HomeMy WebLinkAboutTB Minutes 2020-08-24MEETING OF THE ITHACA TOWN BOARD
Monday, August 24, 2020 at 4:30 p.m.
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Meeting ID 991 12301523
AGENDA
1. Public hearing regarding the proposed acquisition of real property via a permanent
easement for park land associated with the Coddington Road Community Center
a. Approval
2. Consider setting a public hearing regarding a proposed local law entitled
"Comprehensively revising Town of Ithaca Code Chapter 125, "Building Construction
and Fire Prevention," adding Dangerous or Unsafe Buildings, Structures and Equipment
Provisions to Chapter 125, and Deleting Chapter 129, "Buildings, Unsafe"
3. Discuss request for a waiver/reduction in fee for a Temporary Certificate of Occupancy
at 104 Grove Place
4. Discuss and consider authorization for the Town supervisor to sign a contract for Final
Design and Bid Phase Services for the Forest Home Walkway Improvement Project
5. Discuss Watershed project suggestions for possible grant opportunities
6. Committee Reports
a. Budget
b. Planning
c. Public Works
d. COC
e. Personnel and Organization
Ad Hoc/Sub Committees
a. Green New Deal Committee
b. Economic Development Committee
c. Bicentennial Committee
d. Short Term Rentals Committee
e. Agriculture Committee
7. Report of Town Officials
8. Consent Agenda
a. Approval of Town Board Minutes
b. Town of Ithaca Abstract
9. Adjournment
TOWN OF ITHACA
AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING AND PU13LICATION
1, Becky Jordan, being dLIly sworn, say that I am the Deputy Town Clerk of the Town of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, New York; that the following notice has been dUly posted on the sign board of the Town Clerk of
the Town of Ithaca and the notice has been dUly published in the official newspaper, Ithacaafournal:
I.] ADVERTISEMENT/NOTICE
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TB Resolution 2020 -, 107b:
Authoriz;,ition to Release
and Extirit ijUiSh an Existing
Easerne"'A frorn Coddington
CRCC easement swap Public Notice
Road Community Center
(or
Parkland PUrposes, sub-
111c, to Permissive Reieren-
111,1111, and to Set a Public
Location of Sign Board Used for Posting:
Hoaring coin Approval of a
Replac&rient Parkland
Town Clerk's Office
Easement
215 North Tioga Street
Whereas, an casement situ-
cited on lands owned by
the Coddington Road Com-
Ithaca, NY 14850
munity CeiiLer, Inc.. (CRCC)
was acquired by fle Town
in 1986 and ex aiidecl in
2008, arid servN3 as, and
Town website at www.towimthaca. r1y. LIS
was designiated fear, parkk
and re<ii-ation purposes,
and
Date of Posting: August 18, 2020
Whereas', ,,after' negotla-
darns with the Town in
Date of Publication: August 1.8, 2020
2018 ewer their desire to
rzxpand the childcare facili-
ty into the easernent lands,
CRCC agreed to offer Oic
Town ii repiacement �ease-
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other 1-,�orflon ref r)rop-
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Wherer, in the surrirner of
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York State LegiSlatir'Ji'(e arid
Cover "'or (Assembly A8235
& Senate 56-141�) to alienate
the existing parkIartd ease-
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STATE OF NEW YORK)
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Resolved', that the Town
Board of the Town of Itha-
ca auttiorizes the release
and extinguishment of the
exIsting easernent and au-
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thorjz6S I , 1w, Town Supervi.
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and extirup,iish said ea%e-
ment, subject to -the appro-
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TOWN OF ITHACA
AFFIDAVIT OF POSTINC AND PUBLICATION
1, Becky Jordan, being duly sworn, say that I ain the DC]ILIty Town Clerk of theTown of Ithaca, Tornpkitis
County, New York; that the following notice has been duly posted on the sign board of the Town Clerk of
the Town of Ithaca and the notice has been duly published in the official newspaper, lthacalournal:
0 ADVERTISENIENT/NOTICE
1] NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
O'NOTICE OF ESTOPPEL
El NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF PUBLIC
INTEREST ORDER
Replacement Parkland easement front
Coddington Road Community Center.
