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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1996-03-20March 20, 1996 The Lansing Town Board met Present in Regular Session at the Lansing Town Hall Board Room at 7:00 P.M. Councilman Present with Supervisor Kirby Town Clerk Present presiding. Jeannine Kirby Herbert Beckwith Paul Butler Jeffrey Cleveland Larry Tvaroha Bonita Boles Debbie Crandall Richard John ROLL CALL Supervisor Present Councilman Present Councilman Absent Councilman Absent Councilman Present Town Clerk Absent Deputy Town Clerk Present Town Attorney Present VISITORS: George Totman, David Herrick, Sergeant Tom Hable, Kathy Miller and Dianne Booth. The Supervisor called the meeting to order and had the clerk take the Roll Call. SERGEANT TOM HABLE, NYS POLICE ZONE SERGEANT New York State Police Zone Sergeant, Tom Hable met with the Board as part of a new State Policy implemented by Superintendent Jim McMann. The intent is to make frequent contacts with Town and Village Boards in the areas they patrol. They are looking for input, complaints, suggestions, ideas and any dissatisfaction that the Board is hearing from the residents. Also to give the Boards insight on what the New York State Police are doing in our area. Sergeant Hable's duties as Zone Sergeant are to assist the Zone Commander, Captain Bill Foley, who is ultimately in charge in the Ithaca area. Out of his station which is called the Zone Headquarters they oversee the operation and supervise the personnel of Tioga, Cortland and Tompkins Counties, The Ithaca station located in Varna is under the Station Commander, Sergeant, Tim Rudd. He is the first line Supervisor and dictates the policy to the Varna Station. Discussion was held concerning the 911 program, interaction with other police departments, sobriety road checks, and the Louis Gossett Jr. Center. Mr. Tvaroha stated that this meeting was a very positive meeting with the Board and that by coming out the Board would now have a liaison with the NYS Police Department. The Town would also have someone to contact for advise to help the Town out with other problems. Sergeant Hable stated that in the future he would make a contact with the Town Supervisor and if needed a Police Supervisor would attend the Town meeting. The Board thanked Sergeant Hable for taking the incitive and getting in touch with them and they look forward to his service in the future. CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, GEORGE TOTMAN Mr. Totman passed out revised copies of the Town of Lansing Directory. The updates in the future will be single page inserts. Mr. Totman has been contacted numerous times by Mrs. Whipple who lives on East Shore Circle with a noise complaint of the RINK. Mrs. Whipple had given Mr. Cleveland petitions to stop the noise. Mrs. Whipple has gone into the RINK and turned the volume down herself. Mr. Totman has contacted residents in the area and they do not have a complaint. Mr. Totman went to the RINK and had them turn the volume up to 8 1/2, drove to her house and heard nothing. Mrs. Whipple stated you could only hear the music inside her home. Mrs. Whipple has been the only one to contact Mr. Totman with this complaint. Mrs. Whipple believes the Town should have a Noise Ordinance. Mr. Totman was going to inform her that there was nothing further he could do and possibly she might be contacting the Board. 41 IN March 20, 1996, continued Mr. Totman discussed the property at 1168 Auburn Road and other properties in that area that need to be cleaned up. Mr. Totman under the direction of the Town Attorney, will site all the properties in the area for having unsafe areas. Mr. Totman passed out his monthly report. They are 4 permits ahead of last year and $60,000 in estimated building cost. DROP -IN CENTER Dianne Booth and Kathy Miller met with the Board and gave them an update on the Drop -In Center. Mrs. Booth passed out a brochure to all Board members. Mrs. Booth stated that Nancy Bash is the new aide at the Center, she replaced the aide that moved. The brochures were printed in February. Since that time there have been 6 to 7 new families that have been using the Center. Enrollment has gone up from 15 children today compare to 8 children last year at this time. There have been smoke detectors installed in the annex. They had an unofficial site inspection by Kathleen Caryl who works at the Day Care Council performing inspections. She unofficially came to the building and looked it over and said it was fine. They are working on an emergency evacuation plan. Kathy Miller informed the Board that they have formed an Advisory Board. Members of the Board are: Barbara Hlywa, Pat Jennings, Carol Willard, Terry Cheatham, Ellen Palladino and Kathy Miller. The Board was formed to help the director and address things as needed. They are forming a liaison with the school and Pat Jennings will represent the Board. The program tries to prepare children for kindergarten. There are children that are not eligible for Head Start and the parents do not have money to send them to a private Nursery School, this is where Drop -In fills the gap. Drop -In meets Monday, Wednesday and Fridays the month of March and December Wednesday and Fridays the rest of the months according to the Lansing School Calendar. The Board thanked the representatives for their report. TOWN ENGINEER, DAVID HERRICK HUD PROJECT Construction is moving along rapidly, neatly and per the specs. The lines on 34B are the only lines left to be installed. Attorney John researched the land behind the Norman property. The