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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2003-07-02291 SPECIAL TOWN BOARD MEETING DATE. JULY 29 2003 TIME: 7:00 P.M. PLACE: LANSING TOWN HALL BOARD ROOM AGENDA 14 Call Meeting to order. 2. Roll Call. 39 Pledge of Allegiance. 49 Anyone wishing to address the Board. 5. Board Member reports. 6. Any other that may come before the Board. 7. Executive Session if needed. 8. Adjournment. 292 July 2, 2003 The Lansing Town Board met in Special Session at the Lansing Town Hall Board Room at 7:00 p.m. with Supervisor Farkas presiding. Call. The Supervisor called the meeting to order and had the clerk take the Roll Stephen Farkas Katrina Greenly Doug McEver Meg Overstrom Francis Shattuck Bonita Boles Guy Krogh ROLL CALL Supervisor Present Councilperson Present Councilperson Present Councilperson Absent Councilperson Present Town Clerk Present Town Attorney Present VISITORS: Mr. and Mrs. Dick Platt, Pat Conlon, Deb Harper, Melissa Stephenson, Lucy Cooper, Robb Cutting, Emily Franco and Jase Baese. The Supervisor lead all present in the pledge of allegiance. SCLIWC EXPANSION: RESOLUTION At a Special Meeting of the Town Board of the Town of Lansing held in and for the Town of Lansing at the Lansing Town Hall on the 2nd day of July, 2003, the following members being present: Stephen Farkas, Supervisor; Francis Shattuck, Councilperson; Katrina Greenly, Councilperson, Douglas McEver, Councilperson and the following member being absent; Meg Overstrom, Councilperson, the following Resolution was duly made by motion of Francis Shattuck, and seconded by Douglas McEver, and the vote was unanimous. WHEREAS, a plan, report, and map has been duly prepared, in such manner and in such detail as this Board determines to be proper and necessary, relating to the construction and equipping of a two -story office and work space addition to the Southern Cayuga Lake Intermunicipal Water Commission ( "SCLIWC ") water treatment plant, pursuant to Article 5 -G of the General Municipal Law, and relevant provisions of the Town Law and the Village Law, with such project to be known and identified as the "SCLIWC 2003 Plant Expansion Improvement" (hereinafter also referred to as the "Improvement "); and WHEREAS, the Improvement is designed and necessary to provide expanded space in the water treatment plant, which plant is owned in common by the Towns of Dryden, Ithaca and Lansing, and the Villages of Cayuga Heights and Lansing (collectively the "Municipalities ", and sometimes individually the "Municipality "); and WHEREAS, such Improvement is to be constructed and owned by the Municipalities, and q3 Continued, July 2, 2003 WHEREAS, said plan, report, and map have been prepared by Hunt Engineers, Architects & Land Surveyors, P.C., competent engineers duly licensed by the State of New York, and have been filed in the office of the Town Clerk where they are available for public inspection, and WHEREAS, the area of the Town of Lansing determined to be benefited by said Improvement consists of the entire area of Town Water Districts, said water districts including No. 2, No. 2- Ext. #1, No. 2- Ext. #2, No. 2- Ext. #3, No. 3, No. 4, No. 5, No. 6, No. 6- Ext. #1, No. 7, No. 7- Ext. #1, No. 7- Ext. #2, No. 7- Ext. #3, No. 7- Ext. #4, No. 7- Ext. #5, No. 7- Ext. #5 -1, No. 7- Ext. #6, No. 7- Ext. #7, No. 7- Ext. #8, No. 7- Ext. #9, No. 7- Ext. #10, No. 7- Ext. #11, No. 7- Ext. #12, No. 8, No. 9, No. 10, No. 11, No. 12, No. 12 -Ext.# 1, No. 12- Ext. #2, No. 13, No. 14, No. 15, No. 16, No. 17, No. 17- Ext. #l, No. 17- Ext. #2, No. 17- Ext. #3, No. 17- Ext. #4, No. 17- Ext. #5, No. 17- Ext.#6, No. 17- Ext. #8, No. 17- Ext. 99, No. 17- Ext #10, No. 18, and No. 19 in said Town; and WHEREAS, the proposed Improvement consists of the improvements set forth below, and as more particularly shown and described in said map, plan, and report presently on file in the Office of the Town Clerk: Construction of an approximate 7,616 square foot, two -story office and work space addition on the east end of the SCLIWC water treatment facility at 1402 East Shore Drive in the Village of Lansing, and renovation of 4,332 square feet of existing office space, to provide (1) increased office space for SCLIWC Is Administration and Distribution personnel, (2) workshops for SCLIWC's electrical technicians, technical employees, and production department personnel; (3) handicapped accessibility; (4) an archive room for long term storage of SCLIWC's files and documents; (5) an expansion of the facilities laboratory to meet increased water quality monitoring requirements; (6) additional fire suppression systems in the new and renovated areas of the facility; (7) upgrading the HVAC systems to bring them into compliance with current building codes; (8) upgrading the north entrance to the facility; and (9) adding four additional parking spaces to accommodate the public; and WHEREAS, the maximum proposed to be expended for the aforesaid improvement is $2,310,835.00; and WHEREAS, the proposed method of financing for the aforesaid improvement is