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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTB Minutes 2016-04-11MEETING OF THE ITHACA TOWN BOARD April 11,2016 Agenda 1.Call to order and Pledge of Allegiance 2.Persons to be heard and Board Comments 3. Public hearing regarding a proposed local law to authorize a monetary gift to the City of Ithaca to support Cass Park and Stewart Park recreational facilities. a.Consider adoption 4. Public hearing regarding a proposed local law Providing for a Moratorium on New Two- Family Dwellings, and on the Addition of a Second Dwelling Unit to an Existing One- Family Dwelling, for a Period of Three Hundred Sixty-Five (365) Days a.Consider adoption 5.Resolution of Appreciation - Wayne Sincebaugh a. Ratify promotional appointment of Water Sewer Maintenance Supervisor 6.Discuss and consider approval of Bond Resolutions for: a. Park Lane Water Main Replacement Project b. Sapsucker Woods Water Main Replacement Project c.Christopher Circle Water Main Replacement Project 7.Discuss and consider award of contract for: a.Park Lane Water Main Replacement Project b. Sapsucker Woods Water Main Replacement Project c.Christopher Circle Water Main Replacement Project 8.Discuss draft Sign Law 9.Discuss Chainworks draft GEIS and consider comments 10.Discuss and consider approval of revised Longevity Payment Policy 11.Discuss and consider request for funding for additional Gorge Ranger 12.Continue discussion regarding a request for an encroachment license for East Shore Drive property 13.Continue discussion on proposed Forest Home Wall project 14. Discuss Intermunicipal Watershed Organization priorities list 15.Consent a.Approval of Town Board Minutes b.Approval of Town of Ithaca Abstract c. Approval of Bolton Point Abstract d. Close capital project -Christopher Circle e. Close capital project - Honness Lane f. Close capital project- Marcy Court g. Close capital project - Winners Circle h. Approval of Revised Office System Job Classification Listing i. Accept and authorize Tree Inventory Grant and signing of contract j.Accept and authorize Park Foundation Grant and signing of contract k.Establishment of NY State & Local Retirement Systems Standard Work Day Bolton Point-(SCLIWC) 1.Ratify approval of 2016 Revised Management Wage Scale and Revised Salaries for July 1,2016 m. Ratify approval of additional Instruments and Controls Mechanic/Operator Position n. Ratify appointments - Instruments & Controls Mechanic/Operator - Tierney and Fellows 0. Ratify appointment of Distribution Operator Trainee 16. Report of Town Officials 17.Consider Executive session to discuss union negotiations,potential litigation,and acquisition of real property where disclosure may affect purchase price 18.Adjourn TOWN OF ITHACA AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING AND PUBLICATION I,Paulette Terwilliger,being duly sworn,say that I am the Town Clerk of the Town of Ithaca. Tompkins County,New York that the following notice has been duly posted on the sign board of the Town Clerk of the Town of Ithaca and the notice has been duly published in the official newspaper,Ithaca Journal: a ADVERTISEMENT/NOTICE •NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS •NOTICE OF ESTOPPEL •NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF PUBLIC INTEREST ORDER Moratorium on 2-family dwellings and Gift to City Parks Location of Sign Board Used for Posting: Town Clerk's Office 215 North Tioga Street Ithaca,NY 14850 Town website at www.town.ithaca.nv.us Date of Posting:March 29,2016 Date of Publication:March 29,2016Pu^l^tion: Paulette Terwilliger Town Clerk STATE OF NEW YORK) COUNTY OF TOMPKINS)SS: TOWN OF ITHACA) Sworn to and subscribed before me thi§^^%^^day of 2016. N(k^ry_Public f X Debra DeAuglstine NotaryPublic-State of New YorK No.01DE6148035 Oualified in Tompkins County My Commission Expires June 19,20 /Q Town of Ithaca [ Notica of Public ; Hearings ' The Ithaca Town Board wil ' hold a public heating al the ' Tovwi Hall,215 North T-jga Street.Ithaca,New York on | the I1ih day ofApril,2016 at | 5:30 p.m.for the purpose of ^ considering two a proposed , local laws;•j 1.Providing fora Moratorium , on New Two-Family Dwet-J ings,andon the Addition ofa . Second Dwelling Unit to an ^ Existing One-Family Dweling,. for a Period of Throe Hun-. dred Sixty-Five (365)D^,^ aid ; 2.To authonze a monetaiy | gift to die City of Ithaca to j 'support Cassf^rk and Siew- ' art Park lecreaiional faOMies,' ' At such time and place eb ' personsinterested In the prs- 'posed local tawa may be heard concerning the ssme- ' The dreft local laws c-x avail- •^)le from the Town Cterk's ' office or online at www.town.ilhaca.ny.u8 under pubTc notices. ^uiaie Terwilliger < Town Clerk 3/29/2016 MEETING OF THE ITHACA TOWN BOARD April II,2016 Minutes Board Members Present:Bill Goodman, Supervisor; Rod Howe, Deputy Town Supervisor; Pat Leary (via video conference).Tee-Ann Hunter,Eric Levine,Rich DePaolo,and Pamela Bleiwas Staff Present:Susan Ritter,Director of Planning,Bruce Bates,Director of Code Enforcement; Mike Solvig,Director of Finance,Judy Drake,Director of Human Resources;Paulette Terwilliger,Town Clerk; Jim Weber,Highway Superintendent and Susan Brock,Attorney for the Town 1.Call to order and Fledge of Allegiance - Mr.Goodman opened the meeting at 5:30p.m. 2.Persons to be heard and Board Comments Montana Petersen,President FHIA Forest Home Ms. Petersen spoke regarding the wall replacement options and stated that the Association would like to maintain the width at the sharp bend because it is a key component of the traffic calming plan. The Town and a lot of other people went through a lot of research and time developing the plan and they would like to see it stay. The biggest complaint is that pedestrians are close to the traffic and truck mirrors but thanks to the homeowner on the comer,this is not a problem in that area and widening it would make it a problem. She requests that the spacing stay the same. Bruce and Doug Brittain -Doug Brittain started the statement saying thatthat section of sidewalk is really in better shape than most in Forest Home and makes it more pleasant and option 4 would min that and cause the homeowner to lose 10 feet of his lawn so that leaves options 2 or 3 if anything is to be done. Bmce Brittain used pieces of wood to demonstrate a cantilever shelf style wall which is buried into the ground. Option 2 is a cantilever while option 3 is a massive wall which holds back the mass and the problem is it is in precast sections and no matter how you build it, the comers are going to stick out and be a maintenance issue. Mr.Bmce Brittain suggested a gravity wall, but a caste-in-place gravity wall that would have a smooth exterior. The Brittains stated they had some other suggestions and cost saving ideas they would convey at a later time. Constance Engman stated the Forest Homeowners Association had discussed the altematives at length and like option 3 which has the sidewalk built above the road. Board comments - Mr.Goodman added an item to the agenda;consider setting a public hearing for a noise permit for La Tourelle and Firelight Camps. 3.Public hearing regarding a proposed local law to authorize a monetary gift to the City of Ithaca to support Cass Park and Stewart Park recreational facilities TB 4/11/2016 Pg.1 Mr, Goodman opened the public hearing at 6:38p.m,;no one wished to address the board on this topic and the hearing was closed. TB Resolution 2016 -054 ;Adopt Local Law 4 of 2016 entitled "Authorizing a Monetary Gift to the City of Ithaca to Support Cass Park and Stewart Park Recreational Facilities" Whereas, the Town Board discussed the need for monetary support for the Cass Park and Stewart Park Recreational Facilities during its budget process,and Whereas, the Town Board adopted a budget for 2016 including an amount of $ 83,620 for a contribution towards City Parks,of which approximately $ 38,000 would result in a special benefit to Town residents, but the remainder would be considered a gift., and Whereas,pursuant to the Town's New York State Municipal Home Rule powers, a local law may be adopted to authorize the Town to make a gift to another municipality where the gift furthers a public purpose of the Town, Whereas, at its meeting on March 7,2016,the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca reviewed and discussed the proposed local law and adopted a resolution for a public hearing to be held by said Town Board on April 11,2016 at 5:30 p.m. to hear all interested parties on the proposed local law entitled "Authorizing a Monetary Gift to the City of Ithaca to Support Cass Park and Stewart Park Recreational Facilities",and Whereas,notice of said public hearing was duly advertised in the Ithaca Journal,and Whereas, said public hearing was duly held on said date and time at the Town Hall of the Town of Ithaca and all parties in attendance were permitted an opportunity to speak on behalf of or in opposition to said proposed local law,or any part thereof,and Whereas,pursuant to the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act ("SEQRA")and its implementing regulations at 6 NYCRR Part 617,it has been determined by the Town Board that approval of the local law is a Type II action because it constitutes "routine or continuing agency administration and management,not including new programs or major reordering of priorities that may affect the environment,"and thus approval of the local law is not subject to review imder SEQRA,now therefore be it Resolved,that the Town Board hereby adopts Local Law 4 of 2016 entitled "AUTHORIZING A MONETARY GIFT TO THE CITY OF ITHACA TO SUPPORT CASS PARK AND STEWART PARK RECREATIONAL FACILITIES,"and it is further Resolved,that the Town Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to file said local law with the Secretary of State as required by law. Moved:Rod Howe Seconded:Tee-Ann Hunter Vote: Ayes -Hunter,Levine,Leary,DePaolo,Goodman,Howe and Bleiwas TB 4/11/2016 Pg. 2 4.Public hearing regarding a proposed local law Providing for a Moratorium on New Two-Family Dwellings,and on the Addition of a Second Dwelling Unit to an Existing One-Family Dwelling,for a Period of Three Hundred Sixty-Five (365)Days Mr. Goodman opened the public hearing at 6:39 p.m. and stated that people would have 4 minutes to address the board given the number of people present. Anthony Aiola,1307 Hanshaw Rd;Mr.Aiola stated that he recently built a home on the propertyknowing it was mediumdensityand he would be able to finish his basementas a rental. He is an owner-occupier and while he understands that the proposed law will allow for a waiver it seemed like an undue burden to him. He stated that he lives there and is responsible for maintaining the grounds and he felt that the blanket application of the moratorium is a blunt instrument that could be easily revised with existing code legislation without a need for a moratorium. Mr. Goodman responded that there is an exemption for owner-occupied in the current draft instead of a waiver process so he would be able to do what he would like to do under the current draft. Larry Fabbroni (Attachment 1) Mr.Fabbroni had a handout of the email he had sent to the board along with some additional pictures. Mr. Fabbroni stated that he has been the Town Engineer, the Assistant Superintendent of the City and a design engineer for a number of builders in the Town of Ithaca since he retired. He stated that this is a careless proposal;the length of time is too long for it,noting that someone made a comment at the last meeting that 6 months or 12 months would make no difference,but 12 months from now builders would not be designing something for the next construction season to be done by August. He thought 6 months would be plenty if the board went forward with this action because it could be extended 3 months or whatever needed to be done to accomplish the purpose but 12 months basically takes up 2 construction seasons, not just 12months. Mr. Fabbroni stated that the law seems targeted toward a specific population and he did not believe that is the way to do business. He stated that the Town had a Comprehensive Committee for years and he didn't understand what emergency or urgency there was to do this adding that it seems some don't like the aesthetics of what you see there but the Town is as much responsible for that as anybody. He noted that the photos he handed out show what the lacovelli's tried to accomplish in the 1980's with brick buildings and clustering lots and leaving open space but suddenly people came from Juniper Drive and said they didn't like them and then the bunkers, as some people refer to them, became the only thing to do at that point. Mr.Fabbroni stated that the fifty percent rule and the unit in the basement have existed for 40 years and it is time to change them and in doing so you might get a good looking duplex with a single entry into two units that looks like a single-family and has porches and landscaping and everything else the Town wants, but every time you try to change the ordinance - taking parking out of the front yard after Orlando tried to propose a building with six people in it instead of three with four in each with a nice landscaped parking lot between them you pushed the parking into the back and every time this has been done, you have increased the lots from 60 to 50 and now you have these forty foot lots with the $400K houses on them that don't sound very affordable to him. You got what you wanted. TB 4/11/2016 Pg. 3 Mr. Fabbroni went on to say that there is a history here and the Town is basically the one that drove the small units that you see now. He added that every one of those units are better than the one it replaced. He turned to Mr. Levine saying that he knows the Kreb house; the lady lived until she was 90 years old int hat house and it was ready to fall down and had no foundation and Orlando came along and helped take care of her by buying the property from her 2ind what he put on is much better than what was there. It is very hurtful when the Board says that people are self-righteous;this is their livelihood and there is a person here in the audience where this law will affect his whole life by not having work this year. It is very disturbing.Somehow the Board got the idea that these buildings are cheap and they are not. They are solid concrete that will be here for 80-100 years and when someone else buys them and wants to do something with them they will be able to; they won't be run down houses that are inefficiently insulated and basically have asbestos problems and 2x4 walls with hardly any insulation in them. He stated that this whole neighborhood was a ramshackle slum and when the lacovelli's started what they did in the 80's to make it better and this is very disturbing. Mr. Fabbroni wrapped up his thoughts by saying he felt the Board was very disingenuous to all the people who have labored in the Town and built houses; the Lucentes have 22 2-familys up on the hill and you haven't had a problem with them in 20 years; Steve Lucente has 10 that he built and later on people bought those houses. He said the Board just hasn't studied the problem enough to just come out and solve the problem with a moratorium is not right;if you want to have a dialogue you just invite these people in and you can have a real dialogue. He said that Mr. DePaolo stated in his comments last meeting that that's what you need to do and maybe that is where you start, not ambushing with a moratorium.He handed out the additional pictures to go with the initial handout.He suggested that the Town just zone the Juniper Drive area for single-feunily homes only instead of insulting everyone else. Tom Smith,Harris Beach Law Firm,representing Ron Ronsvalle and Heritage Builders. (Attachment 2) Mr.Smith stated that he sent a letter earlier in the week and Mr.Goodman noted that all board members received it. Mr.Smith stated that he thinks the board will hear from a number of homeowners about the unfairness and economic harm they will suffer if you pass the moratorium so he will not speak to that but he will speak to why the proposed moratorium is not consistant with New York Law and he turned to the three fatal flaws he believes are in the proposed moratorium: The first flaw is that it discriminates against owner=occupied and and non-owner occupied structures saying that this is illegal under Town Law Section 262 and there is a recent decision from the courts striking down a Syracuse ordinance in 2012 because it discriminated the same way. The second flaw is the waiver provision because it gives the Town Board absolutely unlimited discretion in granting waivers to certain owners and this violates the fundamental requirements of any zoning law in the State of New York that every landowner be treated equally and be subject to the same rules. This provision leaves waivers to the discretion of the Town Board and basically makes it spot zoning because it is inevitable that it will be inconsistent and spot zoning. TB 4/11/2016 Pg.4 Third flaw is that the proposed moratorium is not consistent with the Town's Comprehensive Plan that was developed after a lot of work and adopted in 2014 and in fact, not only is in not congruent with the goals of the Comprehensive Plan but it actually conflicts with those goals. Nowhere in the Comprehensive Plan is there anything that would prevent two- family housing and in fact there are many elements of the Comprehensive Plan that would promote two-family housing,. Therefore, were this moratorium pass, it would be in conflict with the Comprehensive Plan and would be unconstitutional. Mr. Smith turned to pages 16 and 17 of the Comprehensive Plan and the first housing goal states that "the Town should ensure that adequate amounts of suitable land in appropriate locations are zoned to meet the Town's share of regional housing needs."The moratorium would conflict with that rather than promote it and the next goal is to "focus new housing development closer to the City and in areas where public transit is available. Designate locations where new housing will connect with the Town's existing and future planned neighborhoods,parks, trails and transportation system." He stated that their contention would be that the proposed moratorium is inconsistent with that goal in the Comprehensive Plan, not congruent with it. The third goal in the Comprehensive Plan is "to allow smaller-sized lots and encourage smaller residential units and other strategies in residentially zoned areas to provide housing options that will not preclude moderately priced housing options."and again, the opposition would be the moratorium conflicts with this goal. Mr. Smith summed up his statements saying that aside from those three specific reasons why this proposed moratorium would be found invalid, there are also three general reasons;moratoriums deprive people of the right to use their property £md is therefore disfavored under NYS law, the courts have recognized that there are three very specific instances in which a moratorium would be permitted and none of them are attained here. The first instance would be where a municipal moratorium address a true crisis or emergency and the classic example of that is where there is a failing sewer or water system and the courts have allowed a temporary stay on building permits to relieve an over-burdened system but that simply isn't the case here. The status quo has existed for 45 years or more and it wouldn't meet that standard. Mr.Goodman stated that he had used his allotted time and needed to wrap up. Mr. Smith stated that the second reason is new technology or new use being proposed and that doesn't apply here either. Jennifer Tavares -President,County Chamber of Commerce Ms.Tavares stated that she has had people express concerns to her and after reading through the proposed law and understanding some of the possible negative impacts, she had some questions and concerns she wanted to share. She added that she fully respects that probably a lot of research by both the staff.Planning Board and Town Board has conducted and acknowledges the concerns of some of the neighbors the board is probably dealing with and dealing with multiple stakeholders. TB 4/11/2016 Pg. 5 She stated that her questions surroundthings such as if you don't pass this law now, how many new 2-family units would you anticipate typically being constructed during a year and she would be looking back over