Location of Sign Board Used for Posting:
Town Clerk's Office
215 North Tioga Street
Ithaca, NY 14850
Town website at %vw%v,towii,itlicic,,.I.11y,Lis
Date of Posting: August 18, 2020
Date of Publication: August 18, 2020
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MEETING OF THE ITHACA TOWN BOARD
Monday, August 24, 2020 at 4:30 p.m.
MINUTES
Board Members Present: Rod Howe, Supervisor; Members Eric Levine, Rich DePaolo, Bill
Goodman, Tee -Ann Hunter, Pat Leary and Pamela Bleiwas
Staff Present: Susan Brock, Attorney for the Town; Judy Drake, Director of Human Resources;
Marty Moseley, Director of Code Enforcement; Paulette Rosa, Town Clerk; Donna Shaw,
Finance; Joe Slater, Director of Public Works and Dan Thaete, Director of Engineering
1. Call to order
Mr. Howe called the meeting to order at 4:30 p.m.
(Meeting held via ZOOM per Executive Order extensions COVID-19)
2. Public hearing regarding the proposed acquisition of real property via a permanent
easement for park land associated with the Coddington Road Community Center
Mr. Howe opened the public hearing at 4:31p.m.
Julie Tenney addressed the Board saying that she is the former President of the CRCC Board and
she is very happy to hear this is moving forward and added that she grew up on Coddington Rd
and lives nearby now and passes the Center every day and very excited that they are able to
expand and bring more services to the community. She thanked Heather and the Town for their
efforts.
Jeanette McCord addressed the Board saying that she lives close to the Center and she also is a
former Board member of the Center. She is excited with the expansion plans and fully supports
the plans.
Mr. Howe closed the public hearing at 4:34 p.m.
Mr. Howe noted that the draft resolution shows that we are in a permissive referendum period on
this action and assuming that we do not get a petition against the action, this authorizes the Town
Board to accept the replacement easement and authorizes the Town Supervisor to execute any
documents necessary.
Mr. Goodman reported that Tompkins County Assessment verified that the value of the two
parcels are comparable, also, TG Miller has drafted the legal descriptions for the documents
needed to execute the exchange.
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TB Resolution 2020 — 111: Authorization and approval of the acceptance of an easement
from Coddin2ton Road Community Center for Parkland Purposes and authorizing the
Supervisor to execute documents
Whereas, an easement situated on lands owned by the Coddington Road Community Center, Inc.
(CRCC) was acquired by the Town in 1986 and expanded in 2008, and served as, and was
designated for, park and recreation purposes, and
Whereas, after negotiations with the Town in 2018 over their desire to expand the childcare
facility into the easement lands, CRCC agreed to offer the Town a replacement easement of
similar size on another portion of their property, and
Whereas, in the summer of 2019 the Town obtained permission from the New York State
Legislature and Governor (Assembly A8235 & Senate 56441) to alienate the existing parkland
easement and replace it with an easement located on another portion of the property; and
Whereas the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca adopted TB Resolution 2020-107b extinguishing
and releasing said current easement, subject to a Permissive Referendum period which expires on
September 18, 2020, and
Whereas the Town Board held a duly advertised public hearing on the acceptance of the
easement on August 24, 2020 where the public was able to comment on the acquisition of real
property; now therefore be it
Resolved, that, contingent upon the expiration of the permissive referendum period and receipt of
an affidavit of no petitions received and the satisfaction of all requirements in the adopted alienation
legislation, the Ithaca Town Board hereby approves the acceptance of the replacement easement
for park and recreation purposes and authorizes the Town Supervisor to execute the documents
deemed necessary by, and approved by, the Attorney for the Town.
