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Home My WebLink AboutTB Packet 2019-02-25 Meeting of the Ithaca Town Board Monday, February 25, 2019 at 4:30 p.m. Agenda 1. Call to Order 2. Consider setting a public hearing regarding a Proposed Water Improvement for the Town of Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York,pursuant to Article 12-C of the Town Law, to be known as the Town of Ithaca Winthrop Drive Water Main Water Improvement, and establishing the Town of Ithaca Winthrop Drive Water Main Water Improvement Area 3. Discuss the Conservation Board's 2018 Accomplishments Report to the Board 4. Discuss authorization for the Supervisor to sign an addendum to the MOU with the Ithaca Babe Ruth League for two week-long summer camps 5. Committee Reports a. COC b. P&O c. Planning d. Public Works e. Budget f. Other—Short Term Rentals/Sidewalk 8. Consider Consent Agenda items a. Approval of Town Board Minutes b. Town of Ithaca Abstract 9. Review of Correspondence Adjournment MEETING OF THE ITHACA TOWN BOARD 215 N. Tioga St., Ithaca, NY Tompkins County February 25, 2019 at 4:30 p.m. TB Resolution 2019-xxx: Order Setting a Public Hearing Regarding a Proposed Water Improvement for the Town of Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, pursuant to Article 12-C of the Town Law, to be known as the Town of Ithaca Winthrop Drive Water Main Water Improvement, and establishing the Town of Ithaca Winthrop Drive Water Main Water Improvement Area Present: Moved: Seconded: Whereas, a map, plan and report, including an estimate of cost, have been duly prepared in such manner and in such detail as has heretofore been determined by the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, relating to the establishment and construction, pursuant to Article 12-C of the Town Law, of water system improvements to be known and identified as the Town of Ithaca Winthrop Drive Water Main Water Improvement, (the "Improvement"), to provide such water Improvement to the present Town water system, such water system Improvement to be constructed and owned by the Town of Ithaca; to serve a benefitted area in said Town to be known as the Town of Ithaca Winthrop Drive Water Main Water Improvement Area (the "Water Improvement Area"); and Whereas, said map, plan and report, including estimate of cost, were prepared by a competent engineer, duly licensed by the State of New York and have been filed in the office of the Town Clerk of said Town, where the same are available during regular office hours for examination by any person or persons interested in the subject matter thereof, and Whereas, the area of said Town determined to be benefited by said Town of Ithaca Winthrop Drive Water Main Water Improvement Area consists of the entire area of said Town excepting therefrom the area contained within the Village of Cayuga Heights; and Whereas, the Improvement proposed in connection with the establishment of the Water Improvement Area consists of the replacement of approximately 3,510 LF of existing 6"water main with new 8"water main under Winthrop Drive from Warren Road to the Town border with the Village of Cayuga Heights, and other related ancillary facilities, at an initially determined maximum estimated cost to said Water Improvement Area of$700,000; and Whereas, said $700,000 maximum estimated cost, which is the cost of the project, shall be authorized to be financed, at the option of the Town, by temporary financing 1 under use of available reserves or a bond anticipation note, and upon maturity of a bond anticipation note, the issuance of serial bonds with a maximum maturity not in excess of the forty (40) year period prescribed by the Local Finance Law, or directly by the issuance of such bonds; and Whereas, it is proposed that the cost of the aforesaid improvements shall be borne by the real property in said Water Improvement Area by assessing, levying upon and collecting from the several lots and parcels of land within such Water Improvement Area, outside of any village, which the Town Board shall determine and specify to be especially benefited by the improvements, an amount sufficient to pay the principal and interest on serial bonds and bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation of the issuance of serial bonds, as the same become due and payable;and Whereas, it is now desired to call a public hearing for the purpose of considering said map, plan and report, including estimate of cost, and the providing of the Improvement, and to hear all persons interested in the subject thereof concerning the same, all in accordance with the provisions of Section 209-q of the Town Law; Now, therefore, it is hereby ordered, by the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, as