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TOWN OF DRYDEN
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PROPOSED YELLOW DARK DRAMAGE DISMCT
MAY 1130 1999
The meeting was opened at 6:35 p.m. by Supervisor Schug, who informed those present
that David Putnam of TG Miller, PC, the Town engineers, would give an explanation of the
proposed project and there would then be an opportunity for questions and comments by the
_public. Hopefully the Town Board will gain enough information tonight to make a decision on
whether to move forward.
Dave Putnam - Has extra maps of the project and reports available for those who want
them. Because of some of the property owners' request to the Town, his firm looked at stream
bank protection in the area between Ferguson Road and Route 13 on Tributary 15A. The goal
is to control erosion with the minimum of future maintenance possible, so they went to a rip -
rap stream bank.protection so the district would not have to_perform yearly maintenance. This
would not be possible with a vegetative type stream bank protection. Looking at the existing
watershed conditions and various options, they came up with a stream bank capacity velocity
that would be needed for the protection of the area The benefit area was originally bigger, but
has been pared down by removing the parcels north of Route 13, because they did not receive a
direct benefit from the stream bank protection. They then looked at what would have to be
done to protect from a smaller storm to the larger storms and the height of the rip-rap up the
stream banks did not change appreciably between the three storms, so they designed at a 100 -
year storm. They looked at the culverts and the roadways. Route 13 is a very limited capacity,
but the overflow instead of going across Route 13, it goes to the west and there are two more
' culverts that can take some of the flow (each side of Caskey's). Yellow Barn Road is an old
bridge, not even a culvert, and they looked at a very conservative capacity there, not even
bringing it all the way up to the bottom of the bridge, and that would carry a 100 -year flood.
The Ferguson Road culvert will take about a 25 year storm and then the road will overtop and
water will go back in the same channel on the other side of the road. That is a common
practice for town highways. There are two bridges in the stream on private property, the
Harding and the Hayes bridges. The channel at those in the improved condition will more than
carry a 100 -year storm. The 48'culvert is the same as the Ferguson Road culvert. If that over -
tops it will come around and back into the same channel. That will carry about a 10 -year
storm. The recommended improvements shown on the map is for almost all of the stream from
Ferguson Road down in to behind the greenhouse. After that there is a short section south of
Yellow Barn Road where the slope of the stream is flat enough that you don't have the real
erosive velocity and we are not proposing to do anything there. At about 150 -200' north of the
Yellow Barn bridge, the slope flattens out again and you don't have the erosive velocity in the
stream and you have a more stable stream bank.
In order to construct this on private property, there will need to be at least four or five
access roads, maybe more (there are five in the budget), to get through people's yards. Also, in
an attempt to keep some of the upstream sediments out of our proposed improvements, we
prsopose a stiller basin each side of Ferguson Road where the Town can access them from the
road and clean them. The Ferguson Road culvert is beginning to collect sediment and it is only
two years old. The banks will be replanted above the rip -rap (which will go up about 3) with a
yet to be determined non - erosive type vegetation. The town will retain a maintenance easement
of approximately 50' along the length of the corridor. The heavy stone will have to be hauled in
from the road through the people's yards on the access roads. If the project moves forward, the
access roads will be designed to miss property owner's septic systems.
The cost estimate is roughly half a million dollars and was broken down and explained
to the audience. It is estimated to finance this over a 20 year period at a 5 '1a % bond rate,
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making a loan repayment of about $41,000 per year. That is proposed to be repaid by a benefit
formula based on assessment. Assessed value divided t the total assessment for all each tax
parcels times $41,000. There is a table in the report detailing the Pan
parcel. payment reduction was explained. For every $10,000 obtained in grant money, the
annual assessment would be reduced by $35 -$40 for atypical family.
Alan Hayes, 59 Yellow Barn Road - The creek has gone to the banks at least twice in 35
years.
D put riam - The bottom will be widened to eight feet, three foot high sides, so we can
work this. It will be a more uniform bottom.
Alan Hayes asked if his bridge would be removed and was told that it would be taken
out, set aside and then put back. Mr. Hayes said the bridge was not designed to be moved. It
will break apart.
Charles Walsh, 41 Yellow Barn Road - Has no problem in Ilrydam, it dries eup in
the summer. Is opposed to the project. Feels taxes are high fees would be for
where the money came from to do the study and wonders what the remaining
the rest of the bond issue.
He was told that the money for the study came from the town's general fund and the it
bond would be paid off in twenty years unless the assessed edvaluw��a total went raise
would be paid off sooner. If the vacant lands were imp
and the cost to property owners would be reduced proportionately.
Jim Drew, 33 Yellow Barn Road - They moved here in 1991 and chose their the
because of the privacy of the backyard afforded by the stream. During the
stream runs dry. They have not had the water come over the bank in their yard. It, has gotten
high at times because of the debris coming down the hill. As a responsible property owner, he
cleans that debris up. He had water in his basement in 1996 and he went out and cleared the
snags in the stream. He is not in favor of the project because he is afraid of losing the privacy
of his yard. The increase in taxes will make his house difficult to sell if he decides to sell. He
does not want to bear that burden.
A Hayes - He also goes out and corrects any problems in the stream, rather than
depend on the charity of his neighbors.
Mark Ayres - Also clears any problems in the stream.
Ernie Balducci, 37 Yellow Barn Road - In the last 30 years he has had water in the
basement three times. He has been able to keep up with work in the stream until the last
flood. It moved trees, made islands, etc and it is not possible for him to now go out wltti a pic]s�
and shovel and remedy the situation. His concern is that all of sudden this stream has taken
on major proportions with rip -rap, etc and he wonders why it so important now when it has not
been so important in the past? Someone is now asking the taxpayer to pay on average $1.10
an hour out of their pay for a 40 hour work week for thirty years, and he doesn't feel that is
fair. He feels we should allow the homeowner by some manner to have a bulldozer go in and
clean it out and taper it down. In some areas the creek bed is not deep enough. He is leaning
to be in favor of the project, but he is not in favor of paying $50,000 over the next thirty years.
Steve Bright, 67 Yellow Barn Road - He would certainly benefit from the project, since
he has lost four or five large truck loads of dirt from his yard. They are at risk of losing large
n1d irr�es into the creek. They have lost small 17ee�, Tie cost of �heArojeet boGU�U�
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D Putiam - again explained hew grant money could reduce the cost to the taxpayer.