Moved: Bill Goodman Seconded: Tee -Ann Hunter
Vote: ayes — Goodman, Howe, Hunter, Leary, Levine, Bleiwas and DePaolo
3. Consider setting a public hearing regarding a proposed local law entitled
"Comprehensively revising Town of Ithaca Code Chapter 125, "Building Construction
and Fire Prevention," adding Dangerous or Unsafe Buildings, Structures and
Equipment Provisions to Chapter 125, and Deleting Chapter 129, "Buildings, Unsafe"
Mr. Goodman gave an overview as Chair of COC, saying that this is an update of our existing
Code Chapter 125 to conform with NYS law and during that process, it was determined that
there were some items that were conflicting or out of date in Chapter 129 and the decision was
made to delete Chapter 129 and incorporate certain pieces of that into Chapter 125 and simply
delete Chapter 129.
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Mr. DePaolo asked about the piece regarding food trucks and whether that was in anticipation of
allowing food trucks because he didn't think it was in the existing Chapter 125.
Mr. Goodman responded that it was not in the existing but was added to conform with NYS law
and provisions.
Mr. DePaolo said his concern is that by adding this, we are essentially allowing food trucks by
allowing an operating permit for them, but we don't have any process in place to do that.
Mr. Moseley responded that we do have areas that allow food trucks, such as South Hill Business
Campus where special events can occur so we would issue them there now.
Mr. Goodman added that the Planning Committee is talking about food trucks now.
Mr. DePaolo said his other question was about parking garage assessments which he thought
were huge, and he wondered where that came from and why.
Mr. Moseley responded that the assessments came from a garage collapsing 4-5 years ago down
around Binghamton and a Senator worked to put these laws on the books to require inspections
under more scrutiny. Instead of amending the NYS Code, they amended the provisions which
every municipality adopts. We do not have any parking garages, but it is to stay consistent with
the NYS model local law suggestions have established.
TB Resolution 2020 - 112: Setting a public hearing rmardin2 a proposed local law entitled
"A Local Law Comprehensively revising Town of Ithaca Code Chapter 125, `Building
Construction and Fire Prevention," adding Dangerous or Unsafe Buildings, Structures and
Equipment Provisions to Chapter 125, and Deleting Chapter 129, `Buildings, Unsafe"
Resolved, that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca will hold a public hearing beginning at
5:30 p.m. at the Town Hall, 215 North Tioga Street, Ithaca, New York on the 14'h day of
September 2020 and via the ZOOM video and audio conferencing platform per Governor
Cuomo's Executive Order(s) and Extension(s) regarding health & safety guidance associated
with COVID-19 and in -person attendance at public meetings. The public hearing is for the
consideration of adopting:
1. A proposed local law "A Local Law Comprehensively revising Town of Ithaca Code
Chapter 125, "Building Construction and Fire Prevention," adding Dangerous or Unsafe
Buildings, Structures and Equipment Provisions to Chapter 125, and Deleting Chapter
129, "Buildings, Unsafe"
At such time all persons interested in the proposed local law will be heard concerning the same.
Comments can be emailed to the Town Clerk before the meeting or made via phone or
video/audio during the meeting using the ZOOM platform.
Moved: Bill Goodman Seconded: Rich DePaolo
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Vote: ayes — Goodman, Howe, Hunter, Leary, Levine, Bleiwas and DePaolo
4. Discuss request for a waiver/reduction in fee for a Temporary Certificate of Occupancy
at 104 Grove Place
Mr. Mosely gave additional information which was requested at the last meeting. He stated that
the costs to the Town to issue a TCO for this property would be about $400 between Codes and
Engineering.
The details of those costs are Codes and Engineering anticipating 2 additional inspections from
each department at about 1.5 hours including staff, travel and administrative time.
Mr. Howe asked about other permits in the mix that may want the same and Mr. Moseley said
that doesn't seem to be the issue at this time.
