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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1993-06-02 TB 256 SPECIAL TOWN BOARD MEETING June 02 , 1993 The Lansing Town Board met in Special Session at the Lansing Town Board Room on June 02 , 1993 at 8 : 00 P . M . with Supervisor Kirby presiding . ROLL CALL Jeannine Kirby Supervisor Present H erbert Beckwith Councilman Present P aul Butler Councilman Present Jeffrey Cleveland Councilman Present Larry Tvaroha Councilman Present B onita Boles Town Clerk Absent D ebbie Crandall Deputy Town Clerk Present Richard Thaler Town Attorney Present Visitors : George Totman , Kathleen Caryl , Gay Nicholsen , Mary W alters , George Schlecht , Butch Burris , Cal Warren , Tom Jerram ( 9 : 30 pm ) , 7 other Ludlowville residents and 6 youths . The Supervisor called the meeting to order and had the clerk take the Roll Call . Kathleen Caryl addressed the Board in regards to the Lansing Youth Services Commission . She explained that this was a group that works with Middle School Youths , generally not affiliated with o ther school programs , sports , etc . The Committee has been working w ith the Recreation Program in offering summer programs at no cost to the participants . The County has agreed to fund $ 1450 . 00 towards the program w hich requires a matching grant from the Town of Lansing in the amount of $ 1450 . 00 The money would be used to employ a high school youth for the summer on a part time basis . Mrs . Caryl is ✓ equesting that the Board matches the Counties funding in order to employ additional youths . Mrs . Kirby asked how many additional youths would be employed . Mrs . Caryl thought there would be an additional 5 part time youths employed . Mr . Tvaroha asked there would be any insurances that this w ould be Lansing youths that would be employed . Mrs . Caryl stated that the money is strictly designated to the youths in Lansing and their program is committed to serving the Lansing youths . Mrs . Caryl presented the Board with an Outstanding Volunteer Award . This was an award that was presented to the Lansing Youth S ervice Committee by the County . Mrs . Caryl asked if the Board could please hang and display the award . Gay Nichelson addressed the Board in regards to the section of L udlowville Road that has been closed off . Ms . Nichelson presented the Board with pictures and a petition requesting that the road be cleaned up and used for a bike and foot trail . She also stated that many of the residents would like to see the road opened up for ✓ ehicular traffic as well . She has had correspondence with Pete L arson and he stated it would not be difficult to clean it off and make it a safe bike path . Other community residents said they w ould volunteer to do what they could to help . It was the consensus of the Board that it was not feasible at this time to fix the road for vehicular traffic . The Board was in favor of a bike and foot trail . The Board will ask Pete Larson to g et an estimate in regards to this . The Town Board thanked the residents for coming in . 111 George Schlecht , Engineer brought the Board up to date and showed the Board the set of plans for the Burris Subdivision on Armstrong & Asbury Roads . The subdivision was done in 1989 . At that time the Tompkins County Health Department had approved a raised tile bed septic system . A subdivision map and plans were n ot filed in the County Clerk ' s Office at the time the subdivision w as approved . Mr . Schlecht informed the Board that this has not been 2157 June 02 , 1993 , continued considered a subdivision pursuant to the State and County ✓ egulations as long as you do not develop more then 4 lots in 3 years . They would like to keep it this way . Since 1989 the ✓ egulations have changed on septic systems . The Health Department w ill not allow permits as first approved . They are requiring sand filters . The County does not allow sand filters in a subdivision unless they are two acre lots . Mr . Burris ' s Subdivision does not meet these requirements . Mr . Schlecht would like the Board to consider the possibility ® of filing a map in the Town Clerk ' s Office or the Town Zoning ® Office so he could continue to get Building Permits and relieve the requirement of getting the subdivision approval from the County . Mr . Thaler asked Mr . Schlecht how the Board could give permission only to file in the Town Clerk ' s Office . The ✓ equirement states that when you have a subdivision it has to be filed in the County Clerk ' s Office with two seals on it . The seal o f . --the Lansing Planning Board and the Tompkins County Health D epartment . After further discussion Mr . Thaler referred to the Town ' s S ubdivision Rules & Regulation , page 11 , section C , F , & G . which states that it must be filed in the County Clerk ' s Office . The Board suggested to make an application for Public Water . Mrs . Kirby asked if the road in the Subdivision will ever be a public road , and Mr . Burris replied yes it will within the next two months. Mr . Schlecht thanked the Board for their time . There has been no response to the letter Mr . Thaler sent Mr . Hicks in regards to the road in the Hickory Knoll Subdivision . Mrs . Kirby informed the Board of the NYSEG meeting for June 28 , 1993 . 