HomeMy WebLinkAbout2011-07-20TOWN OF DRYDEN
TOWN BOARD MEETING
July 20, 2011
Present: Supervisor Mary Ann Sumner, Cl Stephen Stelick, Cl Jason
Leifer, Cl David Makar
Excused: Cl Joseph Solomon
Elected Officials: Jack Bush, Highway Superintendent
Other Town Staff: Patricia C. Millard, Deputy Town Clerk
Kevin Ezell, Code Enforcement Officer
Jane Nicholson, Planner
Mahlon Perkins, Town Attorney
Supv Sumner opened the meeting at 7:01 p.m. and board members and guests
participated in the pledge of allegiance.
PUBLIC HEARING
ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
PROTECTION FROM NATURAL GAS EXPLORATION AND
EXTRACTION ACTIVITIES LAW
Supv Sumner opened the public hearing at 7:07 p.m. and dispensed with reading the
public notice that was published in The Ithaca Journal, Supv Sumner opened the floor to
public comments.
Note: Unless otherwise noted, all speakers are Dryden Town residents and stated either their
general or specific address when they began speaking.
Peter Davies - Dryden has many things going for it. We have pure water and clean air. Now we
have the potential of having this pure water and clean air destroyed. I think by now we are all
familiar with the problems in this industry in other parts of the country; water contamination,
families on bottled water, dead cattle, people with methane in their water told to open their
windows to take showers. Town Board of the Town of Dryden, we are gathered here today to
ask you for one thing. Please protect us from this menace. Please pass this ordinance to ban
fracking as we know it in the Town of Dryden.
Vicki Meyers Wallen - I am a scientist and a veterinarian and I study birth defects. I've lived
here for more than 20 years and I've lived in many other places before, but it's clear to me that
this place is really a unique place and what: we have here is priceless. I second everything that
Peter Davies said. I also say that we should not take what we have here for granted. Once we
ruin our health and our environment, we cannot put it back together. Life is a one -way street.
It's not only my health I'm concerned about: it's the children and grandchildren here. We don't
know what the long -term consequences are, let alone the short -term consequences. I ask you,
what are we willing to accept here? We have all these unknown factors. is there any amount of
money that would compensate the possibility of birth defects in our children or cancer in our
spouse. I am not willing to accept those risks. Fracking is an uncontrolled experiment. It's an
experiment that is going on in Pennsylvania. If we are wise, we will sit back on our assets and
watch what happens there both short -term and long -term. I am for the town banning this
activity in our area and I hope you have the courage to do that.
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Jinn Crawford - I call for a rejection of fear mongering and all kinds of emotional appeals. This
year, the international energy agency more than doubled its recent 2008 estimate of worldwide
natural gas reserves due to new extraction technologies. Thev said that natural gas is
abundant, affordable and clean burning relative to other fuels. Articles have noted that the
U. S. is now vir[uaIly self- sustaining in its natural gas needs, 1 think the I)tTden Town Board
needs to consider our energy future as you also consider the safety concerns. Last month, the
Ne w York Times ran an article called "Insider's Sound an Alarm amid Natural a Gas Rush" and
very soon came into a lot of criticism for that_ Their own public editor Arthur Brisbane
criticized the paper for running an article that was misleading and lacking objectivity_ What's
going on when revered out]ets like the New York Times find themselves climbing out on a limb
and then needing to climb back? To date, too many groups and officials are playing to emotions
ratther than reason_ The very name Shale Shock and those black and red NO FRAOK signs with
dripping letters seem obviously calculated to appeal to an emotional treatment of the issue.
That's extremely unfortunate. Regarding the local petition asking for a drilling ban, the number
of signatures collected would be more meaningful if they also reported the number of Dryden
residents declining to sign the petition, Last Friday, the Ithaca Journal reported on a Sienna
College poll which reported rough parity in people's regard for the recent DEC report, but they
also had another figure which was a 55 -33% spread in the degree of trust people had for their
neighbors based upon their being for or against fracking_ I would life to suggest that when
Sienna College is sampling, the very same people and they find parity on one question and such
a split on others, we're looking at a direct readout on the emotional nature of this debate.
Please give your attention to rational discussion of how to balance our environmental concerns
wit]i concern far our energy future. a should be rejoicing in technology which moves us
toward energy self sufficiency and we should reject questioning our neighbors' motives and
integrity. The Town Board should be taking a cautious approach to the risks and the costs of
drilling. Please don't try to be heroes by getting ahead of state evaluations and fashionable
pressure groups. is the Town also considering mandatory energy conservation? Where should
our energy future come from?
Dave Maoknee - Has lived in the town 47 gears_ There were many good businesses in this
area, Ithaca, Dryden included, there were a lot of good companies here, and that's why I
bought property here and have beenn paying taxes on it for 47 years_ My taxes help pay salaries
and support thce schools in the area. I don't think it's right that you would not waist
and allow
people to see what happens. 'You guys" started with the DEC and now nobody believes what
they hear - they don't even believe their awn government. We're not evert finished with it yet.
When we finish with it, then maybe we'd have a lying that says, do it or don't do it, but until
we do that, I don't think we should close it off, The anointed one ha.s closed two coal mines and
he wants by 2015, two of the biggest electric companies to be clean, which is an impossibility. I
hope when people run out of coal or the electric company triples your electric prices, that you
realize it's your own fault,
Art Berkey - Gives on -acre lot which is not large enough for a gas lease, so I have no direct
financial stake in the fmcking ban or riot, however I request you vote a inst the institution of
a ban for the following reasons. while I share the concern of maintaining safe water supply, I
have been unable to find on the web documentation of pollution of an aquifer despite fracking
Being conducted for sornu p+ years. I did find an instance of surface water spill in to a stre.am,
however new technology using methane rather than toxic liquids would eliminate runoff and
also the road damage frorn trucks transporting the liquid for disposal. No operation is ever
100% risk free, but the EPA regulations are designed for that purpose_ There appears to be
major legal jurisdictional questions that predictably will result ire legal action by gas
companies, Litigation costs to the Court of Appeals are estimated at 100K I do not wish that
our tax dollars will be used for this purpose. The Town of Ithaca has already incurred this
litigation liability for its residents. Finally, and of most importance, a ban would constitute
confiscation of residents' mineral rights without compensation_ For example, yesterday at a
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seniar luncheon, a retired resident with 11, acres and a. spouse disabled with ALS mentioned
she was negotiating for a gas lease for about $25,000 plus 2011/o royalties. A Mari would unfairly
eliminate this income. Gas production is the one asset with potential to provide the badly
needed economic stimulus for upstate New York and should be pursued under strict
regulations protecting the environment.
Henry Nzamer - I speak to unj ust confiscation of land owner's rights and the clouding of titles
on Dryden land by a ban. I do not advocate unregulated development. Our environment must
be protected with narrowly tailored regulation, preferably a uniform statewide, addressing of
specific problems. Lease offers in Central New York of $25 an acre with 12% royalties have
already grown to $3000 per acre and 20% royalties. A Bart means for 100 acres, at least
$300,000 in wealth is simply wipvd out. For 10 acres, $30,000 vanishes from its owner's
pocket. That's 100% tax rate_ Hmv's that for a fora] tax levy? Sound fair to you.) if the board
votes a ban at $3000 value an acre, it votes to confiscate at least $175 million of Dryden's
wealth. That's taking the equivalent of the toum's total current tax levy each year until 2074, A
ben means turning our Backs on $17,500 per capita for every adult, $80,000 per parcel of land
over 2.5 acres. If each of these 2200 parcels has 2.5 people in the household, 5500 people
directly benefit and that's 429% of Dryden's total population. Not a mere few and all of us will
gain from the economic benefit. A ban clouds titles to 41% of land_ The courts in equity will
extend leases so the energy companies get the full lease period. With a ban, properties may
carry liens forever; real trouble for those who try to sell their land or try to mortgage it. Energy
development will help many hard working people who are land rich and cash poor or
underemployed. It'll recapitalize our farms. For town government and educating our kids, safe
development will raise new revenue. Given government's Fscal crisis and tax cap, we Must cut
SeMriCes, Energy development could pay far schools and for roads_ Careful, safe enemy
development is possible_ Consider the facts; look at Dryden Safe Energy Coalition website at
Dryden SAC _org. Nothing is risk free, but a total ban is a very bad idea indeed.
Jane Edwards - i think we can preserve the health and longevity of all who live in the Town of
Dryden by preventing hydrofracking drilhrng. Such industrial action will destroy the tenor of
what e have; potentially hatm the safety of our water, 1 don't want to live with noise, with
methane gas smells, with crowded roads or lower property values. I don't want our quality of
life to be destroyed, Just for example, the Yellow Barn Water district is surrounded totally by
Vs leased land. I'm sure that the drilling will potentially affect our four (4) little wells that take
care of 250+ people, It is just a couple of thousand feet away. This is just one example of what
could happen, but truly, we are all connected and gas drilling i$ go M& to affect all of us, even
those who will make the trillions. They will still have a very poor quality of life_
Charles DeMotte - I want to speak in favor of the ordinance. 'There is sundry evidence to show
that fracking is dangerous to communities. It can affect long term health, We don't know fully
what the long term affects W1 11 be but there is evidence to show that there is a lot of pollution
involved With that. Secondly, that once you let multi- national and f or large corporations irl, you
cannot rely on the fact that they will protect or look after environmental safety. Thirdly,
opening the door to gas drilling will definitely affect the infrastructure of the community in
terms of noise pollution, traffic, and things like this, far beyond what Dryden can handle
successfully. Fourthly, the Town of Dryden is growing in terms of population, it will continue to
grow, and this is incompatible when you look at the populated areas in the town - how this
would be impacted by gas drilling. Arid finally, decisions as to the health and well being of the
community should always trump potential revenues that could be gained as a consequence_
Caren Cooper � Questioned extra protection for New York City water supply. Calls for equal
protection for our water here in the Tomm of Dryden. The value of water is not about the density
of people; it's about the dignity of all people_ Of course our water is as important to protect as
New York City water and Syracuse water, and so are our natural resources and our economy
and our quality of life_ None of that should be sacrificed for this. Fracking is a change we don't
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need and it's one we didn't ask for, we didn't ask for these people to come knocking on our
doors trying to sell us these pipe dreams. It is not going to better our town. There is nothing
broken here in Dryden that fracking is going to fix_ I ask the 'Town Board to provide the
protection that the state is failing to provide equally to all of its citizens. Look out for US here
and please ban fracking in Ordyen_
Aebrorah ippola Dennis - The Board has heard several times from me on this issue, so ]
won't go on about my opinions on hydrofracking grad the dangers of this evil industry. I'll
simply say that I support this resolution $rid the amendment and I'm hopeful that you will
move expeditiously to get it in place. I'd like to express my sincere gratitude for everything that
you (the Town Board) have done with respect to this issue. You're come a tremendous distance
in the past year, 1 feel that you 've listened to the people, you've researched this matter, and
you've taken bold action to protect your community. It's what we expect when we go to the
polls in November. Even though we are often disappointed with respect to our state and federal
representatives, you Ive Shown us we can trust you to do the right thing here at the local level. I
look forward to continuing to work with you to ensure that our town remains protected through
the upcoming zoning Changes_
Joanne Cip pola Dennis - I want to thank all of you (the residents) for conning out tonight_ I
became a member of DRAG once I learned that our dream home we were building was
surrounded by leased property. For more than two years, we have been studying the entire
process ofinethane gas development throughout Americo. Laving just returned from another
trip out west, I was able to see several states affected by gas development. In Wyoming, where
my brother lives, the water is delivered to water Buffaloes because the; cinergy corporations used
clean water, contaminated it, and now the corporations control the water. The air is reported to
be as toxic as L.A. This is happening in each state tracking shale takes place, It isn't if you get
contamination, Ws when and bow bad, We learned that shale gas production can only Be
accomplished with widespread industrialization of an entire region. The tactics corporations
use to convince governons to allow them to drill are well - practiced and successful in many
states now overrun by drillers. Industry convinces a governor it's gonna be done safely here
needed jobs are abundant - and that it will end our dependency on foreign ail. For starters,
we're talking about methane gas, not crude ail_ The jobs will be plentiful, but net for New
Yorkers, they'll be brought in from other states as they are trained in complex and dangerous
activities of extracting methane gas, Young guys are the oyes they recruit_ 'They're young,
they're healthy, and they never rusk any questions of what they are exposed to. We have learned
frocking shale gas is a cause and effect practice. Water Contamination is probable_ Air is laden
with diesel fuel. Hundreds of thousands of heavy vehicles fill the air with benzene - a very
dangerous, known carcinogen - is present at each site beginning immediately, and it doesn't
dissipate. The ozone oct:urs at ground level which is extremely harmful to humans. Benzene is
a killer that causes cancer and leukernia., My sister lives in North Dakota where drilling has
overtaken them. She carts for a }young 7- year -old boy who suffers frorn i eukeunia, requires
extensive and expensive health care not paid for By the industry that caused it_ MY neighbor is
now partners with the industry that seeks to destroy my Americana drearn, risk my health,
safety and water, ruin my investment along with my plans. Since when is it American to also
a drilling corn pany to use your property to steal from your neighbors, wh iCh is what hydraulic
fracturing does.
