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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTB Minutes 1972-10-16TOWN OF ITHACA ADJOURNED BOARD MEETING October l6, 1972 At an adjourned meeting of the Town Bdard of the ToWri of Ithaca, Tompklns County, New York, held ht the Town of Ithaca Offices at 108 East Green Street, Ithaca, New Yoi^k, on the l6th day of October, 1972, at 5:00 p.m., thefe were PRESENT: Walter J, Sdhwan, l^upervisor Andrew W; MeElwee. Councilman Noei Desch; . Councilman Victor Del |losso. Councilman ABSENT: Robert N. Powersj Councilman ALSO PRESENT: James V. ^ypucos'. Town Attorney David W. Cow^n> Zoning Officer Reynolds Met^', Assistant Zoning Officer Paul Erdman, Beacon Hills David Gersh, Attorney (Beacon Hills) Leo Parents^ Eastern Heights Fred ilorris^ Senior Citizens David Armstrong, E:}tecutive Director of Ithaca Housing Authority Ben Boynton, Groff Associates Sharon Staz, 117 East King Road Mrs. James Carey, 610 Coddington Road Gordon Chisholm, 104 Ridgecrest Road Peter Willing, 565 Nelson Road Members of Radio, TV, and Press Supervisor Schwan called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. BEACON HILLS REZONING supervisor Schwan read a prepared proposed resolution with respect to the rezoning of Beacon Hills parcels 44-1-4.2 and 44-1-5.2 (partial) from R-30 to R-15 cluster, which resolution was the basis for the dis cussion which followed. Town Attorney Buyoucos was concerned that the Town have proper ease ments to go on any lands it might be required to in the future with respect to drainage or other problems which might arise. With respect to "maintenance" mentioned in the proposed resolution there was some question as to what exactly was meant by "maintenance" and who would do the maintaining. Mr. Paul Erdman said, upon question by Supervisor Schwan, that the homeowners association would maintain the exterior of the buildings. The general feeling was that the word maintenance should have its usual and dictionary meaning. Mrs. James Carey asked whether the Board was trying to prevent damage to adjacent lands from faulty drainage, that is, just to the adjoining lands. She said there are people "down below" having drainage problems from this area whose land does not adjoin Beacon Hills. There is water, she said, that comes down from some other area and that comes down Troy Road. Councilman Desch said the wording of the resolution should include protection for neighboring areas as well as adjoining ones. One area resident was concerned that the Board seemed to be talking about a very insulated community (Beacon Hills) with no relation to the houses in the community already surrounding and its standards for flowers and trees, etc. She said this is not a wilderness area; it is already a whole community with its own standards; it does not necessarily want a "manicured" look. Councilman Del Rosso wondered if she was thinking of a buffer around this development so that it would not be wide open to the outside. Mr. Erdman said this is a residential area and does not require a buffer zone. - 2 - October l6, 1972 The area resident was Concerned that the discussion was pro ceeding as if there was nothing else in the area already. She said obviously people move up there just because it is not a manicured country club type of atmosphere^ She was disturbed that this develop ment would change the character cf her community where she spent a lot of money building a home and that she would have nothing to say about it. ' o or Buyoucos said it may not be hedessary to "manicure" every thing. He said he thought something could be worked out so that a portion of the area at least could be left in its natural state. Some area residents were cohcefned that there is already a problem with run-off in the area and the additional residents that this development would entail would aggravate the problem. Supervisor Schwan assured the area residents present that the developer must pro^de ah adequate drainage plan. The Town engineer will look 7 . County will also look into it and check their figuresapinst the developer*s figures. He said the Town Board and the Plan- would see to it that the Beacon Hills project would not add to existing drainage problems and would at the same time consider the present drainage problems in the area. Attorney Buyoucos said the developers have said they will provide adequate and satisfactory draipge plans. It is up to the Planning Board and the Town Board to sp to it that they do. He said we have tried to work out a resolution that will protect the people. Councilman Desch said that he wanted it noted for the record that the size and capacity of the pond in the development will be shown on the drainage plan. Some complaints were registered with respect to added traffic, dis- pption of the school system, and to the fact that no need had been demonstrated for such a project, and that the project would detract J natural beauty of the area. Some residents complain^')3 thatbought homes in the area, and sufficient acreage, to insure that they would be surrounded by wilderness. Supervisor Schwan indicated that when water and sewer are available the land may be rezoned to R-15, and that should the Town not approve a rpsonable project based on R-15 it might well be subject to a law suit, as indicated by the Town Attorney. Hoefer of Coddington Road said he was wholeheartedly in favor of the Beacon Hills project and found it far superior to many "ticky- tacky square plots and houses" developments he was familiar with. After termination of the discussion the following action was taken: Motion by Supervisor Schwan; seconded by Councilman McElwee, WHEREAS, application was made to the Town of Ithaca Planning Board on June 20, 1972 by Beacon Hills Village of Ithaca, Inc. re questing, among other requests, the establishment of an R-15 Residen tial District on a parcel of land comprising about l62 acres of land on East King Road and Troy Road, Tax Parcels 44-1-4.2 and 44-1-5.2 (partial), owned by Schuylkill Investors, Inc., which will require a change from an R-30 Residential Zoning District to an R-15 Residential Zoning District, for the purpose of constructing a cluster develop ment of 567 units, said parcels being bounded and described in Schedule A, annexed hereto, and WHEREAS, the Planning Board of the Town of Ithaca duly held a public hearing upon such application on the 25th day of July, 1972, following the due and timely posting and publication of notice thereof in the Ithaca Journal on the 20th day of July, 1972; and that follow ing the Planning Board meeting of August 1, 1972 the said Board hav ing thereupon recommended to the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca that the said application be approved, and S(Sl^ - 3 - October l6, 1972 WHEREAS, the ToWn Board of the Town of Ithaca, at its regular meeting held on the 7th day of August, 1972 ordered that a Public Hearing be held on the 28th day of August, 1972, at the Town Offices, 108 East Green Street, in the City of Ithaca, New York, to consider, among other matters, the rezoning of Said 162 acres from R-30 to R-15 and it appearing that the Town Clerk duly posted and published in the ~ Ithaca Journal on August 17 arid iB, 1972, the said Notice of Public j i Hearing, and it appearing that said Nptice of said hearing has been served on all persons or parties requiring noticej and the public hear ing having been held as aforesaid, anld the Town Board having heard and considered all arguments made With respect to such requested changes, and the public hearing having beeri clbSed and the matter of the adop tion of the aforesaid changes hiiving been adjourned for further con sideration to the meeting of thfe Towh Board to be held on October 9, 1972, and the Town Board at said meeting 6f October 9, 1972 having deferred action on the establishment bf the aforesaid R-15 Residential District to allow for the preparation of an appropriate Resolution to be submitted at the meeting of the Town Board to be held on October 16, 1972, NOW, in accordance with the provisiphs of ARTICLES IV and IX of the Town of Ithaca Zoning Ordinance and in accordance with the applic able provisions of Sections 264, 265, and 28l of the Town Law, it is RESOLVED as follows: 1, The Town Board, in concurrence with the recommendation of the Planning Board, determines that the existing and probable future character of the neighborhood in which the rezoned parcel is located will not be adversely affected; that specific conditions hereafter listed have been imposed to provide for an adequate drainage system an.d with respect to other matters concerning the proposed development; I ^ tbat the change from R-30 to R-15 Residential is in accordance with a comprehensive plan of development of the Town of Ithaca; and that the p^roposed change is in accordance with the purposes for which the exist ing Zoning Ordinance of the Town of Ithaca was adopted, 2, The zoning classification of the parcel of about 162 acres, owned by Schuylkill Investors, Inc, on East King Road and Troy Road in the Town of Ithaca, New York, Tax Parcels 44-1-4.2 and 44-1-3.2 (partial), and described in Schedule A, annexed hereto, is changed from a Residence District R-30 to a Residence District R-15. The boundaries of said R-15 District shall be as described in this Reso lution. 3- The change in zoning classification of the above parcel has been made subject to compliance by the owner of the said parcel, or any portion thereof, with the conditions, requirements, and the provisions hereinafter set forth. The final site plan of the owner- applicant shall not be approved and, in any event, no building permit for the construction of any building, or other structure on said par cel, shall be issued at any time, unless and until the owner-applicant has complied with all of the said conditions, requirements, and pro visions or unless and until satisfactory assurances, under such con ditions as the Town Board may reasonably determine, including the re- .... quirement of a bond, cash deposit, or other security, shall have been given to the said Board, assuring such compliance. 