Mr. DePaolo noted that he did not hear the discussion at the last meeting; it seems they are
asking for relief from an $1,100 fee which we are spending about $400 for? How is it that we
determine the original fee?
Mr. Moseley responded that a TCO fee is set at half the cost of the initial building permit and
this permit was $2,200.
Ms. Rosa added that there is the additional cost of a legal ad and administrative costs associated
with that.
Discussion followed on what was included in that estimate and Mr. Goodman suggested a cost of
$550 to begin discussion.
Ms. Bleiwas asked about the process of a TCO vs a Certificate of Occupancy (CO) and what are
staff looking at differently in a TCO inspection rather than a CO inspection.
Mr. Moseley responded that the final CO is included in the initial building permit costs. The
TCO is for when things aren't quite done yet but not associated with public safety of the
structure. For a TCO, we would make sure that all the safety features are in place and
functioning such as handrails, smoke detectors etc. but they may not have everything done and
often those are aesthetic items or stormwater issues. We can't issue a CO until the stormwater
control is finished.
Ms. Bleiwas asked if when a TCO is issued, is the inspection less burdensome at the inspection
for the CO?
Mr. Moseley responded that a TCO forces us to organize the process earlier than we usually
would, so yes.
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Mr. DePaolo asked if there was any attention given to the possible precedent -setting nature of
this request, considering that everyone potentially has a COVID hardship to claim and the other
issue is that this waiver request seems to be based on anecdotal evidence. We don't have any
real idea of the financial picture or "need" of the applicant. It is an interesting situation in this
environment, because it could be the first domino to fall.
Mr. Howe said there was concern about setting a precedent and that is why we went back and
looked at pending permits and it doesn't seem like there is that likelihood.
The Board then discussed what the "financial hardship" is and how to verify that and the details
in the local law that the Board uses in this balancing test and how to do that.
The Board determined that overall, a reduction seems fair and they would set a public hearing
indicating a $500 reduction in the established fee and discuss this further.
TB Resolution 2020 - 113: Setting a public hearing regarding a request for a waiver for a
Temporary Certificate of Occupancy —104 Grover PI
Whereas the Town Board received a request for a waiver of the fee associated with the issuance
of a Temporary Certificate of Occupancy from the owners of 104 Grove Pl, and
Whereas the Town Board discussed the request and determined that a reduction of $500 is
appropriate, and
Whereas the Town of Ithaca Code Chapter 125-7(2) requires that a public hearing be held on the
request; now therefore be it
Resolved, that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca will hold a public hearing regarding the
request for a waiver of the fee for a temporary certificate of occupancy beginning at 5:30 p.m. at
the Town Hall, 215 North Tioga Street, Ithaca, New York on the 14th day of September 2020
and via the ZOOM video and audio conferencing platform per Governor Cuomo's Executive
Order(s) and Extension(s) regarding health & safety guidance associated with COVID-19 and in -
person attendance at public meetings, and be it further
Resolved, that at such time and place all persons interested in the proposed local law will be
heard concerning the same. Comments can be emailed to the Town Clerk before or during the
public hearing or made via phone or video/audio during the public hearing using the ZOOM
platform.
Moved: Tee -Ann Hunter Seconded: Eric Levine
Vote: ayes — Hunter, Levine, Leary, Howe, DePaolo, Goodman and Bleiwas
5. Discuss and consider authorization for the Town supervisor to sign a contract for Final Design
and Bid Phase Services for the Forest Home Walkway Improvement Project — Pulled
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Mr. Howe stated that this has been pulled and the item referred to the Public Works Committee
for further review.
6. Discuss Watershed project suggestions for possible grant opportunities
Mr. Howe noted that we have talked about this before and it isn't that these projects would be
selected, but they would be submitted.
Ms. Hunter added that these will go on to the CNYRPB who is putting together a list of water -
quality projects from throughout the watershed as part of a NYSDOS grant. Mr. Slater has found
some possible projects in the Town and Mr. Goodman has also recommended one. These will be
reviewed by CNYRPB.