Nancy Morgan � I have felt very proud of my town government over recent months as you
listened to citizens and studied sea carefully the issues surrounding the likely intrusion of the
hydrofacking industry here_ There was an earlier environmental threat to my neighborhood
which was the sitting of a new county [an dfalI in the middle of a wetland in West Dryden, near to
where there had already been a landfill before. In that case, once the decision was final, the
County Government recognized its responsibility to protect property values in the area
surrounding the landfill site. They created the landfill neighborhood protection program_ If
participating landowners could not get a fair price for their property when they wanted to sell
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it, Tompkins bounty paid them the difference between what would have been fair market value
if -not for the landfill and the best offer received within a certain amount of time. The program
compensated many West Dryden neighbors before the site was given up. Now there is a much
greater threat to our environment; not just in West Dryden but in all of Dryden. Gas drilling
opemtions will, if allowed, turn certain areea into noisy, obnoxious, industrial sites; water wells
and streams near thorn will be at risk for contamination, neighbors will begin to have henxlth
problems like headaches and difficulty breathing and property values near these industrial
sites will plunge accordingly. Will we be able to look to the energy companies for
compensation? Definitely not, Their only responsibility will be to their shareholders far away,
We are so fortunate, once again, to have a local government that recognizes its responsibility to
protect the people who live here and which is working hard to live up to that respornsibility in
practical, proactive ways. The time has finally come to vote on a sensible amendment to our
zoning law in order to keep out this type of heavy industrial use and I will thank you the real of
my life for taking this important and courageous action.
Ron Szyman it - As of dune IS, one of the things you didn't have access to was the DEC
report. Now this report is out and what we do know is that through exhaustive study and
through the fact finding that they have spent with going to other states, answering all the
questions that we've heard here today, and through what is considered now they are the
experts in this particular issue of hydrofracking. They have found it to be safe to drill in
Dryden_ This is what we need to do to relieve the pressur,ea_ This is a very emotional issue
which I recognize, and everybody has a right to their opinion. We need to have more
community outreach on this_ ma has also put out a resort mcently on natural gas - 187 page
multi disciplinary report - that needs to be read by all of the residents here in Dryden. We have
a very educated community that when we get together in a community outreach type of way
like We did this past week with TC OG, we can all learn a lot more, This issue needs to be
resolved. The law that you're looking at right now is extreme. We need to have something that
v4i11 bring Dryden together. a don't need a type of lcga1 action that would tear the community
apart, We need to have this Tmvn Board come together and bring this community together.
Much like Bruno Schickel said in the last meeting, there is a lot of middle ground here. I
welcome getting together with my feltow residents to resolve this issue and come up with a way.
We do know that the tax base will be increased. Our school districts need it desperatelyr WC all
need it. We need to look into this issue, I have some public comments in the same vein as the
DEC - especially by anti- drilling people � made a very forceful point that we needed to have
comments responded to before you make a vote orn this amendment. I would like these public
comments to be responded to,
Jack Bradbury � Several people have argued that you would be taking their property rights
away and that it's unfair, That may be true if they are just having a party on their property, but
when they drill on their property, and it goes under my land and ruins my water, which we
came here from San Diego to get. That's not a single person issue, that's a general issue. In
fact, it's a classical tragedy of the commons problem. That's what laws and regulations and
democratic action are designed to do, which is to protect the majority of the people. We moved
here to retire_ We love it here. Water - we've traveled all over the world and water is one of the
rn0:A important resources you can have. We 've been in places that have crappy water and no
water. One reason we came here from San Diego is it has water, and its great water. live never-
had tea and coffee like this. There are accidents that occur - in Wyoming, Colorado, Texas,
Pennsylvania - we know that casings crack; we know that storage ponds leak; and we know
that truck drivers who have had too many beers at our local business can sometimes drive in
the creek. If that happens, those of us on wells, have no recourse, You're not going to pipe
water to us on the other side of Besemer i-lill. We stmngly urge you to pass the ordinance,
Clifford Forte - I've tried to make a living here and found it increasingly difficult. I could have
40 benefited fairly substantially by leasing my property for gas. I chose not to. I didn't like some of
the language in the contract. I like to think that I'm smart enough to make some of my
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decisions on my own. Government has become all- intrusive. What we're forgetting here - a lot
of fl-ke negatives with this gas exploration will be for a limited amount of tiMe, There's not an
energy source that doesn't have some risk. We deed to study and plan and mitigate risk as
much as we can but what I feel is happening here is the door is being slammed shut with no
opportunity for the middle ground for discussion, for rational thought. I see this current issue
as just one more instance where zoning and a vocal minority uses their sway to prevent
anything from happening here. We aren't all its a position to live happily ever after with a
pension. Some of us need to continue to have our land produce something besides taxes.
Buzz Lavine - We're looking for protection from the gas industry beast. With every new
government report, it looks more certain that needed protection won't come from either the
Federal or the State government. The gas industry plainly spends unmatchable sums of money
on lobbying, campaign funds, propaganda, so -called scientific studies and the like. They still
assure xis that gas drilling is perfectly safe, no problerns. Then when the many problems keep
occurring, they spend urunatchable sums of money denying those problems and buying non-
disclosure agreements. Ike heard some guys call the gas industry "the dirtiest, slimiest, most
arrogant and negligent that you can imagine.' Not the kind of neighbors we want. In short, we
don't want to live in a proverbial company town; certainly not one run by that beast of an
industry. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for keeping Dryden from be ming that kind
of company town and I've written a few words to muse on this ,issue,
If we (rack the Marcellus formations and rush in with weak regulations, we'll wake tomorrow to
disastrous implications, As it turns out, even New York's fracking will lower property valuations
and limit chances on mortgage applications. Well lase our property rights to condemnations
and gain unexpected liabilities and obligations_ Fracking wi11 increase our hospitalizations and
also our future litigations_ It'll ruin our quality of life reputations and our clean water
affectations_ ]t'll also raise our property taxations and lose our kids to out libations. Itll require
costly reparations and burden future generations, perhaps worst of all, it'll cause neighborhood
transformations vrith massive unregulated industratlizations_ All these and many other
degradations, these are all unneeded frustrations, unneeded trials and tribulations. Yes, gas
leases are attractive temptations, but let's be smart and have some patience. Let's not join the
league of company town nations; rather the league of community spirited town associations.
Jack Edmonds - I m one of those that signs a lease before 1 knew what it was all about. I've
since researched the issue and find that the threat to our water supply is unconscionable. I'm
at the stage of life where legacy is important to me. I have cancer and I have periods in which it
is no fun_ I'm doing alright right now. The chemicals used are known carcinogens and known
tin the industry to be carcinogens. I \re attended a presentation by the industry in which they
explained the process and listed some of the chemicals that they use and the concentrations.
The concentrations that they use are in orders of magnitude that are beyond sjafe levels. The
industry also uses chemicals that they don't disclose under the guise of being proprietary.
That's unacceptable. The notion posed earlier was that opposition is an emotional response
and is anti - technology_ As a. well thought out technologist and researcher, I find that to be
downright insulting_ Legacy is important- What do we leave around for our friends, neighbors,
family, the community? Do we, poison our water supply for the enrichment; of a. few? Or do we
consider the legacy that we leave others?
Best Haith - Resident of Auburn_ Greologist with the Palmerton Group, a consulting firm in
Syracuse and am here on behalf of the Independent Oil & Gas Association of New York, though
I assure you I am not being paid by them, I Just wanted to share some numbers. In Cayuga
County, where I live, there are 315 active, producing gas wells. Last year, they produced over
one (1) billion cubic feet of gas, which is worth over $4p000,0DO- It's enough to beat over 13,000
Northeast homes. It's not just big oil that owns these, The Auburn School District awns wc11s.
The Union Springs School District owns wells. Dickman Parms - one of the best nurseries
around - owns wells_ Seventh Day Adventist Church owns wells. These are operators, not just
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lease owners_ Local residents oixm and operate these wells. I think it's unfair to compare what
is going to happen in New York to other states. The DEC, the new sG El S is over 1000 pages
thick, It's the strictest regulations in the country. The DEC says it will not permit a well it
cannot regulate, 5.2% is the unemployment rate in Bradford County, Pennsylvania. I think
that's a pretty good indication gabs aren't going to out of staters. Chemicals are being disclosed.
Not only are hydrofacturing companies required to disclose them to the state, they are
voluntarily posting them on their webSiteL the entire list. Long -term consequences: we do know
what the long -term consequences are - wells have been drilled in New `fork since 1821, they
have been fractured since 1950. I'm pretty sure that when driving through Cayuga County,
v;gth their 015 producing wells, you won't even know they're there,
Jae Wilson — I went door to door with a petition to ban hydrofrackirig frorn the Town of Dryden.
85% of the 100 people that 1 found at home, when I was walking the petition around, signed it.
A simple principle is always applied in this country with regard to the use of property, It is that
you can do whatever you want on your property as long as it doesn't harm or devalue the
property of someone else. The history of fracldng in this country shows, and this also applies to
mineral extraction of other sorlls, that these industries create air, light, and noise pollution,
They destroy local infrastructure, fields and forests. Fracking and other rriMeral extraction also
raises local government costs by increasing the needs for emergence services, school sorvioes,
jail end police services, It drives fixed income residents out and reduces the local residential
property values. Also, multi- national corporations can take our minerals, make a big profit,
and pay no taxes, Because fracking on a few people's property brings so much harm to so
many of our residents across the country, and it will here as well, (racking must be banned_
Judy Pierpont - i want in thank the Board so much for all the thought and work you have put
in to brl,gi,g this ordinance to us for a hearing. You have deeply understood the extraordinary
threat to this town and our lives from this new gas drilling_ There are many stories of people
finding out too late what is really going to be done on their land and in their neighborhood, In
most cases, the reality is far worse than any land leaser could have imagined, coming out of
Pennsylvania as well as Colorado, Wyoming, Texas. On the positive aide, we have the advantage
of Icing forewarned by those in other states who were willing to speak out about their
experience. We disregard to our peril the witness of people who have personally experienced the
unexpected consequences of drilling in their lives; the grave harm done to tlhern, their property
and livelihoods, the livability of their hordes and surroundings. I. was going to read to you a bit
from the witnesa of a Pcnn!�,ylvania man who leased his 190 acre farm in good faith and now
finds himself in a nightmare, but it's too long, as I'll just have to mention some of the things
that he wasn't expecting which could easily happen_ It did not come out as he imagined. The
well for the barn and the orignal farm hnuse was so contaminated with metha.tie that the
hydrologist thought it would explode so the well pump was disconnected for 6 months and
water was trucked in by the gas company for the Animals and spiting water for the htimans.
Luckily he had cer#ified baseline testing done beforehand. He says the gas companies have a
very systematic play book_ They have two sides= a friendly, neighborly, give $05,000 to thu fire
company, and then a ruthless, no -holds barred side. Three times they threatened that in 24
hours the trucking y were going to stop trucng in water for the cows in our barn unless we agreed to
things. These things include non - disclosure agreernents, consent not to sue. There are things
that we don't know because of the silence compelled in other people's lives. This man had the
courage to speak out. There is so much risk, so much deception on the part of the industry
that I do not believe thus drilling can be done safely. It is rational to close the door on
something that could be unacceptably damaging. I am determined thall this plague will not
come to Dryden_
Craig Schutt - I lived on and operated a dairy farm in the Toixm for over 40 years of my life, so
my farnily and I have a strong connection to the land, water, and other resources in the town_
The last thing we want to see is a degradation or destruction of any of these resources. That
said, there are factors to consider before a law is enacted completely banning gas exploration in
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the town. I'm the first to say this kind of development needs to be done carefully and with
caution, malting sure adequate protections are in place, but I do not agree with a wholesale
ban on this activity for several reasons. We all recognize that much of this activity will take
place on farm or forest lands. As a former farmer, I believe banning gas drilling altogether is an
infringement of property rights of the very people who in many cases have been working this
land and paying taxes on it for generations. I've heard accusations by some during the debate
that farmers are greedy and don't care what happens to the water or land as long as their
financial benefits are substantial. That couldn't be further from the truth. Clean water and
healthy land is the life blood of agriculture. Dryden farmers are as concerned as anyone, if not
more so, about protecting these resources. Without these, they have nothing. The proposed
ban is extinguishing property rights on hard - working, tax- paying, land owners with no
compensation. The town recently purchased development rights from a farm to preserve that
land and keep it in agriculture. In essence, that transaction extinguishes the rights of the
farmer to sell any of that land for development ever, but in this case, the farmer was paid a fair
price by the Town for those rights, and I applaud the Town.
Supervisor Sumner - The rights were purchased by the State.
Craig Schutt -The Town jumped in and helped with that though to keep the project going.
Supervisor Sumner - Yes, but it was state funding.
