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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2001-04-04SPECIAL TOWN BOARD MEETING Date: April 4, 2001 Time. 7 :00 P.M. Place: Lansing Town Hall Board Room AGENDA 10 Call Meeting to Order. 29 Roll Call. 3. Town Engineer - Dave Herrick A. SEQR - New Water Districts B. Approve Bids for Construction of Water Districts #2 Ext. #3 - #12 - #19 49 Any Other Business that might come before the Board. 59 Executive Session if Needed. 69 Adjournment. 225 April 04, 2001 The Lansing Town Board met in Special Session at the Lansing Town Hall Board Room at 7:00 p.m. with Supervisor Farkas presiding. The Supervisor called the meeting to order and had the clerk take the Roll Call. Stephen Farkas Herbert Beckwith Katrina Greenly Meg Overstrom Francis Shattuck Bonita Boles Debbie Crandall ROLL CALL Supervisor Councilperson Councilperson Councilperson Councilperson Town Clerk Deputy Town Clerk Tom Cramer Town Attorney VISITORS: Dave Herrick and Walter Poland. SEOR RESOLUTIONS WATER DISTRICT #19 RESOLUTION, offered by Mr. Beckwith and seconded by Mrs. Greenly: Present Present Present Absent Present Absent Present Present WHEREAS, the Town of Lansing has established Water District 19 within the Town of Lansing to provide water service to residents along Asbury Road, Armstrong Road, Maple Drive and Franklyn Drive in the Town of Lansing; and WHEREAS, the Town Engineer has prepared a map, plan and report as well as prepared surveys and plans for the construction of the improvement; and WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Lansing, having been designated as the lead agency for conducting environmental review of the proposed project, and having conducted such environmental review and after due deliberation having made a negative declaration of environmental impact; therefore, it is RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Lansing hereby finds that the proposed Water District 19 complies with the requirements of the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act and therefore makes a negative declaration of environmental impact. Vote of Town Board. (Aye) Herbert Beckwith, Councilperson Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Katrina Greenly, Councilperson Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Francis Shattuck, Councilperson Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Stephen Farkas, Supervisor WATER DISTRICT 12 EXTENSION #2 RESOLUTION, offered by Mr. Beckwith and seconded by Mrs. Greenly: WHEREAS, the Town of Lansing has established Water District 12 Extension 2 within the Town of Lansing to provide water service to residents along East Shore Circle in the Town of Lansing; and WHEREAS, the Town Engineer has prepared a map, plan and report as well as prepared surveys and plans for the construction of the improvement; and WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Lansing, having been designated as the lead 226 April 04, 2001, continued agency for conducting environmental review of the proposed project, and having conducted such environmental review and after due deliberation having made a negative declaration of environmental impact; therefore, it is RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Lansing hereby finds that the proposed Water District 12 Extension 2 complies with the requirements of the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act and therefore makes a negative declaration of environmental impact. Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Herbert Beckwith, Councilperson Vote of Town Boar ... (Aye) Katrina Greenly, Councilperson Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Francis Shattuck, Councilperson Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Stephen Farkas, Supervisor WATER DISTRICT 2 EXTENSION 3 RESOLUTION, offered by Mr. Beckwith and seconded by Mr. Shattuck: WHEREAS, the Town of Lansing has established Water District 2 Extension 3 within the Town of Lansing to provide water service to residents along Wilderness Drive in the Town of Lansing; and WHEREAS, the Town Engineer has prepared a map, plan and report as well as prepared surveys and plans for the construction of the improvement; and WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Lansing, having been designated as the lead agency for conducting environmental review of the proposed project, and having conducted such environmental review and after due deliberation having made a negative declaration of environmental impact; therefore, it is RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Lansing hereby finds that the proposed Water District 2 Extension 3 complies with the requirements of the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act and therefore makes a negative declaration of environmental impact. Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Herbert Beckwith, Councilperson Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Katrina Greenly, Councilperson Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Francis Shattuck, Councilperson Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Stephen Farkas, Supervisor BID AWARD FOR WATER DISTRICTS RESOLUTION, offered by Mr. Beckwith and seconded by Mr. Shattuck: WHEREAS, the Town of Lansing made a request for proposals for the installation of water lines and related improvements in three areas of the Town designated as Water District 19, Water District 2 Extension 3 and Water District 12 Extension 2, hereby referred to collectively as the 2001 Water System Improvement Project and the Town Board having received responses from bidders, and such bids having been opened and reviewed by the Town Engineer and the Town Attorney; and WHEREAS, Syracuse Constructors, Inc. Of 6755 Manlius Center Road, East Syracuse, New York 13057, having submitted the lowest acceptable bid in the amount of Eight Hundred Twenty Thousand and 00 /100 Dollars ($820,000.00) for the installation of the 2001 Water System Improvement Project; WHEREAS, the bid received for the 2001 Water System Improvement Project 227 April 04, 2001, continued apportions the bid price among the three separate projects designated as Water District 19 in the amount of $627,833.00, and designated as Water District 2 Extension 3 in the amount of $50,910.00 and designated as Water District 12 Extension 2 in the amount of $141,257.00, therefore, it is RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Lansing hereby agrees and authorizes the Supervisor to execute such documents as necessary on behalf of the Town of Lansing to enter into an agreement with Syracuse Constructors, Inc. Of 6755 Manlius Center Road, East Syracuse, New York 13057 for the installation of the 2001 Water System Improvement Project in the amount of Eight Hundred Twenty Thousand and 00 /100 Dollars ($820,000.00). Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Herbert Beckwith, Councilperson Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Katrina Greenly, Councilperson Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Francis Shattuck, Councilperson Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Stephen Farkas, Supervisor REGIONAL SEWER & ENVIRONMENT CONTRACT Mr. Shattuck updated the Board on sewer. The next meeting will be April 13th, Friday at 9:00 a.m. After further discussion the following resolution was hereby adopted. RESOLUTION, offered by Mr. Shattuck and seconded by Mr. Beckwith: WHEREAS, the Town of Lansing is proceeding with the planning of a joint system with the City of Ithaca, Town of Ithaca, Town of Dryden, Village of Cayuga Heights and the Village of Lansing for the construction of sewer collection and pumping facilities, together with connections to and improvements of the sewer treatment plants in the Village of Cayuga Heights and the City of Ithaca, in a regional approach to meeting the sewer treatment needs of the participating municipalities, and WHEREAS, the Town Board has determined that the SEQR in this instance will constitute a town -wide benefit; and WHEREAS, by prior resolution, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has been chosen as the lead agency for conducting the State Environmental Quality Review (SEQR) for the project, and WHEREAS, as the project will cross several municipal boundaries and involve coordination of the services of different municipal facilities and services, the SEQR must provide a comprehensive and consistent process across these municipal boundaries; and WHEREAS, by prior resolution, the Town of Lansing has agreed to conduct the SEQR in conjunction with the participating municipalities and the costs have now been estimated at $54,000.00 per municipality with each municipality having already committed $20,000.00 of that amount, therefore, it is RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Lansing hereby agrees and authorizes the Supervisor to pay its share of the cost of conducting the SEQR for the proposed joint sewer project involving the Town of Lansing and the other participating municipalities on an equal basis in an amount not to exceed $34,000.00, for a total of $54,000.00 with $20,000.00 already having been committed. Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Herbert Beckwith, Councilperson Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Katrina Greenly, Councilperson Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Francis Shattuck, Councilperson Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Stephen Farkas, Supervisor t April 04, 2001, continued GLENN FLINN REQUEST FOR WATER Glenn Flinn is completing construction of a new home on Ross Road from Ridge Road and is seeking water. Bolton Point has called Dave Herrick concerning this request. The land involved is 200 acres. After further discussion it was decided that Mr. Flinn will have to establish a district for a single family home. RICK PAGE REQUEST FOR WATER The Board discussed if there was a simple emergency type situation that he could use and if later it becomes a water district it would be mandatory that he join the district. Mr. Herrick stated that you could use a 3" pipe as an emergency type situation but if existing homes were to connect it is sound practice to use an 8" pipe. Mr. Herrick will get input from John Anderson and report back at the next meeting. BRICKYARD HILL AND WILSON ROAD Katrina Greenly asked Dave Herrick what was being done at Brickyard Hill and Wilson Road. Mr. Herrick stated that there was an old abandoned pressure reducing station that was being taken out. ROD KEARL DOCUMENT Mr. Farkas stated that he needed to be updated on the document. He asked who paid for the document as there was no authorization for payment by the Town Board. Mrs. Greenly stated that nobody paid for the document., Mr. Farkas stated that possibly it might of been paid for out of the grant money they received. Mr. Farkas stated that Mr. Kearl has asked to make a presentation to the Town Board but he thinks that he should make his presentation to the Planning Board. Mr. Shattuck stated that he has made a presentation to the Planning Board and that they accepted the document and told him he needs to come to the Town Board. After further discussion Mr.. Kearl will be put on the next agenda to make his presentation to the Town Board, AMTEC Mr. Shattuck will call Ronni Travers, Vice - President of AMTEK to make a presentation to the Town on how they set up human resource areas around the state. EXECUTIVE SESSION RESOLUTION, offered by Mr. Beckwith and seconded by Mr. Shattuck: RESOLVED, that the Special Meeting be adjourned to go into Executive Session at 8:20 to discuss a personnel matter and Ottenschott. Carried. RE QLUTION, offered by Mr. Shattuck and seconded by Mr. Beckwith: RESOLVED, that the Executive Session be terminated and the Special Meeting be reconvened. Carried. Meeting adjourned at the call of the Supervisor. Minutes taken and executed by the Deputy Town Clerk.