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TOWN OF DRYDEN
TOWN BOARD MEETING
April 12, 2000
Supv Varvayanis opened
the
meeting at 7:00
p.m. Present: Cl Ronald Beck, Cl Thomas
Hatfield, Supv Mark Varvayanis,
Cl
Charles
Hatfield,
Cl
Deborah
Grantham,
PUBLIC HEARING
SPECIAL PERMIT APPLICATION OF JOSEPH DRAGHI
J Draghi is applying for a modification of the special permit granted on September 14,
1988. He would like to rent a portion of the premises (750 square feet) to Angie Myers for a
formal wear and children's clothing store. There would be no significant change in the use of
the building.
ZO Slater assumes there may be some increase in off street parking. Mr. Draghi does
have parking in the rear of the building in conformance with town requirements. Tompkins
County Department of Planning has requested that an Agricultural Data statement be filed and
that has been done. They also express concerns with respect to access to and from Route 13.
He believes that during the road work on Route 13 road cuts will be assigned by the State
Department of Transportation and that concern will be addressed. He states that there have
not been any complaints with respect to Mr. Draghi's business and recommends that the
current standard conditions of approval be attached to the special permit, and consider
specifying an entrance and exit after the Route 13 work is complete. Because this is a transfer
of existing approval, he believes it is exempt from SEQR review. This is a modification of the
current permit to allow Mr. Draghi to rent part of premises for this use.
Supv Varvayanis asked if there was anyone present who had any comments or
questions and there was not. The hearing was left open to allow sufficient time for comment.
Thomas Fitzgibbons who had applied for modification of site plan approval for 1427
Dryden Road was not present. ZO Slater explained that being in an MA zoning district all uses
are allowed by site plan review and approval. In 1994 Mr. Fitzgibbons applied for site plan
review approval to erect a detached private garage and in 1998 asked for authority under site
plan review to sell vehicles one at a time in his front yard. Both applications were approved.
He is now asking for modification of the 1994 approval to extend the existing garage. The lot
would still be in conformance with respect to set back requirements and is exempt from SEQR
review. Applicant was not present and the hearing was not held.
Supv Varvayanis closed the Draghi public hearing at 7:15 p.m.
Cl Grantham finds no problems with modifying the Draghi special permit as requested.
Cl T Hatfield agrees and suggests that the Standard Conditions of Approval be attached to the
original conditions (only condition on original permit was that it was not transferrable) and that
ingress and egress be reviewed and clearly identified after completion of the Route 13 project.
RESOLUTION # 116 - MODIFY DRAGHI SPECIAL PERMIT
Cl T Hatfield offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby approves the request by Joseph Draghi for
modification of his September 1988 special permit for 2186 Dryden Road, allowing rental of a
portion of the premises to be used as a formal wear and children's clothing store, subject to the
following conditions:
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(1) Standard Conditions of Approval (9- 9 -98);
(2) That after completion of the road work on Route 13, means of ingress and egress
shall be reviewed and clearly marked.
2nd Cl Grantham
Roll Call Vote
Cl Beck Yes
Cl T Hatfield Yes
Supv Varvayanis Yes
Cl C Hatfield Yes
Cl Grantham Yes
Supv Varvayanis suggested that the Fitzgibbons matter be tabled without prejudice.
CITIZENS PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR
John Bailey of the George B. Bailey Agency, Inc. presented a proposal for the insurance
package for the Town of Dryden and reviewed it with the Board. The following coverages were
explained: Property, General Liability, Automobile, Contractors Equipment Floater, Public
Employees Blanket Bond, Umbrella, Boiler & Machinery, Owners & Contractors Protective
Liability, and Public Officials Liability. Quotes were obtained from Selective Insurance
Company in the amount of $41,729.00 and New York Municipal Insurance Reciprocal in the
amount of $47,998. Selective currently insures the Town and the policy is due to renew June
1, 2000. Mr. Bailey offered to assist the insurance committee in reviewing any other proposals
the Town may receive.
Larry Carpenter asked for an update on the Union matter. Supv Varvayanis has asked
John Tottey to post a newsletter or other communication on the bulletin board. It has not been
done and Supv Varvayanis will speak with him again. No negotiations were held last month
because of scheduling conflicts. There has been an exchange of proposals, but things are not
moving as quickly as was hoped.
Tracey Kurtz, Town representative for the Dryden Youth Commission - requested an
increase in funding for the youth commission of $529 to match the County and State
- increases. This money will assist in increasing activities offered in the summer program.
There were no comments or questions from the public.
RESOLUTION # 117 - INCREASE FUNDS FOR YOUTH COMMISSION
Cl Beck offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
RESOLVED, that this Town Board authorize the increase in the town budget in the
amount of $529.00 for additional funds for youth development; and further
RESOLVED, that this Town Board authorize the transfer of $1,058.00 from General
Fund A 1990.421 (contingency) to A7310.402 (Youth Services) to cover additional expenses for
youth development; and further
RESOLVED, that this Town Board authorize an increase in the revenue budget A2350
of $529.00 (the funds from the county).
2nd Cl T Hatfield
Roll Call Vote Cl Beck Yes
Cl T Hatfield Yes
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Supv Varvayanis Yes
Cl C Hatfield Yes
Cl Grantham Yes
Fernando d'Aragon - Distributed copies of the Executive Summary of the North East
Subarea Transportation Study, Transportation Plan. In July 1999 the North East Subarea
Transportation was completed. The study was undertaken after a number of years of
consideration. The study was very much citizen - driven; there was a working group of the
citizens of the different municipalities overseen by a planning committee of the Transportation
Council. The end result was a transportation plan completed in July 1999, addressing existing
conditions, future conditions, transportation analysis, alternatives considered and
recommendations. The recommendations are included in the executive summary. Some
recommendations need local initiative in order to be implemented, some are controversial and
some are being worked on. Some recommendations indicate a need to regulate land use
patterns. This is something that the transportation council has no jurisdiction over and they
have forwarded those recommendations to the municipalities involved to be considered in their
land use planning for the future. A letter from Mr. d'Aragon has been sent to the
municipalities addressing that. Three recommendations address specific transportation
problems. One calls for an enhanced transit service, the second talks about having a right -of-
way study for a north -south connector, the third addresses a number of small initiatives
(building a pedestrian bridge, addressing concerns of access to the north campus of Cornell).
Another calls for a freight movement study and is currently being addressed by the council.
The council has set aside money for this study and it will hopefully take place before the
beginning of next year and will be county -wide in nature and answer a number of questions
raised in this study such has how to address freight movement and truck movement in the
County.
O clear in There will be a meeting in September of the Council to discuss the next step. It was
the study that the transit recommendation had a lot of support and a committee was
created to move that idea along. There needs to be a detailed study completed of potential
transit needs and a marketing study. A strategy will be devised to address the transit
recommendations. They will try to get transportation dollars to do the study. It will look in
detail of the feasibility of the recommendations described. It calls for very high levels of service
of transit. Some of the findings of the present study were that there are very high densities of
transit in the corridor between Lansing and Cornell, much of it generated south of Route 13.
There are a lot of potential routes to follow and lends itself very well to having high density
transit. If federal funding cannot be obtained, they will look for another funding source.
Mr. d'Aragon would like feedback from the Town with respect to its position on the north south
corridor. The Town would need to represent a level of commitment to the concept otherwise
they cannot use federal dollars. They will pay for a planning study. The recommendation calls
for an analysis of a right -of -way from an environmental and social point of view to put a road
through a particular area. The feds will only fund the study if there is a position that the road
will be built if the study indicates it is necessary.
Supv Varvayanis - Speaking only for himself, not the Town, he campaigned on the issue
that he was against spending money on this.
Cl Grantham - Does not support the connector and does not think the traffic in
Tompkins County warrants more roads. We should look at other things like transit. She does
not feel the study answered the question of where people are going to or coming from and to
base a road on that study is a mistake. There are planning and development implications as
well.
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Supv Varvayanis - The freight study has not been done and the transportation study
needs to indicate where the people on the buses are going, where the people in the cars are
going and where the freight is going. Feels it is premature to commit to building a road.
Cl T Hatfield - Not sure how this can move forward without the answers to those
questions.
F d'Aragon - This is not an analysis of the need for a road.
Cl Grantham - It's assuming that the road is necessary and that everybody wants it,
but where are we going to put it.
F d'Aragon - There is a level of congestion, there is an anticipated level of growth. A
transportation model has been used to forecast movement. There is a general interest to deal
with that problem. Congestion will increase. It is a system wide effort to try to capture trips
away from vehicles. Land use strategy can affect trip patterns and the numbers of trips taken.
That is critical to the condition, and if we sprawl that increases congestion. Transit has a
relatively poor history and track record in this country in being able to address congestion
issues particularly in smaller areas like Ithaca. The concern is that a road may be needed in
20 years. We should have a right of way and the right of way should be acquired now because
in 20 years we may need it. The cost of the study is unknown at this time, but he estimates
around $200,000. It is a long route, a complicated issue engineering wise because of
topography. There are a lot of social issues and a lot of environmental issues, such as
wetlands and creeks to cross. When we talk about the multi-modal aspect and the non-
vehicular movement, Dryden has an important role to play. Dryden has a very good trail
system and other initiatives going on with the Village of Freeville and connecting Freeville with
Game Farm Road. He looks forward to working with the Town on this project.