Craig Schutt - Yet, I've heard of no plan to compensate land owners for losing their gas rights,
yet the town proposes to extinguish these land owner rights. How do you, the Board, reconcile
that contradiction, because I personally think there is a contraction? I ask the Board please to
consider any action carefully and cautiously, listen to all residents, and please try to take the
• emotion out of the debate and proceed as informed as possible. Only then will you be in a
position to take an informed and rational course of action. It's my hope that all sides of this
debate are given mutual respect and that civility will reign.
Doug Barton - I'm from Barton Valley Farms. It's been worked by my family since 1838. We
have a deep love for our little valley up there and for the Town of Dryden. I've been very
involved with the Town of Dryden for many, many years. I trucked some of your children to
school for 36 years. I'd like to say that I believe that a ban on gas drilling in this town would be
a mistake in terms of the fact that it's closing the doors, as has been said tonight, on all the
possibilities. There is a need for a growing income for the town, there is a need for a growing
income for the school systems, the fire department, all of these things. My taxes go up every
year as yours do too. My income is going down because I just retired. I look at this as a
financial plus. I also have - I don't know how many of you have actually traveled to
Pennsylvania and talked with some of the people down there. I have and the majority of the
people down there will tell you that their biggest problem is how to manage their money. I don't
want to make this an issue about money because I never wanted to be a rich man, I just
wanted to pay my bills. I would like to say that I was reading a prescription bottle as I was
coming in here tonight and on that prescription bottle, it lists as one of the side effects is
death. But we take those drugs anyway because the benefits far outweigh the risks. l believe
that we need to look at this cautiously but I don't think we want to close the door on it. I think
the future of Dryden may in fact depend on the fact that we have a rich resource that the Lord
has given us and we are to use it that way.
Simon St. Laurent - 1'd like to thank the Board for hosting this conversation. There's been a
lot of talk lately about confiscating property rights with a ban on gas drilling. That discussion
seems to focus on one small sliver of property rights; the right to extract as much money as
you can from a place at the expense of everything else. If hydrofracking is allowed in Dryden,
there will be wholesale confiscation of property rights. Some of it will be formal through
compulsory integration, in which the state can force citizens to hand over the mineral rights to
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• private interests. If you oppose Eminent Domain for private benefit, you really should take a
look at Compulsory Integration. Spreading industrial worksites throughout the town and
connecting them with barrages of heavy trucks is also going to confiscate a lot: of property
rights. Air pollution from those trucks and the rest of the equipment will make the countryside
feel strangely urban. And those are just the problems that are 100% certain to come with
hydrofracking. The environmental risks are real and demonstrated regularly. It's a gamble; one
we all hope we win; but watching and waiting to see if your well water is going to remain
drinkable isn't exactly a comfortable exercise of property rights. 1 ask the Board to pass the ban
on gas drilling. It preserves far more property rights than it takes.
Ernie Balch - I'll be 100 in a little over two weeks. Money is one thing. We definitely need
money. But also we need water. If, I'm not saying it can't be done, but if this deal of fracking
destroys our water so we don't have it, well, well lose money.
Janet Shay - I care about this issue because there are serious implications for the world I live
in. Even if the fracking process could proceed without any unexpected accidents and goes
according to gas company expectations, I object to forcing a landscape, livelihood, and life -
changing process on a large region of New York State. I object in the face of misleading
contracts. I object in the face of numerous and continuing reports across the country of harm
to people, animals, water, roads, costly impacts on individuals, assets, and on communities
and their resources. 1 object in the face of our safety and well-being being dependent on the
promises of strict regulation in an era of one failure after another by our state and federal
governments. I object in the face of promised strict regulation at a time when we can no longer
afford adequate supervision and when the government that is supposed to be there to protect
us is highly subject to the powerful and moneyed interests of large corporations. 1 object in the
face of a lack of long -term planning in the form of an energy policy and in the face of only
beginning to scratch the surface of energy conservation. I object in the failure to recognize the
concept of true costs and in the face of the worldwide, increasing demands for water, along
with record breaking temperatures and drought in our own country. I object in the face of
plans for exportation of the gas to foreign countries as opposed to its use for solving our energy
needs. In the face of all of these things, I fervently urge the Town Board of Dryden to stand for
protecting the people and precious resources of our town with a ban on hydrofracking.
Marie McRae - It seems to me that there are many more reasons to ban hydrofracking than I
could possibly list in a minute and many of them have been talked about here tonight. I'd just
like to say that I consider myself really fortunate to be able to be here and to be represented by
you, the members of this board. I know that you come to this evening having made careful
consideration of the issues and that you'll sift through all the comments that we make tonight
before you cast your vote. Along with over 1600 of my petition= signing neighbors, I urge you to
vote this zoning amendment in so that heavy industrial development continues to be held at
bay in Dryden.
Robin Trapper - Herbel - Accompanied by her son Dante Herbel who is entering second grade
at Cassavant Elementary School. This is difficult for us because I know he's hearing tonight
some very frightening things, probably for the first time, (unintelligible). We uprooted ourselves
from Kansas to move here to Dryden. We enjoy swimming in our pond, hiking on our land,
pastures and forest. We moved here for the richness in the arts and cultural attributes of this
area; the strength that follows between living a rural life and living the quality of life that we
seek. Our property has a lease. We purchased it with a lease that was taken out by the
previous owner one month before he put the property on the market. He made $10,000 for his
100 acres in advance rental payments. I'm afraid for the investment we've made. I would not
buy our beautiful, beautiful property right now until these issues are resolved given the risks of
what we can lose. We have renovations that we have put on hold; renovations where we would
• have bought local materials, hired local contractors; we're putting those renovations on hold
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• until this issue is resolved. I urge you to move forward in placing this ban on hydrofracking to
set the example for the rest of our county.
Martha Forger - This morning, The Ithaca Journal said that the state and Governor Cuomo
will soon launch an extensive marketing campaign as part of a regional approach to rebuilding
the state's economy. I think the first thing the Governor should do is come out strongly in favor
of a statewide ban on the kind of fracking we're talking about tonight. What sane business
person would want to invest in an area fraught with all the dangers and environmental
degradation that we see ahead of us if fracking is allowed, not to mention the higher taxes we
will have to pay for expensive litigations that will be too little and too late. I thank all of you on
the town board for the time and effort you've put in to bringing this proposal before us tonight.
By voting to approve it, you will be the ones, not the governor, who will keep this area healthy
for business while protecting us from all the dangers that have accompanied fracking in other
parts of the country. Thank you.
The Town Board took a break from 8:02 - 8:06.
Nancy Miller - I'd like to talk in two directions and hopefully I can be really brief. I know I 've
said this before, but there are significant waterways that begin in Dryden. Six Mile Creek being
one of them and runs right through my land. If there are significant spills, and there will be
accidents, if fracking and gas drilling comes to Dryden, then some of the significant waterways
that run through Dryden can affect many other communities besides ours. Six Mile Creek runs
in to Ithaca and provides Ithaca with its water supply. Cascadilla runs in to Ithaca and in to
Cayuga Lake. Fall Creek comes from Dryden and runs over Ithaca Falls and in to Cayuga Lake.
If there are significant contaminations of these waterways, we're talking about Cayuga Lake,
we're talking about the Erie Canal and beyond possibly. In another direction, I would also like
to talk about my neighbor who has given her permission for me to speak, Terry Thomas.
There's been talk about land values decreasing, about people fearing that they won't be able to
get the value out of their homes if they want to sell. Terry works for Cornell and in two years,
her job may end. She and her husband may want to relocate. At this point, a couple of weeks
ago, they put their house on the market for fear that if hydrofracking came to Dryden, that
they would not be able to sell their house. In two days, they sold their house for the price that
they wanted and they still live here but are renting. She said they'll be watching whether the
ban is enacted here in Dryden and whether it will be included in the new zoning laws when
they are passed and that in two years, they may decide to stay in the area because they love it
and rebuild, but at this point, they'll be watching this issue very carefully. She asked me to
bring this message to the board.
Paula Peter - Is from Ithaca, lived in the Colorado Rockies when oil shale came. In 18 months,
whole towns went up, roads went in, people moved in droves, the crime rate skyrocketed, and 6
months later, Exxon pulled out because they found out that they couldn't make it economically
viable. What they did was they up and left. They left whole towns that were ghost towns. They
left entire infrastructures to rot. All the people they hired went with them because none of them
were local. What we sa%v was incredible devastation. We left the Rockies and came back to
Tompkins County to raise our kids because we knew the quality of life here was so great. About
6 years ago, I built my dream house on 10 '/2 acres in Dryden. We love it. A year after we built
it, a nice young man came to our door and sold us a gas lease telling us what the process was -
vertical wells, no problem, and all of your surrounding landowners have already signed a lease,
so you might well. So we signed a lease. Luckily we refused surface rights. At the time that the
economy tanked and we had a need to refinance, I went to my local financial institution where I
had a 50 year relationship, and they were willing to refinance and all of a sudden balked
because there was a gas lease on the house. In the end, they did because of the exceptions that
I had written in to the lease, but it was a close call. At that moment, we knew that this house,
• which was supposed to be our retirement, was not that investment. That, in fact, if the land
across the street from us is drilled, we will never sell this house, we will never get our money
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out of it, even if the water is not contaminated and we are downhill from it. To those of you who
say, let's go for middle ground, I would say, yes, I understand that. This is an emotional issue,
but it's also rational. It's my economic reality, and the reality is that in New York State, we do
not have the resources to enforce even the toughest regulations. The DEC has been decimated.
Nobody is implementing what little we have in the way of regulations. Thank you, Dryden.
Tonya Engst - I 've never been to a Dryden Town meeting before. I'm somewhere between
anxious and terrified. 1 agree with speaker #I and 2 who spoke very eloquently about
environmental concerns. I'm not going to repeat them. I want to share my own personal
concerns; the things that keep me up at night. 1. I'm a biker. I do a ride for life every summer
at the end of the year - that's 100 miles around Cayuga Lake. I train a lot on the back roads of
Dryden with a lot of other people. It's pretty clear that hydrofracking, with its many trucks, is
completely incompatible with biking. That would be a real bummer for me. I work at home. A
lot of people in Ellis Hollow work at home. They are our day care providers, massage people,
people who sort of work somewhere else but mostly have offices at home. When I looked at the
map that showed what land near my home had been ]eased, I was shocked, horrified, etc., and
the noise. Oh, my God, the noise. How will 1 work? How will 1 sleep? This keeps me up at night
even now. It is clear to me that if hydrofracking comes to my area, and I know I'm a worrier, I'm
an anxious person, I'll have to sell my home, probably at a loss. Who would want to live there?
This worries me greatly. Furthermore, I had planned to invest a significant amount of money
with a local company to come and install solar hot water on my house, which is quite well
positioned for that. I put off the entire renovation because I do not know whether my house will
be worth nearly what I paid for it. For all those reasons, I am in favor of a ban, but I would like
Dryden to consider in banning this, it is sort of turning up its nose at this form of energy
extraction. I have to ask what can we all do here in Dryden, all of us, to make sure that we
ourselves, our country, and our entire world, find a way to use more palatable forms of energy.
• Linda Lavine - It's a very hot day out there tonight and I wanted to make it clear that we all
are depending on our water supplies in this hot time and in this potential drought. As the
bumper sticker says, water is indeed life. Last time I became an instant Biblical scholar at this
meeting by discovering the meaning of Hosea through Google. 1 was surprised to discover that
Hosea's words about reaping the whirlwind really spoke to me as if God was speaking through
me. I 've never quite had that feeling before. It was inspired by listening to Bruno Schickel who
asked us to trust the gas companies just as Mr. Szymanski asked us tonight to trust the gas
companies. Make a few rules, set some limits, on the Devil, and make him welcome in your
house on good faith. But, if you reap the wind, you shall inherit the whirlwind. And I
discovered that the next few lines were relevant. They say, 'Your corn will wither, your crops
will fail," just as we've said that fracking may undo our water and our soil and put our animals
and our crops at risk. It continues that the crops if they go to a stranger, just as this gas is
owned by people, our common friends like China, and indeed the gas may be liquefied and
shipped to China, just as the prophesy suggested that the crops would go to a stranger if they
grew. But mostly what Hosea warns us of is that we cannot make a deal with the Devil and
expect to control the consequences. If we invite the wind, we will end up with the whirlwind.
The Devil doesn't have to respect limits, even if he pretends to make a deal. And there is no
doubt in my mind, and we should know this from watching the gas companies through the
past several years, that the behemoth gas companies, owned by heartless corporations, are
indeed our modern devil. An answer to mindless boards whose only god is money. Bruno
Schickel and Henry Kramer have suggested that we can make a deal with this devil and we can
hold him to it; set a few rules; expect to control the consequences; invite him into our house.
