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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005-06-09Present: Elected Officials: "113 6 9 -05 TOWN OF DRYDEN TOWN BOARD MEETING June 9, 2005 Supv Stephen Trumbull, Cl Stephen Stelick, Jr., Cl Martin Christofferson, Cl Christopher Michaels, Cl Michael Flattery l3ambi L. Hollenbeck, Town Clerk Jack Bush, Highway Superintendent Other Town Staff: Mahlon R. Perkins, Town Attorney Henry Slater, Zoning Officer Dave Putnam, TG Miller Engineers Debbie Gross, Environmental Planner Supv Trumbull opened the meeting at 7:10 p.m. and led board members and guests in the pledge of allegiance. CITIZENS PRIVILEGE Millie Norton thanked the board for the interest it had expressed in supporting the golf course and gave an update on that situation. The mortgage holder, George Szlasa, took possession of the property in March and is trying to sell it. A group of interested people realized that the course would not be able to continue as a golf course unless it was maintained and approached Mr Szlasa. with a proposal, which he accepted, and on April 28, 2005, they took possession of the property. This group is composed of 22 senior citizens who put some money together and used it. as their seed money to start a Limited Liability Company. They have obtained insurance (including workers compensation though they have no employees). There are 23 people volunteering in the club house and three on a sub list. Twelve people work on the grounds (2 of them are not senior citizens). The group is dedicated to preserving the natural beauty of the area for the people of the area and feel passionately that it should be kept as an open space for everyone to enjoy. It would be unfortunate for it to become a housing development. The people of the community have responded with gift of labor and money and shows what can be done when a lot of people who have a common cause work together. The property is up for sale and some people have been through to kook at it, including.) man from Nevada who appears to be interested. They currently have four leagues and open golfing. An open house will be held June 18 at the course and the public is encouraged to visit the course. M Norton said you don't have to be a golfer to go out and enjoy the view from the bark deck. They have a limited amount: of food (snack items) available, but you can bring a picnic lunch and enjoy the view. Michael Lane will act as master of ceremonies for the open house. There will be a short program and free golfing that day from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. People are always there who will take visitors around and show them the course. People are coming from surrounding communities to golf and as they go through Dryden they are stopping at other businesses. The group feels it: is a valuable asset to the community. The group is thankful for the encouragement they have received from the board and for I* any support they can give any potential buyer. 'Their goal has been to keep the course open Page I of 14 TB 6 -9-05 and in good shape to help attract buyers. Mr. •rlasa has had a new roof put on the club house and has increased the asking price to $499,900, upv Trumbull wjd he has heard nothing but positive} .accoladles about the effort.% of the group. Cl Stelick c4aid he applauds the group and has not forgotten them_ The study the Town had prepared %vas recently loaned to sooneone who may be interested. M Norton encouraged the board to stop in and visit, Dan Hill said 1.hc_ group had decided that if a buyer does :3urfare, they will stay on and osAqt. thy: buyer with getting �karted. Cl Hattery painted our. r.he [hoard had said in a press rcleri; that the Town has some irtterc,r. hot i s n winter recreation and an ca and that offer holds. Thv Town is willing to pm9tner with someone 1;0 purchase an easement, Mike Ts3arski, of 554 Fall Creek Road, said as a follow up to 18-%I; month's meeting= " A c~ornrnittee of three was chosen to review elc utric�i1 inspectors in the Town of Dryden. I would like to state this is not aboull licensed clectricians, This is about quali ty electrical inspectors, If you think the Town of Dryden has qualified in %pectors you might want to ask Tony Prudence from F & T Distributom why he had to spend $35,000 on electrical corrections on a $78,000 electo•ic-al job, where the electrical inspector frorn Atlantic Inland found zero Na(ior»l f?lcctricaI Code violations_ The same contractor is doing work at George Jr. Republic. is the Board prepared to tell the parents of the 14 rc%idc_nL% in the new cottage that we were told we may not be getting quality electrical inspections, but it is okay for your children to sleep there? Would YOU deep there= Like I said, this is not about licensed electricians. f represent 189 inembers0, only nine of 1',hcm are liccm5eyd to work in the city of Ithaca. We work. with contractors that are licensed, By the way, 16 of my members live in the Tovrn of Dryden. This is about certified electrical L nspectors, whie .Nh will do quMil;y inspections for our homeowners and our business community. Certified cluctric.al irii FT)Qci.ors do not cost more than non - certified. improperly installed elc tn'cal work can kill entire families, Thank yUU for your time. I will be looking forward to hearing about the end results of how you wi11 ensure the Town of Dryden coin munity wiII m. c6vc quality electrical inspections ?" Supv'14rumbu11 told M Talarski that ZO Skater would{ L5pvak regarding this matter later tonight, The committee hasn't made a decision_ COUNTY BRIEFING