issuance by the Municipalities of joint and several serial bonds not to exceed $1,000,000, and payment of the balance of the costs of said improvement by the expenditure of current revenues and surplus funds held by SCLIWC; and WHEREAS, the Town now desires to call a public hearing for the purposes of (1) considering said plan, report and map; (2) approving said SCLIWC 2003 Plant Expansion Improvement; (3) authorizing serial bonds for payment of part of the costs of the Improvement, (4) the expenditure of current revenues and surplus funds for the balance of the costs of the Improvement; (5) the amendment of the existing Agreement of Intermunicipal Cooperation between the Municipalities in relation to such Improvement; and (6) to hear all persons interested in the subject thereof, all in accordance with applicable provisions of General Municipal Law, Local Finance Law, Town Law, and Village Law; and WHEREAS, after review and discussion of each of the foregoing premises and the proposals set forth or referenced herein, the Town Board of the Town of Lansing has hereby RESOLVED, that a Public Hearing will be held at the Lansing Town Hall, 29 Auburn Road, Lansing, New York, being in the Town of Lansing, on the 9th day of July, 2003, at a`` Ll Continued July 2, 2003 7:05 o'clock P.M., to consider the aforesaid plan, report, and map, and the questions of providing for and approving said SCLIWC 2003 Plant Expansion Improvement, the authorization of joint and several serial bonds for payment of part of the costs of the Improvement, the expenditure of current revenues and surplus funds for the balance of the costs of the Improvement, and the amendment of the existing Agreement of Intermunicipal Cooperation between the Municipalities to authorize such improvement, bonding, and other activities, to delegate to the Treasurer of SCLIWC certain authority to issue such bonds on behalf of the Municipalities, and to grant SCLIWC certain other powers and authority, and to hear all persons interested in the subject thereof and concerning the same, and to take such action thereon as is required by law; and it is further RESOLVED, that the Town Clerk of the Town of Lansing, Tompkins County, New York, is hereby authorized and directed to cause a copy of these Resolutions to be published once in the official newspaper of the Municipality, and also to post a copy thereof on the Town signboard maintained by the Clerk, not less than ten nor more than twenty days before the day designated for the hearing as aforesaid. WIRE ACCOUNT TRANSFERES: RESOLUTION At a Special Meeting of the Town Board of the Town of Lansing held in and for the Town of Lansing at the Lansing Town Hall on the 2nd day of July, 2003, the following members being present: Stephen Farkas, Supervisor; Katrina Greenly, Councilperson; Douglas McEver, Councilperson; Francis Shattuck, Councilperson; and Meg Overstrom, Councilperson being absent, the following Resolution was duly made by motion of Mr. Shattuck and seconded by Mrs. Greenly, and the vote was as follows: Stephen Farkas - aye, Francis Shattuck - aye, Katrina Greenly - aye and Douglas McEver - aye, and the following Resolution therefore passed: WHEREAS, on January 2, 2003, the Town passed a Resolution authorizing certain persons to sign checks for designated checking accounts, and which further authorized certain persons to effect account and wire transfers into and out of designated accounts, and which further authorized certain persons to utilize certain banking programs; and WHEREAS, since said January 2, 2003, the Town has created a Principal Account Clerk position and hired Dawn Bogan to fill that position; and WHEREAS, it would be in the best interests of the Town to have the Principal Account Clerk have authority to make account and wire transfers, and to have access to certain banking programs; and WHEREAS, and after review and discussion of the matter, the Town Board of the Town of Lansing has hereby RESOLVED, that the January 2, 2003 Resolutions are hereby amended to read as follows: RESOLVED, that the Supervisor, Stephen Farkas, Deputy Supervisor, Francis Shattuck, and Co- Budget Officer and Bookkeeper, Sharon Bowman, be and hereby are authorized to sign checks drawn on all accounts, except the Town Clerk's and Tax Collector's accounts; and that the Town Clerk, Bonita Boles be and hereby is authorized to sign checks on the Town Clerk's checking account number 07- 201 - 003 -007 and the Tax Collector's checking account number 01- 101- 082452 at the Tompkins Trust Company. 295 Continued July 2, 2003 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Supervisor, Stephen Farkas, Deputy Supervisor, Francis Shattuck, Co- Budget Officer and Bookkeeper, Sharon Bowman, and Principal Account Clerk, Dawn Bogdan, be and hereby are authorized to make transfers on all Town accounts, and wire transfers that are necessary throughout the year, except for the Town Clerk's checking account number 07- 201 - 003 -007 and the Tax Collector's checking account number 01- 101- 082452 at the Tompkins Trust Company. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Supervisor, Stephen Farkas, Deputy Supervisor, Francis Shattuck, Co- Budget Officer and Bookkeeper, Sharon Bowman, and Principal Account Clerk, Dawn Bogdan, be and hereby are authorized to use the service provided by the Tompkins Trust Company entitled "Anytime Access" on and for all Town accounts, except for the Town Clerk's checking account number 07- 201 - 003 -007 and the Tax Collector's checking account number 01- 101 - 082452 at the Tompkins Trust Company, GLOBAL PHOENIX COMPUTER T &S INC.: RESOLUTION At a Special Meeting of the Town Board of the Town of Lansing held in and for the Town of Lansing at the Lansing Town Hall on the 2nd day of July, 2003, the following members being present: Stephen Farkas, Supervisor; Katrina Greenly, Councilperson; Douglas McEver, Councilperson; and Francis Shattuck, Councilperson; and the following members being absent: Meg Overstrom, Councilperson; and the following Resolution was duly made by motion of Francis Shattuck, and seconded by Douglas McEver, and the vote was as follows: Stephen Farkas - aye, Francis Shattuck - aye, Katrina Greenly - aye, and Douglas McEver - aye, and the following Resolution therefore passed: WHEREAS, Global Phoenix Computer T &S, Inc. is a business located within the Town of Lansing at Lot 6, Warren Road Business Park ( "Global Phoenix "); and WHEREAS, Global Phoenix is seeking to build a new building consisting of 4,500 square feet of office space, and 12,000 square feet of warehouse space; and WHEREAS, such action will trigger a review under SEQR; and WHEREAS, and after review and discussion of the matter, the Town Board of the Town of Lansing has hereby RESOLVED, that the Town of Lansing be and hereby does designate itself as the lead agency for SEQR review. GLOBAL PHOENIX NEGATIVE DECLARATION: RESOLUTION At a Special Meeting of the Town Board of the Town of Lansing held in and for the Town of Lansing at the Lansing Town Hall on the 2nd day of July, 2003, the following members being present: Stephen Farkas, Supervisor; Katrina Greenly, Councilperson; Douglas McEver, Councilperson; and Francis Shattuck, Councilperson; and the following members being absent: Meg Overstrom, Councilperson; and the following Resolution was duly made by motion of Douglas McEver, and seconded by Francis Shattuck, and the vote was as follows: Stephen Farkas - aye, Francis Shattuck - aye, Katrina Greenly - aye, and Douglas McEver - aye, and the following Resolution therefore passed: 296 Continued, July 2, 2003 WHEREAS, Global Phoenix Computer T &S, Inc. is a business located within the Town of Lansing at Lot 6, Warren Road Business Park ( "Global Phoenix "); and WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Lansing received a request from Global Phoenix to build a new building consisting of 4,500 square feet of office space, and 12,000 square feet of warehouse space; and WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Lansing, having been designated as the lead agency for conducting an environmental review of the proposed project, and having conducted such environmental review, and after due deliberation having made a negative declaration of environmental impact; and WHEREAS, the Lansing Town Board having conducted said State Environmental Quality review, and having reviewed the proposal in light of the Town's Zoning and building policies, and the Town having determined, based upon the factors enumerated in the ECL and 6 NYCRR 617, that a public hearing was not necessary; and WHEREAS, upon due consideration of all facts and circumstances surrounding the proposed project, the Town Board has therefore RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Lansing hereby finds that the proposed 16,500 square foot building proposed by Global Phoenix complies with the requirements of the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act, and the Town Board, as lead agency, therefore makes a negative declaration of environmental impact. PRE -PAID AUDIT: bills: RESOLUTION, offered by Mr. Shattuck and seconded by Mrs. Greenly: RESOLVED. That the bookkeeper is hereby authorized and directed to pay the following pre -paid General Fund Prepay voucher numbers 548 -552 11628.97 Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Katrina Greenly, Councilperson Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Doug McEver, Councilperson Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Francis Shattuck, Councilperson Vote of Town Board ... (Aye) Stephen Farkas, Supervisor SPECIAL USE PERMIT PUBLIC HEARING — BOLES: RESOLUTION At a Special. Meeting of the Town Board of the Town of Lansing held in and for the Town of Lansing at the Lansing Town Hall on the 2nd day of July, 2003, the following members being present: Stephen Farkas, Supervisor; Katrina Greenly, Councilperson; Douglas McEver, Councilperson; and Francis Shattuck, Councilperson; and the following members being absent: Meg Overstrom, Councilperson; and the following Resolution was duly made by motion of Douglas McEver, and seconded by Francis Shattuck, and the vote was as follows: Stephen