the past few years to see what realistically you would expect to be built during that period of time and determine whether there is a significant impact or total number of units and whether the study you will be conducting with the moratorium could be done congruent with the expected amount of building and she also wondered what would happen if the study wasn't completed in the year and if there was a sunset provision. Ms. Tavares stated that she didn't think she had to tell the board what a desperate need for housing we have in Tompkins County so from that perspective, she and many other members of the community and stakeholders who worry about all kinds of housing not being available and accessible to students and low to moderate income families and senior citizens etc., and she is very concerned about limiting types of housing when we desperately need hundreds if not thousands of housing units to be added. Ms. Tavares suggested the board consider allowing time for the County's housing survey to be presented and analyze that data before making any decisions about what needs to be done and where and also allowing time and participating in the County-wide housing strategy which would been done and which has already identified nodal development as highly desireable and would likely be constricted by a moratorium. Ms.Tavares also stated that she has concerns similar to what the attorney voiced;the burden of hardship is on the property owner at the waiver time and doesn't seem to have any indication on who or how a waiver is decided or how a hardship will be quantified and that is a major weakness. Finally, she felt that working cooperatively in conjunction with the colleges, the County and other residential owners and property developers to address the very valid concerns that have been raised could be done in a more cooperative basis rather than taking an action like this which would stop all new multi-family 2-unit development in the town for a period of time when we need as much housing as possible.She appreciates the boards consideration of the comments here tonight. Doug Brittain spoke in favor of the moratorium saying that if one just drives around South Hill it is pretty clear we have a problem in the town. Some neighborhoods really don't look like neighborhoods anymore; they look like a row with structures - they don't look like houses- along them, sort of Soviet-era housing with no bushes, no trees, crushed limestone in the front instead of a front yard with a bunch of cars parked in front - it just doesn't look like an inviting neighborhood or the type of place you would take your kid trick-or-treating.He stated that he wasn't sure that is what we want the town to be like.We were all students at one time and he realized that you get a lot of students together and sometimes things happen and he thought the moratorium would be a good idea so the town could just stop and identify the problem and figure out how to fix it because if you try to do it on the fly that is how you make mistakes.He felt that a year is not that long. He thought the town probably needed a year and should ask questions such as; do we need better enforcement of the noise ordinance or is it that we need a landscaping law or is it that we need architectural review or is it that you can build whatever you want but not TB 4/11/2016 Pg. 6 a whole row of them identical or is it the people who rent them or the size...etc. He stated that personally,he liked the flexibility of the proposed moratoriumwhich addressesowner-occupied or not and the best time to have a moratorium would have been ten years ago but he is happy that this is being proposed and the Board seems like they are willing to tackle the questions now and he wished them luck. Bruce Brittain also spoke in favor and agreed with his brother while adding that he recognized that this is going to be an inconvenience for a lot of people, a lot of developers, but realistically the town is not the only municipality in the Ithaca area so they can build in other municipalities or build something other than a duplex or 2-family structure so it is not as if this puts a halt on all construction in the area. He went on to say tht no matter when the board enacted a moratorium, you would still be inconveniencing someone so whether you do it now, next year or had done it last year, there will be people impacted but you did have the hardship clause and he felt the board was headed in the right direction and he supported them. Orlando lacovelli spoke against the moratorium stating that it is a real hardship to him and one year makes a big difference to him saying he is 72 years old and one year is a ton of difference to him. Ron Ronsvalle,spoke against the moratorium stating that he grew up on Coddington Road and he is a property manager, builder and a developer and he is against the proposed moratorium and thought it is inappropriate and unnecessary.He stated that we all know that Tompkins County and the Town of Ithaca needs more energy efficient,affordable housing and over the years he has learned that Ithaca is a transient town,people come and go and not everybody wants to own their own home. He has built single family homes, energy star quality, high performance homes up in Saunders Road and Southwoods and he has also built several two-family homes and two of his flagship properties that he is very proud of he bought at public auction. One, 35 Kendall Avenue,was nothing but a landfill with piles and piles of rubble and concrete,appliances and the like and he hired Fabbroni and Sons to design three 2-family homes; energy star, high quality homes and across the street he bought an 80 year old home and restored it; a condemned 4-unit that used to be a bakery and he completely gutted it and repaired the foundation and installed separate utilities, private balconies and porches and he is very proud of the fact that he could have torn it down but instead spent a lot of money in landscaping his properties and making them attractive.Anyone who drives down Troy Rd or Kendall Ave will see greenery. Mr.Ronsvalle stated that he would hate to think that the Town of Ithaca homeowners would discriminate against non-owner-occupied residents.He stated that he has a variety of tenants including graduate students and families,Ithaca College and Cornell coaches and professors and their families, engineers from Borg Warner and NYS Troopers as well as retired professors from Cornell. Mr. Ronsvalle stated that he has invested heavily in lots that he plans on developing in the Town of Ithaca and by changing this zoning, he would be at a detriment and in conclusion,he stated that this moratorium will be judged to be arbitrary,illegal and capricious. TB 4/11/2016 Pg. 7 There was no one else wishing to address the board and Mr. Goodman closed the public hearing at 6:10p.m. Board Discussion Mr. Goodman pointed out that there was a copy of the County's GML response in which they determined there would be no county-wide impact. Mr.Goodman stated that he was interested to see if there was a way to change the language to preserve historic resources, which is another element of the Town's Comprehensive Plan. There is a 1840s house at 341 Coddington Rd and he would like to preserve that house.If we do decide that we are going to change the language in a substantive way we will need to hold another public hearing and advertise it. Mr.DePaolo stated that it is apparent that there are some misunderstandings about our intention; the moratorium is not being considered as a way of foreclosing on 2-family housing within the Town of Ithaca. To the contrary, he stated that he felt we are long overdue in taking action to deal with issues that have been recognized for a long time and not been addressed. Some of those aesthetic issues, some are public health and safety issues having to do with occupancy. He said that he thinks Mr.Fabbroni has mentioned on more than one occasion that the actions of the town or rather the inaction of the town has sort of created this problem and to some extent he agrees with that; he felt that there is a place for duplex housing in the town and right now we don't allow for that and he thinks that we have gotten to the point now - Mr.Fabbroni mentioned that these ordinances have been on the books for 45 years and he stated that the Town of Ithaca is not what it was 45 years ago, it is considerably larger and we have more issues to contend with and he thought that we need to look at a regulatory scheme that allows for more transparency and clearer expectations between the town and the builders. He thinks that we need to make it clearer to teneints what their expectations are and exactly what doesn't constitute a family under our ordinance. He felt it was fair to say that there have been a number of perceived or legitimate loopholes in our Code that allow for certain situations to proliferate that we never intended to proliferate so it has always been his intention that if the Town were to pursue a moratorium that the Town would move swiftly and efficiently in consultation with the builders to try to reconcile these issues and come up with the constructs and maybe finally take responsibility for what we should have been doing all along. He added that he knows that Ithaca College has been relatively silent on the issue of housing although there is talk about a housing initiative but we need to bring them to the table as well. Mr.DePaolo said that he thinks we have an opportunity here and that we need to figure out where we want certain types of housing, plain and simple, because right now there's a lot of push back from longtime residents in single-family neighborhoods,and you (Mr.Fabbroni)have acknowledged that yourself and we don't need to continue to operate under a construct that is adversarial. Mr.DePaolo addressed some of the specific points that were made;he agrees that 2-family houses are not the only types of houses that can be built, you can build a 2-family house and someone can buy it, that is a possibility and there are a number of development possibilities that fall outside of the construct of this moratorium. There was a reference to the Syracuse case TB 4/11/2016 Pg. 8 referencingowner-occupancyversus non-owner-occupancy and he said that although he is not a lawyer and doesn't pretend to be one, but as he understood that case, that case dealt with an unequal application under City Law and City Charter and it is not relative to Town Law. He went on to say that he thought this is wholly consistent with our Comprehensive Plan as far as neighborhood preservation and neighborhood character goes; again we are not attempting to foreclose on 2-family houses and we see them as part of the overall housing in the Town going forward but the question is how do we regulate them fairly, openly and adequately. Mr. Howe stated that he still has questions on the timeframe, he felt a year still feels too long to him and he knows that some said if you do 6 or 9 months you are at a point where no one can build anything anyway but he would like to think about a different timeframe. Ms. Hunter stated that she didn't know if it was appropriate to have our attorney to weigh in on some of the comments that were made relative to the illegal nature of this moratorium. She stated that she understood that moratoriums are a legal tool for towns who are experiencing development pressures that they are not positioned to adequately regulate and that that is a reason enough to have a moratorium and she wanted to know what Ms. Brock thought about some of the comments that were made. Mr. Goodman responded that he was going to suggest that the Board might want to go into Closed Session to seek the advice of counsel but he was thinking that since the board had a number of items at the end of the agenda for Executive Session,the Board could add that topic to the end and go into Closed Session prior to Executive Session.Mr.Goodman responded that in that case,since he is interested in some language to preserve historic resources, and it seems some members are interested in other changes, we will have to hold another public hearing so we could determine a date for that. Ms. Leary stated that she is in favor of adding language to protect historic buildings but she also has a general concem about whether we need a moratorium because of the effect it will have on the supply of housing and the different types of housing we have in the Town and she felt that the 2-family type is an important need to include, especially for transient residents, rather than just going with multi-family. She felt that the concerns the town has could still be addressed without having a moratorium but she would certainly support,if we are going to have a moratorium,adding language to include historic structures and a shorter timeframe.She thought that Mr.Fabbroni's point about a year impacting two building seasons was valid. Ms. Bleiwas agreed with what Ms. Leary said about the two construction seasons and we should think about that and see if that is valid and if it is, do we want to shorten the timeframe.She also thought it was important to take time with our attorney to look at the case law presented by Mr. Smith. Mr.Levine stated that he is sensitive to the time issue,however,he knows how long it actually take to put through regulations and changing existing law so what he would like is some type of plan with our goals and a timeline early on in the moratorium to be completely transparent to the public as to our progress on it and hopefully some optimism that we don't need a year even if we take a year. TB 4/11/2016 Pg. 9 Mr. DePaolo responded that we are all interested in preserving historic resources but he doesn't understand how that fits into a moratoriumon 2-family houses. He is opento the idea and would love to hear some language, but he just wasn't sure that the two are connected as other members think they are. Ms. Hunter added that she is a little troubled by the supply of housing being used as an argument against this moratorium saying that she is not sure how many 2-family houses would be constructed in this timeffame and she would hope that we would take some time to position ourselves to work with our builders, and she takes Mr.Fabbroni's comments seriously that through our own regulations we have somehow not gotten the best that we could have gotten from our builders and she felt that it was time that we work here and work with the developer community to get the best that we can. Mr. Goodman talked about the schedule coming up and how to fit another meeting to discuss changes and then set a new public hearing. Some discussion followed and it was decided that a special meeting would be called on Friday,April 15^at noon to discuss possible changes.The Town Clerk will send a notice to the media and post it on our website and bulletin board. 5.Resolution of Appreciation -Wayne Sincebaugh TB Resolution 2016-056;Appreciation and Recognition of Wavne Sincebaugh's Dedicated Years of Service to the Community Whereas,Wayne Sincebaugh,started his career as an Engineering Technician on November 26, 1990;and Whereas,Wayne was appointed as the Water/Sewer Maintenance Supervisor effective January 1, 1995,and has served continuously since that date; and Whereas, effective April 16,2016,Wayne has chosen to retire from his employment with the Town's Public Works Department,after twenty-five (25) years of dedicated service; and Whereas, Wayne was always eager to share his diverse range of knowledge and experience with fellow staff members,staff from other municipalities,contractors working in the Town of Ithaca and residents;and Whereas, Wayne always represented the Town well when working with other communities and has been known for his abilityto bring laughter and humor to any situation; and Whereas, for many years Wayne provided guidance,mentoring and historical insight to department activities to help improve and ensure the best water and sewer systems possible for the residents;and Whereas,the Town of Ithaca has greatly benefited from Wayne's expertise,thoughtful consideration,time, energy and his desire to serve our community in order to make it a better place to live; and TB 4/11/2016 Pg.10 Whereas, the Town of Ithaca is appreciative of Wayne's invaluable contributions and years of exemplary service to the town during his twenty-five years of service; now, therefore, be it Resolved,that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca,on behalf of the Town its citizens,and employees,acknowledges the retirement of Wayne Sincebaugh and expresses its sincere appreciation and gratitude for his distinguished and dedicated service to our community. Moved:PamBleiwas Seconded:Rod Howe Vote:Ayes -Goodman,Hunter,Leary,Levine,DePaolo,Howe and Bleiwas a.Ratify promotional appointment of Water Sewer Maintenance Supervisor TB Resolution 2016 -057;Ratify Promotional Appointment of Water Sewer Maintenance Supervisor Whereas,there is a planned vacancy in the full time position of Water Sewer Maintenance Supervisor in the Public Works Department due to a retirement on April 16 2016;and Whereas, the Highway Superintendent has determined through interview and evaluation that Joseph Slater, Senior Engineering Technician,possesses the necessary knowledge,skills and ability to satisfactorily perform the duties of the Water Sewer Maintenance Supervisor;and Whereas, the Highway Superintendent promotionally appointed Joseph Slater to the Water Sewer Maintenance Supervisor position,effective April 4,2016;now,therefore,be it Resolved,the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca does hereby ratify the Highway Superintendent's provisional non-competitive promotional appointment of Joseph Slater as a full time Water Sewer Maintenance Supervisor for the Public Works Department, effective April 4, 2016;and be it further Resolved,this is a 40 hours a week position,at the hourly wage of $31.18,which is an estimated annual salary of $64,854, in Job Classification "VI",with full time benefits; and be it further Resolved,if the said successfully completes the mandatory eight (8) week probationary period, ending May 30,2016,there will be no further action required by the Town Board. Moved:Tee-Ann Hunter Seconded:Pamela Bleiwas Vote:Ayes -Hunter,Levine,Leary,DePaolo,Goodman,Howe and Bleiwas 6.Discuss and consider approval of Bond Resolutions TB RESOLUTION 2016-058:BOND RESOLUTION -In the Matter of the Proposed Town of Ithaca Christopher Circle Water Main Replacement Water Improvement Area TB 4/11/2016 Pg. 11 Improvements,in the Town of Ithaca.Tompkins County.New York,pursuant to Town Law and the Local Finance Law. At a regular meeting of the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York,held at the Town Hall, 215 North Tioga Street, in Ithaca,New York, in said Town, on the 11th day of April, 2016, at 5:30 o'clock P.M., PrevailingTime. The meeting was called to order by Bill Goodman, and upon roll being called, there were present: Supervisor Bill Goodman;Councilperson Rich DePaolo;Councilperson Pamela Bleiwas; Councilperson Rod Howe;Councilperson Tee-Ann Hunter;Councilperson Patricia Leary; and Councilperson Eric Levine Absent:None Moved by Rod Howe;seconded by Tee-Ann Hunter A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $325,000 SERIAL BONDS OF THE TOWN OF ITHACA,TOMPKINS COUNTY,NEW YORK,TO PAY THE COST OF WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE TOWN OF ITHACA CHRISTOPHER CIRCLE WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT WATER IMPROVEMENT AREA,IN THE TOWN OF ITHACA,TOMPKINS COUNTY,NEW YORK. WHEREAS,pursuant to the proceedings heretofore duly had and taken in accordance with the provisions of Article 12-C of the Town Law, and more particularly a resolution dated February 8,2016,said Town Board has determined it to be in the public interest to establish the Town of Ithaca Christopher Circle Water Main Water Improvement Area (the "Area")and to make certain improvements therefore at a maximum estimated cost of $325,000; and WHEREAS, said improvements have been determined to be a Type II Action pursuant to the regulations of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation promulgated pursuant to the State Environmental Quality Review Act, because the Action constitutes "replacement, rehabilitation or reconstruction of a structure or facility, in kind, on the same site," and thus approval,construction and implementation