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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2006-05-114113 5 -1 1 -06 TOWN OF DRYDEN TOWN BOARD MEETING May 11, 2006 Present: Supv Steven Trumbull, Cl Martin Christofferson, Cl Daniel Tier III, Cl Stephen Stelick, Jr., Cl Mary Ann Sumner Elected Officials: Bambi L. Hollenbeck, Town Clerk Other Town Staff: Mahlon R. Perkins, Towri Attorney Henry Slater, "Zoning Officer Daniel Kwasnowski, Environmental Planner David Putnam, TG Miller Engineers Supv Trumbull opened the meeting at: 7:03 p.m. and led the board and audience in the pledge of allegiance. PUBLIC HEARING PROPOSED LOCAL LAW #4 - 2006 ESTABLISHING QUALIFICATIONS FOR ELECTRICAL INSPECTORS ZO Slater explained that the Town of Dryden has an electrical law that details what has to occur when electric is installed, how it is inspected, standards, etc. The law has not been amended since its initial adoption in .1981. ZO Slater and Atty Perkins reviewed the law and determined that the qualifications for electrical inspectors needed to be established because the way it was written anyone could perform electrical inspections. This amendment sets forth minimum qualifications for electrical inspectors. This process was initiated by a situation that occurred about a year ago because of some faulty installations in the town. Supv Trumbull asked if there were any comments from the board or audience. There were none and the hearing was left open. CITIZENS PRIVILEGE Arthur Berkey, 1205 Ellis Road, said he was in favor of the board voting to complete the map, plan and report for the base service area of the proposed Ellis Hollow Water District. He said it is clear to him that this is not establishing a water district, but going to phase 2 of the feasibility study and then there will be a decision made as to whether to establish the water district. He said his support is for the base service area only, along Ellis Hollow Road from Game Farm Road to Turkey Hill Road including the dead end streets along the side. He understands that some of the upper residents of Hungerford Hill Road could not be served. He said his support does not in any way imply that the study should not have considered the option of an expanded district or any opposition for providing service thereto. The base service area is the one they petitioned for based on 94'% support for a feasibility- study, and the additional area is excluded based only on lack of knowledge about the need and interest for public water by residents in the additional area. He asked that the board's decision on the base area be limited to input from the base area and said he is uncertain about the legality of proceeding with the additional area given that it was not included in the petition. 1 Page I of 16 r a IZN Lq TB 5 -11 -06 He has been provided with a copy of the interim report and has a few comments. First it lists his name as Berkley, not Berkey, and said it is significant only if there is a legal issue as to accuracy regarding who submitted the petition. The 5.5% interest rate used to calculate the ® cost of borrowing seems high to him based on his research. He said Cathy Calori was unable to be here tonight and had asked him to convey to the board that she still runs out of water on weekends. She is located near Game Farm Road. He reminded the board that, in deciding whether to proceed with the final study, 94% or more the residents in the base area wanted the board to proceed with the study. Whether the district is established finally will depend on the cost, but they need firm figures in order to decide, Dave Putnam said the interest rate used is higher than the current rate because that rate has to hold good for whenever the district is adopted and they are trying to forecast a year or 18 months in advance. He said it won't take a lot of time to finish the report in the base area and /or the expanded area, but even if we move forward now we are still looking at next year's construction season. He suggested an informal public information meeting be held for the people in the expanded area. They have some rough estimates for what it would cost to service out to Genung Road, Martha Robertson said there had been concerns in areas around the quarry about water quality/ quantity and Debbie Gross had been working a report about that. D Putnam said he did have a copy of that draft report and that was taken into consideration in determining the expanded area. ZO Slater noted that report did not link problems to the quarry. Supv Trumbull said the board needed to determine whether to ask TO Miller to is complete the report on the base district or the expanded district, or they could have an informational meeting and then make the decision. D Putnam said they would need a formal resolution to authorize the larger district because those figures had been included for information only because of the report Debbie Gross did and was not in the scope of the original resolution. He looked at it because of costs to determine whether it would be less expensive. (It would be slightly less expensive.) He further explained that even if the board proceeded only with the base area, they are looking at next construction season. C1 'Pier said he felt it would shortsighted not to explore the expanded district. Cl Christofferson said if there appears to be a need in the expanded area we certainly should investigate it. Stephanie Hufnagl- Eichiner - asked whether not proceeding with the study was an option and the board said it: is. She said they had signed the petition because they thought it was a good idea, but because of the expense she and her husband and some of her neighbors are not in favor of it. Robert Kuehn said he had signed the petition, but he and his wife had seen the figures and are not in favor of it. D Putnam explained that once the figures are final, if it does go forward, it will be subject to permissive referendum meaning a certain percentage of the eligible voters in the district can present a petition and then everyone will have a vote on it. R Kuehn said he had spoken with John Lampman at the Country who was "less than thrilled" at the prospect of cutting into a new road for installation of pipes, etc. Martha Robertson said the work on Ellis Hollow Road was scheduled for next year and that if the work was coordinated, it would actually be the right rime to do it. • Page 2 of 16 TB 5-11-06 It was explained that the district would bring service to each property at the edge of the road right of way and it was the property owners responsibility to hook up. ® A resident at 1228 Ellis Hollow said she had really bad water, bad pressure, bad tasting water and she never drank it. A week ago she had no water and had a $5,000 well dug (200' deep) and