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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTB Minutes 1987-06-08 TOWN OF ITHACA REGULAR BOARD MEETING June 8 , 1987 At a Regular Meeting of the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca , Tompkins County , New York , held at the Town Offices at 126 East Seneca Street , Ithaca , New York , at 5 : 30 P .M , , on the 8th day of June , 1987 , there were : . PRESENT : Noel Desch , Supervisor Shirley Raffensperger , Councilwoman Marc Cramer , Councilman Gloria Howell , Councilwoman Robert Bartholf Councilman Patricia Leary , Councilwoman ABSENTO Henry McPeak , Councilman ALSO PRESENT . Robert Flumerfelt , Town Engineer John Barney , Town Attorney Representatives of the Media : Harry Lin , WVBR , FM 93 News PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The Supervisor led the assemblage in the Pledge of Allegiance . REPORT OF TOWN OFFICIALS Supervisor ' s Report 1988 Budget Supervisor Desch reported that the budget process will be starting very soon and that he was urging all Board members to let the staff know specific needs that are on their minds so that we can see how they can be incorporated into the budget . He stated that he has not yet put out a notice to the staff to put their worksheets together . Work Session The Supervisor reminded the Board members of the June 30th work session with the Zoning Board of Appeals and the Planning Board at 7 : 30 P . M . , here at Town Hall . He stated that he has begun to assemble comments from a number of sources and welcomes all the comments that he can get . He went on to say that there were quite a number of topics that need to be covered and that it may not be possible to cover all of them in one session . He stated that he felt that some of the things he had been getting may also be on the minds of the Board members . State Audit Supervisor Desch reported that the State Auditors have completed their work and we will be getting their report in a couple of months . He stated that there were a number of minor items that have been brought to light and will be brought to the Board as soon as the homework can be prepared . He went on to say that one of the I tems has to do with item 6 on the Agenda , the salary increase for Town Board 2 June 8 , 1987 the Crossing Guards . That is related to one of the comments made by the Auditors . Niederkorn Study The Supervisor remarked that as the Board may already know , the second presentation of the Niederkorn Report was made last Thursday . He . stated that he felt Mr . Niederkorn handled the questions extremely well . Some of the questions are difficult ones and presumably from this point on , will be getting into more public forums and public debates and public discussions . He stated that there has been talk about having the Town and/or the County and City sponsor a series of public forums on the matter . He stated that he did not know what the outcome of that would be but from the Town ' s standpoint we have been on record as to our support of the highway , in the past , and once we receive the State ' s Environmental Impact Statement he felt it would be desirable to prepare an up to date paper on the position of what we feel the Town of Ithaca needs . He stated this should be forthcoming in another month to two months . Town Engineer ' s Report Water and Sewer Extensions Town Engineer Flumerfelt stated that he would like to bring everybody up to date on where we stand on the water and sewer improvements project . He went on to say that the surveying had been completed for all those areas that will be included in the first contract , that is the areas north of the hospital which include DuBois Road , Indian Creek Road , Woolf Lane , Trumansburg Road and also the West Haven Road area for sewer extensions and the Campbell Avenue sewer extensions . He went on to say that they are now in the process of doing the design work and getting test borings done for rock . They have been staked out on West Hill . We expect to be pretty well finished with plans and specs by the end of this month and about ready to go to bid . We are shooting for the end of this month to be ready to go to bid for that contract . Kay Street Drainage The Kay Street drainage improvements are almost complete . There is one little section that we need to go back and do a little additional work in order to finish up but , it ' s basically complete except for the paving . We have started the surveying of Roat Street , Blackstone Avenue and Orchard Street areas and should complete this in about a week and hope to schedule a meeting of the residents at the end of the month and do the drainage work in July and have the areas ready to pave in August . Hospital Access Road Town Engineer Flumerfelt reported that the plans and specifications for the hospital access road are done . We were all set to go to bid but our preliminary cost estimates were quite high so we met with County and hospital representatives and are exploring the possibility of bidding the first phase which is necessary to get the road started . Then we hope County and Town forces cooperatively can finish the remainder of the job . Highway DePartment Heating System The Town Engineer reported that the notice to proceed has been given to the contractor . He has materials ordered and expects to begin in about two weeks and should be finished about the end of the first week in July . Danby Road - Route 96B Speed Limit Town Engineer Flumerfelt stated that he has done some work on the Danby Road - Route 96 B traffic safety considerations and speed zones . He stated that he has been gathering information , 9fi . 