of the improvement are not subject to review under SEQRA;and WHEREAS, it is now desired to provide funding for such improvements for said Area; NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED,by the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca, Tompkins County,New York, as follows: Section 1.For the specific object or purpose of paying the cost of water system improvements,for the Town of Ithaca Christopher Circle Water Main Water Improvement Area consisting of the replacement of approximately 1,300 L.F.of existing 8" water main with a new 8"water main in the same alignment on Christopher Circle from the west side of the intersection of Christopher Circle/Christopher Lane to approximately 120 feet east of the east side of the intersection of Christopher Circle/Christopher Lane,together with related ancillary facilities,as well as other original equipment, machinery, apparatus,appurtenances,furnishings, incidental TB 4/11/2016 Pg. 12 improvements and expenses in connection therewith, at a maximum estimated cost of $325,000 there are hereby authorized to be issued $325,000 serial bonds of said Town pursuant to the provisions of the Local Finance Law. Section 2. It is hereby determined that the plan for the financing of said specific object or purpose is by the issuance of the $325,000 serial bonds of said Town authorized to be issued therefore pursuant to this bond resolution. Section 3. It is hereby determined that the period of probable usefulness of the aforesaid specific object or purpose is forty years, pursuant to subdivision 1 of paragraph a of Section 11.00 of the Local Finance Law. It is hereby further determined that the maximum maturity of the serial bonds herein authorized will exceed five years. Section 4. The faith and credit of said Town of Ithaca,Tompkins County, New York, are hereby irrevocably pledged to the payment of the principal of and interest on such bonds as the same respectively become due and payable. There shall be annually apportioned and assessed upon the several lots and parcels of land within said Town of Ithaca Christopher Circle Water Main Water Improvement Area which the Town Board shall determine and specify to be especially benefited by the improvements,an amount sufficient to pay the principal and interest on said bonds as the same become due, but if not paid from such source, all the taxable real property in said Town shall be subject to the levy of ad valorem taxes without limitation as to rate or amount sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on said bonds as the same shall become due. Section 5.Subject to the provisions of the Local Finance Law, the power to authorize the issuance of and to sell bond anticipation notes in anticipation of the issuance and sale of the serial bonds herein authorized,including renewals of such notes, is hereby delegated to the Supervisor,the chief fiscal officer.Such notes shall be of such terms,form and contents,and shall be sold in such manner, as may be prescribed by said Supervisor, consistent with the provisions of the Local Finance Law. Section 6. The powers and duties of advertising such bonds for sale,conducting the sale and awarding the bonds, are hereby delegated to the Supervisor,who shall advertise such bonds for sale,conduct the sale,and award the bonds in such manner as he or she shall deem best for the interests of said Town,including,but not limited to the power to sell said bonds to the New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation; provided, however, that in the exercise of these delegated powers,he or she shall comply fully with the provisions of the Local Finance Law and any order or rule of the State Comptroller applicable to the sale of municipal bonds. The receipt of the Town shall be a full acquittance to the purchaser of such bonds, who shall not be obliged to see to the application of the purchase money. Section 7. All other matters,except as provided herein relating to such bonds, including determining whether to issue such bonds having substantially level or declining annual debt service and all matter related thereto,prescribing whether manual or facsimile signatures shall appear on said bonds,prescribing the method for the recording of ownership of said bonds, appointing the fiscal agent or agents for said bonds, providing for the printing and delivery of TB 4/11/2016 Pg. 13 said bonds (and if said bonds are to be executed in the name of the Town by the facsimile signature of the Supervisor, providing for the manual countersignature of a fiscal agent or of a designated official of the Town), the date, denominations, maturities and interest payment dates, place or places of payment, and also including the consolidation with other issues, shall be determined by the Supervisor. It is hereby determined that it is to the financial advantage of the Town not to impose and collect from registered owners of such serial bonds any charges for mailing,shipping and insuring bonds transferred or exchanged by the fiscal agent, and accordingly,pursuant to paragraph c of Section 70.00 of the Local Finance Law, no such charges shall be so collected by the fiscal agent. Such bonds shall contain substantially the recital of validity clause provided for in section 52.00 of the Local Finance Law and shall otherwise be in such form and contain such recitals in addition to those required by section 52.00 of the Local Finance Law,as the Town shall determine. Section 8. The Supervisor is hereby further authorized, at his or her sole discretion, to execute an application,a project financing and/or loan agreement,and any other agreements with the New York State Department of Health/or the New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation,including amendments thereto,and including any instruments (or amendments thereto)in the effectuation thereof,in order to effect the financing or refinancing of the specific object or purpose described in Section 1 hereof, or a portion thereof,by a serial bond or note issue of said Town in the event of the sale of same to the New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation. Section 9. The power to issue and sell notes to the New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation pursuant to Section 169.00 of the Local Finance Law is hereby delegated to the Town Supervisor. Such notes shall be of such terms, form and contents as may be prescribed by said Town Supervisor consistent with the provisions of the Local Finance Law Section 10.The intent of this resolution is to give the Supervisor sufficient authority to execute those agreements,instruments or to do any similar acts necessary to effect the issuance of the aforesaid serial bonds or notes without resorting to further action of this Town Board. Section 11.The validity of such bonds and bond anticipation notes may be contested only if: 1) Such obligations are authorized for an object or purpose for which said Town is not authorized to expend money, or 2) The provisions of law which should be complied with at the date of publication of this resolution are not substantially complied with, and an action, suit or proceeding contesting such validity is commenced within twenty days after the date of such publication,or 3) Such obligationsare authorized in violation of the provisions ofthe Constitution. Section 12.This resolution shall constitute a statement of official intent for purposes of Treasury Regulations Section 1.150-2.Other than as specified in this resolution,no monies are, or are reasonably expected to be, reserved,allocated on a long-term basis, or otherwise set aside with respect to the permanent funding of the object or purpose described herein. TB 4/11/2016 Pg. 14 Section 13»This resolution which takes effect immediately shall be published in summary form in the official newspaper, together with a notice of the Town Clerk in substantially the form provided in Section 81.00 of the Local Finance Law. The question of the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly put to a vote on roll call, which resulted as follows: Rod Howe, aye;Tee-Ann Hunter, aye; Bill Goodman, aye; Pat Leary, aye;Pamela Bleiwas,aye; Eric Levine, aye; and Rich DePaolo,aye. The resolution was thereupon declared duly adopted. TB RESOLUTION NO.2016-059;BOND RESOLUTION -In the Matter of the Proposed Town of Ithaca Park Lane Water Main Replacement Water Improvement Area Improvements,in the Town of Ithaca.Tompkins County.New York,pursuant to Town Law and the Local Finance Law. At a regular meeting of the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca,Tompkins County, New York, held at the Town Hall,215 North Tioga Street, in Ithaca,New York, in said Town, on the 11th day of April,2016,at 5:30 o'clock P.M.,Prevailing Time. The meeting was called to order by Bill Goodman, and upon roll being called, there were Present: Supervisor Bill Goodman; Councilperson Rich DePaolo; Councilperson Pamela Bleiwas; Councilperson Rod Howe;Councilperson Tee-Ann Hunter;Councilperson Patricia Leary; and Councilperson Eric Levine Absent: None Moved by Rod Howe;seconded by Tee-Arm Hunter A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $500,000 SERIAL BONDS OF THE TOWN OF ITHACA,TOMPKINS COUNTY,NEW YORK,TO PAY THE COST OF WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE TOWN OF ITHACA PARK LANE WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT WATER IMPROVEMENT AREA,IN THE TOWN OF ITHACA,TOMPKINS COUNTY,NEW YORK. WHEREAS,pursuant to the proceedings heretofore duly had and taken in accordance with the provisions of Article 12-C of the Town Law, and more particularly a resolution dated March 7,2016,said Town Board has determined it to be in the public interest to establish the Town of Ithaca Park Lane Water Main Water Improvement Area (the "Area")and to make certain improvementstherefore at a maximum estimated cost of $500,000; and WHEREAS, said improvements have been determined to be an Unlisted Action pursuant to the regulations of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation promulgated pursuant to the State Environmental Quality Review Act, the implementation of which as proposed will not result in any significant adverse environmental effects; and WHEREAS,it is now desired to provide funding for such improvements for said Area; TB 4/11/2016 Pg. 15 NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED,by the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca, Tompkins County,New York, as follows: Section 1. For the specific object or purpose of paying the cost of water system improvements, for the Town of Ithaca Park Lane Water Main Water Improvement Area consisting of the replacement of approximately 2,700 LF of existing 8" and 6" water mains with a new 8"water main in the same alignment beginning in the general vicinity of the intersection of Regency Lane/Snyder Hill Road and ending in the general vicinity of the intersection of Park Lane/John Street, together with related ancillary facilities, as well as other original equipment, machinery,appeiratus,appurtenances,furnishings,incidental improvements and expenses in connection therewith, at a maximum estimated cost of $500,000 there are hereby authorized to be issued $500,000 serial bonds of said Town pursuant to the provisions of the Local Finance Law. Section 2. It is hereby determined that the plan for the financing of said specific object or purpose is by the issuance of the $500,000 serial bonds of said Town authorized to be issued therefore pursuant to this bond resolution. Section 3. It is hereby determined that the period of probable usefulness of the aforesaid specific object or purpose is forty years,pursuant to subdivision 1 of paragraph a of Section 11.00 of the Local Finance Law. It is hereby further determined that the maximum maturity of the serial bonds herein authorized will exceed five years. Section 4. The faith and credit of said Town of Ithaca,Tompkins County,New York, are hereby irrevocably pledged to the payment of the principal of and interest on such bonds as the same respectively become due and payable. There shall be annually apportioned and assessed upon the several lots and parcels of land within said Town of Ithaca Park Lane Water Main Water Improvement Area which the Town Board shall determine and specify to be especially benefited by the improvements, an amount sufficient to pay the principal and interest on said bonds as the same become due, but if not paid from such source, all the taxable real property in said Town shall be subject to the levy of ad valorem taxes without limitation as to rate or amount sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on said bonds as the same shall become due. Section 5.Subject to the provisions of the Local Finance Law, the power to authorize the issuance of and to sell bond anticipation notes in anticipation of the issuance and sale of the serial bonds herein authorized,including renewals of such notes, is hereby delegated to the Supervisor,the chief fiscal officer. Such notes shall be of such terms, form and contents,and shall be sold in such manner,as may be prescribed by said Supervisor,consistent with the provisions of the Local Finance Law. Section 6. The powers and duties of advertising such bonds for sale,conducting the sale and awarding the bonds, are hereby delegated to the Supervisor,who shall advertise such bonds for sale,conduct the sale,and award the bonds in such manner as he or she shall deem best for the interests of said Town,including,but not limited to the power to sell said bonds to the New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation;provided,however,that in the TB 4/11/2016 Pg. 16 exercise of these delegated powers, he or she shall comply fully with the provisions of the Local Finance Law and any order or rule of the State Comptroller applicable to the sale of municipal bonds. The receipt of the Town shall be a full acquittanceto the purchaser of such bonds, who shall not be obliged to see to the application of the purchase money. Section 7. All other matters,except as provided herein relating to such bonds, including determining whetherto issuesuchbondshavingsubstantiallylevel or decliningannual debt service and all matter related thereto, prescribing whether manual or facsimile signatures shall appear on said bonds, prescribing the method for the recording of ownership of said bonds, appointing the fiscal agent or agents for said bonds, providing for the printing and delivery of said bonds (and if said bonds are to be executed in the name of the Town by the facsimile signature of the Supervisor, providing for the manual countersignature of a fiscal agent or of a designated official of the Town), the date, denominations, maturities and interest payment dates, place or places of payment, and also including the consolidation with other issues, shall be determined by the Supervisor. It is hereby determined that it is to the financial advantage of the Town not to impose and collect from registered owners of such serial bonds any charges for mailing, shipping and insuring bonds transferred or exchanged by the fiscal agent, and accordingly,pursuant to paragraph c of Section 70.00 of the Local Finance Law, no such charges shall be so collected by the fiscal agent. Such bonds shall contain substantially the recital of validity clause provided for in section 52.00 of the Local Finance Law and shall otherwise be in such form and contain such recitals in addition to those required by section 52.00 of the Local Finance Law,as the Town shall determine. Section 8. The Supervisor is hereby further authorized,at his or her sole discretion, to execute an application, a project financing and/or loan agreement, and any other agreements with the New York State Department of Health/or the New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation, including amendments thereto, and including any instruments (or amendments thereto) in the effectuation thereof, in order to effect the financing or refinancing of the specific object or purpose described in Section 1 hereof,or a portion thereof,by a serial bond or note issue of said Town in the event of the sale of same to the New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation. Section 9. The power to issue and sell notes to the New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation pursuant to Section 169.00 of the Local Finance Law is hereby delegated to the Town Supervisor.Such notes shall be of such terms,form and contents as may be prescribed by said Town Supervisor consistent with the provisions of the Local Finance Law Section 10.The intent of this resolution is to give the Supervisor sufficient authority to execute those agreements,instruments or to do any similar acts necessary to effect the issuance of the aforesaid serial bonds or notes without resorting to further action of this Town Board. Section 11.The validity of such bonds and bond anticipation notes may be contested only if: 1) Such obligations are authorized for an object or purpose for which said Town is not authorized to expend money, or TB 4/11/2016 Pg. 17 2) The provisions of law which should be compliedwith at the date of publicationof this resolutionarenot substantially compliedwith,and an action, suit or proceeding contesting such validity is commenced within twenty days after the date of such publication,or 4) Such obligations are authorized in violation of the provisions of the Constitution. Section 12. This resolution shall constitute a statement of official intent for purposes of Treasury Regulations Section 1.150-2.Other than as specified in this resolution, no monies are, or are reasonably expected to be, reserved, allocated on a long-term basis, or otherwise set aside with respect to the permanent funding of the object or purpose described herein. Section 13.This resolution which takes effect immediately shall be published in summary form in the official newspaper, together with a notice of the Town Clerk in substantially the form provided in Section 81.00 of the Local Finance Law. The question of the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly put to a vote on roll call, which resulted as follows: Rod Howe, aye; Tee-Ann Hunter, aye; Bill Goodman, aye; Pat Leary, aye;Pamela Bleiwas,aye; Eric Levine,aye; and Rich DePaolo,aye. The resolution was thereupon declared duly adopted. TB RESOLUTION NO.2016-060:BOND RESOLUTION -In the Matter of the Proposed Town of Ithaca Sapsucker Woods Road Water Main Replacement Water Improvement Area Improvements,in the Town of Ithaca,Tomokins County,New York,pursuant to Town Law and the Local Finance Law. At a regular meeting of the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, held at the Town Hall,215 North Tioga Street, in Ithaca,New York, in said Town, on the 11th day of April, 2016, at 5:30 o'clock P.M., PrevailingTime. The meeting was called to order by Bill Goodman, and upon roll being called, there were present: Supervisor Bill Goodman;Councilperson Rich DePaolo;Councilperson Pamela Bleiwas; Councilperson Rod Howe;Councilperson Tee-Ann Hunter;Councilperson Patricia Leary; and Councilperson Eric Levine Absent: None Moved by Rod Howe;seconded by Pamela Bleiwas A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $425,000 SERIAL BONDS OF THE TOWN OF ITHACA,TOMPKINS COUNTY,NEW YORK,TO PAY THE COST OF WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE TOWN OF ITHACA SAPSUCKER WOODS ROAD WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT WATER IMPROVEMENT AREA,IN THE TOWN OF ITHACA,TOMPKINS COUNTY,NEW YORK. WHEREAS,pursuant to the proceedings heretofore duly had and taken in accordance with the provisions of Article 12-C of the Town Law, and more particularly a resolution dated TB 4/11/2016 Pg. 18 February 8,2016,said Town Board has determined it to be in the public interest to establish the Town of Ithaca Sapsucker Woods Road Water Main Water Improvement Area (the "Area")and to make certain improvements therefore at a maximum estimated cost of $425,000;and WHEREAS,said improvements have been determined to be a Type II Action pursuant to the regulations of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation promulgated pursuant to the State Environmental Quality Review Act,because the Action constitutes "replacement,rehabilitation or reconstruction of a structure or facility, in kind, on the same site," and thus approval,construction and implementation of the improvement are not subject to review under