her water seems better. She has mixed feelings about formation of the district because she just spent this money and so far the water is good. She said it all boils down to whether a property currently has good water. She would have been in favor of the district if she didn't just have a new well dug. A resident pointed out the cost of a new well is less than the cost per household for the new district. D Putnam said it: will cost about $2500 to complete the report for the small district and not a lot more than that for the expanded district. Cl Christofferson said the fairest thing seemed to be to complete the report: and let people vote on it. l) Putnam said if the board authorizes the expanded area, the map, plan and report will be prepared for that area. He suggested that a public information meeting could be held and there is enough information in the current report: to decide on the area. Stephanie Hufnagle- Eichiner said she would like to investigate other more creative ways to have water because she wants everyone to have water and if it went to referendum and was defeated there would still be people without water. R K said he is also sympathetic for those who don't have water, but: doesn't understand how one person can have water that's okay and the lot next door have problems. To install the system will be havoc and people who have problems with their wells should get experts in to locate a good spot for a well and that: would be a lot cheaper for them. • D Putnam noted that because of the cost: of the district, it will need to be approved by the State Comptroller. The board decided to wail: for Atty Perkins to arrive before deciding how to proceed. Supv Trumbull closed the public hearing on the proposed local law at 7:52 p.m. RESOLUTION #88 — ADOPT LOCAL LAW #42006 — ESTABLISHING QUALIFICATIONS FOR ELECTRICAL INSPECTORS Cl Stelick offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption: RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby adopts Local Law No. 4 of 2006 as follows and the Town Clerk is directed to file the same with the Secretary of State of the State of New York: Proposed Local Law 02006 A local law establishing qualifications for electrical inspectors I. Section 4 — Electrical Inspector of local law No. 3 of the year 1981 v the Electrical Code of the Town of Dryden — is hereby amended by labeling the existing paragraph as (A) and by adding new subparagraphs (B) and (C) to read as follows: • Page 3 of' 16 `I'B 5-11-06 (B) A qualified Electrical Inspector means a person whip: (1) Has passed the New York State Civil Service Examination and is currently eligible for appointment as an electrical inspector according to the rules of the Civil Service Commission, or (2) Has been certified as a Residential Electrical Inspector (for single or two family residential home construction) by the International Association of Electrical Inspectors, or (3) Has been certified as a Master Electrical Inspector Ii)r all other types of construction by the International Association of Electrical Inspectors, or (4) Has been recognized as a journeyman electrician by the International Brotherhood of Clectrical Workers for a period of at least five years. (C) A person not meeting the qualifications of subparagraph (B) above may petition the town board for appointment as an Electrical Inspector by reason of his education, training, work experience or employment as an electrician, or as an electrical inspector. 2. This local law shall take effect upon filing with the Secretary of State. 211d Supv Trumbull Roll Call Vote Cl Christofferson Yes Cl Tier Yes Supv Trumbull Yes Cl Slelick Yes Cl Sumner Yes INSURANCE PRESENTATION John Bailey of Bailey Insurance and Anita Keyes of Reciprocal (NYMIR) gave a brief overview of the quotes subs next year. NYMIR is a self - insured group of municipalities New York State that have combined together and basically company. New York Municipal Insurance nittrd for insurance coverage for (towrns, counties and villages) in formed their own insurance J Bailey said right now the Town buys its insurance in the traditional way. When purchased through an insurance company you transfer your risk to that insurance company. They insure a lot: of different risks, including all kinds of different businesses. The Towns current company, Selective Insurance, is an A+ rated company. It is a large entity and a traditional method of purchasing insurance. NYMIR offers a different approach in that municipalities have combined together to form a risk pool. They contract with a risk manager to nun this group which now comprises 610 municipalities in New York State. This entihr is specific to municipal insurance. If the Town chooses to participate with NYMIR it would actually be an owner in the company and will make a contribution in the premium toward the operations of this company. The Board of Governors, made up of municipal officials, do the policy making, etc. J Bailey explained that there is the potential for this group, if it: doesn't: perform as they like, to request more money proportionately from the members. NYMIR doesn't want that to happen and have tried to minimize that as much as possible through reinsurance. • Rage 4 of 16 Tm 5-11-06 Cl Christofferson asked whether NYMIR offered risk prevention classes and was told they do that. N Keyes said their risk management unit comes out often. J Bailey said the current carrier offers the same service. Cl Stelick said that in comparing Selective to NYMIR, historically in a soft market Selective's rates tend to go down, and in a hard market there tends to be spikes. J Bailey said NYMIR tends to be more consistent, but will still be influenced by the market place with respect to reinsurance, etc. NYMIR is a not- for -profit entity and their goal is to provide a stable market to the their members. He said to be aware that as an insurance group, experience could be poor at some point, and they must specify to their members that there is the possibility of them coming back at some point; to reassess for prior periods. However, this group has never made an assessment. Cl Christofferson said he is comfortable with the concept but wants to make sure our risk, premiums, etc are in line, and he wants to understand the history and how things work. J Bailey said NYMIR has insured the Town of Lansing since 1995 and in going with NYMIR the town would be going to a smaller, more inclusive way of providing coverage. NYMIR premiums are more expensive initially (for five years) than Selective because of capitalization costs. The Town's policy renews June l and J Bailey suggested the insurance committee meet again to review the quotes. The board briefly discussed the insurance market, exposures, premiums and defense against clahns. Cl Sumner said that based on the meeting she and Cl Stelick had with the insurance representatives, they would recommend going with NYMIR. RESOLUTION #89 - AUTHORIZE SUPERVISOR TO SIGN AGREEMENT WITH NYMIR C1 Christofferson offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption: RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby, authorizes the Town Supervisor to execute the subscriber agreement with New York Municipal Insurance Reciprocal for insurance coverage for the Town of Dryden. 