We cannot. He will have all the power and money to control our land and our lives and he will
cheat and lie. Mr. Cayuga County expert on gas totally misrepresented the nature of existing
wells in Cayuga County to us here tonight. He suggested that those existing wells were the
same level of risk as hydrofracking. This big lie technique is the very devil and the same ones
• they have used on many of us. I want to know, why would you lie? How could someone who is
as informed as you must be, stand up here and suggest it is the same level of risk?
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Peggy Walbridge - One of the reasons I love living in Dryden is that it is beautiful, it is rural, I
have a well- Everyone that I know of in that area has wells. As we all know) Time Warner can't
afford to send cable up a hill. There is no way we will get water up a trill or sewer. I find it really
important that I have clean water and clean air. IN?e livod in urban areas- it's not fun at all, I
speak to you because you are both the first and the last defenders for us. Washington let the
oil cornpai
nes out of restrictions by the clean air and the Clean water act- Albany doesn't think
this area is very important- New York City watershed is very important because they know all
hell wjU break lose if they pollute it, We aren't, and I wanted you to stand up for us and have
this ban. I also think what's very important is that we need to be stewards of our land- It is
very important for the coming generations. Now is not the time. The technology is not ready in
any way for us to be tapping this -Jet's do this for the coming generations; grandchildren,
great - grandchildren. Leave it in the ground and then in the future, maybe it can be tapped. But
please vote for this ban.
Ron Applegate - I'm a local well owner in Ellis Hollow. I just want to emphasize a point that
has come up in a number of the different speeches this everting. Often, the issue is framed as
economics vs. the environment, so that the economics is simply benefits against the benefits
that the environment provides. I want to bring out something that hasn't been brought out and
that is the cost. This board working with other towns in Tompkins County is trying to do a cost
benefit analysis, That is on the econornic side. lt's not just benefits, there are costs. It's
obviously much easier to calculate the number on the benefits, but it's much more difficult to
put a number on the cost. I applaud the effort to envision ,chat fracking will look like in the
county so that we see while some businesses will benefit, other businesses will lose. While
sortie property owtrers will benefit, others will lose financially. The importance of weighing t}ae
cost is something that we need to keep in mind in looking at haw to evaluate what the benefits
would mean. I want to applaud the town board in working with the other towns in bringing this
about. I think until it's clear that the benefits autweigh the cost, that there should be no going
forward on a project like this, acid I urge you to continue the work you're doing in trying to
assess what those casts actually are.
Evan Carpenter - Dryden i
Ev s changing. This is a Tompkins County soils survey map. This
picture is the view- I used to have across from my front yard; Hart Hill Road and what is now
RMS Gravel Pit. There were nice strips of beautiful farm fields. It's not there anymore- tt's now
a gravel pit. It's an ugly pockmarked hole in the ground. 1 give George Junior Republic and
RMS all the thanks in the world that they are there to have gravel for our roads, for our
buildings, sand when I have a milk truck that's stuck in my driveway that I need to get out. I
don't like lookingt it, but they have every right to use their property the way they see fit- I am
not about to tell them they can't do it. I don't like looking at it- t don't like the changing view
that Dryden has, but it's what there is. It's what is out there. Those that have gas leases feel as
those this is the whining lottery ticket for them- I don't think so, but it sure would be nice to
have a little bit of money - Maybe if I had a little bit of money, Dryden Agway would appreciate
me stopping in a little more often. NAPA would appreciate me getting my bill paid - Pete'a 'lire
would stop calling me because I'm behind to them. Maybe 1 might even go buy a new pickup at
the local car dealership- Wait a minute. Dryden doesn't have a local car dealership anymore -
e have vacant lots and empty store fronts. This is not jexst about economics. This is about
property rights, the changing face of Dryden, and what we want it to hook like in the future. Do
we want it to be open fields, viable farms that have the opportunity to sell something that is
b0ow ground that will really next change the surface aig much as a gravel pit?
Deaals Mix - My brother and 1 and our wives own Mix 13 rothers Trucking and Cxcavation- 1 am
as concerned as anyone that this all be done very. safely. I don't want it done unless it's done
Is safely. A couple points I want to make - being self - employed, my brother and I, this past year,
in 2010, with our 13 employees, pretty much had no work in our business for 2 'A months,
There w$s no layoff` in our business. We paid our health insurance premiurns in full and we
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pay % of our employees' premiums that have it with us. What I want to emphasize to you, by
so doing this ban here, I don't think you have any idea the kind of consequences it can put on
small businesses. Very few of the people here, I think, that are opposed to this, are self-
employed. I'll take the discredit on that if I'm wrong. To the consequence of totally banning it, I
think it is absolutely wrong. As Bruno Schickel has said, it needs to be an in between, a middle
ground, that needs to be done. Our health insurance premiums are about $12,000 a month. It
only stands to get worse with this debacle that the Obama administration is trying to force
down everyone's throat. That's what really needs to be considered partially in this ban. As far
as the noise and so forth, I understand that, but for the most part, it's short term.
Eric Liner - I'd like to think that I believe in capitalism and the free market and I definitely
believe in property rights. I do think that one of the most compelling reasons for allowing
fracking is simply, you can't tell me what I can or can't do on my land. But I also believe as
many have stated tonight that that comes with a big caveat. And that is, you can do what you
want on your land as long as stays on your land and doesn't negatively impact or effect your
neighbor's property, health, safety, quality of life, or finances. I'm getting no reassurances from
the draft sGEIS or the well documented experiences of citizens living with fracking in other gas
towns that my home and my family won't be subject to negative impacts as a result of drilling
on lands adjacent to our property. I'll expand on my concerns a bit. #I Health concerns: I've
significant concerns that there is nothing to guarantee that a well fracked within 500 feet of my
drinking supply won't risk contaminating my private well. Various types of well contamination
have already been documented in other gas towns. I also have concerns about the negative
health effects caused by air pollution associated with the drilling process. #2 Safety concerns:
Aside from negatively impacting our quality of life, the anticipated explosion of truck traffic
stands to turn our relatively safe and quiet road in to a place that I believe will be too
dangerous for a child to walk or ride their bike. In addition, many of these trucks will be
moving toxic chemicals and contaminated wastewater flow back that could be stored in close
® proximity to my home. #3 Quality of Life: Put simply, if you bring in logs of trucks, poison my
water, pollute our air and /or compromise the safety of our environment with hazardous waste,
you stand to have a negative on my quality of life. #4 Finances: Like many members of the
middle class, my single greatest investment is my home. If my water is ruined or my air quality
is nursed or my well dries up or we change our peaceful road and surroundings into a 24 hour
hauling and drilling site, I'm threatened by losing my home's value and financial security. This
would no doubt for me and many other Dryden residents be financial devastating. To the Town
Board, 1 understand the desire to bring economic growth and opportunity to Dryden, but I
don't think it should be achieved on the backs of many of us who have too little to gain and too
much to lose. To allow hydrofracking in a region as densely populated as Dryden is, I believe,
to gamble with the health, quality of life, and financial security of too many residents. Until the
drilling companies can, without a doubt, demonstrate the ability to contain and limit the
hydrofracking threats to those properties that choose to engage with them, I believe we should
ban it. I don't believe we're the equivalent of sparsely populated or desolate gas town in
Wyoming or Texas. This decision will impact the lives of many, if not all, residents. Having
visited and worked in and spent time in gas times in Wyoming, the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska
in the Anchorage basin on the North slope, I truly believe that once this monster is out of the
bottle, there won't be any putting it back.
Charles Geeisler -1 live just down the road from the gas transfer station. I live across the road
from the largest land owner in our neighborhood who has leased his land and it will affect all of
us. I've read the proposed amendment rather carefully. I support the ban and I want to thank
you for the considerable homework and thoughtfulness that has gone in to this, in particular
the invalidity of permits in the town, point 5 under section 104, and I just quickly want to draw
attention to it because it's extremely important that no permit that is issued by any local, state
or federal agency will be recognized as valid in our town. I very much favor that. In fact, I would
like to see us go farther, but I think your courage and foresight in protecting the town is
outstanding.
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Bruno Sehickel - First of a] 1, I would like to say, I do own a fair amount of land in the Town of
Dryden and I do not have a lease, I also recently went down to Bradford County in the area just
below Owego and spent about three (0) hours [driving around down there_ Contrary to ghat I're
been hearing today about the ind-ustriultzation, I actually dro %ee 77 miles in Bradford County
and I had a map_ I knew where 1 was going. I was trying to locate the drill pacts. I had a rnap
showing where the drill pads were, I was looking for there and it was hard to find them. I
located 8 different sites iri 77 miles. Quite honestly, after the drilling was done - I saw a drill
pad in operation, I saw some before they started, some after, and once they were done, there
were two small little 10' diarneter, 0' high white little silos, much smaller than a silo around.
here that are 60' -80' tail. Very, very low impact, 1 must say_ I was surprised_ I thinly this gas
ban as proposed is too extreme and I do think that you need to find some middle ground. I
mould give you an example of why I think it's extreme. It bans all forms of gas drilling. Not just
hydr-ofracking. The man talked about 300 wells up in Cayuga County and somebody says,
they're not fracked wells_ That's right, they're not (racked wells. But you're barnning those type
afT ells in the Town of Dryden as well. You don't need to, but you're choosing to, and i think
it's regrettable, I also think that you could take another alternative, You could say we're not
going to allow gas drilling in certain zones, There are 120 parcels of land in this town that are
over 100 acres in size. There is an enormous amount of land in big chunks and we are
fortunate of that bemuse farming is still in existence in the Town of Dryden. You could say you
have to have 100 acres or you have to have 50 acres in order to put a drill pad in_ These are
reasonable things that could be put in place that is an alternative to where you're at right now.
It's finding the middle ground that could be sought if you chose to and 1 would encourage you
to choose to. I gust offer one last sort of big picture thing and l think this goes to the
Comprehensive flan that we're dealing with now in the town and the zoning changes that we're
dealing with can other things going fors %uM - we all love the agricultural, farming landscape
that farmers like Evan Carpenter have been supplying us with since the early 1800s; his family
and Doug Barton's family, We love this country and we love the k:nd pe that they are
providing for us. I would ask you to Chink about this_ For 40 years or more, agriculture has
been declining. What is the result in the Town of Dryden? Fields are being abandoned, grown
up in trees, back to fprast, What does it mean? Were losing our views. Tremendous lass of
view shed is being .lost due to the abandon men t of fields. The other thing is, farming is
declining, farms are falling dawn, all this beautiful architecture that a lave, that swifies this
aree to us, we're losing, This has the opportunity that if the fanners were able to prosper a
little bit, they would be able to keep their land. They would be able to pass it on to the next
generatian. They would be able to be good stewards of it the way they have been for a couple
hundred years. i would strongly suggest that you consider adapting a more incremental
approach. I would just say, farmers have had to sell off parcels of land to housing. That's the
other area of the loss. They have to peel off a couple acres here and there to make ends meet
and ultimately, we're lasing this rural nature that we have_ By allowing them to benefit from
this, it would be good. Good for farmers will be good for Dryden.
Gideon Stone - Having listened to everybody speak tonight, I have a really hard time arguing
with either side of the arguTnent and the positions that everyone has taken_ The thing that I
would like to talk to you about is the one vein that kind of stretched through all of this, and
that is the corporations that are involved in all of this. It's impossible to take them out of the
equation. They're there, they own our government, and they are not going to leave and there is
nothing you can do about that. That is a realily we have to face. The way that I look at this
whole situation is that everybody's afraid of losing something, whether it's the environment or
your financial situation being harmed, but when it comes down to it, to me, the potential of
environmental harm is going to far 01-1tweigh any economic gain that anybody will ever ,gain
from this. Because of this, we need to take a stand and show the corporations that instead of
looking for new way to harvest gas, we need to show them that we want sustainable energy,
That's what it comes down to_ By casting this vote, and banning fracking, I think we Ye casting
a vote that is speaking to the corporations in that sense,
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Hilary Lambert � t have a we [I. I'm Executive Director of the Cayuga. Lake Watershed Network,
so I'm focused on what this means for prote4�:tion of our water resources. I'm very much grateful
to the board for moving this ordinance forward and am looking forward to your voting it in. I
want to remind you that a lot of people sre watching because this is going to be an example far
other towns, for other watersheds. There are water protection organizations nationally who are
interested in what you are doing here in Dryden and are asking for copies of the ordinance so
that they can share them with other communities. There is an organ'. ,tion, the PingerlaLkes
Regional Water-shed Alliance, that is made up of representatives from 9 of the fingerlakes. They
are very excited about what is happening here, in Ithaca, in Ulysses and potentially in other
towns around here - Thank you very much. A lot of people are watching and depending on you.
Peter Quinn - Jacobs - I'm 19 years old and I live on a farm. I 've traveled a lot both in this
country and in other countries. I know that when 1 settle down, I want to settle down here.
What happens with this bill will affect the rest of my life. Like some other people have said,
hydrofracking is an obvious bad idea, ']'here have been plenty of studies done and everyone can
see, if they're taken the time to look, that the negatives far outweigh the positives- In a cost
benefit analysis, the costs are going to far outWeigh the benefits. For me, for other people my
age who are going to be inheriting this land that we're living on now, I writ you to pass this bill
banning hydrofraoking-
Charles Hatfield - I think very highly of the Town of Dryden. To have a complete ban on this
frackirg, clown the road 1 feel this frac) ing is going to change and there are going to be
improvements. The Town could benefit by gas in. the future. To completely ban it, I'm against it.