Mr. DePaolo said he thought the Town was involved in installing rip -wrap for the Six Mile
Creek and issues there and the South Hill Trail is also a safety issue and that could be indicated
in each of those to add credence. He also thanked Mr. Slater for prioritizing the one that he
would like to see done.
TB Resolution 2020 - 114: Approval of project descriptions to be submitted for NYSD
Local Waterfront Revitalization Project
Whereas the Town of Ithaca has been asked for water quality project ideas as part of a New York
State Department of State Local Waterfront Revitalization Project, and
Whereas the Director of Public Works has identified seven possible water quality improvement
projects for submission to Central New York Regional Planning and Development Board who is
collecting and prioritizing project ideas from around the watershed, now therefore
Be it resolved that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca requests seven project ideas in the
areas of Hackberry-Coy Glen, Seven Mile Drive, Elmira Rd Western Stream back, Six Mile
Creek Vineyards, South Hill Trail, West King Road, and Woodgate be submitted to Central New
York Regional Planning and Development Board.
Moved: Tee -Ann Hunter Seconded: Rod Howe
Vote: ayes — Hunter, Howe, DePaolo, Goodman, Bleiwas, Leary and Levine
Added items
Authorization for contract — Demolition of 124 Seven Mile Dr
Mr. Howe reported that we solicited quotes and have received two and we would like to move
forward with this.
TB Resolution 2020 - 115: Authorization for Supervisor to sign contract for the demolition
of the structure on 124 Seven Mile Dr.
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Whereas the Town has purchased real property at 124 Seven Mile Dr, adjacent to the Public
Works Facility for future use, and
Whereas the residence on the property has been determined to be of no use to the Town, and
Whereas the Town Board and multiple committees have discussed the proposal to demolish the
residence over the past months and the recommendation was made to solicit quotes on the cost to
do so, and
Whereas the Director of Public Works solicited quotes from three companies and received two
responses and
Whereas the Director of Public Works recommend entering a contract with LCP Group, Inc.,
Vestal NY for a cost not to exceed $20,000.00; now therefore be it
Resolved that the Town Board accepts the recommendation of the Director of Public Works and
authorizes the Town Supervisor to sign a contract for the demolition of the structure, subject to
the approval of the Attorney for the Town.
Moved: Tee -Ann Hunter Seconded: Rod Howe
Vote: ayes — Hunter, Howe, Levine, Leary, DePaolo, Goodman and Bleiwas
7. Committee Reports
Budget — Mr. Levine reported that the preliminary budget has been prepared and
highlights sent out by Mr. Solvig. It will be discussed at the September meeting. Of
note is that the average homeowner will not see an increase in their town tax bill and
it might even go down a little.
Mr. Solvig added that the total budget for 2021 goes down a little under 1 % and the
tax levy goes up a little over 2% but the assessed valuations went up almost 3% so the
tax rate comes down. A typical $300K house, the property tax bill is about $80 less.
We are going to be working on figures to get the funds to their acceptable levels.
Mr. Solvig added that our credit rating stayed at AA1 and Moody's had some
complimentary comments in there about the Town. The bonds were sold; the
refunding bonds with a savings of about $156K over 11 years and we sold the bonds
for the PWF project and three watermain improvement projects and we were happy
with the results of that.
b. Planning — Mr. DePaolo reported that they had two major items; the first was a
potential modification of the EcoVillage PDZ to allow for semi -permanent camping
grounds under their educational arm with a potential commercial aspect to allow for
the public to use it also. At this point, we are going to look at the PDZ language.
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The other item was looking at food trucks and if we want to allow them and where
and under what requirements — including parking to allow for control of where. The
committee is looking at other municipal laws and more to come.
Ms. Ritter added that they started discussing pools and fencing materials which arose
from the installation of a pool on Northview Rd.
c. Public Works — Ms. Hunter reported that they looked at and approved the concept
and location for the water and sewer infrastructure at the Amabel development and
that will eventually come to the Town Board for acceptance at a later time. The
developer has to establish a Sewer Corporation, which will also come before the
Board.
