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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2003-07-09299 SPECIAL TOWN BOARD MEETING DATE: JULY 9, 2003 TIME: 7:00 P.M. PLACE: LANSING TOWN HALL BOARDROOM AGENDA 1. Call Meeting to order. 2. Roll Call 3. Pledge of Allegiance 4, Public Hearing — SCLIWC Expansion of office space 5. Anyone wishing to address the Board 6, Board Member Reports 7, Executive Session if needed. 8. Adjournment 300 op July 9, 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. The Supervisor called the meeting to order and took the Roll Call. Stephen Farkas Katrina Greenly Doug McEver Meg Overstrom Francis Shattuck Bonita Boles Guy Krogh VISITORS: Susan Miller ROLL CALL Supervisor Present Councilperson Present Councilperson Present Councilperson Absent Councilperson Present Town Clerk Absent Town Attorney Present GRADE- ALL REPLACEMENT: Mr. Farkas discussed the possibility of replacing the Grade -All at the Highway Department. The current one will need replacing soon, and with the interest rates really low now, it seems like a good time to look into the cost of selling ours at the auction and replacing it. Mr. French has preliminary figures for a new Grade -All. The Board recommended that Mr. Farkas look into the interest rates and get back to the Board. SCLIWC RESOLUTION: RESOLUTION: A PUBLIC INTEREST ORDER AND BOND RESOLUTION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 12 -A OF THE TOWN LAW 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 9`►' 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 member 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 in favor; Katrina Greenly in favor; Douglas McEver in favor; and Francis Shattuck in favor, and the motion therefore passed, and the following Resolution was therefore adopted, subject to a permissive referendum, as therein stated: WHEREAS, the Town of Lansing must consider passage of a public interest order and resolution authorizing the expansion and renovation of the Southern Cayuga Lake intermunicipal water treatment plant, authorizing the expenditure of funds for such purpose, authorizing the issuance and sale of joint and several serial bonds for a portion of the costs of such project, and authorizing execution of an amendment to the agreement of municipal cooperation governing such treatment plant; and WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Lansing, in conjunction with the Towns of Ithaca and Dryden and the Villages of Cayuga Heights and Lansing, has determined and agreed to participate in the expansion and renovation of the Southern Cayuga Lake Intermunicipal Water Commission ( "SCLIWC ") water treatment plant and to contract indebtedness therefore in accordance with Section 15 of the Local Finance Law pursuant to a Supplement to Agreement of Municipal cooperation for Construction, Financing and Operation of an Intermunicipal Water Supply and Transmission System Relating to 2003 Plant Expansion Project dated as of July 7, 2003 (the " Intermunicipal Agreement Supplement "); and WHEREAS, a plan, report and map has been duly prepared in such manner and in such detail as this Board determines to be necessary, relating to the construction and equipping of a two -story office and work space addition to the SCLIWC water treatment plant, pursuant to Article 5 -G of the General Municipal Law and relevant provisions of the Town Law and Village Law, such project to be known and identified as the SCLIWC 2003 Plant Expansion Improvement, and hereinafter also referred to as "Improvement ", to provide expanded space in the water treatment plant 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 "), such improvement to be constructed and owned by the Municipalities, and 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 said Town determined to be benefited by said SCLIWC 2003 Plant Expansion Improvement consists of areas of the various water districts in the Town, and 301 Continued, July 9, 2003 WHEREAS, the proposed SCLIWC 2003 Plant Expansion 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 Clerk of the Town of Lansing; and WHEREAS, the maximum proposed to be expended for the aforesaid improvement is $2,310,835.00; and WHEREAS, the proposed method of financing to be employed 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, a public hearing for the purpose of considering said plan, report and map, the providing of said SCLIWC 200' ) Plant Expansion Improvement, the authorization of 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 in relation to such Improvement was held on the 91h day of July, 2003, all in accordance with applicable provisions of General Municipal Law, Local Finance Law, and Town Law, at which time all persons interested in the subject thereof were given an opportunity to be heard; and WHEREAS, the project hereinafter described has been determined to be an Unlisted Action pursuant to the regulations of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation promulgated pursuant to the State Environmental Quality Review Act, the implementation of which, as proposed, it has been determined, will not result in any significant environmental effects; and WHEREAS, all other actions precedent to the financing of the capital project hereinafter described have been performed; and WHEREAS, it is now desired to authorize the SCLIWC 2003 Plant Expansion Improvement, the execution of the Intermunicipal Agreement Supplement, and the financing of such capital project; and WHEREAS, upon