211d CI Tier Roll Call Vote Cl Christofferson Yes Cl Tier Yes Supv Trumbull Yes Cl Stelick Yes Cl Sumner Yes CITIZENS PRIVILEGE (continued) Carol Schnook, 3$1. Mt Pleasant Road, thanked the board for passing the proposed renewal energy ordinance on to the Planning Board and Conservation Board. She understands they have been working on it and will continue to review at their next meetings, and that there will be some kind of public information meeting held sometime in the next: month or so. She said they already have money tied up in this project (for installation of a wind mill) and are hoping the Town will complete the process and make a decision by the end of the summer. She said they appreciate the Town's efforts and asked that they keep moving on it. Dan Kwasknowski said the Conservation Board had a long, involved discussion. CL Sumner added they were very enthusiastic and supportive. D Kwasnowski said he setting up a tour of some local wind mills for the boards. Page 5 of 16 14B 5 -11 -06 With respect to the proposed Ellis Hollow Road water district, CI Christofferson asked Atty Perkins what the next steps procedurally should be. Cl Christofferson said he understood that a final map, plan and report needs to be prepared. Atty Perkins said that at such time as the board decides determines what it wants to hold a public hearing on, the plan will be prepared with that specific service area in mind. When the map, plan and report is finally tiled, then the board adopts an order calling a public hearing. Atty Perkins suggested that before a. public hearing on it, if they need assistance in deciding which area to go with that a public information meeting be held. That will not be a formal hearing or a formal step, but: will get the public involved and hear the engineer's presentation and the board can try and gauge the sentiment of the public. The board can then direct the engineers to finish the report: for the area they determine and adopt an order calling a public hearing. Once the public hearing is held, the board will make certain determinations and then the district can be formed. A permissive referendum is possible at that point. If there is no petition for a referendum, the resolution forming the district takes effect 30 days after adoption. After further discussion the board decided to try and set up an informational meeting on June 1.4 in the Ellis Hollow area, or alternately June 6. D Kwasnowski will take care of securing a location. TOMPKINS COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS PROJECT Lee Shurtleff, Director of Tompkins County Department: of Emergency Response, said his department coordinates fire, disaster and emergency medical services and oversees the County communications systems. He gave a brief overview of the County's communication project and talked about the two sites they will use in the Town of Dryden and the impact on the Dryden fire departments. They are replacing the existing radio communications system with a system that • provides wide area coverage and enables transmissions from most areas in the County. Currently difficulties include poor coverage, aged equipment, and old technology. They are attempting to build a system robust enough that: they can add other public agencies in the future. Thev are looking at a trunked simulcast 800 megahertz system. Using ten sites and ten radio frequencies that are trunked together (rather than being dedicated to any particular frequency /channel) they will be able to simulcast from ten sites throughout the county. The proposal is to build or rebuild ten communication sites in the County that will be linked by a high speed microwave network, that: will be able to communicate data as well as voice traffic. They will use six existing radio sites and will develop four new sites in the County. The existing sites to be utilized in the Town of Dryden are on Walker Road (no changes to the tower other than to strengthen it) and Mt Pleasant (existing 140' tower will be replaced with 180' self - supporting totter). The four new sites will be in the Towns of Enfield, Danby, and Caroline. A map of the coverage to be provided by the new system was displayed and L Shurtleff noted that while a few areas will still not be covered because of the terrain, others will get a mobile signal at least 95% of the time (guaranteed by Motorola). They believe this system is superior to other systems they looked at and best meets the needs of public safety. L Shurtleff said this plan has been put before the municipalities and public safety groups over the last few years. it maximizes the use of existing radio sites and minimizes the construction of additional towers. For the Town of Dryden, this system provides pretty good portable radio coverage. In the areas of deep gorges where there is no coverage, he noted there would be incident command set up where they could talk on tactical operations channels and still be able to reach back to the dispatch center. The system does flow over into the Towns of Virgil and Hanford a little, and they will add repeaters in areas where there is difficulty. l., Shurtleff noted the map displays the coverage that is guaranteed by Motorola and said it in fact will probably be better than what is projected. • Page 6 of 16 TB 5 -1 1 -06 At the Walker Road site they will continue to use the existing tower and will install fencing. New shelters (12'x 36') will be installed at Walker Road and Mt Pleasant, together with fencing. Generators will be placed ® inside the shelters to minimize noise levels. 