You're heard all the pros and cans from everybody else, but I'd like to see you Ieevc room in
there in the future for possible gas drilling.
'cuss Beek - I'm a dairy farmer. We ovm a tot of ground, We have zero leases on our ground.
I'm not here to say we have to lave money from gas leases to prosper and have a successful
dairy business. t V611 be completely the opposite of that. Our dairy farm is third generation. We
absolutely rely on clown water and treating the ground right. We cannot su vive withoLit that. I
would not sign any lease that jeopardized our ground water. We have to have clean water. On
the other hand, we work very closely with DEC through a IKAFO ?? Program permit and I can
tell you that they are not an easy agency to deal with. Contrary to a lot of beliefs here that have
no faith iix our government whatsoever, I would disagree with that because I deal with them on
a first hand basis and it's not always easy, but we do things right, The position the town is
taking is not only banning hydrofraeldng, it is banning all gas exploration, which I don't
understand for a moment. There's s lot of middle ground.
Supervisor Sumner - Can I take a minute to explain that, because it }peeps coming up? The
DEC does not allow local governments to regulate the industry. We're not allowed to say this
technique is ok, that technique's no good, you can drill this deep but no deeper. Until we are
invited to the table to have a say in some of those things, our only option is to regulate land
use. Since we have not yet identified a place where we believe this might be safe, our only
option is to Dart it completely in the town,
Auss Beck � I still believe there is middle ground to be found and a lot of middle ground to be
te,lked about and derided on. This type of recision, I think is ari infringement on rights, and I
understand all the water issues and I share those with you, but please be aware of what you're
doing and the position you're putting a lot of land owners in that pay a lot of taxes, farm's
unfairly probably bemuse our taxes are derived - it's not all about money - we have to have a
goad environment, I love the outside, l live the outside, but I do not agree with the position that
you're taking.
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Julie Van Erden - I earn an environmental attorney and have extensive experi
J ence in the oil
and gas industry. I'm from the Town of Fabius, a town much lime Dryden; farming area, rural
area, and I would just like to say that I gave the very Same speech to that town meeting, so I
feel the same way where it's my backyard and the house that I own and my well. I Would like to
point out that i 've been to many seminars. I have talkic4 t0 m�17y scientists. I hope that you will
look further and do the research in to Cl e water quality and quantity issues. i have several
articles here that I would J ke to give the board that speak to the depth of water wells and then
the depth of gas wells, which are thousands of feet below the water table and why there is that
impossibility of contarnina.ting those water wells. Also, you hear scientists speak about any
accidents that have happened in Pennsylvania or other states, and of course, accidents do
happen. They will tell you those accidents are far less likely than a car a ident on the way
home. Further, those states don't have the environmental regulations that New York is looking
at. New York State and the OCC are doing what they need to do to have uniform laws across
the state, thereby protecting everyone equally, in a uniform mariner. Also, thosa regulations,
they look to reclamation as far as the land, the water, those things are addressed if you look at
the DEC regulations that have been proposed. Of course, this is not Without risk, but DEC is
extremely strict- Anyone that has dealt with DEC on a regular basis knows that, and the
regulations that they put in place. 1 wholeheartedly trust that they will take care of this,
Furthermore, I have written materials for the board, if you will accept them, discussing the
hoard's legal authority as opposed to the state's legal authority on these issues,
Kevin Delayer - I'm an artist, landscape painter, and part -time art teacher. I make my living
from the land a zs much as any farmer. You might have seen me along the road sometime
painting- The landscape and light and air is important to me. When I first heard about the
fracking issue about four years ago, I started educating myself- One of the people I learned a lot
from wazs Dr, Theo Coburn who runs an organization out in Colorado called The Endocrine
Disruptor Exchange. He's a biochemist and he's documented a lot about the problems with the
fracking industry, chemicals and so forth. I've heard some great things here tonight. I want to
say thanks to the board and thanks to everyone who is here in support of the ban. I'm appalled
at the prospect of fracking in Dryden. I'm prepared to put my whole life savings down here to
buy some land and a home to spend the rest of mfr life, l don't want to see it go down the drain -
1 'Ve thought about moving to other places, but there's nowhere to run. We need to take a stand
here- We need to be stewards. We need to protect this land that we lave, As far as trusting the
government goes, Or. Coburn points RUt that the fracking industry is exempt from The dean
Water Act, The Teary Air Act, The National Environmental Policy Act, pretty much any Federal
regulation you can think of, and that's not by accident, f am leaving a copy for you of this CD -
everything you need to know aboiyt naturaI gas drilling by Dr. Theo Coburn,
Marty Hatch - I Ive raised my family here, [Ire been a farmer, (Unintelligible - asked to speak in
to the mi(�) We live in perilous times. Our institutions of government have been severely
compromised by large scale corporations and very rich people. We know from The Daily News
that people aren't paying their just due, whether it be corporations or rich people, and this has
been getting extremely worse as time has passed since the time I first came to Dryden 40 years
ago, to the present. These battles a ie being fought out in national circles and not successfully.
Others have mentioned the large, out of state compa.nicS who control the activities of drilling
and really set the pace, They're the, ones who have all the money. They have lots of money.
Someone recently said in the national political scene that folks like us, and I mean all of us,
even those who are in favor of not having a ban, have no lobbyists paying millions to national
and state government officials to have their opportunities to live in the way that they wish. Our
tauFn board is our immediate lime of protection to our local environment and I commend the
board for taking this matter as seriousIy as it has, I think we're not ready to chart a middle
course because the forces that are allied against us are quite strong and a middle course will
just be an opportunity to take away what it is that we value so much. I recommend that we
pass this ban and that we can tinue to learn from all sources about the ri sks and the benefita.
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Until those risks and benefits are thoroughly assessed and it comes out that the benefits
outweigh the risks, we keep it going as strongly as we can.
Jolm Burger - I appreciate how much time people have been putting in to this. F keep shuffling
my notes because as time goes by, there are so many things that have already been said. One
thing 1 would like to point out is how when we sit here talldng about how we avant to use our
land, we only want to use a rational approach and things like this, what's left out of that is
looking in to the conti xt and the history of gas, oil, coal, etc., exploitation, not only in our
country but around the world. Jt's really appaIling and shocking how companies have used any
method at all to cast just enough doubt to say, we didn't do that, One example that occurred
out in Wyoming - the EPA carne and they were examining a pit and they were finding chemicals
that were in the pit, that wem 10' outside the pit, and they said to the towns people, yes, tho
chemicals in the pit. are the same as the chemicals ou #slde the pit, and they're 15' away, but we
caution you to saying that they came from the pit. They didn't say they didn`t carne from the
pit. They only said, we caution you, don't get emotional about this, there's no proof it came
from the pit_ That's one example_ Now going to Pennsylvania, a little closer to home, a cornpany
released over 200 gallons of pure hydrophe:uric acid. It ran for a couple of days. The DEP dov;m
there fined them $15,000, which is probably about a 1011, of a percent of what. they (Lamber a ?)
would make in a t, Tical day. The DEP Commissioner said we don't really know what they use
this chemical for; basically it kills everything in the ground. They don't Jike to let us know. Now
we're talking about New York_ We don't do things like that in New York, We have a DEC that's
really on our side. I've been looking a little bit at this document, It's 1000 pages, a very deep
document and it contains a lot of nice words, but when you start getting in to what they say
they're going to actually do, it's not all that impressive anymore. One of the things they say
they're gonna do is increase the vent pipes and have them go 0' in to the air instead of 20'.
Chemicals will go up a little bit higher and come Mown a little farther away_ That's not a great
thing. Finishing up, I heard a gentleman speaking on a radio program, from a landowner's
coalition saying New York State is not ready. He said them were other ways that maybe in the
future we could get at this gas, but this is not the way now. Even people who are well informed
landowners who want to see the best practices are saying that uFe're not ready for this. I hope
well support and pass this ban_
Lance Salisbury - Most people know Me as an attorney but i also spent 4 1/d years in the
drilling and gas production field. t thought my experiences might be useful tp hear. Many
people have done research and read about what they think is going to happen. Production of
gas carries a lot of negative externalities u�itin it. In terms of regulation, they are looking at
putting a lot of regulations in place, taut the reality is, in 4 1A years, I never saw a regulator at a
drill site on a drill floor. You have regulations in place and when there's an accident they will
show up and they try to mitigate and they try to apportion blame, but when you're actually
drilling and producing, costa run by the hour and the imperative is what you can get down thtc
hale, Get your drill string Clown the hole, get the well in place. Start producing or seal it off.
Those a-re the costs_ You get your bonuses and your raises based on your ability to bring things
in under cost and when you're pn the floor, they don't care how that's done_ 'That's important
to keep in mind when you talk about regulations, because when you're there in the field, they
(comparnies) mean well, but when it comes down to cut bait or CA, it's important to get things
done. Most of the people l know who are fanners mean swell. They look at that money as an
extra source_ Many are amall farmers who are trying to keep their farm productive and stable,
My other ]!Half's family lost their farm_ I know what that means to families to lose those farms,
The reality is for a town like Dryden, these are the communities that suffer most of the negative
externalities. It'tR rxat just the water and the drilling issues, but there are a lot of negative costs
that come with drilling_ There are a couple of different {ways drilling can happen. You get the
caps here people come in, they're here two or three weeks on thei
m in r shifts and then they're
bade home in Oklahoma or Texas, and you need to understand in terms of jobs, most of those
jobs name from out of state, particularly the goad jobs. Drillers, tool pushers, those are highly
technical jobs_ They're not hiring sorneone's 19- year -old kits to become a driller_ You gain that
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through 15"20 years experience. There may be, over time, a few jobs generated. And there may
be same benefits to some businesses locally, but there are a lot of negative coats that corns
with the community in terms of increased steeds for police, schools, else. You treed to look at all
of those factors. Bascd on my experience, the more cautious and prudent approach is to put
the ban in place_ Once you start, you can't have a little drilling and try to stop, but you can go
beck and revisit it. I think you're taking the more prudent and conservative approach in the
direction you're going,
Jennifer Savran Kelly - I want to start by saying 1 agree most with the geattleman who spoke
about sustainable energy. Just to give the context of where I'm homing from, I'm not rich, 1 pay
a lot of taxes, I struggle with my farnily to pay my bills and raise my - year -old son. I would not
lease my land for hydrofracking. I understand that one of the arguments against the anti -
fracking argument is that it's highly emotional and what 1 would say is that tonight, in this
room, I'm seeing ernotion on both sides_ ['understand and fully endorse that stand_ It is an
emotional issue. There are people who have a lot to lose on both sides. I look at my son and i
want him breathing clean air and drinking clean water. I had prepared some scientific
information about the dangers of fracking, but all of that has been mentioned, so I wont repeat
it. I want us to use all of this energy to work together to find a way to fix all of the problems,
and I think hydrofracking will contribute to them, not fix them. We need to look at alter ative,
sustainable solutions for boosting this econorny. I think by placing this bare, we're not closing
any doors, we are potentially opening many more that we haven't even considered.
Dine Kimmick - I'm on a dairy farm split by Route 3$, Fo one can tell me about traffic_ Nr)
one can tell me about noise pollution, I'm going to be in the barn past midnight because I'm
here so late. The cows are probably crossing their legs. I do believe my land, my right. I don't
think anyone in this country should be able to take it away mainly because you have such a
grQat population against what I would life to do with it_
0 Rick Ryan - I plan on becoming an organic farmer here in this town one day, I wanted to
thank you for this opportunity to speak, for considering this ban, for reviving my Democratic
spirit to stand up for what i believe is right. For giving my unborn children, iny grandchildren,
the opportunity to stand right here in this same room and say that they are proud lifelong
residents of the Town of Dryden. They want to thank you for keeping them safe. For being
courageous enough to stand up to these large corporations and say no, you are not welcome
here. We value the beauty and the quality of life way too much to allow drilling in our town. We
want to live a more sustainable life that does not align with the values of gas companies,
Dryden has been around here for hundreds of years and it will continue to thrive for hundreds
more. With that being said, the responsibility will move from the Board to us residents; a
responsibility to put our money where our mouth is, to buy Ipeal, to live a more sustainable
life, to live and invest in this beautiful town that we ca.Il home. The responsibility is on us.