Mike Lane said what the board heard tonight about the golf course demonstrates that there is a real interest by the community in the golf course - For those that wonderud how important this re source was in the corn rnurii(y, this is proof_ He Skid golf courses and cemetr,ries should be pa tot of open %pace planning dusd both :add to the character of a corn rn unity the saine as farms rtire part of open space and are a part of what makes a town's landscape beautiful_ He noted the county legislature had recently approved a new pre }perry tax exemption for historic bars though there aren't many barn N that would qua Iifv for this exemption_ There would be a limited exemption for improvements to the property over a ten -year period. Page 2 of 14 TB G -9 -O5 There is z� new exemption for property owners who have, improved their property in order to keep a disabled family member at home_ 'Phis would apply to the value of the improvements made_ A public hearing has been scheduled for increasing the veterans' exemption. There is a basic exemption for veterans and additional exempl.inns for combat and/or disabled wrterans. The base fio% been at $9,000 for several years and the County is proposing to raise it to $15,000. This is being considered because of the inc;re`a %c in the nuniber of veterans. 141 Irene said TC3 is moving forward wii;h it% construction of an addition which wi11 include a field house, gyrnnasiLim and class roams, which will free up more space in the main building. After a three year delay there it5 finally money allocated by the state legislature, but the problem is the Stale Dormitory Attthority doesn't have the cash beCause, c_nough bonds have not yet been issued and the money will Frrobab[y not be available until Spring 2006. TC3 wanbS to begin construction and discussions are under wok.}' ;bout whether the two counties can find a way to front the money for thorn so they can begin construction. Attendance at the college has increased and the last two semesters TC3 has had to have a dormitory program at the Holiday Inn in ortland_ M [,one w�iid ther(; i group called Rea Jity Chcek sponsored by Cornell Cooperative Extension that teaches kids about the problems with cigarette oompany �Idv(�rtising and how it is used in movies, magazines, etc to attract young people to cigarettes. The kids have done a lot of research and h vt, an XhIbir. ;q the, Polka Dot. a.Ile.ry on Main Si:rccl, in �rrrl lend ur�l ii mid -July. He encouraged the public to visit the exhibit, Cl HattMr said as far as he knew the moratorium on new construction in the Cortland Road Sewer District has not been lifted, and one of the poinin the Town and Village have been 1_rying to make is that the biggest driver of demand mid expansion within the Cortland Road Sewer District has been TC3. The dorins which were not planned for when the district was formed and now 11his additional expansion of the school, is causing a unique kind of load and thurc is a need for an interceptor line to specifically handle the growth at TC3 He said he knows in other cases the State steps in and helps with unielue infrastructure costs for state facilities, and he doesn'i, thinly that until there is same relief for that expansion thcrc will an ability to accommodate the expansion. There is already a moratorium air increased flow in the district. Town and Village representailives have spoken with Senator Seward and Assembly= woman Lifton about. this, Cl Hattery said the message needs to be conveyed more clearly to TC3, and if the County is thinking about being a partner, this is a very imprartont paint that needs to be resolved_ The l3oard asked M Lane to bee�ome involved the dlscllssions and hr_ agreed to do so. The estimated cost for improvements to the sewer plant are presently at 491 million dollars. lane_ thanked the Supervisor for the letter he }{Frote recognizing the problem with the intp,rsection of Route 13 and Orown Road and Sapsucker Woods Read, Martha Robertson said that Karen Bishop, Supervisor for the Immunization and lnternul Care Unit of the Hcalth Department, received a state -wide award that is given each year to one individual in the state in rcb cognition of outstanding dedication and service for immunizations. Mike Stamm orTCAD won the Economic Developer of the; Year Award from New York State, recognizing the economic development progress that has been made under his 40 lcadersllip, lace 3 of 14 TB 6 -9 -05 The County Health Department has been very busy with the onset. of the con sCruct:ion season and necessary sewer and water inspections and they say that figures arc approaching the peaks of 1988 -1990. The_rc are a lot. of nt:vw systcrrin to inspect and staffing is dawn, so they are very busy_ [n budget matters, the Health Department reports that reimbursements from state funding will be stable this year_ Bioulrrorit,3m Funding was renewed at its current ]eve]. Tuberculosis screening was a recent: topic of discussion as there are currently approximatel y 50 InL(. -nt costs an d 4 -5 active cases in Tompkins County_ Propkc may not know they have, a latent case without screening. llct[ve cases require testing of all people who have came in contact with the infe&eid perlson, in addition to daily visits from a county health nurse who must wateh them take their medication, CorneII wiII now rc.,•quire that people coming into Cornell frarn other countries have tubers utdoL Licreenin done in this country_ With respect to the Department of Souiat Services budget, at this point they have seers a fairly low level of Medicaid spending this year (below the projoctedl, and it is possible that) it has to du with the State chairing software for reports and billing and they hove been having problems getting it to work ('UrreCdy. It may turn out that there is a backlog of case that have not caught up_ The State budget this Year did include a cap on the local shire of Medicaid. Any growth in [4ledicaid expenditures abovc 3 V�" /� next year veil] be picked up by the State_ Tompkinq County Treatment Court will have a 54h anniver: 'ary celebration and cornmencci-ner) t on Wednesday, ,June 15, 2005 at 2.'00 p.m_ at the County Courthouse, There will be a number of gums speakers including the Assistant Static Attorney General, other LARte officials and former graduates. M Robertson thanked C[ Ste Iiek and Jennifer S 1'a ton for coming to the Ellis Halloo- Community Center and meeting faith various community oent:r:r me?nbera to discuss the needs of the associatiOn�, EN TI MRING No report: HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT & DPW Jack F3ush said he has been contacted by people who are put On S together a class reunion for Dryden School Classes of 1.975 and 1980_ They are having a gatliering at Dryden Laki: Park and would like to nave a band then. _ He thought) he should get ern opinion from the board, as he is concerned it may create an issue with some of the neighbors around the lake. Cl Stelick said there was amplified music at the Sicentennial Celebration at the lake, and one of the things tike ]sec Dept is looking at i having music at the lake; i.n the future. He noted the; Iease with DEC for the_ park encourages recrent.ional use_ Hip opinion is they should be able to have music with some caveats, and suggested Mark Varvayanis as thu closest neighbor should be contac11od for input.. Cl Hattery said it would be wise to provide for some curfew arid/or permitting process for gatherings at 11he lake: in the future_ [t is more a public safety issue than a noise it55ue for larger gatherings. F'age 4 of 14 T13 C -9 05 This group has received a permit reserving the pavilion and for a bonfire_ There will be fire department personnel and a truck at the scene_ Cl Sb6ick asked that J Bush meet with J Staton and Ron FlynTi of the Fire Department and conic up with a set of rules, Cl Michaels said if they have the requested the permits that are required, al: some point we lack authority to put rt;stri(9tiorus on something, He said it is worthwhile to take a look at enacting a local luw for souse sort of gathering permit. C1 Hattcry said we don't have legal standing because we don't have a law in place, but they are asking for guidelines and the Supervitwr can do that. J Bush said they have; rinished the spring cleanup of the Virgil Cri;�;k Dam and he thanked the Village; for their assistance with that project_ Paving season has begun and they have completed sectlons on Snyder Hili Road, Thomas ]load and East Malloryville Road_ Thy y hope to begin June 20 paving Yellow BC n Road, Sapsucker Vk+c odti Road and Etna Road, They will also he doing some ditching on Cardinal Drive and Meadowlark Drive. In July Fbey plan to pave Mt P]ensan1. Road, do some drain tikrL work on Hungerford Road and do sorae paving ors Hilo School Road, i•lall Road and Henna.0 Road (small seu:tivna that have broken up aver the winter), Thev have been doing shoulder cleaning on some of the roads_ This i;ntails clearing the shoulder of the ac umu1ation of sand from :;snding the roads in the winter time, and the purpose is to get the water to run ;sway from the edge of the pavement and into the ditch, if the material isn't removed, in heavy rain eve'nl:s the water will run along the edge of the pavement and erode the shoulders. If the water soaks in W the base under the pavement, it wiII cause= the pavement to break up. This is one of the least expensive ways to lengthen the life of the road. They have also been cleaning the ditches along the roads. GravoI bases have bet- stabilized on sections of Caswell Road, Mohawk Road and Sapsucker Woods Road_ Scenic Way and Scout Vane are roads th:11: were recently built and the Town accepted them based on a bond being issued to cover the cost of rinishing them. The developer is trying to complete the road at this time, and rather than stone and oil the road as required by Current town highway specifications, i :hei developer wiII give the town a credit against the pavuig of i:he road_ J Rush said a stone and o 1 road would typically last 3 to S years, then the TowTl would 6 her repair the; bad spots or pave the road_ HC said if the Town is going to pave the road in next 3 to 7 years, it may make more Lki;nc3e to pave the road noTvv and have the dev6oper credit the Towii far what it would have; cost him to stone and oil the; road. This rould be accomplished by an agreement in writing between the Town and they developer. The §2.84 agreement would aced to be amended to add these} reads. J ]hush said he like would the town highway specifications changed_ Now a developer is required to stone and oiI a road and he would like to haver 1.he road paved, Cl flattery said he is in favor of this, i:huugh stone and oil may be sufficient. in areas with less traffic_ J Bush said he believes having all the roads paved will save the Town rrI.Oney in the long run and make thrr lots in a development more saleable. The Highway committee will get together and discuss changing the highway specifications. J Bush estimates the cost to pave Scenic Way and Scout Labe to be approximately $38,000, minus a credit of .around $15,000 by the developer_ C3 flattery said from a taxpayer point of view it makes sense to have the developer bring it up to the standard we are going to main tai 1.1 RESOLUTION #94 - AMEND §284 AGREEMENT C1 Michaels niTered the Jbllowing resolution acid asked for its :adoption= Page 5 of 14 TB 6 -9 -05 RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby amends the §284 Agreement to add Scout Lane and Scenic Way for 2'/2" of type l or 3 hot mix paving at a net cost not to exceed $20,000 after a credit received from developer. 2nul Cl Hattery Roll Call Vote Cl Stelick Yes Cl Christofferson Yes Supv Trumbull Yes Cl Michaels Yes Cl Hattery Yes Cl 1p Stelick said lie and Supv Trumbull took a drive around the Town with the Highway Superintendent a few weeks ago and visited areas of concern. Cl Stelick said he was impressed with the tour and the equipment being used to care for the roads. He said the trip was very enlightening, well worth the time spent and helped him to better understand the amount of work that needs t:o be done. Current: projects seem to be progressing smoothly. M Robertson said she had heard from Ellie Reed that something was going to be done with the intersection of Mt Pleasant four -way strop at Turkey Hill and Mt and the County has several reasons fear that someone will be rear -endec and Turkey Hill Pleasant: Roads, for not doing th; when stropping Roads. J Bush said she had requested a That request has been made in the past it., including a line of sight issue and the there. Changing the sight distance would involve acquiring property and probably moving a garage. He explained the Town will be changing the elevation of Mt Pleasant Road so there is a flatter grade for the cars stopping. RECREATION DEPARTMENT Jennifer Staton handed out invitations to the dedication ceremony of the Kenneth VanSickle Memorial Field on Wall Street in the Village of Dryden. The ceremony will be at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 18, at the field, followed by the Kiwanis Baseball A League championship game. J Staton explained that the Village of Freeville is not having their summer camp as they have in the past, The Village of Dryden will be taking the children that normally attend the Freeville camp. In the past Freeville has run a "Counselor in Training" program with their camp, but Dryden at last: does not want to run that program with their summer camp. Freeville has agreed that Dryden should receive their portion of funding for summer camp, but it is undecided what should happen with the funding the CiT program. Supv Trumbull said he had received a letter from the Youth Commission explaining the request and how the amounts were to be allocated. J Staton said she did not believe the Dryden Camp Director wanted to run the CIT program and did not believe everyone involved was on board with the request. The board decided not to take action on this until a consensus was reached by all involved. J Staton reported that she had met with Cl Stelick, Martha Robertson and representatives of the various community centers to get a feel for programs, ideas that they have, and requests for assistance. Cl Stelick said representatives from each community center attended and some great ideas came out of the meeting. One of the things that came out of the draft Comprehensive Plan and the recreation survey was to make the community centers more visible. Each center is unique and Cl Stelick said he was impressed with the presentations made by each center. He has asked J Staton to get going with the things that are within her budget and that she can do. There will be budget requests next year for improvements at the centers. He said this is critical with the size of the Town and the location of the population centers. The Ellis Hollow Community center is farther ahead than the others, but each has its Page 6 of 14 TB 6 -9 -05 own uniqueness and he would like to see each one expanded. They will be meeting more in the ® upcoming months, and hopefully in the future there will be a representative of the centers ® present at the board meetings. The Recreation Department will have a dunk booth at Dairy Day on Saturday and people in the booth will include, Cl Stelick, Cl Flattery, Bob Brull, Dill Avery, Evan Kurtz, Andy Kurtz and J Staton. TOWN ATTORNEY Atty Perkins said in 1996 the Harringtons were recipients of $21,000 from the 1995 Community Development Block Grant program for improvements to the real property they own. In connection with that they gave a mortgage to the Town for $21,000 to cover the recapture obligation. That is a ten -year restriction on the sale or transfer of any interest in the real estate. At the time they gave the mortgage to the Town, it was a third mortgage, subject to a $72,000 mortgage held by Deischer, and a $15,450 Cortland Savings Bank mortgage. Nine years have gone by and the recapture obligation is $2,100. The current assessed value of the property is $130,000 ($28,500 for land and the balance in improvements). There are no provisions in the mortgage note or mortgage which requires the Town to release any interest. it has as security for the recapture. There is reference in the note that permits a transfer of the property to the spouse or a child of the people who received the funds on the condition that they continue to occupy the residence. Atty Perkins said the Board is free to act any way they want, but the question is are they going to jeopardize the security the rest of the property provides for another year if a few acres is released for the daughter to place a home on. Stan Harrington, the property owner, said this was discovered when his attorney was ® reviewing the title. The Cortland Savings Bank mortgage is paid off, so the Town now occupies second position. He did not intend to do anything inappropriate: or ahead of schedule. The property has appreciated and is being kept in the family and he feels it is a minimal risk to the Town for the $2,100. He is asking for a release of an acre and a half and that would give his daughter and her new husband a title that is free and clear, which is required for their mortgage company. Atty Perkins said the board would have to authorize the Town Supervisor to sign the release and typically in the past when faced with these kinds of requests it has been on the condition that any expenses associated with it be paid by the property owner, including the fees of the Town Attorney for reviewing the documents, etc. The lien would still cover the remaining property. Mr Harrington left the document with Atty Perkins. RESOLUTION #95 - RELEASE OF PORTION OF LIEN - HARRINGTON Cl Stelick offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption: RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby authorizes the Town Supervisor or Deputy Supervisor to execute a release of part of mortgaged premises for Harrington, subject: to review by the Town Attorney and payment of any expenses to the Town Attorney. 211d Cl Michaels Roll Call Vote Cl Stelick Yes Cl Christofferson Yes Supv Trumbull Yes Cl Michaels Yes Cl Hattery Yes Page 7 of 14 TB 6 -9 -05 Atty Perkins said he has two matters for executive session involving litigation and he ® expects the board will take action on at least one of there after the executive session. With respect to the Cortland Road Sewer District, Atty Perkins said he has reviewed the file and memos and has spoken with the Mayor and has discovered there has been a revised cost estimate. Those revisions have not: been shared with the Town's engineers and he has asked the Village to provide a copy of the February .1.4, 2005 report so he can forward it to the Town's engineers. He has also spoken with the Town's bonding counsel and Atty Perkins said after speaking with them and the Mayor, he doesn't think they will be looking at a rero interest option. it will involve the Rural Development Agency for the regular bond market. Currently RDA money is limited in how much you can borrow and it is not enough for the whole project. What will drive the agreement is how the project; is financed. There a commitment to go forwsard and the real issue now is how to finance and pay for the project. Atty Perkins said as soon as Chuck F•ranzese and his firm look at the engineering report, we should set up a meeting with a couple of board members, trustees, the attorneys and respective fiscal advisors for the 'Town and the Village. Then we can decide what the most realistic way of paying for it would be. if we have to go into the bond market, it will be expensive as the current rates are about 5'/4% for 20 years. if you go with RDA it's 4'/4% for 38 years so there is money to be saved going with them, but it is more time consuming. The Town can go into the bond market on relatively short notice, only having to hold a public hearing and go through SEQR. The Town will have to engage a fiscal advisor and have an official statement. It will be expensive to issue the bonds, but we can do it relatively quickly. The Town's engineer will review the most recent report and comment on it, not do another report. The request for water and sewer service on [,ower Creek Road will be tabled for next ® month. ZONING OFFICER ZO Slater said the electrical committee, consisting of Atty Perkins, CI Michaels and ZO Slater have not had an opportunity to meet: formally, but ZO Slater has met with Atty Perkins and they have each reviewed the 1981 local law and the number of complaints received, consisting of one, and the failures that have been reported to various inspection agencies, which are numerous over the past few years. They came to the conclusion that the local law needs to be more modern and efficient, and have it require some demonstration of certification of the people doing the inspections, and include some indemnification for the Town. Cl Christofferson and Cl Michaels suggested that: the Town be able to choose which inspectors visit which jobsites. Cl Michaels said he .would like to meet a committee and go into this with more detail. The current local law does not require that inspectors be certified and they would like to revise the local law to require they be certified. Cl Hat:tery asked whether they could have a revised local law by the next meeting and Cl Michaels said he thought that might be possible. C1 Christofl %rson, Jeff Kirby (the `T'own's telecommunications consultant) and ZO Slater met recently and discussed whether or not the Town's current telecommunications local law was appropriate and what: might: need to be changed. They looked ahead to wireless communications in general. They decided that the present local law needs to be refined to make it more current with present technology, and they would like the legislation expanded to wireless communications in a broader spectrum because they are aware there is new technology on the horizon. They are presently working in that direction and will be making a. recommendation to the board for amendments to the current telecommunications legislation. They will look at ways to try and encourage telecommunication providers to provide more service to residents of the town in areas that are normally bypassed because of density. Page 8of14 TB 6 -9 -OS ZO Slater has spoken with someone from Cingular Wireless who indicated since the Town has a new telecommunications consultant they will be willing to consider working with the Town again. it has come to the committee's .attention that Cingular, who has two facilities in the Town of Dryden, would not come to the Town again under any circumstances because of prior experiences with the Town's former consultant. ZO Slater provided the board with information he has obtained on a large format copier because it is necessary to replace the one the Town currently has. The cost to replace it is approximately $5,000, and ZO Slater has obtained two quotes. It is no longer available on State contract. They did look into a plotter /copier combo and the price is about $22,000. Cl Michaels suggested a large format scanner be considered, the advantage being you easily reduce a document to letter size. Cl Michaels said he some experience in putting different components together in his office and will work with them on it ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNER D Gross said she wants to move forward with the process for the Comprehe=nsive Plan. She has delivered the most recent revised copies to Atty Perkins, all'Pown Board members, ZO Slater, 2 copies are available in the Clerk's Office for public review, and a copy to Tompkins County Planning. She will also be delivering copies for the Planning Board members, making a few more available for public review, and putting the most recent version on the web. She will try and have copies available on CD. The Planning Board has passed a resolution with respect to the plan and George Frantz has prepared a draft long form Environmental Assessment Review form. She asked the board how they wanted to move forward and whether they felt ready to set a date for a public hearing. The board feels ready to set a date for a public hearing. At:ty Perkins said the town board needs to formally refer it to the County Pliuining Department, and they will have 30 days to comment on it. RESOLUTION #96 - REFER COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO TOMPKINS COUNTY Cl Stelick offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption: WHEREAS, the Town of Dryden has completed its draft Comprehensive Plan and has set a public hearing date to gather comments on the same for July 14, 2005, at 7:00 p.m., NOW, 'THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town of Dryden hereby refers said draft Comprehensive Plan to Tompkins County Planning for comment; pursuant to General Municipal Law §239(m). 211d Cl Michaels Roll Call Vote Cl Stelick Yes Cl Christofferson Yes Supv Trumbull Yes Cl Michaels Yes Cl Hattery Yes The Town Board will hold its public hearing on the Comprehensive Plan on July 14, 2005, at 7:00 p.m. Cl Michaels will not: be able to attend that meeting. D Gross will distribute, a draft EAF to board members. Page 9 of 14 TB fi -9 -05 The Youth Conservation Corps is looking for projects and the group leader has been in touch with one of the trail consultants to look at possible designs for benches for the trail. While it may be premature to plan for benches all along the trail, there may be areas in the Villages where it may be appropriate and she wondered if the Town would fund materials for that. Cl Michaels said it is a good project: and he is in favor of finding the money. 17 Gross said if anyone else has ideas, they would welcome them. Cl Stelick said the community centers could use some work, and Cl Michaels said the Ellis Flollow Community Center had problems in the past: with handicap accessibility. They could also use help «rith projects such as spreading mulch on the playground, etc. D Gross noted the group had done a good job with the kiosk on the Jim Schug Trail. Cl Stelick said Thoma Development. was looking into what was available for aid to the community centers. The consultants working the trail project with the 'Town received permission from the landowners to do a walk through of the route and that happened two weeks ago. They are compiling information from that and are getting close to being able to share some design ideas. An open house has been suggested where an exhibit and information will be available at the Town Hall on June. 23 from 4 to 7:00 p.in. That open house w611 be advertised and specifically to stakeholders including private landowners as well as adjacent neighbors and town staff involved in the project, representatives from the Villages, etc. The Pre- disaster Mitigation, Education and Outreach program funded by NYS Emergency Management Organization is officially done and a lot of products have come out of that. The group involved has been a partnership of the American Red Cross, Tompkins County Health Department, Fire Departments, etc. They have produced a website (www.TompkinsReady.org) and the products are to help make people aware of the websitc. D Gross distributed some of those items (magnets, pens, keychains) to the Town board. Paperwork for reimbursement is being finalized. TOWN CLERK Town Clerk B Flollenbeck asked the board to approve; the April and May meeting minutes. RESOLUTION #97 - APPROVE MINUTES Cl Michaels offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption: RESOLVW, that this Town Board hereby approves the minutes of the April 14, May 4 and May 12, 2005, Town Board meetings. 2"d Cl Stelick Roll Call Vote Cl Stelick Yes Cl Christofferson Yes Supv Trumbull Yes Cl Michaels Yes Cl I•la ttery Yes B Hollenbeck previously sent the board a memo regarding a request from Tompkins County Board of Elections to move the polling place for District 10. For some years it has been at the Baptist Church on Virgil Road which is not within District 10, nor is it in an adjacent district as required. Unable to find a suitable public facility in District: 1.0, B Hollenbeck contacted Reach Out for Christ Church on Johnson Road (just across the line in an adjacent Page 10 of 14 .l.g 6 -9 -05 district) who agreed to provide space for a polling place. The board needs to pass a resolution ® acknowledging the change. RESOLUTION #98 - CHANGE DISTRICT 10 POLLING PLACE Cl Michaels offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption: WHEREAS, the Tompkins County Board of Elections has notified the Town of Dryden that the current polling place for Election District #10 is not properly located and the Town Clerk has conducted a search and secured a polling place which satisfies the requirements of the Board of Elections, now therefore, be it RESOLVED, that: this Town Board hereby designates the Reach Out for Christ Church at 318 Johnson Road as the polling place for District #10. 2nd CI Christofferson Roll Call Vote Cl Stelick Yes Cl Christofferson Yes Supv'Trumbull Yes Cl Michaels Yes Cl Hattery Yes B Hollenbeck provided the Board with a reconciliation of the 2005 tax collection. Approximately the same number of unpaid property taxes were returned to the County as last year. 0 DISCUSSION The 'Tompkins County legislature recently passed a resolution asking the State Senate and Assembly to pass bills regarding municipal annexation and the ability of municipalities to initiate that process. It basically gives two remote boards the authority to initiate an annexation. Citizens still have a right to turn it clown. Supv Trumbull asked the board to pass a similar resolution. RESOLUTION #99 - IN SUPPORT OF NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY BILL A05632 AND NEW YORK STATE SENATE BILL S02478 - AN ACT TO AMEND THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW IN RELATION TO MUNICIPAL ANNEXATION Cl Hattery offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption: WHEREAS, most municipal territorial boundaries for countries, cities, towns, and villages were established during the nineteenth century, while over the years patterns of population growth, development, and municipal services have not been confined within those boundaries, and WHEREAS, the New York State General Municipal Law currently provides a procedure; whereby territory from one municipality may be annexed to another, but only if there is a petition brought by the voters or the properly owners in the territory to be annexed, and WHEREAS, if the petition is then approved by the governing boards of both ® municipalities, the question of annexation is submitted to mandatory referendum of the voters of such territory, and Page 1 I of 14 T13 6 =9 -05 ® Wl-1} REAS, legislation has been proposed in both the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate that would amend the General Municipal Law to allow the governing bodies of two or more municipalities, as well as the residents or property owners of a municipality, to jointly initiate the municipal annexation process, while still requiring that any such action be approved by mandatory referendum of the voters, and WHEREAS, in the interest of better long -term planning and smart growth principles, it is desirable to promote various methods of intermunicipal cooperation, on such method, in proper circumstances, being municipal annexation, now therefore be it. RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Dryden supports New York State Assembly Bill A05632 and New York State Senate Bill S02748, and urges the New York State Assembly and Senate to pass the bills and the Governor to sign the legislation into law, RESOLVED, further, that copies of this resolution be forwarded to Assemblywoman Barbara S. Lifton, Senators James L. Seward and George H. Winner Jr., and Michael F. Nozzoloio, Speaker Sheldon Silver, Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, Governor George Pataki, New York Sate Association of Counties, New York State Association of Towns, and the New York State Conference of Mayors and other Municipal Officials. 2nd Supv Trumbull Roll Call Vote Cl Stelick Yes Cl Christofferson Yes Supv Trumbull Yes Cl Michaels Yes Cl Hattery Yes The board has received a revised proposed franchise agreement from Time Warner. Cl Christofferson said he was concerned with a ten -year term and said he wondered if we really needed the agreement. Mike Lane, said they want a ten -year term in order to justify whatever capital investments they make under terms of the franchise agreement. He asked what capital Time Warner was going to expend under the terms of the agreement and the board said nothing. M Lane noted that Time Warner gets a lot of money from selling Road Runner service and that is excluded from the franchise agreement and no franchise revenues are received from that. After discussion, the board asked Supv Tn.tmbull to write Time Warner and tell them the Town would go with a five -year term. Bailey Insurance has contacted the Supervisor and asked if the Town would like; terrorism insurance this year. We did not have it last year and the annual premium is $2,000. The board does not want to obtain that coverage. Supv Trumbull said the board has received Deborah Gross' letter of resignation. She will be leaving sometime the middle of July and has agreed to help with the transition to a new environmental planner if time permits. RESOLUTION #100 - ACCEPT RESIGNATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNER Cl Michaels offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption: RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby accepts the resignation of Environmental Planner Deborah Gross, with regrets, effective the middle of July, 2005. 