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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
Herbert Beckwith Councilman Present
Paul Butler Councilman Present
Jeffrey Cleveland Councilman Present
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Larry Tvaroha Councilman Present
Bonita Boles Town Clerk Absent
Debbie Crandall Deputy Town Clerk Present
Richard Thaler Town Attorney Present
Visitors : George Totman, Kathleen Caryl , Gay Nicholsen, Mary
Walters , 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
other school programs , sports , etc . The Committee has been working
with the Recreation Program in offering summer programs at no cost
to the participants .
The County has agreed to fund $1450 . 00 towards the program
which 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
requesting 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
would 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 servin g the Lansing youths .
Mrs . Caryl presented the Board with an Outstanding Volunteer
Award. This was an award that was presented to the Lansing Youth
Service 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
Ludlowville 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
vehicular traffic as well . She has had correspondence with Pete
Larson and he stated it would not be difficult to clean it off and
make it a safe bike path. Other community residents said they
would 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
get an estimate in regards to this . The Town Board thanked the •
residents for coming in.
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
not filed in the County Clerk ' s Office at the time the subdivision
was approved.
Mr . Schlecht informed the Board that this has not been
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considered a subdivision pursuant to the State and County
regulations 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
regulations have changed on septic systems . The Health Department
will 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
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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
requirement 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
of the Lansing Planning Board and the Tompkins County Health
Department .
After further discussion Mr. Thaler referred to the Town' s
Subdivision 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 .
Vote of Town Board . . . (Aye) Herbert Beckwith, Councilman
Vote of Town Board . . . (Aye) Paul Butler, Councilman
Vote of Town Board . . . (Aye) Jeffrey Cleveland, Councilman
Vote of Town Board . . . (Aye) Larry Tvaroha, Councilman
Vote 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
Vote of Town Board . . . (Aye) Herbert Beckwith, Councilman
Vote of Town Board . . . (Aye) Paul Butler, Councilman
Vote of Town Board . . . (Aye) Jeffrey Cleveland, Councilman
Vote of Town Board . . . (Aye) Larry Tvaroha , Councilman
1111 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 .
Vote of Town Board . . . (Aye) Herbert Beckwith, Councilman
Vote of Town Board . . . (Aye) Paul Butler , Councilman
Vote of Town Board . . . (Aye) Jeffrey Cleveland, Councilman
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Vote 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
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Vote of Town Board . . . (Aye) Paul Butler , Councilman
Vote of Town Board . . . (Aye) Jeffrey Cleveland, Councilman
Vote 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
held at the Town Hall on the 2nd day of June 1993 , the following
members of the Board being present : Jeannine Kirby, Supervisor ,
Larry Tvaroha, Councilman; Herbert Beckwith, Councilman; Paul
Butler, Councilman; and Jeffrey Cleveland, Councilman, after
discussion that all interested governmental agencies or boards , to
wit : the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation,
New York State Department of Transportation, the Tompkins County
Health Department , and the Tompkins County Planning Department
having 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
of Lansing Town Board being the lead agency, and all of said
government 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
Society; 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
human and community resources required that additional information
were necessary in order to evaluate the propriety of such a
proposal as weighed with the social and economic considerations and
environmental factors affecting the citizens of the Town, the Town
Board passed the following resolutions which were duly made by
Jeffrey Cleveland and seconded by Herbert Beckwith.
BE 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
Society 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
BE 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
experts 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
water 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
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Town Clerk shall send a copy
of 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.
Vote of Town Board . . . (Aye) Herbert Beckwith, Councilman
Vote of Town Board . . . (Aye) Paul Butler , Councilman
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Vote of Town Board . . . (Aye) Jeffrey Cleveland, Councilman
Vote of Town Board . . . (Aye) Larry Tvaroha, Councilman
Vote of Town Board . . . (Aye) Jeannine Kirby, Supervisor
After the review of the proposed agreement of intermunicipal
cooperation for the development , implementation, administration and
enforcement of a backflow prevention program and the Board having
had a public hearing concerning said proposed regulation and due
deliberation and discussion on the matter having been made
4111 concerning cross connections between wells and natural water
sources with public water in residential homes , and discussion
having 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
duly made :
RESOLUTION, offered by Mr . Beckwith, seconded by Mr . Butler :
BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town Board in and for the Town of
Lansing, being one of the members of the Southern Cayuga Lake
Intermuncipal Water Commission empowers the Supervisor to execute
on behalf of the Town the agreement of intermunicipal cooperation
for the development , implementation, administration and enforcement
of 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
wells in operation so long as an appropriate separation between the
public water system and the private water source is maintained.
Vote of Town Board . . . (Aye) Herbert Beckwith, Councilman
Vote of Town Board . . . (Aye) Paul Butler, Councilman
1110 Vote of Town Board . . . (Aye) Jeffrey Cleveland, Councilman
Vote of Town Board . (Aye) Larry Tvaroha, Councilman
Vote of Town Board . . . (Aye) Jeannine Kirby, Supervisor
After reading the proposed rules and regulations of the
Southern Cayuga Lake Intermunicipal Water Commission as amended,
and after discussion by the Board and with the Code Enforcement
Officer 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 .
Beckwith:
BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town Board in and for the Town of
Lansing acknowledges that as one of the municipalities involved in
the Commission approving the amendment to the rules and regulations
of 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 .
Vote of Town Board . . . (Aye) Herbert Beckwith, Councilman
Vote of Town Board . . . (Aye) Paul Butler , Councilman
• Vote of Town Board . . . (Aye) Jeffrey Cleveland, Councilman
Vote 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 . Cleveland:
RESOLVED, that the Special meeting be adjourned to go into
Executive Session at 9 : 45 P.M.
Carried.
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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 .
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Minutes taken and executed by the Deputy Supervisor.
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