SEQRA;and WHEREAS,it is now desired to provide funding for such improvements for said Area; NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED,by the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, as follows: Section 1. For the specific object or purpose of paying the cost of water system improvements,for the Town of Ithaca Sapsucker Woods Road Water Main Water Improvement Area consisting of the replacement of approximately 2,400 LF of an existing 8" water main with a new 8" water main in the same alignment located on Sapsucker Woods Road,beginning it the area of the intersection of Sapsucker Woods Road/Hanshaw Road and ending approximately 500 feet north of the intersection of Sapsucker Woods Road and Sanctuary Drive,together with related ancillary facilities, as well as other original equipment,machinery, apparatus, appurtenances,furnishings, incidental improvements and expenses in connection therewith,at a maximum estimated cost of $425,000 there are hereby authorized to be issued $425,000 serial bonds of said Town pursuant to the provisions of the Local Finance Law. Section 2. It is hereby determined that the plan for the financing of said specific object or purpose is by the issuance of the $425,000 serial bonds of said Town authorized to be issued therefore pursuant to this bond resolution. Section 3. It is hereby determined that the period of probable usefulness of the aforesaid specific object or purpose is forty years,pursuant to subdivision 1 of paragraph a of Section 11.00 of the Local Finance Law. It is hereby further determined that the maximum maturity of the serial bonds herein authorized will exceed five years. Section 4. The faith and credit of said Town of Ithaca,Tompkins County,New York, are hereby irrevocably pledged to the payment of the principal of and interest on such bonds as the same respectively become due and payable.There shall be annually apportioned and assessed upon the several lots and parcels of land within said Town of Ithaca Sapsucker Woods Road Water Main Water Improvement Area which the Town Board shall determine and specify to be especially benefited by the improvements,an amount sufficient to pay the principal and interest on said bonds as the same become due, but if not paid from such source, all the taxable real property in said Town shall be subject to the levy of ad valorem taxes without limitation as to rate or amount sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on said bonds as the same shall become due. TB 4/11/2016 Pg. 19 Section 5.Subject to the provisions of the Local Finance Law, the power to authorize the issuance of and to sell bond anticipation notes in anticipation of the issuance and sale of the serial bonds herein authorized,including renewals of such notes, is hereby delegated to the Supervisor,the chief fiscal officer. Such notes shall be of such terms, form and contents,and shall be sold in such manner,as may be prescribed by said Supervisor,consistent with the provisions of the Local Finance Law. Section 6. The powers and duties of advertising such bonds for sale, conducting the sale and awarding the bonds, are hereby delegated to the Supervisor,who shall advertise such bonds for sale,conduct the sale, and award the bonds in such manner as he or she shall deem best for the interests of said Town,including,but not limited to the power to sell said bonds to the New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation;provided,however,that in the exercise of these delegated powers, he or she shall comply fully with the provisions of the Local Finance Law and any order or rule of the State Comptroller applicable to the sale of municipal bonds. The receipt of the Town shall be a full acquittance to the purchaser of such bonds, who shall not be obliged to see to the application of the purchase money. Section 7. All other matters,except as provided herein relating to such bonds, including determining whether to issue such bonds having substantially level or declining annual debt service and all matter related thereto,prescribing whether manual or facsimile signatures shall appear on said bonds,prescribing the method for the recording of ownership of said bonds, appointing the fiscal agent or agents for said bonds,providing for the printing and delivery of said bonds (and if said bonds are to be executed in the name of the Town by the facsimile signature of the Supervisor, providing for the manual countersignature of a fiscal agent or of a designated official of the Town), the date,denominations,maturities and interest payment dates, place or places of payment, and also including the consolidation with other issues, shall be determined by the Supervisor.It is hereby determined that it is to the financial advantage of the Town not to impose and collect from registered owners of such serial bonds any charges for mailing, shipping and insuring bonds transferred or exchanged by the fiscal agent, and accordingly,pursuant to paragraph c of Section 70.00 of the Local Finance Law, no such charges shall be so collected by the fiscal agent. Such bonds shall contain substantially the recital of validity clause provided for in section 52.00 of the Local Finance Law and shall otherwise be in such form and contain such recitals in addition to those required by section 52.00 of the Local Finance Law,as the Town shall determine. Section 8. The Supervisor is hereby further authorized, at his or her sole discretion, to execute an application, a project financing and/or loan agreement, and any other agreements with the New York State Department of Health/or the New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation,including amendments thereto,and including any instruments (or amendments thereto) in the effectuation thereof, in order to effect the financing or refinancing of the specific object or purpose described in Section 1 hereof, or a portion thereof, by a serial bond or note issue of said Town in the event of the sale of same to the New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation. TB 4/11/2016 Pg. 20 Section9. The power to issue and sell notes to the New York State Environmental Facilities Corporationpursuant to Section 169.00 of the Local Finance Law is hereby delegated to the Town Supervisor. Such notes shall be of such terms, form and contents as may be prescribed by said Town Supervisor consistent with the provisions of the Local Finance Law Section 10.The intent of this resolution is to give the Supervisorsufficient authority to execute those agreements, instruments or to do any similar acts necessary to effect the issuance of the aforesaid serial bonds or notes without resorting to further action of this Town Board. Section 11.The validity of such bonds and bond anticipation notes may be contested only if: 1) Such obligationsare authorizedfor an object or purpose for which said Town is not authorized to expend money, or 2) The provisions of law which should be complied with at the date of publication of this resolution are not substantiallycomplied with, and an action, suit or proceeding contesting such validity is commenced within twenty days after the date of such publication, or 5) Such obligationsare authorized in violation ofthe provisions ofthe Constitution. Section 12.This resolution shall constitute a statement of official intent for purposes of Treasury Regulations Section 1.150-2.Other than as specified in this resolution, no monies are, or are reasonably expected to be, reserved, allocated on a long-term basis, or otherwise set aside with respect to the permanent flmding of the object or purpose described herein. Section 13.This resolution which takes effect immediately shall be published in summary form in the official newspaper,together with a notice of the Town Clerk in substantially the form provided in Section 81.00 of the Local Finance Law. The question of the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly put to a vote on roll call,which resulted as follows: The question of the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly put to a vote on roll call,which resulted as follows:Rod Howe,aye;Tee-Arm Hunter,aye;Bill Goodman,aye; Pat Leary, aye;Pamela Bleiwas,aye; Eric Levine,aye; and Rich DePaolo,aye. The resolution was thereupon declared duly adopted. 7.Discuss and consider award of contracts Mr.Weber noted that bids are beginning to rise slightly and in this case seem to be due to the proximity to property lines but he is comfortable with the numbers. TB 4/11/2016 Pg. 21 TB Resolution 2016 -061:Authorization to Award Contract for Construction of the Town of Ithaca Park Lane Water Main Replacement Water Improvement Project Whereas on April 8,2016,the Town of Ithaca Director of Public Works/Highway Superintendent received bids for the Town of Ithaca Park Lane Water Main Replacement Water Improvement (the "Improvement"),for the replacement of 2,700 feet of existing ductile iron main with new 8" water main made of Polywrapped Ductile Iron pipe, new valves, hydrant connections and related ancillary facilities, and Whereas the Director of Public Works has reviewed the bids and qualifications of the bidders and has determined that the lowest responsive bid of $497,000.00 for the total project was made by the lowest responsible bidder, G.DeVincentis & Son Construction Co. Inc., 7 Belden Street,Binghamton,NY 13903,and Whereas at the March 7,2015 Town Board meeting,the Town Board adopted a Public Interest Order (Resolution No.2016-039)authorizing the maximum amount of $500,000 to be expended by the Town of Ithaca for this Improvement,now therefore be it Resolved that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca authorizes the award of the contract for the Town of Ithaca Park Lane Water Main Replacement Water Improvement project to G. DeVincentis & Son Construction Co. Inc.,subject to final approval of the contract documents by the Town Engineer and Attorney for the Town,and be it further Resolved that the Town Supervisor is authorized to execute such contract upon such approval;and be it further Resolved that the Director of Public Works is authorized to approve change orders to such contract upon receipt of appropriate justification provided that the maximum amount of such change orders shall not in the aggregate exceed $3,000.00 without prior authorization of this Board, and provided further that the total project cost, including the contract, engineering, legal and other expenses does not exceed the maximum authorized cost of the project,and be it further Resolved that the Town Finance Officer is directed and authorized to record all necessary and appropriate budgetary and cash transactions, and transfer $497,000.00 bid amount plus a $3,000 contingency to establish the construction account, for a total capital project fund budget of $500,000. Moved:RichDePaolo Seconded:Tee-Ann Hunter Vote:Ayes -Hunter,Levine,Leary,DePaolo,Goodman,Howe and Bleiwas TB Resolution 2016 -062 :Authorization to Award Contract for Construction of the Town of Ithaca Sapsucker Woods Road Water Main Replacement Water Improvement Project TB 4/H/2016 Pg. 22 Whereas on April 8,2016,the Town of Ithaca Director of Public Works/Highway Superintendent received bids for the Town of Ithaca Sapsucker Woods Road Water Main Replacement Water Improvement (the "Improvement"),for the replacement of2,400 feet of existing ductile iron main with new 8"water main made of Polywrapped Ductile Iron pipe,new valves,hydrant connections and related ancillary facilities,and Whereas the Director of Public Works has reviewed the bids and qualifications of the bidders and has determined that the lowest responsive bid of $394,000.00 for the total project was made by the lowest responsible bidder, G.DeVincentis & Son Construction Co. Inc., 7 Belden Street,Binghamton,NY 13903,and Whereas at the February 8, 2016 Town Board meeting,the Town Board adopted a Public Interest Order (Resolution No.2016-022)authorizing the maximum amount of $425,000 to be expended by the Town of Ithaca for this Improvement,now therefore be it Resolved that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca authorizes the award of the contract for the Town of Ithaca Sapsucker Woods Road Water Main Replacement Water Improvement project to 0.DeVincentis & Son Construction Co. Inc., subject to final approval of the contract documents by the Town Engineer and Attorney for the Town, and be it further Resolved that the Town Supervisor is authorized to execute such contract upon such approval;and be it further Resolved that the Director of Public Works is authorized to approve change orders to such contract upon receipt of appropriate justification provided that the maximum amount of such change orders shall not in the aggregate exceed $24,200 without prior authorization of this Board, and provided further that the total project cost, including the contract, engineering, legal and other expenses does not exceed the maximum authorized cost of the project,and be it further Resolved that the Town Finance Officer is directed and authorized to record all necessary and appropriate budgetary and cash transactions,and transfer $394,000.00 bid amount plus a $24,200.00 contingency to establish the construction account,and $6,800 for ancillary project costs for a total capital project fund budget of $425,000. Moved:Tee-Ann Hunter Seconded:Eric Levine Vote: Ayes -Hunter,Levine,Leary,DePaolo,Goodman,Howe and Bleiwas TB Resolution 2016 -063;Authorization to Award Contract for Construction of the Town of Ithaca Christopher Circle Water Main Replacement Water ImDrovement Project Whereas on April 8,2016,the Town of Ithaca Director of Public Works/Highway Superintendent received bids for the Town of Ithaca Christopher Circle Water Main Replacement Water Improvement (the "Improvement"),for the replacement of 1,300 feet of existing ductile iron main with new 8" water main made of Polywrapped Ductile Iron pipe, new valves, hydrant connections and related ancillary facilities, and TB 4/11/2016 Pg. 23 Whereas the Director of Public Works has reviewed the bids and qualifications of the bidders and has determined that the lowest responsive bid of $306,000.00 for the total project was made by the lowest responsible bidder, G.DeVincentis & Son Construction Co. Inc., 7 Belden Street,Binghamton,NY 13903,and Whereas at the February 8,2016 Town Board meeting,the Town Board adopted a Public Interest Order (Resolution No.2016-021)authorizing with the maximum amount of $325,000 to be expended by the Town of Ithaca for this Improvement,now therefore be it Resolved that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca authorizes the award of the contract for the Town of Ithaca Christopher Circle Water Main Replacement Water Improvement project to G.DeVincentis & Son Construction Co. Inc.,subject to final approval of the contract documents by the Town Engineer and Attorney for the Town,and be it further Resolved that the Town Supervisor is authorized to execute such contract upon such approval;and be it further Resolved that the Director of Public Works is authorized to approve change orders to such contract upon receipt of appropriate justification provided that the maximum amount of such change orders shall not in the aggregate exceed $13,800.00 without prior authorization of this Board, and provided further that the total project cost, including the contract, engineering, legal and other expenses does not exceed the maximum authorized cost of the project, and be it further Resolved that the Town Finance Officer is directed and authorized to record all necessary and appropriate budgetary and cash transactions, and transfer $306,000.00 bid amount plus a $13,800 contingencyto establish the construction account, and $5,200 for ancillary project costs for a total capital project fund budget of $325,000.00. Moved:EricLevine Seconded:Rod Howe Vote:Ayes -Hunter,Levine,Leary,DePaolo,Goodman,Howe and Bleiwas 8.Discuss draft Sign Law Mr.Goodman noted that this has been on the agenda a number of times and the board has run out of time so this is the time to get board comments and concerns to add to the items that are going backto committeeto discuss and added that Ms. Balestra was availableto answer questions as the staff person working on this for the Codes and Ordinances Committee. Mr.DePaolo asked where the board had left off and Mr.Goodman stated that he thought the board had gone through the comments from the Planning and Zoning Boards and the personal comments from Mr.Rosen but hadn't gone through the law itself in order. Mr.DePaolo started with the Purpose and asked what constitutes a distraction and if that went to sign content or do we even need a Purpose section. Mr.Goodman responded that generally the TB 4/11/2016 Pg. 24 Purpose is used to give justification for the law if it gets challenged so it is necessary. Ms. Brock added that it cannot be used on content because there is nothing in the law that would let anybody reject a sign based on content. Mr. DePaolo asked about the term "more attractive";it is comparative with nothing to compare it to. Mr. DePaolo asked about Interpretation, and what is meant by "more stringent"and who makes that interpretation. Mr. Bates responded that is generally his call and the person could appeal to the board and Ms. Bleiwas added that in general, the level of law that does not allow it would be the more stringent. Mr. DePaolo asked about the rationale regarding prohibiting copy change signs and Ms.Balestra responded that part of it was it is in the existing law and another part was aesthetic with the types of copy change signs that are around, such as the one at the jewel store at Taughannock Blvd intersection and that most other types are electronic now with flashing and blinking lights. Mr. DePaolo asked if a marquee is by definition a copy change and Mr.Goodman responded that those are specifically permitted at a theater location which is in the definition section. Mr.DePaolo asked for an example of a sign as described in (I) that is not on a flat surface and not attached to a building and Ms.Balestra responded a free-standing cow in front of a steakhouse or a jalapeno on a restaurant. Mr. DePaolo moved to Exempt Signs and murals and reference to standards and Mr. Goodman explained that murals are going to be a separate section and will be defined in the definitions section and referred to their own regulation.There was a lot of discussion on whether a mural is a sign at all. For example, the Six Mile Creek Winery wanted to paint a winery scene on the side of their bam and that was determined to be a sign. Mr. DePaolo moved to Signs requiring permits; and there is no reference. Mr. Goodman responded that the numbering is not set yet but basically if you have a sign within the limits defined in the law you do not need a permit which makes it a little easier but all signs in commercial or industrial signs will still need a permit to give us a chance to review them. Criteria pertaining to signs in all zones; Ms. Brock explained what is called a substitution clause where basically if you allow a commercial sign, a non-commercial sign would always be allowed under the same parameters. Mr. DePaolo tumed to window signs, saying that he thought window signs should count toward the aggregate,which was also Mr.Rosen's comment and it seems like a loophole that the committee should think more about. Mr.DePaolo asked under Commercial Industrial Zones,C what was meant by the verbiage for one tenant per sign and Ms.Balestra explained for multi-tenants there shouldn't be names scattered about but one tenant per line. TB 4/11/2016 Pg. 25 Mr.DePaolo asked about Office Front Commercial and the distance from the street wouldn't count and Mr. Goodman explained this was for instances like the hospital wanting to put up no- smoking signs or South Hill Business Campus putting up directional or parking signs which in the past theyhad to comefor a varianceandthis allowsthem withinthe distanceparameters. Mr. DePaoloasked if the size was being determined from one side or both sides if applicable and Ms.Balestra responded one side. He then asked what was meant by frontage in the next section and what the intent was. Mr. Bates responded that the size of the sign is dependent on the size of the enterpriseand Ms.Balestraaddedthat the illustrationunderComputation of Signsexplainsit better. Mr. DePaolo asked why there is a size limit on window signs in Commercial and Industrial zones but not