due deliberation by the Town Board of the Town of Lansing, it is resolved as follows: RESOLVED, FOUND AND DETERMINED that the Notice of Public Hearing was published and posted as required by law; that all property owners served by municipal water within the Town of Lansing are benefited hereby; that all benefited property owners will be served by such improvement; and that the following resolutions are in the public interest; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Town Board of the Town of Lansing, if the within resolution in substantially the same forim is adopted, approved and made effective by the other member municipalities of SCLIWC to the extent applicable to such municipalities, as follows: Section 1. The Town of Lansing hereby authorizes the SCLIWC 2003 Plant Expansion Project, consisting of construction of a 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 increased office space for SCLIWC's Administration and Distribution personnel, workshops for SCLIWC's electrical and mechanical technicians and production department personnel, handicapped accessibility, an archive room for long term storage of SCLIWC's files and documents, an expansion of the facilities laboratory to meet increased water quality monitoring requirements, and additional fire suppression systems in the new and renovated areas of the facility; upgrading the HVAC systems to bring them into compliance with current building codes; upgrading the north entrance to the facility; and adding four additional parking spaces to accommodate the public; all of said actions being authorized pursuant to Articles 12, 12 -A, and /or 12 -C of the Town Law and Article 5 -G of the General Municipal Law. Section 2. The Town of Lansing hereby finds that such project is in the public interest and authorizes the Supervisor, on behalf of the Town, to execute the Intermunicipal Agreement Supplement, pursuant to which the Town authorizes the SCLIWC 2003 Plant Expansion Project, delegates to SCLIWC the authority to contract for and construct said Project, and agrees to the manner of financing the same as set forth herein. Section 3. The Town of Lansing, subject to the approval of the voters of the Town of Lansing if a referendum is requested, hereby authorizes the expenditure of up to $2,310,835.00 for the SCLIWC 2003 Plant Expansion Project and the payment of all costs incident thereto, including architects fees, consulting fees, attorneys fees, bidding costs and any other related costs, all of said actions being hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Project ". ° Section 4. There are authorized to be issued, in connection with the Project, $1,000,000 joint serial bonds of the Village of Cayuga Heights, Village of Lansing, Town of Dryden, Town of Ithaca, and Town of Lansing, all and each within Tompkins County, New York, pursuant to the provisions of Section 1 of Article VIII of the Constitution of the State of New York, as amended, and Title IA of the Local Finance Law. 302 Continued, July 9, 2003 Section 5. $2,310,835.00 is estimated as the maximum cost for Project, and the plan for the financing of the Project, which plan is hereby authorized, consists of (a) The issuance of not more than $1,000,000 joint and several serial bonds as aforesaid, the amount of which is initially estimated to be allocated and apportioned to each of the municipalities is set forth below; and (b) Payment from the unreserved fund balance of SCLIWC of the balance of the remaining costs of such SCLIWC 2003 Plant Expansion Project. Section 6. For the purposes of Section 15.10 of the Local Finance Law, relating to the allocation of joint indebtedness, the amount of joint indebtedness to be apportioned and allocated to each of said Towns and Villages shall be in the same proportion as the consumption of water from the SCLIWC facility in each of the Towns of Dryden, Ithaca, and Lansing and the Villages of Cayuga Heights and Lansing shall bear to the total consumption of water from the SCLIWC water distribution facility, which is estimated to be, and for the purposes of determining gross indebtedness of each of said municipalities in their respective debt statements pursuant to Section 15.10 of the Local Finance Law, and therefore the amount to be allocated for the purpose of ascertaining each of the municipalities debt contracting powers, shall be, as follows: MUNICIPALITY Town of Dryden Town of Ithaca Town of Lansing Village of Lansing Village of Cayuga Heights PERCENTAGE OF DEBT 4.455 46.185 17.322 20.324 11.714 ALLOCATED PORTION OF DEBT $ 445550.00 $4611850.00 $173,220.00 $2035240.00 $1 17,140.00 Nothing in this section shall be deemed to be in conflict with or to supersede the provisions of this resolution hereinafter set forth relating to the annual apportionment of the amount of principal and interest on the bonds herein authorized to be issued as among said Towns and said Villages, nor the manner of collection and payment of the amounts of annual debt service provided to be apportioned annually by said provisions. The Supervisors of said Towns and the Treasurers of said Villages are hereby authorized and directed to act jointly to make application to the State Comptroller, as appropriate, for the allocation and apportionment of said joint indebtedness in accordance with the provisions of this section, and to perform all acts and furnish all information required in connection with such application. Section 7. Pursuant to Subdivision 1 of Paragraph a of Section 11.00 