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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1980-07-08If July 8, 1980 The Lansing Town Board met in Regular Session at the Lansing Town Hall on July 85 1980 at 8:00.,P.M. with Supervisor Munson presiding. ROLL CALL Philip Munson. Supervisor Present Louis Emmick Councilman Present Bert Hilliard Councilman Present Margaret McElwee Councilwoman Present George Stevens Councilman Present Lloyd Sharpsteen Highway Superintendent Present Robert Williamson Town Attorney Present Jane Bush Horky Town Clerk Present Visitors: Deputy Clerk Wanda Brink, Zoning Officer Norman Stanton, Raymond McElwee. The Supervisor called the meeting to order having the clerk take the Roll Call. Norman D. Stanton, Ordinance Officer, submitted his monthly report which was read and reviewed by the board. Information concerning the 1980 Census was in- cluded in the report which was discussed by the board and Mr. Stanton. RESOLUTION offered by Mr. Stevens, who moved its adoption, seconded by Mr. Emmick: RESOLVED, that the Zoning Officer be authorized to purchase reproductions of aerial photographs of the Town-of Lansing which were bought by the Tompkins County Planning Dept., said cost not to exceed $150.00. Vote of Town Board .... (Aye) Louis Emmick, Councilman Vote of Town Board .... (Aye) Bert Hilliard, Councilman Vote of Town Board .... (Aye) Margaret McElwee, . Councilwoman Vote of Town Board .... (Aye) George Stevens, Councilman Vote of Town Board .... (Aye) Philip Munson, Supervisor Raymond.McElwee, Chairman of the Lansing Water and Sewer Committee spoke to the board in regard to the committees' recommendation for engineering services to pre. pare a Plan of Study for sewerage facilities as part of the Application for a Step 1 Federal and State Grant for facilities planning. Discussion held by the board, following resolution offered: RESOLUTION offered by Mr. Hilliard, who moved its adoption, seconded by Mr. Emmick: RESOLVED, that the sum of $2,500.00 be appropriated from the Contingency Fund for payment of a Contract with Engineer T.G. Miller to prepare Plan of Study for sewers for the southern portion of the Town of Lansing including Lansing Heights, Ludlowville, Myers.and South Lansing communities extending easterly to Scofield Rd. and southerly to the north line of the Village of Lansing. Vote of Town Board .... (Aye) Louis Emmick, Councilman Vote of Town Board .... (Aye) Bert Hilliard, Councilman Vote of Town Board .... (Aye) Margaret McElwee, Councilwoman Vote of Town Board .... (Aye) George Stevens, Councilman Vote of Town Board .... (Aye) Philip Munson, Supervisor A copy of the minutes of May 13, May 27 and June 10, 1980 having been furnished to the members of the town board beforehand, the Supervisor asked for a motion to propose corrections of errors or to accept same as submitted:. RESOLUTION offered by Mrs. McElwee, who moved its adoption, seconded by Mr. Stevens: RESOLVED, that the minutes as submitted by the clerk be approved. Carried Letter received from Betty Kelly,, Secretary for the Lansing Sr. Citizens, inviting Town Board Members to attend their dinner at noon to be held at the Lansing Town Park on July 16th. Letter received from John W. & Sylvia J. Hicks requesting water service from Water District #1, Copy of letter received from N.Y.S. Dept. of Transportation to Mr. L.M. Noseworthy, Vice President - Properties of the Lehigh-Val-ley Railroad Co., concerning release of the preferential right of acquisition to a parcel of abandoned Lehigh Valley Auburn and Ithaca Branch right of way located in the Towns of Ledyard and Genoa, Cayuga County and Lansing in Tompkins County, State of New York. Letter received from Gary Lamont, District Conservationist for U.S. Dept. of Agriculture concerning contract award letter sent to Heys Enterprises for the Salmon Creek Critical Area Treatment measure. (continued) l J 1 1 DETERMINATION- ANNEXATION PETITION . i WHEREAS, a public hearing was held by the Town Board of the Town of Lansing and the Village Board of the Village of Lansing on the 15th day of April, 1980 at the Town Hall .Town of Lansing -rega4-d- ing a petition requesting annexation of certain territory of the Village of Lansing to the Town of Lansing which petition, includin the description of the territory proposed to be annexed is incorp- jorated herein by reference, and WHE.REAS,th.e Town Board has fully examined said petition, and WHEREAS, the,said Boards have.heard all of.those in attendanc �at. the, hearing desiring to. be heard, NOW THEREFORE, on motion made by George Stevens seconded by Bert Hilliard be it resolved that this Town Board of. the Town of Lansing hereby determines pursuant.to paragraph 1, Section 711 of the General Municipal Law as follows: 1. Said petition for annexation complies.:in. all respects with the provisions of Article.17 of'the General Municipal Law and 2. On the basis.of the testimony taken at the hearing, which testimony is incorporated herein by reference and made. a part hereof and on the basis of further considerations, including, but not limited to those relating to the effec upon (a).. the territory to be annexed, (b), local government (Town of Lansing) to which the territory is proposed to be annexed, (c). the remaining area of the local government(Village I of Lansing), in which. the territory is situated and .(d), the Ithaca City School District, Town of • Lansing School-District, Town of Lansing Fire District, Village of Lansing Water District (.formerly Lansing Water District No. l) located partly in the territory proposed to be annexed that.it is the'determiriation of this board that it is'in the overall public interest to. approve such annexation. Dated: July 81 1980 woe�� ilip Mun o Ku rv1sor Ale Bert liar .Co nci Georg St.evens,.Councilman Louis J. ck, Councilman Margaret . McElwee, C' cilwoman VOTE OF LANSING TOWN BOARD.: Philip:Munson, Supervisor voting (Aye) = Bert Hilliard,4Councilman voting (Aye) George H.`•Stevens, Councilman voting (Aye) Louis J,.Emmick, Councilman voting (Aye) Margaret M, McElwee, Councilwoman voting (Aye) RESOLUTION APPROVING PETITION FOR ANNEXATION Resolved on motion made by George Stevens , seconded by Bert Hilliard that upon all of the testimony taken at the hearing on the proposed annexation of certain territory in the Village of Lansing to the Town of Lansing as set forth in the Petition dated on or about March 12, 1980, held on the 16 th day of April =1980 at the Town of Lansing Hall in the Town of Lansing at which both the members of the Town Board of the Town of Lansing and the members of the Village Board of the Village of Lansing were present, that the Petition complies with Article 17 of the General Municipal Law and incorporates herein as if set forth in full the determination adopted by,the Town Board concurrently herewith. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this board determines that the proposed annexation is in the overall public interest. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that pursuant to section 707 sub- division 1, all real or personal property and rights in real or personal property, including, but not limited to'streets, roads, highways, bridges, culverts, sidewalks, street lighting fixtures and.conduits, pipes, drains (either above or below ground surface , and appurtenances, and appurtenant rights in relation thereto, if any, owned by the Village of Lansing, shall become the property of the Town of Lansing, to which such territory is annexed as of the date of such annexation, but the ownership of any real and personal property or rights in real and personal property of, or acquired for special *improvement districts in the.Village::.of Lansing shall remain unaffected. V M 2 a BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED pursuant to section 708 subdivision of the General Municipal Law that as concerns the apportionment of any indebtedness and any contract or other liabilities and interest on same, any such indebtedness or liabilities or, .interest, if any, in the event of such annexation, shall be a charge upon and shall be paid by the Town of Lansing to which the territory'is annexed, as same shall become due and payable, to the Village of Lansing in the same proportion to the whole of such indebtedness or such liability as the.full valuation of'the taxable real property.of the territory to be annexed bears to the full valuation of the taxable real property of the Village of Lansing, said government being the government in which the territory wag situated prior to the annexation; such proportions to be computed as of the date of annexation. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the full valuation.of taxable property shall be as defined in subdivision 7.08 section -l. ,1 Margaret IM. McElwee, Councilwoman VOTE OF LANSING TOWN BOARD: Philip Munson, Supervisor voting (Aye) Bert Hij iard,;Councilman voting (Aye) George H. Stevens, Councilman voting (Aye) Louis J. Emmick, Councilman voting (Aye) Margaret M. McElwee, Councilwoman voting (Aye) 1 M 2 a BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED pursuant to section 708 subdivision of the General Municipal Law that as concerns the apportionment of any indebtedness and any contract or other liabilities and interest on same, any such indebtedness or liabilities or, .interest, if any, in the event of such annexation, shall be a charge upon and shall be paid by the Town of Lansing to which the territory'is annexed, as same shall become due and payable, to the Village of Lansing in the same proportion to the whole of such indebtedness or such liability as the.full valuation of'the taxable real property.of the territory to be annexed bears to the full valuation of the taxable real property of the Village of Lansing, said government being the government in which the territory wag situated prior to the annexation; such proportions to be computed as of the date of annexation. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the full valuation.of taxable property shall be as defined in subdivision 7.08 section -l. ,1 Margaret IM. McElwee, Councilwoman VOTE OF LANSING TOWN BOARD: Philip Munson, Supervisor voting (Aye) Bert Hij iard,;Councilman voting (Aye) George H. Stevens, Councilman voting (Aye) Louis J. Emmick, Councilman voting (Aye) Margaret M. McElwee, Councilwoman voting (Aye) r.. :I ORDER The following Order was duly moved by George Stevens by Bert Hilliard and carried seconded The Town Board of the Town of Lansing having heard all partie interested in the petition for annexation of certain territory in the Village of Lansing to the Town of Lansing at a public hearing held thel5th l.day of April, 1980 at the Town of Lansing Town Hall in the. Town of Lansing at which members of the'Town Board of the Town of ..Lansing were present as well:..as members of the Village Board of the Village of Lansing, after reviewing the testimony taken at said hearing; considering its determination adopted the 8th day of July, 1980; and its resolution containing its findings adopted July 8, 1980, it is hereby ORDERED; that.