residential. Ms. Balestra responded that commercial areas have more of a proliferation of signsthan residentialareas,so there ismore of a concernwithcoveringthe whole window with signage and also visual and aesthetic clutter with window signs in commercial zones. Mr. Bates added that there are some restrictions on window signs in the NYS Fire Code for gas stations and the like, so employees can see what is going on at the pumps for safety reasons. Mr. DePaolo asked what a "self-illuminated"sign is versus a "back-lit"sign. Ms.Balestra responded that self-illuminated is like a Dunkin Donut sign, with letters inside a box that is lit from within, while a back-lit sign is like a cut-out, with just letters, lit from behind the letters and not within the lettersor within an overall box. The Sign Illumination section goes into more detail. He asked about the concept behind the restrictions on requiring a dark background and lighter colored letters and asked if that was to reduce the amount of bright light and Ms.Balestra responded yes. Mr. DePaolo asked about the sign permit requirement; it seems contradictory since it says a sign becomingcompliantneedsa permitbut not a compliantsign. Mr. Batesrespondedthat it is a checkandbalancestype of thingso we canmake surethe replacementsignis indeed compliant. Mr. DePaolo asked about the computation of sign area when there is more than one face of a sign. Ms.Balestrausedthe Trinitychurchsign as an example,whichcontainstwo signpanels that are apart from each other and shaped like a triangle, so both sides of the sign would count toward the area computation. Mr. DePaolo asked about the marquee and Ms. Balestra responded that the committee decided that marquees wouldonlybeallowedat a theatreandwe haveno marqueesigns currently. Mr.Goodman stated that it seems the Town Board and/or the Codes and Ordinances Committee needs to revisit window signs and an adjustment to the amount of square footage allowed in the Ag Zone as well as the mural law. Once both of those are done, it will be ready for public comment. TB 4/11/2016 Pg. 26 9.Discuss Chainworks draft GEIS and consider comments Mr.Goodman stated that he is assuming there will be an extension due to the size of the document and he assumes the City will want one also. He asked the board if the Town should make a formal request for an extension and Mr. DePaolo responded that first the board should decide who is going to look at different sections because he didn't think there was a lot of interest in diving into this 80,000 page document as a whole.Discussion followed with Ms. Ritter stating that we don't know and won't know whether there will be more time but she will try and find out. The developer has to agree to the extension and the request has to come from the Lead Agency but as an involved agency we should submit a comment stating that more time is needed and the City should negotiate an extension. Ms.Hunter stated that we should certainly make that request and asked if the City is sufficiently staffed to look at this document for themselves and are we working with the City to coordinate the review. Ms.Ritter responded that we are focusing on the Planned development zone right now and not thinking about the comments and Mr. Goodman responded that he is going to focus on the land in the town and assume the city will be looking at theirs; Ms. Ritter stated that the city traffic engineer is looking at the transportation aspects. Mr. Howe thought board members should share what areas they are interested in. Mr. Weber added that the question of benefited areas is a board policy question that will need to be answered because there are boundary issues involved and there is a difference between city and town costs to the end user. 10.Discuss and consider approval of revised Longevity Payment Policy TB Resolution 2016 -064:Approval of Revised Longevitv Policv Whereas, the Town Board adopted the current Longevity Policy in 2004; and Whereas,the Personnel &Organization Committee discussed adding a provision that allows an employee to receive a prorated longevity payment in their final check if they are retiring prior to November and updates the Commission's longevity rates to current practice; and Whereas,the Personnel &Organization Committee has reviewed and recommends the revised Longevity Policy, which would be effective for all Town and Commission employees effective April 1,2016;therefore,be it Resolved, the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca hereby approves of the recommended revised Longevity Policy, which would be effective for all Town and Commission employees effective April 1,2016;and be it Resolved,the Human Resources Manager is directed to update the policy in the Personnel Manual. Moved:Pamela Bleiwas Seconded:Rod Howe Vote: Ayes - Bleiwas, Howe, Goodman, Levine, Hunter, Leary and DePaolo TB 4/11/2016 Pg. 27 11.Discuss and consider request for funding for additional Gorge Ranger Mr.Goodman reported that the City is beginning to look for Gorge Rangers for the upcoming season and he spoke with Julie Holcomb and Svante Myrick and they will probably be asking the town and the county for some monetary support. This year they are going to have four instead of two for a buddy system for safety reasons. The number put out so far is about $7,500 to support a portion of the extra people. Ms.Hunter noted that she visited the site last year and talked with the ranger at that time and these are young people and working alone is rather intimidating. She felt that given the number of complaints and requests for help from issues surrounding the use of the gorge we could justify that this is a service to the town for the benefit of our residents. Ms. Bleiwas asked if parking control could be part of the duty and Mr. Goodman thought that wasn't in the scope but he can mention it to the city.Discussion followed and the board was in favor of trying this approach. 12.Continue discussion regarding a request for an encroachment license for East Shore Drive property Mr. Weber stated that the owner is going through the process with DOT for the new driveway which depends on what this board decides on the encroachment. The additional parking issue has not been resolved yet. Mr. Levine was concerned about putting the driveway back in place if a break would occur since future owners may not be aware of any agreement with the town and it will be costly and if the current or future owner doesn't have the money at the time to do it, it may stay an eyesore. Ms. Hunter was not in favor of putting anything so substantial on top of our sanitary system.Mr. DePaolo stated that the site visit lends itself to his not thinking this would be a good idea. 13.Continue discussion on proposed Forest Home Wall project Mr.Goodman wanted to get a sense from the board on where to go from here. Mr. Howe was in favor of keeping the sidewalk where it is and Ms. Bleiwas stated that we should think of this in terms of safety and it is clear that there is a questionable road with medium to heavy pedestrian use so the sidewalk should not be at street level. Ms. Hunter thought the sidewalk should stay where it is but the board needs to think about maintenance of it and who is responsible. Mr.Weber added that the town does not own the sidewalk now and once we do, we take on the liability. There is no good location for a sidewalk given the ownership options in this particular area where people own to the center of the road but long term maintenance is a significant issue. Mr.Goodman stated that he agrees with Ms. Hunter because whichever option we decide to go with if we move forward is going to be expensive,especially for such a small stretch of sidewalk in a unique and difficult comer so we need to think about our sidewalk policy and whether we would like a sidewalk district.If we are going to be encouraging walkable neighborhoods throughout the town in the future, this type of question is going to become more of an issue in TB 4/11/2016 Pg.28 the coming yeeirs;how do we pay for them to get constructed and who maintains them going forward.He would like to come up with some policy guidelines before answering this particular instance. Ms. Leary asked about the statement from some residents that the wall is owned by the Town and Mr. Weber and Mr.Goodman explained that there has been extensive research done by the town and Cornell and the wall has never been owned by the town. 14.Discuss Intermunicipal Watershed Organization priorities list Mr.Goodman reviewed his responses to the survey and Ms.Hunter asked that the Board accept the survey completed by Mr. Goodman as the Town Board's priority list. The Board agreed. Added Item -Consider setting a public hearing regarding a noise permit application for La Tourelle and Firelight Camps Ms.Terwilliger explained that in 2014 events were grouped together under one permit and both she and Mr. Engman went to a number of events to hear firsthand what the noise level was for different sized events and there was never an issue, even the largest event you could barely hear at the roadside. In 2015 LaTourelle and Firelight Camps would give advance notice to her as Town Clerk and she would discuss the details with Mr. Engman and decide if it reached the level of a noise permit requiring a public hearing. In those cases where they were similar to events experienced by them in the previous year, a letter from her office would indicate that a determination was made that this did not reach the level of a noise permit. Ms. Hunter stated that she was concerned about neighbors needing to have an opportunity to speak if for example they were bothered last year but didn't say anything but would say something this year if they knew it was happening.Ms.Terwilliger responded that notice is not sent town-wide and the notice to the neighbors would not be many since it is not really residentialup there. She added that there has never been a complaint for any event at the location and the permit will have the same condition as the one in 2014 stating that the Town Board can revoke the permit at any time and/or ask for larger mitigation efforts if a complaint is filed. Mr. Goodman noted that the applicant missed the deadline to get a permit for the first event, which is his daughter's wedding,if the hearing is held at the regular meeting and there is precedent for holding these public hearings at a study session. Given the absence of any issues in the past, the board set the public hearing for the study session on April 24th at 4:30 p.m. 15.Consent Agenda TB Resolution 2016 -065;Adopt Consent Agenda Resolved,that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca hereby approves and/or adopts the following Consent Agenda items: a.Approval of Town Board Minutes TB 4/11/2016 Pg.29 b.Approval of Town of Ithaca Abstract c.Approval of Bolton Point Abstract d. Close capital project -Christopher Circle e.Close capital project -Honness Lane f.Close capital project -Marcy Court g. Close capital project - Winners Circle h. Approval of Revised Office System Job Classification Listing i. Accept and authorize Tree Inventory Grant and signing of contract j.Accept and authorize Park Foundation Grant and signing of contract k.Establishment of NY State &Local Retirement Systems Standard Work Day Bolton Point -(SCLIWC) 1.Ratify approval of 2016 Revised Management Wage Scale and Revised Salaries for July 1,2016 m. Ratify approval of additional Instruments and Controls Mechanic/Operator Position n.Ratify appointments -Instruments &Controls Mechanic/Operator -Tiemey and Fellows o.Ratify appointment of Distribution Operator Trainee Moved:RichDePaolo Seconded:Rod Howe Vote: Ayes -DePaolo,Howe, Hunter, Leary,Levine,Goodman and Bleiwas TB Resolution 2016 -065a:Approval of Minutes ofthe March 7^^and 21^*,2016 Whereas,the draff Minutes of the March 7^^and 21®\2016 meetings of the Town Board have been submitted for review and approval, now therefore be it Resolved,that the Town Board hereby approves the submitted minutes as the final minutes of the meeting the March 7^and 21®\2016 of the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca. TB Resolution 2016 -065b:Town of Ithaca Abstract Whereas the following numbered vouchers have been presented to the Ithaca Town Board for approval of payment;and Whereas the said vouchers have been audited for payment by the said Town Board; now therefore be it Resolved that the governing Town Board hereby authorizes the payment of the said vouchers in total for the amounts indicated, VOUCHER NOS.407 -494 General Fund Town wide 107,233.55 TB 4/11/2016 Pg.30 General Fund Part Town 12,892.03 Highway Fund Part Town 22,017.41 Water Fund 28,152.17 Sewer Fund 356,875.29 Sapsucker Water Tank Replace 47.56 Forest Home Lighting District 159.98 Glenside Lighting District 58.50 Renwick Heights Lighting District 65.88 Eastwood Commons Lighting District 148.77 Clover Lane Lighting District 17.30 Winner's Circle Lighting District 57.55 Burleigh Drive Lighting District 58.73 West Haven Road Lighting District 178.26 Coddington Road Lighting District 106.24 Trust and Expendable -Inlet Cemetery 4,670.00 Debt Service 377.00 TOTAL 533,116.22 TB Resolution 2016-065c:Bolton Point Abstract Whereas, the following numbered vouchers for the Southern Cayuga Lake Intermunicipal Water Commission have been presented to the governing Town Board for approval of payment; and Whereas, the said vouchers have been audited for payment by the said Town Board; now, therefore,be it Resolved, that the governing Town Board hereby authorizes the payment of the said vouchers. V oucher Numbers:104-160 Check Numbers:16457-16513 Capital Impr/Repl Project Operating Fund TOTAL Less Prepaid TOTAL $566,120.53 $109.127.31 $675,247.84 $35,581.14 $639,666.70 TB Resolution 2016 -065d:Authorization to Close the Town of Ithaca Christopher Circle Tank Replacement Water Improvement Capital Project Fund Whereas,the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca authorized the Town of Ithaca Christopher Circle Tank Replacement Water Improvement Capital Project Fund under Resolution No.2014- 116 on June 23,2014;and TB 4/11/2016 Pg.31 Whereas, the Town Highway Superintendent/Director of Public Works and Town Engineer have certified the Town of Ithaca Christopher Circle Tank Replacement Water Improvement project has been completed to the satisfaction of the Town; and Whereas, after satisfying all obligations and liabilities of the fund there remains a positive equity in the approximate amount of $68,321.50,now,therefore,be it Resolved, after discussion with the Town Highway Superintendent/Director of Public Works this Town Board declares said project complete; and be it fiirther Resolved, that the Town Board approves,authorizes and directs the Town Finance Officer to close the accounting and financial records for the Town of Ithaca Christopher Circle Tank Replacement Water Improvement Capital Project Fund; and be it fiirther Resolved, that the Town Board approves, authorizes and directs the remaining equity in the Town of Ithaca Christopher Circle Tank Replacement Water Improvement Capital Project Fund be transferred to the Debt Service Fund for payment of principal and interest of the 2014 Public Improvement (Serial)Bonds. TB Resolution 2016-065e:Authorization to Close the Town of Ithaca Honness Lane Reconstruction Capital Project Fund Whereas,the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca authorized the Town of Ithaca Honness Lane Reconstruction Capital Project Fund under Resolution No.2015-084 on July 27,2015;and Whereas,the Town Highway Superintendent/Director of Public Works and Town Engineer have certified the Town of Ithaca Honness Lane Reconstruction project has been completed to the satisfaction of the Town;and Whereas, after satisfying all obligations and liabilities of the fund there remains a positive equity in the approximate amount of $24,347.80,now,therefore,be it Resolved, after discussion with the Town Highway Superintendent/Director of Public Works this Town Board declares said project complete; and be it further Resolved, that the Town Board approves, authorizes and directs the Town Finance Officer to close the accounting and financial records for the Town of Ithaca Honness Lane Reconstruction Capital Project Fund; and be it further Resolved, that the Town Board approves,authorizes and directs the remaining equity in the Town of Ithaca Honness Lane Reconstruction Capital Project Fund be transferred to the Debt Service Fund for payment of principal and interest of the 2015 Public Improvement (Serial) Bonds. TB 4/11/2016 Pg.32 TB Resolution 2016-065f:Authorization to Close the Town of Ithaca Marcy Court Reconstruction Capital Project Fund Whereas,the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca authorized the Town of Ithaca Marcy Court Reconstruction Capital Project Fund under Resolution No. 2015-041 on April 13,2015;and Whereas, the Town Highway Superintendent/Director of Public Works and Town Engineer have certified the Town of Ithaca Marcy Court Reconstruction project has been completed to the satisfaction of the Town;and Whereas,after satisfying all obligations and liabilities of the fund there remains no equity in the fund,now,therefore,be it Resolved, after discussion with the Town Highway Superintendent/Director of Public Works this Town Board declares said project complete; and be it further Resolved, that the Town Board approves,authorizes and directs the Town Finance Officer to close the accounting and financial records for the Town of Ithaca Marcy Court Reconstruction Capital Project Fund. TB Resolution 2016 -065g:Authorization to Close the Town of Ithaca Winners Circle Reconstruction Capital Project Fund Whereas,the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca authorized the Town of Ithaca Winners Circle Reconstruction Capital Project Fund under Resolution No.2014-107 on June 9,2014;and Whereas, the Town Highway Superintendent/Director of Public Works and Town Engineer have certified the Town of Ithaca Winners Circle Reconstruction project has been completed to the satisfaction of the Town;and Whereas, after satisfying all obligations and liabilities of the fiind there remains a positive equity in the approximate amount of $40,770.00,now, therefore, be it Resolved, after discussion with the Town Highway Superintendent/Director of Public Works this Town Board declares said project complete; and be it fiirther Resolved,that the Town Board approves,authorizes and directs the Town Finance Officer to close the accounting and financial records for the Town of Ithaca Winners Circle Reconstruction Capital Project Fund; and be it further Resolved, that the Town Board approves,authorizes and directs the remaining equity in the Town of Ithaca Winners Circle Reconstruction Capital Project Fund be transferred to the Debt Service Fund for payment of principal and interest of the 2014 Public Improvement (Serial) Bonds. TB 4/11/2016 Pg. 33 TB Resolution 2016-065h:Approval of Revised Office System Job Classification Listing Whereas, the Town Board adopted the current Office System Job Classification Listing in October 2012 with administrative titles of Keyboard Specialist,Senior Typist,Secretary and Administrative Assistant;and Whereas,the Personnel &Organization Committee discussed the change made by Tompkins County Civil Service which added broad administrative classifications and no longer test for the titles under the Town's current classification;and Whereas, the Personnel &Organization Committee has reviewed and recommends the revised Office System Job Classification Listing,which includes the new Administrative Assistant levels I-IV on classes A-D;therefore,be it Resolved,the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca does hereby establish the following positions in accordance with the applicable New York State and Tompkins County Civil Service rules: 1.The following position is established and is a position in the competitive class pursuant to Section 44 of the Civil Service Law: (a)(One)-Administrative Assistant I (replace current Keyboard Specialist) (b) (One) -Administrative Assistant II (replace current Senior Typist) (c) (One) -Administrative Assistant III (replace current Secretary) (d)(Two)-Administrative Assistant IV (replace current Administrative Assistant) And be it further Resolved, the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca hereby approves adding Administrative Assistant titles to the Office System Job Classification System as detailed below for effective April 1,2016 TB Resolution 2016 -0651:Establishment of NY State and Local Retirement Systems Standard Work Day Whereas,New York State and Local Retirement Systems requires municipalities to set a standard work day to report all employees participating in the New York Retirement System; and Whereas,the Town last updated the list to the retirement system was in June 2010;now, therefore,be it Resolved,the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca,location code 30222,does hereby set the following standard work day for the following classifications as required by the NY State and Local Employees'Retirement System for the Town of Ithaca based on a time keeping system or records of activity maintained and submitted by these members: TB 4/11/2016 Pg. 34 Five days a week,six hours a day: Town Supervisor Members of Planning Board Councilperson Members of Zoning Board of Appeals Justices Crossing Guards. 