7 Town Board 3 June 8 , 1987 particularly accident statistics and taken a close look at the highway from both directions . He stated that he had had a conversation with John Crosby from NYSDOT and was informed that they plan on taking a close look , a review of that area , within the next few months . DOT said any information we had , particularly the accident statistics would be helpful to them so he stated that he had prepared a report with same recommendations as to speed zones and also expressing the College ' s concerns now that students are crossing Danby Road to attend classes in the NCR building . Also , including what we know to be upcoming residential developments on King Road , Troy Road areas and the fire stations plans . Councilman Cramer asked the Town Engineer if he had done test . borings along Route 89 ? Town Engineer Flumerfelt replied yes , they are done . Councilwoman Howell asked if the extensions would be started on Route 89 this suer? Town Engineer Flumerfelt replied , as soon as we finish our design work on the first phase and the surveying for Roat Street improvements then we will move back to the second contract for water and sewer . We are shooting for early to mid-summer on having the plans and spec ready to go for the next water and sewer phase , including Taughannock Boulevard , Councilwoman Howell asked if we had a contractor for this yet? Town Engineer Flumerfelt replied no , in fact he felt the bidding climate was quite poor with all the work going on . Supervisor Desch replied , the key is giving the contractor a longer than normal period of time to complete the job so that they are willing to sharpen their pencils and come in with a decent price . He went on to say that it would be unlikely that Taughannock Boulevard would be operational before the end of the year , it ' s possible but not probable . Town Engineer Flumerfelt added , we want to shoot to get it out to bid so that , that along with the East Shore Drive area work can be done when the lake level is at it ' s lowest , so that will be a winter time job . Supervisor Desch asked what the schedule looked like for putting the sod back down on Kay Street ?, Town Engineer Flumerfelt replied , it is back down , all that they had . There are a few areas that had to be seeded because the sod didn ' t quite cover everything . Building Inspector/ Zoning Officer Report Building Inspector/ Zoning Officer Andrew Frost reported that he had issued 19 Certificates of Conpliance . Noteworthy on the list was Best Western Hotel that has a temporary certificate . Ithaca College ' s new Egbert Union is nearing completion and has a final certificate , forthcoming . He went on to say that as far as complaints , the Eastern Heights area seems to be an active area as far as property maintenance and occupancy concerns being expressed . He noted the issuance of a sign permit for Best Western Hotel . 68 field visits were performed , 47 for building code inspections , 20 for zoning inspections and one was a fire safety occurrence . 39 Building Permits were issued for the month . SKI Town Board 4 June 8 , 1987 Town Planner ' s Report Town Planner Susan Beeners noted that the Town Board had a copy of her report . She went on to say that there was quite a bit of work that she does for the Zoning Board of Appeals in regard to special approvals . There is a lot of environmental review associated with at least half of the routine appeals that are taken to that Board . She went on to say that , therefore , she had been attending a lot of Zoning Board of Appeals meetings along with Planning Board meetings . The Town Planner stated that one of her major acccuplishments during this period , was getting the fire stations sites approved by the ZBA . There will be a meeting tomorrow night to discuss architects who have sent in proposals and a final • selection should be made next week . She stated that if she kept statistics on the number of inquiries that she has had on different proposal from developers and persons inquiring about land , it would take most of her time just putting those statistics down . She went on to say that there have been scene recent inquiries on sane major land parcels on South Hill and on West Hill . If things work out and a Cornell student is hired , Ms . Beeners stated that she hoped to have some material ready for the Boards joint meeting on June 30th . The Town Planner went on to say that the Parks Department has spent most of their time , in the last month , working on Pleasant Grove sidewalk , doing hand work as far as regrading along the walk . REPORT OF COUNTY REPRESENTATIVES Supervisor Desch noted that all of the County Representatives were out of town , therefore , there will be no report . WATER AND SEWER ACCOUNT REFUNDS RESOLUTION NO . 120 Motion by Councilman Cramer ; seconded by Councilwanan Howell , RESOLVED , that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca hereby authorize that the following water/ sewer customers be refunded overpayments made by them on their water and sewer bills : NAME & ADDRESS ACCOUNT # AMOUNT OF REFUND Co T . James Huang 190-02312-4 $ 58 . 