Looked at the revised Town Map and recommended that to the Planning Board for
review as required. It now includes some private roads which alleviates issues with
State 280a requirements when applying for a building permit and road frontage as
well as putting the parks and preserves back on and correcting some spellings.
Talked about the Forest Home Walkway and that will come back at the next meeting.
PWF update — some delays due to supply chain.
d. COC - Codes and Ordinances — Mr. Goodman reported that they continue to
discuss regulating small cell facilities and the Court has rendered a decision on a
municipal appeal on the restrictions on local governments. We can do aesthetic
restrictions and we will be going back to those and moving forward with finalizing
those to move on to the Board.
e. P&O - Personnel and Organization — Ms. Bleiwas reported that they discussed
plans to start the search for a new Finance Director and next month we will start the
final review of the revised Personnel Manual and comments from counsel regarding
the Post Office lease.
Ad Hoc/Sub Committees
a. Green New Deal Committee — Mr. Howe reported that the task is to develop an
Action Plan and we have started on a spreadsheet and matrix; looking for ways to
infuse this idea throughout the town and departments as well as talking with other
municipalities about Community Choice Aggregation and Rentricity (exploring water
turbulence to go in the water system to knock down our usage by making energy and
adding it back to the grid), a Green Fleet policy and wrapping our heads around what
our role could be on community solar.
b. Economic Development Committee — Mr. Howe reported that we have been focused
on the Inlet Valley and we are waiting on final design guidelines from Behan
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Associates and hope to meet with them in September followed by a community
meeting.
c. Bicentennial Committee — Mr. Howe reported that some of the major aspects are the
pictures and videos as well as re-enacting historical meetings and actions in costume
and focusing on older documents and displaying them in our lobby. There will be a
section on website also. He added that this depends on the excitement level of staff
and the Board to move forward.
d. Short Term Rentals Committee — Mr. Goodman reported that there has been a big
shift in this from regulating un-hosted rentals to regulations for all short-term rentals.
We have spent the last few months working with the City and County on looking at
companies that help track rentals and the County has two proposals and we are
talking about getting additional information from the chosen company around
enforcement.
At the next meeting we will be looking at the details of permitting and process and
fees. He hopes to have a revised draft by November or December.
e. Agriculture Committee — Mr. Goodman reported that they met at the end of July and
usually we try and do a field trip in the fall, but given the current situation, talked
about postponing it until the spring or trying a virtual tour.
Discussion followed and some members were interested in trying to carpool a visit
with masks and they also liked the idea of video tours for the town website. Mr.
Goodman will work on a hybrid for October.
8. Report of Town Officials
Mr. Howe reported that the road use agreement dispute with Greystar has been resolved and
litigation avoided.
Mr. Howe reported on some issues around hot air balloon rides and buzzing treetops and coming
close to houses. Mr. DePaolo reported on his ride and offered to reach out to the company in
question and ask him to keep a little further away from houses and maintain a minimum altitude
as well as seeing what our options are legally.
9. Consent Agenda
TB Resolution 2020 - 116: Adopt Consent Agenda
Resolved, that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca hereby approves and/or adopts the
following Consent Agenda items:
a. Approval of Town Board Minutes
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b. Approval of Town of Ithaca Abstract
Moved: Tee -Ann Hunter Seconded: Bill Goodman
Vote: ayes — Hunter, Goodman, Bleiwas, Levine, Leary, DePaolo and Howe
TB Resolution 2020 - 1116a: Approval of Minutes
Resolved, that the Town Board hereby approves the draft minutes of July 27, 2020 as submitted
with any non -substantial corrections suggested and approved by the Board made.