property has never been transferred by deed only by will and has never been transferred to the Town. Mr. John has contacted Mr. Norman and he was satisfied and will sign the easement. The only easement not signed is Bill and Marcy Bean. Mr. Herrick didn't see any problem with this being signed. Mr. Herrick passed out a copy of the letter that was sent from Frank Santelli, P.E. from T.G. Millers to Herbert Howell, President of the Pine Grove Cemetery Association. The letter outlined items that were discussed at their March 18th meeting. Mr. Herrick discussed the surplus construction funds. There are a total of $50,000 in funds left, $30,000 below the construction budget and $19,000 in construction contingency that won't be spent. It was the consensus of the Board to follow the policy of the HUD District in Ludlowville and initiate the program to provide the low to moderate households for the connection fee of $475.00. The rest of the surplus funds could be used for the stream Bridge crossing. Mr. Herrick could prepare a change order in Bianchi's contract and have them do the excavating and backfilling behind the abutments and assist with the analysis. The Board asked Mr. Herrick to estimate the amount of households that will qualify for the service connection and report back to the Board. The Board will pass a resolution at it's next • 0 43 March 20, 1996, continued meeting. Mr. Herrick would like to retain Maxim Technologies Inc. to do density tests on the backflow. This was a budget item of $4,500.00 for technical services. Mr. Herrick estimates that the cost will be $500.00. It was the consensus of the Board to have Mr. Herrick hire Maxim to do this work. WATER DISTRICT #17 Mr. Herrick passed out a letter from Highlander Construction, Inc. The letter stated that due to the delay in the availability of the telemetry equipment, they are requesting a new contract completion date of July 15, 1996 and outlined a progress schedule. Mr. Herrick informed them that this was unacceptable. Highlander provided a 300 gallon per minute diesel powered pump this winter. The pump took water out of the Town's lines in Ludlowville to put in the new lines that they built for the purpose of filling the mains in order to do the pressure testing. Mr. Herrick suggested to bring the pump back, set it up and use it to fill the tank. After the tank is filled, the mains will be flushed, disinfected and potable water will be moved through their temporary pump into the tank. The tank can then be used as long as needed until the final pump station is completed and the telemetry is available and installed. From a sanitary perspective there is no difference from that arrangement then if the pump station was finalized. Mr. Herrick reviewed this with the contractor and the project manager who will then discuss it with the owner of Highlander tomorrow and report back to Mr. Herrick. Mr. Herrick suggested at this point that the Town hold off on consideration of any liquidated damages. If they are willing to provide that equipment and the diesel fuel then NYSEG will still get water in a timely manner. It was the consensus of the Board to have Mr. Herrick pursue this option and get back to the Board next week. Mr. Herrick informed the Board that the pump station will be precasted, brought in and put together in pieces. Mr. John informed the Board that the Inducement Agreement with NYSEG has been signed. WATER DISTRICT #17 EXT #1 Services for Sperry Lane and Lakeview Drive will start next week. WATER DISTRICT #17 EXT #2 Mr. Herrick met with the Ag Board today. The notice of intent that was filed with the Commissioner of Ag & Markets was reviewed. The Ag Board wi 11 wa i t unt 11 Apr i 1 on what they want to say to the Commissioner. The Ag Board doesn't have control over the project but they do have an interest in it. They can write a letter to the Commissioner saying either they do or do not support this. The Commissioner will have to weigh the letter when he makes his decision about the project. The Commissioner has 60 days from the date the notice was filed. The latest to receive a response back would be early May. Mr. Herrick suggested delaying the Public Hearing date until the Town receives a copy of the letter that the local Ag Board is going to send to the Commissioner of Ag & Markets. WATER DISTRICT #17 EXT #3 the Mr. Fiddlers Herrick passed out information on issues and Green and Pinney Lane Water Meeting held concerns on March 10, on 1996. position was Mr. the consensus Herrick reviewed concern #7 and the Town wanted to take concerning of the Board that Fiddlers asked the the buy -in Green would Board what cost. It be buying E March 20, 1996, continued into the extension of Sperry Lane. The residents had to pay to run the line to Sperry Lane and Lakeview Drive. This would reduce the cost of #17 Ext #1. RESOLUTION, offered by Mr. Tvaroha and seconded by Mr. Beckwith: RESOLVED, that the Regular Meeting be adjourned to go into Executive Session at 9 :06 P.M. to discuss a legal matter. Carried. RESOLUTION, offered by Mr. Beckwith and seconded by Mr. Tvaroha: RESOLVED, that the Executive Session be terminated at 9:23 P.M. and the Regular Meeting be reconvened. Carried. Mr. Herrick reviewed concern #5 which stated: There are two small parcels belonging to Arno Finkeldey and Eric VanAlstine which are, according to the map, excluded from the water district. Why was this done and will the town issue notice to the owners about this so that we will not be held accountable in any way? Mr. Totman stated that the lots have no frontage and