22 for 110 Sycamore Drive duplicate payment Ithaca , New York 14850 June 1986 bill and Special Read bill Bruce Bland 170-015448-2 $ 40 . 02 for 123 Pine Tree Road duplicate payment Ithaca , New York 14850 June 1986 bill Rocco Lucente 187-022062-6 $ 38 . 28 for 103 Salem Drive duplicate payment Ithaca , New York 14850 July 28 , 1986 adjusted bill George C . Trattel 184-02078-6 $ 15 . 98 for 309 Blackstone Avenue customer over- Ithaca , New York 14850 payment June 1986 bill Town Board 5 June 8 , 1987 Lin Lucas 184-020440-9 $4 . 47 for 1906 Slaterville Road customer over- Ithaca , New York 14850 payment June 1986 bill Bellavigna 167-013752-4 $ 41 . 01 for 620 Coddington Road duplicate payment Ithaca , New York 14850 September 1 and Special Read bill Rocco Lucente 190-023175-5 $ 103 . 88 for 103 Salem Drive duplicate payment Ithaca , New York 14850 June 1986 bill Rocco Lucente 190-023176-4 $ 79 . 32 for 103 Salem Drive duplicate payment Ithaca , New York 14850 June 1986 bill Jack D . Hewett 170-015830-0 $20 . 50 for 1518 Slaterville Road customer over- Ithaca , New York 14850 payment September 1986 bill Robert Manvell 190-023284-1 $ 47 . 07 for 109 Pinewood Place duplicate payment Ithaca , New York 14850 June 1986 bill Mark Ashton 191-000083-3 $ 11 . 53 for 105 McIntyre Place duplicate payment Ithaca , New York 14850 September 1986 bill R . Namjoshi 170-015421-3 $ 51 . 44 for 116-A Pine Tree Road duplicate payment Ithaca , New York 14850 October 1986 Special Read bill Elizabeth Giorgianni 170-015927-2 $36 . 47 for 112 Terraceview Drive duplicate payment Ithaca , New York 14850 December 1986 bill James Ainslie 184-020456-1 $ 45 . 78 for 1402 Hanshaw Road duplicate payment Ithaca , New York 14850 September and December 1986 bills Elizabeth Fritz 184-020256-7 $ 47 . 82 for 1105 Hanshaw Road duplicate payment Ithaca , New York 14850 July and September 1986 bills J . Fletcher c/o Gardner , Jr . 191-000284-6 $ 211 . 88 for • P . O . Box 6403 meter located at duplicate payment Ithaca , New York 14851 300 Forest Home June 1986 bill Drive Ivor Jonson 170- 015424-0 $ 46 . 06 for 934 East Shore Drive meter located at duplicate payment Ithaca , New York 14850 114-B Pine Tree September 1986 Road bill Larry Hull 161-011090-9 $ 87 . 25 for P . O . Box 14 meter located at duplicate payment Town Board 6 June 8 , 1987 Ithaca , New York 14851 491 Five Mile December 1986 Drive bill Jon Reis 191-000263-1 $ 45 . 36 and $ 36 . 47 James Gulledge meter located at for duplicate 228 Forest Home payment December Drive 1986 and January 1987 Special Read bill Michael Stasko , Jr . 170-015670-8 $ 40 . 02 for 329 East State Street duplicate payment Ithaca , New York 14850 December 1986 bill Louis E . Shippos 163-011066-5 $20 . 49 for 136 West Haven Road duplicate payment Ithaca , New York 14850 December 1986 bill (Desch , Raffensperger , Cramer , Howell and Bartholf voting Aye . Nays - none) . (Councilwoman Leary arrived at this point) PLANNING AIDE AND PARK AIDE Supervisor Desch noted there were two separate people in the resolution for the two positions . He stated that the recommendation was the result of screening a number of applicants and that these two individuals seemed particularly suited for the kind of activities that the Town is looking at . Councilman Cramer remarked that in looking at the resolution he - wondered if the positions had not been reversed , is David Gilbertson supposed to be Parks Aide and Thomas Iurino the Planning Aide? Supervisor Desch replied no . That was his reaction also , he stated . Town Planner Susan Beeners responded that Thomas does have maintenance experience , even though it does not show on his resume . She stated that the way she looked at it now there are some possiblities of getting Dave out there in the field for technology transfer , if necessary . Basically , however , it would be Tom for Parks and Dave for Planning . Councilman Cramer remarked one is a candidate for a Masters in Regional Planning and he is going to Parks and the other is a candidate for a Masters in Landscape Architect and he is going to Planning . It make absolutely no sense . Supervisor Desch replied it does , if you look in terms of the work that Susan has in mind for the individuals . He went on to say if we were hiring these people on a permanent staff basis then , for long term, he stated he would agree with Councilman Cramer , Town Planner Beeners stated that we usually see where the interest of the candidates are and their limitations and really tailor the jobs so that all benefit from it . The first couple of weeks these two people would be working together in some general planning duties , expecially surveying South Hill for land use and drainage . Town Board 7 June 8 , 1987 Councilman Cramer asked if both candidates are receiving the same hourly rate ? Town Planner Susan Beeners replied , yes . RESOLUTION NO , 121 Motion by Councilman Cramer ; seconded by Councilwoman Raffensperger , WHEREAS , screening of applicants for the positions of Planning Aide and Parks Aide for the summer was conducted , NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED , that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca hereby authorize that the following individuals be hired for these position for 12 weeks beginning June 9 , 1987 and ending August 31 , 1987 at a rate of $ 6 . 