of the Local Finance Law, it is hereby determined that the period of probable usefulness of the aforesaid specific objects or purposes is 40 years. It is further determined that the maximum maturity of the serial bonds herein authorized will exceed five years. Section 8. The full faith and credit of said Town of Dryden, said Town of Ithaca, said Town of Lansing, said Village of Cayuga Heights, and said Village of Lansing, all within Tompkins County, New York, are hereby jointly pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds, as the same respectively become due and payable. The principal of and interest on said joint bonds shall be apportioned annually among said Towns and said Villages in accordance with the Intermunicipal Agreement Supplement, herein -above referred to, in the ratio which the consumption of water from the SCLIWC system in each of said municipalities bears to the full consumption from the entire SCLIWC water distribution system, such ratio to be annually determined in accordance with the aforesaid Intermunicipal Agreement Supplement; the share of said principal and interest to be borne by the aforesaid Towns shall be annually assessed, levied and collected within said Towns as follows: (a) From the several lots and parcels of land in each of the water districts in the Town of Dryden and in the Town of Lansing, in the manner provided by law in accordance with the benefit conferred on such parcels and lots by such Improvement. (b) From the several lots and parcels in the Town of Ithaca Town - wide water improvement area, in the manner provided by law in accordance with the benefit conferred on such parcels and lots by such Improvement. The Village of Cayuga Heights shall annually levy and collect a tax sufficient to pay the share of said principal and interest to be borne by said Village, as the 303 Continued, July 9, 2003 same may become due and payable, and the Village of Lansing shall annually levy and collect a tax sufficient to pay the share of said principal and interest to be borne by said Village, as the same may become due and payable. If not paid from the aforesaid sources, all the taxable real property in said Town of Dryden, and all the taxable real property in said Town of Ithaca, and all the taxable real property in said Town of Lansing and all the taxable real property in said Village of Cayuga Heights, and all the taxable real property in said Village of Lansing shall be jointly subject to the levy of an ad valorem tax, without limitation as to the rate or amount, sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on said bonds as the same become due and payable. Section 9. Subject to the provisions of the Local Finance Law and this section, the power to authorize the issuance of and to sell joint bond anticipation notes in anticipation of the issuance and sale of the joint serial bonds herein authorized, including renewals of such notes, is hereby delegated to the Supervisor of the Town of Ithaca, the Chief Fiscal Officer of said Town, acting on behalf of the chief fiscal officers of the Towns of Dryden and Lansing and the Villages of Cayuga Heights and Lansing. Such joint bond anticipation notes shall be of such terms, form and contents, and shall be sold in such manner as may be prescribed by a bond anticipation note certificate, as authorized by Section 30.00 of the Local Finance Law; provided, however, that any bond anticipation notes so issued shall be the joint indebtedness of said Towns and said Villages and shall be executed in the names of Town of Dryden, the Town of Ithaca, the Town of Lansing the Village of Cayuga Heights and the Village of Lansing, and shall be signed by the Supervisor of the Town of Dryden on behalf of said Town and shall have affixed thereto the seal of the Town of Dryden, attested by the Town Clerk of said Town, shall be signed by the Supervisor of the Town of Ithaca on behalf of said Town and shall have affixed thereto the seal of the Town of Ithaca attested by the Town Clerk of said Town said Supervisor, shall be signed by the Supervisor of the Town of Lansing on behalf of said Town and shall have affixed thereto the seal of the Town of Lansing, attested by the Town Clerk of said Town, shall be signed by the Treasurer of the Village of Cayuga Heights on behalf of said Village and shall have affixed thereto the seal of the Village of Cayuga Heights, attested by the Village Clerk of said Village, and shall be signed by the Treasurer of the Village of Lansing on behalf of said Village and shall have affixed thereto the seal of the Village of Lansing, attested by the Village Clerk of said Village. The chief fiscal officer of the Town of Ithaca to whom is hereby delegated the power to authorize the issuance of and to sell such joint bond anticipation notes, shall file an executed copy of each such bond anticipation note certificate with the finance board of each of the aforesaid municipalities prior to the issuance of the bond anticipation note or notes authorized by such certificate. Section 10. The validity of such joint serial bonds and joint bond anticipation notes may be contested only if: 1. Such joint bonds are authorized for an object or purchase for which said Towns or said Villages are not authorized to expend money, or 2. The provisions of law which should be complied with at the date of publication of this resolution are not substantially complied with, and an action, suit or proceeding contesting such validity is commenced within 20 days