'There will be no new roadways. The new tower at Mt Pleasant: will be 180' so will not require lighting under FAA requirements. It will be a freestanding tower. The County has looked at the codes in place in the Towns and tried to incorporate their desires. The County legislature in 2001. made the decision to subject the final proposal to a full SEQR review. They have completed an EIS and held a public information meeting and public hearing. They did visual impact studies at each site and L Shurtleff distributed photographs to the board showing what the sites will look like when finally completed. L Shurtleff said the study cost over $200,000 and is probably one of the most complete studies done on a telecommunications project. They believe they have a product that meets the needs of the responders, and if the board has any thoughts or concerns, they will entertain those. L Shurtleff said they will share with Town offices copies of licenses and any studies they do particular to a site, as well as final blue prints for the towers and foundations as well as the shelters. When the system is completed the County will conduct an extensive coverage acceptance test plan. The County will be divided into grids and it will be tested by County staff, Motorola staff, and members of the public safety community to see if it is performing as predicted. Cl Tier asked about the portable radios and their ability to function. He said the radios they use now are a higher wattage than the portable radios for the proposed system, and one of the concerns is building penetration with the wattage of the proposed radios. He said if they can't get through the building, it will never get to the tower, and there will be no coverage. L Shurtleff said Motorola is under contract to provide projections of in building coverage at various decibel levels. In most of the populated areas there is multiple signals going in and what they have been shown so far for areas near towers is very strong in building penetration, and noted that you won't get a. signal in some buildings regardless of frequency. They are still working with the FCC to get some additional frequencies, tactical channels, so they will have coverage from portable to portable. They are also looking at being able to place transmitters in areas of heavy building construction so there is a way of repeating into a building. As time goes on things will probably be implemented to enhance the system. Cl Tier said he raised the question because of the potential of the Town funding some of the radio equipment for emergency services. 1, Shurtleff said Motorola will be coming in the next: few months to meet with the public safety people to make decisions about the individual subscriber units. L Shurtleff said they are working to come up with some type of ordinance or provision that would protect them in case a building goes up and interferes with the path between towers. ZO Slater said the Town doesn't have any local regulations regarding that and they could work with the County to come up with a local requirement. L Shurtleff said they are finalizing the plans and construction documents and expect to begin construction in June. If all goes well the towers will be going up in August, shelters in September, deployment of equipment from the end of October through early winter, and they hope to make the microwave functional in the early winter months. They will have to extend the implementation of the 800 system into the spring and summer months because part of the testing requirements is to do it with full foliage. They won't sign off on the system and make the last payment for at least a year. They are working on a variety of grants and other funding • Page. 7 of 16 TB 5 -11 -06 sources in order to not impose a hardship on other agencies. They have already secured two $500,000 grants through Congressmen Hinchey and Boehlert and they are also working with senate and assembly representatives. They are also anticipating funding to put computers in is vehicles so they can share data with people at the scene. ZO Slater noted that the County has been in touch with the Town of Dryden about local ordinances and said that if any other user comes to the County requesting the authority to co- locate on the County towers, the County will send them to us for consideration under our current tower legislation. He said L Shurtleff has met with him on numerous occasions to share their progress, and thanked him for his conscientious effort to conform to our local legislation. HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT & DPW No report. COUNTY BRIEFING Martha Robertson said there was an article in The Ithaca Times about deer and complaints by the university neighborhoods council and requesting that the County do something about it. Cooperative Extension is going to assist: the County with this problem. The Planning Department will hold a Natural Features Focus Area Project meeting on May 23 at 7:00 p.m. at the McLean Fire Hall, Cl Sumner said she had attended the meeting held in Lansing and it was an excellent presentation. A meeting will be held on affordable County Public Library. A transportation survey for teens is in the County through the web. The Youth with TCAT. They are trying to determine w and when, housing at 6:00 p.m. on May 24 at the Tompkins presently being conducted with all school districts Services Department is doing this in conjunction here the youth of the County wants or needs to go The new Teen Services and Activities guide was distributed. These services are mostly targeted for youth ages 13 to 17. M Robertson said the County had been talking about the density policy for the IDA and talking about expanding it so that it includes other municipalities, not just the City of Ithaca. She asked whether someone on the board was interested in discussing what it would mean to have a density policy for the Town of Dryden and offered to set up a meeting with Mike Stamm. She said the City of Ithaca is having some intense discussions about how they might want to see the density policy revised. M Robertson said she would like to see it revised so that it included options for other municipalities. Mike Hattery said his personal opinion is that the density policy creates a conflict of the basic policies of the IDA because it starts to subsidize projects for which there is natural competition in the county, whether it's housing or retail. He said he felt that Mike Lane wrote an excellent: opinion for the newspaper saying this may be a good time to end it. He said he's not saying anyone is right or wrong, but he basically agrees that the density policy has done its work and it's time to end it. He reminded the board that some of them were on the board when they had the opportunity to approve the county's comprehensive plan and decided not to do tha t. is Page 8 of 16 TB 5 -1 1 -06 M Robertson said this is a tool that's available,, and she's not sure how the vote will go at the I DA, but she is inviting the town to become involved. M Lane said he sees a difference betlwcen the City and the towns and other areas. With the current IDA density policy for the City, the other municipalities have always had the opportunity to ask for a similar policy and none ever did. That has a lot to do with the fact mostly other towns and villages are soliciting almost any kind of development, and that's why some of the statutory tax abatements are still in place for new construction. The City of