Lea Elleseff I'm a local landowner. I moved here three years ago with my husband end five
friends. We bought Ian d. We pooled our limited resources - we're just out of college - we don't
have much, and we bought 16 acres of land together to start an educational homestead for
ourselves acid the rural community_ We're called The DACHA Project. One of the things we
believe is that sustainability education is for ail. Not just for urban areas with a lot of money
like Ithaca, but in the rural cornmunities as well. That's what our faous is on - sustainability=
economic, environmental, and emotional. I 've heard a lot of people here talk today about
keeping emotions out of this. f think they're wrong, I think this is an emotional issue. Emotions
are sUper important in this case_ One of the things we want to do here is help strengthen our
community through workshops that are free and education and just having a community space
for people to come out and play. The other thing we want to do and have already started doin
is starting businesses Helping out the local economy= and participating in various projects
people 4Irea►dy have. LastIy, we want to raise families, I worry that if this happens here, I won't
get to do that_ That my family and 1 will effectively become environmenta<1 refugees, 1 don't w93 t
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to that to happen because like somebody spoke before, there's nowhere to run, I want to take a
stand here and protect our water, which is more important and more valuable than any money
anybody's going to get. The other caveat I want to make is that people talk about how our
economy needs it. This isn't a austainable industry- This is a hit and run industry. It's going to
leave us more devastated_ Do we want new, creative ideas and new technologies or do we want
to retreat back in to a hit and run industry? i don't want to live in an area life that and I won't
be able to afford to live in an area lake this if the water and the air is polluted, Thank you. I
know- what you're doing is really hard and we're here to sxlpport you as much as we can and
I'm grateful for this opportunity.
Mike Lace - I'm a county official but I'm only calking today on my personal opinion about.
t>hinp. I'm an attorney in Dryden_ I've practiced for 35 years_ I don't have any gas leases. I
don't own any large tracts of land. In my practice, I have recommended to my clients over and
over again not to sign gas lenses and i continue to recommend that to people who ask rne.
When I was In Village government a number of years ago, there was a big ci rntroversy going
about where we were going to build a Tompkins County landfill, The focus quickly became the
Town of Dryden, to the exclusion of the rest of the Tovvn.s in Tompkins County, I remember
being in Village Government at that time and being very angry to hear a comment from art
important planning official in Tompkins County who said, West Dryden is made for landfills.
Well, it wasn't_ When I heard about the draft 0EIS from the state saying that we couldn`t
hydrofrack around Skaneateles Lake or in the Hudson Valley because that might damage those
watersheds, I said what are we, chapped liver? My well water comes from the Village
commercial wells and all my neighbors and the people in the Village of Freeville who have
private wells, the people around us have private }wells, they Ye just as important to lie protected,
] don't think the state is doing that. I think the last line of defense is this town. I think it's
neceasary that use protect our residents. Thank you,
0 Martha Robertson - As some perrple have said, this is what democracy looks like. I'm also a
county legislator and talking from my own personal experience but also as a county official_ We
worried about the cost to local government, The great projections of how this industry was
going to be so good for local taxes and local economies is not true when those reports from
Broome County and University of Penn State only looked at the benefits and didn't look at the
costs. Local counties in Pennsylvania are seeing their Local casts related to drilling double evM- P
year for assessment, for law enforcement, for social services, for housilig because people are
forced out of their houses, The promises of jobs, they're not local jobs for the most part. In fact,
in Pennnsylvania, the industry - when they talk about jobs, what they really mean is hires.
Every time somebody is hired, that's called a job, even if it's a day, a week, or a month. So if
somebody is hired for $ week and that's it and then they're hired next month for a week, that's
called two gobs according to the ind ustry. I want to thank you at for your courage and I want to
tell you you're not alone. I saw a reap today of towns across New York State where they are in
the process of considering or have already passed a barn and you are absolutely not alone.
There are towns ofl across NYS doing exactly what you're doing, I will say that NYS legislature
has some possible legislative remedies in the works, in particular Barbara Lifton's legislation,
ft's pos 1b]e if legislation comes through that redly codifies and strengthens town's authority, a
loc,ak barn might be modified later, but there is no such legislation now, As other people have
said, you folks are the best protection that we have. I feel very steongly about farmers who are
here_ We need all of you. Thanks to Evan and buss and the woman who left to milk her cows,
what we need to dry is fix the Milk Price Policy in Upstate New York, not sacrifice the land. What
we need to do is invest in bio- fuels. There are many ways to make our laud more productive in
a sustainable way. When folks have talked about property rights, if what you're doing only
affects you, that's gre. at, and I respect and would fight for your right if it only affects you, but
when every fracking event requires 1200 truck trips, then it affects everybody. You can't have a
little bit of drilling, Even if it's as safe as possible, as somebody said, there are going to be
accidents. A Gar crash is not the same as a frackwater truck crashing and spilling in to a
stream Finally, for the young lieople who are here, this is sQ serious. Our future is at risk,
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your future is at risk_ This enery source is not even the cleaner fuel that the Industry wants
you to think it is. All you have to do is google Bob Howarth at Cornell, He has done the study to
Shaw that shale Gas is not only nxore polluting in terms of global warming than conventional
gas, it's more polluting than coal and diesel fuel because you have to look at the urethane
that's released in the (racking process, which is 100 times more warming than carbon dioxider
So this as guaranteed to warm up the earth. This is not the answer. There is no way to make it
safe. There's no way to make it tight. The only thing to do is ban it and I hope you do that.
Thank you_
Bernie Cornelius - 1 owr7 a lot of land here and I do have my land signed up only because
somebody's gotta pay the taxes on it. I work closely with all of the gas drilling in Pennsylvania.
I'm involved daily with the erosion control aTid there are inspectors. There might be an
inspector for every 5 employees and I'm only on the top of the ground, I don't know about the
bottom of the ground. I applaud you fellows for your time and your thoughts. There's been a lot
of good points brought out here tonight that a need to consider, I'm not for it, I'm not against
it, but i will tell you 1 employ 30 -35 men, plus l buy a lot of commodities, from local people to
beep our business going, which is thriving right now_ I sometimes wander how many of you
people have been down there so that you know what you're talking about. 1 wonder whether we
can fiord to or can we afford not to. it makes a big difference.
Bob Beak - I grew up on a local dairy farm. It's now rein by my nephew Russ. I have some
feeling about the economics of land use and farming and owning land. I don't awn much land
myself and of course I haven't leased my land. I feel strongly about the future of our town. I
think that the hydrofracking issue is serious enough, the threats are st:rCous enough, to say,
for now, no. There are too many unknowns, too many dangers, too much threat to feel
comfortable that it's a good thing for our community, for our land, for the people. Perhaps
sorne time in the future, ulth new technology, it might bo a good thing. For now, I applaud the
board for looking at this seriously and moving forward with this ban because I think it's the
right thing for the time_ We need to think long term and think of our descendants who would
IL to live here in this beautiful community and use want to keep it beautiful as it is. I believe
as many people have said before, there are other ways to make money to keep our community
economiJly thriving and healthy, The short -term gain, if it is a gain at all, of hydrofracking is
not the way to think for the long term benefit for all of us and our descendants,
lalfU Parker - I'm against this whole franking_ I'd like to see a ben_ l'm very excited about the
possibility of a ben for economic as well as environmental reasons. For one thing, we're dealing
with multi - national companies. We're going to have a much bigger learning curve than they
are, Their lawyers are going to be very +cell experienced and very well armed to take on
anything we have_ if it comes in to a court decision, it's going to be hard to find lawyers that
can help us in dealing with it, because these people have experience with this. They've been all
over the world. Our economy here is an agricultural economy. For us to survive, we have to be
stewards of the land. We have to know how to live with the environment. If we break the laws,
mother nature's laws take precedence. That right there is the thing. For US to Survive
enonomically, e have to be friends with it, e have to work with nature. This type of industry
doe;sn't do that_ It. °s not going to be feasible and compatible with exil3ting economies. No one will
want to busy Fmgerlakcs wines if they're aged with trade secrets. A brand new thing has come
up - we re starting to get bear sigh kings around here. Friends of mine in Auburn have been told
they have bears now because of hydrofranking going on - they're coming up from Pennsylvania_
If anything, a hear is going to know whale's a goad environment.
Supervisor Sumner � I want to try and clarify one thing_ I've heard a lot of people make
comments about the Syracu so and New York City watersheds, I'm not going to defend this
decision in any way, but 1 can explain it. The reason they are exempted from the process is
because they have Feder permits for filtration avoidance, They hove gone to great lengths over
a long, long time to demonstrate that their water is so clean that they don't have to filter it.
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They do not have the infrastructure in place to filter it should anything contaminate their
® water. It's a Federal determination. DEC may not be any crazier about it than we are for all I
know, but they simply don't have the ability to treat the water if it's contaminated. I'm sure
there will be further studies on this topic.
Jack Ruckheim - I'm a town resident and a manager at Bolton Point. BP gets their water from
Cayuga Lake, which receives its flow from 3 tributaries that were mentioned earlier that flow
through the Town of Dryden. BP serves some 30,000 people. 1 don't think it's a good idea to be
putting those 3 tributaries in the lake at risk. The Town of Dryden also has residents who are
Bolton Point customers. I think these are all things to consider when you are considering this
legislation.
Jean Cotterill - I do have a gas lease on my property. I would probably do a gas lease if they
didn't pay me a penny. I fu-rrlly believe that as a nation we need to be more self - sufficient
instead of relying on other countries for our gas and oils. I do have natural gas coming in to my
house. It's a nice, clean energy. I think a total ban on drilling is the wrong thing to do. There
are gas wells spread throughout your town that you could go and you wouldn't even know that
they were there. The cleanup at these sites is excellent. I will say that I worked at
Environmental Conservation for 38 years in the Division of Environmental Permits. I did not
work in the oil and gas industry. Those permits are not issued out of the Cortland office, but I
did reviews for wetlands and streams. I know many of the employees that work in the air,
water, oil and gas. They are very conscientious. I'd like to believe that I was a very
conscientious employee. The people that I worked with are professionals. They are there for the
same purposes that you are. They're there to save our environment, to not pollute the streams.
They're going to do everything to the best of their ability to prevent that from happening. I don't
know about fracking. I'm a little mixed on that. I'd like to believe we can do it responsibly. I
know there are no guarantees. There are no guarantees that your fuel oil truck's not going to
drive down the road and spill in to the stream. Accidents can happen. I don't know if the risks
are worth that, but I do believe in the DEC. I spent my life there. I think a total ban in the town
is the wrong thing to do.
Janelle
King - It doesn't make sense
to me to risk water. Water is
life. Without that, we won't
be here.
No money is worth that to me. You can't take money with
you when you're not here
anymore. I really believe that we need
to take a stand against that
here and now and ban it.
Joe Osmeloski - I have a small 6 -acre farm where I have standard bred racehorses. I'm for the
ban. The bottom line with me is that I've been approached about selling my land. Each time, I
asked if they could guarantee that my stream and my well won't be contaminated. He said, it's
never happened, no problem. That's not a guarantee. Would I like the money? Of course I'd like
the money. It's tough for me to get up here. I'm against drilling. The bottom line is, if anything
ever happened to my water, I'm done.
Mary Warfield - I've listened very carefully and want to thank you for considering this entire
situation. I went to a meeting a couple weeks ago where there was an ea- rthquake specialist
who spoke about the number of seismic situations in Pennsylvania. They had over 1880
earthquakes on a magnitude of 5, 6 or better. People who live miles away from wells and drill
pads still had homes that had significant damage from seismic activity. He was bringing up
some issues regarding Lansing and the Cargill tunnels and the salt mines and things. That
could still be a problem in our area. The second thing that I'm concerned about is the oversight
ability of the DEC. We all read in the paper over the last year about the layoffs at the DEC.
There were 300 -400 people that were laid off that worked for the DEC. With the layoffs and the
budget cuts, I'm wondering how they're going to regulate and keep control of any kind of
drilling that's taking place in Dryden, Tompkins County, or New York (State) for that reason.
The other thing is, as Martha mentioned, there are going to be 1200 truck trips per well. This
organization that did an overlay several weeks ago pointed out that there are scheduled to be
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over 400 wells drilled in Groton and over 400 drilled in Dryden. Can you imagine the truck
® traffic if you multiply over 800 wells times 1200 truck trips? I don't think our infrastructure
can handle this. As that 100 year old, dear, sweet individual said, money is one thing, water's
another, what happens when we lose our water?
Jason Dickinson - I wanted to say that environmental concerns develop slowly over time. I
have a house that's painted with lead paint over asbestos siding. For years and years, we did
tons of construction with these things that cause lung cancer. My children are not poisoned.
There are some very serious health concerns, however, that developed over a long period of
tame. In 1960, the Soviet Union was looking at their nuclear material and they decided to throw
it deep in the ocean. It's miles underwater, it's 32 degrees, miles of darkness, nobody will never
live down there. They decided against it, and not because the Soviets were great stewards. They
decided that once it was down there, it could never come up and if you put this poison, and
hydrofracking is a poison too, but if you put it down 1000 feet, it'll be down there and it won't:
be able to come up.