E Balduc€i - Asked why with all the flood control projects done around the county and
in this town, including the dam, Virgil Creek, etc., the individuals on Yellow Barn has to pay
and others have not_ If this is controlled by DEC, why is the taxpayer getting na Ued hard for
this project when the people downstream all the way down to the golf course in the city of
Ithaca are going to benefit?
D Putnam - Explained that the people just north of Route 13 who get the majority of
the settlement that comes off the kill just two or three years ago get a permit from DEC to work
in the stream and removed the sediment because it was causing a, groblem at their own
expense. DEC controls it because it is a, tributary to the trout stream. They control when you
go in the stream and the type of work you can do. They have to approve the construction
plans. The dam was all federal moneyr
upv achug , This is why we had it explained in the report how grant money would
affect the individual payments. We did that because we have not yet applied for any money
yet. The only money we have applied for is with the County, which amounts to $10,000 or
$15,000. There may be federal money wm can get, but if you shoot the project down and we
don't do it, then we will not apply for any money because we can't get it,
Z
Balducei
- With
the necessary approvals a homeowner can hire a Bulldozer and go in
there
for
a lot less
money
that this.
Supv chug - If you want to do that, fine. We had a couple of your neighbors come in
and ask us to do a study on tow we could fix, the creek_ That is what we did_
E Balducci - Understands, he was a part of that , but he thinks the way it is coming out
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s a lot more money than people had anticipated. It is a much more elaborate plan.
Dan Schmohe = read the following stateipent:
Opposition To the Yellow Barn Drainage District
Several years ago I was approached by fair. Jack Harding of Yellow
Barn Rd and subsequently Dan ea ald and others with concerns about the
seasonal stream that runs through their property and several of his
neighbors_
His question was whether I had experienced any troubles with the
creek-
My answer to my neighbors is the same now as it was then. i have
had no trouble and do not want to support through taxes or any other such
money this dralriage district_ 1 am down stream and I have never had
problerns in the 28 years I have lived here_ Nor has my wife who has lived
in this house before any houses were built in the Yellow Barn
Development-
0 If you alter the watercourse in any way it will affect tne_ And if it
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does so negatively I will hold the town and landowners personally liable.
The past practices of the Yellow Barn o rP _ in conjunction with the
Town Board have been less than complete or compliant with other projects
that require site review,
Case in point, For a sub division or development to receive approval
a method of access and egress to said development must be approved and
implemented. The proposed road that would have extended Spring Run
clown to Rt. 13 was abandoned by the town; not very responsible in view
of the complaints about site distances and the expanse to which the Yellow
Barn area has been allowed to developer
I probably am one of the few people in the proposed District that has
had formal education involving the development of drainage systems.
It is apparent that the handling of the properties in order to extend
lawns and the ease of mowing has exacerbated erosion on individual
properties_
Further disturbing the banks by the inclusion of rip rap A I accelerate
water on this steep change of elevation.
Regardless,.. as stated in the advertisement of this meeting page 3
paragraph 4 the DEC has not received any plans, or "unlisted action"
claims, as is stated, nor hay it even been determined weather a long form of
site review necessary.
C have talked to people at DEC and simply put if an individual has
problems on their property it is the individual property owner's
responsibility to take care of it.
You, my neighbors, basically created the problem by changing the lay
of the land, the vegetation and in some instances the watercourse itself.
1 refuse to support or pay for your drainage district as has the Town
in deferring the cost to you,
My inclusion in this project has no benefit to me or detriment to you
other than Fny helping to pay for your project_
Please exclude me.
Respectively Submitted
Dan Schmohe 0
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® An inquiry was made regarding how owners of two lots would be affected by the
assessment. It was explained that is based on assessment also, and would probably result in a
charge of $8.00.
Joyce
Walsh, 41 Yellow Barn - inquired if they
would have
a chance to vote on this and
was told that
if the Town Board decides to go forward,
it is subject
to a permissive referendum.
Atty Perkins - In order to form the district the Town has to adopt an Order establishing
the district. If it does, that is adopted subject to a permissive referendum. The way you get a
permissive referendum is that there must be a petition signed and acknowledged by the owners
of taxable property equal to at least five percent of the total number of such owners. You
would need two signatures to call the question. Then you would have a vote (it would be a yes
or no vote) to approve the resolution of the Town Board establishing the district. You need a
majority voting yes to pass it. The voting qualifications are: You must be a citizen of the
United States, you must be over 18, each tenant in common on a deed gets one vote. If it is
owned by a husband and wife as tenants by the entirety, each spouse gets one vote, a
partnership gets one vote, and a corporation gets one vote. It doesn't matter how many parcels
you own, you're only an owner once if you are in the district.
Steve Singer, 445 Ferguson Road - asked for and was given clarification on calling a
vote on the matter and what the vote was for.
Dan Schmohe - Feels that some of the definition of what is included in the proposed
district is somewhat arbitrary. Being the least affected yet the most downhill from the stream,
he wants to know how or why he was included. Why should he have to pay for anything
A upstream from him. He won't be receiving any rip -rap or anything. There is little change in
elevation along that course and the water has never gone over the stream banks.
Supv Schug - Yes it was done arbitrarily and it was done based on benefit because the
problems run from Ferguson Road down to Route 13. We did take a look at the property on
the north side of Route 13, but those people have gotten together and fixed their problems
themselves. The hearing tonight is to hear comment, let's see what shakes out with the rest of
the people.
An audience member asked if a petition could be instituted tonight and was informed
that it could only happen if the Town Board adopts a resolution establishing the district
because the vote is on whether to approve that resolution. The petition has to be in a certain
form that the Town will furnish if requested.
D Schmohe - This project was proposed by a relatively small group of people. What is
the Board's criteria for a vote to move forward at this point?
Supv Schug - Each board member has their own criteria and the criteria is what is
being heard tonight.
D Schmohe - Would like to bring to the floor an open vote for or against the_project
tonight and was told the hearing has to be completed fast.
Supv Schug - If 70% of the people here indicate they are opposed, the Board may defer
taking any action tonight. All the people who are included in the proposed district are not
present, however.
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Jim Drew - Would the town be willing to help those few people who have a real dire
.problem go through the DEC permit_process so that they can take care of the problem. He •
would rather spend his money cleaning up the creek this year, and perhaps next year not have
to spend a penny. Perhaps the town could help those people on an individual basis and not
burden the entire neighborhood.
Supv Schug - If you want to get a permit, you only need to stop out at DEC in Cortland,
get a permit form and fill it out. Anyone can do this and are welcome to. One of the reasons
for doing this is that we have had several problems within the town with flooding, etc. What we
are doing is trying to see whether or not there is enough interest and need for a drainage
district such as this. It's your money, it's your town, it's your backyard, and if you don't want
it, you don't want it.
Wayne Antal, 47 Yellow Barn Road - Doesn't believe it would cost half a million dollars
if each individual took care of their own yard.
Other comments from the public:
-- Board was thanked for looking at the problem, and that is what some of the residents
had asked for. The problem is that the residents don't like the solution presented because of
the cost.
-- It seems the problem got worse when the roadwork was done on Ferguson Road and
the larger culvert was installed. The water flows more quickly now, causing more erosion. Is
there any responsibility on the part of the Town because of that?
D Putnam - There is a very, very small ponding area behind Ferguson Road. In most
storms you would not notice the ponding. The Town changed the culvert from a 4 to S' •
diameter culvert after the old culvert washed out in 1996 because it was not big enough. The
pond will fill more slowly with the larger culvert. When it fills, the water will top Ferguson
Road in the area of the culvert and go right back into the culvert. The only difference the larger
culvert makes is the change in time it will take the pond to fill. There is really no net effect
because of the culvert size on Ferguson Road. No additional erosion has been caused by the
change. The rip -rap directly under the culvert should also dissipate some of the energy coming
out of the culvert.
Other public comment:
Mr. Singer - He bought his property
pond area flooded. Since the pipe has been
whatsoever. He has observed the water flov
heavy rains that would even fill the culvert.
is needed.
in 1992 and heavy rains would flood his yard, The
replaced in Ferguson Road he has had no flooding
7 since the replacement and we have not had any
He is totally against the project and does not feel it
- Does feel there is increased water and velocity. Wonders where the water comes from
and feels it is coming from beyond the proposed district.
Supv Schug - The watershed above Ferguson Road is roughly 291 4cres.
- People who live in that area should be included in the district.
D Putnam - There are ten properties, the balance being state forest.
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Dan Seewald, 51 Yellow Barn Road - Congratulates hoard on doing study, it was long
overdue- Neighbors who have lived in the area only a few years, may not appreciate the need.
The head waters here come fora Yellow Barn Forest, Does the State have any responsibility?
D Schmohe - Called MArty Luster's office and he did not want to get involved.
1) Seewald - Cannot afford the district and feels the board realized that when the study
was ordered. We need to gu back to responsibility. Where is the water con ling g from? Someone
needs to take that responsibility. The people "titributing to the problem need to be included
in the district, and until they are, he is opposed to it. Does not feel this is fair.
Supv Schug - There is no direct benefit to those above you-
D Seewald - I benefit from it, but they contribute to it, and should be included-
E Balducci - Is there any responsibility on the part of New York State?
Super $drug - They are not responsible.
D Putnam - The watershed has not changed in 100 years.
E Balducci - Something has changed,
D Schmohe - Vegetation has been removed.
luis Weber, 18 Chelsea Circle - Has lived ire his house only five months, so does not
have a lot of history of the creek. Feels if he had known of this extra tax assessment, it would
not have been an affordable house for him. Is concerned about resale capability. He is
apposed to the project, and has not beard anyone in favor of the project the way it is currently
sttur,tumd, Asked if there was, would they please speak up. Otherwise everyone is debar g
the same side of the issue- Perhaps we should go ahead and call a vote. The Board has not
made a decision one way or the other and it is this meeting that will influence that,
Supv $chug - Inquired if anyone was interested in the project as it is and there was no
one. Inquired if they would be interested if we set the project aside and checked into what
money misfit be available to offset the cos #s. This all had to be done to find out what it would
cost to fix the creek the way it should be done.
Jack Harding, 55 Yellow Barn Road - Was one of the original group when the Town was
first asked to look into this problem. It looks like he would be at minimum tripling his annual
Town of Dryden Town & County tax ME What he had in mind was a fWare that he could pay
all ire one year, He had figured on $1,000 or $1,500. If the Town can get enough grant money
to bring it into that range, then he is interested-
Cl Grantham - Represents the Town on the Cayuga l aloe Watershed Management, the
intermunicipal organization. One of the things that she is bringing to thw Board tonight is that
there are some grant opportunities coming up, including possibly the Environmental Bond Act
money. Believes that there is a new coffer proposal coming ou# this month. The ayt Lake
Watershed Management Plana is being developed under the auspices of this intermunicipal
organization. What it does is give a lot more weight to any kind of proposals that any of the
Towns involved might put forward to the bond act money or any other source of money because
it is placed in a watershed context and because it has drinking water and other water quality
elements attached to it, not just stream batik control, although erosion is atremendous
problem in the Cayuga Lake Watershed, She has come up with three possible proposals that
she could put in to the intermunicipal organization, The intermunicipal organization tion is going
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to rank those and say to the funders'These look good, we like them for the Cayuga Lake
Watershed in general. We support these.' That would give us a stronger basis fnr making an
application, The problem is that this has to be done pretty quickly, by Friday. One of the
things she _plans to address i.s. streambank stabilization, erosum control type study and work,
not just for Tributary 15A, but also Fall Creek, because that puts it in a bigger watershed
context. This is State money. The call for proposals is.probably coming out soon. We donYt
have a Cayuga Lake Watershed Management Flan yet. The reason that the intermttuicipal
organization is endorsing some of these projects early is because some of the monies, like Bond
Act, is probably gaIng to be used up by the time we actually have a watershed management
-plan in .place. There has been some major issues identified in the watershed which include
open space and erosion. We have this opportanity to get some endorsement and make our
application stronger and maybe an opportunity to get some money for some of these projects,
So we are looking for funding, not just waiting fnr it to happen. It may not necessarily be a rip -
rap project, it might be. pretty different because of the watershed implication and we might be
able to involve the State in it
-- If you could get say $200,000, wouldn't it help these people who have major-problems
where it is washing out their yard_ What is washing out up there is coming downhill. If you
can do that and let the stream go where it is flowing clear, it will take care of a lot or problems,
isn't it? If yoti get money for it and it is not enough to take care of the whole thing, take care of
the major problems where it is washing away.
D Putnam -
You
can scale
the project
Back,
but there is the potential for erasion in that
stream bank where
you
have
any slope at all.
It is
a very eradable soil.
-- suggested a check dam_
-- suggested the cost he spread over the entire town, not just the neighborhood.
Mike aroka - If the cost were n
spread over the entire tow, how much of an increase
would that be the average taxpayer?
upv Schug -- That would have to be computed, but then everyone would be asking the
town to pay for problems an their properties. The people who are going to benefit from fining
the streambank are the people Mi this Foam. The town is not in a_positian to pay for this. The
town doesn't have sidewalks because we cannot afford to build or maintain them_ There is no
way we could ask the people of the Town of Dryden to pay another 50 cents a year i.n their
taxes to fix Yellow Barn water &Mnage. If that happens every other group wEl want their
drainage fixed. That is why the highway department seldom goes off the road fnr anything. If
we dial it for one, we'd have to do it for everybody. We can't be all things to all people. If you
want to get in the stream and fix it, go ahead. If the Town can find some money, if it's
00,I100 or more, well come back to you.
Public hearing closed at 7:45. p.m,
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TOWN OF DRYDEN
® TOWN BOARD MEETING
MAY 11, 1999
Supv Schug called the meeting to order at 7:50 p.m. Members and guests participated
in a moment of silence followed by the pledge of allegiance.
Roll call by Deputy Clerk Wanita Baldwin indicated the following present: Cl Beck, Cl T
Hatfield, Cl C Hatfield, Cl Grantham, Attorney Perkins, Supv James Schug.
Upon motion made, seconded and carried, the minutes of the meeting of April 13, 1999,
were unanimously approved.
The matter of the proposed Yellow
Barn Drainage
District was
discussed. It was
decided to not move forward now, but the
matter may be
revisited in
the future.
COUNTY BRIEFING
Charlie Evans - The initial drawings for the new library have been published. There will
be lots of public hearings before the decision is finally made on the design. That kind of
architecture may not appeal to everyone. Current estimates show that the design can be
implemented within the budget that was approved by the County Board.
The jail space committee met last month and they are getting to the point of looking at
what we are going to require for a new-jail. The projections call for needing around 175 cells by
is the end of the twenty year period the projections are being made for. We asked the question of
what happened to the old jail and why didn't the statistics then hold true. They appear to have
held true; they were based on demographics of individuals 18 to 29 years of age, and those
projections showed a dip in population of the jail in 1997 and in fact that did happen. Other
things have happened over the ten year period that certainly could not have been imagined
when that report came out. For example, 47% of the population of the jail are there for drunk
driving offenses. 10 years ago that was not being enforced as actively as it is now. Jail
sentences are much longer than they were ten years ago. The climate is such that there is a lot
of pressure for longer jail sentences. You can only sentence an individual for up to a year in
the County jail, but sentences are considerably longer than they were. An other interesting
statistic is that the rate of incarceration in Tompkins County is in the lower half in the State.
The consultants claim that we are doing more than most counties with programs to keep
people out of jail. The bad news is that there is not an awful lot more that can be done to keep
the jail population down. My proposal would be construct the jail for the next 20 years in two
modules, one for a ten year period and monitor the statistics every year to determine if it
needed to be expanded beyond that. Well keep posted on this as time goes on.
Cl T Hatfield - Are there other alternatives to incarceration being looked at?
C Evans - There clearly might be other alternatives if they are legal. A half-way house
for DWI offenders, for example, might be a way to incarcerate them without requiring them to
be incarcerated in a jail.
Michael Lane - Although a half -way house might be an alternative, they are expensive
because they also require staffing and a certain level of security.
is I wanted to update us on a couple of public works projects which have implication for
the Town. Charlie mentioned the public library and we are hoping to be into that facility about
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a year from now. With respect to the old library building, we are doing a space study of County
needs to decide what to do with that. We are looking at various options. The building is not in •
as bad shape as was thought. The program of the library had outgrown that facility. Our
perception of libraries has changed and services offered by libraries have changed, with
computers and the internet, and the population increase. We need more technical area space.
We are working on a memorandum of understanding with the City of Ithaca which will have to
do with the site at the old Woolworth building, including the parking, removing meters on some
of the streets for short-term parking. There are also issues to do with where the entrance may
be for the library. Architecturally the best place for it is at the comer of Cayuga Street and
Green Street. The City would like to see less jay walking on Green Street.
With respect to the NESTS program, it is moving ahead and a presentation is expected
on the 13'11. The working group will be presenting their final plan and recommendations to the
client committee at a joint meeting on the 20Lh.
We are still working on the Caswell Road leachate problem. We still want to find a
solution and are pursuing the idea of a sewer trunk line into the Village of Freeville, conveying
the leachate directly to the treatment plant there. We don't know whether the Village would
accept that or if it is cost feasible, but that is an option we are looking at. We are also
reviewing a reverse osmosis process, filtration process, which is being demonstrated by a
company called RoChem and is currently working with Cortland County on its leachate plan.
The problem is that when you concentrate the leachate, you have a concentrated liquid
material that you have to dispose of, and is it too strong to put into a sewer treatment plant
without pretreatment. We are finding that a lot of the leachate is coming from underground
water in areas that don't have any garbage fill.
Dryden Lake Inlet Bridge - the contract was awarded to Silverline Construction of
Burdett in the amount of $203,160. The highway division will be performing the paving itself •
at an estimated cost of $14,000.
Red Mill Road Bridge - NYS DOT has agreed to fund the Red Mill Road bridge
replacement in the Town of Dryden through the State's local bridge initiative. The program
projects must go to construction by 2 00 1. On March 16 the policy committee agreed to add
the project to the transportation improvement plan. Funding sources and shares for this
program are the same as for the old ISTEA programs. The Board of Representatives authorized
an agreement with DOT regarding the administration of the project. Other considerations will
be addressed during design.
There will be a meeting Saturday morning regarding the Cayuga Lakefront plan at the
Holiday Inn from 9:00 am. until noon. Some of the things coming together with that are the
walkway that has been funded in the inlet island area; there continues to be a strong
intermunicipal group looking at the possibility of moving the NYS Dept, of Transportation
building off of the site on the inlet to another site. They have good cooperation from the City
and State, as well as the County. This is a project that can have a lot of benefits to a lot of
different municipalities and groups. State representatives have been asked to assist in finding
funding for the project.
Supv Schug asked about the status of the MOU for that and was told that it is in the
hands of the County Attorney.
Supv Schug asked Mike Lane why there was an article in the paper and why people are
calling him about applying for money from the County for flood control problem projects. Mike
explained that the cost of the projects that are approved are split three ways between the
County, the property owner and the municipality. Projects would have to be approved by the •
municipality involved. Mike explained that Rumsey/ Lake Road problem would get money from
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the highway fund because it involves highway maintenance. Supv Schug told Mike that Virgil
is has fill available. Jack has agreed to use a few of our trucks to transport the fill, but has been
unable to get in touch with Ward Hungerford about where to place it. Mike will be following up
on this and commented that this kind of intermunicipal cooperation benefits everyone,
particularly the taxpayers.
Joyce Gerbasi - With respect to the water coming from the Caswell Road dump, is this
clean ground water?
Mike Lane - Clear water is coming into the collection area along with the contaminated
water. They were surprised in some of the test areas where they thought there was garbage to
find that there wasn't.
J Gerbasi - Are they going to do any source testing to see if it actually is clear.
Mike Lane - That is what the borings are doing.
J Gerbasi
asked is there
was a way
to separate it,
and
Mike
replied that they are looking
at different ways
to redesign the
collection
system itself.
They
have
hired engineers to
do that.
CITIZENS PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR
John Bailey. Bailey Insurance - Distributed information regarding the town's current
insurance program, showing the limits of liability, the property coverage, general liability and
reviewed it with the Board. Commercial general liability is currently $1,000,000. That protects
the Town for bodily injury and /or property damage arising out of its operation. $3,000,000 is
the total amount that would be paid by the company in any one.particular year. The most the
® company will pay at one time per occurrence is $1,000,000. The current program is with the
Selective Insurance Company. This would be the third year the Town would be renewing with
Selective. Other proposals were not sought because the market was researched and
investigated last year and felt the pricing with Selective would be similar to last year and that
has proven to be true. The second page shows commercial property coverage. They do a
replacement cost estimate and.put that information into a statement of values. That is given to
the company to show the different property coverages. We are allowed 901/o of the total (or
$1,553,000) to cover all the Town buildings and their contents. Should there be an occurrence
at any one of the Town's properties, there would be $1,553,000 plus to replace the building
and the contents. Business auto coverage is in the amount of $1_,000,000 for liability,
protecting the Town for bodily injury or property damage. Town vehicles and drivers are listed,
as well as eqiupment coverages. Dump trucks and heavier vehicles are insured on an inland
marine policy. This is a less expensive way to insure those vehicles than on an auto policy.
The equipment insured is listed. The last page shows the commercial umbrella, which is a
policy that provides an extra million dollars of liability coverage above the primary limits on the
general liability policy, excess above the automobile coverage and excess above the public
officials liability. Any one occurrence involving general liability, autos or public officials liability
will be covered up to two million dollars. The umbrella was something we talked about
increasing the limits of last year. Cost can be provided if the Town is interested. Last year the
coverage totalled $35,544 and this year the premium would be $36,138. Selective Insurance is
one of the most competitive companies right now.
Cl C Hatfield - Requested that the cost of increasing the umbrella coverage be provided
in increments of $1,000,000 up to $4,000,000.
John Bailey - asked if the Town would like the insurances changed so that they all
® come due on June 1, The Town will consider it. John explained that the umbrella provides
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coverage over and above the other policies should those limits ever be exceeded. John will
have figures for the May 18 meeting. •
Supv $chug inquired if anyone else would like to speak under citizens privilege of the
floor and there was no one.
COUNCIL PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR
Supv Schug - asked Cl Beck and Cl C Hatfield if they had any comments on the Ag
Districts Law.
Cl Beck - Does not see any problems with it.
CI T Hatfield - After our last meeting, he felt that we should perhaps change the
structure of our meetings and make sure that we address Town business in a fashion where
people who are here for the business portion of the meeting don't need to wait until 10:00p.m.
He distributed a copy of a memo regarding this and asked the Board to review it and it could be
discussed at the next meeting.
Cl
Beck -
Attended the satellite conference a
few
weeks about for
municipal officials.
He felt it
was an
informative session and he believes
we
are doing a good
job.
Cl Grantham - Discussed projects to submit to intermunicipal organization. She will
write up a paragraph or two on any ideas for the Board. It must be framed in a watershed
context. They only need a concept and she thought she would address are Tributary 15A and
Fall Creek. We could talk about another bikeway/ pedestrian way like the Dryden Freeville
Trail, starting from Game Farm Road. This would be the time to put in for that kind of thing
and she thinks it would be eligible. The other thing that would be important and fit in with the •
Cayuga Lake Watershed would be the roadway and road ditch erosion. Seneca County has
done a study on that, and when complete they got around $300,000 to go back and implement
practices that would reduce the erosion. So it would First be a study. Those are the three
things she thought would fit in with the Bond Act money.
Supv Schug - agreed.
ATTORNEY
Atty Perkins - There are two gentlemen here from Omni Point. They are probably here to
observe the board and would like to set a public hearing date on the Omni Point application to
construct two towers. The Supervisor and I met with the attorney for Omni Point early last
week and he was kind enough to provide us with a position paper on where they stand on their
application and we may disagree with some of the conclusions they've reached. The Supervisor
and I had a lengthy discussion today with our consultants and I think they are prepared and
we are prepared to set a public; hearing on the Omni Point application. The consultants are
available June 1 and June 15. They are not available on June 8 which will be the next board
meeting. Proposes setting a public hearing for June 1. That will have us two weeks to give
notice to the adjacent property owners and to publish.
Upon motion duly made, seconded and unanimously carried, the date to hear the Omni
Point matter on June 1, 1999 at 7:30 p.m.
Atty Perkins - With respect to the State Legislation, Supv Schug has suggested that I
comment on three assembly bills. (Copies of Mr. Perkins comments have been provided to the
Board). 0
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Supv Schug - The first two bills, Mahlon feels we should support, that they are pretty
® good. With respect to the limited seasonal use highways. Mahlon has almost a page of
questions about that bill. Unless I hear something else from the Board, I will answer Marty
Luster's request based on the observations of the Town Attorney,
Atty Perkins - I
am still
working on
the Telergy matter
with Dick Comi and will have
something next week.
Has not
had time to
address the
Youth
Commission matter.
Supv Schug - Jack has given you some material on Quarry Road and the Freese Road
matter and Ottenschott will be coming up next month.
Jack Bush - This is a step toward getting something accomplished on Quarry Road, but
it is far from solving the problem. There are so many driveways and that is the answer to only
one of many paths that he has taken across there. We don't know that he will abide with this
or the rubber mat. It is obvious that he is still crossing the road with a track excavator.
Supv Schug - Has noticed track marks in the roadway.
J Bush - the water situation needs to be addressed. It is still running down the
roadways and along the shoulder.
Supv Schug - The ditch on the right hand side coming down the hill is getting pretty
deep. That is almost as bad as game farm. We need to take a look at that. The culverts are
another matter. Can we ask him to do away with one of those driveways.
Atty Perkins - You can ask him. We don't have any permit procedure in place and
without some kind of local regulation, its just like anybody else.
® J Bush - I don't believe we put any culverts in on the one side and there may not be
any pipe in there.
Cl Grantham - The water comes from the mine area until it hits the edge of the road
and then it follows the shoulder down through.
Supv Schug - If there is no pipe there, can the dig it up and request a pipe.
Atty Perkins - You can't interfere with his driveway and his access once it has been
established. You don't have any regulations to follow. If you had a local code that said you
cannot install a driveway without a permit and you have to have a sketch or plan or something,
and he hasn't done it, that's one thing. But if he has simply been allowed to establish a
driveway over the years with no culvert, you cannot dig it up and interfere with his access. You
could certainly require him to put in a culvert, but you cannot cut oil' his access.
J Bush - A culvert is not going to solve a lot of the problem unless it was one with a
grate on the top of it.
Cl Grantham - He would have to do it with all of his driveways.
J Bush - Then of course you still have the mud problem.
Supv Schug - If he is willing to do something, we have to take whatever would do some
good.
® J Bush - Thinks this is a step in the right direction, but the other driveways are still a
problem.
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Supv Schug - Suggested Jack talk with Peter Novelli and get back to the board next
week.
Cl
Grantham - On one side of
the road the ditch is so deep
that it can
hold a lot of
water and
let it filter through, but on
the other side the water is not coming
down from the top
of the hill,
it is coming out of the mine area. That is what is really
causing the damage.
Cl Beck - The DEC isn't paying any attention to that? That has to be a disregard for
regulations.
C1 Grantham - It seems that it should be a problem with his DE C permit.
TOWN CLERK
B Hollenbeck explained that we needed to do resolutions designating the polling places
and to make provisions to pay them.
Cl Grantham - Spoke with someone who took their elderly mother to Bethel Grove
Community Center to vote and had trouble negotiating the parking lot. The lighting is not very
good there and the lady wondered if the Town could either change the polling place if it is not
particularly accessible or to do some work there, such as pave the driveway and add lighting.
Supv Schug - We could possibly do something like we've done for other places. If they
want to pay for the materials, we could possibly provide the labor. I don't believe Bethel Grove
has any money. She could get her mother an absentee ballot. Suggested we write to Bethel
Grove and let them know if they can't fix the lighting, well have to find somewhere else for the
people to vote. We can designate the polling places now, but we will write to Roger Yonkin and
let him know what our concerns are. If they are unable to remedy the situation, well have to
locate another facility in that area to use for a polling place.
RESOLUTION #117 - DESIGNATE POLLING PLACES
Cl Grantham offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
RESOLVED, that the following is the list of designated polling places in the Town of
Dryden for the
year 1999:
Yes
District
# 1 -
Etna Fire Station
District
#2 -
Freeville Fire Station
District
#3 -
Dryden Fire Station
District
#4 -
Varna Community Center
District
#5 -
Etna Fire Station
District
#6
Dryden Village Hall
District
#7 -
Dryden Fire Station
District
#8 -
Bethel Grove Community Center
District
#9 -
Ellis Hollow Community Center
District
#10 -
Dryden Baptist Church
District
# 11 -
Dryden Town Hall
2(111 Cl T Hatfield
Roll Call Vote Cl
R
Beck
Yes
Cl
T
Hatfield
Yes
Cl
C
Hatfield
Yes
Cl
D
Grantham
Yes
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® RESOLUTION # 118 a PAY POLLING PLACES
Cl Grantham offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
RESOLVED, that this Town Board authorizes the Supervisor to pay the following polling
places $100.00 per district for the use of their facilities for 1999: Varna Community Center,
Bethel Grove Community Center, Ellis Hollow Community Center, Dryden Baptist Church,
Dryden Fire Station for Districts #3 and #7, Etna Fire Station for Districts # 1 and #5. Freeville
Fire Station has waived compensation for use of their facilities.
2,1a Cl C Hatfield
Roll Call Vote C1.R.Beck
Yes
Cl
T
Hatfield
Yes
Cl
C
Hatfield
Yes
Cl
D
Grantham
Yes
Cl Grantham - Reminded Atty Perkins that she had asked him previously to distribute
the ethics policy that the Town has and distribute it. Would like it distributed to the Board
and employees.
Cl Beck - The point has been strongly made that it is not only the law, but often comes
down to what code of ethics policy the town has on actions that are taken by board members.
ENGINEERING
® Supv Schug - David, you have something on Fingerlakes Aquaculture?
Atty Perkins - That is now in my hands. This has already been approved, and the
supervisor has already been authorized to sign it. I'll just give you an update. Dave was kind
enough to provide a sketch of the option that they are to follow, together with some
specifications and so forth. From all of that we have put together an agreement for them to
sign. It was given to them today, and they were told that when I get it back the Supervisor
would execute the easement. Basically it_provides that they will bore Johnson Road, put a 12
inch sleeve underneath it and they will install the water line within that 12 inch sleeve. Dave
has_provided instruction on how to do it. They are also at the time that they get the easement
to make the Town whole as far as paying the engineering fees, the attorneys fees, publication
fees, etc. They will also pay the first year's annual payment which the Board set at $100.00. It
is in their hands and we are waiting for them to get back to us. Basically what you required
them to do is not to disturb the ditches or the road or road surface. All their excavations have
to be outside of right of way and we are letting them install the sleeve. That will have the least
impact or disturbance on Town operations.
Supv Schug - I wrote a letter and you have a copy. Mahlon would like to do a
resolution for a map, plan and report on Hanshaw Road water and Hanshaw Road sewer. He
will write the resolution for the meeting on the 181h and we will make a decision then.
Atty Perkins - I am assuming that what we will do is pass a resolution subject to a
permissive referendum appropriating amounts for the preparation of a map, plan and report.
Since that is part of all of the proceedings that go into the formation of potential district, it is
not something that we should do off the cuff tonight.
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Supv Schug - I have asked David to consider the trailer park up the road for water and
sewer. That will come to us as an option in the report. •
Supv Schug - With the respect to the Schickel letter, David, you said Mahlon agreed
with that and I have sent a copy to the Town Board. They bought a piece of property on Mt.
Pleasant Road. They want water and sewer and are within the water and sever district. The
parcel they bought is part of a parcel that was originally served by the district. David has told
her that it will cost her additional dollars to extend the water and sewer lines to their piece of
property.
D Putnam - I have talked to her since that letter, and she has questioned me further. I
told her that she would have to come before you if she wanted to extend the water up the road
right of way, but probably her cheapest option would be if she could get an easement from the
person who owns the house. She could probably extend water and sewer up the same trench.
The property has always been in the district and the house on the property was originally
serviced with water and sewer. They have since subdivided three other parcels off this and
never bothered to extend water and sewer to it. One of the parcels is the parcel Lucente is
interested in buying. He understands that he is in the district and that he has to extend his
own water and sewer. This other parcel is one Mrs. Schickel bought at a tax sale. One of the
things you need to do, Jim, is call Assessment and tell them that that is in the water and sewer
district and start charging them for it. It hasn't been charged.
Cl T Hatfield - Was the subdivision properly filed?
ZO Slater - It wasn't a subdivision by definition in the Town of Dryden.
ZONING OFFICER
ZO Slater - Distributed information regarding a Video conference Training Session on •
Corridor Access Management.. There is a site at Cortland State University where you can
participate in this for $7.50.
Mr. Ottenschot did install his gate as required by the special permit conditions of
approval. We have since lifted the suspension of the special permit and advised him that the
next deadline is June 1, when he has to have all mitigation efforts completed. To date those
have not been started. They have trees to plant, berms to build, final grading and seeding to
do.
Another deadline to keep of is track June 30 for Advanced Moving and Storage to build
a road out to Abbott Road from their current facility. As of this afternoon, no efforts have been
made to start that project. They were going to do it in March and we asked them to wait for
good weather. I will be reminding them that that deadline is coming up in the next few days.
In the monthly report you will notice that we had 21 building permits. Those are all
types from decent size houses to pools and picnic pavilions.
Supv Schug - Kevin Ezell is going to take over our mapping program and is going to
school May 18 and 19.
ZO Slater - Our office is going to be doing the mapping effort that was formerly done
next door. We are going to be incorporating some cd rom programming for the County and
we'll be doing some of our own development. I know Mr. Perkins is anxiously awaiting some
zoning maps from us and we will be working on those by next month.
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Supv Schug - The school Kevin is going to is the same one Teri had gone to the week
before she resigned. It's the ARC view program. It made more sense for Henry's department to
be responsible for mapping. Kevin has a little more expertise and time than Henry has, and it
seems the most sensible thing to do.
ZO Slater - That is moving along quite nicely and Kevin has proven to be a great
resource in the computer generated portion of our business. He has done a great job with
everything he has done. He has done a lot in our office to modernize it.
With respect to Project Impact, tomorrow is a State Emergency Management
Organization Workshop to finalize our project impact hit list and prioritize in terms of flood, ice
and other various potential manmade and natural disasters that could occur in our
community. As of our last meeting, held April 29, we have broken into two groups. Doug
Robertson, Police Chief in the Village, teaches emergency management response at OCC. He is
going to be taking a group that will be a response team. The other group will create programs
and policies. We will update the program that the Town of Dryden currently has and Doug will
take over training and we will have emergency response drills so that people will know what
they have to do.
Supv Schug - You also have a copy of a letter regarding the $10,000 grant that they'll
get to do some of the studies and work and so forth.
ZO Slater - Ultimately, the goal is to send this whole program when we get it done to
FEMA and have FEMA open up their coffers to us, too. Maybe the Yellow Barn Road Water
Protection District could come out of that. Maybe some of the other necessary prevention
portions of our emergency response organization can come from that. Primarily, FEMA will
fund.proactive projects, not reactive. It may be that we save this $10,000 for the reactive
® portion of our program, training, etc.
Supv Schug - I asked the sewer and water people a long time ago to universalize the
connectors so that. if we had a big enough generator to run a pump station anyone who had a
generator big enough could wheel it up and plug it in, whether it is Dryden's, Lansing's or
whoever. The problem with these generators is that they all come with different connectors.
ZO - The Fire Department just got a generator and the Village is getting one, so there
will be a pretty good source of immediately available generators in case of an emergency. Phil
Donahue called me today from TC3 and I discussed this with him. TC3 is on our original
emergency response program and we have identified TC3 as a place that is self - sufficient in a
disaster where there is long term loss of service. He was pretty excited about that. The biggest
reason he called me was that the TC3 apartment complex has been sold to the TC3
Foundation. Under State Dormitory Authority Regulations, TC3 as a community college cannot
own dormitories. Apparently they are not precluded from managing them. Friday morning
Dean Ross and Phil and I are going to get together so we can go over the history of the
problems that we have had with that complex and what we expect to see happen in the future.
I think we have an opportunity to resolve some of the problems that we have experienced there
in the past. They have had poor management there for a long time and that has always been
the source of our problems. My goal is to address that up front on Friday.
ZO Slater - The copier in the board room needs to be replaced. No one from the Court
is present to discuss it, but the copier does not copy handwriting well and the court clerks
need to go up front and use the copier there. It makes things difficult for all of us two
mornings a week.
® Cl T Hatfield - Suggested we get some prices on a new copier.
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Cl Grantham - Inquired if the Zoning Office had received any new material from
Lucente and was advised that they had received some various site plans and traffic count •
information and details, but as soon as they are received we get a phone call saying to
disregard those as they are being revised again. They are hoping to be back before the Town
Board and Planning Board at the joint meeting in June. That is their goal, to at least present
their SEQR and their final project documents.
Cl Grantham - So that is when you think that their application will be complete.
ZO Slater - It's possible. I'm not going to second guess this one at all.
Cl Grantham - If they come to that joint meeting, they will use up the whole meeting.
Supv Schug - It is not a public hearing.
ZO Slater - They have to submit this stuff sometime, and the Planning Board sees the
SEQR first.
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
Supv Schug - We 've looked into the speaker system we talked about. It looks like a
good deal, and we'd like permission to spend a sum not to exceed $1,700 for a system. The
system consists of five microphones for the front table and one for the podium, two speakers,
wire and amplifier /mixer. This is strictly for the equipment. Larry and his crew will do the
wiring and All -Mode will come in and help us hook it up at no charge.
RESOLUTION 119 - PURCHASE SPEAKER SYSTEM
Cl C Hatfield offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption: •
RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby authorizes the expenditure of a sum not to
exceed $1,700.00 to purchase a speaker system for the board room consisting of six
microphones, two speakers, wire and an amplifier/ mixer.
2nd Cl Grantham
Roll Call Vote Cl Beck Yes
Cl T Hatfield Yes
Cl C Hatfield Yes
Cl Grantham Yes
Jack Bush - Larry has asked and I would litre to support him for the purchase of a walk
behind, self - propelled mower. The biggest reason for having this is mowing the cemeteries. It
would also be used for mowing around the sewer pump stations and trimming the park area. I
understand that there needs to be money moved for this. (Presented brochure)
Supv Schug
- We do
have
an old push mower around, but it needs to be replaced. It
really doesn't do the
job we
need
it to.
After discussion and clarification, the board agreed that this was a necessary purchase.
RESOLUTION #120 - PURCHASE SELF - PROPELLED LAWN MOWER
Cl Beck offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
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RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby authorizes the expenditure of a sum not to
exceed $420.00 to purchase a John Deere self - propelled, walk behind lawn mower.
2nd Cl T Hatfield
Roll Call Vote Cl Beck Yes
Cl T Hatfield Yes
Cl C Hatfield Yes
Cl Grantham Yes
J Bush - Larry called EV Energy regarding air conditioning for the building. They
looked at the building and I got the impression that they don't really want the job because they
did not come back with anything in writing. I did ask for some figures in writing. There are
three ways to do this. One would not make any sense to do. There is the option of the putting
in window units and the other option is a central system with the condensor outside and an
evaporator in the ceiling with duct work to move the air around. He gave me an idea and I'd
like to wait and see what he comes back with. I contacted another company in Ithaca and they
will be out to take a look at the situation. The equipment will be able to be moved in the event
that we have a new building.
J Bush - We are still working on the mailbox policy. Chipping day has been advertised
in the Shopper and the Tidbits. I would like to attend the Highway Superintendents School to
be held at Cornell University on June 7, 8 and 9 and to be reimbursed for the expense.
RESOLUTION Ii 121- AUTHORIZE JACK BUSH TO ATTEND HIGHWAY SCHOOL
Cl Beck offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby authorizes Jack Bush to attend Highway
School at Cornell University on June 7, 8 and 9 and agrees to reimburse him for any expenses
incurred in connection therewith.
2nd Cl T Hatfield
Roll Call Vote Cl Beck Yes
Cl T Hatfield Yes
Cl C Hatfield Yes
Cl Grantham Yes
Cl C Hatfield - Inquired of Jack how the new assistant was working out and Jack
replied that things were going well. He is trying to teach him a few things as he has time and is
prioritizing what he tells him at this point. Mark is learning what is in the computer and
taking care of things that Jack does not have time to do.
Cl Grantham - asked if this assistant was someone who took Teri McFall's position and
was told no, that he actually took Randy Riker's position. She then inquired what was going
on with Teri's position and Supv Schug replied "Nothing, for awhile". If we do anything, we
might look for someone to work part time to do the clerical work in that office. Other than
that, we will not replace Teri.
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SUPERVISOR
You have the paramedics report and the justice report.
Tax grievance day is May 17, 1999 from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. Deb and Charlie will be
there.
Supv Schug - Jim Ray has requested relief from his sewer bill for the mobile home park.
I have sent you copies of his letter and Mahlon's opinion. We apparently have allowed him a
break in the past because of a leak.
Cl Grantham - What was the justification for allowing him relief before?
Supv Schug - He had a leak and water apparently didn't go into the sewer.
Cl T Hatfield - Sewage is charged based on the number of gallons that go through the
water meter, so if he has a leak in the water line which was apparently substantial and long
term because of being located in a gravel area, he is asking for relief on the sewer bill because
not all that water got delivered into the treatment side of the equation. I know that in the past
at least once, based on review of the pertinent facts we granted that type of relief.
Supv Schug - Well look into it and see how many tunes we have done it in the past.
Cl T Hatfield - Is this something that other communities have done?
Supv Schug - Yes.
Cl Grantham - If we have done it before, we don't have much justification for not doing •
it now, but maybe Dave can check his numbers.
Atty Perkins - The problem with doing this without some kind of a standard is that you
start an arbitrary policy of giving relief, and then where do you draw the line. Some guy says
he washes his car in the driveway and that water doesn't go down the sewer, so I want relief
from that. It seems to me that it is his responsibility to find his own leak and repair it in a
prudent manner. If he knew ahead of time and didn't want to spend $1,000 to get someone to
come in and find the leak, then that is not a very strong basis for relief in my opinion.
Cl C Hatfield - About 1,000 gallons a day is quite a lot of leak.
Cl Grantham - This is not the
first
time he has asked
for relief, and it seems that he
needs to be a little more responsible.
It is
his business after
all.
Cl T Hatfield - He furnished us copies of the ads and things. It looks like they were
making an honest effort to find it.
Supv Schug - You have a copy of sales tax distribution. That was a pleasant surprise.
The Dairy Day parade is June 12th• the 19th is a rain date. Charlie has the wagon to decorate
and Mahlon can drive the tractor.
Cl C Hatfield - Would like to decorate the float on Thursday night at 5:00 p.m.
Supv Schug - Tompkins County Solid Waste has caught people dumping stuff,
especially in the Etna Road area. They got someone from Harbor Circle, Country Acres Trailer •
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Park, another person in Freeville, and Willseyville, New York. This is the first time I have seen
any of those in a long time.
ZO Slater - in answer to Cl T Hatfield's question about a particular document, Mark
Bell asked the Zoning Board of Appeals to interpret Judge Relihan's decision in Finklestein v.
Schug & the Town Board, and that is their resolution telling him they had no authority or
ability to interpret the judge's decision.
Supv Schug - We got a letter from the recreation department and I had Larry look it
over about a playground down at the park. It will cost us a couple hundred dollars to make it
safe and bring it up to date with the kids doing the work this summer, and Larry and his crew
doing a little bit. I will respond and let them know we are going to do it and spend some of our
youth operation money for that.
RESOLUTION # 122 - APPROVE ABSTRACT # 105
Cl C Hatfield offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
RESOLVED, that this Town Board approve Abstract # 105, as audited, Vouchers #344
through 423, for a total of $195,736.26.
2nd Cl T Hatfield
Roll Call Vote Cl Beck Yes
Cl T Hatfield Yes
Cl C Hatfield Yes
Cl Grantham Yes
Supv Schug - What I would like to do with Yellow Barn, Dave, is put it on the
application we have for the County, and if we get something back, we can apply it toward the
engineering fees.
Cl T Hatfield - And Deb will list it on her paper work.
Supv Schug - You have the justice report and financial information. We have four
hearings scheduled for May 18 at 7:30 p.m., a hearing for Omnipoint on June 1 at 7:30, and
our regular monthly meeting on June 8. The joint meeting was moved to June 17.
Upon motion made, seconded and unanimously carried, the Board moved into executive
session at 10:00 p.m. No action was taken.
Respectfully submitted,
Bambi L. Hollenbeck
Town Clerk
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