00/hour , 37 . 5 hours per week : David Gilbertson , Planning Aide and Thomas J . Iurino , Parks Aide , and FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED , that although these candidates are not participants in the Cornell Tradition program and , therefore , the Town would not receive partial reimbursement for their wages , it is the opinion of the Town Planner that the benefits of hiring these candidates outweigh the increase in cost to the Town , and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED , that funds are available in A7140 . 100 Playgrounds/Recreation Personal Services ; A1440 . 100 Engineering Personal Services ; B8020 . 100 Planning Personal Services and A7140 . 100 Parks Maintenance Personal Services . (Desch , Raffensperger , Cramer , Howell , Bartholf and Leary voting Aye . Nays - none ) . CROSSING GUARD Supervisor Desch noted that one of the criticisms from the State Auditors was the Town was paying $ 20 . 00 for gas allowance to the Crossing Guards rather than reimbursement on a mileage basis . Therefore , we are suggesting an increase of $ 25 . 00 to their monthly salary to cover this cost to the Crossing Guard , RESOLUTION N0 , 122 Motion by Councilman Cramer ; seconded by Councilwoman Howell , WHEREAS , a gasoline allowance of $ 20 . 00 per month has been paid to the school crossing guards , and WHEREAS , it has been brought to the Town ' s attention by the auditors for New York State Audit and Control that it is not allowable to pay a flat amount as a gasoline allowance without supporting documentation with regard to mileage , NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED , that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca hereby authorize an increase in the salary of each school crossing guard by $ 25 . 00 /month for the purpose or reimbursement for the expense of traveling to and from the street crossing site , effective with the first paycheck in September 1987 , and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED , that $ 200 . 00 be transferred from Townwide A3120 . 400 Crossing Guard Contractual to Townwide A3120 . 100 Crossing Guard Personal Services to budget for this salary increase . Town Board 8 June 8 , 1987 (Desch , Raffensperger , Cramer , Howell , Bartholf and Leary voting Aye . Nays - none ) . BUDGET AMENDMENTS RESOLUTION NO , 123 Motion by Councilwoman Raffensperger ; seconded by Councilman Cramer , RESOLVED , that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca hereby authorize an appropriation of $ 28 , 000 from General Fund Townwide Fund Balance and allocate as follows : $ 24 , 500 to Townwide A1910 . 400 Insurance and $3 , 500 to Townwide A7510 . 400 Town Historian , and FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED , that the amounts in the Debt Service Fund consisting of interest and premium earned on the proceeds of the 1984 water and serial bonds be appropriated for the 1984 Water and Sewer Improvements serial bond principal and interest payments as mandated by New York State Audit and Control and the following budgetary accounts be established for this purpose : DEBT SERVICE FUND Estimated Revenues Budget V2402 Interest & Earnings 0 . 00 V511 Appropriated Reserves $ 40 , 339 . 13 Total Estimated Revenues and Appropriated Revenues $ 40 , 339 . 13 Appropriations V9901 . 9 Interfund Transfer for Debt Service Transfer to Water Fund $ 15 , 217 . 13 Transfer to Sewer Fund 25 , 122 . 00 $40 , 339 . 13 Total Appropriations $ 40 , 339 . 13 Water Fund F5031 Interfund Revenue from Debt Service Fund for principal and interest payment on 1984 Water Improvement Serial Bonds $ 15 , 217 . 13 Reduced budgeted amount in estimated revenues by the following amounts : F1033 Bolton Point Benefit Charges ( 14 , 282920 ) F2401 Interest & Earnings ( 934 . 93 ) • TOTAL INCREASE/DECREASE IN ESTIMATED REVENUES WATER FUND 0000 SEWER FUND G5031 Interfund Revenue from Debt Service Fund for principal and interest payment on 1984 Sewer Improvement Serial Bonds $ 25 , 122 . 00 Reduce budgeted amount in estimated revenues by the following amounts : Town Board 9 June 8 , 1987 G1031 Sewer Benefit Charges/Plant ( 41072 . 39 ) G2120 Sewer Rent ( 21 , 049 . 61 ) TOTAL INCREASE/DECREASE IN ESTIMATED REVENUES SEWER FUND 0000 (Desch , Raffensperger , Cramer , Howell , Bartholf and Leary voting Aye . Nays - none ) . INDEPENDENT AUDITORS REPORT RESOLUTION N0 . 124 • Motion by Councilman Cramer ; seconded by Councilman Bartholf , RESOLVED , that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca hereby accept the independent auditors report for the year 1986 as prepared and presented by the firm of Ciaschi , Dieters-Hagen , Schaufler & Mickelson . (Desch , Raffensperger , Cramer , Howell , Bartholf and Leary voting Aye . Nays - none ) . MODIFICATIONS TO VARIOUS LAWS AND REGULATIONS RELATING TO THE N . Y . S . UNIFORM FIRE PREVENTION AND BUILDING CODE Town Attorney Barney reported that he and the Building Inspector had met on this and have gone through several of the Town ' s law and ordinances that would have an impact on this . He felt he was now in a position where he could draft some legislation for this have it ready for the August meeting . Supervisor Desch suggested a public hearing date be set at the July meeting , for presentation at the August meeting . ITHACA AREA TRANSPORTATION STUDY Town Supervisor Desch asked Town Planner Susan Beeners if this was the correct title for the study? Town Planner Beeners replied , The Greater Ithaca Travel Survey or GITS and the Transportation Management Information System is the second part of that proposal . GITS as proposed by Professor Richardson would be a survey of about 2 , 500 households through out the County , all members of a family would be asked to record for a day exactly what their travel pattern was . That information would be used in developing a statistical model of origin - destination patterns and other things and will be used in a program currently available which is called the MCTRANS Program which is a tranportation model to be customized for use in the Ithaca area . Another part of the proposal would be to run a one day truck survey , basically a license plate survey where Richardson gets about 2 , 000 people out at different intersections within a certain grid to try to determine what type of local and through traffic we have . That type of information will be used in customizing the McTrans Program . She went on to say that the City Common Council has authorized the participation by the City of $ 7 , 000 . That is what Ithaca Area Land Use/Transportation Study Committee has recommended as the share amount by Cornell and also the Town with the County putting in $ 9 , 000 . The study would be done in December and January with a commitment needed by Mr . Richardson , by the end of this month . � 9 7, Town Board 10 June 8 , 1987 Supervisor Desch noted that the earlier resolution was for a $ 24 , 000 commitment , however , the truck study increased the price to $30 , 000 . He went onto say that he felt this was a worthwhile proposal . For example , the Town has been asked to ban trucks from Honness Lane and this study should give us the necessary information on how to answer this request . RESOLUTION N0 , 125 Motion by Councilman Cramer , seconded by Councilwoman Raffensperger , WHEREAS , the ad hoc Ithaca Area Land Use/Transportation Study Committee has recommended that a proposal by Prof . Anthony J . Richardson for a Greater Ithaca Travel Survey and for the development of an area Transportation Management Information System be accepted , with such proposed work recommended to be funded by Tompkins County ( $ 9 , 000 proposed share ) , by Cornell University ( $ 7 , 000 proposed share) , and by the City and Town of Ithaca ( $ 7 , 000 proposed share , each) , and WHEREAS , the City of Ithaca has made a commitment to provide $ 7 , 000 for this study , and the other agencies will decide on a commitment during June 1987 , NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED , that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca authorizes participation in the aforementioned study , the Town of Ithaca share of the costs of same not to exceed $ 7 , 000 , to be appropriated from. the Townwide Fund Balance into a new account , A8025 . 401 , and FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED , that this appropriation is contingent upon approval and participation by all of the other governmental entities referred to above . (Desch , Raffensperger , Cramer , Howell , Bartholf and Leary voting Aye . Nays - none ) . PERSONS TO BE HEARD No one present wished to address the Board . SOLID WASTE RESOLUTION Supervisor Desch stated that this is a revised version and it crossed in the mail with a draft resolution the County Board is considering . He stated that he tried to look at things in the resolution that might conflict with the County ' s resolution . The County in their resolution is talking about some kind of a financial incentive for municipalities to get into recycling . In our resolution we talk about the County pursuing recycling on a County wide basis . He went on to say that the County may not feel they have the control to enable them , as a County government , to do this so that may be the reason they are pursuing it that way . But he stated that he thought that at this point in time the Board should be pretty confortable with encouraging County wide recyling . He went on to say that the Town ' s resolution also talks about a benefit plan for property within two miles of a landfill and transfer stations , if such are constructed . The County resolution makes reference to a one mile zone , but it ' s probably a much more expensive approach than the Town ' s resolution . The Town ' s resolution also talks about the concerns of water supplies because the one landfill that is closest to the Town of Ithaca , in the Town of Enfield , on West Hill is on the other side of Sheffield Road Ca Town Board 11 June 8 , 1987 from the Poole Road subdivision which has already 45 homes on wells , so that is the reason we put in that we needed some assurance that an alternative water supply would be provided . Finally , we make reference to the fact that the Town feels the County should not foreclose the possibility of waste burning facility as a solution , also . Councilwoman Raffensperger stated that she had noted a couple of comments on the resolution , word changes , that she would like to propose . RESOLUTION N0 . 