after the date of publication, or 3 Such joint bonds are authorized in violation of the provision of the Constitution. Section 11. Upon the adoption of this resolution by each of the aforesaid Towns and the aforesaid Villages, and the publication thereof with the notice provided for herein, the Clerks of each such Town and each such Village shall file with the Clerk of each of the other Towns and of the Villages, a certified copy of this resolution and a printer's affidavit or affidavits , as the case may be, of publication thereof with the required notice or notices, as the case may be. Section 12. Pursuant to Section 15.00(m) of the Local Finance Law, the powers and duties of advertising such joint bonds for sale, conducting the sale, and awarding the bonds, are hereby delegated to the Supervisor of the Town of Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, who on her own behalf and on behalf of the chief fiscal officers of the Towns of Dryden and Lansing and the Villages of Cayuga Heights and Lansing, shall advertise such bonds for sale, conduct the sale, and award the bonds in such manner as she shall deem best for the interests of the aforesaid Towns and Villages, provided, however, that in the exercise of these delegated powers, she shall comply fully with the provisions of the Local Finance Law and any order or rule of the State Comptroller applicable to the sale of municipal bonds. The receipt of said Supervisor shall be a full acquittance to the purchaser of such bonds, which purchaser shall not be obliged to see to the application of the purchase money. 304 Continued, July 9, 2003 Section 13. All other matters, except as provided herein relating to such joint bonds, including determining whether to issue such joint serial bonds having substantially level or declining debt service, and all matters related thereto, prescribing the method for the recording of ownership of said bonds, appointing the fiscal agent or agents for said bonds, providing for the printing and delivery of said bonds, the date, denominations, maturities and interest payment dates, place or places of payment, shall be determined by said Supervisor on behalf of the chief fiscal officers of the Towns of Dryden, Ithaca, and Lansing, and the Villages of Cayuga Heights and Lansing. It is hereby determined that it is to the financial advantage of the issuers not to impose and collect from registered owners of such serial bonds any charges for mailing, shipping and insuring bonds transferred or exchanged by the fiscal agent, and accordingly, pursuant to paragraph c of Section 70.00 of the Local Finance Law, no such charges shall be so collected by the fiscal agent. Such bonds shall contain substantially the recital of validity clause provided for in Section 52.00 of the Local Finance Law, and shall otherwise be in such form and contain such recitals in addition to those required by Section 52.00 of the Local Finance Law as the Town Supervisor shall determine. Said bonds shall be signed in the name of each Town and Village by the manual signature of each respective chief fiscal officer, and a facsimile or original of the corporate seal of each Town and Village shall be imprinted thereon and shall be attested by the manual signatures of each respective Town or Village Clerk. Section 14. Pursuant to Local Finance Law Section 15, the Supervisor of the Town of Ithaca is designated as the chief fiscal officer to maintain the records relating to the joint bonds, the paying agent on the bonds, and the registration agent if she does not appoint such an agent pursuant to the authority granted elsewhere in this resolution. Section 15. Any obligation issued under authority of this resolution shall contain on it's face a recital in substantially the following form: "This obligation evidences the joint indebtedness of the Town of Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, the Town of Dryden, Tompkins County, New York, the Town of Lansing, Tompkins County, New York, the Village of Cayuga Heights, Tompkins County, New York, and the Village of Lansing, Tompkins County, New York." Section 16. This resolution shall constitute a statement of official intent for purposes of Treasury Regulations Section 1.150 -1. Other than as specified in this resolution, no moneys are, or are reasonably expected to be, reserved, allocated on a long -term basis, or otherwise set aside with respect to the permanent funding of the object or purpose described herein. Section 17. SCLI WC is hereby authorized to pay, out of unreserved surplus, the costs of the SCLIWC 2003 Plant Expansion Project in excess of the bond proceeds authorized by this resolution, provided, however, the maximum cost of said project does not exceed the maximum authorized in this resolution. Section 18. Within 10 days after the adoption of this resolution by the Town Board, the Town Clerk shall, as set forth in Section 90 of the Town Law, post and publish a notice which shall set forth the date of the adoption of this resolution and contain a copy of this resolution, or an abstract of this resolution concisely stating the purpose and effect thereof. Such notice shall specify that such resolution was adopted subject to a permissive referendum. Section 19. If no referendum is requested, or if requested, a referendum is held and the referendum approves the resolution, this resolution, or a summary thereof, shall be published by the Town Clerk of the Town of Lansing, together with a notice in substantially