7.5 hours per day,5 days a week 8 hours per day,5 days a week Network/Records Specialist Highway Superintendent Senior Planner Director of Planning Environmental Planner Director of Code Enforcement Planner Finance Manager First Deputy Town Clerk Town Clerk Principal Account Clerk Typist Human Resources Manager Bookkeeper to the Supervisor Senior Civil Engineer Court Clerk Civil Engineer Secretary Senior Engineering Technician Senior Account Clerk Typist Engineering Technician I Deputy Town Clerk Deputy Highway Superintendent Senior Typist Parks Maintenance Manager Keyboard Specialist Water/Sewer Maintenance Supervisor Typist Working Supervisor Account Clerk Typist Heavy Equipment Mechanic Administrative Assistant I (TH)Heavy Equipment Operator Administrative Assistant II (TH)Maintenance Worker Administrative Assistant III (TH)Motor Equipment Operator Administrative Assistant IV (TH)Automotive Mechanic Assistant Project Assistant Laborer Planning Intern Sr.Code Enforcement Officer Information Aide (TH)Code Enforcement Officer Electrical /Code Enforcement Officer Keyboard Specialist (PWF) Account Clerk Typist (PWF) Administrative Assistant I (PWF) Administrative Assistant II (PWF) Administrative Assistant III (PWF) Administrative Assistant IV (PWF) RESOLVED,the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca does hereby set the following standard work day for the following classifications as required by the NY State and Local Retirement System for Southern Cayuga Lake Intermunicipal Water Commission: Five days a week,eight hours a day: General Manager Assistant Production Manager Assistant Distribution Manager Finance Manager Production Manager Distribution Manager TB 4/11/2016 Pg. 35 Water Treatment Plant Operator Assistant Water Treatment Plant Operator Instruments/Control Mechanic/Operator Water Maintenance Specialist Distribution Operator Trainee Distribution Operator Senior Account Clerk Typist Account Clerk Typist Administrative Assistant I, II, III and IV GIS/IT Specialist TB Resolution 2016 -065j:Authorization for Supervisor to Sign Agreement for Services with Newleaf Environmental LLC as part of the Town of Ithaca Tree Inventory and Forest Assessment Grant Whereas, the Town of Ithaca has received an Urban &Community Forestry Grant from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation for a Tree Inventory and Forest Assessment project,and Whereas, funding provided by NYSDEC is $23,000, does not require any local match, and Whereas,the Planning Department has received a proposal from Newleaf Environmental LLC to conduct the tree inventory,hazard tree assessment,and forest assessments with a total cost of $22,200;now,therefore,be it Resolved,that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca does hereby authorize the Town Supervisor to sign the agreement for services with Newleaf Environmental LLC as part of the tree inventory grant and any addendums that do not have additional financial obligations for the town. TB Resolution 2016 -065k:Accept Park Foundation Grant #16-127 Sustaining Sustainability through Inter-Municipal Collahoration and authorize Supervisor to sign associated contract Whereas,the Town of Ithaca has received a grant from the Park Foundation -Sustaining Sustainability through Inter-Municipal Collaboration (Grant),with a local match of approximately $23,800 to continue the Sustainability Planner shared position, now therefore be it Resolved, that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca does hereby authorize the Town Supervisor to accept the Grant and sign any associated contracts and any addendums that do not have additional financial obligations for the town . Bolton Point (SCLIWC) TB Resolution 2016 —065 1:Ratify Approval of 2016 Revised Management Wage Scale and Revised Salaries for July 1,2016 Whereas,the Commission approved a resolution in September 2015 establishing the 2016 cost of living adjustment to the Wage Scale for non-collective bargaining employees to be the same as the UAW contract at 2%;and TB 4/11/2016 Pg. 36 Whereas,the Commission's Personnel and Organization Committee has reviewed a request of the General Manager to revise the Management Positions Wage Scale to reduce and better align the wage differential between the ,9^^and 10^levels;and Whereas, the Commission approved April 7,2016 the recommendation of the Personnel and Organization Committee to revise the 2016 Wage Scale for levels 8 and 9 as detailed on the 2016 Revised Wage Scale and approved of the revised salary for Glenn Ratajczak, Steve Riddle and Pam VanGelder effective July 1, 2016, as detailed on the 2016 revised Employee Salary summary sheet; now,therefore,be it Resolved, the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca does ratify the Commission's decision to revise the 2016 Wage Scale for levels 8 and 9 as detailed on the 2016 Revised Wage Scale and approved of the revised salary for Glenn Ratajczak, Steve Riddle and Pam VanGelder effective July 1,2016,as detailed on the 2016 revised Employee Salary summary sheet. TB Resolution 2016 -065m:Ratify Approval of Creation of Additional Instruments & Controls Mechanic /Operator Position at SCLIWC Whereas, the Southem Cayuga Lake Intermunicipal Water Commission (Commission),has been working with the Tompkins County and New York State Civil Service Agencies in accordance with applicable Civil Service laws, rules and regulations to establish and maintain appropriate titles and positions;and Whereas, the Commission's Personnel and Organizational Committee discussed the needs of the organization and determined that an additional Instruments & Controls Mechanic/Operator position be temporarily created until Michael Lonsky retires in November 2016;and Whereas, the Southem Cayuga Lake Intermunicipal Water Commission established the following position in accordance with applicableNew York State and Tompkins Coxmty Civil Service classification mles: 1.The following position is established and is a position in the competitive class pursuant to Section 42 of the Civil Service Law: (a) One Instruments and Controls Mechanic/Operator Now,Therefore,Be It Resolved,that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca hereby ratifies the Commission's creation of an additional Instruments & Controls Mechanic/Operator position temporarily through December 2016. TB 4/11/2016 Pg. 37 TB Resolution 2016 -065n:Ratify Appointment of Instruments &Controls Mechanic/ Operators Whereas, there is presently two vacancies in the full time position of Instruments and Controls Mechanic/Operators in the Production Department at Southern Cayuga Lake Intermunicipal Water Commission;and Whereas, the Production Manager has determined that James Tiemey and Kyle Fellows possess the necessary knowledge and skills to satisfactorily perform the duties of a Instruments and Controls Mechanic/Operators;and Whereas, James Tiemey and Kyle Fellows was appointed by SCLIWC at the April 7, 2016 meeting based on a full time level of 40 hours per week, effective March 21, 2016; now, therefore,be it Resolved,the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca does hereby ratify SCLIWC's appointment of James Tiemey and Kyle Fellows as a full time of Instmments and Controls Mechanic/Operators in the Production Department;and be it further Resolved,the position is a 40 hours a week position,at the hourly wage of $21.39 from account number SW8320.101,with full time benefits;and be it further TB Resolution 2016 -065 o:Ratify Appointment of Distribution Operator Trainee Whereas, there is presently a vacancy in the full time position of Distribution Operator Trainee in the Distribution Department at Southem Cayuga Lake Intermunicipal Water Commission; and Whereas, there were 93 applications received during an open recmitment for the position and there were 9 applicants interviewed; and Whereas, the Distribution Manager has determined that Jason Reynolds possesses the necessary knowledge and skills to satisfactorily perform the duties of a Distribution Operator Trainee; and Whereas, Jason Reynolds was appointed by SCLIWC at the April 7,2016 meeting based on a full time level of 40 hours per week, effective April 25,2016;now, therefore, be it Resolved, the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca does hereby ratify SCLIWC's appointment of Jason Reynolds as a full time of Distribution Operator Trainee in the Distribution Department; and be it further Resolved,this is a 40 hours a week position,at the hourly wage of $18.31 from account number SW8340.101,with full time benefits;and be it further Resolved, the said appointment is a provisional appointment pending the results from the next civil service exam for this position. TB 4/11/2016 Pg.38 16.Report of Town Officials Mr.Goodman reported that he talked to Mayor Myrick and they are leaning against removing the parking spaces on N Tioga Street due to a number of comments they have received against it. Mr. Weber reported that due to the problems with the Badger equipment,they have looked at a Gradall telescoping excavator which will allow them to deal with cleaning ditches and reaching down embankments and they requested a quote and he would like the board to consider using the $102K they have saved in their equipment line this year along with funds from the Fleet Reserve line to purchase the Gradall for approximately $213K as detailed on the quote. Mr. Goodman asked if the fleet replacement schedule will be discussed at the PW Committee and Mr.Weber responded that it will. Mr.Goodman suggested that the PWC discuss the fleet schedule and how this would affect our future replacement plans and bring that back to the board for action at the study session. 17.Consider Executive session to discuss union negotiations,potential litigation,and acquisition of real property where disclosure may affect purchase price Mr.Goodman moved enter Executive Session to union negotiations,potential litigation, and acquisition of real property where disclosure may affect purchase price;seconded by Mr. DePaolo,Unanimous.8:32 p.m. Motion to reenter open session at 9:13 p.m. made by Mr.Goodman,seconded by Ms. Hunter; Unanimous 18.Adjourn Motion to adjourn by Mr.Goodman, seconded by Mr.Levine,unanimous Submitte Paulette Terwilliger,Town Clerk TB 4/11/2016 Pg. 39 Page 1 of 1 Subj:Re:Response to 7/6/2010 Letter Date:1/17/2012 9:24:41 A.M.Eastern Daylight Time From:Fabbroni@aol.com To:HEnQman@town.ithaca.nv.us Herb, Thank you for your reply. Mr. Martin is not looking for the town to pay for anything.Inselling the lots he needs something officialfrom the town that says these lots could establish road frontage for example by the following procedure whereby the owners could petition to have a road and pay by the front foot or as with the lacovellis on Pennsylvania to the west or Karig on Pennsylvania the town would be open to accomplishing this incrementally by variance by extending Pennsylvania or Kendall Avenue in such a way that the base for a road was laid privately for a future public or private completion of the entire loop and emergency access was provided or as you say something more creative that ciusters was is left to be developed somehow. So in order to move forward Mr. Martin needs to know the possibilities from the official Town viewpoint. There may even be a way to propose a private road under Town law but the bottom line is if permits will not be issued on the individual lots all the possibilities are just wishful thinking in his state of need.So please do your best with the help of your legal counsel to construct some official response that gives him some direction The bigger picture is very interesting as I have witnessed the upgrade of housing in this neighborhood largely to student housing.This was a blighted neighborhood with many residences beyond their useful life before the 1980s.The lacovellis,five brothers third generation and children and nephews and nieces,largely started to cluster the old 50 foot lots and were granted variances for occupancy to reduce the number of dwellings and retain open space.The Juniper Drive neighborhood then complained about the noise from the student parties and the BZA semi abandoned the clustering concept and so what you have now are the landowners maximizing what they can do on a 50 or 75 foot lot. I went to school at the University of Dayton and lived off campus with 5 other housemates in a single femily home Ina neighborhood just off campus much like the Pennsylvania Avenue-Kendall Avenue-that stretch of Coddington neighborhood.At the time it was mixed students and homeowners and life was pretty simple in the late 1960s.We had our parties when the weather was good and made life long friendships that Istill maintain to this day.Interestingly enough my fourth child Gina decided to go to school there and little did she know she followed her dad's path off campus to the exact same neighborhood 35 years later.The University had been creative in the interim come up with a master plan than envisioned owning the whole neighborhood in time should they want to expand but in the interim bought most of the neighborhood up.The worst of the housing was torn down to make room for some added dormitories or community centers with campus activities ranging from coffee houses to various religious gatherings or ,yes,community celebrations,it Is part of the housing plan whereby the University maintains the residences they own,there are penalties for damage,and the campus police patrol the neighborhood.The incentive to any University is Itis a hugh selling point to the students economically and socially to be able to maintain a household and build friendships as a part of their college stay.As with my own experience the people my daughter lived with are the people see is in closest contact with.The problems we have seen even to the point of death in the Pennsylvania Avenue neighborhood are non-existent in a much larger gathering of students than Ithaca because the University took some ownership and turned itinto a way to control housing costs.Iwould estimate the room and board at Dayton is half what it is at Cornell or Ithaca College so it is a model of town-gown worth looking into and even improving upon. Larry Monday,March 28,2016 AOL:Fabbroni To:Town Board: From:Lawrence P.FabbronI,P.E.,L.S Re:Proposed Two Family Moratorium Date:March 6.2016 Iam writingto oppose the contemplated moratorium on two family homes for the following reasons: 1. Theproblemsstated forthe need fora studyperiod are for the mostpart past history.Five yearsagothe sheriffs office was asked to patrol areas more frequently and other than one or two block parties the problems of noise can be traced to isolated incidents since. 2. The owner/builder/maintenance people directlyaffected bythis capriciousaction are the heart and sole of the Ithaca community. They are among several multi-generational families who have served and improved the Town housing needs over my42 years in Ithaca. The action shows little respect for the fact that they build,maintain, and policetheir properties on a dailybasis.Theyhave largelyprovidedthe new and safe housingfor the rental demand in the town since the mega apartment projects inthe northeast ofthe early 1970s.Unlike town favored mega apartment projects on west hill there isnot the blotter of policecallsand arrests because the ownersare on the job dailyand minutesawayuponcomplaint. 3.In particularthe historyofthe Pennsylvania-Kendall Avenue rebirthcanbe best learnedandtold by Jim and Antoinette lacovelli. Jim grew up with his family on Kendall Avenue and has continued to live in the neighborhoodnowwellinto his80s.His brothers and extended family havetransformed the oldearly 1900s settlement of poorly insulated homes some contaminated with asbestos to modern safe durable housing.Others like Ron Ronsvalle grew uponSouth Hilll and contributed to historythat isbeing ignored.. 4.Larry and Jim lacovelli proposed building brick multi-family or side by side duplex homes while leaving empty lots for open space and after doingso several times progressively,the politics or prejudicesinthe Town stopped that successful approach leaving onlythe legal gray boxapproach you now see multiple times over.The town instead of addressing their perceived wants and needs with the owners head on continues through this proposed obstruction of the moratorium to attempt to achieve poorly defined outcomes through more regulation rather than engagement and compromise. The results will be just as unsatisfactory aesthetically as the regulatory changes of the past 30 years. 5. Yourmisconceivedor false reasons willaffect multiple talented tradesmen livesfor a fullyear at the start ofplanned activities forthisconstructionseason and should besubjectto damagesThetimingand length of the moratorium shows no concept or consideration for fine craftsmen and their livelihoods. 6.Irrespective of the above points,this action is or borders on discrimination of renters whether students or persons of modest or limited income and has no place in the governance of a town with over 40% rentalsproperties.I have presented a modeloftowngown50yearsuccessin managing off campus housing from the University of Dayton several timestopast administrations with absolutely no followup discourse or eventhe professional courtesy ofnoticeofthis latestambushof rights. 7. Ifyoutook the two hours at the assessment officeittook me to determine that the Pennsylvania-Kendall neighborhood isat least 85%rental properties you would proceed more cautiouslyinyour course of action and determine a cooperative course of dialogue rather than taking a precipitous action that will waste a lot of everyone's time discussingthe owners 'rights and damages incourt. After giving most of my professional lifeto anonymously improving the Townof Ithaca infrastructure this latest example ofyour losingtouch with the real doers who have invested over generations in the town isverydisappointing. It seems there are those who are all about wieldingpower bequeath to them versus those taxpayers and workers that have made the Town they care about workinspite of the misguided. /IMriAf•emriMt•heritagePARKTOWNHSEKENDALLAVENUECORP.MISC.RENTALFORTAXPURPOSESONLYwrrnjoni4fDr(>au)KVbYV<'bmiACA/\/rxvavLft/v/A/SMtAU*MRALPH8.R0XANNElACDVELLIjRlANDClACnVL;_LlJIM8.ANTOINETTElACOVELU„ARRYlACOVELLlAkKiacglACOVELLIBQWLSBJDYlACOVELLISTEElETOWNOFITHACA •"lUEi! i;;i; If Mm Hi" 'iiilllf [it lit . ,ags HI ']•: ••I--',Si^i'4wr••.tt-••(1^•,'U.mm^wm''^'WwmCOMESITONOURPORCHANDSOAKITUP ^JkW-;W^v^ni?!