Deborah McMillan - I'm against it. My husband grew up in an oil town in Pennsylvania. We
went back for a funeral. That's a place with no overhead. Those oil refineries have been there
for a long time. When they come in with hydrofracking, they got a lot of overhead they have to
clear before anybody sees any profit. We could drive through Pennsylvania and see those oil
wells are pumping in those farmers' fields and they've been there a long time. There is no
overhead. It's pure profit. There aren't any rich farmers there. None. All the people our age, 60,
are dying. They're all dying. This isn't the gas that you breathe, this is stuff that goes right
through the pipes. There is a refinery there. When you go back, it gives you the chills, because
not only do they hydrofrack, but they build the things that clean it in factories. One of those, l
understand, is slated for Central New York. No expertise, that's just the way it is. Drive
through Warren, you can see it.
® Ken Schlather - One thing I haven't heard tonight, but I came in a little bit late, so it may
have been brought up at the beginning, but there's been some argument in favor of
hydrofracking and gas drilling saying basically that we're consumers of energy and therefore
why shouldn't we be producing some as well. I don't' know if anybody's brought up the fact
that we have the ability here to produce about 35% of our energy on an annual basis year in
and year out, it's inexhaustible. It's called energy efficiency and energy conservation. In
Tompkins County alone, it could produce about 320 jobs a year over the next 10 years if we
went and worked on broad scale energy efficiency here in the county. Every person who pays
utility bills would save 35% on the utility bills. It's something that's democratic, it's far
reaching, everybody benefits from it, it's got long -term job growth, and in terms of the savings
to the entire region, we're looking at $35 million a year. Rotated around back in the county
produces another 350 jobs a year. So 760 jobs a year for the rest of our lives. It doesn't require
water, it doesn't require huge amounts of truck traffic and it's relatively easy to do.
Barbara Apella - There are so many reasons I'm against fracking that I don't have time to list
them all. I'll just mention how it would affect me and my husband. 1 have an environmental
illness and we had to move to Dryden. It took us 6 years for me to find a house I could live in
without getting severely sick. Just the thought of that sanctuary that we 've finally found getting
threatened is just too overwhelming. The idea of having to sell the house and rind another one
is more than I can even consider dealing with. That's just one reason.
Jan Burger - I have nothing to resay because it's all been said, but I'm starting to wonder if
while people were talking you've been tallying up who is for the ban and who is against the
ban, and I just wanted to be counted. I am for the ban.
Tom
Rishel
- I
have
two homes.
I think that causes
me to have
a unique
perspective on this.
® One
home is
in
Ellis
I•Iollow and
the other home is in
the nation
of Qatar,
which is the
largest
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producer of natural gas in the world. In fact, I would suspect that in the wintertime here, a fair
® portion of your natural gas comes from the nation of Qatar. It comes on ships. It's frozen and
brought over. Over in Qatar, there is no such thing as a DEC, so there are no environmental
regulations. The companies that go over there essentially have free reign to do what they want.
I don't get a lot of the smell that some people get. The nation's about the size of the state of
Connecticut and there are two main areas - one about 40 miles North of me and another about
10 miles South of me - where the natural gas is pumped out. Those places work continuously
and, of course, the local people do not work except in the highest positions. The people who do
the work there are usually people from Sri Lanka or Pakistan, or they might be an American
engineer. What is going on over there essentially is a gigantic experiment. An experiment that's
being played out on these people who come in from these countries where they cannot find
jobs. They send all their money back home. Eventually they get sent back home. The people
have no say over what the government is doing in terms of how the gas is extracted. You might
say there is a similar experiment going on in Pennsylvania right now and in Wyoming, North
Dakota, etc. What I would hate to see - I don't' know what the situation is where the water is
concerned - I don't know what the situation is as far as the air is concerned - I don't know
what the various chemicals are that are being used. Yes, benzene is being used. I've written a
paper on the question of the lead poisoning. I do not know whether lead is being used. I do not
know which chemicals are being used. But I would hate to see an experiment used here in The
United States, in particular, in this area right here in New York State. We have something that
Pennsylvania does not have. We have the opportunity to say no to the fracking and I think we
should do that, because we can get the kind of natural gas we need elsewhere and we can use
other sources of energy. Over there, the situation as far as water is concerned, is not a major
consideration. What they do is they take the natural gas, and with that, they use condensation
to make distilled water, and they sell everyone distilled water.
Imari Meader - In the mid 80s, I was living in Etna when the county was attempting to site a
® landfill. At that point in time, Dryden was clearly the target. We had something on the order of
4 or 5 sites in our community. Several of us banded together in defense of our community even
though we are perhaps not quite as elite as many of the surrounding communities, but we felt
we had a way of life here to protect and we were concerned with the attitudes and the
economics and the landfill in general. My experience in that process of three years of going to
weekly meetings and DEC meetings and an SGEIS and continually trying to work the process
in a cogent and intelligent manner was a very instructive one and very inspiring as well. 1
would like to say that the fact that our county decided after 3 or 4 years of this exploration not
to have a landfill in Dryden, that it was in part because of the grassroots effort that we all did. I
think it was more for the reason that we stalled the process. In that time, the economics of a
landfill in this community changed completely. As a result of that, we don't have a landfill in
our community. And what we have instead is a superior level of recycling and reuse and
programs that are continuing to expand. I would bet that there's not a legislator that was
involved in that process, regardless of the side that they were on, that they are not relieved that
we don't have that landfill in our community now because I think it would have been an
economic disaster. If not a disaster, at least a real burden on our community. There isn't the
garbage that there used to be and we would have had to import garbage. I think it's of critical
importance that we take our time and I appreciate so much the fact that our community is
considering taking critical time, not just to assess the pros and cons currently, but to wait to
see what unfolds in the future.
Danielle Lemaire - I am a Chemist. When I first: heard that there was a possibility of gas
drilling around here, I was concerned about what was happening just around my house, and
then I discovered a few days ago that 4 or 5 years ago they started drilling about 4 or 5 miles
away from our house and the well of the house where I live and the well next door were
contaminated. I don't know the details because my neighbor is in the process of moving away
and he couldn't provide much information about it, but what I want people to know is that
you're not going to know that your well is contaminated until you suffer from the consequences
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Is of it, and most of the time it's gotten to be too late. The other thing that I want to correct what
you said about the experiment, you are net going to know about the results of the experiment,
because these people don't. stay there. They are going to go back to Sri Lanka, Pakistan, or
wherever they came from and they are going to ignore what happened to these people, Are we
to allow fracking? You hear about the health consequences of people who live on the land.
What happened with the people who work in that field? I was told that they have special
contracts, special doctors, and they are basically not allowed to say anything. Because they
don't live in that community, they don't have relatives who could speak about their health
problems and people eventually just leave the region and the people living in that region never
know about the health problem that the workers in that field experience. The other Ching that
you have to know - when people tell you we need a source of energy, the gas that is extracted
by this process is too expensive. They're riot going to sell it mere. When you say that the gas
that we use here is coming from Qatar and we know that the gas that is going to be extracted
here is going to be compressed and sold abroad, it's really proof that it's just a matter of
money, My point is, you have to be objective about it and you have to realize that their primary
interest is in rnaldng money- Their Primary interest now is in getting a foot on your property,
The moment they can get access to your property, they have access to your property for
eternity,
Graham Dobson - I would like to say I'm for the bars, I don't like that we have to do this, I
would like if there was a more balanced approach, but unfortunately, with the gas company,
we are unprotected under the clean air, the water act, and things like that, I have a well and
are they going to come and test it beforehand and test it while they're doing drilling? I don't
think so. Is the Soard then prepared to put in a crater district for etna, then Hreeville, and so
on? We talk about these costs being insurmountable for these communities. If these drillers
want to come in, I would suggest, that they put up a huge amount of money that if they
contaminate anything, wo could then afford to build that infrastructure.
Supervisor Sumner - We all need to learn a lot., There is so much information. We have several
good sustainability programs going on in Dryden. I wish we didn't have to spend quite so rnucb
time on this. i wish we could finish with the gas drilling so we could talk more about
su stainability-
Supervisor Sumner closed the public hearing at 1.0:06 p -m. There is a meeting scheduled for
August 2"d. at 7 p.m, on another matter, There might be enough time between then and now to
review these comments and vote on it that night. The board has 60 days from the tirne the
public hearim is closed to vote on the matter.
The Board recessed at 10:08 p -m, and resumed at 10:23 p,inI
RESOLUTION # 12112011 ) - APPROVE MINUTES
upv Sumner offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
RESOLVED, that This Town Board hereby approves the meeting minutes of June 8, anal
June 16, 2011,
2,10 Cl Makar
Roll Cali Vote C1 Stelick Yes
upv Sumner Yes
Cl Mak r Yes
40 Cl Uifer 'Yes
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Highway Superintendent Jack Bush reported that there was a bid opening for the Sunset West
and Sunset West Circle Culvert Replacement projects. A Sciarabba writ an c7mail to Supv
Sumner to bring the Board up to date_ This was a structure we looked at back in 1997. We
have gone out to bid to replace this structure_ We put in the bid spec a possibility of an
alternate which would be Sunset Vest Circle and Sunset West load. They are both dead end
streets. We can't do there both due to the cost involved. y recommendation to the board is
that we just do the one structure this year, That would require the Board approving the
Supervisor to Sign the Notice of Award. This has been prepared by TO Miller. C hIcago
Construction from Endicott was the law bidder at $981300. There were 2 other bids. The other
bids were for 174K and $2451{. A Sciarabba spoke to Economy Paving, the next bidder, to ask
about the discrepancy in the bids. They wore taking in to account that they would have to drill
vs. pound these posts that are going to be required to shore the bank in order to keep one lane
open throughout the project since they're dead end streets.
The budget requested was $120,000 with the idea that Town employees would be doing the job.
That isn't possible now_ The two employees with the knowledge to run thii; type of project aren't
going to be available since one of them is now retiring and the other is going to be on vacation.
J Sash and Attorney Perkins rooted that there was a sli ht irregularity in the bid opening. The
bids require a bond or certified check in the arno%ant of 5% of the base of the bid to be
submitted with the bid, Chicago Construction did not include their bid bond, although it was
noted in the bid packet that they had obtained one. The other two bids did 'include their b id
bond. It was requested and was delivered later that day _ It was dated prior to the day of the bid
pe
oning, so they did have it - it was simply not included in the packet. M Perkins advised that
while the board should be aware of this, it should not affect the awarding of the bids,
0 RESOLUTION #122 120 11) w AWARD SID FOR CULVERT REPLACEr ENT
Cl Stelick offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby awards the Sunset West culvert replacement
contract to Chicago Construction, Inc., in the amount of $98,300,
213r' Cl Makar
Roll Call Vote Cl Stelick Yes
Supv Sumner Yes
Cl Makar Yes
Cl Leifer Yes
RESOLUTION # 123 (2011) - DRYDEN LAKE FESTIVAL PAymEN' s
Supv Sur ner offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption_
WHEREAS The Dryden Ld-ke Festival Committee was granted $1,500 by the Tompkins
County Tourism Board and;
WHEREAS The Town of Dryden is the RECIPIENT of the grant as dcRued in the
AGREEM2NT made by and between the COUNTY OR TO P INS, a municipal corporation in
the State of New York with offices at 125 East Court Street, Ithaca, NY 148$0 and TOWN OF
DR'Y17FN and;
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WHEREAS the Town of Dryden has already received the $1,500 from the COUNTY for
the purposes of executing the Dryden Lake Festival and;
WHEREAS the Dryden Lake Festival requires these funds released prior to the August
6, 2011 for the purposes of payments to critical event services providers therefore;
BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town of Dryden approves the pre - payment of vendors
critical to the Dryden Lake Festival, not to exceed $1,500
Stelick 2nd
Roll Call Vote Cl Stelick Yes
Supv Sumner Yes
Cl Makar Yes
Cl heifer Yes
RESOLUTION #124 (2011) - APPOINT GIS TECHNICIAN
Supv Sumner offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
WHEREAS, the Josh Bogdan is currently filling the position of GIS Technician on a
conditional basis and;
WHEREAS, he
has taken
the
Civil Service test for this position and scored the top score
during the exam; now,
therefore,
be
it
RESOLVED, that this Town Board appoints Josh Bogdan as GIS Technician on a
® permanent basis.
Stelick 2nd
Roll Call Vote Cl Stelick Yes
Supv Sumner Yes
Cl Makar Yes
Cl Leifer Yes
COUNTY BRIEFING - Martha Robertson
Ellis Hollow Road is getting done! Tompkins County staff is working on the budget. Many of
them are finalizing their requests. Joe Mareana has started having meetings with them.
There has been a lot of public discussion about the Cha Survey Home Health Agency and Office
for the Aging. We're talking about moving them and moving the Justice Center out of the old
library. The Office for the Aging is in the basement of the court house right now. It's taken a
very long time to find a decent, affordable space. The Carpet Bizarre building has been
purchased. On June 9e,, the committee was asked for the final approval for the architects
could finish the plans. We were asked to look one more time for a new location. There is a
Brown Road location that opened up and could house Office for the Aging. The Justice center
(Day Reporting, Family Treatment Court and Probation Drug Court) could all fit in the Carpet
Bizarre building which is very close to the Social Services building which is where Probation is
which would be excellent for that program. We could get out of the old library altogether, which
we've also been trying to do for years. It could be used for something else or we could sell it. I'm
supporting the move, we would save money by doing this.