126 • Motion by Councilwoman Raffensperger ; seconded by Councilman Cramer , WHEREAS , the Town of Ithaca is supportive of the commitment by Tompkins County to close properly the existing landfill sites and to find a site for the new landfill , NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED , that the Town of Ithaca further supports the commitment of Tompkins County to identify aggressively volume reduction methods including County-wide recycling and composting , and RESOLVED , the Town of Ithaca supports the concept of a "benefit " . plan for property within two miles of the landfill station , or a greater distance if the operation of the landfill and transfer station is projected to have a direct impact on the quality of life of the area . The benefit plan should include consideration of a sharing of tipping fees for offset of lowered or suppressed property value , roadway improvements and maintenance , provision of a public water system to any existing development area , and FURTHER, the Town is prepared to participate in the preparation of such a plan , and RESOLVED , that the Town of Ithaca urges the County to pursue the feasibility of constructing a solid waste burning facility to take advantage of the high heat content due to the high percentage of paper in the make up of our community solid waste . (Desch , Raffensperger , Cramer , Howell , Bartholf and Leary voting Aye . Nays - none) . PLEASANT GROVE WALKWAY AGREEMENT Town Attorney Barney noted that the agreement was not ready for consideration at this meeting . T . CIASCHI AGREEMENT supervisor Desch stated that this agreement has basically to do with the water and sewer project on West Hill . Pretty much in the middle of that project is an approved subdivision which the developer will have to provide utilities to and what this sets forth is the extent to which the developer will provide the utilities . He went on to say that in order to provide sewer to the Woolf Lane area we must go through the Ciaschi subdivision . Water could be run a different route if absolutely necessary . Town Attorney Barney noted that the agreement provides that the Town gets easements , which we need anyway . He stated that as he understands it , the Town will construct the water and sewer lines 70 Town Board 12 June 8 , 1987 running from DuBois Road westward to the intersection , Mr . Ciaschi will construct the water and sewer lines running from Grove Road over , then south , then back to connect to Woolf Lane where the Town will pick up and do the remainder of the construction . He noted there were some time limits that haven ' t been quite finalized as to when the roads would be installed and when we would expect the design of Mr . Ciaschi ' s portion of this project to be completed . Finally , there is a provision to secure the performance by Mr . Ciaschi . It was agreed that July 1 , 1987 was not a realistic date for Mr . Ciaschi to contruct the roads . • Supervisor Desch suggested the date be changed to August 15 , for road construction . Councilwoman Raffensperger asked if the cost to the Town for this proposal was in anyway in excess of what it would be in the absence of the subdivision proposal ? Supervisor Desch replied , its less . Councilwoman Raffensperger asked if it was consistent with the way in which we have dealt with similar circumstances in the past ? Town Attorney Barney replied that it was a unique circumstance . Most of the time you have a subdivision and a subdivider where you are not looking to have water and sewer at each end of it and normally you would say to the developer you install , period . Here , presumably we would have to provide sane kind of line to (he showed on the map) from here to get over to there and what we are doing instead of running it a direct route with just a stub running part way to enable both parties to service the area desired . We are saving money because we are not going as far as we would have to if there was no subdivision . He is providing us with those mains . He stated that he did not know of another circumstance similar to this . Supervisor Desch replied its also a question of timing . If this had been done three years ago , the total cost would have been ours . It ' s kind of similar to what you run into when you have to run the Pipeline fronting on undeveloped land . He stated that his main concern was to make sure there was zero impact on the tax exempt status of our project financing . RESOLUTION NO , 127 Motion by Councilman Bartholf ; seconded by councilwoman Raffensperger , RESOLVED , that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca hereby approves the agreement between the Town of Ithaca and developer Timothy Ciaschi to extend water and sewer mains and related manholes , grant easements and construct roads to Town specifications through his approved subdivision located off Woolf Lane and Grove Road subject • to minor changes as the Supervisor deems appropriate . (Desch , Raffensperger , Cramer , Howell , Bartholf and Leary voting Aye . Nays - none ) . REVISED COMMISSION RULES /REGULATIONS Supervisor Desch noted that the Board has not had sufficient time to study the proposed revised rules /regulations and , therefore , they would be discussed at the July meeting . 