-:*lliliyiUnnmWIITrnrnmnEininnrrnmrnnTirrrrrrri!U(9BBjit{i{Fiuff University of Dayton Ghetto -Wikipedia,the free encyclopedia © University of Dayton Ghetto From Wikipedia,the free encyclopedia The University of Dayton Ghetto is a neighborhood in Dayton, Ohio, that ishome to upperclassmen at the University of Dayton (UD). It is an example of a form of housing called a student ghetto.Houses in the neighborhood are leased to students,an arrangement that resembles both traditional university housing and a landlord/tenant relationship. The neighborhood is also known as the South Student Neighborhood,a term commonly used by the university. Tracing its history back to the 1870s,the Ghetto now includes more than 200 university-owned houses as well as landlord-owned houses,high- density housing and gathering spaces. With the inclusion of Holy Angels and The Darkside, two smaller neighborhoods the university ovms property in,there are more than 400 houses currently used as student residential space.Because of the area's age,the university has been engaged ina program to renovate and update the Ghetto,and several additional changes tothe neighborhood are expected inthecomingyearsas partofthe university's Master Plan. Pagel of 5 Coordinates:39°44'8.16"N 84°I0'44.76"W The 200 block of Kiefaber Street in the University of Dayton Ghetto in Dayton, Ohio Contents 1 History and geography 2 Recent changes 3 Holy Angels and the Darkside 4 Features 5 Future 6 References 7 External links History and geography https://en.wikipedia.orgAwiki/Urtverslty_of_Dayton_Ghetto March 14,2016 University ofDayton Ghetto -Wikipedia,thefree encyclopedia Page2of5 The Ghetto issouthof downtown Dayton butnorthofthecityof Oakwood.The Great Miami River isjust more than half a mile to the west, and Interstate 75 is just more than a mile to the west. In its current form, it is boundedby BrownStreetto the west,IrvingAvenueto the south,Trinity Avenue and Evanston Avenue to the east, and Caldwell Street and Stonemill Road to the north. This gives the area a roughly triangular shape.t^^ The landon whichthe Ghettonowsitswasownedby JohnHenry Patterson until the mid-1870s.The land was then divided between suburban housing lots to the east and the NCR factory to the west.^^^The original proprietors ofthe neighborhood were Thomas S.Babbitt,Dr.Joseph E.Lowes,R.D.Hughes and Harry Kiefaber.The area was known as the town of Babbitt, and in its original form included only four streets: LowesStreet,KiefaberStreet,Hughes (now Stonemill Road)and Wead(now Lawnview Avenue).This core area was measured at47 acres (190,000 m^).t^^ TheNCR Corporation used Babbitt as housing forits workers.In 1906,theareawas annexed bythecityof Dayton and continued onasa middle-class neighborhood.The University of Dayton,Babbitt's neighbor to the northeast,beganto buyavailablehousesin the neighborhood inthe 1950s as an experiment inoff- campus housing.Bythe 1970s,the student population of the areawasgrowing rapidly. While it is unknown whenthe area began its lifeas the Ghetto, there have been several effortsto rename it. In the 1960s,Rev. Norbert Burns, who taught at the university for 62 years before retiring in2007 at the age of 82,^^^^was part of one such effort.His committee attempted to change the name to the "Village,"an effortwhich ultimately failed.University administrators nowrefertothe areaas the "South Student Neighborhood,"^^though the phrase sees little use by the student population. Recent changes 227 and 231 Irving Avenue, two of the new five-person houses in the Ghetto https://en.v«ldpedla.orgAwlkl/University_of_Dayton_Ghetto As the houses in the Ghetto age, and as the numberof students wishing to live in the Ghetto expands, the university has begun a renovation and replacement program withthe goalof keeping the current feel of the area intact. In 2000,construction began on several new duplexes to fill land that was unused,resulting in housing for several dozen additional students. The duplexes housed six students per side,for a total of 12 students each.^^ In 2003, the university continued the project by tearing down several houses on Stonemill Road and replacing them with a new five-person design. Several more of these houses have now been built throughout the Ghetto. In 2006,the universitybegan a new phase of replacementand renovation in the neighborhood,in which $2.5 million was spentto renovate four existing structures,including a duplex,as well asto build a five-unit setof attached townhouses. The houses, locatedon Frericks Way and StonemillRoad, house 55 studentsand includethe famous "Castle" which has been given a new faux-stone facade in homage to its traditional name. The houses became available to students for the 2007 -2008 academic year.t^l March 14.2016 University of Dayton Glietto -Wiklpedia,thefree encyciopedia Page3of5 The new wave of construction brings the university's stock of houses to 328, includingseveral duplexes Not including these new additions,as of 2005,the university owned225 houses inthe Ghetto,vhth the rest on the Darkside, the other half of the University of Dayton campus. Additionally,73 houses in the neighborhood were ovraed by private landlords and rented to UD students. Holy Angels and the Darkside In addition to the propertiesthe university owns in the Ghetto, there are also student houses located in two other neighborhoods: the Darkside—or North Student Neighborhood, as it is referred to by the university—and Holy Angels. Once considered a single neighborhood and connected by the north- south Alberta Street, the areas were separated when the Thomas J.Frericks Center and a new formal entrance were added. Alberta Street now acts as the main thoroughfare for the Darkside,while the street has been rerouted and renamed College ParkAvenue in the Holy Angels neighborhood.It is cut off from the portion in the Ghetto, renamed Frericks Way.E^^l 116 Chambers Street,a house on the Darkside The Darkside,which derives its name from a lack of street lights when students first began to move tothe area,is bounded by Stewart Street tothe south.Brown Street to the west.Woodland Cemetery to the east and Wyoming Street to the north.f^^Traditionally,the Darkside has servedas housingforjuniors. This is not dueto any university policy,butratherthe preference of seniors, who select houses first in the student housing lottery due to their larger number of credit hours.El2][i3] Thethirdand smallest neighborhood.Holy Angels,derives its name from the Holy Angels Church and School that occupies thecenterofthe area.It lies between the Darkside andthe Ghetto,butis physically separated from them by Stewart Street and the Frericks Center parking lot.^^^^ Features Not all of the houses in the student neighborhoods aie occupied by students. Four houses in both the Ghetto andthe Darkside — onTrinity Avenue,KiefaberStreet,Stonemill Roadand Chambers Street— arehome to groups of Marianists,the Catholic religious institute behind UD.Between sixand 10 Marianists livein each house.Theyservethe university as ministers,groundskeepers,administrators and professors,among other professions. The Ghetto also contains several high-density livingareas, includingthe Garden Apartments,the Lawnview Apartments andthe Campus South,a high-rise living complex for sophomores.In 2004,the ArtStreet complex opened,intended asa combined living-learning space.It includes housing for56 students,as well asa cafe,an amphitheater,rehearsal rooms,several activity rooms and gallery spaces,and a new studio for the campus radio station,WUDR.t^^^The Ghetto is also home to the McGinnis school house,which was acquired in 1982 and renamed the McGinnis Center;it is used asa central point of contact for Ghetto ht{ps;//en.wikfpeclia.orgAviki/University_of_Dayton_Ghetto March 14,2016 University ofDayton Ghetto- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia n 306, 308 and 310 Kiefaber Street, three of the units in the ArtStreet complex Page 4 of 5 residents, The McGinnis Center houses several meeting rooms,administrative offices and laundry facilities for houses that are not equipped with washersand dryers. Some houses in the neighborhood have been given informal nicknames by which they are commonly known,suchas "The Deli House"at 237 Lowes St.,^^'^the "The F Shaq"at 418 Lowes and "The Crack House"at 1488 Frericks Way.^^^ For the majority of houses, nicknames are arbitrary and vary yearto year. In addition, many houses in theGhetto are those occupied by various fraternities, sororitiesand other special interest groups Future In 2002, the University of Dayton released a Master Plan which called for the renovation and construction of several houses,an extension to Stonemill Road to connect directly to Evanston Avenue, and the enlargement and clean-up of the parking areas in the alleys behind the houses.Despite ongoing rumors, there were no plans to raze the Ghetto and replace itwith more high-density housing and other university buildings, despite the landlocked nature of the campus, In June 2005, before the plan could be realized,the university made a $25 million purchase of an additional 49 acres (200,000 m^)—much of the land which was once home to the NCR Corporation—as well as a new 100,000- square-foot (9,300 m^)building on Brown Street The area,renamed Mid Campus,prompted the development ofa new Campus Master Plan.t^^^ 1519 Frericks Way,"The Castle,"a recently renovated house While several new buildings have been planned,many of the changes that had been proposed tothe South Student Neighborhood inthe previous master plan areno longer included inthe new plan.The largest feature affecting the student neighborhoods isa new building to theeast of Alberta Street, between Chambers Street and Obeli Court, on the Darkside. According to the draft of the master plan, the building is intended to be a sustainable residence hall, a 75-to 90-bed facility thatwouldalso include an educational wing. The proposed building would use technologies such as solar energy, geothermal heating and cooling,compost pilesand low-flow showers.The plan also calls fora walk/bike greenway to link the neighborhoodto the core of campus and the athletic complex. References 1. "The South Student Neighborhood". University of Dayton. Retrieved 2007-06-14. 2. Szink, Jennie and Peter Blazunas."What's in a name?"Flyer News. Volume 54, Issue 35. March 27, 2007. 3.Pham,HaQuyen."Deep roots lead to long,storied past."Flyer News.Volume 52,Issue 33.March 8,2005. 4.Tiedge,Amy."Well-known professor to retire after62 years."Flyer News.Volume 54,Issue 35.March 27, 2007. https7/en.wlkipe<Sa.orgAwlki/University_of_Dayton_Gh^o March 14.2016 University ofDayton Ghetto -Wikipedia.thefreeencyclopecfia Page5of5 5.Davis,Robert;Anthony DeBarros (30 August 2006)."Alcohol and fire a deadly mix".USA Today.Retrieved 19February 2009. 6. "UD Lingo". University of Dayton. Retrieved 2007-10-01. 7.Gruenke,Jessica."New duplexes planned to alleviate housing shortage."Flyer News.Volume 48,Issue20. December 8,2000. 8.Dowell,Matt. "Housesto be builton Stonemill."Flyer News.Volume 50, Issue 34. March7,2003. 9. Rizvi,Teri (2007-06-08)."Citiramawitha twist:studenthousingwillbe showcased inAugust event".University of Dayton.Retrieved 2007-06-08. 10. Martin, Jerry. "Neighborhood gives spice to UD life."Flyer News. Volume 52, Issue 34. March 11,2005. 11."University of DaytonCampusLandUse Plan"(PDF).University of Dayton.Retrieved 2007-10-01. 12. "Junior/Senior Lottery Position". University of Dayton. Retrieved 2007-10-01. 13. "The North Student Neighborhood". University of Dayton. Retrieved 2007-06-14. 14. "The Holy Angels Neighborhood". University of Dayton. Retrieved 2007-06-14. 15. Ross, Hilary. "Marianists talk about life in the Ghetto." Flyer News. Volume 53, Issue 8. September30, 2005. 16. Martin, Jerry. "New facilities welcomeUD students."Flyer News. Volume 52, Issue 1. August 31,2004. 17."Student Housing: View Residential Properties". University of Dayton. Retrieved 2007-06-14. 18."University of Dayton old plan map (direct link)". University of Dayton. Retrieved 2007-10-01. 19. Griesenbrock, Tyler. "More neighborhood changes planned"Flyer News. Volume 52, Issue 35. March 15, 2005. 20. Pham,HaQuyea "UD buys NCR property for $25M"Flyer News. Volume 53, Issue 1. August 30, 2005. 21. "University of Dayton Campus Master Planning". University of Dayton. Retrieved 2009-01-05. 22. "University of DaytonCampus Master Plan PreliminaryDraft"(PDF).University of Dayton.Retrieved 2007-09-29. External links • Neighborhood map (http://housing.udayton.edu/facilities/map) • University of Dayton housing website (http://housing.udayton.edu) • University of Dayton Master Planwebsite (http://udcampusmasterplan.udayton.edu) Retrieved fi^om "https://en.wikipedia.0rg/w/index.php? title=University_o^Dayton_Ghetto&oldid=706207687" Categories:Places of local interest needing cleanup |University of Dayton I Neighborhoods in Dayton,Ohio |NCR Corporation |Company tovms in Ohio I Populated places established inthe 1870s This page was last modified on 22 February 2016,at 02:39. 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Pc^f4-P,(sA%^A^G)M.y /^»lr/£/^m p3//94a 3^5^qkPFiye/piiih^inis/ 9.f P&//P^^/a/n^:mi4eAj py.gr.V f m P&///-//pP/s^^Btlj o&o PZT S.3 p0 /4<-/S3S/^^3000&PSpre^crfij cAlip. s4 pQ/^-/23/,^i3oiy<o PH(udap///i^Pl pQ//P~07^67 ^Z%isQSpy Ul^mGjNy'R£Mr£^j Ri po//^~(>>794^^pnijE^K"MsmSjAiy S7 iDm Ps/'fT-SA^-t f 5/5i r^b>J&h,P/l cc^ £7 Po/P^Q49d7 MHlpPA^/V/r.,, P^/P"-07/gS /^P.R-f,4A6^//PQn^kO.N.y f/6m/Sb4£^ 4 April 8,2016 By e-mail:BGoodman(a).town.ithaca.nv.us Ithaca Town Board Attn.:Supervisor Bill Goodman 215 North Tioga Street Ithaca,NY 14850 RE:Proposed Moratorium on Two-Family Homes Dear Supervisor Goodman: This office has been retained by Mr.Ronald Ronsvalle to appear on his behalf in opposition to the proposed moratorium which will be the subject ofa public hearing on Monday, April 11, 2016- The proposed law would clearly deprive Mr.Ronsvalle,and many landowners like him, of the use of their property.If enacted,the proposed moratorium would negate the settled expectations of landowners who have invested significant time,energy and money in planning and developing new and renovated residential properties in reliance upon the Town's existing laws.A moratorium is designed to preserve the status quo and can only be justified where a brief pause is necessary (i)for a municipality to develop a comprehensive plan or zoning ordinance or (ii)in the case of genuine crisis or emergency.Here,there is no such justification. There is no emergency.The Town already has a fully developed zoning ordinance and comprehensive plan.Mr.Ronsvalle does not propose implementing a new type of land use, industry or technology.Rather,he intends to construct the type of affordable and safe residential housing that has been constructed in the Town for many,many decades.As such,the proposed moratorium doesnot preserve thestatus quo,but destroys it. The proposed moratorium is facially defective in that it discriminates between owner- occupied and non-owner occupied properties.^Section 3(C)(providing that the moratorium does not apply to owner-occupied structures).Town Law §262 provides that zoning regulations cannot discriminate between landowners basedon their characteristics,butmustbe"uniformfor each class or kind of buildings throughout the district."A Syracuse ordinance was recently struck down for discriminating between owners on this basis.^Tupper v.City ofSyracuse 93 A.D.3d 1277 (4"*Dept.2012). Likewise,Section 4 of the proposed moratorium -by establishing that certain owners may obtain waivers from the Board —violates the fundamental requirement that all land ownera be subject to the same rules.The waiver provision will inevitably result in "spot zoning" whereby certain projects are favored over others at the whim and discretion of tlie Town Board. This fact alone renders the proposed moratorium unconstitutional.^Lake Lllyria Corp.v. ToM>n of Gardner,43 A.D.2d 386 {3'^Dept.1974)(the court struck down a moratorium on -rG>£4-u-lic HARRIS BEACH g Attorneys at Law 119 East Seneca Street Ithaca,NY M8S0 (607)273-6444 Thomas p.Smith Direct:(607)330-7725 Fax:(607)273-6802 tpsmith@HarrisBeach.com Ithaca Town Board April 8,2016 Page 2 HARRIS BEACH g Attorneys at Law penults for commercial development because Town Board retained discretion to make exceptions to the ban). Further, the proposed moratorium is defective because: • The proposed law does not serve a valid pubic purpose. The Town already has comprehensive zoning.A moratorium passed in response to the unfounded complaints and fears of a small number of residents is not a valid exercise of municipal power.SeeCellular Telephone v.Village ofTarrytown,209 A.D.2d 57 (2""'Dept.1995) • The proposedlawdoes not distributethe burdensequally among all members of the community but imposes them only upon those landowners who have purchased land with the intent to renovate or construct two-family, code- compliant housing. • In the circumstances,theproposedone-year moratorium is not a reasonable time- hame. Mr.Ronsvalle provides clean, safe, affordable and code-compliant housing to many residents of the Town. He is extremely responsive to the Town's concerns and those of his tenants. He wants to continueto work responsibly in cooperationwith the Townto provide this much needed housing. The proposed moratorium would have a devastating effect on Mr. Ronsvalle's business,andhe requests thattheTown Boardnotadoptthe proposedlaw. Thank you for your consideration. yoj»s. Smith cc:Client TB FYI -1 recently submitted an application for a permit to build a small 'two family'house on a lot contiguous to my current home. I'm here to question this moratorium ... will it address the very real problems in the neighborhoods cited? will it have unforeseen consequences for the greater community? what other community based approach might be more fair &effective? 30 year history in 2 family housing in Ithaca My first Ithaca apartment ~5 years -basement of a West side ranch -lake view -affordable on my salary /new job with a local not-for-profit -1 shared the family laundry -1 'conveyed'when the house sold / twice Myfirst house / Town of Ithaca -25 years ago a real 'fixer-upper'/2000 sf of remodeling to be done home improvement loan as big as the mortgage /special financing /credit union conversion to a 2 family was part of the budget from day 1 rental was critical to fund 10 years of renovation work -SSOO-ymo.X25 years - a big difference in my household budget -some compensation to balance housing costs inflated by student rentals - my quality of life has been enhanced by relationships with (some / not all)tenants I would not have been able to buy -or renovate - my home on a teacher's salary without the projected Income from the apartment. My current 2 family project under consideration for a permit 1440 sf residence 570 sf studio apartment (walk out basement) designed for my own life-on-one-level, ifit comes to that later - may share my brother who's retirement situation is more tenuous than mine the apartment will provide some income over time or housing for a caretaker should need arise ... observations: moratorium seems like a generalized reaction to a localized problem resident students'behavior in specific neighborhoods will not be addressed non-resident developer /landlords have some responsibility here preservation ofolder homes should be incentivized/NOT restricted 2nd units can provideefficiency/ long-termsustainability-esp.inolder, larger houses more questions: what % of the Town housing stock is 2 family residences? how do those second units rank in affordability for working renters? Is data available about owner-occupancy of 2 family homes? would it make more sense to encourage construction /conversion of more 2 &3 family homes throughout the township? would incentives for such projects by owner-occupants provide more diverse affordable housing in all our neighborhoods? Application #Date Type Town of Ithaca 215 N.Tioga Street Ithaca,NY 14850 Permit Application Report From:3/1/2016 To:3/31/2016 SBL Legai Address 4/6/2016 inspector Status Constructi< Cost 2016-0055 3/3/2016 ELECTRICAL ONLY 16.-2-5 605 East Shore Dr DMAGNUSO Description:Electrical service inspection. Repair,replace,expand wiringduring house renovation. Electrical plan needed. APPROVED 2016-0056 3/3/2016 SINGLE FAMILY RENOVATION/A 24.-1-6 145 Iradell Rd SWILLIAMS Description:Convert 1 family to 2 family;Convert existing semi-detached structure to 1 bedroom apartment and family room. PENDING 75000.00 APPROVED 91000.002016-0057 3/7/2016 SINGLE FAMILY RENOVATION/A 66.-3-3.14 Description:Renovate kitchen &family room. 29 FAIRWAY DRIVE 2016-0058 3/7/2016 ELECTRICAL WITH BP 66.-3-3.14 29 Fairway Dr Description:w/ BP 2016-0057 *** DO NOT SCHEDULE INSPECTIONS HERE.Use BP.** 2016-0059 3/7/2016 SINGLE FAMILY RENOVATION/A 19.-2-5.2 1126 EAST SHORE DRIVE Description:2nd floor gut &structural remodel,add master bath,renovate existing bath. 2016-0060 3/7/2016 ELECTRICAL WITH BP 19.-2-5.2 1126 East Shore Dr Description:w/BP 2016-0059 ***DO NOT SCHEDULE INSPECTIONS HERE.Use BP.*** 2016-0061 3/7/2016 OPERATING PERMIT Description: 47.-1-11.3 920 Coddington Rd 2016-0062 3/8/2016 ROOFING 23.-1 -11.114 132 WOOLF LN Description:Remove 1-layer shingle roof and install new shingle roof system. 2016-0063 3ISf20^6 ELECTRICAL ONLY 39.