Ithaca and Ithaca City School District do not have that:. He thinks the fundamental problem was turning around what was a decaying downtown Ithaca in 2000, and in five short years that has turned around. It seems to have worked, it should have been temporary and it's time to end it. He said if the City wants to continue to give tax abatements for city tax, that's fine. M Robertson said there may be a purpose in making it more formalized and letting developers know that the Town of Dryden is eager to encourage development in its nodes and the 'Cowin is welcome to discuss it further. With respect to the Bolton Point fee schedule, M Hattery said it is his understanding that the County is entertaining a revised fee schedule, and said he thinks they are on their way to a workable solution. M Hattery said he looked forward to working with the Board's committee for assessment review next week and there was a brief discussion of the reassessment of vacant land in the County. He said he understood the County was trying to get caught up on the value of vacant land. RECREATION DEPT Jennifer Dube said she has permission to put signs for the Music in the Park concert series in the windows of some buildings on Main Street and will have caps with the schedule available at Dairy Day. They will have a dunk booth at Dairy Day again. In conjunction with the opening concert of the series at Montgomery Park, they will have a concert: with Mark Russ at the Ellis Hollow Community Center. Total number of participants in Kiwanis Baseball and Softball is now 288. About 40 people attended the skate board park demonstration and Borg Warner has pledged $7,500 to start: the skate park and given permission to use it as a snatching grant. J Dube said the Village would like to hold a joint public information meeting regarding the skate park and asked if there were board members available on June 20. She said she believes the Village will allow the skateboard park at Montgomery Park if there is support from the Town. They will also present the Needs Assessment prepared by Cortland State students at that meeting. She will let the board know when the date is confirmed. J Dube said she will need an additional $500 to cover the cost of the music at the Ellis Hollow Community Center. M Robertson was concerned that the money was coming from a fund she thought to be established for capital projects at the community centers. Cl Stelick explained that Christine Becraft had asked for help with running some programs and that fund was not intended to be specifically for capital projects. letters of support to date. J Dube is making a presentation to the Village Board on May 18 in support of the skate park and Mr & Mrs Ackley will be there. They have received 15 -20 letters of support to date. • Page 9 of 16 TB 5-11-06 ATTORNEY Atty Perkins said he had looked into the stratus the CDBG loan that was made to 0 Seymour. Seymour's first mortgage was in foreclosure (Town holds second mortgage). That V oreclosure proceeding was discontinued and apparently Seymour got caught up with their mortgage holder, though they are still about $300 in arrears to the Town. His recommendation is not to do anything more at this time. Supv Trumbull and Atty Perkins met with Peter Schug regarding the status of the loan made by the Town from CDBG funds to Cayuga Press. They acknowledge that they owe the money and if they relocate to Cortland that they may have to pay, it back. Bernie Thoma has confirmed that and said it is possible to redefine the terms of the loan. Modification could include an increased interest rage, increase principal and interest payments, a shorter tern, converting it to a demand note, or other things. If Cayuga Press does relocate, the Town will probably have to snake a decision on that. They currently owe about $275,000. Atty Perkins has provided the board with a draft of a letter to the Village regarding the flow monitoring station and not having heard any objections, will proceed. Atty Perkins has sent the board a copy of his letter to Ataxy Jolul Barney who has drafted another amendment to the Agreement of Municipal Cooperation for Bolton Point. The amendment covers the situation where if in the future Bolton Point should furnish water to the Town of Ithaca that goes out Taughannock Blvd and this out of town customer it will be legitimized. At the present time they get City of Ithaca water. He said there is no urgency with this and the board can discuss it next month when Atty Perkins has heard from John Barney. Atty Perkins spoke with the Village Attorney yesterday regarding the agreements for police services and code enforcement services and received no direction. Atty Perkins and Supv Trumbull suggested that the Supervisor be authorized to sign the agreements for one more year on the same substantive terms as those in place for the trial period. Deb Smiley has suggested that someone from court personnel be on the committee that oversees this. RESOLUTION #91 - AUTHORIZE POLICE & CODE ENFORCEMENT AGREEMENTS WITH THE VILLAGE Cl Christofferson offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption: RESOLVED, that the Town Supervisor is authorized to execute agreements with the Village of Dryden for code enforcement services to be provided the Village by the Town and Village police services to be provided the Town Court, and it is FURTHER RESOLVED, that the rates to be set forth in such agreements shall be the same as set forth in the existing agreements which expire May 31, 2006, and it is FURTHER RESOLVED, that such agreements shall be substantively in substantially the same form as the expiring agreements with such non - substantive modifications as may be necessary to fully implement the intent of such agreements. 2,11J Supv 'Trumbull Roll Call Vote Cl Christofferson Yes Cl 'Pier Yes Supv Trumbull Yes Cl Stelick Yes Cl Sumner Yes • Page 10 of 16 '116 5 -11 -06 Atty Perkins said some of the board members will recall there have been ongoing discussions regarding the diversion of some of the wastewater that flows through the Cayuga Heights plant to the City of Ithaca plant, making capacity available at the Cavuga Heights plant available to the Town of Dryden and Village of Lansing. There is a whole series of agreement and Atty Perkins said he has been unable to determine which municipalities have approved them. He has a call in to the attorney for the Village of Cayuga and one of the things in the agreement that we would have to sign with Cayuga Heights is that we would have to adopt a sewer use local law at least as stringent as theirs. He said we haven't seen what: that would look like yet, but it looks like we would probably have three sets of standards for sewer use local laws. One is for the Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment customers, one for the customers that will be served by the Cayuga Heights plants, and one for the Cortland Road Sewer District. When he has copies for board members he will provide them. Cl Sumner asked if why Cayuga Heights had so many water quality violations and D Putnam said it was because of capacity. Atty Perkins said some of that was alleviated by a previous diversion. ZONING OFFICE ZO Slater announced that he had received a check last week from the Cayuga Lake Watershed Intermunicipal Organization in the amount of $45,667 to cover the Town of Dryden's expenses for the Virgil Creek Stream Restoration Project. Three site plan review applications and one tower application are expected in the next few months. ZO Slater said Egner had promised us full construction documents this week, but they have not yet been received. ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNER Dan Kwasnowski gave an overview of the annual stormwater report. as required by NYS DEC. The report is posted on the town's website and public comment is welcome and will be submitted with the report in June. There are six minimum control measures that the town must comply with by March of 2008, Measure one is public outreach and education. The report outlines the activities done with the Tompkins County Stormwater Group as well as other activities that have been done to comply. Measure two is public involvement and participation and lists things such as riparian buffer planting and the Boy Scouts are going to plant willows at Virgil Creek and comments from the public on this report. The Stormwater Group is going to do a lot more with contractor training. ,Measure three-; is illicit discharge detection and elimination. These are pipes that dump into the MS4 area and being currently mapped by the Town of Ithaca. When these are identified the Town will need to develop an ordinance to eliminate them. D Kwasnowski said this section is kind of blank because we haven't done a lot with it, but we are on schedule. Measures four and five are construction site and post construction stormwater runoff control regulatory mechanisms. This is the stormwater ordinance that is currently being reviewed and commented on. D Kwasnowski said he believes the Town should form a stormwater committee to assist with this task. The post construction portion deals with what happens with the ponds that people build, etc. and that should also be addressed by a stormwater committee. • Page I I of 16 TB 5 -1 1-U6 Measure six is pollution prevention /good housekeeping for municipal operations. D Kwasnowski said Jack Bush has a lot of this in place, is very proactive and way ahead of other municipalities in this regard. D Kwasnowski said this program will be institutionalized in the Torun and the policies should be dealt with in a way that the next Highway Superintendent can easily continue the practices. D Kwasnowski said the point of this program is to protect and preserve high quality water. The plan is painful to think about: and implement, but a worthwhile effort. The Town of Dryden is on schedule or ahead of schedule and doing more than a lot of other towns in the State. Some funds have been awarded to continue the stormwater work, and the next round of funding should include funds for building the ordinance. He said participation in the Stormwater Group is key. The Transportation Enhancement Program focuses on alternative transportation concepts. D Kwasnowski has been approached by Fernando de'Aragon of ITCTC, our regional metropolitan planning organization for the transportation counsel, and with this round of funding they would like to apply for construction of a trail in the Town from the Town of Ithaca border to Route 13. He said he would like to do this. M Hattery said the Cornell Recreation Club would be interested in participating in this project. Cl Christofferson said he would like to see a map of the area. The board is supportive of the application. D Kwasnowski said recipients of Farmland Protection Implementation Grants have been announced and the Stuttle and Sherman applications were not selected. He has notified the applicants, and would like to resubmit them for the next round. The Stormwater Group Memorandum of Understanding still needs a signature. The board has received this and both drafts have been reviewed by Atty Perkins. Atty Perkins explained this is a simple agreement to agree and isn't really necessary but some people felt they needed a document that outlines what they are doing. The group doesn't have any authority to incur any debt or make any binding decisions. RESOLUTION #92 - APPROVE STORMWATER GROUP MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING Cl Stelick offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption: RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby authorizes Supv Trumbull to execute the Stormwater Group Memorandum of Understanding, subject to approval by the Town Attorney, 2nd Cl Christofferson Roll Call Vote Cl Christofferson Yes Cl Tier Yes Supv Trumbull Yes Cl Stelick Yes Cl Sumner Yes D Kwasnowski reported the Conservation Board had a long discussion regarding the renewable energy ordinance on Tuesday night, a lot of it toward leniency. He has prepared a table of the ordinance noting comments received from the Conservation Board, Planning Board, the public, etc. He is trying to set up trips for board members to view some of the existing windmills locally and will schedule a public information session. In June he hopes to present the findings of the board reviews and public comment to the Town Board. After that meeting he will revise or develop ordinance language to be introduced in July so a public hearing can be scheduled. Page 12 of 16 D Kwasnowski would like to hire a GIS summer intern He said there is a lot of organizational work that person could be collected. He estimates the cost to be about $3,000 for the board decided the funding should come half from contingency budget. Cl Christofferson, D Kwasnowski and ZO Slater will i make a recommendation to the board. TOWN CLERK TB 5 -11 -06 and has written a work program. help with. There is more data to summer. After discussion the and half from department rnterview the candidate(s) and B Hollenbeck asked the board to approve the minutes of the April board meeting. RESOLUTION #93 - APPROVE MINUTES Cl Stelick offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption: RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby approves the minutes of the April 13, 2006 town board meeting. 