TB Resolution 2020 - 116b: Town of Ithaca Abstract No. 16 for FY-2020
Whereas the following numbered vouchers have been presented to the Ithaca Town Board for
approval of payment; and
Whereas the said vouchers have been audited for payment by the said Town Board; now
therefore be it
Resolved that the governing Town Board hereby authorizes the payment of the said vouchers in
total for the amounts indicated.
VOUCHER NOS. 901 - 957
General Fund Town Wide
44,741.59
General Fund Part -Town
885.54
Highway Fund Town Wide DA
3,438.00
Highway Fund Part Town DB
8,632.72
Water Fund
2,562.04
Sewer Fund
37,955.35
State Route 96b Sidewalk — H7
408,289.11
PWF Renovations Project— H22
520.00
Fire Protection Fund
280,000.00
Forest Home Lighting District
30.80
Glenside Lighting District
9.22
Renwick Heights Lighting District
15.35
Eastwood Commons Lighting District
21.53
Clover Lane Lighting District
2.85
Winner's Circle Lighting District
4.33
Burlei h Drive Lighting District
10.03
West Haven Road Lighting District
39.83
Coddin ton Road Lighting District
23.19
TOTAL
787,181.48
TB 2020-08-24 Pg. 10
10. Adjournment
Meeting was adjourned upon motion and a second at 6:13 p.m.; unanimous.
TB 2020-08-24 Pg. 11
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Comments/Descriptions
Hackberry_Coy Glen —This is an area that we are cleaning out annually, if not bi-annually, near the
culvert pipe on Hackberry Lane and also contracted by the NYSDEC to clean out the area near where this
stream meet the Cayuga Inlet. If one was to travel uphill on Coy Glen Road from Route 13A and look
over the bank to the left they would see where the stream banks are eroding.
Seven Mile Drive —This map is showing the streams near our DPW Facility that are, again, cleaned out
several times a year. Gravel and trees are the main features removed from these streams, but some
stone weirs have been placed near the roads in these streams to accommodate trapping gravel. Walking
the stream back from the road (Seven Mile Dr.) that traverses our DPW property you would see some
erosion along the banks, especially near the rear of the DPW property to the south and west.
Six Mile Creek Vineyards _Slaterville Rd. — I am uncertain about this area, you may know more than I.
During the Dan Walker Era I think that the Town placed stormwater infrastructure traversing Park Lane
to the Eastern Heights Sub -division causing some massive erosion where the piping outlets in the Six
Mile Creek Vineyards. Jim Weber was working with the previous Vineyard owners for maintenance
easements if I remember correctly. There is also a spot going up Park Lane and looking to the right
(behind #1564 Slaterville Rd.) that we are cleaning out several time a year in which the Town has an
easement on I believe.
South Hill Trail — Walking the trail there are several spots (coming in from the Burns Rd. end) that cross
the trail and are eroding massive trees and steep wooded banks. This is an area that is directly impacting
the Six Mile Creek Area in which the City of Ithaca uses as a reservoir for potable water supply to the
City Residents and ultimately is one of the main tributaries to Cayuga Lake
West King Road — We recently temporarily patched the should and ditch line of this highly erosive spot.
This stream is collecting water that comes all the way from State route 96B and travels down a concrete
gutter (high velocity) which ends near a stream that travels into the NYS property of Buttermilk Falls
State Park. This has been a project that has been looked at for years but has been somewhat limped
along due to more pressing projects and the complexity of getting equipment over the steep
embankment. I would rate this one highest on this list if one was to ask.
Woodgate — this is an area on West Hill identified by Rich Tenkate as something that is getting worse
over time. My recollection of the this area is that there is some steep ravines that are taking water from
the neighboring Town of Enfield and the headworks of the map labeled Hackberry Coy Glen.
In my conversation with Kathy Bertuch it sounded as if this is preliminary and there may need to be
more information, but she had indicated that it didn't matter whether or not it was on Private or Public
property. She also indicated that all she really needed was location based on cross streets / coordinates
and land owner information, so hopefully these maps will be suffice.
Talk to you soon,
Joe
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