99 � Town Board 13 June 8 , 1987 STATUS REPORT OF ARCHITECT SELECTION - FIRE STATIONS Supervisor Desch noted that there will be a joint meeting with the Fire Ccnmissioners on Tuesday , June 9th to review the proposals that have been received by the City from architects . Interviews will then take place between tomorrow and the 15th . The selection of the architect will then take place on the 15th . Town Planner Susan Beeners stated that there are six proposals to be looked at . Councilman Cramer asked if this would be deemed a capital project for the City this year? • Supervisor Desch replied , yes . In the 1987 budget the City set aside something like $ 75 , 000 for architectural and site preparation work for fire stations . There is a question of whether of not the City will need to borrow the money before the end of the year , it is possible . In which case they would have a budget amendment . But as you know , the Town is paying for 70 % of the cost of these stations . There are a number of steps that we will be looking at namely , what will ultimately be the capital project budget . He went on to say that the Ithaca College site is subject to the approval of the Ithaca College Board of Trustees , at the end of September . So that is kind of the time frame we are looking at , we hope to get it out to bid before the end of the year . We want to have the stations completed by January 1 , 1989 , that ' s a provision in the contract , with the City . He went on to say that he expected the Board would be receiving a report every month or every other month on what is happening . Councilman Cramer asked what is the future likelihood of the enabling legislation providing Town representation on the Board of Fire Commissioners ? Supervisor Desch replied , that he had seen the wording that the - City Attorney had prepared , we are tying to get it into this legislative session . Supervisor Desch circulated the resolution proposed by the City . DANBY ROAD SPEED LIMIT REQUEST Supervisor Desch stated that he had written a resolution , after receiving the Town Engineer ' s letter . He • stated that he felt it would be a good idea to attach a resolution to Town Engineer Flumerfelt ' s letter as it may give more of a push to keep the interest in doing that , alive . RESOLUTION N0 , 128 Motion by Supervisor Desch ; seconded by Councilwoman Howell , WHEREAS , the level of development activity on South Hill and the extensive nature of use changes for property fronting on Route 96B (Danby Road) suggest increases in vehicular and pedestrian traffic , such uses include new housing , a new fire station and the use of NCR facilities for Ithaca College academic functions , and WHEREAS , no transition speed zone exists adjacent to the 40 MPH zone adjacent to the City of Ithaca , and WHEREAS , the Town of Ithaca has been requested to apply for a speed limit reduction by Ithaca College , � 9 Town Board 14 June 8 , 1987 NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED New York State DOT is hereby requested to review the traffic patterns , accident records and _ reduce the speed limit accordingly , and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED , that the New York State DOT proceed with prelininary design of the signalization needed for the new South Hill Fire Station . (Desch , Raffensperger , Cramer , Howell , Bartholf and Leary voting Aye . Nays - none ) . TOWN OF ITHACA WARRANTS RESOLUTION N0 , 129 Motion by Councilman Cramer ; seconded by Councilwanan Raffensperger , RESOLVED , that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca hereby approves the Town of Ithaca Warrants dated June 8 , 1987 , in the following accounts : General Fund - Town Wide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 52 , 729 . 80 General Fund - Outside Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 24 , 101 . 80 Water & Sewer Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 69 , 305 . 24 Highway Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 38 , 692 . 48 Lighting Districts Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 403 . 24 Federal Revenue Sharing Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 565 . 00 (Desch , Raffensperger , Cramer , Howell , Bartholf and Leary voting Aye . Nays - none ) . MAY FINANCIAL STATEMENT RESOLUTION NO . 130 Motion by Councilwoman Raffensperger ; seconded by Councilwoman Howell , RESOLVED , that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca hereby approves the May Financial Report . (Desch , Raffensperger , Cramer , Howell , Bartholf and Leary voting Aye . Nays - none ) . BOLTON POINT WARRANTS Councilman Cramer questioned the car painting job , asking if it was discussable ? Supervisor Desch responded , absolutely . In fact it was dicussed at great length at the Water Commission audit meeting today . There • was a great deal of unhappiness expressed because the job was done on the basis of only one estimate and that estimated turned out to be just half of what it ultimately cost to do the job . We are having the new Supervisor of Administration review the purchasing policies which obviously will result in the tightening up of these policies . Councilman Cramer asked if it was a normal insurance job? O 4 Town Board 15 June 8 , 1987 Supervisor Desch responded no , just a routine maintenance job . It was a 1983 vehicle and it was postponed for a year so he felt it was somewhat worse but not that bad . Councilman Bartholf asked if that was what the painter gave for an estimate? Supervisor Desch replied no , the estimate was , a year old , for $ 800 . RESOLUTION NO , 131 Motion by Supervisor Desch ; seconded by Councilman Cramer , • RESOLVED , that the Bolton Point Warrants dated June 8 , 1987 , in the Operating Account are hereby approved , in the amount of $ 92 , 238 . 