they can't be used for building lots and this is why the were excluded. Mr. Herrick reviewed concern #2. Mr. Herrick reviewed the file from 1993. The residents of Sperry Lane and Lakeview Drive came to the Water Board and asked Tom Jerram, Chairman of the Water Committee, not to include Fiddlers Green in the extension. No one would be able to afford the extension with Fiddlers Green included. The Committee then decided to leave them out and have them form their own extension. The Town Board will meet the Fiddlers Green and Pinney Community next Wednesday, March 27, 1996 at 7:00 P.M. in the Court Room. SEWER COMMITTEE The Sewer Committee had a meeting this morning in the Town Hall Annex, The Committee would like the Town Board to pass a resolution formalizing the Sewer Committee and sanction the group. Mr. Tvaroha stated the Sewer Committee would like an admission statement of what their responsibilities and authority would be, what the Town Board expected to come out of their committee and some general direction to set the scope of their committee. If they were officially sanctioned by the Town they could meet in Town buildings. The Committee is looking at an October 1997 bid date for construction and for submitting an application for long term financing with the State revolving fund. There is also another schedule which went into March of 1998 for getting State revolving funds. The Sewer Committee would like to meet with the Town Board and the Planning Board with Rules and Regulations for the conduct of the Committee. The Committee would like to meet twice a month and morning meetings are preferred. BOLTON ROAD WATER REQUEST Mr. Herrick has been contacted by Robin Rogers wanting to know the status of the water request. The last time this was discussed Mr. John was going to write a letter describing the complications with the Orear property. Mr. Herrick has not done any engineering work Orear on Mr. property. the project. John had a conversation with Mr. Barney then John Barney in regards to addressed a letter to Supervisor the • U 45 March 20, 1996, continued Kirby outlying the problems Mr. Orear has had in trying to bargain with Mr. Banfield. Mr. Orear has requested that the Town start an eminent domain proceeding on the bottom part of Mr. Banfield's property. Mr. John will send a letter to Mr. Banfield stating Mr. Orear's request and invite them into meet with the Town Board. Mr. Herrick will let Robin Rogers know that he will not do any engineering until the Town Board resolves the above issue. Mrs. Kirby told Mr. Herrick Styckos on East Shore Drive for and Mrs. Herrick will meet with give her an estimate of the cost. SPCA CONTRACT RESOLUTION, offered by Mr. Tvaroha: that she was contacted by Marie a request for water. Mrs. Kirby Ms. Styckos on her property and Beckwith and seconded by Mr. RESOLVED, that the Lansing Town Board authorizes Mrs. Kirby to sign the three year SPCA Contract using the yearly increase of the consumer price index. Vote of Town Board (Aye) Herbert Beckwith, Councilman Vote of Town Board (Aye) Larry Tvaroha, Councilman Vote of Town Board (Aye) Jeannine Kirby, Supervisor Rich John passed out an Ambulance Draft for the Board to review. The Ambulance Committee will meet on March 21, 19968 Mrs. Kirby discussed Dave Hatfield's water bill in the amount of $420.00. Their quarterly bill is normally $48.00. The bill was caused due to a leak. Mr. Hatfield is asking for some relief. Mrs. Kirby will research what the Board has done in the past and report back to the Board. Rich John informed the Board that Lindsey Gorman has made an offer on the triangle section of Town property located next to Dillingham's in Myers. He has offered $6,000 an acre for the land with no contingencies other than a soil test. Mr. Gorman has sent a deposit in the amount of $1,000. Mr. Gorman gave the Board a deadline of March 22, 1996 at 3:00 P.M. to respond to his offer. The Board had previously put this land up for bid and did not receive a bid. Mr. John suggested to get it reappraised than put it on the open market. It was the consensus of the Board that they could not respond to Mr. Gorman's deadline. Mr. John will send a letter to Mr. Gorman indicating this. It was the consensus of the Board to have the land reappraised than put it on the open market this spring. A copy of the minutes of January 17th, February 7th, 11th and 21st, 1996 having been given to the Board Members beforehand, the Supervisor asked for a motion to make corrections or to accept the same as submitted. RESOLUTION, offered by Mr. Tvaroha and seconded by Mr. Beckwith. RESOLVED, that the minutes of January 17th, February 7th, 11th and 21st, 1996 are hereby approved as submitted. Carried. Carried. Carried. Carried. RESOLUTION, offered by Mr. Beckwith and seconded by Mr Tvaroha. Ito March 20, 1996, continued RESOLVED, that the bookkeeper is hereby authorized and directed to pay the following bills: General Fund Highway Fund Lansing Wtr, Dis Lansing Lght Dis Water #7, Ext #9 Cap. Fund Wtr #1 93 - 162 $ 41,128.91 75 - 121 $ 53,589.63 ts. 3 - 4 $ 1,483,93 ts. 2 $ 1,317.84 8 $ 4,839.45 7 14 - 17 $ 22,405.91 Vote of Town Board (Aye) Herbert Beckwith, Councilman Vote of Town Board (Aye) Larry Tvaroha, Supervisor Vote of Town Board (Aye) Jeannine Kirby, Supervisor Mrs. Kirby asked Rich John to look over the Cable Commission Resolution and report back to the Board. Pat Conlon and Gay Nicholson will attend the April 03, 1996 meeting. Meeting adjourned at the call of the Supervisor at 10:25 P.M. Minutes taken and executed by the Deputy Town Clerk. I 11