1 A. (1) The permitted use in this R-15 zone shall be clusters of dwelling units. Not more than 50 such clusters shall be permitted. Each individual group of clusters shall consist of not less than eight nor more than fifteen dwelling units; but the total number of dwelling units in said zone shall not exceed 567 -.onits. (2) So long as dwelling units on the zoned parcel are developed in accordance with paragraph A(l), above, the permitted use shall also include a six-hole golf course and putting green; one club house; one swimming pool; shuffleboard, pond and picnic areas; not more than two tennis courts, the location, size and area of the fore going to be substantially as shown on the preliminary site plan for Beacon Hills, made by Handler and Grosso, Architects, dated August 1, 1972, now on file in the Town Clerk*s Office. n - ^ - October l6, 1972 B. (1) All open space (with the exception of the loop road which is shown on the site plan and which will become a Town road), will be owned, maintained, and the use thereof controlled by a home owners' association, incorporated as a not-for-profit corporation, or other legal entity, capable of holding legal title to the land. The membership of such association shall consist of all residents of the Beacon Hills subdivision. The certificate of incorporation and the by-laws of said association shall be effective only if approved by the Town Board. (.a) The by-laws shall include provisions to enable resident owners of dwelling units (other than the developer or its successors or assigns in the ownership of lands other than those con veyed to resident ovjhers of separate dwelling units) to have suffici ent representation and Weight in any such homeowners' association in order to insure that such open spaces are maintained and used for the best intei^edts of the resident owners of the open space. (2) The purpose of this paragraph (B) is to provide for the proper and adequate care, use and maintenance of the open space, ^ (3). If it appears that there are practical difficulties culties in carrying out the intended purpose of this paragraph in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (B)(1), above, the developer, or the owner or owners of the majority of the dwelling units may submit to the Town Board other proposals for the ownership, management, use and operation of the open spaces for approval of the Town Board. Any such change from the above proposal Shall be made in accordance with the procedures provided by statute and by any local law or ordinance for the amendment of zoning regulations. (4) Such open spaces shall be maintained in accordance with reasonable regulations as may be established from time to time by the Town Board. If such open spaces are not maintained adequately in accordance with such regulations, they may be maintained by the Town and the expense thereof shall be paid from funds raised by special assessment or special use tax, or by any other lawful assess ment, levy, or tax, levied upon the property in the zoned area pur suant to such regulations or by-laws as may be adopted by such associ ation or other organization or pursuant to any law or ordinance which may be hereinafter adopted by the Town Board, (Q-) The meaning of the words "maintain" and maintenance shall be defined by the Town Board and shall include, among other things, the preservation of trees and plantings and land scaping. (5) It is intended that, consistent with the purpose of developing the zoned area for the uses permitted herein, provision shall be made for (i) the preservation of as many trees as possible and (ii) additional landscaping and plantings. (a) Approval of the final site plan shall con- bain such requirements for the preservation of trees, and for addi tional landscaping and plantings as may be reasonably required by the Town Board or the Planning Board, (b) Provisions for the preservation of trees, and for additional plantings and landscaping shall be included in any by-laws, rules, regulations, laws, or ordinances adopted regu lating the maintenance of open spaces and the cost of such mainten ance. (C) A plan for the drainage of the rezoned area and the Beacon Hills development, in general, shall be approved by the Town Board in accordance with regulations to be adopted by the Town Board or in accordance with any requirements contained in any resolution approving the final site plan. The final site plan shall not be approved and no approval shall be endorsed upon any sub-division map - 5 - October l6, 1972 of this development unless such drainage plan has been approved as aforesaid. No building permit shall be issued for the construction of any dwelling units liriless ail required drainage has been construc ted or planned to the satisfaction of the Town Board. (1) The owner-^developer shall present a plan to provide j for adequate drainage of "the rSzoned area for present and future run- — off.