Barbara Caldwell - Served on the working group, along with John Bailey. She hopes
that a road would not be needed, but if we did need one, would there be a right -of -way to build
it. From a planning standpoint you need to look ahead and if we had a right -of -way could it be
used for other purposes? The idea of funding from the feds with an intent to build that road
was not their intent.
John Bailey - Their assignment was to look out 20 years from now, growth and
potential growth during that time (not very significant in 20 years) and what the impact would
be on various transportation issues within the study area. They were told not to think of the
politics involved, but to come up with transportation solutions and that is what they did. Some
of those may be controversial, but they were to focus on different options and solutions to deal
with different transportation problems. It was clear that if you don't do something, over time
there is going to be transportation issues and problems. It has come out of the study that it
might be fortuitous to do something to plan for those problems in the futures because it will be
more difficult to deal with if you are not prepared. He is concerned about some of the criticism
that has come out against the study because of what they were given as a task to do.
Cl Grantham - Stated the study as a whole is excellent and the other recommendations
are great.
J Bailey - The focus of the study was not about a road that may or may not ever exist,
but all this information about potential traffic in the future indicates it may make sense to
consider it.
Cl T Hatfield - How do we address the issues that you are concerned about without
committing with federal dollars to build this thing that nobody really wants? But I think we •
are remiss if we don't look ahead. That's what planning is all about. Why do we have to use
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federal dollars that commits us to a course of action that at this point nobody wants? Nobody
wants a highway in their backyard, but nobody wants to sit in traffic on Route 13 either.
Somehow we need to coalesce these issues and find some other way to fund this and deal with
planning, research and development. We should not take the work of citizens who have worked
on a volunteer basis and throw it out because we don't like one piece of it. You need to find a
way working with the County Reps or whatever to get this question answered without
committing us to the construction of some highway that we may or may not need, but we need
to at least take a look.
Cl Grantham - The Transportation Council is pursuing two of the recommendations
actively and there are other things being done in relation to the bike and pedestrian trails as
well.
Martha Robertson - The discussion that the working group engaged in and the
conversation in the whole county is about planning. People now know what sprawl is. This
can have an effect on development patterns which has an effect on land use, and that's where
the traffic comes from. We don't have a very large net rate of growth in the County; what we do
have is lots of population in the City and people moving out, a suburbanization of the County.
The results in people having to travel longer distances to get to where they want to go. There
was a movement about the north south connector that was very significant last Spring. A
petition was circulated among residents of the County. A large part of the connector would
cross the Town of Dryden and of 559 signatures obtained 203 were from the Town of Dryden.
Ms Robertson read the Petition (copy attached). An issue is that there are so many needs in
the County, and if local money is a major source in how we get this study done it will be
especially offensive. As proposed, the road would have caused a huge increase in traffic in the
hamlet of Varna. Emphasized that they were supportive of the livability chapter and defining
what traffic calming was, the standards that the community should strive for as part of the
O NESTS report. It is this one proposal that people are upset about. Hopes that the Town
representatives will take that to heart.
Susan Ashdown - Believes that this type of road just transfers the problem and won't
relieve the traffic issues. Our goal in Tompkins County should be to make mass transit work
for us.
Joyce Gerbasi - Noted that there is no longer a bus between Groton and TC3. Mr.
D'Aragon suggested that she contact TCAT.
Peggy Walbridge, 123 Hunt Hill Road - Does not feel that disagreeing with one aspect of
the citizens report is disrespectful. She hopes that there will be real effort to not support even
a feasibility study for the right -of -way because she thinks it will start directing the process that
has been mentioned. She does not want her tax dollars wasted and others don't want it used
that way. Does not want to see the process start causing conclusions (we've studied it, and
because we've studied it we'll have a road there). We first have to get our master plan done
before we think of the feasibility of buying rights -of -way or looking into it.
F d'Aragon - They have the traffic model used in the study, have hired a person to run
it, and it is getting operational. They are in a position to incorporate local planning into the
modeling structure so they can do some forecasting. They will be able to run a "picture of the
town" and see what impact this will have. It is valuable tool in this process.
Marshall Taylor, 61 Turkey Hill Road - Since July he has been hearing that we don't
have an origin and destination study and how you calibrate the transportation model referred
to without such a study is questionable. Suggested changing the focus to spending a modest
amount with a 20% match for the right -of -way study to actually getting an origin and
destination study.
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F d'Aragon - They are waiting for the results of the census, and at the same time the
census bureau is doing the head count they are also doing some data gathering for
transportation purposes. They want to see what comes out of that before a decision is made
for that study. Agrees that is planning data that is needed.
Eric Dicke, Director of Planning for Cornell - Presented a preliminary plan for expansion
of the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology on Sapsucker Woods Road. The project is on the Town
line between the Town of Dryden and Village of Lansing. The building will be in the Village of
Lansing and the rest of the site, roads and parking, is in the Town of Dryden. The intent of the
project is to replace the laboratory and consolidate all buildings to the west side of the road
into a single building. Brown Road under this proposal would be realigned somewhat and
rebuilt, the intersection with Route 13 would remain the same. The road work would be done
prior to construction of the buildings. Mr. Dicke explained the uses of each building and what
would be housed in them. Cornell will obtain the necessary permits as they will be working in
and around wetlands. Marshall Taylor asked whether wetland mitigation/ replacement would
take place on site and the answer was yes.
Concerns were expressed that improving the road would increase traffic; that the
intersection of Brown Road with Route 13 (a limited access highway) is already hazardous; that
an increase in traffic would perhaps hinder the purpose of the sanctuary.
Barney Schug - Inquired about status of Hanshaw Road Water & Sewer District,
M Lane - The Town has asked for the County to do borings at the Hanshaw Road site to
see whether the land will support a structure and for calculations as to the cost of a private
extension up Hanshaw Road as an out -of- district user. Both of those things are going ahead
and a meeting will be scheduled when the results are received.
Min Creasy, 540 Lower Creek Road - Asked if 911, DOT, Tompkins County Highway
and Cortland County Highway are still interconnected and interested in the site and was told
they were. She was led to believe that the DOT facility was just an office building (no storage of
salt) and was told that was not the case.
Judith Healey, 1690 Hanshaw Road - Wondered if there was danger of salt leaking into
groundwater and was told that storage would be on a concrete floor under a roof, so it should
be contained.
Dan Kailburn,
Hanshaw Road
- Asked
if the construction of this facility is contingent on
ability to obtain water
and sewer and
was told
it was.
Min Creasy asked if there was some way to look at the data regarding the sites rejected
and was told to contact Jim Hanson.
R Seeley - Wondered if there was an alternative site available in Cortland County as was
told by Mike Lane that there was not one that he was aware of.
Lee Creasy, Lower Creek Road - Wondered about the projected route for the salt trucks
being that the site is quite removed from Route 13 and how the road would be affected by the
weight of the trucks. Answer was that the route is unknown at this time. Suggested that the
old Tweitmann's property on Route 13 would be a more appropriate location. (Mike Lane
stated he location sought is ideally one which would avoid bringing plow trucks directly on to
Route 13. The Tweitmann's location would involve running water and sewer a longer distance.)
Mr. Creasy believes Hanshaw Road will have to upgraded from end to end to accommodate the
truck traffic.
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COUNTY BRIEFING
Charlie Evans - The Health Committee has passed a resolution that up to 20% of the
tobacco money will be reserved for projects to reduce medical expenses in the County. It is
important to implement tobacco cessation programs and he supports the reserve of 20% for
these and other health programs. Mr. Evans also supports the use of the other 801/o to pay off
the County's capital debt because that would release additional money currently being
collected in taxes to be used for other purposes. The full committee will be voting on this in the
future.
The Board of Health has formed a subcommittee to review the septic requirements for
DOC and the NYS requirements. A meeting will be held 4 -19 -00 at 11:00 at the Public Health
Building. Public comment will be allowed at the beginning of the meeting. The goal is to
complete the document to send to the State. He does not feel it is likely that the Board of
Health will support too much beyond what the State requires.
Cl Grantham - They had suggested that the County implement the State Code, parts 75
and 75(a), which the addition of two requirements that are in the current County Code which
have to do with minimum lot size (which the State doesn't specify) and separations between the
system and an impermeable layer. They would like the State code enforced with those two
additions.
C Evans understands there are other issues people would like to talk about beyond
State Code and if they wish to he will do what he can to facilitate that discussion. Although
the County is remiss in this situation, they have not ever had a complaint from the State. The
0 code being enforced now is very close to the State code, but not current County code. Waivers
are allowed under State law and granted by the Board of Health. Waivers are granted for lots
that do not conform with distance requirements within the code. The distances are set by the
County and are more stringent than what is required by State code. Lot size now requires
sufficient area to build a second septic system should the first system fail.
R Seeley - Feels that enforcement of 75(a) has been inconsistent.
Mike Lane - With respect to the towers project, the County Board voted at its last
meeting to authorize options to be taken out to search for locations for the towers. It doesn't
mean that they will buy them, but that they will take an option on some so they can then ask
for a proposal to find out what it would cost to build it if those locations are used. The
resolution was carefully worded that there is no authorization to move ahead with the project
although he believes most of the Board of Representatives are very serious about this project.