-1-16.2 106 King Rd W MKELLY MKELLY APPROVED MKELLY APPROVED 40000.00 MKELLY APPROVED LKOFOID PENDING SWILLIAMS APPROVED 13487.00 DMAGNUSO APPROVED Description:Replace existing service with new 200 amp service including new 200 amp electric panel,meter can source riser grounding etc. MKELLY APPROVED 3000.002016-0064 3/8/2016 SINGLE FAMILY RENOVATION/A 70.-9-13 115 WINSTON DRIVE Description:Remodel &expand existing 1/2 bathroom to become full bathroom w/shower. 2016-0065 3/8/2016 ELECTRICAL WITH BP 70.-9-13 115 Winston Dr Description:w/ BP 2016-0064 ***D0 NOT SCHEDULE INSPECTIONS HERE.Use BP.*** 2016-0067 3/10/2016 SINGLE FAMILY RENOVATION/A 33.-1-11 210 ENFIELD FALLS RD Description:Alteration Level 2 in existing basement to create laundry room and office area. Panfi 1 nf 5 MKELLY APPROVED SWILLIAMS APPROVED 75129.98 Town of Ithaca 215 N.Tioga Street Ithaca,NY 14850 Permit Application Report From:3/1/2016 To:3/31/2016 SBL Legai Address 4/6/2016 inspector Status Constructic CostApplication#Date Type 2016-0068 3/10/2016 ELECTRICAL WITH BP Description:with 2016-0067 Electrical service 33.-1-11 210 ENFIELD FALLS RD 2016-0077 3/11/2016 ELECTRICAL WITH BP 52.-1-1 345 Coddington Rd Description:w/BP#2016-0039 *"D0 NOT SCHEDULE INSPECTIONS HERE.Use BP. 2016-0078 3/14/2016 COMMERCIAL ADDITION Description:Addition of ADA restroom. 66.-3-17 224 Forest Home Dr 2016-0079 3/14/2016 ELECTRICAL WITH BP 66.-3-17 224 Forest Home Dr Description:w/BP#2016-0078 ***D0 NOT SCHEDULE INSPECTIONS HERE.Use BP. 2016-0080 3/16/2016 ELECTRICAL ONLY 57.-1-8.108 104 SHARLENE ROAD Description:Underground service with 200 A,4/0 AL service -neutral has failed NYSEG Job#10300221717 (nyseg to disconnect approx 9:30am) SWILLIAMS MKELLY MKELLY MKELLY MKELLY APPROVED APPROVED APPROVED 25000.00 APPROVED APPROVED 2016-0081 3/16/2016 COMMERCIAL NEW 36.-1-4.5 1150 Danby Rd SWILLIAMS PENDING Description:Platform #16 - build 16'x 28'permanent raised wood platform to serve as a deck and floor under a 16'x 20'safari tent. 2016-0082 3/16/2016 COMMERCIAL NEW 36.-1-4.5 1150 Danby Rd SWILLIAMS PENDING Description:Platform #17 - build 14'x 24'permanent raised wood platform to serve as a deck and floor under a 14' x 16'safari tent. 2016-0083 3/16/2016 COMMERCIAL NEW 36.-1-4.5 1150 Danby Rd SWILLIAMS PENDING Description:Platform #18 - build 14' x 24'permanent raised wood platform to serve as a deck and floor under a 14' x 16'safari tent. 3500.00 3500.00 3500.00 2016-0084 3/17/2016 SOLAR 48.-1-14.4 250 BURNS ROAD MKELLY APPROVED 26832.00 Description:Install a 7.8 KW solar PV system mounted on the South East side of the house roof,consisting of 26 Winaico WSP-300M6 panels,with a SMA Sunny Boy 7700TL-US-22 inverter mounted in the basement,&connected to a circuit breaker in the main breaker panel. 2016-0085 3/17/2016 ELECTRICAL WITH BP 48.-1-14.4 250 BURNS RD Description:w/ BP 2016-0084 ***D0 NOT SCHEDULE INSPECTIONS HERE.Use BP.*** MKELLY 2016-0093 3/17/2016 TWO FAMILY RESIDENCE NEW 53.-1-15.3 335 CODDINGTON ROAD MKELLY Description:Build a new 2 story,2 family,house w/ a full basement.Living units to be separated by a 1 hour fire rated barrier. Panfi 2 nf fi APPROVED APPROVED 200000.00 Application #Date Type Town of Ithaca 215 N.Tioga Street Ithaca,NY 14850 Permit Application Report From:3/1/2016 To:3/31/2016 SBL Legal Address 2016-0101 3/18/2016 ZONING ONLY 32.-1-15 380 BOSTWICK RD Description:Tear down old heifer barn and build a calf barn in same location. 4/6/2016 Inspector Status Constructic Cost BBATES WITHDRAW 25000.00 2016-0102 3/22/2016 TWO FAMILY RESIDENCE NEW 39.-11-7 129 Birdseye View Dr SWILLIAMS APPROVED 150000.00 Description:Buiid new 2-family residential structure withthree bedrooms in main dweiling unitand two bedrooms in auxiliary dweiiing unit. 2016-0103 3/22/2016 ELECTRICAL WITH BP 39.-11-7 Description:w/BP#2016-0102 Construction of new 2-family home. 2016-0104 3/23/2016 ROOFING Description:New roof to garage bay 41.-1-21 129 Birdseye View Drive Dr MKELLY 224 CODDINGTON ROAD MKELLY APPROVED APPROVED 4963.00 2016-0105 3/24/2016 ROOFING 31.-1-2 635 Elm St Ext DMAGNUSO APPROVED 10515.00 Description:Reroof barn (perpendicular to road)with metal roof,add ridge vent,and replace gutters. 2016-0106 3/28/2016 BONFIRE 33.-3-2.10 122 Ithaca Beer Dr BBATES PENDING Description:4.29.16 5pm -lOPm 15 x 15 diameter bonfire on property using untreated firewood.Approximately 200 people in attendance. 2016-0107 3/28/2016 ELECTRICAL ONLY 29.-7-12.11 261 COY GLEN RD Description:Repair electrical defects and restore power -rewire west apartment (due to fire) DMAGNUSO APPROVED 2016-0108 3/28/2016 INSTITUTIONAL NEW 24.-4-5.2 Trumansburg Rd SWILLIAMS PENDING 8161906.00 Description:New construction of a three story residential building,consisting of 68 apartments for seniors.Work also includes excavation,grading, site lighting, road,parking lot,and community garden. 2016-0109 3/29/2016 PYROTECHNICS Description:Fireworks Display 5.21.16 9:30pm -10pm 41.-1-30.2 2016-0110 3/29/2016 FENCE/RETAINING WALLS 21.-2-27 Description:Replace railroad tie retaining wall with Redi-Rock Retaining wall. 2016-0111 3/29/2016 COMMERCIAL ADDITION Description:Gannett Center Heating Plant 41.-1-30.2 2016-0112 3/29/2016 ELECTRICAL WITH BP 41.-1-30.2 Description:w/2016-0111 Gannett Center Heating Plant 150 Lyceum Dr 987 Taughannock Blvd 148 Conservatory Dr 148 Conservatory Dr Panft .3 nf S BBATES PENDING DMAGNUSO PENDING 80,000.00 SWILLIAMS PENDING 867000.00 MKELLY PENDING Town of Ithaca 215 N.Tioga Street Ithaca,NY 14850 Permit Application Report From:3/1/2016 To:3/31/2016 Type SBLApplication#Date 2016-0113 3/30/2016 HEATING AND COOLING UNIT 41.-1-30.2 Description:West Tower14thFloor HVAC System Replacement 2016-0114 3/30/2016 ELECTRICAL WITH BP Description:w/2016-0113 41.-1-30.2 Legai Address 151 Tower Skyline Or 151 Tower Skyline Dr 2016-0115 3/30/2016 ACCESSORY STRUCTURE 53.-1 -15.3 335 CODDINGTON ROAD Description:Build 2 hour fire wall toseparate garages serving 2 adjacent lots. 2016-0116 3/31/2016 ROOFING 24.-1-36 Description:Reroof work as per proposal- roofshinglereplacement. 2016-0117 3/31/2016 TWO FAMILY RESIDENCE NEW 31.-2-25.3 Description:Construction ofnewresidence with basement apartment 2016-0118 3/31/2016 ELECTRICAL WITH BP Description:with 2016-0117;build two family home 31.-2-25.3 284 HAYTS RD 651 Five Mile Dr 651 Five Mile Dr Panfi 4 nf .5 4/6/2016 inspector Status Constructio Cost SWILLIAMS PENDING 622000.00 MKELLY PENDING MKELLY APPROVED 1500.00 SWILLIAMS APPROVED 5000.00 SWILLIAMS PENDING 240000.00 MKELLY PENDING Town of Ithaca 215 N.Tioga Street Ithaca,NY 14850 Permit Application Report -Totals From:3/1/2016 Permit Type ACCESSORY STRUCTURE BONFIRE COMMERCIAL ADDITION COMMERCIAL NEW ELECTRICAL ONLY ELECTRICAL WITH BP FENCE/RETAINING WALLS HEATING AND COOLING UNIT INSTITUTIONAL NEW OPERATING PERMIT PYROTECHNICS ROOFING SINGLE FAMILY RENOVATION/ALTERATION SOLAR TWO FAMILY RESIDENCE NEW ZONING ONLY Total: To:3/31/2016 Count 41 4/6/2016 Perm #Date Type Town of Ithaca 215 N.Tioga Street Ithaca,NY 14850 Permits Issued SBL Legal Address 2016-0048 3/1/2016 ELECTRICAL WITH BP 39.-1-1.22 950 Danby Rd Desc:w/BP 2016-0047 Electric to support modifications to Suite 5-Xtreme Fitness. 2016-0047 3/1/2016 COMMERCIAL RENOVATION/ALTERATION 39.-1-1.22 950 DanbyRd Desc:Xtreme Fitness -Suite 5;Level 1 Alteration:Remove existing wall to add 188-sqft to fitness center 2016-0050 3/1/2016 ELECTRICAL WITH BP 39.-1-1.22 950 Danby Rd Desc:w/BP#2016-0049 Electric to support modifications to Fitness Classroom (Suite 10)and the Serendipity Office (Suite 18) 2016-0049 3/1/2016 COMMERCIAL RENOVATION/ALTERATION 39.-1-1.22 950 Danby Rd SWILLIAMS OPEN Desc:Install exiting and partition wall to create 2355 sqft Fitness Classroom (Suite 10) 2016-0052 3/1/2016 SINGLE FAMILY RENOVATION/ALTERATION 33.-2-8 718ELMIRARD SWILLIAMS OPEN Desc:Remove existing vinyl siding,Insulate walls with cellulose,install 1 1/2"polyisocyanurte rigid foam board insulation,tyvek and new vinyl siding. 9541 3/3/2016 SINGLE FAMILY RENOVATION/ALTERATION 18.-5-3 940A East Shore Dr MKELLY OPEN Desc:Construct a timber seawall immediately adjacent to the water's edge side of house.Replace under floor insulation. 9890 3/9/2016 TWO FAMILY RESIDENCE RENOVATION/ALT 56.-2-8 1581 Slaterville Rd Desc:Remodel downstairs apartment kitchen and reinforce back deck per engineer's specifications. 2016-0066 3/9/2016 ELECTRICAL ONLY 45.-1-2.1 Ridgecrest Rd Desc:Replace existing ICQ amp electrical service and main panel on Town's Ridgecrest Water Tank 2016-0058 3/10/2016 ELECTRICAL WITH BP 66.-3-3.14 29 Fairway Dr Desc:w/BP 2016-0057^*DO NOT SCHEDULE INSPECTIONS HERE.UseBP.*** 2016-0057 3/10/2016 SINGLE FAMILY RENOVATION/ALTERATION 66.-3-3.14 Desc:Renovate kitchen &family room. 2016-0063 3/10/2016 ELECTRICAL ONLY 39.-1-16.2 Desc.Replace existing service with new 200 amp service including new 200 amp electric panel,meter can source riser grounding etc. 2016-0062 3/11/2016 ROOFING 23.-1-11.114 132 WOOLF LN SWILLIAMS Desc:Remove 1-layer shingle roof and install new shingle roof system. 2015-0099 3/12/2016 COMMERCIAL RENOVATION/ALTERATION 36.-1-4.5 1150 Danby Rd SWILLIAMS OPEN Desc:Install gas range/oven in hotel's Bistro including hood and venting ductwork and installation of pipes to carry the natural gas to cooking unit. Page 1 of 4 29 Fairway Dr 106 King Rd W •+/U/^U lU inpector Status Cnst.Cost MKELLY OPEN SWILLIAMS OPEN OPEN MKELLY OPEN MKELLY OPEN MKELLY OPEN MKELLY OPEN DMAGNUSO OPEN OPEN 3000.00 30000.00 20220.00 10205.00 91000.00 13487.00 4000.00 Perm #Date Type Town of Ithaca 215 N.Tioga Street Ithaca,NY 14850 Permits Issued SBL Legal Address ivr Inpector Status Cnst.Cost 2016-0060 3/15/2016 ELECTRICAL WITH BP 19.-2-5.2 1126 East Shore Dr MKELLY OPEN Desc:w/BP 2016-0059 DO NOT SCHEDULE INSPECTIONS HERE.Use BP.*** 2016-0059 3/15/2016 SINGLE FAMILY RENOVATION/ALTERATION 19.-2-5.2 1126 EAST SHORE DRIVB/IKELLY OPEN 40000.00 Desc:2ncl floor -gut&structural remodel,add master bath,renovate existing bath. 2016-0077 3/16/2016 ELECTRICAL WITH BP 52.-1-1 345 Coddington Rd MKELLY OPEN Desc:w/BP#2016-0039 ***D0 NOT SCHEDULE INSPECTIONS HERE.Use BP.*** 2016-0039 3/16/2016 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE ADDITION 52.-1-1 345 CODDINGTON ROADMKELLY OPEN 248000.00 Desc:Construct a new attached garage,gut&renovate kitchen /dining /living room. 2016-0054 3/17/2016 ELECTRICAL WITH BP 71.-2-1 130 Christopher Cir MKELLY OPEN Desc:w/BP 2016-0053 ***D0 NOT SCHEDULE INSPECTIONS HERE.Use BP.*** 2016-0053 3/17/2016 SINGLE FAMILY RENOVATION/ALTERATION 71.-2-1 130 CHRISTOPHER CIRC MKELLY OPEN 7500.00 Desc:Construct a new stairway,&associated structure,along the eastern interior wall ofthe main floor living room into the basement.Also a new bathroom and a laundry room along the South wall of the basement. 2016-0080 3/21/2016 ELECTRICAL ONLY 57.-1-8.108 104 SHARLENE ROAD MKELLY CLOSED Desc:Underground service with 200 A,4/0 AL service -neutral has failed -underground service lateral &new triple meter can only. 2016-00333/21/2016 COMMERCIAL RENOVATION/ALTERATION 63.-1-8.1 651 Dryden Rd- Central H MKELLY OPEN 295200.00 Desc:Central Energy Plant window replacement CU Code:551 OB 2016-0065 3/23/2016 ELECTRICAL WITH BP 70.-9-13 115 Winston Dr MKELLY OPEN Desc:w/BP 2016-0064 ***D0 NOT SCHEDULE INSPECTIONS HERE. Use BP.*** 2016-0064 3/23/2016 SINGLE FAMILY RENOVATION/ALTERATION 70.-9-13 115 Winston Ct MKELLY OPEN 3000.00 Desc:Remodel &expand existing 112 bathroom to become full bathroom w/shower. 2016-0067 3/24/2016 SINGLE FAMILY RENOVATION/ALTERATION 33.-1-11 210 ENFIELD FALLS RD SWILLIAMS OPEN 75129.98 Desc:Alteration Level 2 in existing basement to create laundry room and office area. 2016-0068 3/24/2016 ELECTRICAL WITH BP 33.-1-11 210 ENFIELD FALLS RD SWILLIAMS OPEN Desc:with 2016-0067 Electrical service Page 2 of 4 Town of Ithaca 215 N.Tioga Street Ithaca,NY 14850 Permits Issued Perm #Date Type SBL 2015-0618 3/24/2016 ELECTRICAL ONLY 70.-8-6 Desc:Upgrade service from ICQ to 200 amps -living area 1846 sq ft -change switches and plug outlets. NYSEG Job#10300177212 2016-0055 3/25/2016 ELECTRICAL ONLY 16.-2-5 605EastShore Dr DMAGNUSO OPEN Desc:Electrical service Inspection.Repair,replace,expand wiring during house renovation.Electrical plan needed. 2016-0105 3/29/2016 ROOFING 31.-1-2 635 Elm St Ext Desc:Reroof barn (perpendicular to road)with metal roof,add 2X4 purlins,ridge vent,and replace gutters. 2016-0084 3/29/2016 SOLAR 48.-1-14.4 250 BURNS ROAD MKELLY OPEN Desc.Install a 7.8 KW solar PV system mounted on the South East side of the house roof,consisting of 26 WInaico WSP-300M6 panels,with a SMA Sunny Boy 7700TL-US-22 Inverter mounted In the basement.&connected to a 40 amp dbl.pole circuit breaker In the main breaker panel. 2016-0085 3/29/2016 ELECTRICAL WITH BP 48.-1 -14.4 250 BURNS RD Desc:w/BP 2016-0084 ***D0 NOT SCHEDULE INSPECTIONS HERE.Use BP.*** 2016-0107 3/29/2016 ELECTRICAL ONLY 29.-7-12.11 261 Coy Glen Rd Desc:Repair electrical and restore power -rewire west apartment (due to fire) 2016-0079 3/30/2016 ELECTRICAL WITH BP 66.-3-17 Desc:w/BP#2016-0078 '^**00 NOT SCHEDULE INSPECTIONS HERE.Use BP. 2016-0078 3/30/2016 COMMERCIAL ADDITION 66.-3-17 Desc:Additionof ADA restroom. Legal Address 301 SALEM DRIVE 224 Forest Home Dr lU Inpector Status Cnst.Cost MKELLY OPEN DMAGNUSO OPEN 10515.00 26832.00 MKELLY OPEN DMAGNUSO OPEN MKELLY OPEN 224 FOREST HOME DRIVMKELLY OPEN 25000.00 Total 33 Page 3 of 4 Town of Ithaca 215 N.Tioga Street Ithaca,NY 14850 Permits Issued -Totals From:3/1/2016 Permit Type COMMERCIAL ADDITION COMMERCIAL RENOVATION/ALTERATION ELECTRICAL ONLY ELECTRICAL WITH BP ROOFING SINGLE FAMILY RENOVATION/ALTERATION SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE ADDITION SOLAR TWO FAMILY RESIDENCE RENOVATION/ALT Total: To:3/31/2016 Count 1 4 6 10 2 7 1 1 1 33 4/6/2016 Town of Ithaca 215 N.Tioga Street Ithaca,NY 14850 Certificates Issued From:3/1/2016 To:3/31/2016 4/b/:^uit} Cert.#Date Type Temp SBL Legal Address Inspector Status 2016-0041 3/1/2016 CO 33.-1-22 234 ENFIELD FALLS RD BBATES ISSUED 2016-0009 3/2/2016 CO 33.-3-8.13 12 Apple Blossom Ln SWILLIAMS ISSUED 2015-0585 3/2/2016 CO 52.-2-2 126 NORTHVIEW ROAD MKELLY ISSUED 2016-0010 3/2/2016 CO 33.-3-8.13 12 Apple Blossom Ln CBRUNER ISSUED 2015-0086 3/2/2016 CO 59.-3-12 108 Walnut St MKELLY ISSUED 2015-0619 3/2/2016 CO 59.-3-9 102 WALNUT STREET MKELLY ISSUED 2015-0473 3/2/2016 CO 59.-3-9 102 WALNUT STREET -gar MKELLY ISSUED 2015-0614 3/3/2016 CO 42.-1-9.35 211 NORTHVIEW ROAD W MKELLY ISSUED 2016-0026 3/4/2016 CO 39.-1-21 389 Stone Quarry Rd SWILLIAMS ISSUED 2015-0588 3/4/2016 CO 61.-1-8.23 3 Pheasant Ln BBATES ISSUED 2015-0291 3/7/2016 CO 46.-1-15.43 101 Southwoods Dr SWILLIAMS ISSUED 2014-0367 3/7/2016 CO 37.1-1-9 1100 Danby Rd BBATES ISSUED 2014-0366 3/7/2016 CO 37.1-1-9 1100 Danby Rd BBATES ISSUED 2014-0365 3/7/2016 CO 37.1-1-9 1100 Danby Rd BBATES ISSUED 2014-0419 3/7/2016 CO 70.-10-1.40 106 Maplewood Dr CBRUNER ISSUED 2015-0555 3/10/2016 CO 28.-1-28.4 770 Elm St Ext DMAGNUSO ISSUED 2014-0128 3/10/2016 CO 46.-1-11 832 CODDINGTON RD MKELLY ISSUED 2015-0413 3/10/2016 CO 57.-1-32 145 PINE TREE RD MKELLY ISSUED 2015-0695 3/10/2016 CO 45.-1-3 104 RIDGECREST ROAD MKELLY ISSUED 2016-0046 3/14/2016 cc 23.-1-7 102 WOOLFLANE DMAGNUSO ISSUED 9831 3/15/2016 CO 37.-1-20.1 1134 Danby Rd SWILLIAMS ISSUED 2014-0076 3/15/2016 cc 66.-5-9.2 116 Mclntyre Place MKELLY ISSUED 2014-0096 3/16/2016 cc 31.-1-9 662 FIVE MILE DR DMAGNUSO ISSUED 2015-0141 3/16/2016 cc 24.-4-10 121 HOPKINS RD SWILLIAMS ISSUED 9591 3/16/2016 CO 58.1-1-64 64 Lois Ln BBATES ISSUED 2016-0080 3/21/2016 ELECTRI 57.-1-8.108 104 SHARLENE ROAD MKELLY ISSUED 2016-0034 3/21/2016 CC 66.-4-1 137 Judd Falls Rd DMAGNUSO ISSUED 2014-0349 3/25/2016 cc 44.-1-154 131 WHITETAIL DRIVE MKELLY ISSUED Page 1 of 3 Town of Ithaca 215 N.Tioga Street Ithaca,NY 14850 Certificates Issued From:3/1/2016 To:3/31/2016 Cert.#Date Type Temp SBL Legal Address Inspector Status 2014-0385 3/25/2016 CO 58.-1-32.12 1515Slat0rvj|leRd MKELLY ISSUED 2014-0384 3/25/2016 CO 58.-1-32.11 1513 SLATERVILLE ROAD MKELLY ISSUED 2015-0202 3/25/2016 CO 57.-1-8.12 110 Eastern Heights Dr MKELLY ISSUED 2015-0206 3/25/2016 CO 45.-1-47 28 Chase Ln MKELLY ISSUED 10017 3/31/2016 CO 28.-1-26.85 313 Rachel Carson Way SWILLIAMS ISSUED 2015-0253 3/31/2016 cc 28.-1-26.85 315 Rachel Carson Trail SWILLIAMS ISSUED 2015-0254 3/31/2016 CO 28.-1-26.85 315 Rachel Carson Trail SWILLIAMS ISSUED 2015-0084 3/31/2016 CO 24.-3-2.1 101 Harris B Dates Dr SWILLIAMS ISSUED 2015-0587 3/31/2016 CO 60.-1-8.2 240 Pine Tree Rd MKELLY ISSUED Page 2 of 3 4/o/;^uib Town of Ithaca 215 N.Tioga Street Ithaca,NY 14850 Certificate Report Totals by Type and Status From:3/1/2016 To:3/31/2016 Certificate Type Certificate Status Count CO ' CO 24 12 ELECTRICAL ONLY CO 1 Total:37 ISSUED 37 Page 3 of 3 Town of Ithaca 215 N.Tioga Street Ithaca,NY 14850 Complaints Report From:3/1/2016 To:3/31/2016 "^yP®Tax Parcel #Legal Address Disposition 3/2/2016 PROPERTY MAINTENANCE 58.-2-39.11 117H0NNESSLN OPEN Renter in lower level concerned about concrete cracks in foundation (falling in)and inside apartment - wall cracks,doorway cracks and ceiling as if duplex is shifting.Foyer door always open,so can walk in and look around. Desc: 3/8/2016 FIRE SAFETYVIOLATIONS 29.-6-5 124 Haller Blvd OPEN Desc.Rubbish fire extinguished in back yard.Rubbish included carpeting.No apartment numbering at this structure according to Holly Garrow resident in rear apartment.She admitted sheset the pile of rubbish on fire. Holly Garrow -283-1781 3/9/2016 PROPERTY MAINTENANCE 61 .-1 -3 1027 Ellis Hollow Rd CLOSED Desc:Neighbor called to complain about a toilet bowl left in the front yard,has been there probably longer than a month. 3/14/2016 GARBAGE 331 West Hill Circle OPEN Desc:Tenant's daughter Ashley Bright-Avery who is pregnant lives in BIdg.331 Apt.7-tenant who lives above her (Apt 8?)has/had been leaving garbage,cigarette butts,etc out on patio (then had a garbage can which is not allowable)to the point where maggots are appearing in apartment below (Apt 7)- maggots seemstobe coming out from patio trim and rug.Elizabeth has reported this tothe office manager Angie who says she can't do anything.Elizabeth took it upon herself to try and get rid of the maggotsoverthe weekend,herdaughteris7 monthspregnantand also has a small child - feelsthisis a health problem.Maintenance did throw out garbage can since that is not allow at complex.NOTE: tenant is upstairapt. (8?) has a broken leg. 3/17/2016 OCCUPANCY WITHOUT a 45.-1 -50 34Chase Ln OPEN Desc:megai two family home.Section 125-7 A(1)Town of Ithaca Code 3/23/2016 PROPERTY MAINTENANCE 1028 Ellis Hollow Rd OPEN Desc:Weaver stated that there is water dripping from 2water lines in the ceiling and collecting on the floor in the hallway.They notified management on March 13th.On March 14th,management removed two molded tiles from the ceiling but didn't fix the leak so it is still dripping on the floor (no bucket provided).Virginia told them a plumber would be coming in but they were waiting for atool?On 3/14 the maintenance man yelled ata tenant association member that they shouldn't report this. 3/25/2016 FIRE SAFETY VIOLATIONS 321 PineTree Rd OPEN Desc.Water leak in laundry mat.Owner of liquor store next door said this is a regular occurrance.Water had leaked under dividing wall and soaked carpet in liquor store, owneralso concerned about electronics near area,cords on floor.No owner info available for laundry.No knox keys in box for laundry togetto back of washing machines.Management company for plaza showed up,but they have no keys and no contact info.They were going to shut water off to building so no oneelse used bad washing machine until owners could fix. Page 1 of 3 Town of Ithaca 215 N.Tioga Street Ithaca,NY 14850 Complaints Report From:3/1/2016 To:3/3i/2016 ^li®?Tax Parcel#Legal Address Disposition 3/29/2016 PROPERTY MAINTENANCE 237 Coddington Rd OPEN One dumpster serving apartments is overflowing and the garbage is blowing down the town trail.PW employees have been cleaning it up but it is an ongoing problem. 3/30/2016 PROPERTY MAINTENANCE 57.-1-14 107 Pine Tree Rd OPEN Desc.Neighbor says hay bales brought in blocking entrances -neighbor feels this was done in the middle of the night. Page 2 of 3 4/t>/^U10 Town of Ithaca 215 N.Tioga Street Ithaca,NY 14850 Complaints Report From:3/1/2016 To:3/31/2016 Totals by Complaint Type &Status Complaintlype Complaint Status Count FIRE SAFETY VIOLATIONS 2 GARBAGE ^ OCCUPANCY WITHOUT a CofOorCof 1 PROPERTY MAINTENANCE 5 Total: CLOSED 1 OPEN 8 Page 3 of 3