2nd Cl Christofferson Page 12 of 14 TH 6-9 -os Roll call Vote C1 Stelick Yes Cl Christofferson YC5 u})v Trumbull Yes C1 Michaels Yes Cl Hattely Yes upv Trumbull said Bernie Thcnrr]a visited the office the, other day mid said Neptune is applying through them for a gran 1. for the Length of Service AWard Program and %aid we may get $80,000 to $100,000, and the fee to be paid would be $26,000 to $27,000. If Neptune gets the award, they a�ill distribute some of the funding to thr, other campasies- B Thomy wondered if the Town wanted to go through with this knowing the fee involved- The Board agreed it did. Thoma Development is chnnging their grant wrlting services slightly and have presented a new contract, which Supv Trumbull shared with the Board for their review and :action next month, McLean Corn munity Council has requested funds from the Town for an event to replace the McLean Carnival, The hn rd decided that it was something to be considered for next year's budget, G1 Stelick said the Fire Departi nents were present tonight and he shared the contents of on e-mail received. Dryden Fire Department will be conducting and hosting a multi - agency drill at Par View Apartments on Thursday (tonight) to update our current plans, review our incident command structure, accountability system, search and rescue operations, emergency medical services and access to resources required to safely and efficient Cy mitigate any situal:ion that may arise at the dormitory complex through the inutlial aid process, both town - wide and with neighboring Cortland County- He ako said the Town needs to do some lobbying about the LOSAP program because the Village is not cureritly behind it- Gl 1-iattery said there is on c; Village Board mem ber aski r ng questions about it. Cl Steli ck asked if anyone had contacted the Village of Fyeeville, and Gl Hattery said he is willing to go to a meeting at Freeville acid make a presentation with Doug oftfc6ll, Cl Stelick said he had attended a funeral in McLean on Sunday and commented on the prvfessionalisrn of the fire departments that handled (he traffic control. They also had cold water for everyone and bussed people to the charnh and the cemetery. He said he was proud to live in the Town of Dry -den and have those people in our emergency services, 8upv Trumbull said the coinmittce to inteivievw for the environmental planner position will be meeting the week ofJune 2 0. The committee cc nsists of S upv Trurnbu11, Cl Hattery, Henry Slater, Barbary. Caldwell, Craig Schu rl:, urld Debbie: Gross. On motion inade, seconded and unanimously carried, the board adjourned to executive session at 9;55 p- m. to discuss two matters of litigation, the employment history of a particular individual and the possI purchase of real estate, where public discussion may afrect the purchase price. They moved back into regular session a1. 10:05 p -m- RESOLUTION #101 - AUTHORIZE ENGAGEMENT LETTER WITH THOMAS S. D'ANTONIO Cl Hatter,}' offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption. PESOLVEf), that this Town board hereby authorizes the Town Supervisor or Deputy. Town Supervi&or to sign an engagement latter with Thomas S. D'Anconio of Ward Norris Heller I'age 13 of 14 T13 6 -9 -05 & Reidy, LLP, for legal representation in the matter of Crossmore (formerly) Wilkinson v. Town of Ithaca, et al. 2"" Cl Michaels Roll Call Vote Cl St:elick Yes C1 Christofferson Yes Supv Trumbull Yes Cl Michaels Yes C1 Hattery- Yes RESOLUTION #102 - APPROVE ABSTRACT #06 Cl HatteTy offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption: RESOLVED, that: this Town Board hereby approves Abstract #06, as audited, vouchers #354 through 11440, totaling $289,659.32. 2nd Cl Christofferson Roll Call Vote C1 Stelick Yes C1 Christofferson Yes Supv Trumbull Yes Cl Michaels Yes Cl Hattery Yr - -,s On motion duly made, seconded and unanimously carried, the meeting was adjourned at 10:38 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Bambi L. Hollenbeck Town Clerk Pace 14 of 14 DRYDEN TOWN BOARD MEETING Thursday, .June 9, 2005 at 7:00 p.m. l) Call Meeting to Order 2) Roll Call 3) Pledge of Allegiance 4) Public Hearings 5) Agenda Item 6) Citizens Privilege 7) Town Highway Superintendent/Department of Public Works 8) County Briefing 9) Engineering 10) Recreation Department 11) Attorney a) CBDG - Harrington 12) Zoning Officer 13) Environmental Planner a) Comprehensive Plan Process b) General Update on Activities 14) Town Clerk a) Approve minutes of April 14, May 4, and May 12 b) Change polling place for District 10. 15) Discussion a) Resolution on Municipal Annexation Law b) Resolution on the Travel./Meal Reimbursement Policy c) Cable Franchise d) Terrorism Insurance Coverage 16) Approve Abstract # 06 17) Future Agenda Items l 8) Executive Session - if necessary Presenter J Bush County Repr. D Putnam J. Staton M Perkins H Slater D Gross B Hollenbeck Name - ',Please Print) t` SA cSins Town of Dryden Town Board Meeting June 9, 2005 Address 12SQ Ole ofri 0 �� lv �'tW+�. j f v ��U►y Z�-y � 2Y�t� -- � =-2�v� to (�-R, ���c' 5 -12 -05 16 SPEAKER SIGN IT] SHEET If you wish to address the Board under citizens privilege of the floor please sign in below. Speakers will be limited to a maximum of three minutes. Please provide the Clerk with a written summary of your statement. Name I Address cl-