The radios continue to be a concern and is being discussed by the Communications
Capital Project Committee. No formal proposal has yet been made. One of the suggestions is
for the County to pay the cost of the capital program for the towers and one radio in each of the
fire trucks and approximately 50% of the cost of the hand radios for the police and fire
agencies. They would not pay anything for mobile radios for the police departments or for
radios for the town highway departments or other agencies that may want to come on to the
system.
County Highway projects currently scheduled for the Town of Dryden are:
Reconstruction of .58 miles of Ellis Hollow Creek Road between Ellis Hollow Road and
Ringwood Road; Rehabilitation of Hanshaw Road between Route 13 and Etna Road (.71 miles)
O and from Etna Road to Neimi Road (.104 miles); Rehabilitation of West Dryden Road between
Asbury and Sheldon Roads (1.35 miles); Rehabilitation of North Road at Malloryville .35 miles.
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There are also other projects which may occur depending on funding and available time
including bank stabilization at West Lake Road, a culvert replacement on Ellis Hollow Road at
Peaceful Drive, storm sewer and shoulders on Upper Creek Road and on Etna Road, and chip
seal and shoulders on Wood Road and Hanshaw Road,
Last Thursday Mr. Lane received a
FEMA grant. He then received a call from
Water Conservation, and Craig Schutt, as]
possible FEMA grant application that had
be glad to help and assigned Kate Hackett
staff for help. A meeting was held on Frid
asked to address the group tonight.
call from the Planning Department regarding a
Christopher Cicora of Tompkins County Soil and
sing whether the County could help in pursuing a
come on very quickly. They responded they would
of the Tompkins County Planning Department as
ay between the interested parties. Mr. Lane was
The proposed project involves the stream bank deterioration at Lake Road just outside
the Village of Dryden, a County Road. It is on a sand bank and the flooding in 1981 diverted
the creek to a different location and caused the bank to start severely eroding. The County
took some measures last Fall, dumping fill in the area to try to protect it. Some of that has
washed away. The property owners involved are Gary & Mary Ellen Rumsey and Lee & Irene
Alexander. (Mr. Lane has represented these parties in various matters in the past.) The
problem with the FEMA grant was that in order to take advantage of it, the grant application
must be in the mail by April 14, 2000. Supv Varvayanis called a meeting and assigned Henry
Slater who has done a great job bringing this together. Abe Repine of RCS addressed some of
things that could be done to remedy the situation. If we are not successful in this grant, there
is the possibility of a HUD grant. Congratulated Supv Varvayanis on his willingness to proceed
with the grant application knowing that this major project could cost as much as $400,000
and could take a local match of up to 25 %. Mr. Lane has told the committee that because the
County road is involved he feels the County has responsibility in the project and he will go to
the facilities committee and seek support for County participation and hopefully take it from
there to the full Board of Representatives. Chris and Kate and Henry have been working over 0
the weekend putting the grant application together. The project has been previously looked at
in the Project Impact Study and is not being pursued because of the lack of funding. Mr.
Cicora estimates that if nothing is done the road is three years from collapse. School buses
travel this road as well as traffic to Dryden Lake Park, the golf course, and residences. He
hopes the Town Board will support the project. He will fully support it.
Chris Cicora, Tompkins County Soil & Water - Estimates that a large portion of what
the cost of the project will entail will be fill (basic soil & rock), totalling approximately
$170,000. This alone is more than the one quarter needed by the Town & County for a
$400,000 project. His price estimate is $417,000. One way of generating the money is in kind
services (time and equipment used). Another way is to dig ponds and use the fill removed. The
fill removed would count as in kind money, as well as trucking. There are three alternatives
available to remedy the situation in the creek: (1) Armor the toe with large riprap rock in a
way specified by an engineer from NRCS, using 6,000 pound rock. That would be set into the
stream bed and behind that approximately 17,000 cubic yards of fill for a stretch of about 250
feet. (2) Relocate the stream back to an existing stream bed and stabilize the stream bed to
keep in one place (over the past 40 years the stream has moved as much as 400 feet). They
would stabilize the stream bed, but in this proposition do nothing for the bank. The problem
with that is that there is a telephone pole with some undercutting and it is starting to lean
toward the road. That poses the most immediate hazard. (3) This alternative would use both
the techniques of redoing the slope, the armoring of the toe, relocation of the stream and the
bio- remediation which would be done along entire worksite. Bioremediation would be the
corrosive matting and some planting. Plant materials can be obtained from the plant material
lab in Big Flats, New York, through NRCS at no cost. Because of the short notice he is unsure
how much we can get.
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Option 3 is the best option but also the most expensive. All of the match costs could be
done through fill alone. Possible sites for ponds are on West Lake Road (this is State Land and
probably not available.)
The estimate of three years before the road collapses is an estimate, it could be less. It
would happen all at once during a major rainstorm.
Kate Hackett, Tompkins County Planning Dept - This is an area of chronic problems in
terms of erosion and flood mitigation. She and Mr. Cicora have been working extensively with
ZO Slater to address the public safety concerns, the flood mitigation concerns and the
environmental concerns and have come up with the three alternatives. The third alternative is
the best in terms of long term effectiveness. It will control a lot of erosion and enhance the
aquatic and structural habitat.
Cl Grantham inquired as to potential pond sites. Those identified were on Lake Road
near the lake (this is State Land, the site of an archeological dig containing indian artifacts,
and could probably not be used), and on Brian Hollenbeck's property on McClintock Road.
There may be a possibility of obtaining fill from the Greek Peak lake project or from RMS
gravel.
Cl Grantham noted that there are locations along Fall Creek which need stream bank
stabilization and wondered if this grant were obtained whether the other HUD money would be
available for a project such as that, or whether the money from this grant could be leveraged.
ZO Slater - With respect leverage, in this particular case, no for FEMA money. There
was approximately eight million dollars set aside in this State for flood hazard mitigation
programs. There are presently 60 -70 million dollars in applications before SEMO who will
O administer the money. If selected for a project, it will be for that project only. As a project
impact community we have filed a budget for a $60,000 grant which we were awarded and part
of that will be to bring on board a project coordinator. That is set up money the project
coordinator will have expertise in finding grant funds. They have been looking for applicants
for projects and Tompkins County has come to us with a project that seems to be of immediate
concern. One way to get us off the ground is to apply for the grant and follow through with it
to show we are a good investment. He feels this a good project to get going with and have a
possible advantage in obtaining the grant in that the town is one of a handful of project impact
communities and they should look favorably upon those communities. This project is feasible
and can be done with the amount of money applied for. We will have cooperation from the
neighbors, the Alexanders and the Rumseys. This is an immediate critical concern that needs
to be addressed. The work started by the County last year was not completed and while is has
slowed the erosion toward the road, by not being completed is has caused problems
downstream and another twenty feet of bank has been lost.
K Hackett - Noted that the FEMA money and HUD money need to be kept separate, but
the HUD money could be used for additional projects such as Fall Creek. It is very late to file
for the HUD money also.
M Taylor - The issue for this town board is that projects in Fall Creek have been
requested here and there and the Town has rejected that approach, believing an entire area
needs to be dealt with at a time. The Cayuga Lake Watershed IO has received money from the
Department of State to do a streambank and road ditch erosion survey. That is a start and
would like to see the Town of Dryden get some mapping and a decent survey of the streams,
etc,. Marshall Taylor agrees with this approach in general, but said that Lake Road is an
extreme situation. Cl Grantham said that we definitely need to do the work on Lake Road, but
Oshe is looking for ways to respond to other problems.
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Cl T Hatfield - There is a county road and a home at risk in this instance.
M Lane - If you move the road that is an expensive project and involves taking land
from property owners, and possibly homes. The quality of the soil is a very, very fine material
and he suspects it goes quite a ways back.
The County money the Town turned down before with local match might be able to be
applied here, but it is a total of $25,000 for the entire County. Concerns are for the County
road and private property, public safety, water quality and sediment. The ability to generate
inkind money for the Town and County's share of the project cost is very easy, consisting of
labor (estimated at $70,000) and materials.
Board members all indicated they agreed the project was necessary and the town
should support the application.
RESOLUTION # 118 - SUPPORT FEMA APPLICATION
Cl Grantham offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby supports the FEMA grant application for
funds to stabilize the bank and relocate the creek at Lake Road to be made in the name of the
Town of Dryden and hereby authorizes the Supervisor to execute the application.
2nd Cl Beck
Roll Call Vote Cl Beck Yes
Cl T Hatfield Yes
Supv Varvayanis Yes
Cl C Hatfield Yes O
Cl Grantham Yes
Kate
Hackett - Noted that
the application will be mailed on Friday and we should hear
whether the
application get sent on to the Federal government in
July.
Robin Seeley - Wondered why the County wouldn't look more seriously into a satellite
proposal for the communication project to compare with the tower proposal.
Mike Lane - Does not feel the satellite option is viable. One company (the premiere
company) recently went bankrupt and is destroying all of its satellites and unhooking people.
The information is being put together for people and they are planning a public meeting.
R Seeley - The tower could be the best project, but you need to have an alternative to
compare.
M Lane - His understanding is that satellite technology is somewhat lacking, that it
won't penetrate buildings, the units that they use are much larger to carry, they have to be in
site of the satellite and that is a problem. He does not believe they could obtain the coverage
they desire with satellite technology.