1110 RESOLUTION , offered by Mr . Beckwith who moved its adoption , seconded by Mr . Butler : RESOLVED , that the Town Board authorizes the bookkeeper to transfer $33 , 487 . 98 from the Lansing Water Systems Improvement savings account to the checking account . ✓ ote of Town Board . . . ( Aye ) Herbert Beckwith , Councilman ✓ ote of Town Board . . . ( Aye ) Paul Butler , Councilman ✓ ote - of Town Board . . . ( Aye ) Jeffrey Cleveland , Councilman ✓ ote of Town Board . . . ( Aye ) Larry Tvaroha , Councilman ✓ ote of Town Board . . . ( Aye ) Jeannine Kirby , Supervisor RESOLUTION , offered by Mr : Cleveland who moved its adoption , seconded by Mr . Tvaroha : . RESOLVED , that the bookkeeper is hereby authorized and directed to pay the following bills : General Fund 277 $ 40 . 00 Lansing . Wr Syst . Imp . 16 $ 33 , 487 . 98 ✓ ote of Town Board . . . ( Aye ) Herbert Beckwith , Councilman Vote of , Town Board . . . ( Aye ) Paul Butler , Councilman Vote of Town Board . . . ( Aye ) Jeffrey Cleveland , Councilman ✓ ote of Town Board . . . ( Aye ) Larry - Tvaroha , Councilman 41111 Vote of Town Board . . . ( Aye ) Jeannine Kirby , Supervisor RESOLUTION , offered by Mr . Tvaroha who moved its adoption , seconded by . Mr . . Beckwith . • • • RESOLVED , that the Town Board does hereby approve a leave of absence from the Planning Board for Cheryl Nickel from May of 1993 through October of 1993 . ✓ ote of Town Board - . . . ( Aye ) Herbert Beckwith , Councilman ✓ ote of Town Board . . . ( Aye ) Paul Butler , Councilman Vote of Town Board . . . ( Aye ) Jeffrey Cleveland , Councilman . 258 . r June 02 , 1993 , continued ✓ ote of Town Board . . . ( Aye ) Larry Tvaroha , Councilman Vote of Town Board . . . ( Aye ) Jeannine Kirby , Supervisor RESOLUTION , offered by Mr . Beckwith who moved its adoption , seconded by Mr . Butler : RESOLVED , that the sewer unit charge for the Town of Lansing be raised from $ 14 . 00 a year to $ 20 . 00 a year . Vote of Town Board . . . ( Aye ) Herbert Beckwith , Councilman ✓ ote of Town Board . . . ( Aye ) Paul Butler , Councilman4111 Vote of Town Board . . . ( Aye ) Jeffrey Cleveland , Councilman ✓ ote of Town Board . . . ( Aye ) Larry Tvaroha , Councilman Vote of Town Board . . . ( Aye ) Jeannine Kirby At a special meeting of the Town Board of the Town of Lansing h eld at the Town Hall on the 2nd day of June 1993 , the following members of the Board being present : Jeannine Kirby , Supervisor , L arry Tvaroha , Councilman ; Herbert Beckwith , Councilman ; Paul B utler , Councilman ; and Jeffrey Cleveland , Councilman , after d iscussion that all interested governmental agencies or boards , to w it : the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation , N ew York State Department of Transportation , the Tompkins County Health Department , and the Tompkins County Planning Department h aving been contacted concerning lead agency status pursuant to Article 8 of the Environmental Conservation Law and all of the said agencies indicating that they would have no objection to the Town o f Lansing Town Board being the lead agency , and all of said g overnment entities consenting to the Town Board being the lead agency ; - however , indicating their concerns over the project presented on a preliminary basis to the Board by the Watchtower S ociety ; and WHEREAS , the Board having decided that the project was of a magnitude and scope that the maintenance of the quality environment for the residents of the Town of Lansing and the enhancement of h uman and community resources required that additional information w ere necessary in order to evaluate the propriety of such a proposal as weighed with the social and economic considerations and e nvironmental factors affecting the citizens of the Town , the Town B oard passed the following resolutions which were duly made by J effrey Cleveland and seconded by Herbert Beckwith . B E IT RESOLVED , that in connection with the application of the Watchtower Society to the Town Board for the construction of a large community facility upon the premises of the Watchtower S ociety located in the Town of Lansing that the Town Board of the Town of Lansing shall be the lead agency as defined in Article 8 of the Environmental Conservation Law of the State of New York ; and B E IT FURTHER RESOLVED , that in connection with the preparation of the Environmental Impact Statement that the Town be authorized , at the expense of the Watchtower Society , to hire e xperts to assist in the preparation of such an Environmental Impact Statement and to take the documentation necessary from the Watchtower Society concerning the environmental impact on ground w ater waste disposal , utilities , transportation arteries , population , educational requirements and the infrastructure of the Town in determining the feasibility of such a project in the context of the social , economic and environmental concerns of the Town ; and B E IT FURTHER RESOLVED , that the Town Clerk shall send a copy o f this resolution to the applicant and the Town hereby designates the Supervisor , the Town Attorney and the Consultant to be hired as the appropriate parties to be contacted by the Watchtower Society for the implementation of this resolution . ✓ ote of Town Board . . . ( Aye ) Herbert Beckwith , Councilman Vote of Town Board . . . ( Aye ) Paul Butler , Councilman Z5:9 June 02 , 1993 , continued ✓ ote of Town Board . . . ( Aye ) Jeffrey Cleveland , Councilman ✓ ote of Town Board . . . ( Aye ) Larry Tvaroha , Councilman ✓ ote of Town Board . . . ( Aye ) Jeannine Kirby , Supervisor After the review of the proposed agreement of intermunicipal cooperation for the development , implementation , administration and e nforcement of a backflow prevention program and the Board having h ad a public hearing concerning said _ proposed regulation and due deliberation and discussion on the matter having been made 11111 concerning cross connections between wells and natural water sources with public water in residential homes , and discussion h aving been had concerning the commercial cross connection and backflow devices , and the Town having . discussed its feeling concerning the treatment of residential users as opposed to commercial users with the Commission , the following resolution was d uly made : RESOLUTION , offered by Mr . Beckwith , seconded by Mr . Butler : B E IT RESOLVED , that the Town Board in and for the Town of L ansing , being one of the members of the Southern Cayuga Lake Intermuncipal Water Commission empowers the Supervisor to execute o n behalf of the Town the agreement of intermunicipal cooperation for the development , implementation , administration and enforcement o f a backflow prevention program , it being the intent of this Board that the treatment of commercial users and residential users be treated in a manner consistent with the State Law and that wherever possible a practical solution for residential users be enforced by the Commission so that residential units may keep their existing w ells in operation so long as an appropriate separation between the public water system and the private water source is maintained . ✓ ote of Town Board . . . ( Aye ) Herbert Beckwith , Councilman Vote of Town Board . . . ( Aye ) Paul Butler , Councilman ® Vote of Town Board . . . ( Aye ) Vote of Town Board ( Aye ) Jeffrey Cleveland , Councilman Larry Tvaroha , Councilman ✓ ote of Town Board . . . ( Aye ) Jeannine Kirby , Supervisor After reading the proposed rules and regulations of the S outhern Cayuga Lake Intermunicipal Water Commission as amended , and after discussion by the Board and with the Code Enforcement O fficer and based upon representations by the Commission that the Town shall continue to perform its own plumbing inspections , all as contained on a Memorandum dated September 23 , 1992 entitled " Procedure for Plumbing Permits in the Town of Lansing " , the following resolution was duly made : RESOLUTION , offered by Mr . Cleveland , seconded by Mr . B eckwith : B E IT RESOLVED , that the Town Board in and for the Town of L ansing acknowledges that as one of the municipalities involved in the Commission approving the amendment to the rules and regulations o f SCLIWC as submitted to the Board , which approval is subject to the right of the Town of maintain control of the issuance of plumbing permits pursuant to the Memorandum of September 23 , 1992 . ✓ ote of Town Board . . . ( Aye ) Herbert Beckwith , Councilman ✓ ote of Town Board . . . ( Aye ) Paul Butler , Councilman Vote of Town Board . . . ( Aye ) Jeffrey Cleveland , Councilman ✓ ote of Town Board . . . ( Aye ) Larry Tvaroha , Councilman ✓ ote of Town Board . . . ( Aye ) Jeannine Kirby , Supervisor RESOLUTION , offered by Mr . Beckwith who moved its adoption , seconded by Mr . Cleveland : RESOLVED , that the Special meeting be adjourned to go into E xecutive Session at 9 : 45 P . M . Carried . 26: 0 June 02 , 1993 , continued RESOLUTION , offered by Mr . Cleveland who moved its adoption , seconded by Mr . Beckwith : RESOLVED , that the Executive Session be terminated at 10 : 20 P . M . and the Special Meeting be reconvened . Carried . On motion meeting adjourned at the call of the Supervisor . 1111 Minutes taken and executed by the Deputy Supervisor . 1176;/:Zb )169-6 •