-the proposed annexation of the territory described in said petition incorporated herein by-reference as if set forth in full is hereby approved, and it isp FURTHER ORDERED that its determination and'resolution adopted July 8,..198Q including its finding with respect to the compliance, of th.e'petition and with respect to the effect of.the proposed annexation on the overall public interest be and the same are hereby, attached hereto and made a part hereof and it'is further, ORDERED that the Town Clerk of the Town of Lansing file this Order together with_ the determination and resolution together wi.th.copie.s of the petition, notice, written objections, if any, and,the. testimony of-;..:the minutes of the proceedings in the office .:o r of th.e. Clerk of the Town of Lansing and the office of the Clerk lof the:Village of Lansing. Dated : � July 8, , 1980. VOTE OF LANSING TOWN BOARD: Philip Munson, Supervisor' (Aye) Bert Hilliard, Councilman (Aye,) George H..Stevens, Councilman (Aye) Louis J.-Emmick,'Councilman (Aye). Margaret M. McElwee,.Councilwoman (Aye) P. ip S J: I. Steve-2}s, sor ilman , Councilman woman (This. is to certify that I, the undersigned Clerk of the Town of. Lansing, Tompkins County, New York, have compared the foregoing copy of the order with.the original on file in this office and that.it is a true and exact copy of said resolution duly adopted by the Town Board at a regular 'o meeting of said Board held on the 8th day of.. July, 19-80: IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set may hand and caused the official steal of the Town of Lansing, County of Tompkins, New Xork.,.to he hereunto affixed this 8th day of'July, 1980. . Jane C. Bush'Horky G 6TOW Clerk' Continued July 8, 1980 n 990 RESOLUTION offered by Mr. Emmick, who moved its adoption, seconded by Mr. Hilliard: RESOLVED, upon recommendation of John C. Barney, Chairman of the Lansing Board of Zoning Appeals, that the following persons be reappointed to the Lansing Board of Zoning Appeals: John W. Hicks . . . . . . . Term expiring June 15, 1984 William J. Stuart . . . . . . Term expiring June 15, 1985 Larry J. Tvaroha Term expiring June 15, 1985 Unanimously carried The DETERMINATION - ANNEXATION PETITION, RESOLUTION APPROVING PETITION FOR ANNEXATION and the ORDER regarding the recent annexation were reviewed and discussed by the board. The action taken on same are attached hereto and made a part thereof. Supervisor Munson presented his monthly report. AUDIT RESOLUTION offered by Mrs. McElwee, who moved its adoption, seconded by Mr. Emmick: RESOLVED, that General Fund bills #253 through #305 totalling $60,409.36 and Highway Fund bills #142 through #168 totalling $33,394.16be and the same are hereby approved for payment, and be it further RESOLVED, that Water District #2 bills be and the same are hereby approved for payment. Vote of Town Board . (Aye) Louis Emmick, Councilman Vote of Town Board . (Aye) Bert Hilliard, Councilman Vote of Town Board . (Aye) Margaret McElwee, Councilwoman Vote of Town Board . (Aye) George Stevens, Councilman Vote of Town Board . (Aye) Philip Munson, Supervisor On motion, meeting adjourned 9:45 P.M. August 12, 1980 The Lansing Town Board met in Regular Session at the Lansing Town Hall.on August 12, 1980 at 8:00 P.M. with Supervisor Munson presiding. ROLL CALL Philip Munson Supervisor Present Louis Emmick Councilman Present Bert Hilliard Councilman Present Margaret McElwee Councilwoman Present George Stevens Councilman Absent Lloyd Sharpsteen Highway Superintendent Present Robert Williamson Town Attorney Present Jane Bush Horky Town Clerk Present Visitors: Deputy Clerk Wanda Brink, Recreation Director William Robinson, Atty. Ralph Barnard, Architect Larry Hoffman, Lorne Montague, Karleen Stevens The Supervisor called the meeting to order having the clerk take the Roll Call. Architect Larry Hoffman, associated with Levatich and Hoffman, appeared before ® the board and discussed in detail, the plans and specifications for the Lansing Retirement Home. Mr. Hoffman stated that all clearances had been obtained for 'the water and sewer systems relative to the Lansing 40 Unit Retirement Home Project. Materials were in the process of being compiled for review by the F.H.A. Branch in Syracuse. The proposed road and wells to be used for the Retirement Home were thoroughly discussed and reviewed, after which time the following resolutions were offered: RESOLUTION offered by Mrs. McElwee, who moved its adoption, seconded by Mr. Emmick: RESOLVED, that the Town of Lansing will accept for highway purposes, a strip of land 60' wide by 375' deep conveyed from the Lansing Housing Authority, by warranty deed, said parcel as shown on the survey map entitled "Portion of lands of Viola Argetsinger" made by George Schlecht dated May 1, 1980, copy of said map filed with Town Clerk, and be it further RESOLVED, that this acceptance of the above premises for Town road purposes is subject to there being no conditions, restrictions or reversions in said deed, and be it further (continued)