexed in (indicating)?
MR. DUBOW: You're right in here
(indicating?
ROBERT BAXTER: This.portion
immediately -- this tri -- it's not -- I
don't know, rhomboid figure (indicating) --
MAYOR TAYLOR: Yeah.
MR. DUBOW: Yeah.
ROBERT BAXTER: -- entire rhomboid
figure, it's 4.26 acres.
MAYOR TAYLOR: Okay.
ROBERT BAXTER: I've got a signed --
MAYOR TAYLOR: Here's a bunch of X's
here, people (indicating).
MR. WAKEMAN** Right up to that
strip, that right -of -way (indicating).
MAYOR TAYLOR. Up to this
right -of -way, the clear strip, okay
(indicating) ?
Thank you.
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Everybody (indicating)?
(Nodded heads)
MAYOR TAYLOR: Okay. Does anyone
have any questions of Mr. Baxter?
(Whereupon there was no verbal
response)
MAYOR TAYLOR:
Dana, did you have
anything that you
wanted
to
say?
DANA ABBEY:
He
said
it well.
MAYOR TAYLOR:
All right. Anyone
have any questions?
(whereupon there was no verbal
response)
MAYOR TAYLOR:
Does anyone on the
panel have any questions?
MR. STELICK: I just have something
that needs to be read into the minutes at
one time.
MAYOR TAYLOR: (Nods head)
MR. STELICR: This is from -- Steve
Stelick. This is from Mahlon Perkins and
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have reviewed the annexation of the petition
dated January 5th, 2005 and filed
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January 7th, 20050
My review is limited to
whether it's sufficient on its face.
General Municipal Law 703 sets forth the
legal requirements for the petition.
"The petition must describe the
territory to be annexed. A legal
description, Exhibit A, and survey,
Exhibit B, are attached. The legal
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description attached is adequate to describe
the parcel but not labeled.
"The petition must state the
approximate number of inhabitants in the
territory. Paragraph 4 contains a statement
about the inhabitants. Petitioner is a
corporation and does not inhabit the
territory, although the petition indirectly
states that Petitioner does.
"The petition is signed by the owner
of a majority in assessed value of the real
property identified as tax parcel
38. -1- 30.13. The signatures to the petition
must be authenticated. The form of the
authentication is set forth in General
Municipal Law Number 702. The
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authentication attached to the petition is
substantially similar to the form.
"These comments are necessarily
technical in nature and do not address the
merits of the petition. If the Board feels
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so following its findings at the Public
Hearing."
That's it.
MAYOR TAYLOR:
comments, David, or --
MR. DUBOW: No.
Did you have any
The only thing I
will indicate is that my review raised what
I think is also a technical question as to
the certification from the Department of
Assessment, and it's required that they
certify that this is the -- a majority of
the owners of the assessed values of the
property.
And the letter that J. Franklin had
submitted, I believe to your attorney,
wasn't in the form of a certification, so I
took the liberty of speaking with
Mr. Franklin and he's now provided a
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certification of tax roll information that I
think meets the technical requirement. I
suspect the original letter may have been
sufficient but I think this will remove any
question with respect to that.
So, I will file with the Village and
provide to the Town a copy of that new
certification.
MAYOR TAYLOR: Steve, will we be
able to get a copy of those comments?
MR. STELICK:
Bambi --
MS. HOLLENBECK:
MAYOR TAYLOR:
Yes, absolutely.
I've got them.
Okay. Are there any
other people who wish to address the panel
regarding the annexation?
speak.
Yes, Michael?
MICHAEL LANE:
MAYOR TAYLOR:
MICHAEL LANE:
If I could just
Michael Lane.
I'd just like to say
that I think the idea of annexation at the
area north of the Village makes a lot of
sense for the planned orderly development of
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the area -- commercial area, particularly
north of the Village. It's very difficult
to see where the Village stops if you're
driving north when you come to the Village
line because of the development in that
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I think there's a community of
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interest between the properties in the sewer
district area, and this property is in that
district, and also the rest of the Village.