57 after review and upon the recommendation of the Southern Cayuga Lake Intermunicipal Water Commission , they are in order for payment . (Desch , Raffensperger , Cramer , Howell , Bartholf and Leary voting Aye . Nays - none ) . HIGHWAY AGREEM Councilman Cramer , Chairman of the Highway Committee reported that the Board had before them the program to appropriate funds to spent for the permanent highway improvement projects for the summer . Basically the total amount to be expended for permanent improvements , exclusive of the CHIP ' s fund , as budgeted is $ 198 , 000 . The roads to be surface treated , as part of the permanent improvements budget are Compton Road , Deerfield Place , Lexington Drive West , Remington Road ( in the Town of Ithaca) , Spruce Way , Updike Road , Lisa Lane , St . Catherine Circle , Christopher Circle , Maplewood Drive and Williams Glen Road for a total of 1 . 98 miles . The permanent paving portion of the permanent N mprovements project will include Blackstone Avenue , Roat Street , Orchard Street , Kay Street , Salem Drive and Forest Hone Drive . He went on to say that Forest Home Drive from the City line to the first bridge and Forest Home Drive from the first bridge , between the two bridges , and out past the second bridge are also involved . Councilwoman Raffensperger asked what has happened to the I mprovements to the hill part of Judd Falls Road? Councilman Cramer replied , Judd Falls Road because of its lack of determination by the Highway Committee and by the Town Board as to whether it will be a one-way or a two-way road surface , the Highway Committee felt we would have to defer that project until the Town Board decided which of the appropriate configurations would be permanent . Councilwoman Raffensperger replied whatever we do there or which ever way the traffic goes , just the hill portion , it ' s washboarded and very difficult to handle a car on it . Supervisor Desch remarked this will cone under repairs . The Supervisor went on to say that this listing is consistent with the budget , as a matter of fact , the Kay Street-Boat Street areas follows on the heals of the drainage work . RESOLUTION NO . 132 Motion by Councilman Cramer , seconded by Councilman Bartholf , 7z Town Board 16 June 8 , 1987 RESOLVED , that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca hereby approve the Agreement to Spend Town Highway Funds as prepared by the Highway Superintendent . (Desch , Raffensperger , Cramer , Howell , Bartholf and Leary voting Aye . Nays - none ) . COPIER REPORT Councilman Bartholf asked how old was the present machine ? Supervisor Desch replied , 1979 . • Councilwaman Raffensperger asked what prated the decision to only purchase one machine ? Supervisor Desch replied cash flow , the State hasn ' t seen fit to give us our State Aid money yet . Councilman Cramer asked if the Town staff had investigated all the possible machines , or are there more machines out there that haven ' t been investigated . Connie Allen replied that we have investigated all the machines that bids were submitted on that met specifications . Councilman Cramer asked if there wasn ' t a possibility of rejecting both of these machines ? Supervisor Desch replied no , there is no basis . RESOLUTION NO , 133 Motion by Councilwoman Raffensperger ; seconded by Supervisor Desch , WHEREAS , the opening of bids for copying machines for the Town of Ithaca was done on May 11 , 1987 , and WHEREAS , the Town staff during the past month had opportunity to use the four models represented by the four lowest bid price , and WHEREAS , further investigation of various features of the two low bid machines is required , THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED , that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca hereby authorizes purchase of either one Royal 2803ZMR sold by Eastern Copy Products of Ithaca at a cost of $ 5 , 943 or one Savin V-35 sold by Standard Copy Products of Vestal , New York , at a cost of $ 6 , 346 . 50 , decision to be made by Town staff with the approval of the Town Supervisor following completion of research on the two machines . (Desch , Raffensperger , Cramer , Howell , Bartholf and Leary voting Aye . Nays - none ) . Councilwanan Raffensperger asked when the Town could expect to get the State Aid money and how difficult is it going to be for municipalities to get the money? Supervisor Desch replied that it was going to be expensive for many Places , not us , but many municipalities will have to borrow the money . The mortgage tax payover from the County , which is also state money , is double the amount we budgeted so we will be okay . He went on to say that we usually underbudget these revenues . Town Board 17 June 8 , 1987 COUNTY BID FOR HIGHWAY MATERIAL RESOLUTION N0 , 134 Motion by Councilman Cramer ; seconded by Councilman Bartholf , RESOLVED , that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca hereby accepts the low bid taken by the County of Tompkins for roadway construction materials . (Desch , Raffensperger , Cramer , Howell , Bartholf and Leary voting Aye . Nays - none ) . ADJOURNMENT The meeting was duly adjourned at 7 : 00 P .M . 54Town Clerk