2nd C1 Tier Roll Call Vote Cl Christofferson Yes C1 Tier Yes Supv Trumbull Yes C1 Stelick Yes Cl Sumner Yes B Hollenbeck told the board she had attended a session at the annual Town Clerks Conference on passports and the Town could apply to be a passport acceptance facility as a service to its residents. The board indicated an interest in doing this, DISCUSSION The Board has a proposed resolution for the Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Facility to authorize the City of Ithaca to execute contracts with non - domestic generators of non- hazardous waste on SJS approval of those contracts. RESOLUTION 094 - AUTHORIZE CITY OF ITHACA TO EXECUTE CONTRACTS FOR NON - DOMESTIC GENERATORS OF NON - HAZARDOUS WASTE FOR IAWTF Cl Stelick offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption: WHEREAS, the Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Facility ( "iAWTF ") is owned and operated by the City of Ithaca, Town of Ithaca, and Town of Dryden ( "Municipal Owners "), with oversight provided through this Special Joint Committee ( "SJC ") composed of representatives from the three Municipal Owners; and WHEREAS, the non - domestic generators of non - hazardous waste within Tompkins County and surrounding jurisdictions who are listed on Exhibit A currently produce different kinds of waste such as leachate, industrial wastewater and industrial sludge which must be properly treated and disposed of in accordance with the standards of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (hereinafter "DEC" ); and Page 13 of 16 TB 5-11-06 WHEREAS, the IAWTF, in its over 18 years of operations, has successfully expanded its scope of services to provide a broader environmental benefit by accepting at its septage receiving station and processing some of these types of specialty wastes which should not be discharged into the environment and without proper processing; and WHEREAS, the Municipal Owners are satisfied that the IAWTF has ample capacity and capability to receive and treat hauled waste on a commercial basis from the generators listed on Exhibit A; and WHEREAS, the generators of hauled waste listed on Exhibit A and the Municipal Owners are desirous of entering into Agreements for the treatment of said waste at the IAWTF; and WHEREAS, the Municipal Owners hereby wish to delegate to the City the authority to enter into these contracts and to execute them on their behalf, and the City's board of Public Works, pursuant to the attached resolution dated November 29, 2005, (Exhibit B) has authorized the IAWTF's Chief Operator to sign these contracts on behalf of the City; and WHEREAS, at its July 11, 2005 meeting, the SJC approved the concept of these contracts, be it now RESOLVED, that the City of Ithaca is hereby formally authorized to execute the above= referenced contracts with the respective generators of waste, which contracts shall be signed on behalf of the City by the Chief Operator of the IAWTF under the supervision of the Board of Public Works of the City of Ithaca, and be it further RESOLVED, that the City, of Ithaca is hereby formally authorized to execute future contracts with other non - domestic generators of non - hazardous waste upon SJC approval of • said contracts, which contracts shall be signed on behalf of the City by the Chief Operator of the IAWTF under the supervision of the Board of Public Works of the City of Ithaca. Its LIST OF GENERATORS WITH CONTRACTS APPLETON - PENN YANN APPLETON - READING CENTER DELAWARE COUNTY HILLVIEW - TOMPKINS COUNTY JOINT' SANITARY LANDFILL COMMISSION VILLAGE OF MARATHON MORNINGSTAR - UU11RADAIRY SENECA MEADOWS TOWN OF VIRGIL VILLAGE OF TRUMANSBURG W.R. GRACE EXHIBIT B RESOLUTION OF CITY OF ITHACA DATED NOVEMBER 29, 2005 Resolution to Authorize Waste Hauler Contracts at IAWWTP By Commissioner Dotson: Seconded by Commissioner Romanoff Page 14 of 16 TB 5-11-06 WHEREAS, the Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Plan was designed to serve the needs of the owners' wastewater needs as well as to process septage from the outlining communities, and WHEREAS, in its last 18 years of operations, the plant has successfully expanded its scope of services to provide a broader environmental benefit by processing some specialty wastes such as landfill leachates, biologic wastes, or construction wastes, which cannot be discharged to the environment without cleaning, and WHEREAS, a new set of operating contracts have been developed and reviewed, which conform to federal, state, and local laws, which are designed to protect the environment, people and the plant itself, now therefore be it RESOLVED, That the Chief Operator is authorized to sign agreements to treat hauled waste at the treatment plant which meet all the requirements of the contracts, do not interfere with the day - to-day operation of the plant, provide adequate revenues to reimburse the owners as well as charge a rate which provides a strong economic incentive for the waste generators to control and minimize their wastes. Carried Unanimously 6 -0 STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF TOMPKINS SS: CITY OF ITHACA I, Julie Conley Holcomb, City Clerk of the City of Ithaca, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is a true and exact copy of a resolution duly adopted by the Board of Public Works of said City of Ithaca at a regular meeting held on the 9th day of November, 2005, and that the same is a complete copy of the whole of such resolution. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and the Corporate Seal of the City of Ithaca, this 29th day of November, 2005. July Conley Holcomb, CMC City Clerk City of Ithaca, New York 2^d Cl Christofferson Roll Call Vote C1 Christofferson Yes Cl Tier Yes supv ,rrumbull Yes Cl Stelick Yes Cl Sumner Yes Page 15 of 16 TB 5-11-06 RESOLUTION #95 - APPROVE ABSTRACT #5 Cl Stelick offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption: RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby approves Abstract #5, as audited, vouchers #315 through #401, totaling $291,906.67. 2nd Cl Tier Roll Call Vote Cl Christofferson Yes Cl Tier Yes Supv Trumbull Yes Cl Stelick Yes Cl Sumner Yes On motion made, seconded and unanimously carried, the board moved into executive session at 10:42 p.m. to discuss a matter of current litigation and the possible acquisition of real estate. Regular session resumed at 10:53 p.m. RESOLUTION #96 - AUTHORIZE SUPERVISOR TO OBTAIN APPRAISAL Cl Christofferson offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption: RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby authorizes the Town Supervisor to engage North East Appraisals at: a cost not to exceed $600 for appraisal of a certain parcel of property which the town is interesting in acquiring. 