^ He shall furnish shch maps^ drawn to scale, and such other plans and information as . the Town Boafd may reasonably require. Drainage plans, in such detail as inay be required by the Town, will be submitted for each phase, prior to construction. (2) The dfevdlbpSf shall obtain and pay for the reasonable costs of any easements which may be required to be obtained in order to provide adequate drainage, now and in the future, for the rezoned area. (3) The developer will provide, and be required to pay for,the cost of installation of such pipes, construction, and facilities as may be reasonably required by the Town except as follows: The developer will supply the pipe for a storm sewer south of Coddington Road at a point which has been agreed upon between the parties hereto; the size to be determined by the Town Board after the size of the culvert under Coddington Road has been determined; the length of the storm sewer shall be between 200 feet and 300 feet. The Town of Ithaca will place at the said site the storm sewer and make stream improvements, as required, within the easement area obtained by the developer. (^) Any regulations adopted by the Town Board Shall con-^ tain such additional provisions as may be reasonably required to I effectuate the foregoing. Such regulations, or any conditions which may be required prior to or concurrently with the approval of the final site plan, sha^ require that the developer shall be liable for any repairs or additions to the drainage plan which may be required to drain the rezoned area. (5) Notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained, the Town Board, as a condition to the approval of any final site plan or the issuance of a building permit, may require that a drainage improve ment district be formed, pursuant to the Town Law, to accomplish the foregoing purposes, (D) Membership in the Country Club and the use of the golf course facilities shall be available only to residents of the rezoned area. (E) Adequate, finished parking spaces shall be provided atthe ratio of 1.8 parking space for each dwelling unit unless the owner can establish to the reasonable satisfaction of the Town Board that such ratio will be impractical or cause financial hardship to the owner in which case a lesser ratio may be permitted but in no event shall such ratio be less than 1.5 per unit. (F) All interior roads (with the exception of the loop roadn which will be dedicated as a Town road) shall be maintained in accord ance with requirements to be established by the Town Board; such main- — tenance shall be by, and at the expense of, the developer of the re zoned area. (G) The final site plan presented for approval will include suitable provisions for active recreational space for children. 4. It is understood that the Beacon Hills Development shall be constructed in accordance with the following three phases: (A) Phase I shall include 20 clusters containing, in the aggregate, not more than 226 dwelling units, and shall also include a pond, a country club building; one swimming pool; shuffleboard and picnic areas; not more than two tennis courts, and one hole and putting green of the golf course. - 6 - October l6, 1972 (B) Phase II shall include an additional 17 clusters, containing, in the aggregate, not more than 192 dwelling units and shall also include three holes of the golf course. (C) Phase III shall include an additional 13 clusters which shall contain, in the aggregate, not more than 1^9 dwelling units and shall also include the final two holes of the golf course. 5. Any determination whl^ch is to be made by the Town Board, hereunder, may be delegated to the Town Planning Board, insofar as such delegation is lawfully permitted. 6. The Zoning Map of the Town of Ithaca shall be changed to show the boundary lines of the R-^l^ Residential District established by this Resolution, 7. The foregoing Resolution shall constitute an ordinance amending the Town of Ithaca Zoning Ordinance and shall take effect 10 days after the publication thereof pursuant to Section 265 of the Town Law. (See page 6-a for Schedule A) A poll of the Board was taken and the vote was as follows: Councilman McElwee ^ , Aye Councilman Del Rosso i * . 4 ; . * Aye Supervisor Schwan i . . . i ; . Aye Councilman Desch i i . . . . . Aye The resolution was thereupon adopted and will take effect 10 days after publication. (The resolution was published on November 8, 1972 and wou-ld, therefore, take effect on November 18, 1972.) FEDERAL ASSISTANCE FOR PUBLIC WORKS AND FACILITY-TYPE PROJECTS AND FOR PROPOSED WATER TRANSMISSION FACILITIES Motion by Councilman McElwee; seconded by Councilman Desch, RES'OLVED, that the Town Supervisor be authorized to file the prelimi- nar;y application for requesting Federal assistance for public works and facility-type projects. Standard Form 101 for proposed water supply facilities including water treatment plant, transmission main, and pumping station. Unanimously carried. Motion by Councilman McElwee; seconded by Councilman Del Rosso, BvESOLVED, that the Town Supervisor be authorized to file the prelimi- 'nary application for requesting Federal assistance for proposed water transmission facilities, including water transmission mains, booster stations, and storage tank. Unanimously carried. GROFF ASSOCIATES - ELDERLY HOUSING PROJECT Mr, Ben Boynton, Groff Associates provided the Board with several brochures, one a "Report to Older Americans" provided by the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (July 197^^) and another, "Opportunities for Older Americans in ACTION'^ (ACTION Pamphlet 4000.U). Mr. Boynton made a brief statement noting the rise in life expectancy from the thirties to the present, from 59#7 to 70.8 and still contin uing upward, Mr, Boynton said we had passed the period in time when the care of the elderly was left to their families. He said many older people are