Farkas — aye, Francis Shattuck — aye, Katrina Greenly — aye, and Douglas McEver - aye, and the following Resolution therefore passed: WHEREAS, the Town had referred the Special Use Permit request of Julie Boles to the Planning Board for review and recommendation; and WHEREAS, the Planning Board has indicated that it will issue its recommendation on or before July 14, 2003; and WHEREAS, a public hearing is deemed necessary by the Town Board to allow the public and potentially affected neighbors to voice their opinions and concerns relative to the said application; and WHEREAS, and after review and discussion of the matter, the Town Board of the Town of Lansing has hereby 297 Continued, July 2, 2003 RESOLVED, that a public hearing upon the Boles Special Use Permit request be and hereby is established and scheduled for 7:00 p.m. on July 16, 2003, at the Town Hall of the Town of Lansing, 29 Auburn Road, Lansing, New York. SPECIAL USE PERMIT - HARNER: RESOLUTION At a Special Meeting of the Town Board of the Town of Lansing held in and for the Town of Lansing at the Lansing Town Hall on the 2nd day of July, 2003, the following members being present: Stephen Farkas, Supervisor; Katrina Greenly, Councilperson; Douglas McEver, Councilperson; and Francis Shattuck, Councilperson; and the following members being absent: Meg Overstrom, Councilperson; and the following Resolution was duly made by motion of Douglas McEver, and seconded by Francis Shattuck, and the vote was as follows: Stephen Farkas - aye, Francis Shattuck - aye, Katrina Greenly - aye, and Douglas McEver - aye, and the following Resolution therefore passed: WHEREAS, the Town had referred the Special Use Permit request of Elsie Harrier, to allow for the building of a stable and stabling for one horse, to the Planning Board for review and recommendation; and WHEREAS, the Planning Board has indicated that it will issue its recommendation on or before July 14,2003; and WHEREAS, a public hearing is deemed necessary by the Town Board to allow the public and potentially affected neighbors to voice their opinions and concerns relative to the said application; and WHEREAS, and after review and discussion of the matter, the Town Board of the Town of Lansing has hereby RESOLVED, that a public hearing upon the Harner Special Use Permit request be and hereby is established and scheduled for 7:05 p.m. on July 16, 2003, at the Town Hall of the Town of Lansing, 29 Auburn Road, Lansing, New York, INTERNET BANKING: RESOLUTION At a Special Meeting of the Town Board of the Town of Lansing held in and for the Town of Lansing at the Lansing Town Hall on the 2nd day of July, 2003, the following members being present: Stephen Farkas, Supervisor; Katrina Greenly, Councilperson; Douglas McEver, Councilperson; and Francis Shattuck, Councilperson; and the following members being absent: Meg Overstrom, Councilperson; and the following Resolution was duly made by motion of Katrina Greenly, and seconded by Douglas McEver, and the vote was as follows: Stephen Farkas - aye, Francis Shattuck - aye, Katrina Greenly - aye, and Douglas McEver - aye, and the following Resolution therefore passed: WHEREAS, the Town is interested in exploring internet banking options and has reviewed options and proposals with area bank(s), and generally researched the subject; and WHEREAS, the use of internet banking will be a benefit to Town employees and will permit direct depositing, and other services, with any bank of an employee's choice; and 298 Continued, July 2, 2003 WHEREAS, and after review and discussion of the matter, the Town Board of the Town of Lansing has hereby RESOLVED, that the Town of Lansing be and hereby is authorized to enroll for Tompkins Trust Company Internet Banking, and that any of the following persons are hereby authorized to execute an Internet Banking Enrollment Form(s) on behalf of the Town of Lansing, in such form and content and upon such terms as (s)he deems suitable and proper: Stephen Farkas, Supervisor; Francis Shattuck, Deputy Supervisor; Sharon B. Bowman, Bookkeeper; Dawn Bogdan, Principal Account Clerk. QUESTION AND COMMENTS ON THE PROPOSED ZONING CHANGES: Dan Quest - 35 Armstrong Road would like to have his area to be R -1 Pat Conlon - Conlon Road would like the Planning Board and the Town Board to have information regarding all of the changes ready at least a week before the Public Hearing so the public can go over them. Deb Harper - 77 Peruville Road wanted to know why the changes are being proposed and Mr. Farkas stated that there were too many holes in the old document. He also stated that growth was a big reason. Mr. Farkas stated that written comments and concerns should be turned in to his office no later than July 12, 2003. RENAME PINNEY LANE: The clerk read a letter given to her by Robb Cutting stating that the property owner's on Pinney Lane are requesting that their road be changed to Fiddler's Ridge and that the numbering of the houses be redone also. The Board asked the clerk to pass this on to Dick Platt. On motion, meeting adjourned at the call of the Supervisor at 8:10p.m.