2«n C1 Tier Roll Call Vote Cl Christofferson Yes Cl 'Pier Yes Supv Trumbull Yes Cl Stelick Yes Cl Sumner Yes There being no further business to come before the board, on motion made, seconded and unanimously carried, the meeting was adjourned at 10:57 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Bambi L. Hollenbeck Town Clerk Page 16 of 16 DRYDEN TOWN BOARD 'MEETING Thursday, May 11, 2006 at 7:00 p.m. 1) Call Meeting; to Order • 2) Pledge of Allegiance 3) Roll Call 4) Public Hearing 7:00 p.m. Local Law amending the Electrical Code of the Town Presenter 5) Agenda Item 6) Citizens Privilege 1. County Communication `Powers Project L• Shurtleff 7) Town Highway SuperintendentiDepartment of Public Works J Bush 8) County Briefing County Repr. 9) Engineering A Sciarabba 10) Recreation Department J Dube 11) Attorney M Perkins 12) Zoning Officer H Slater 13) Environmental Planner a) Stormwater Management Program Annual Report b) "Transportation Enhancement Program c) Farmland Protection Implementation Grant d) Natural Features Focus Areas — May 23r1, McLean Fire Hall 7- 8:30pm e) Stormwater Group MOA 14) Town Clerk a) Approve April minutes D Kwasnow•ski B I- ollenbeck 15) Discussion a) Southern Cayuga Lake Intermunicipal Water Commission/Agreement of Municipal Coop b) Pre - treatment and Plant to Plant Agreements — Cayuga Heights c) New Town Hall d) Cortland Road Server Contract 16) .Approve Abstract # 5 17) Future Agenda Items 18) Executive Session - ifnecessary Possible Real Estate `I ransaction 5 -1 1 -06 SPEAKER SIGN IN SHEET If you wish to address the Board under citizens privilege of the floor }Tease sign in below. Speakers will be limited to a maximum of three minutes. Please provide the Clerk with a written summary of your statement. Name Ed C_ Address j S� 6z i �Fv (OAD r � � C 06/08,'2x06 14:31:45 MONTHLY REPORT OF SUPERVISOR 0 THE TOWN BOARD OF THE Town of Dryden: scant to Section 125 of the Town Law, I hereby render the following detailed statement of all Moneys received and disbursed by me during the month of May, 2006: If DA'1'L'•D: June 8.. 2006 SUPIDIVISOR Balance Balance 04/30/2006 Increases Decreases 05/31/2006 A GENERAL FUND - TOWNWIDE CASH - CHECKING 31, 572.77 119, 941.92 146, 938.56 4, 5 ?6.13 CASH - SAVINGS 5,286,375.99 71„428.93 70,000.00 5,287,804.92 PETTY CASH 500.00 0.00 0.00 500.00 PETTY CASH - POSTAGE. 71539.89 0.0[0 445.62 7,099.27 SPC RESERVE /BUILDING 539,235.19 2tO53.18 0.00 541,268.37 CAPITFIL RESEP.VE /GENERAL 2,168,785.67 8,333.96 0.00 21197* 119. 63 TOTAL 8,054409151 201,757.99 217, "384.1.8 8,0381383.32 DA HIGHWAY TOWNWIDE FUND CASH - CHECKING 18,857.?3 20,846.25 39,662.59 41.49 CASH - SAVINGS 1,853,813.70 45,051..40 20,100.00 1,678,765.10 ® TOTAL i,872,671.53 65,991.65 59,762.59 1, 878,860 59 B GENERAL - OUTSIDE FUND CASH - CHECK114C 12, 861.03 7, 20;4.24 171597,E5 21467t', 62 CASH - SAVINGS 465,173.83 1,753.67 4,600.'00 462,32';.50 PETTY CASH - POSTAGE If 195-15 0.00 1.37.29 1,057.86 TOT8.L 479, 230.01. 8, 957.91 22, 334 . 99 -165, 852.98 DB HIGHWAY OUTSIDE FUND CASH - CHECKING 1,139.34 72,262.62 72,742.67 659.29 CASH - SAVING if 069,118. 64 31800.41. 71,000.00 1,0011919.05 TOTAL 1,070,257.98 76,063.03 143,742.6'; 1,002,578.34 SF1- DRYDEN FIRE DISTRICT CASH - CHECKING 783.12 4,216.88 5,000.00 0100 Cr+SH - SAVINGS 426,786.93 1,608.97 4,216.88 424,179.02 TOTAL 427,570.05 5,825.85 9, 216.88 4241179.02 SL1- VARNA LIGHTING DISTRICT CASH - CHECKING CASH - SAVINGS 6,351.61 28.26 50.00 23.99 76.0:1 50.00 6,325.60 2.26 • TOTAL 6,.379.87 73.99 126.+10 61327.66 SL2- ETNA LIGHTING DISTRICT CASH - CHFCKING 19.79 45.00 64.00 0.79 Pane 1 MONTHLY REPORT OF SUPERVISOR Balance Balance 04/30/2006 Increases Decreases 05/31/2006 ® CASH - SAVINGS 5,054.17 19.07 45.00 5,028.74 SS6- PEREGRINE HOLLOW SEWER TOTAL 5,074.46 64.0` 109.00 CASH - CHECKING CrSE1 - SAVINGS 51029.53 SL3- MEADOW /LEISURE LIGHTING DISTRICT 279.90 0.i5 11170.72 83,503.74 isTOTAL 841618.98 335.53 280.05 CASH - CHECKING 68.53 87.00 155.00 0.53 CASH - CHECKING CASH - SAVINGS 3,306.84 1,110.48 11,478.57 12.27 3,065.14 87.00 31234.11 TOTAL 3,377.37 99.27 242.00 3,234.64 SM AMBULANCE DISTRICT CAS: - CHECK.ING 776.17 44,223.83 45,000.00 0.00 CASH - SAVINGS 325,975.25 11072.79 44,223.93 262,824.21. TOTAL 326,751.42 45,296.62 89,223.83 282,824.21 SS1- SAPSUCKER SEWER - UNITS CASH - CHECKING 81177.40 297.41 8101.4.54 460.27 CASH - SAVINGS 37,513.36 8,1.73.30 0.00 45,686.66 TOTAL 45,690176 8,470.71 81014.54 46,146.93 SS21111 VARNA SEWER - UNITS CASH - CHECKING 6,713.67 164.74 5,619.08 11459.33 ® CASH - SAVINGS 1.62,558.02 618.95 0.00 163,.176.97 TOTAL 169e271..69 98"3.69 5e619,08 164, 636.30 SS3- CORTLAND RD SEWER CASE[ - CHECKING 41709.96 31,621.09 35,289.32 1,041.75 CASH - SAVINGS 169,299.17 4,529.64 6,614."74 167,214.07 TOTAL 1.74,009.15 36,150.73 41,904.06 168,255.82 SS4- MONKEY RUN SEWER CASH - CHECKING 11412.62 2,561.57 31835059 138.60 CASH - SAVINGS 125,504.67 468.76 2,391.79 123,581.19 TOTAL 126,917.29 31030.33 6,227.38 123,720.24 SS5- TURKEY HILL SEWER CASH - CHECKING CASH - SAVINGS 1,986.38 73,898.29 137.48 281.37 782.47 0.00 11.,341.39 74,179.66 TOTAL 75,884.67 418.65 782.47 75,521.05 SS6- PEREGRINE HOLLOW SEWER CASH - CHECKING CrSE1 - SAVINGS 1,431.98 8311,87.00 18.64 316.89 279.90 0.i5 11170.72 83,503.74 isTOTAL 841618.98 335.53 280.05 84,679.x6 SW1- VARNA WATER CASH - CHECKING 1.3,433.23 1,110.48 11,478.57 3,065.14 Pa ge 2 MONTHLY REPORT OF SUPERVISOR Balance Balance 04/30/2006 Increases Decreases 05/31/2006 CASH - SAVINGS 250,823.20 955.03 0.00 2510776.23 Pa^e 3 TOT L 264,256.43 2,065.51 11,478.57 254,843.37 SW2- SNYDER HILL WATER CASH - CHECKING 21060.38 204.05 1,309.53 954.90 CASH - SAVINGS 44,918.39 171..03 0.00 45,089.42 TOTAL 46,978.77 375.08 11309.53 46,044.32 SW3- MONKEY RUN WATER CASH - CHECKING 2,436.72 1,720.59 3,893.50 263.81 CASH - SAVINGS 123j618.89 470.69 1, 42;..26 122„ 661.32 TOTAL, 1.26,055.61 2,191.28 5,321.76 122,925.13 SW4- HALL ROAD WATER CASH - CHECKING 21290.92 0.43 .L, 803.14 486.21 CAS14 - SAVINGS 24,984.':6 89.69 0.00 25,074.45 TOTAL 27,275.68 90.12 11803.14 25,562.66 SW5- TURKEY HILL WATER CASH - CHECKING 2,629.62 11, 280.63 124.84 0 CAST: - SAVINGS 126,246.30 91004.1.2 2,347.05 132,903.37 TOTAL 135j022,15 1.1, 633.74 13, 627.6E 133, 028.21 RN MCARTHUR SPECIAL RESERVE CHECKING - SPECIAL RESERVES 2,922.90 0.00 0100 21922.90 TOTAL 2,922.90 0.00 0100 21922.90 CD REHABILITATION LOANS AND GRANTS CASH - CHECKING 108,358.57 3,292.96 423.00 111,228.53 1'OzrL 106,356.57 3,292.96 423.CO 1.11,226.53 TA AGENCY FUND CASH - 'TRUST & AGENCY 5, 053.73 97f556161 101, 051.05 11561.49 TOTAL 5,053.73 97,558.81 101,051.05 1,561.49 SS7- ROYAL ROAD SEWER CASH - CHECKING 'ASH - SAVINGS 4,1.98.40 244.46 0.15 15.99 80.10 0100 4,21.4.39 164.21 TOTAL 4,442.86 16.14 60.40 4,378.60 - ROYAL ROAD WATER CASH - CHECKING CASH - SAVINGS 34,212.69 440.29 0.29 149.31 1.17.90 0.00 39,362.00 322.66 TOTAL 39,652.98 149.60 11.7.90 39,684,66 Pa^e 3 TOTAL ALL FUNDS 13, 681, 734. 42 57u, 799, 4v" 74t1, 182. 10 7,3, 512, 351..18