independent, active, useful, and wanted, and even though they are now considered middle income, many need the assurance that their incomes will be sufficient. He said there is a need for housing for people over 62 and the need will grow by 33^ in the next few years. Mr, Boynton read to the Board a letter directed to Mr. Stewart Knowlton (Advisor to Groff Associates) from HUD in which HUD indicated that they had reviewed the Groff Associates project and in accordance with an economic survey of the area they found this pro ject to be a feasible one. ! i n - 6a - SCHEDULE A ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OP LAND situate in the Town of Ithaca, County of Tompkins and State of New York, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point at the intersection of the north right-of-way line of King Road and the west right-of-way line of Troy Road, thence westerly approximately 3?315 feet along the north right-of-way line of King Road to the west property line of land now owned by Schuylkill Investors (Liber 499 of Deeds at page 949); thence northerly 74o feet, easterly 125 feet, northerly 4^0 feet and westerly 532 feet along property lines between lands owned by Schuylkill In vestors, Inc. and Cornell University; thence N 6"^ 26' E 635 feet to a point which is the northwest corner of property owned by Schuylkill Investors, Inc.; thence S 83 49' E 743 feet to a point; thence S 6 27' W 36.5 fget to a point; thence S 83 7» E 1530 feet to a point; thence S 6 If' W 588 feet along property line between lands owned by Schuylkill Investors, Inc. and P. W. Hornbrook to a point; thence in a southeasterly direction 1358 feet to a point in the west right-of-way line of Troy Road and 786 feet south of the northeast corner of the Schuylkill Investors property; thence southerly 1465 feet along the west right-of-way line of Troy Road to the point of beginning. - 7 - October l6, 1972 Mr, Boynton indicated he had spent considerable time at the Senior Citizens Center since he was at the last Board meeting and that they are overwhelmingly in favor of this project. He said that in spite of adverse publicity about "housing programs" in general, (Iroff Associates has assurance from PHA that this program is feasible and needed and they give the project their unqualified blessing. Mr. Boynton said he hoped for a favorable decision so that Groff Associ ates may proceed with the building proposed. Mr, Boynton gave the following additional information: There will be community rooms; The rent received by Groff for each apartment would ^6 ^out $128.00 a month. The units are one bed-room apartments, 10% of the units to be rented to low income elderly and 10% to handi capped elderlyi TherS will be provision for Wide doors, entries suitable to accommodate wheel chairs. Transportation is being worked out with Senior Citizens groups and Groff will supplement transporta tion available there now. Parking will be available at the front door of each unit; He said this is a middle income project and that ^he income of renters can be as much as $6,400, plus 5%, or about $6,8oC. Councilman Del Rosso said that insofar as any tenant could not pay as much as $120,00 a month, the difference between what he actually pays and $120.00 could be considered a subsidy. Mr. Boynton said markSt analysis indicated that more thS.n 00% of all elderly in the nation are eligible for public housing, rent supplements, etc. In our county, he said, this could amount to 3,000 or 4,000 people. He said this type of housing will put more medium priced homes -- $12,000 to $10,000, for example, older homes, which are sorel-y needed by younger people of low income with two or three children — on the market, which would go right back on the tax rolls for full assess ment without the $5,000.00 elderly exemption, Boynton said many of these houses deteriorate because the elderly owners don'l have the energy or money to keep them up. Councilman Del Rosso handed Mr. Boynton a memorandum about subsidized housing, indicating that it required approximately one year to fill the units at McGraw House and indicating some question about the present need for more subsidized units. This information is from a survey done more than four years ago. The present need for more units la questionable,'according to Information from people connected with the Titus Towers project. The Chairman of the Board of Represen tatives knows of no pressing need from his vantage point. The Senior Citizens question the desirability of the location, that without guaranteed transportation, the elderly would be isolated. Information from the Senior Citizens indicated that in the past six months over 300 subsidized units have been reserved for the elderly. The County Planning Commissioner had no factual information on housing needs for the elderly. His information (of two to three months ago) indi cated that the current need was satisfied. Planning Department study shows that total housing now planned or approved (approximately 4,000 units) will satisfy the projected area need for the next ten years. In view of this information. Councilman Del Rosso wondered how much subsidized housing is enough. Councilman Del Rosso said his concern is whether or not subsidized housing is