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'there is a public meeting on July 251n, Monday night, doors open at 6:30, panel starts at 7:00,
® to help people evaluate the new dGEIS at the Women's Community Building,
COUNTY BRIEFING - Mike Lane
Pat Pryor's broadband committee has new meetings scheduled - next July 25 @ 5:30 - Dr.
Brown from ICSD will be talking about the educational value of having internet access for all
students and other initiatives like that.
The latest rendition of the Road Preservation Law will be at Government Operations Committee
tomorrow. if it goes through committee, which I think it will, there will be a public hearing
scheduled for the new local law. Some of the parameters have been changed so that projects
with less than 1000 truckloads weighing less than 30K pounds won't be affected. There will
still be a permit required, but the law would specify whether or not a bond is needed by the
project owner in case there is damage to the roads.
CLARITY CONNECT TOWER PROJECT UPDATE
Beam Hill and Bone Plain got permits signed - Midline had a foundation issue but on their
way. A 2nd hearing for Mt. Pleasant needs to be scheduled - that's a co- location.
FINGER LAKES LAND TRUST CONTRACT FOR IRISH SETTLEMENT ROAD PROJECT
Atty Perkins sent a agreement to Cl Makar. He had some questions. Are there any promised
improvements with respect to public access? This is a typical item and if there are any, they
should be incorporated in to the agreement. Supv Sumner remembered a discussion regarding
a parking area being provided instead of cash, but that seems to have dropped out of the
discussion.
Also, the 2011 budget doesn't have this included. The Board would have to do a public hearing
and appropriate the money if we approve this in 2011. The Board asked Cl Makar to pursue
® the matter.
CONFIDENTIAL SECRETARY POSITION FILLED
R Brown has been hired to fill the Confidential Secretary position.
RECREATION DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCEMENT
The first Movie in the Park at Montgomery Park is this Friday - Despicable Me will be shown.
TOWN ATTORNEY - M Perkins
Atty Perkins handed out Article 9 in its complete form. The changes discussed last week were
made to 902A and 902B16, 902H1 & 2 and 909B. Questions are in regards to 903 Signs. The
section has been reorganized to read more easily. Under Commercial (Light Industrial) the
wording is "Signs may be freestanding or placed on the exterior surface of the building." In the
table, it refers to the facade. Facade is the front - was it intended to be the exterior of the
building OR the fagade. The Board said this should be the exterior of the building.
The following items Supv Sumner is going to follow up with the D Kwasnowski and get more
information on what the Planning Board was thinking and bring that information back to the
Town Board:
Signs on windows are not permitted?
f. Gasoline stations - Remarks - In addition, two advertising signs not to exceed 10 sq ft are
allowed. Need to check if this is a total of 10' or 10' each.
5. For sale /lease signs - and /or OR and - go with and
7. c. Billboards - need to follow up on this one - this could be a constitutional issue
D.2. Signs cannot be illuminated from within. Why would you want to restrict that? This had to
do with down lighting and light pollution.
® D.1. Intermittent, rotating lighting ... Is this a restriction you want to keep as is or should it be
modified or eliminated?
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® Supv Sumner would like to discuss the possibility of an administrative variance but on a
smaller scale than proposed at the last meeting.
Still have Article X - PUD to discuss. Attorney Perkins and Planner Nicholson discussed the
process and carne up with a more streamlined process. The final draft of the definitions and
Article X "rill be sent to D Kwasnowski for review and then sent to the Board.
There being no further business, on motion made, seconded and unanimously carried,
the meeting was adjourned at l 1:10 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted,
Patricia Millard
DepILt,v Town Clerk
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MONTHLY REPORT OF SUPERVISOR
TO THE TOWN BOARD OF THE Town of Dryden:
esuant to Section 125 of the Towin Law, I hereby render the following detailed statement
all moneys received and disbursed by me during the mont;r of July, 2.�i1:
DATI:�,D: August +. 2011
A GENERAL FUND - TOWNWIDE
CASH - CHECKING
CASH - SAVINGS
CASH IN TIME DEPOSITS - 013
PETTY CASH
PETTY CASH - POSTAGE
DPW Equipment Capital. Reserve
Town Buildings Capital Reserve
Recreation Capital Reserve
General CapJ,tal Reserve
TOTAL
DA HIGHWAY TOWNWIDE FUND
Su
Balance Balance
06/30/2011 Increases Decreases 07/31/2011
2,918.84
CHECK'I'NG
0.(110
285,515.63
242r967.26
271834.32
1,076,907.60
0.00
2',834.32
0,100
600.00
CASH -
2,981.17
961.:1,7
CASH - SAVINGS
34,248.90
395,725.30
242,967.26
50,000.00
1,022,852.25
301,830,11,
HIGHWAY
EQUIPMENT CAPITAL RESE
50,000.00
374,916.37
164.36
1,505,002.45
203,926.47
1,143,157.43
3,087.62
100.00
0.00
:1.13. 09
165.10
996.61
165.10
1,352,311.42
205,610.90
204,299.46
le 019, 995.22
0,00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
1,469,905.60
1,234.41
CHECK'I'NG
0.(110
1,224,973.78
242r967.26
271834.32
242t967-26
0.00
2',834.32
0,100
700.00
CASH -
21
961.:1,7
CASH - SAVINGS
34,361.99
395,725.30
242,967.26
50,165.10
1,022,852.25
302,826.72
HIGHWAY
EQUIPMENT CAPITAL RESE
50,165.10
374,916.37
164.36
1, 66 7, 408.27
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CASH -
CHECK'I'NG
0.(110
0.00
242r967.26
271834.32
242t967-26
2',834.32
0,100
CASH -
SAVINGSS
1,259,376.44
CASH - SAVINGS
6,443.07
395,725.30
242,967.26
1,022,852.25
HIGHWAY
EQUIPMENT CAPITAL RESE
37D,133.98
374,916.37
164.36
0.00
379,
298.34
TOTAL 1,638,510.42 249,574.69 485,934.52 1,402,150.59
B GENERAL - OUTSIDE FUND
CASH - CHECKING
0.00
271834.32
2',834.32
0.00
CASH - SAVINGS
395,725.30
7,025.39
7.7,839.32
374,916.37
PETTY CASH - POSTAGE
1,
152.2':
0.00
0.00
1,
152.27
TOTAL
396,817.57
34,859.71
55,668.61
376,066.64
DB HIGHWAY OUTSIDE FUND
CASH - CHECKING
0.00
511,
1.16.08
511,
.1,16.
08
0.00
CASH - SAVINGS
2,450,219.79
3,046.67
511,1:1,6.08
1,942,150.38
TOTAL
2,450,219.79
514,162.75
1,022,232.16
1,942,150.38
SF1- DRYDEN FIRE DISTRICT
CASH - SAVINGS
351,572.78
152.42
0100
351,725.20
TOTAL
351.,572.78
152.42
0.00
351,725.20
SL1- VARNA LIGHTING
DISTRICT
CASH - SAVINGS
41786.01
2.07
0.00
41788.08
TOTAL,
41186.01
2.07
0.00
41788.08
SL2- ETNA LIGHTING DISTRICT
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MONTHLY REPORT OF SUPERVISOR
Balance Balance
06/30/2011 Increases Decreases 07/31/2011
CASH - SAVINGS
3,540.74
1.54
0.00
3,542.28
•
TOTAL
31540.74
1.54
0.00
3,542.28
SL3- MEADOW /LEISURE LIGHTING
CASH - SAVINGS
3,111.73
1.35
0100
3,1:1.3.08
TOTAL
3,
11:1,.73
1.35
0.00
3o1134-08
SM AMBULANCE DISTRICT
CASH - SAVINGS
286,966.14
124.41
0.00
287,090.55
TOTAL
286,966.14
124.41.
0100
287,030.55
SSl- SAPSUCKER SEWER
- UNITS
CASH - SAVINGS
45,81,6.50
10646.57
0.00
471463.37
TOTAL
45,816.80
i,646.57
0,00
47,463.37
SS2- VARNA SEWER - UNITS
CASH - CHECKING
0.00
7o451.91
"',
45:1..91
0.00
CASH - SAVIidG5
179,691.87
7,036.57
"',451.91
1.79,276.53
TOTAL
:1.79,
691..87
14,
188.48
14,
903.82
179,276-53
SS3- CORTLAND RD SEWER
® CASH - CHECKING
0.00
68.26
68.26
0.00
CASH - SAVINGS
211,531.30
8,737.88
68.26
220,200.92
POSTAGE
56.0:;
0.00
0.00
56.00
TOTAL
211,587.30
8,806.14
136.52
220,256.92
SS4- MONKEY RUN SEWER
CASH - CHECKING
0.00
6,029.69
6,029.69
0.00
CASH - SAVINGS
193,652.62
832.77
6,029.6)
188,455.70
TOTAL
1.943o652,62
6t862.46
12,
059.38
1.88t455,70
SS5- TURKEY HILL SEWER
CASH - CHECKING
0.00
1,334.37
11334.37
0100
CASH - SAVINGS
16:1.,755.33
4,562.04
1,334.37
1.64,983.00
TOTAL
161,755.33
5,896.41
2,668.74
164,983.00
SS6- PEREGRINE HOLLOW
SEWER
CASH - CHECKING
0.00
429.43
429.43
0.00
CASH - SAVINGS
96,638.51
460.84
429.43
96,669.92
TOTAL
96,638.51
890.27
858.86
96,669.92
0 SS7- ROYAL ROAD SEWER
CASH - v1ECKZNG 0.00 122.09 422.09 0.00
CASH - SAVINGS 17,987.11 223.76 422.09 17,788.76
TOTAL 17,981,11. 645.85 844.18 16;,788.78
Pace 2
MONNLY REPORT OF SUPERVISOR
Balance Balance
06/30/2011 Increases Decreases 07/31/2011
VARNA WATER
851.19
2,917.57
0.00
:1,73,768.76
170,851.19
0SW1-
CASH - CHECKING
0.00
13,812.62
13,812.62
0.00
CASH - SAVINGS
356,215.
°3
14,
^59.99
13,812.62
356,763.30
17,537.12
TOTAL
356,215.93
28,1.72.61
271625.24
356,763.30
7,422.72
SW2- SNYDER HILL WATER
1.40,682.03
130,567.63
17,537.12
CASH - CHECKING
0.00
1,:1.7.9.69
1,129.69
"1498.65
!.00
CASH - SAVINGS
73,858.06
1,528.82
1,129.69
74,257.19
TOTAL
73,858.06
2,658.51
2,259.38
74,257.19
SW3- MONKEY RUN WATER
CASH - CHECKING
0.00
6,268.06
6,268.06
0.00
CASH - SAVINGS
214,035.32
1,925.86
6,268.06
209,693.12
TOT1:L
2141,
035.32
8,
193.92
:1,2r536.12
209P693.12
SW4- HALL ROAD WATER
CASH - CHECKING
0.00
2,519.80
21519.80
0.00
CASH - SAVINGS
28,892.56
1,790.20
2,5194!:0
28,162.98
TOTAL
28,892.58
41310.00
5,039.60
28,162.98
SWS- TURKEY HILL WATER
CASH - CHECKING
0.00
4,
1:11.
33
4,
1a.1,
33
0,00
CASH - SAVINGS
216,804.07
61091,.01
4,111.33
21.81783.75
TOTAL
216,804.07
10,202.34
x,222.66
218,783.75
SW6- ROYAL ROAD WATER
CASH - CHECKING
CASH - SAVIN°GS
TOTAL
CD REHABILITATION LOANS AND GRANTS
CASH - CHECKING
TOTAL
TA AGENCY FUND
CASH - 'TRUST F. AGENCY
TOTAL
HB CORTLAND ROAD SEWER BAN
CASH - SAVINGS
TOTA
On CAPITAL FUND - BARN
CASH - SAVINGS
0.00
33,696.29
33,696.29
831.53
419.26
1,250.79
831.53
831.53
1,663.06
0.00
33,284.02
33,284.02
1.70,
851.19
2,917.57
0.00
:1,73,768.76
170,851.19
2,9:1,07.57
0100
173,768.76
?,42.2.72
1.90,652.03
130,567.0
17,537.12
7,422.72
1.40,682.03
130,567.63
17,537.12
240
"1498.65
0.00
0100
24,798.65
24,798.65 1.00 0.00 24,798.65
30,257.42 13.12 0.00 30,270.54
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MOjN,TFILY REPORT OF SUPERVISOR
Balance Balance
06/30/2011 Increases Decreases 07/31/2011
TOTAL 30,251.42 13.12 0100 300270.54
HF CAPITAL FUND - FPIG
CAS? - SAVINGS 95,375.39 41.35 0.00 95,41.6.74
TOTAL
TOTAL ALL FUNDS
95.375.39
41.35
0.00 95,416.74
91099,924.79 2,388,868.73 3,273,126.11 8,215,667.46
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