I think that that is pretty obvious from the
fact that there has been another recent
annexation which is adjacent to this and I
think that's one of the things that needs to
be looked at when you're deciding whether or
not to approve an annexation is that
community of interest area -- I lost my
word -- community of interest factor that
needs to be -- be present, and I wanted to
say I think it is.
MAYOR TAYLOR: Anyone else?
(whereupon there was no verbal
response)
? MAYOR TAYLOR. Did you want to
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comment on your other meeting?
MR. HATTERY:
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When's your next
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MAYOR TAYLOR:
Our
next meeting
is
March 17th for the
Board.
We have a
special
meeting tonight immediately following but it
has nothing to --
MR. HATTERY: Well, in response
partially to Mike, I think we've been
discussing with both Senator Seward and
Barbara Lipton utilization of some special
legislation to try and resolve a larger
scale annexation and /or water district north
of the Village and I think we are in a
position where we just need to talk about
it, both of our respective Boards, a little
bit more and have to have another
conversation with Assemblyman --
Assemblywoman.
MAYOR TAYLOR: Okay. Any other
comments from anyone?
(Whereupon there was no verbal
response)
MAYOR TAYLOR: Board members?
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(Whereupon there was no verbal
response)
MAYOR TAYLOR: Okay. Did we cover
everything we need to legally?
MR. DUBOW: Yes.
MS. HOLLENBECK: Well, wait a
minute. Do you need to file objections to
the petition?
MR. STELICK: Yes.
MR. HATTERY: By reading them into
the file, you mean?
MS. HOLLENBECK: Well, he read
Mahlon's memo to you guys.
MAYOR TAYLOR: Oh, this is a
formal --
MS. HOLLENBECK: Yeah, this is a
formal document.
MAYOR TAYLOR: Objection to the
petition. Okay. Do you have Mahlon's memo
also or something with a copy --
MS. HOLLENBECK: Yeah.
MAYOR TAYLOR: Okay.
MR. WAKEMAN: Are those
substantially different or the same?
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MR. DUBOW: This one makes reference
to the same certification issue, to the
same --
MR. WAKEMAN:
bullet list?
MR. DUBOW:
MR. WAKEMAN:
MR. DUBOW:
take that now.
So, that's just lice a
I guess, yeah.
Okay.
Bambi, if you want to
MS. HOLLENBECK: Okay.
MAYOR TAYLOR: That's it?
(Whereupon there was no verbal
response)
MAYOR TAYLOR: Okay. Okay. Hearing
no more comments I will close this Public
Hearing on
the annexation
of
the
property
for Dryden
Mutual. I
thank
all
of you for
coming and we'll be having a findings -- how
many days do we have?
MR. DUBOW: Ninety days.
MAYOR TAYLOR: Ninety days to do the
findings and they will be done, published,
formally written. We wait until we get back
our notes from Shelly because she formally
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transcribes everything up and everybody gets
a copy of that and then those are reviewed
and the findings are added and decisions are
made at that point in time. Just so you
have a feel of how this all works, okay?
Thank you all for coming. We'll
conclude -- or want to move to close the --
MR. WAKEMAN: So moved.
MAYOR TAYLOR: Dan.
MR. STELICK: Second.
MAYOR TAYLOR. Is there a second?
MR. HATTERY: Second (indicating).
MAYOR TAYLOR: Those in favor?
(Aye)
MAYOR TAYLOR: Motion carried.
(Whereupon the proceedings were
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STATE OF NEW YORK
COUNTY OF CORTLAND
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MICHELE L.
Notary Pub
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(607) 863-
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I, MICHELE L. RICE, RPR,
do hereby
certify
that
the foregoing is a true and
accurate
transcription
of the proceedings in the
Matter of a
PUBLIC
HEARING,
held in Dryden, New York,
on the 2nd
day of
March,
2005.
MICHELE L.
Notary Pub
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(607) 863-
RICE, RPR
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Reporters
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Flats, NY 13841
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