the form prescribed, and containing the information required, by Section 81.00 of said Local Finance Law, such publication to be in the Ithaca Journal, a newspaper published in the City of Ithaca and having a general circulation within such Town. Section 20. This resolution shall take effect immediately, unless a referendum is requested, in which event it shall take effect, if approved at such referendum, upon such approval. Section 21. This resolution is adopted subject to a permissive referendum pursuant to Town Law Article 12, 12 -A and /or Article 12 -C, and Local Finance Law Sections 35. TOWN WEB SITE: Mr. Lyle Wadell has let Mr. Shattuck know that the Town's web service, currently free, has been down a lot lately. There has been a lot more traffic with all of the zoning changes. Mr. Wadell suggested to Mr. Shattuck that the Town might want to look into going with a paid service. Mr. Shattuck will work with Mr. Wadell to determine the costs and value. Continued, July 9, 2003 PFIRSONAL WATERCRAFT: Mr. McEver handed out revisions to the Personal Watercraft proposal. The following resolution was then offered: 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 9th 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 member being absent; Meg Overstrom, Councilperson; and the following Resolution was duly made by motion of Douglas McEver, and seconded by Katrina Greenly, and the vote was as follows: Stephen Farkas in favor; Katrina Greenly in favor; Douglas McEver in favor; and Francis Shattuck in favor, and the motion therefore passed, and the following Resolution was therefore adopted: WHEREAS, upon and after review of the uses and traffic upon those portions of Cayuga Lake within the jurisdiction of the Town of Lansing; and WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Lansing having found that it would promote and enhance public safety, and be in the best interests of the public, to reasonably regulate boats and vessels traveling upon and under the surface of Cayuga Lake within the areas of the Town's jurisdiction; and WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Lansing has developed a proposed ordinance to reasonably regulate boats and vessels traveling upon or under the surface of Cayuga Lake in the Town of Lansing, a copy of which proposed ordinance is on file at the office of the Town Clerk of the Town of Lansing; and WHEREAS, said proposed ordinance, in general terms, proposes to establish the following: definitions of watercrafts, personal watercrafts, Cayuga Lake and Shoreline; a 5 m.p.h. speed restriction zone within 100'of a shoreline and designated objects; a 10 m.p.h. zone from 100'to 250' from shoreline and designated objects; a maximum daylight speed, a maximum night speed; restrictions upon the hours of use of personal watercraft; operator age restrictions for personal watercraft; and related provisions. WHEREAS, the Town now desires to call a public hearing to hear all persons interested in the subject thereof, and to consider the terms of, and adoption or amendment of, such proposed ordinance; 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 20th day of August, 2003, at 7:05 o'clock P.M., to consider the aforesaid proposed ordinance, and to hear all persons interested in the subject thereof, and 305 306 Continued, July 9, 2003 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 this Resolution to be published as required by law in two official newspapers of the Town of Lansing, and also to post a copy thereof on the Town signboard maintained by the Town Clerk, not less than thirty days before the day designated for the hearing as aforesaid. SUSAN MILLER — ZONING REQUEST: Susan Miller of Buck Road addressed the Board on her concerns regarding the proposed changes to R -3, the district that she currently lives in. She offered to present those statements in written form for the meeting next week. 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 9th 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 member being absent; Meg Overstrom, Councilperson; and the following Resolution was duly made by motion of Douglas McEver, and seconded by Katrina Greenly, and the vote was as follows: Stephen Farkas in favor; Katrina Greenly in favor; Douglas McEver in favor; and Francis Shattuck in favor, and the motion therefore passed, and the following Resolution was therefore adopted: WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Lansing received a request from the Southern Cauyga Lake Intermunicipal Water Commission ( "SCLIWC ") to expand its present facility to construct and equip a two -story office and work space addition; and WHEREAS, the Town of Lansing is a member of SCLIWC, and therefore has a duty to conduct an environmental review of the proposed project to measure and assess actual and potential environmental impacts upon the Town of Lansing; and WHEREAS, the Town of Lansing having held a public hearing upon July 9, 2003, where no comment in opposition to the proposal was received; and WHEREAS, the Town of Lansing, having conducted such environmental review, and after due deliberation, has made a negative declaration of environmental impact; 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 makes a negative declaration of environmental impact, and finds that the proposed expansion of the SCLIWC facilities complies with the requirements of the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act. On motion, meeting adjourned at the call of the Supervisor at 8:10 p.m.