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Home My WebLink About2010-06-09TB 6 -9 -10 TOWN OF DRYDEN 0 TOWNBOARD MEETING June 9, 2010 Nrf- Lent= Supervisor Mary Aran Su inner, C1 Stephen Stelick, Cl Joseph Solomon, C1 David Makar, Cl Jason 1. cifcr Elected ()Fficiils= Bambi L. Avery, Town Clerk Other'1`own Staff: Dan Kwasno�wSlSi, FT1ViMT1rFicnl:al Planner Brian Mcilmy, Bookkeeper Sums Sumner opened the meeting at 7 :02 p -m. Joe W iIt5on of l)rydcn R e sourrea Awareness Coalition, :asked wh(.,thc_r the board iLq considering the petitions submitted by DRAG for local ordirtances for noise and local control of land use. He also wanted to know whether the board will pass a resolution situilar to the one passed by the 'Tompkins County Legislature asking the State to ban Hydraulic fracturing pending determination of the risks and other factors involved. C1 Leifer has prepared a resOlLL6011 %irnilar- 1;0 whA11 wO$ FN�Lssrd by TO Mpkins Count} and distributed it to board members, It will be considered at next week's board meeting. He will al%o br;gin work on an industrial noise ordinance. Local land use authority will be addre_s�scd beginning with an aquifer protection lave- it gas ncYCC3 that. Virgil has adopted a good aquifer protection law that could 1 used as a model. D Kwasnowski staid that we will soon have complete dada on the Virgil Creek Aquifer that will be helpful iii preparation of a local low. We don't have good information on f1he of-her aquifers in the Town- He will begirt drafting that legislation. Cl Leifer will prepare a report on research and proposed legislation for next week's me emng- upv Sumner reported there are new state regulations with respec_1: to fireworks permits and it appears the Town will no longer be able to issue permil:s For backyard fireworks exhibits. The new law require% the people in charge of a fireworks display to possess a valid certificate of cornpcternce as a pyrotechnician- Time Warner Cable - C;1 Leifer is working with Josh Bogdan and mapping current service lines. He is also re- writing the franchise: agrecrr4ent. The current agreement does not cover intern(A access. e don't want 'Time Wanier to begin charging for exceeding a certain amount of broad4Eaid usage- He will report on progress at the July meeting- W PPIG Reserve - The Lew -Lin agreement is moving slowly through channels in Albany - The board could appropriate fuiads to close with the Stuttles and wait for reimbursement by the State, D Kwasnowski is confident it will close, but we don't. know when, if ilhe board dc_r:ides to proceed in this way, the purchlise agreement will need to be arnendc.,d to reflect the change. The scnNe of the boaimd i4 that if there was more reassu ranrt; from Albany, they would likely proceed. The matter will be discussed again in July. Cortland Read Water District - Supv Sumner has spent, a significant arrkount of tinie reviewing the history and the most recent report on the Village of Dryden's current water system- One option to address current it5sues is to form a district that }would include the rilol: � lFf � 113 6 -9 -10 village and utilize the Keith Lane wall. The adequacy of that is being assessed by TG Miller. Supv Sumner has • met with the Mayor to review alternatives. The old water line on North Street has had several breaks and needs to be repaired. There are apparently no easements on the properties. The Village is reluctant to invest the funds to replace the 100 year old line for users that are outside village limits. A small district could be formed that included the properties the line travels through. Property owners would have to be in favor of this option and the earliest that process could be completed would be September. Supv Sumner said that forming a district that included the Village of Dryden and areas north of the Village would benefit all parties. The Village would have a new water source and the areas outside the Village could receive the services they need. She will try to schedule a meeting with the Village for July 6 at 7:00 p.m. Alternate Planning Board and ZBA members - Atty Perkins has drafted amendments to the Zoning Ordinance and Subdivision Rules and Regulations to create the position of alternate members for these boards. The resolutions can be introduced at next week's meeting and a public hearing scheduled. Following the public hearing, the board may adopt the amendments and publish a notice of adoption. The amendments will be effective ien days after publication. Teamsters negotiations - are now in mediation. Grievance arbitrations are scheduled in June. Community Garden Lease - Board members have a draft for review and may vote to authorize the Supervisor to sign the agreement next week. PACE Program - The board has a suggested resolution to support this County program which would allow property owners to make energy efficiency improvement measures to their residences and pay for those by an addition to their property tax bill. This way the cost of the improvement would be spread over a period of time, and would be passed on to the next property owner if the property is sold prior to the end of the repayment period. The resolution will be voted on next week. 41j Retirement Resolution - will be voted on next week. Village Code Enforcement Contract - The Village has prepared and sent us a new contract for code enforcement for the period June 1, 2010 through May 31, 201. 1. it increases the annual payment to the Town from $20,764.80 to $23,765.00. The Village noted that they have not been receiving monthly activity reports from the code officers and would like those in the future. The board will authorize the Supervisor to sign the contract at next week's meeting. Varna Trail Grant - There may be Park Foundation Grant money available for this project that. would run from Game Farm Road to Route 13 along the old railroad bed. Dan Kwasnowski, Cl Makar, Fernando de'Aragon, and Rick Manning recently met to discuss this. D Kwasnowski has been talking with property owners about easements. We need design work at an estimated cost of $35,000 to $50,000. D Kwasnowski will write the grant. application. The board will authorize Supv Sumner to sign the application next week. She asked they develop a strategy for working with landowners. Supv Sumner said Jim Skaley has advised her that they are planning a visioning ® session for Varna to be held prior to a meeting with Steve Lucente. Page 2 of 3 '1613 6.9 -10 Supv Surriner will ask Atty Perkins to draft: local legislation requiring graining for town board members. D K%vasnowski plans to present: the Planning Board with a revised zoning law next week. They will review it and make a recommendation to the Town Board, hopefully by the August meeting. The Stormwat:er Audit and Annual Report and Management Plan have been submitted. The outfalls have been mapped. Most problems are on state roads. The Finance Committee has revised its financial investment plan recommendation. They now recommend that 4.5 million dollars be put into a 12 month CDs. CDs in the amount of 1.5 million each will be purchased in July, October, rued January. R Mcllroy will prepare a resolution for consideration at next week's meeting. Southwort:h Library Funding Request - Supv Sumner met with Mary Ulen Rumsey and Les Cleland and reviewed the budget for the new addition and furnishings. The only thing still unclear is the actual amount of the endowment. She will try to get that figure by next week, and the board is ready to act on their funding request. RESOLUTION #79 - APPROVE ABSTRACT #6 Supv Sumner offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption: RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby approves Abstract: #6, as audited, vouchers #476 through 585, totaling x,615,017.77. tad Cl Leifer Roll Call Vote Cl Stelick Yes Cl Solomon Yes Supv Sumner Yes C1 Makar Yes Cl Leifer Yes Financial reports were distributed. There being no further business, on motion made, seconded and unanimously carried, the meeting was adjourned at 9:35 p.m. Respectfully submitted, / fi'J'Jf/fr I a Qam bi L. Avery Town Clerk Page 3 4?f'3