R Seeley -
Understands,
but
believes the County should obtain a proposal from a
satellite company
to compare to
the
tower proposal.
M Lane - The County is about to declare that it no longer needs the Peruville Road DPW
facility and will be selling it and he wanted the Towns of Dryden and Groton to be aware of
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COUNCIL PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR
Cl C Hatfield - Asked opinion of the Board on starting the meetings with the pledge of
allegiance and a moment of silence.
Cl Beck - It seemed like a good procedure.
Cl Grantham - Felt the moment of silence was awkward, but has no problem with the
pledge of allegiance.
Cl T Hatfield - Liked both of them and felt it was a good way to start a public meeting.
Supv Varvayanis - Since it seems to be what people want, we'll do that.
Cl Grantham -Vile received a workshop notice from the County Planning Department
about the powers and duties of the Planning Boards. That is in response to our discussion
about giving over some authorities to our planning board and urges board members to attend.
It will be held Thursday, May ll, at TC3 at 6:30 p.m.
Cl Grantham noted that Susan Ashdown is representing the Town on the Planning
Committee of the Transportation Council and she is now working on the rewrite of the trail
application (the bike /pedestrian trail on the railroad bed that would go through Freeville and
join the Game Farm Road section). They are applying for possible federal funding.
Cl Grantham - Toward the end of last year the board talked about buffering between the
project (pit) in back of the Town Hall and the neighbors. There was originally a berm that
caused septic system failure of one of the neighbors and so it was removed. Nothing else went
O in and we agreed last Fall to provide some buffering between our properties and their
properties. The residents would prefer vegetation buffering. She would like someone to look at
the situation and design a buffer and proceed with it, keeping in mind the existing septic
system.
Cl T Hatfield suggested the Highway Department be involved in the process. (The area
is used for additional parking presently.)
Cl Grantham feels that without a plan for what is going to happen with the area and
suggests that we stop digging in the pit.
Larry Carpenter pointed out that on heavy court days we do need additional parking,
and in fact on many occasions the number of occupants for the room (13) is regularly
exceeded.
Jack Bush said that no work is going on there now and hasn't been for some time. C1
Grantham asked that he not do any further work until we have a plan. Supv Varvayanis
agreed. Cl Grantham asked that Dave Putname contact the neighbors to talk about buffering
and said they prefer trees.
RESOLUTION # 119 - DESIGN BUFFER FOR TOWN HALL PROPERTY
Cl Grantham offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby authorizes the Town Engineer and Town
Highway Superintendent to work with the neighbors of the Town Hall property (and their
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engineer) to design and implement a buffer between the properties and proceed with planting of
appropriate vegetation.
2nd Cl T Hatfield
Roll Call Vote
Cl Beck Yes
Cl T Hatfield Yes
Supv Varvayanis Yes
Cl C Hatfield Yes
Cl Grantham Yes
Cl T Hatfield - Would like to get started with the Recreation Commission. The number
of people and the qualifications of all who submitted applications is unbelievable and.
recommends that those applicants appointed to the commission invite all other applicants to
participate in the commission on subcommittees. He read a proposed motion appointing the
following individuals to the Recreation Commission: Stephen J. Stelick, Jr., Alice Greene,
William Finnerty, Michael Allmendinger, Stuart Gray, and Robert Slocum.
Cl Grantham - She was supposed to work with Cl T Hatfield on this, but has not called
him. She wanted to make sure that if any teenagers applied they be appointed (there weren't
but Cl T Hatfield felt we could get them involved). She wanted to appoint Dan Karig because he
is part of the Friends of Hammond Hill and she wanted that representation on this committee
and wondered if any of these people were a member of Friends of Hammond Hill.
Cl T Hatfield - He does not know the answer to that question. Steve Stelick is with the
existing Town program, Alice Green is with the Ithaca Youth Bureau, Bill Finnerty lives in
Dryden and works for the Ithaca City Police Dept., Mike Allmendinger is with one of the soccer
programs and involved in other programs in the community. Stewart Gray and Robert Slocum
are with Sertoma and Kiwanis, respectively. He feels we need to get this program off the
ground. Other applicants can be used on subcommittees such as getting a program going with
the community centers.
Cl Grantham asked Cl T Hatfield if he would be willing to substitute Dan Karig for one
of the last two people and he said he would not. Cl Grantham asked where these people lived
mainly and was told he did not know; that he had looked at the programs they are involved in
and the people they touch. Cl T Hatfield hopes that Mr. Karig will be involved, but he will not
compromise at this point. On December 31 there will be 2 reappointments. Cl Grantham
noted that she does not object to any of the people, she only wanted Hammond Hill represented
on the commission.
RESOLUTION # 120 - APPOINT MEMBERS TO TOWN OF DRYDEN
RECREATION COMMISSION
Cl T Hatfield offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby appoints the following individuals to serve on
the Recreation Commission for the terms specified:
Stephen J. Stelick, Jr.
Alice Walsh Green
William G. Finnerty, Jr.
Mike Allmendinger
Stewart M. Gray
Robert S. Slocum
term
expires
12 -31 -00
term
expires
12 -31 -00
term
expires
12 -31 -01
term
expires
12 -31 -01
term
expires
12 -31 -02
term
expires
12 -31 -02
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And further that we ask these appointees to contact each individual who has submitted
a resume for appointment to the Recreation Commission in order to involve them in various
subcommittees, as we were blessed with a very capable group of applicants.
2nd Cl Beck
Roll Call Vote Cl Beck Yes
Cl T Hatfield Yes
Supv Varvayanis No
Cl C Hatfield Yes
Cl Grantham No
Cl T Hatfield - Left the last meeting a little bit frustrated. We've had an opportunity to
move forward in the planning process with respect to the issues that Mike Lane and the Board
discussed at the March 8 meeting. In the end we could not seem to resolve that so that there
could be a committee meeting of two folks. In an attempt to allow the existing situation to
move forward and put in place an ongoing standing committee for intergovernmental relations
that would allow two people to sit down with the appropriate folks and have these types of
discussions a proposed resolution was prepared.
RESOLUTION #121 - ESTABLISH INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE
Cl T Hatfield offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
WHEREAS, the Town of Dryden has a long history of successful projects involving
intermunicipal co- operation including the Bolton Point Water System, the Ithaca Area
Wastewater Treatment Facility, the Cortland Road Sewer District, and code administration and
0 enforcement for the Village of Dryden, and
WHEREAS, inter - municipal cooperation on projects can include substantial benefits to
residents of the Town of Dryden, including the affordable extension of municipal service, the
availability of shared use of equipment not otherwise affordable by one municipality, better
prices for the purchase of goods, services and material, and
WHEREAS, wise and prudent use of taxpayer funds mandates the cooperative efforts of
all levels of government including villages, towns, school districts, counties, and state agencies
and departments in order to provide cost effective services, and
WHEREAS, some duplication of services may exist between different levels of
government which services can more efficiently and economically be provided by one
municipality in cooperative agreement with other levels of government, and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the residents of the Town of Dryden and those
other levels of government having business with the Town to have an identified committee
responsible for developing, studying, reporting on and recommending areas of possible inter -
municipal cooperation,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED as follows:
1. There is hereby established by the Town Board of the Town of Dryden a
committee of the Board to be known as the "Intergovernmental Relations Committee."
2. The committee shall consist of two Town Board members appointed by the
OBoard and to serve at the pleasure of the Board.
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3. The committee shall have jurisdiction over issues involving cooperative efforts
including obtaining and /or providing municipal services by contract, joint capital projects, and
such other matters as shall be refen*ed to it by the Board. 0
4. The committee shall report to the Board in such detail and with such frequency
as the Board may determine.
2nd Cl Beck
Supv Varvayanis - Are you saying you want this committee to serve on the Bolton Point
and Ithaca Area Wastewater Facility and Intermunicipal Planning Group and every other...
Cl T Hatfield - No, this Intergovernmental Relations Committee is going to have tasks
and the first I would like to see is to sit down with all the parties on Hanshaw Road. Let's stop
exchanging memos, letters and words at public meetings and sit down at the table, Cornell, the
County, the State and any other municipal or public entity that's involved in this and get to the
point where we can give the people in the proposed district what they deserve, which is a map,
plan and report. Right now we continue to go round and round in circles and are not in a
position to provide them with the only document that counts. They have the right to determine
whether or not the sewer and water district is formed and we are standing in way. We can't
even agree to go have a meeting; we couldn't even get an agreement between the three of us.
We need a standing committee of two members of this Town Board that can be called upon by
other entities if they need to come to us with an idea for intermunicipal cooperation and that
we can assign specific jobs, as they come along, to work the details so that the whole board can
consider them.
Cl Beck agrees that something needs to happen.
Jack Bush feels it is a great idea and would be a perfect way to communicate some of MS
his ideas to the Board and other municipalities. For example he thinks the Hanshaw Road
DOT facility may benefit the Town because if they have storage for salt it may eliminate the
necessity of the Town build salt storage. He's trying to provide a better service to the people as
far as bearing up their roads and is getting phone calls when people can't understand why they
go from a state road across a town road and on to a county road where they are using salt and
our roads are not bare. People tend to think that we aren't doing our job when in fact it is a
difference in the way we put down sand instead of salt. This would be a way for him to obtain
some of this information, to have someone he can go to and ask these things. Sharing the use
the mechanics at the school bus garage is something that could be investigated as a cost
cutting measure. These are ideas to save money for the taxpayer. He believes formation of this
committee is a good idea.
R Seeley - Does that mean that any board member who had a particular interest in any
issue can be excluded from entering into discussions...
Cl T Hatfield - No one on this board has ever been excluded from discussing anything
with anyone.
R Seeley - It sounds as if you are going to designate two people to handle all the
discussions with other agencies.
Cl T Hatfield - We will designate two members of this board like we have for the union
negotiating committee. That is one of the methodologies available for boards to move forward.
You need to be able to sometimes spend several hours discussing a single issue. It does not
lend itself well to public forum or when you have a lengthy agenda. It is an impractical
environment to think that you can sit in a public forum at a meeting like this once a month is
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and accomplish the things that we need to accomplish to move forward. I am not trying to do
anything other than create a vehicle that will allow us as a community, as a Town Board, to
work and move these things along.
Cl C Hatfield - This committee would bring it back to the Town Board for discussion.
Cl T Hatfield - A committee of two alone can do nothing. They have to bring it to the
Board for discussion and action.
Peggy Walbridge - Appreciates the concerns for efficiency. Having public officials meet
in private without any citizens watching over and being aware of what's going on is not a good
precedent. One of the reasons people got upset over the communications project in the County
was because they didn't know enough about it. It is not a wise move to make a lot of decisions
between municipalities in private without public input. If you pass this I would hope that
these meetings be publicized and be open to the public because it is really necessary for the
public to know what you are doing.
Cl C Hatfield - They aren't going to make any decisions. They will discuss it. and bring
the aspects back.
Cl T Hatfield - That's the point. There aren't any decisions that can be made when you
have a meeting of two members.
R Seeley noted that she had attended County meetings where public input is not invited
or wanted and they state at the beginning that it is a public meeting but it is not for public
input. That's fine and the public knows from the beginning that they can listen, but not speak.
Cl T Hatfield -
I have no problem with that.
I think
Cl
you suspect that we are trying to
move things from the
daylight
No
to the darkness and
that is
not the case.
R Seeley - Two is kind of a magic number.
Roll call vote for Resolution # 121:
Cl
Beck
Yes
Cl
T Hatfield
Yes
Supv Varvayanis
No
Cl
C Hatfield
Yes
Cl
Grantham
No
RESOLUTION # 122 - APPOINT MEMBERS TO INTERGOVERNMENTAL
RELATIONS COMMITTEE
Cl Beck offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby appoints Thomas Hatfield (as Chairman) and
Mark Varvayanis to serve on the Town's Intergovernmental Relations Committee.
2nd Cl C Hatfield
Roll Call vote
Cl Beck Yes
Cl T Hatfield Yes
Supv Varvayanis Yes
Cl C Hatfield Yes
Cl Grantham Yes
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Cl C Hatfield - Since we've formed that committee and appointed the members I would
recommend that they get together as quickly as possible with our engineers, Cornell University,
the County, the State and all those interested in this Hanshaw Road Water and Sewer project
and report back to the Town Board as soon as possible.
M Lane - The County is trying to get the engineering reports.
Cl T Hatfield asked Dave Putnam what kind of information was needed from an
engineering point of view and was told he needed some kind of consensus that they are in
agreement to the benefit formula and if not, how it will be changed to make the district more
affordable.
D Putnam - They have also completed the work the County asked for on the splitting of
the districts. That can be discussed at the committee meeting. There are hydraulic
considerations to be taken into account if the district is split up, but the main thing is getting
Cornell's agreement to the benefit formula.
RESOLUTION # 123 - MOVE FORWARD WITH HANSHAW ROAD NEGOTIATIONS
Cl C Hatfield offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
RESOLVED, that the Intergovernmental Relations Committee shall meet immediately
and move forward with all agencies involved in the proposed Hanshaw Road Water and Sewer
District negotiations.
2nd Cl Beck
Roll Call Vote Cl Beck Yes
Cl T Hatfield Yes
Supv Varvayanis Yes Is
Cl C Hatfield Yes
Cl Grantham Yes
Cl T Hatfield - We have a letter asking us for a resolution appointing elected
representatives to the Regional Planning Group. We have not appointed anyone by resolution
at this point and I would move that we appoint Mark Varvayanis as our Town Supervisor and
our longest serving member and Deputy Supervisor, Charlie Hatfield, to serve on this
committee which is working with one thing that has the greatest impact on Cayuga Lake than
anything we have going.
Cl Grantham - We did appoint people in the organizational meeting.
Cl T Hatfield - It was one on 1 -12 and the minutes read "Supv Varvayanis appointed
Deborah Grantham to the Ithaca - Tompkins County Transportation Council, Susan Ashdown to
the Transportation Council Planning Committee, and Martha O. Robertson will be serving with
Supv Varvayanis on the Regional Planning Group. We have not appointed anyone to that
Regional Planning Group, including the Supervisor. The County is asking for and the Group is
asking for resolutions and based on the letter that I saw they want elected officials at the table.
I understand why it is important for every municipality to be able to sit down with elected
officials and I move we appoint our elected supervisor and deputy supervisor to membership in
that Regional Planning Group.
Cl Grantham - Martha Robertson has been serving on it and I think she should
continue serving on it along with Mark. This does not call for elective representatives, only
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representatives. It says the City and Town of Ithaca have appointed elected representatives; it
doesn't say we have to. Martha has already immersed herself in this.
Supv Varvayanis - I agree. Can you tell me why you don't want Martha on the
committee?
Cl T Hatfield - The chairman of the committee as well as a couple of other folks have
contacted me and asked us to appoint elected officials. I think we should respond. The others
have elected officials and I think we should have as well. You asked Martha to join you at the
meetings and I don't see why that has to change. I don't have a clue what Martha's
involvement is and its got nothing to do particularly with that. It has to do with a 21 million
dollar block of funding that's available and I think it's important to have elected officials there.
Certainly the decisions that are going to come out that group will come back to each
municipality where the boards will have an opportunity to take action and I think its important
that we respond.
Cl Beck - Is our lack of appointed officials holding up the process and do we need to get
the right people on there? We don't want to lose this critical project.
Supv Varvayanis - Steve Farkas never complained to me. We've already sent them a
copy of the resolution where we agreed to be a member of the group and that seemed to be fine.
B Hollenbeck - A second letter, exactly the same as the first one, was received. She
called and was told that the resolution which had been forwarded previously was not sufficient
because it did not specifically appoint anyone.
Cl Beck - Certainly Mark needs to be involved because this is new to him and he is the
one that everyone will call for answers. Charlie has been involved in this before and it makes a
lot of sense to get someone in there and as elected officials its part of their job.
Cl T Hatfield - If you want Martha to continue to participate, that's not my decision.
RESOLUTION #124 - APPOINT
TO REGIONAL PLANNING GROUP
Cl T Hatfield offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby appoints Mark Varvayanis and Charles
Hatfield to serve as the Town of Dryden's representatives to the Regional Planning Group.
2nd Cl Beck
Roll Call Vote
Cl
Beck
Yes
Cl
T Hatfield
Yes
Supv Varvayanis
No
Cl
C Hatfield
Yes
Cl
Grantham
No
Supv Varvayanis - The City of Ithaca is applying for some money for this planning group
and they need a resolution saying we will work with them on that. It involves not commitment
to funds.
RESOLUTION #125 - SUPPORT FOR A QUALITY COMMUNITIES DEMONSTRATION
PROGRAM GRANT - DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES TO FACILITATE
COOPERATIVE MULTI- JURISDICTIONAL LAND USE PLANNING
® Cl Grantham offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
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WHEREAS, planning is a necessary step to providing for the future quality of life in
Tompkins County, and 0
WHEREAS, there has been an on -going intermunicipal effort by County, City, Town and
Village governments to work cooperatively to address mutual planning concerns, and
WHEREAS, the New York State Department of State Quality Communities
Demonstration Program, 1999 -2000, provides aid to municipalities to enter into collaborative
and cooperative agreements to accomplish effective planning for long term community and
regional vitality, and
WHEREAS, the Tompkins County Department of Planning and the City of Ithaca
Department of Planning and Economic Development have been working together to develop an
application to develop intermunicipal planning strategies, and
WHEREAS, this application will support the County's Vital Communities Initiative, now
therefore be it
RESOLVED, that the Dryden Town Board supports the application for Quality
Communities Demonstration Program funding for multi jurisdictional land use planning,
RESOLVED, further, That the Dryden Town Board encourages its counterparts in the
County's local governments to join them in passing similar resolutions supporting this effort.
SEQR Action: Type II -27
2nd Cl C Hatfield
Roll Call Vote Cl Beck Yes
Cl T Hatfield Yes
Supv Varvayanis Yes
Cl C Hatfield Yes
Cl Grantham Yes
ATTORNEY
Atty Perkins has prepared a proposed resolution with respect to the changes in the
zoning ordinance on definitions of dwelling and multiple dwelling and that needs to be
introduced and a public hearing scheduled.
RESOLUTION # 126 - INTRODUCE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO
ZONING ORDINANCE
Cl Grantham offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
PROPOSALI
Appendix A of the Town of Dryden Zoning Ordinance (Definitions) is to be amended by deleting
the definitions of "Dwelling" and "Dwelling Unit -Multi- Family" and by substituting the following
definitions:
"DWELLING.
A building or
structure
which is occupied in whole or in part as the home,
0
residence or
sleeping place
of one or
more persons."
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is "MULTIPLE DWELLING. A dwelling which is either rented, leased, let or hired out, to be
occupied, or is occupied as the temporary or permanent residence or home of three or more
families living independently of each other."
PROPOSAL 2
Section 801(2) of the Town of Dryden Zoning Ordinance is to be amended to read as follows:
"2. One - family, Two - family and Multiple Dwellings and Tourist Homes. (See Section
1604)."
• z@ ;
Section 803(2) of the Town of Dryden Zoning Ordinance is to be amended to read as follows:
"2. Multiple Dwellings: Lot area shall be at least 30,000 square feet with at least
125 feet of street frontage for the initial dwelling unit and at least 3,000 square feet of
additional lot area per bedroom per unit for each additional dwelling unit. In the event
that the total lot area shall exceed two acres, the owner shall make application to the
Town Board for a special permit in accordance with the provisions of Article )UH of this
ordinance."
PROPOSAL 4
Section 803(5) of the Town of Dryden Zoning Ordinance is to be amended to read as follows:
"5. In areas in R -C Zones where public sewer and water facilities are installed, the
minimum lot size for the initial dwelling unit can be 15,000 square feet, with at least
100 feet of street frontage. For multiple dwellings, the lot size must be increased by
2,000 square feet for each additional dwelling unit and at least 10 feet additional
frontage for each additional dwelling unit. Maximum frontage required shall be 200
feet. However, in no case shall density exceed 10 units per 30,000 square feet."
These amendments would take effect after publication and as provided by law.
2nd Cl C Hatfield
Roll Call Vote
Cl Beck Yes
Cl T Hatfield Yes
Supv Varvayanis Yes
Cl C Hatfield Yes
Cl Grantham Yes
RESOLUTION #127 - SET PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING
ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS
Cl T Hatfield offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby sets the public hearing regarding the
proposed amendments to the Zoning Ordinance for May 10, 2000 at 7:00 p.m. at the Town
Hall, 65 East Main Street, Dryden, New York.
2nd Supv Varvayanis
Roll Call Vote Cl Beck Yes
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Cl T Hatfield Yes
Supv Varvayanis Yes
Cl C Hatfield Yes
Cl Grantham Yes
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B Hollenbeck - She has been operating with two deputies since Linda Woodin resigned
last May. There will be a time in May when both the Clerk and Nita Baldwin will be out.
Stephanie Zerilh (Deputy Clerk) will be available some of the time but will also be needed in the
Zoning Office. She would like to deputize Cynthia Abbey, who presently works in the Court and
with Records Management, to fill in as needed at her current rate of pay.
RESOLUTION # 128 - APPOINT CYNTHIA ABBEY AS DEPUTY
TOWN CLERK AND RECEIVER OF TAXES
Cl Grantham offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby appoints Cynthia Abbey as Deputy Town
Clerk and Deputy Receiver of Taxes, at her current rate of pay.
2nd Cl T Hatfield
Roll Call Vote Cl Beck Yes
Cl T Hatfield Yes
Supv Varvayanis Yes
Cl C Hatfield Yes
Cl Grantham Yes
B Hollenbeck - Although the Board has previously given permission to dispose of the
copier if it had a value of less than $500.00 she feels the Town should try to obtain some type
of payment for it. The Village recently put the same model copier out for bid and received a
high bid of $351.00. She would rather put it out to bid and get something from it than try to
identify all the not - for -profit organizations that may be interested. She will go ahead and place
that ad in the Shopper.
The Recreation Partnership Planning Group has made some progress and determined a
formula for each municipality's share of the shortfall ($185,000) on the partnership programs.
A separate committee has been formed to look at the facilities issue. The town's portion will
increase somewhat over this past year. The proposed agreement should be forthcoming in the
next few weeks and will be distributed to board members.
ENGINEERING
Dave Putnam - Regarding stormwater management and erosion control - They have
begun assembling a sample model ordinance for a possible stormwater regulation and law. In
a few years municipalities will be required to adopt this type of law. Prior to the mandated
deadlines the Town could enact a local law to address the current regulations and make the
transition easier to meet future requirements. In addition to the purposes and objectives
stated in the model law, the ordinance would bring consistency in project reviews for special
permits and subdivisions, plus local enforcement against violators. If you wish to pursue the
development of these laws we suggest a committee be formed and charged with drafting the
document. That may include members of the Town Board, Planning Board, County Planning,
Homebuilders Association, Environmental Management Council, etc with support from the
town staff and professionals.
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Cl Grantham would like to work on that and volunteered to work on a resolution for
next time.
D Putnam - With respect to the dry hydrant at the NYSEG pumping station, he has a
meeting with Mr. Charsky at NYSEG tomorrow afternoon to talk about that further.
With respect to the proposal from Clough, Harbour and Associates - He and Mr. Herrick
have talked about that and recommend that the Town stay with CHA. They would like to work
more closely with CHA and in had anticipated a call from them regarding the Lucente project.
To date they have not been contacted by CHA. They have not contacted the Zoning Office
either.
Cl T Hatfield - Was pleased to see there was a proposal and the Town should be
prepared to act on it soon. He was not very impressed with CHA. They faxed us stuff late in
the day on the day we were supposed to be meeting. It seems like they didn't have their act
together, perhaps because we put them in a tight frame. There was a big difference between
what they said in November and what they did in February. If we are going to continue with
them we need to communicate these concerns.
Cl Grantham asked what Cl T Hatfield was unhappy with other the timing, and he
replied that he would have liked to seen the points made in the scoping document tied back to
specific areas of the SEQR document that was prepared. It was a little difficult to navigate
between the two documents.
Cl Beck - It seemed it led to a lot of misunderstanding between what we thought the
document said and what Lucente thought it said. It took a lot of clarification that night and he
was not impressed with the way it was prepared, but on the other hand it was short notice.
Cl Grantham - Lucente was reading my comments on the draft and believing that was
what they had said. It wasn't anything to do with Clough, Harbour it was that Lucente didn't
have time to read it and he wasn't paying attention when he did read it. The whole thing was
very short notice. We tried to do better by getting the extra week.
Cl T Hatfield - I would have expected them to work with our town engineers. I would
have expected them to deliver a more timely product and part of the problem was that we were
reading it off of faxes. Usually a professional delivers product that is bound, a product you can
get your hands around and you understand what it is. It probably wasn't fair to him either,
but I wanted to express that to Mark.
Cl Beck - Do you have a proposal back now? I've been back about 6 hours and haven't
had a chance to look at the mail.
Cl T Hatfield - It's a very detailed proposal and it sounds to me like they are trying to do
the things that we expect them to do.
D Putnam has not had an opportunity to review the proposal.
Cl C Hatfield - Was shocked by the price.
Cl T Hatfield - We need to understand what it is we are getting for the price. I suspect
there is a lot of clarification and such. Because their (Lucente's) engineers have said
something doesn't mean we have to take it at face value. We have an obligation to challenge it.
To do that you have to retain the appropriate consultants and experts to be able to measure
0 .
what they are saying.
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Cl Grantham - When Lucente has in his EIS that he used a certain model to evaluate
the hyrdrology, CHA will have to go back and run the same model with the same data and
analyze whether the data was appropriate for the model and did they constrain the model
properly, etc. They'll have to do that with the traffic model and everything. They will be
cranking out everything that Lucente's engineers do and making sure that it's done right.
Cl T Hatfield - Mahlon, is this reimbursable?
Atty Perkins - I haven't seen this either, so I don't know what's in it. You only get one
shot with respect to the SEQR and I don't know what your arrangement was with respect to the
first part of this, so I'll have to take a look at that, but you can charge him back on certain
parts of this. There are limits on how much you can charge back and so forth. You need to
look at that care$zlly.
Cl Grantham - It's a percentage of the cost of the project isn't it? It's enormous
actually.
Atty Perkins - There is a limit on it, too. You only get to charge back part of the review,
too. I haven't seen the proposal, so I don't know what it entails and I haven't got the regs with
me and I'm not prepared to address that.
Cl C Hatfield - I think it would be a good thing if the attorney had a copy and looked it
over.
Atty Perkins - There are restrictions on what we can do. Have we charged him back
anything at all yet?
Supv Varvayanis - I don't believe so.
ZO Slater - I haven't seen anything on his account.
Cl Grantham - What do you mean we only have one shot at charging back for the
environmental impact statement.
Atty Perkins - Part of the regulations limit of what you can charge back to him. I'm not
sure which part of it is we can charge back at this point, and I'm not sure what their proposal
is and how much of that would be charged back, so I'd have to look at that and compare it with
the regs to determine what we can charge back. If we haven't charged back anything, right
now we still have our whole range of options open.
Cl Beck -
Dave could
you
look
at that and see
if their proposal
is appropriate
and
Mahlon can
look
deliver
at the
legal
side
of it
and see where
we stand and get
something to
us.
Atty Perkins - There are two parts to the charge back. We do have some charge back
authority because it is a special permit, but we have to segregate that part of it out from the
environmental.
Cl T Hatfield
- Let's
assume
that
he has
his engineers on an April 30 deadline, to get
that to us, the clock
starts
the day
they
deliver
it to us?
Atty Perkins - Yes.
Cl T Hatfield - We need to understand that and we need to be prepared to have the
Supervisor call us to a special meeting if need be to decide how we are going to move forward is
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when that document arrives. Otherwise we are going to put them in the same box we did
before. Well run out of time.
ZO Slater - Mr. Lucente has indicated that he hoped to be fling by Friday, April 14.
After discussion, the Board decided to hold a special meeting on April 24, 2000 at 7:30
p.m. Prior to that Atty Perkins and Dave Putnam will review Clough Harbour's proposal and be
prepared to comment on it.
ZONING OFFICER
ZO Slater - He provided a written report on Project Impact to the Board earlier in the
month. Supv Varvayanis, Dianne McFall and ZO Slater have worked with Marshall Mayberry
from the Region 2, New York City FEMA Office, putting together a budget for the $60,000
award that was received from FEMA. Mr. Mayberry's advice was that this was considered start
up money and that was the approach taken. The budget is structured to retain the services of
a professional who specializes in identifying projects, funding them, and seeing them through
to completion. He would receive initially $30,000 and then receive a percentage of what he
finds. The committee to this point has worked very hard and very diligently, and it is now time
to bring someone on board who is a professional and knows the harder they work, the more
they earn. The residents of the Town of Dryden benefit.
ZO Slater has worked on language for appointing members of the Project Impact
Committee. Atty Perkins has reviewed it. There is a general format of committee members and
a listing of the current people serving on the committee.
RESOLUTION #129 - ADOPT STRUCTURE OF PROJECT IMPACT STEERING COMMITTEE
AND APPOINT MEMBERS
Cl T Hatfield offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
RESOLVED, that the Project Impact Steering Committee shall consist of the following:
Standing Members:
Committee Chair Dryden Town Supervisor
First Assistant Chair Mayor, Village of Dryden
Second-Assistant Chair Mayor, Village of Freeville
Committee Member Tompkins County Planning Department designee
Committee Member Tompkins County American Red Cross Chapter (NRCS)
Committee Member Tompkins County Natural Resources & Conservation
Public Sector, as necessary, up to (5)
R# ff Named by the Town Board
tf it Named by the Town Board
Advisor NYS Emergency Management Office (SEMO)
Local Project Coordinator Supplied by Town of Dryden
and it is further
RESOLVED, that the Committee currently exists as follows:
Committee Chair
First Assistant Chair
Second Assistant Chair
Mark Varvayanis, Dryden Town Supervisor
Reba Taylor, Mayor, Village of Dryden
Thomas Lyson, Mayor, Village of Freeville
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Standing Committee Members Agency Representatives:
Tompkins County Planning Dept Kate Hackett
Tompkins County American Red Cross Chapter Michael Raffe
Tompkins County Natural Resources & Soil Cons. Linda Szeliga
Project Impact Advisor, NYS Emergency Mngt (SEMO) Rad Anderson
Public Sector: As many as (5) appointed only as necessary
1) Cornell University Ann Margaret Esnard, Asst Professor, Dept of City
& Regional Planning
2) Gary Rumsey Resident, Town of Dryden
3) James Schug Business Owner, Town of Dryden
4) open
5) open
2nd Cl Beck
Roll Call Vote Cl Beck Yes
Cl T Hatfield Yes
Supv Varvayanis Yes
Cl C Hatfield Yes
Cl Grantham Yes
ZO Slater - With respect to the five billboard applications, he has finished the review.
He had several concerns, has relayed them to the applicant and is waiting for a response. They
are allowed by special permit in the Town of Dryden, called "off premise signage". By NYS DOT 10
regulations off premise signage may only be placed in locations where residential uses are not
permitted. Therefore on any state road in the Town of Dryden they an only be located in an MA
Zoning District, where residential housing is not allowed. For instance a billboard would not
be allowed on Route 38. None of the applications were out of place, just out of specification. A
hearing can be scheduled after the applications are found to be in conformance.
The monthly report was distributed to Board members.
With respect to Brooktree Lane, ZO Slater has had a preliminary response from Phil
Winn, who would be George Schlect's legal counsel in this area, that they have no record or no
recollection of the project. The Town should now make a decision on how it would like to
proceed with regard to drainage easements and basins. We should probably have our
engineers make an analysis of what would be best for that site and then determine what we
should do with it. No one has contested the stop work order. The owner has stated that he
has everything and his attorney would be providing it, but it has not been received.
Cl Grantham feels we should go back to the Planning Board resolution and the
conditions of approval and make sure that the conditions are met. If there is no plan existing
then we go back to the maps that we have and Dave can design a stormwater control for that
project. We need to make sure the rest of the conditions are met.
ZO Slater - We have asked Mr. Sutton to show us that he has complied with those
terms, but he has not responded. The stop worker order remains in place until he does that.
Cl Beck - He'll have to come to us and prove that he has complied in order for us to lift
the stop work order. 0
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Cl Grantham - But this is affecting the Sizemore subdivision.
Peggy Walbridge - The Sizemore subdivision should only have been built on once the
drainage was solved in the Sutton subdivision. It already has two houses built which are
undoubtedly causing more problems so they are linked in some ways. The stormwater in the
Sutton subdivision needs to be addressed in solving any drainage problem on Hunt Hill Road
which Jack was going to deal with last year or this year. It's interwoven with two other
projects.
Cl Grantham - Are there any building permit requests from Sizemore?
ZO Slater - Currently there are none.
something that Sutton did.
Atty Perkins - No?
Can we hold another subdivision hostage for
Cl Beck - But we've got a highway problem that relates to whether he complied or
whether he didn't?
P Walbridge - The drainage over Hunt Hill Road runs off of the Sutton subdivision about
two thirds of the way up before it makes a turn and if you are going to improve the drainage
down Hunt Hill Road, that was supposed to be corrected by one of the swales in the Sutton
development bringing that water to the creek. If you just bring that water on to Hunt Hill Road
along the ditches, it would be too much.
Supv Varvayanis - It sounds like Jack and Dave have, to come up with a drainage plan.
Cl Grantham - If you come up with a drainage plan that involves Sutton's subdivision,
what happens? If we need to do drainage on the road that is dependent on work on the Sutton
subdivision, what happens after we come up with a drainage plan? Do we do it and charge
him?
D Putnam - Presently Hunt Hill Road drains out on to Sutton. The ditch does run out
on to Sutton.
P Walbridge - That's causing that particular problem, but the swales were to help solve
the problem with building in that development and catch all the water and incidentally would
help with drainage on Hunt Hill Road and no longer have it run all over the Sutton property,
but get caught up and picked up by the swale. To some extent the Town is causing a problem
on the Sutton property.
Cl Grantham - But there was originally a plan that would incorporate all of those.
Cl T Hatfield - There are legal issues, engineering issues, highway issues and there are
citizens being impacted by the issues that are there now. How do we come up with a plan that
addresses all of those various issues? We need to include Mahlon on the legal issues because
we know we can't go on private property without a Town purpose. If that's the case, we need to
figure out how to take the responsible party to court.
D Putnam - There was a drainage plan that was part of the subdivision approval. The
only thing missing from the plan is the exact detail of how the ditches were supposed to be
constructed. After looking at, where Hunt Hill drains onto Sutton, I don't know if that was put
in after Sutton's subdivision or if it was there before.
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P Walbridge - It was there way before. _
D Putnam - I don't recall anything in Sutton's subdivision that's going to pick that up.
I'll have to try to find the property pins.
Cl Grantham
- The way it was
flowing when I looked at it
in the beginning of March was
that
it just flowed
in
a sheet across
the Sutton property. It wasn't
at all channelled.
D Putnam - But I don't recall seeing on the drainage plan something specific to pick
that up. All the rest of the stuff is fairly obvious.
Cl Grantham - There is a note about a proposed 20' drainage easement.
RESOLUTION # 130 - ADDRESS SUTTON SUBDMSION DRAINAGE PROBLEM
Cl T Hatfield offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby directs that Mahlon Perkins, Town Attorney,
David Putnam, Town Engineer, Henry Slater, Town Zoning Officer and Jack Bush Town
Highway Superintendent, address the drainage situation on the Sutton Subdivision taking into
consideration its relation to Hunt Hill Road and the Sizemore subdivision, and a devise a plan
that will correct the situation, and make recommendations on how to accomplish the steps
necessary to effectively accomplish the implementation of the plan.
2nd Supv Varvayanis
Roll Call Vote Cl Beck Yes
Cl T Hatfield Yes
Supv Varvayanis Yes
Cl C Hatfield Yes is
Cl Grantham Yes
ZO Slater - The survey for the Master Plan will be delivered to the post office tomorrow.
There are over 6700 addresses in the Town of Dryden. Press releases will go to media
tomorrow.
ZO Slater - regarding Finger Lakes Stone Quarry on Quarry Road. He received a memo
from Cl Grantham today asking the Town to take certain actions. While he thinks this is a
good approach, it does not consider Article 17, Section 1700 of the Town of Dryden Zoning
Ordinance which talks about non - conforming uses and the continuance. It says that any use
that is in place at the date of adoption of the regulation may continue as long as it is a legal
use despite the fact that it is non - conforming. We don't know how long cutting stone has been
part of that process. If it has been 2 years she is probably right. If it has been 30 years or
longer, it probably falls under Section 1700, continuous. We may have that information or be
able to establish when that was, but we need to do some investigation before we advise him
that he needs to apply for a variance or to stop. That determination will be made and then the
appropriate steps can be taken.
He has been advised that the Dunkin Donuts restaurant will be reopening with changes
to the building, so there will be a site plan review involved when they are ready. They hope to
be on the May agenda.
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
J Bush - A letter was previously sent to the Board regarding the sale of the 1998 Chevy
Pickup Truck to the Village of Dryden for $16,500. is
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RESOLUTION # 131 - SELL 1998 CHEVROLET PICKUP TRUCK
Cl T Hatfield offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby approves the sale of the 1998 Chevrolet
Pickup Truck to the Village of Dryden for the sum of $16,500 and the Supervisor is authorized
to sign the documents necessary to effect the transaction.
2nd Cl C Hatfield
Roll Call Vote
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Cl Beck Yes
Cl T Hatfield Yes
Supv Varvayanis Yes
Cl C Hatfield Yes
Cl Grantham Abstain
J Bush has written to the Board regarding changing the posted speed limit on German
Cross Road to 35 mph for that portion of the road which lies within the Town of Dryden. The
Board agrees that this would be an appropriate speed limit for this road.
RESOLUTION #132 -
SPEED LIMIT ON GERMAN CROSS ROAD
Cl T Hatfield offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
RESOLVED, that the Town of Dryden hereby requests that the speed limit on that
portion of German Cross Road within the Town of Dryden (from the Danby Town line to Route
79) be reduced to 35 miles per hour; and it is further
RESOLVED, that the Town Clerk shall prepare the appropriate document and forward it
with a copy of this resolution to the Tompkins County Highway Department for further action.
2nd Cl C Hatfield
Roll Call Vote
C1 Beck Yes
C1 T Hatfield Yes
Supv Varvayanis Yes
Cl C Hatfield Yes
Cl Grantham Yes
J Bush - Last month it was recommended that the Town Engineer and Attorney get
involved with the driveway permit policy. Jack has revised the information provided by Mahlon
and given it back to him. Jack would like to schedule a meeting with the Highway Committee
to discuss it.
The bids for the tandem drive 3 -axle cab & chassis with fifth wheel & snow plow
equipment have been received and opened. Three bids were received: Stadium International
$92,890.00; Burr Truck $89,675 (w /Tenco snowplow equipment) and Burr Truck $90,499
w /Viking snowplow equipment). All bids were over the amount budgeted for. The lowest bid
did not meet the specs because they had refused to accept the penalty for late delivery. Timing
is important in delivery because of the sale of other trucks. The low bid meeting specifications
was Burr Truck (Viking snowplow equipment). He would like to accept that bid and move
• funds within the Highway budget.
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RESOLUTION # 133 - ACCEPT BID FOR TRUCK
Cl Grantham offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby accepts the bid from Bun Truck in the
amount $90,499.00 for a tandem drive 3 -axle cab & chassis with Viking snowplow equipment.
2nd Cl Beck
Roll Call Vote
Cl Beck Yes
Cl T Hatfield Yes
Supv Varvayanis Yes
Cl C Hatfield Yes
Cl Grantham Yes
RESOLUTION # 134 - AUTHORIZE TRANSFER OF FUNDS
Cl T Hatfield offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby authorizes the Supervisor to move funds from
the sale of the pickup truck to DA- 5130 -00 -201 in the amount of $5,499.00
2nd Cl Grantham
Roil Call Vote
Cl Beck Yes
Cl T Hatfield Yes
Supv Varvayanis Yes
Cl C Hatfield Yes
Cl Grantham Yes
J Bush - would like to attend the 2000 Highway School at Ithaca College this year
again. If registration is received prior to May 26, 2000 the cost is $65.00.
RESOLUTION # 135 - AUTHORIZE HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT TO
ATTEND HIGHWAY SCHOOL
Cl T Hatfield offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby authorizes the Highway Superintendent to
attend the 2000 Highway School at Ithaca College, and authorizes the expenditure of the
$65.00 registration fee.
2nd Cl Beck
Roll Call Vote
Cl Beck Yes
Cl T Hatfield Yes
Supv Varvayanis Yes
Cl C Hatfield Yes
Cl Grantham Yes
J Bush requested that he finish his report at the April 24 special meeting and the board
agreed.
P Walbridge - wondered if Jack had a plan of which roads he would be working on this
calendar year and whether Hunt Hill Road was one of those.
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J Bush - There is money in the budget for Hunt Hill Road, but before any work is done
there will be a meeting withor mailing to the residents. It may be that the work does not get
done this year, depending on scheduling.
Cl Grantham - The Cayuga Lake Watershed Intermunicipal Organization has a
requested a resolution in support of the Town of Ledyard's application to the Quality
Communities Demonstration Program for Cayuga Lake Watershed work. The funding would be
used for watershed activities identified by the IO, it could act as a match for bigger grants.
There is no commitment on the part of the Town for any funding.
RESOLUTION #136 - SUPPORT FOR TOWN OF LEDYARD'S APPLICATION FOR FUNDING
UNDER NYS DEPT OF STATE QUALITY COMMUNITIES DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM
Cl T Hatfield offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
WHEREAS, the Town of Dryden is a member of the Cayuga Lake Watershed
Management Plan Intermunicipal Organization, and
WHEREAS, the Town of Dryden is committed to the watershed planning program and
the success of its Intermunicipal Organization as a vehicle for plan implementation and
recognizes the potential farther reaching benefits of the Plan and the Intermunicipal
Organization to the watershed's communities in terms of preserving open space, sustainable
economic development, and improving intergovernmental partnerships, shared services and
collaborative projects that stretch beyond water resource protection,
Now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the Town of Dryden supports the application of the Town of Ledyard
under the NYS Department of State Quality Communities Demonstration Program for funding
to assist in carrying out activities critical to the third year of the Cayuga Lake Watershed
Management Planning Program, particularly as pertain to the Intermunicipal Organization and
public awareness, education, and public participation activities.
2nd Cl Beck
Roll Call Vote
Cl Beck Yes
Cl T Hatfield Yes
Supv Varvayanis Yes
C1 C Hatfield Yes
Cl Grantham Yes
Supv Varvayanis - Has received a letter from Margaret Joyce of 505 Lower Creek Road
and one from Catherine Brown of 515 Lower Creek Road, both saying that they could not
afford the expense of the water and sewer district. Supv read the paramedics report. Board
members have copies of the Justice Report.
RESOLUTION # 137 - APPROVE ABSTSRACT # 104
Cl Grantham offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby approves Abstract # 104, Vouchers #214
through #334, as audited, totalling $157,670.94.
2nd Cl C Hatfield
Roll Call Vote Cl Beck Yes
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Cl T Hatfield Yes _
Supv Varvayanis Yes
Cl C Hatfield Yes
Cl Grantham Yes
On motion of Cl T Hatfield, seconded by Cl Grantham, and unanimously approved, the
board moved to executive session at 12:13 a.m. to discuss possible personnel disciplinary
actions. No action was taken.
On motion made, seconded and unanimously carried, the meeting was adjourned at
12:30 a.m.
Note: Special Board meeting April 24, 2000 at 7:30 p.m.
Next board meeting: May 10, 2000 at 6:30 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
6a4 "I I /) firr �<
Bambi L. Hollenbeck
Town Clerk
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NO ROAD, NO WAY
Response to the NESTS Working Group's Recommendations
We believe that traffic problems in the north and east of Tompkins County
should be addressed by an aggressive mass transit program, targeted traffic
calming measures, and other recommendations of the NESTS Working Group.
However, we strongly oppose the waste of taxpayer money to study the
feasibility of building a new "north -south connector" from Lansing to Route
79. We oppose such a roadway, wherever it is placed, for the following reasons:
10 It won't work. A new road will create more traffic congestion, not
relieve it. Recent studies show that new roads actually encourage more
driving and more automobile trips; this is called "induced traffic." A
15 -year study of 70 U.S. cities has shown that cities that spent the most
money on new roads had the same "Roadway Congestion Index" as cities that
spent far less.
29 The road will damage the City of Ithaca economically. At taxpayer
expense, the road will funnel shoppers to suburban shopping districts and
make it even harder for City businesses to compete.
3, The environmental costs of the road - in damage to habitats,
wildlife, wetlands, creeks, and loss of open spaces are irreversible,
severe and unacceptable.
4. The road will cause a net reduction in the livability of the County
as a whole. While one or two neighborhoods may benefit, the irreversible
damage to many neighborhoods will be greater than the temporary gain.
50 More sprawl, encouraging still greater traffic, is an inevitable
result of the road. Even if land -use controls were agreed to by all
municipalities, there is no enforcement mechanism. At the very least,
sprawl will balloon at both ends of the connector.
60 As long as the roadway is under
will be a self - fulfilling prophecy that
encourage mass transit,
study, the prospect of a new road
will sabotage any attempts to
7, All alternative options have not been fully considered. Smaller
changes to existing roads and less radical new connectors could
significantly reduce congestion, including commuter traffic through Forest
Home and truck traffic along Pine Tree Road.
TOTAL: 569 signatures, 203 of them from residents of Town of Dryden
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