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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1996-02-0720 February 7, 1996 The Lansing Town Board met in Special Session at the Lansing Town Hall Board Room at 7:00 p.m. on February 7, 1996 with Supervisor Kirby presiding. Jeannine Kirby Herbert Beckwith Paul Butler Jeffrey Cleveland Larry Tvaroha Bonita Boles Richard John ROLL CALL Supervisor Present Councilman Present Councilman Absent Councilman Present Councilman Absent Town Clerk Present Town Attorney Present VISITORS: David Herrick, John Howell, Kim and Beatrice Davis, Richard VanEvery, Amy Christopher, Lin Davidson, Nelson Bills, John Marabella, Cynthia Lion, David Stillwell, Harold VanEs, and Kevin Kauffman. The Supervisor called the meeting to order and had the clerk take the Roll Call. Residents from Emmons Road approached the Board concerning their water situation. Mr. John Howell stated that he was NOT interested in receiving the water. It was also stated that Mr. Charles Howell and Mr. Bruce Kobasa were not interested. Mr. VanEvery stated that he did not feel he should have to pay for two lots as he would never sell or build on the one lot. After some discussion, it was agreed that Mr. VanEvery would be assessed for 2.5 units instead of the initial 3.3 units. This would bring the total cost for a single family household in the district to $ 344.00 per year to cover the debt fund. All parties present agreed with this. Mr. Kim Davis then approached the Board regarding the placement of the water storage tank. He asked the Board and Mr. Herrick to move the site approximately 40 feet toward the hedge row as it would block his view from his picture window. Mr. Cleveland stated that this should have been brought up earlier and informed Mr. and Mrs. Davis that they stated earlier that they did not care where the tank was placed, as long as they could get water. Mrs. Davis stated that she did say that but did not think it would end up in front of her picture window. After some discussion it was agreed that Mr. Herrick would redraw the map showing the site to be about 40 feet closer to the hedge row. RESOLUTION, offered by Mr. Beckwith and seconded by Mr Cleveland: RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Lansing does hereby authorize Mr. Herrick to prepare the map, plan and report for proposed Water District No. 17, extension No. 21 Vote of Town Board (Aye) Herbert Beckwith, Councilman Vote of Town Board (Aye) Jeffrey Cleveland, Councilman Vote of Town Board (Aye) Jeannine Kirby, Supervisor Mr. Herrick stated that the Engineers report would be brought to the February 21st meeting at which time a Public Hearing for the proposed District could be set for March 6, 1996 at 7:00 p.m. Kevin Kauffman, Cindy Lion, Philip Davidson, David Stillwell, Harold VanEs and Nelson Bills approached the Board regarding their group they are calling the "Lansing Forum ". Harold VanEs acted as spokesman and stated that the group would like to hold meetings monthly or by- monthly to try to improve the communication in the Town. He stated that they would try to get the facts across to people, educate people about issues and discuss the issues. 1 D -11 continued February 7, 1996 Mr. Cleveland asked if they felt they would get good turn outs. The group felt they would. They also asked that a representative from the Town Board be on the representative committee. Mr. VanEs felt the people would show up because it would be "issue focused" and they would be addressing one issue at a time. He felt there would be more of an opportunity for discussion and debate that could be allowed at a Town Board meeting due to all the business the Town Board has to conduct. Cindy Lion stated that she would hope the Town Board would look at this as a resource to them. Mr. Davidson suggested the minutes of the Town Board Meeting ® be sent to him on a disc and he would then post them for all to read. Mr. Kauffman stated that he felt the forum would be nonconfrontational. Rich John informed them that they might want to check into the open meetings law before they go any further. Mr. John also suggested they contact another Town which has something like this already in place. Mr. Bills will check into this. Mr. Stillwell stated that they will be going to many different groups in the Town and confront them regarding issues that could be discussed in this forum. The group stated that they would hold a few meetings and then come back to the Board with an update. They asked for the Town Board's opinion on their group but Mrs. Kirby stated that she would like to discuss it when all Board Members were in attendance and then give them their answer. Mr. John suggested the group might want to consider calling themselves the Lansing Speakers Bureau and be moderators and have speakers at the meetings. Mr. John also stated that they make it clear that they are not taking any political position at all if they were interested in using the Town Annex. It was also stated that smaller groups may come from this group which would be people wanting to do their own thing and then maybe come back with suggestions. Mr. John stated that he would like to see an admissions statement and any information that could be receive from other groups like this that are already formed. Mr. Herrick, Town Engineer reported the following to the Board: He stated that bids for Water District No. 7 - Extension No. 9 were publicly opened on February 6, 1996 at 3:00 p.m, and were as follows: JBC Industries of Parish, Inc. Egglestone Road P.O. Box 728 Mexico, New York 13114 308,925.00 Syracuse Construction Co., Inc. 6755 Manlius Center Road East Syracuse, New York 13057 357,590.00 ® FLC Contractors, Inc. 1861 Hanshaw Road Ithaca, New York 14850 509,999.31 R.P. Myers, Inc. 1 Merton Street Rochester, New York 14609 334,909.00 Vacri Construction Co. One Brick Ave. Binghamton, New York 13901 490,000.00 F.G. Compagni Construction Co. 48 Grant Street �a continued February 7, 1996 Cortland, New York 13045 Randsco Pipeline 727 Rowley Road Victor, New York 14564 Paolangeli Contractors 129 West Falls Street Ithaca, New York 14850 Bat Con, Inc. P.O. Box 155 4277 Slate Hill Road Marcellus, New York 13100 G. Devincentis & Son Construction 7 Beldon Street Binghamton, New York 13903 Highlander Construction, Inc. P.O. Box 155 Memphis, New York 13112 DeNinis Construction, Inc. 3 Pierce Street Binghamton, New York 13903 Masciarelli Construction Co.,Inc. 784 Conklin Road Binghamton, New York 13903 LRS Excavating Inc. 24 Ross Road Lansing, New York 14882 Altec Construction, Inc. 345 Sixth North Street Syracuse, New York 13208 Bianchi Excavating, Inc. 5987 Belle Island Road Syracuse, New York 13209 433,930.00 3741016.00 442,182.00 335,915.00 392,832.20 369,151.15 376,421.00 365,401.60 347,182.25 362,746.00 291,577.35 Mr. Herrick discussed the bids with the Board and stated that he would come to the February 21, 1996 meeting with a recommendation. Mr. Herrick felt the price of the pipe was the main difference in the bids. Mr. Herrick stated that charges for surveying,legal fees and engineering fees for the HUD project since November of 1994 should be applied to the HUD budget. After the bid is awarded, Mr. Herrick will send letters to all of the residents telling them who will be performing the work and the time table involved. Mr. Herrick stated he received the agreement from Conrail for the boring for the HUD project. Along with this was a list of fees totaling $ 31560.00, $ 560.00 of this is for insurance premium and engineering review at Conrail. The balance was an access fee of $ 3,000.00 to install the pipe underneath their right -of -way. Mr. Herrick did not expect to be charged this fee so he drafted a letter to Conrail asking them to reconsider the fee for the right - of -way. Conrail then called Mr. Herrick and stated the fee could be cut in half for a fee of $ 11500.00. RESOLUTION, offered by Mr. Cleveland and seconded by Mr. Beckwith: RESOLVED, that the Town Board does hereby accept the price of $ 1,500.00 for installing the pipe underneath Conrails right -of- way. • 1 • 1 L� 1 continued February 7, 1996 Vote of Town Board (Aye) Herbert Beckwith, Councilman Vote of Town Board (Aye) Jeffrey Cleveland, Councilman Vote of Town Board (Aye) Jeannine Kirby, Supervisor Mr. Herrick stated that the contract for the water storage tank was not yet signed and recommended Mrs. Kirby sign it as amended January 25, 1996, Mr. John agreed with Mr. Herrick. Mr. Herrick stated that the Village of Lansing is considering dismantling the airport elevated tank. They would like to set up a meeting with the Town Board members to discuss cost sharing and solely using the Town of Lansing system for storage. getting The Fiddler's Green residents have set up an escrow account and hired their own engineer. Mr. Herrick stated the Pinney's whole property is in the agriculture district and would not be able to hook -up those homes to the water main. Pinney's will check into getting their land out of the ag district. Mrs. Kirby felt they were taking on a large liability. Mrs. Kirby and Mr. Herrick will meet with these people to try to help them out. The transmission main master meter agreement has been modified by Bolton Point and Mr. John recommended that the Town does NOT sign the agreement at this time as he has some real concerns with the modified agreement. Mr. John will contact Mr. Kevin Kauffman regarding this matter and get back to the Board. Mrs. Kirby stated that M & T Bank wants to do a presentation to the Board. The Board agreed with this as most of the Town's accounts are with the Tompkins County Trust Company and it would be good to see what M & T offers. On motion, meeting adjourned at the call of the Supervisor at 10:30 p.m. 23