the answer to housing for the elderly. He contended that he had had no encouragement that this project is needed at the pres ent time. He said he had been shown no facts that indicated that 100 more units are needed. He said we have 700 subsidized units in the area and 300 of these are available for the elderly, (He did not know if all of these were built for the elderly.) Supervisor Schwan did not feel that with a 7% mortgage for 4o years and with only 10% reserved for low income elderly and 10% for handi capped elderly, there was not much of a subsidy involved, particu larly at the beginning when Groff Associates would probably be paying as much on the flat basis as they would normally pay without the tax abatement. - 8 - October l6, 1972 There was discussion of an altfernkte method -- basing the tax on a percentage of the gross rentals or $20,000, whichever amount is greater, Mr, Knowltoh said th6 resolution or the contract eventually written could contain 6. Claude incorporating the principle that the tax would be $20,000,00 or 13.1?^ of the gross annual rentals, which ever figure was higher; Councilman Del Rosso Wondered if the RHA research were possibly biased, Mr, Knowlton said he did not knoW of any studies that were less biased, Mr, Armstrong quoted statistics to support the need for housing for the elderly on a nb-tionAl badis. Councilman Del Rosso wondered if the report or survey made by !teA were available to the Town Board, Mr, Armstrong said the Survey was available, but that it was only a part of a voluminous catalog of information of all kinds. He did think, however, that it could be made available to the Board, Attorney BuyoucoS was concerned kbout the "supervising agency". He said it was not clear in the law exactly what the supervising agency is, and that the supervising kgency appears to be located in Erie County, Mr, Knowlton said that as far as the supervising agency is concerned it could be chahged from Erie County to Tompkins County and this could be made a pkrt of the resolution. After some further discussion Mf, Buyoucos asked Mr, Prancese if this resolution proposed was satisfactory to the Planning Board, Mr, Prancese said it was. Councilman Del Rosso asked for a recess so that the Board could meet in executive session for a short period of time. The meeting was adjourned at 7:^5 to executive session. The meeting was reconvened at 8:00 p,m. The Town Attorney was concerned about the question of whether the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca as a taxing municipality could obligate the School District and the County, Mr. Buyoucos said he had sent a copy of the proposed resolution to the School District and the County Attorney but had had no response from them to date. Pending this inquiry and some response from the School District and the County, it appeared to be the consensus of the Board that the matter should be tabled until October 23, 1972, ACCEPTANCE OP EASTERN HEIGHTS ROADS Eastern Heights, Inc., having conformed to the requirements for resurfacing Snyder Hill Road down Skyvue to Eastern Heights Drive and Eastern Heights Drive to Charlene Road, the Board took the follow ing action: , Motion by Supervisor Schwan; seconded by Councilman Des^ja^ ^ RESOLVED, that the Town of Ithaca accept as Town roadsfSnyder Hill/ Road I to Eastern Heights Drive and Eastei-n Heights Drive to Charlene Road. Unanimously carried, SANDRA PLACE Supervisor Schwan reported that com.plaints are being received that Sandra Place which is not a Town road, and which is used for a walk way, is very muddy. Mr. Otto Schonfeld is agreeable to installing a piece of main that will connect Burleigh to Winthrop to Sandra. Mr, Schonfeld would then like to deed it to the Town. The people on Burleigh Drive are anxious to have this road built. Supervisor Schwan said he would contact Mr, Schonfeld with regard to having a deed pre pared. gido - 9 - October l6, 1Q72 COMMUNICATIONS Supervisor Schwan read a letter from the Department of Transportation dated August 31, 1972 regarding joint requests for a lower speed limit on various roads in the Town of Ithaca. The letter indicates that traffic studies on the following roads have been completed, and the following recommendations have been forwarded to Albany: Honness Lane, a Town highway, 35 M.D.H. between Houte 79 and Pine Tree Road, Snyder Hill Road, a Town highway, ko M.t^.H. between Pine Tree Road and the Town Line. Eastern Heights Subdivision, Town highway, 30 M.P.l!. area speed limit. The letter said the Town will be notified whbn the above recommenda tions are acted on by the Department of Transportation Albany office. The letter indicated a denial of the request for a change in the speed limit on Pine Tree Road, saying that the present 35 M.P.H. limit is a reasonable and realistic limit. Supervisor Schwan said he thought the DOT had misinterpreted our request in this last case, since the Town intended to request an extension of the 35 M.P.H, on Pine Tree Road to the Snyder Hill Road intersection and to the Pine Tree Road E"* lis Hollow Road intersection. He said he would follow up with the DOT in this regard, ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adj'ourned at 2>;30 p.m. Edward L. Bergen Town Clerk