follows: Section 1. A public hearing shall be held by the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, at the Town Hall, 215 North Tioga Street, in Ithaca, New York, in said Town, on the 11th day of March, 2019, at 5:30 o'clock P.M., Prevailing Time, to consider the aforesaid plan, report and map, including estimate of cost, and the question of providing the Improvement, and to hear all persons interested in the subject thereof concerning the same and to take such action thereon as is required by law. Section 2. The Town Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to publish a Notice of Public Hearing regarding the aforesaid Improvement to be published once in the official newspaper, and also to post a copy thereof on the town signboard maintained by the Town Clerk, not less than ten (10) nor more than twenty (20) days before the day designated for the hearing as aforesaid, all in accordance with the provisions of Section 209-q of the Town Law. Section 3. This Order shall take effect immediately. The question of the adoption of the foregoing Order was duly put to a vote on roll call, which resulted as follows: The Order was thereupon declared duly adopted. 2 MEETING OF THE ITHACA TOWN BOARD Monday, February 25, 2019 TB Resolution 2019- : Adopt Consent Agenda Resolved,that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca hereby approves and/or adopts the following Consent Agenda items: a. Town Board Minutes b. Town of Ithaca Abstract Moved: Seconded: Vote: Ayes — TB Resolution 2019- : Approval of Minutes of January 7, January 28, and February 11, 2019 Whereas, the draft Minutes of the January 7, January 28, and February 11, 2019 meetings of the Town Board have been submitted for review and approval,now therefore be it Resolved, that the Town Board hereby approves the submitted minutes as the final minutes of the meetings January 7, January 28, and February 11, 2019 of the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca. Addendum to Memorandum of Understand Ithaca Babe Ruth League and Town of Ithaca 2019 This addendum to the current MOU between the Town of Ithaca and the Ithaca Babe Ruth League adds permission for two 1-week summer camps to run the weeks of July 81' through the 121' and July 151'through the 191' . All conditions, requirements and stipulations of the existing MOU remain in effect with the following revised payment schedule for the extended use: Field reservation: $25 per day Comfort station key and field security deposit: $200 Cleaning services $100 William D Goodman, Supervisor Date Ithaca Babe Ruth League President Date Y: Town of Ithaca Conservation Board Activities & P� Accomplishments for 2018 Awarded its Richard B. Fischer Environmental Award to Anthony Ingraham & Elizabeth Bauman and held the associated tree planting m ceremony in Tutelo Park; Environmental Review Committee continued to provide comments for site plan and subdivision projects; b Participated in meetings of the Town's Deer Management Committee; Continued to update and monitor the Conservation Board Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/IthacaConservationBoard); Participated in an Earth Day event (set up table) as part of the Sustainable Tompkins event; Hosted a hand-on introduction to some of Ithaca's invasive plant species at Tutelo Park as part of the NYS's Invasive Species Awareness Week; Invited Mark Whitmore (Forest Entomologist, Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University) to a meeting to discuss research to assess the effectiveness/suitability of various biocontrol agents of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid; Provided a letter to Thomas F. O'Mara regarding the Task Force on Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases and the relationship with deer; One member attended the 2018 Agriculture, Food & Environment Systems In-Service held at Cornell; Have continued to monitor and clean the Bluebird boxes along the Town trails; I' Scenic Resources Committee has started layout and design for the 3rd scenic view sign proposed for Pine Tree Road. I ehruary 8,20 f 1) � MEETING OF THE ITHACA TOWN BOARD Monday, February 25, 2019 TB Resolution 2019 - : Authorizing the Town Supervisor to sign an addendum to the MOU between the Town and the Ithaca Babe Ruth League to allow two week-long summer camps Whereas the Town of Ithaca and the Ithaca Babe Ruth League have an MOU allowing the use of Valentino Field for baseball games, and Whereas the Ithaca Babe Ruth League would like to hold two week-long summer baseball camps this summer, now there fore be it Resolved that the Town Board authorizes the Town Supervisor to sign an addendum to the existing MOU with the Ithaca Babe Ruth League for said camps. Moved: Seconded: Vote: