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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTB Minutes 1988-05-09TOWN OF ITHACA REGULAR BOARD MEETING May 9, 1988 At a Regular Meeting of the Tcwn Board of the Town of Ithaca, Toipkins County, New York, held at The Mayers School, 1251 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, New York, on the 9th day of May, 1988, there were; PRESENT: ABSENT: ALSO PRESENT: Noel Desch, Supervisor Henry McPeak, Councilman Robert Bartholf, Councilman Patricia Leary, Councilwanan Raymond Bordoni, Councilman Thcmas Cardman, Councilman Shirley Raffensperger, Councilworaan John Ozolins, Highway Superintendent Robert Flumerfelt, Town Engineer John Barney, Town Attorney Edward Olmstead, City of Ithaca Fire Chief Gary Moravec, City of Ithaca Fire Ccjtimissioner Henry Aron, 106 Woolf Lane Eveline Aron, 106 Woolf Lane Robert Greenwood, 1431 Slateirville Road Pat W. Little, 271 Bundy Road David Auble, Butterfield Associates Charles Kehler, 106 Grove Road Iva Mechene, 125 Hopkins Road Shirley Johnson, Jacksonville Mary Poyer, 1435 Trumansburg Road Ron Poyer, 1435 Trumansburg Road Sandy Voorheis, 1415 Trumansburg Road H. C. Heidt, Perry City Road, Trumansburg Phyllis Joyce, 1416 Trumansburg Road Lanny Joyce, 1416 Trumansburg Road Vemon D. Lovley, 1215 Trumansburg Road Helen M. Lovley, 1215 Trumansburg Road Doris Madison, 1213 Trumansburg Road Helen Wheeler, 1539 Trumansburg Road Louis Wheeler, 1539 Trumansburg Road Paul Bradshaw, 956 Snyder Hill Road Nildiil Jain, 5 Glenwood Road Mark Mellor, 5 Glenwood Road Arlene Bradshaw, 956 Snyder Hill Road Harris Sanders, 1201 Trumansburg Road Jane Elevy Pollok, 1221 Trumansburg Road Estella M. Sanders, 1201 Trumansburg Road James S. Ainslie, 245 Hayts Road Susan Mclntyre, 308 Farm Street Doria Higgins, 2 Hillcrest Drive Edward Austen, 255 DuBois Road Betty Kenjersl^, 230 Hayts Road TOny J. Kenjerska, 230 Hayts Road Madeline Hart, 236 Hayts Road Elmer Phillips, 131 Pine Tree Road Charles Asay, 131 Hopkins Road Eva Hoffinann, 4 Sugarbush Lane Elizabeth Roscioli, 152 Bundy Road Town Board 2 May 9, 1988 Roberta Chiesa, 159 Bundy Road Ruth Schaaf, 134 Bundy Road Herbert Schaaf, 134 Bundy Road Heather Weiss, 105 DuBois Road John Weiss, 105 DuBois Road Gene Ball, 1317 Trumansburg Road L. Sterginger, 1490 Trumansburg Road R. Brown, 1408 Trumansbiorg Road Nancy Kaproth, 465 Sheffield Road Kathy Shippos, 105 Main Street, Van Etten j Linda Coyle, Trumansburg, New York June Walden, 121 Hopkins Road Gordon Walden, 121 Hopkins Road Joyce G. Hicks, 169 Oakwood Lane Anna Lucas, 154 Bundy Road Donna Van Order, 128 Bundy Road Wilfred Chaffee, 158 Perry City Road Irene Chaffee, 158 Perry City Road Buzz Lavine, Tcnpkins County Planning Isabel F. Hardy, 1487 Trumansburg Road Martha Hagaman, 1485 Trumansburg Road Jack Hagaman, 1485 Trumansburg Road Representatives of the Media; Andrew Patersen, WVBR, FM 93 Fred Yahn, Ithaca Journal PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The Supervisor led the assemblage in the Pledge of Allegiance. n REPORT OF TCWN OFFICIALS Town Supervisor's Report Water & Sewer Borrowings Supervisor Desch stated that on May 3 he had corpleted the borrowing for the water and sewer project for cash flow purposes involving $1,450,000 at 4.85% interest with the TOnpkins County Trust Ccarpany being the low bidder for one year BAN's. Litigation Supervisor Desch noted that the Town had received the decision on the Hull matter from the Appellate Division affirming the Supreme Court decision in favor of the Town. Klondike Manor Project Supervisor Desch noted that he had distributed a brief report on our efforts in appointing a small citizens advisory group to see if a coiprcmise proposal for the Klondike Manor Project could be achieved. SdilWC: Supervisor Desch stated that the Southern Cayuga Lake Interraunicipal Water Ccannmission announced today the retirement of Chief of Plant Operations Donald Terrell. Mr. Terrell has served the Ccmmission in this capacity since the inception in a very exemplary fashion, bringing the facility on line in 1976 and overseeing considerable growth in stature and service. Don is Town Board 3 May 9, 1988 recognized Statewide as an expert in the area of water treatment. He will be missed. TCftP Transportation Form Participation in TCAD Transportation Form was enjoyable and lively and hopefully will show the need to get on with critical decisions. Everybody seems interested in intermunicipal cooperation to solve the problems but there were not too many ideas as to how to accarplish that. Sales Tax Supervisor Desch noted that the Town received its first sales tax distribution check in the amount of $283,975.92 as a quarter of our payment. Town Engineer's Report On Going Projects Town Engineer Robert Flumerfelt stated that the two water and sevrer contracts are proceeding very well. He noted that the Hospital Access Road was almost conplete and we expect our contractor to be ccTEplete with his work in two weeks. The County will then do the final paving and place the shoulder material. Infiltration/Inflow Study Itie Town Engineer noted that the work on the infiltration/inflow study in the Northeast has started. We have our flow meter on hand v^ch we have rented with the option to buy for our continuous readings. Stream Preventative Maintenance Town Engineer Flunerfelt stated that last week he had applied for matching funds fran Tcicpkins County for a program they have each year for stream preventative maintenance and flood control monies to reduce the iiipact of flooding. This year they have $15,000 v^ch is available to Towns and we have asked for two-thirds of that for two projects, $5,000 to use on the Hungerford Heights drainage problem, vfcch is an item on the agenda and $5,000 to iirprove the drainage in a stream v^ich goes under East Shore Drive and under the Conrail tracks and into the lake v^ere erosion now occurs during heavy runoff. Forest Hcme Improvement Association He went on to say that the Forest Hare Improvement Association is very active and that representatives meet with staff almost monthly. The Town Engineer noted that he had recently walked the area with two representatives in regard to the traffic control signs vAiich are in existence there and he felt that a lot could be eliminated especially since now that we have more stop sign control at a couple of those intersections so we will proce^ with taking down the signs we don't need and updating the speed limit signs and the truck exclusion signs. The Forest Hcme residents plan on p)ainting cross walks on the pavement. Tauqhannock Boulevard Water and Sewer Extensions Town Engineer Flurrerfelt stated that there have been a lot of questions from the residents of Taughannock Boulevard regarding the water and sewer extensions and how they make connection to the Town Board 4 May 9, 1988 services once they are available. He stated that a two page letter had been sent out and there are still seme questions ccming in so tcmorrow night we have a meeting with the residents. Water and Sewer Contracts Assistant Town Engineer Eric Whitney reported on the water and sewer contracts. Mr. Whitney noted that Vacri was about 70% ccnplete with only water on Trumansburg Road remaining and sewer on Campbell Avenue. Rizzo Construction, the contractor on Taughannock Boulevard is about 36% complete. Si:5)ervisor Desch noted that he had alerted Mayor Gutenberger that ^0^ the contractor may start work on the Campbell Avenue sewer within about a month so it may be necessary to shift the detour to Fcill View for a couple of weeks. Hi^way Superintendent's Report Highway Superintendent John Ozolins stated that as far as activities this month, truck #5 was serviced and changed from a cinder truck to a dump truck again. Truck #4 is in service now, we are awaiting delivery of some parts. He went on to say that the 940 loader went in to have an in chassis overhaul as well as replaconent of muffler. The Highway Superintendent went on to say that all of the residents on the four streets that we are paving have been notified. One half of Poole Road has been completed. The culvert across Indian Creek Road has been replaced. We rented a street sweeper and all the streets in the Town have been swept and we are continuing doing ditching throughout the Town. Hi^iway Superintendent Ozolins stated that Spring Clean Up started on Monday the 25th and was finished on the 29th. He noted that he had found a software package dealing with vehicle maintenance v^ich was about half the cost of other software packages. The Highway Superintendent stated that the Labor Department came down and did a safety check on the 12th of April. What they mainly found were some minor deficiencies that we can correct inhouse. Also, at that time there was an inspector from the Industrial Hygiene portion of the Labor Department and conducted a few spot check on the trucks. The Highway Superintendent stated that the lower portion of Park Lane was about 40% ccnplete. Ingraham is hauling the fill to Grandview Park about a mile down the road. He noted that surface treatment of roads would begin about the second of June. Building Inspector/Zoning Officer Report Building Inspector/Zoning Officer Andrew Frost report that twice as many building permits have been issued this year catpared with last year so far. The value of construction should be about equal with last year by the end of June. He noted that mobile hcmes were now being listed as Miscellaneous Construction now. Mr. Frost went on to say that there was a use violation at 801 Five Mile Drive, the gentleman did end up in Coiart and now has ten days to clean up the M situation. 113 Elmira Road is an ongoing case, that went to Couirt I and the gentleman was given conditional discharges on all three, ! v^ch he ignored and is now caning back to Coiart this Wednesday. He stated it was possible for the person to spend seme time in jail and then he would have to cite him all over again and go through the whole process again. 1033 Danby is now going to Supreme Court in June. ffZ* Town Board 5 May 9, 1988 Councilman McPeak asked if it would be possible to assess a financial penalty if scmebody operates without a building permit, then he is caught, and it has to be issued? Can we charge them twice as much for a building permit? Mr. Frost replied, not really. In terms of a financial penalty the only reason that could be hiposed is by being found guilty in Tcwn Court for violating the law. ^ Councilman McPeak added, if he ccmes and gets a building permit I j after he had built, and has been caught, can we charge him twice ' the price? Town Attorney Barney replied, there is not legal basis v^iere you could do this. Town Planner's Report Town Planner Susan Beeners reported that she had attended a number of meetings in the past month. She went on to say that at the last Planning Board meeting the Cotprehensive Plan Guidelines were discussed and that discussion will be continued on the 31st of May. She asked the Board if they had any specific questions? The Tcwn Planner went on to say that there have been a number of routine citizen inquiries on a number of projects and that a large amount of time is spent on individuals v^o are retiring and want to add an apartment to their house. COUNTY REPRESEMATIVE REPORT County Representative Deborah Dietrich thanked the Board for holding the meeting on West Hill. She went on to say that so much _ time is being spent on Solid Waste that other projects are falling [' through the cracks. Hopefully, we will be able to get a six month I extension on the Landstrcm Landfill but she would keep the Board posted on this. Representative Dietrich went on to say that the County is having an appraisal of the land surrounding the Biggs Cotplex with the thought of selling seme of that land. She noted that Beverly Livesay has been selected to lead the oversite ccramittee on the Youth Development Ccnprehensive Planning Ccmmittee. ELLIS HOLLCW EIDERLY PROJECT TAX NOTICE Supervisor Desch noted that Councilwonan Raffensperger had raised a question about the definition of fire protection tax and whether it was a benefit assessment, an ad valorem assessment or a tax. He stated that one thing that ccmes to mind on that issue, you may recall that we filed for special legislation with New York State on the request to allow us to use a share of our County sales tax revenues for the payment of fire protection district taxes. Since that is the case it is less desirable to try to interpret the fire protection tax in the case of the Ellis Hollow project as a benefit for ad valoron assessment, particularly with the type of a project since its beginning in 1973 has been paying that amount every year. Councilman Cardman asked if this was essentially the answer to the question Councilwcman Raffensperger proposed? Supervisor Desch replied, yes and that he had also talked with Councilwcman Raffensperger and she was satisfied. RESOLUTION NO. 127 9fZ Tofwn Board 6 May 9, 1988 Motion by Supervisor Desch; seconded Councilman Cardman, WHEREAS, the Town of Ithaca has been requested 1:^ Ellis Hollow Elderly Housing Associates to review the tax abateinent agreement in light of the decision of the Town of Ithaca to take its share of sales tax direct, and WHEREZ^, the Town has evalxiated the various options available to it under the current agreement v^ch has been effective for over 15 years, NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the TOwn of Ithaca hereby modifies the in lieu of payment frcan $20,000 to $14,609 for 1988 and waives any penalty which may otherwise be due if payment is made by August 1, 1988, and FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town of Ithaca will discuss with Ellis Hollow Elderly Housing Associates revisions to the agreement \diich could be inplemented on January 1, 1989 providing the project files for a tax abatement with Tcmpkins County for 1990, prior to August 1, 1988. (Desch, McPeak, Bartholf, Leary, Bordoni and Cardman voting Aye. Nays - none). ROADWAY NEIWORK FOR THE BUTTERFIEID PROJECT Supervisor Desch remarked that this was a much reworked layout in terms of the positioning of the buildings. At one point, there were all private roads and at another point they were all cul-de-sacs, so after much persuasion on the part of the staff we now have a network of roads that makes it much more practical for the Town to maintain and get fire access in and out, etc. Tcwn Planner Beeners noted that there were several requirements vdiich included the requirement of other public facilities, such as a potential trail easement \diich will be provided in Stage 1, also the alignment of one of the roads in Stage 1 opposite a right-of-^way \^ch was approved by the Planning Board in a prior subdivision. She showed the Board, on a map, the proposed road network. She went on to say that the trail would head easterly toward the back line of Butterfield and then over to the Deer Run road that would be exiting onto King Road. RESOLUTION NO. 128 Motion by Councilman Bordoni; seconded by Councilman Baartholf, RESOLVED, that the Town of Ithaca TOwn Board accept and hereto does accept the location of the proposed Town roads and other proposed public facilities as shown on "Butterfield" site plan, dated April 5, 1988, by Holmes Johnson Associates, for Phases or Stages 1 and 2 of said proposed development on Town of Ithaca Tax Parcel No. 6-44-1-4.31, conditional upon final acceptance of said improvements by the Town Board, and further conditional upon ccsnipliance with any requirements imposed by the Planning Board in Preliminary Siabdivision Approval and Final Subdivision consideration. (Desch, McPeak, Bartholf, Leary, Bordoni and Cardman voting Aye. Nays - none). DOVE DRIVE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS Town Board 7 May 9, 1988 TCwn Engineer Robert Flumerfelt noted that there has been a drainage problem in the Hungerford Heights siabdivision area since its developnent and has existed over the last couple of years. He went on to say that the drainage is now collected in a eastwest ditch across the subdivision and it exits on the west leg of Dove Drive, It crosses that leg and goes down, cutting across a comer of Cornell's land as the water heads towards Snyder Hill Road, This is a pasture they use for their quite valuable horses, and they are afraid of accidents because of the erosion that is taking place there. It's a continuing erosion problem, there is a lot of gravel being deposited down by the Snyder Hill Road ditch and there is quite a volume of water that ccmes down through there. The Town Engineer stated that this was one of the projects he had applied to the County for their matching funds to solve this problem. He stated that his reconmended solution was to install a storm drainage culvert down the west leg of Dove Drive and to pipe this flow to the Snyder Hill Road ditch and get it entirely off Cornell lands. The developer of the subdivision has said he will cooperate filling as necessary and regrading and seed in the eroded area of the Cornell property. This resolution is to do that project and to allocate approximately $5,000 of Town funds in addition to $5,000 from the County and see if we can solve this problem once and for all. Councilman Bordoni asked if this was the result of Vam Brothers construction on Dove Drive and Pheasant Lane and if so, vdiy was the Town paying for it? Town Engineer Robert Flxmnerfelt replied that this was a project started before his time here. He got involved in it in it's later stages. He stated that he could not tell the Board about the entire background of it but anyway the decision was made at seme point to direct the drainage, instead of down the ccramon property line between Cornell University and residents land on Dove Drive to ^ direct that water across the Cornell University land. He felt, at that point, no one realized the volume of water and the closeness of the roc^ to the surface on the Cornell land and the erosion capability of those soils. It's a case vAiere bedrock is just a few within a few inches of the surface. When you get a runoff the erosion area just keeps widening rather than deepening it's channel. Supervisor Desch stated that he felt part of the problem was that instead of biting the bullet \^en that project was approved as a subdivision there was an atteirpt to skirt the developed area. There was two pieces there. The attotpt was to avoid putting pipe in through vdiat had already been developed but to it around it instead and that hasn't worked. There is seme gain to be made as far as the part that the Town will be doing along the westerly leg of Dove Drive which will eliminate not only this problem but an older problem as well. Making the developer pay for the vdiole thing, he was not sure this was achievable or not. Councilman Bordoni remarked that it just seemed to him with all the development that has gone on and will be going on, that if this gentleman is not held accountable then it goes back to that saying that development is not a way of saving money and ininning your ccmmunity at a lesser cost but infact it ends up costing you more. This is a perfect example of it. It's a little distressing to know that we are going to spend a huge amount of money for the malpractice of a contractor. Town Engineer Flumerfelt replied, this is vdiy we are very careful now to not direct drainage out of the channel that it would normally and had always previoiosly flowed in, and also we are very careful to, in any large subdivision, control the runoff so that it Town Board 8 May 9, 1988 doesn't exceed its former rate hy use of retention ponds and facilities. Hopefully, this type of thing will not happen again. Supervisor Desch added, obviously you have the option of sending a message back to the developer if that is your pleasure. Councilman Cardman replied, that he felt in this case we should. RESOLUTION NO. 129 /mm Motion by Councilman Cardman; seconded by Councilman Bordoni, RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca hereby require that the developer, Vam Brothers, coixect the problon of the drainage caused their subdivision. (Desch, McPeak, Bartholf, Leary, Bordoni and Cardman voting Aye. Nays - none). AUTHORIZE EXPANSIOSf OF PART TIME TO FULL TIME POSITIOSf RESOLUTION NO. 130 Motion by Councilman McPeak; seconded by Councilman Bartholf, WHEREAS, there is a need in the Highway Department for administrative assistance particularly in the area of ccnputer input, and WHEREAS, Patricia Punger vto currently works 20 hours per week as payroll clerk is available for full-time enployment, and WHEREAS, Ms. Punger has been eitployed with the Town for five years and would be of considerable assistance to the Highway Superintendent because of her knowledge of the Town's accounting, budgeting and purchase systens, NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the TOwn Board of the TOwn of Ithaca hereby approve the appointment of Patricia Punger as a full-time Town ennployee serving 20 hours per week as payroll clerk and 17-1/2 hours per week as Administrative Assistant to the Hi^way Superintendent, effective date of aK»intment to be May 16, 1988. (Desch, McPeak, Bartholf, Leary, Bordoni and Cardman voting Aye. Nays - none). APPOINTMENT OF PARKS AND OPEN SPACE PERSON Supervisor Desch indicated that this item was not ready for action tonight as there are more interviews to be conducted. SET DATE FOR PUBLIC HEARING TO COSrSIDER FIRE STATIOSt BUDGET AND OTHER FIRE SERVICE MATTERS Supervisor Desch remarked that this item had to do with the fire station budget and at this point, also the pending decision with regard to the renovations and acquisition of three pieces of equipnent. He noted that there is a need to hold a public hearing to look at the tax rate exposure for the various options. Also, there is a need to move forward if we expect to arrive at a reasonable schedule to proceed with the work. Town Board 9 May 9, 1988 RESOLUTIOJ NO. 131 Motion by Supervisor Desch; seconded by Councilman Bartholf, RESOLVED, that the Tbwn Board of the Town of Ithaca will meet and conduct a public hearing at 7:00 P.M., on May 24, 1988 to consider the fire station budget with regard to the renovations and acquisition of three pieces of equipment. (Desch, McPeak, Bartholf, Leary, Bordoni and Caidman voting Aye. Nays - none). SET DATE FOR PUBLIC TO CONSIDER THE ADOPTION OF A SPRINKLER ORDINANCE Supervisor Desch remarked that this will reduce the overall ccamtunity fire risks. He went on to say that we do not have a proposed local law ready at this time. RESOLUTION m. 132 ftotion by Supervisor Desch; seconded by Coimcilman Bartholf, RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca will meet and conduct a public hearing at 6:30 P.M., on June 13, 1988 to consider a local law requiring the installation of automatic sprinkler systems in facilities in the Town of Ithaca. (Desch, McPeak, Bartholf, Leary, Bordoni and Cardman voting Aye. Nays - none). PERSONS TO BE HEARD pmt] No one present wished to speak at this time. AUTHORIZE ATTORNEY TO REPRESHOT TCMJ ON MARGARET RUMSEY MATTER Town Attorney Bamey noted that he and the Supervisor had discussed this matter and that his office would handle this, however, it would probably be sonneone other than himself. Councilman Bordoni asked if the Board would have more infonnation on this? Supervisor Desch suggested that this should be discussed in Executive Session at the end of the meeting. Following the executive session the Board authorized the Town Attorney's office to represent the Town in this matter. SET DATE FOR PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER ADOPTIOSr OF A NOISE ORDINANCE Supervisor Desch asked the Board v^en they would like to consider this ordinance. Councilmen Cardman and Bartholf suggested at the July meeting. Councilwoman Leary stated that July was too late. She went on to say that she thought the idea of the Noise Ordinance was because of a potential problem on East Shore Drive during the summer and it would be nice to move the date up. She asked about having it considered at the June meeting. Town Board 10 May 9, 1988 Supervisor Desch replied that he thought the Kyong matter would take up most of the June meeting. RESOLUTIOSr NO. 133 Motion by Councilman Bartholf; seconded by Councilman Cairdman, RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca will meet and conduct a public hearing at 7:00 P.M., on July 11, 1988 to consider adoption of a noise ordinance. (Desch, McPeak, Bartholf, Bordoni and Cardman voting Aye. Nays - Leary). AUIHORIZE ATTENDANCE AT IMPACT FEES SEMINAR S\:?)ervisor Desch noted that Board had a resolution requesting authorization for himself, Susan Beeners and Nancy Fuller to attend the seminar. The Si:ipervisor noted that the Tcwn Attorney has stated that he would also like to attend the seminar. Councilwoman Leary asked viiy was Nancy Fuller going? Town Planner Beeners stated that she suggested that Nancy attend because was familiar with the assessment rolls and she helps assign the units each year. Councilman Cardman suggested that perhaps another policy making person should attend. Supervisor Desch agreed, adding that perhaps a Planning Board member would be appropriate. * Supervisor Desch asked Councilman Cardman if he would approve of five people going and leaving the fifth person, as to \^o it is open? Councilman Cardman replied that he would be glad to approve five, however, he questioned the need for Nancy Fuller to go. He stated that he would like to see another policy planning person there v^o has the understanding. We have the S\:^rvisor and Town Planner v^o are going to reccmmend policy, the Town Attorney vdio needs to get us through this v^ether we do this right or wrong. RESOLUTKKNO. 134 Motion by Councilman Cardman; seconded by Coimcilman Bordoni, RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca hereto authorize the attendance by five people at the American Institute of Certified Planners "Planner's Training Service Workshop" on "Impact Fees" to be held at the Sheraton Hyannis, Hyannis, Massachusetts, June 2-3, 1988, and FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca hereby authorize a budget amendment fron Part-Town Contingency to Planning B8020.403 in the amount of $1,000. Desch, McPeak, Bartholf, Leary, Bordoni and Carxinan voting Aye. Nays - none). PUBLIC HEARING TO DETERMINE THE NEED TO ACQUIRE UNDER THE TOWN'S POWER TO EMINENT DOMAIN THE LOCATIOSI OF TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT Town Board 11 May 9, 1988 EASSyEJJTS FOR A SEWER MAIN PROPOSED TO BE LOCATED THROUOi THE LANDS OF TAX PARCEL NO. 29-6--24.1 Proof of posting and publication of a notice of a public hearing to determine the need to acquire under the Town's power to eminent dcmain the location of tenporary and permanent easements for a sewer main proposed to be located through the lands of Tax Parcel No. 29-6-24.1 having been presented by the Town Clerk, the Si:pervisor opened the public hearing. S\:pervisor Desch stated that the public hearing has to do with the acquisition of an easement to ccmplete the West Haven Road sewer. Consideration of condemnation is no longer necessary as an easement has been signed. WATER ACCOUNT REFUNDS RESOLUTK^ NO. 135 Motion by Councilman Bartholf; seconded by Coimcilman McPeak, WHEREAS, a meter reading error was made by the custcmer for his September 1, 1987 billing, NCW TEffiREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town Boaixi of the Town of Ithaca hereby authorize a refund of $57.79 for sewer, $4.59 for sewer sinrcharge and $54.97 for water, total refund of $117.35 be made to D. G. Allen, %D. Tufts, 260 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850. Account #V-3358. (Desch, McPeak, Bartholf, Leary, Bordoni and Cardman voting Aye. Nays - none). RESOLl)TI(»f NO. 136 Motion by Councilman McPeak; seconded by Councilman Bartholf, WHEREAS, an incorrect reading was taken on the water meter for the East Lawn Cemetery, NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca hereby authorize a refund of $117.97 for water, $11.79 for water sxarcharge, $67.04 for sewer and $8.26 for sewer surcharge, total refund of $205.06 be made to the East Lawn Cemetery, 934 Mitchell Street, Ithaca, New York. Account #S-844. (Desch, McPeak, Baitholf, Leary, Bordoni and Cardman voting Aye. Nays - none). AUTHORIZE HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT TO ATTEND 1988 HIQjWAY SCHOOL RESOLUTION NO. 137 Motion by Councilman Bordoni; seconded by Councilman Bartholf, ^ RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Tcwn of Ithaca hereby authorize Highway Superintendent John Ozolins to attend the 1988 Highway School to be held June 6, 7, and 8, 1988 at Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York. (Desch, McPeak, Bartholf, Leary, Bordoni and Cardman voting Aye. Nays - none). Town Board 12 May 9, 1988 PARTICIPATIOJ IN THE CDRNELL TRADITION PROGRAM Supervisor Desch noted this was a program the Town has participated in very successfully for several years with considerable savings to the Town. Basically it will be for three to four students. RESOLUTIOSr NO. 138 Motion by Councilman McPeak; seconded by Councilman Bartholf, WHEREAS, there is a need for additional skilled enployees during the summer months in engineering, planning and parks departments, and WBffiREAS, the Town of Ithaca has an opportunity to participate in the Cornell Tradition program v^ereby Cornell students can work for the Town, in jobs relevant to their course of study, and the Town would be reimbursed for 50% of their salaries. tKDW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca hereby approve the Town' s enplqyment of three or four students through the Cornell Tradition Program in the following areas: Planning Aide - Planning Department - salary $5.00 to $6.00/hour to be charged to appropriation account B8020.100 Planning Personal Services. Funds included in 1988 budget. Engineering Aide - Engineering Department - salary $5.00 to $6.00/hour to be charged to ajpropriation account A1440.100 Engineering Personal Services. Funds included in 1988 budget. Period of enployment to be between May 19, 1988 and August 24, 1988. (Desch, McPeak, Bajrtholf, Leary, Bordoni and Cardman voting Aye. Nays - none). SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM Supervisor Desch noted this was a County sponsored program for kids age 14 to 19. RESQLUTIOJ NO. 139 Motion by Councilman Cardman; seconded hy Councilman Bartholf, WEIEREAS, the Town of Ithaca is eligible to receive $3,300 in 50% matching funds fixan Tompkins County as reimbursonent for hiring youth between the ages of 14 and 19 inclusive for a maximum of 120 hours each during the summer, and WHEREAS, the parks, engineering, hi^way and planning departments have ne^ of additional help during the sunmer months, NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca hereby approves participation in the Summer Job Program to the limit of the full eligibility of $3,300. i^propriation accoimts to be charged for the sunmer youth program are: A1440.1 Engineer Personal Sejn^ices, A7140.1 Playgrounds & Recreation Personal Services, B7140.1 Parks Personal Services, B8020.1 Planning Personal Services, DB5140.100 Highway Brush & Weeds Personal Services. Rate of pay to be $3.35 per hour. Town Board 13 May 9, 1988 (Desch, McPeak, Bartholf, Leary, Bordoni and Cardman voting Aye. Nays - none). OOMPUTER SMINAR RESOLUTIOSr NO. 140 Motion by Councilman Cardman; seconded hy Councilman Bordoni, RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca hereby authorize Sally Alario and Patricia Punger to attend two ccmputer workshops entitled "DOS" and "Hard Disk Management." Both workshops to be held at Ccnpiter Education, Ithaca, New York, on June 3, 1988. Total cost of workshops is $150 to be charged to A1340.4 Budget Contractual. (Desch, McPeak, Bartholf, Leary, Bordoni and Cardman voting Aye. Nays - none). AUTHORIZE STREET LIOCTING FOR DANBY ROAD - VISTA LANE INTERSECTION RESOLUTIOJ NO. 141 Motion Councilman Bordoni; seconded by Councilman McPeak, WHEREAS, a street light is needed to sufficiently illuminate the intersection of Vista Lane/Route 96B (Danby Road) within the Town of Ithaca, NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca authorizes the installation of the above street light as part of the Townwide intersection lighting policy, the location to be determined by mutual consent of the Town, NYSDOT and NYSEG. (Desch, McPeak, Bartholf, Leary, Bordoni and Cardman voting Aye. Nays - none). SET DATE FOR PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AMENDING LOCAL LAW NO. 3 - 1987 Town Planner Beeners noted that this item refers to the Butterfield project. The local law that established that Multiple Residence District was modified once before as far as the time frame for the construction of the project. She went on to say that she was asking for a modification of the time frame in which the Town can reasonably require the project to be corpleted and suggested it be extended from April of 1990, as it stand now, to September of 1991. Councilman CarxSman asked, vhy? Town Planner Beeners replied that this local law for that multiple residence district has a lot of conditions in it that she felt normally would not be required. Back vdien Bill Manos came in with a proposed, the site had been ab^doned for quite a vMle and there appeared to be a need to establish a definite deadline to see a ^ reasonable ccrapletion of this project. That was modified back in 1987. Town Board extended the time frame to give a little extra time on it to see the project ccmpleted. Now we have preliminary subdivision approval on two of the phases of Butterfield, it appears a good design has been work out. There has been a good relationship established with Cornell on their South Hill Swairp and indeed the project will go on and be ccrapleted. We are asking for another modification to the time frame. ii# Tcfwn Board 14 May 9, 1988 Supervisor Desch asked if that was the only modification being requested? Town Planner Beeners replied, yes. Councilman Cardman remarked that this was an abnormal thing to do to a developer, to have a time frame. Supervisor Desch replied, yes. It was a totally different kind of a project initially because there was concern about impacting on t the developed properties on the other side of the street. Since this project sets way back it is totally different. Councilman Cardman remarked, but you still feel we need to have a time limit on it? He asked the Town Planner how she felt about a time limit. Town Planner Beeners replied that she had confidence that the project was of a good design now and that Stages I and II could be constructed within that time frame. She suggested that the time be modified one more time and if there is a next time around, just get rid of that time clause. Councilman Cardman asked viiat this time limit gave the Town? If they don't finish on such and such of a time, vdiat does it mean? Town Attorney Barney stated that he had not reread the local law but he thought the intent was that it would revert back from multiple residence to R-15 or R-30, vtotever it was. RESOLUTION NO. 142 Motion by Supervisor Desch; seconded by Councilman Bordoni, i RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca will meet and conduct a public hearing at 8:00 P.M., on June 13, 1988 to consider an amendment to Local Law #3 - 1987. (Desch, McPeak, Bartholf, Leary, Bordoni and Cardman voting Aye. Nays - none). SPECIFICATICaJS AND BIDDING FOR NEW TRUCKS Highway Superintendent John Ozolins stated that there were two specifications for bids, one will be for the truck and chassis and the other for the box and snow plow equipraent. As far as estimated costs on the vehicle, all the distributors that he had talked to so far as ordering two at one time say there is a saving there. Buy one this year and then buy the other the next year but still bidding on both at the same time. As far as rough costs for just the truck and chassis we are looking at approximately $50,000 to $55,000. The box and snow plow equipment will be roughly $23,000 to $24,000. Trade-ins for the two trucks, we are looking at roughly $2,500 per truck. He went on to say that the box he was interested in obtaining was a conbination dunp box and cinder spreader. Councilman Bordoni asked if the box had a hydraulic cover? i I i ' Highway Superintendent Ozolins replied that the box tips sideways hydraulically but as far as a cover for the conveyor belt, you just flop it down so you can use it as a regular dunp box without doing any damage to the conveyor belt. Seneca Coimty has one and they are extremely happy with it. The advantage of this type of box is that you can haul and cinder in the morning and in the afternoon \ Town Board 15 May 9, 1988 you flip down the cover and you can haul gravel or whatever without having to take the time to pull off an in-box spreader. Counciljman McPeak remarked, lets go back to the trucks. You said if we buy two now they would be cheaper? Town Highway Superintendent Ozolins replied yes, generally if ve order two and then take delivery of one this year and the other one after January next ye^ they will split the profit off of one for the two. Councilman Cardman asked if the prices he quoted were within the budget that the Highway Superintendent had for trucks? Town Highway Superintendent Ozolins replied no, about $31,800 WDuld have to be taken out of the Reserve Fund. Councilman Cardman asked if that was for both trucks? Highway Superintendent Ozolins replied no, that's just for one truck, we would have to budget for the one next year. RESOLUTION NO. 143 Motion by Councilman McPeak; seconded by Councilman Bartholf, RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca hereby approve the specification for two new trucks and box and snow plowing equipnent for each and authorize bidding for same. (Desch, McPeak, Bartholf, Leary, Bordoni and Cardman voting Aye. Nays - none). APPOINTMENT OF HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT AS HAZARD COMMUNICATiaNS OFFICER RESOLUTION NO. 144 Motion by Councilman Bartholf; seconded by Councilman Cardman, WHEREAS, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has expanded the Hazard Ccartnunication Standard to include all enployers, and WHEREAS, the Standard requires that aiployers develop a written hazard ccannunication program, establish a written eirployee training program, begin a hazard labeling systan and obtain a material safety data sheet for each material that could be considered hazardous, NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca hereby appoint Janis G. Ozolins, Highway Superintendent, as Hazard Corrnunication Officer assigned with the responsibility to coordinate the above activities to cotply with the standard. (Desch, McPeak, Bartholf, Leary, Bordoni and Cardman voting Aye. Nays - none). APPOINTMENT OF COURT CLERK RESOLUTION NO. 145 Motion by Councilman Cardman; seconded by Councilman McPeak, Town Board 16 May 9, 1988 RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca hereby appoint Judy Bemal as Court Clerk to Judge Warren Blye at a salary of $6.00/hour, 15 hours per week effective immediately. (Desch, McPeak, Ba3±holf, Leary, Bordoni and Cardman voting Aye. Nays - none). FINANCIAL REPORT RESOLUTIOJ NO. 146 Motion by Councilman McPeak; seconded by Councilman Cardman, RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca hereby approve the ^ril Financial Report as presented. (Desch, McPeak, Bartholf, Leary, Bordoni and Cardman voting Aye. Nays - none). TOWN OF ITEiACA WARRANTS RESOLUTION NO. 147 Motion by Coimcilman Bordoni; seconded by Councilman Cardman, RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca hereby appraves the Town of Ithaca Warrants dated May 9, 1988, in the following amounts: General Fund - Town Wide $ 41,780.71 General Fund - Outside Village $ 24,200.05 Midway Fund $ 39,621.42 Water & Sewer Fund $249,406.40 Lighting Districts Fund $ 446.96 Capital Projects Fund $ 5,149.21 (Desch, JfcPeak, Bartholf, Leary, Bordoni, and Cardman voting Aye. Nays - none). BOLTCM POINT WARRANTS RESOLUTIC^ NO. 148 Motion by Supervisor Desch; seconded by Councilman McPeak, RESOLVED, that the Bolton Point Warrants dated May 9, 1988, in the Operating Account are hereby approved in the amount of $81,203.28 after review and upon the reconmendation of the Southern Cayuga Lake Intennunicipal Water Coimission, they are in order for payment. (Desch, McPeak, Bartholf, Leary, Bordoni and Cardman voting Aye. Nays - none). SOUTH HILL RECREATIONAL TRAIL Supervisor Desch noted that the Board had background information on the South Hill Recreational Trail and the reason this was now coming back to the Board at this time was because of the deadline in filing applications. He noted, however, that it was a relatively large ccaranitment so if the Board did not feel comfortable in moving forward, it will simply mean that we wait Town Board 17 May 9, 1988 mtil the next opportunity to apply, viiich will be next year. He went on to say, that as the Board knew, this is not a new concept, it's siitply as a joint project with the City, a matter of moving forward with the application for the environmental bond monies. Councilman Cardman asked, "if we don't move will we be holding the City up"? Supervisor Desch replied no, there is still seme work to be done with the City, in fact George Frantz, Assistant Planner will be going to the Board of Public Works meeting on Wednesday. There is no guarantee that it will all ccme together, it's just that this would be one step in the process. Councilman Bordoni asked how the shares were established? Supean^isor Desch replied, it's based on the length of the trail in the City and the length in the Town. Councilman Bordoni rCTiarked, it looks like 80% of it is in the Town. Supervisor Desch replied, that's right. George Frantz, Assistant Planner replied, much of the portion of the trail that the City would help us on extends from Buttermilk 'Park up the railroad grade and aroimd South Hill to the City line. Councilman Cardman asked, if we did this, the $43,000 that ccmes out of Town funds, vdiat fiscal year would this be done in? Assistant Planner replied that the earliest it could be done, given this time frame for reviewing the project, bidding and reviewing jmm "the bids and all the paper work between the Town and the State, it would be late i^ril of next year. Town Planner Beeners added, the work would be completed within two years. Si:pervisor Desch rotiarked, it would be our priority item for the Parks budget next year v^ch is something we have talked about for a couple of years so it does dovetail with that time frame. The Assistant Planner went on to say that also, a lot of the budget could be in-kind work on the part of Town crews. Councilman Cardman questioned, part of the $43,500? Assistant Planner Frantz, replied, yes. This is more of a comnitment of Town resources. RESOLUTION NO. 149 ^totion by Councilman Cardman; seconded by Councilman McPeak RESOLVED, by the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca, that the Town of Ithaca Supervisor, Noel Desch, be authorized and directed and hereby is authorized and directed to file an application on forms *** prescribed by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation for financial assistance in accordance with the provisions of Title 9 of the Environmental Quality Bond Act of 1986, in an amount not to exceed $58,000 and upon approval of said request to enter into and execute a project agreement with the State for such financial assistance to said Town of Ithaca for the South Hill Recreational Trail. 9 Town Board 18 May 9, 1988 (Desch, McPeak, Bartholf, Leary, Bordoni and Cardman voting Aye. Nays - none). PUBLIC HEARING TO CaJSIDER A LOCAL LAW REZOJING A 15.86 ACRE PORTION OF TOWN OF ITHACA TAX PARCEL NO. 6-24-4-14.2, LOCATED AT 1290 TRUMANSBURG ROAD, 48.86 ACRES TOTAL, FROM RESIDENCE DISTRICT 1^15 TO BUSINESS DISTRICT"B", AND WITH RESPECT TO THE PROPOSED REZOJING OF A 12 ACRE PORTIGSf OF SAID TAX PARCEL FROM RESIDENCE DISTRICT R-15 TO MULTIPLE RESIDENCE DISTRICT Proof of posting and publication of a notice of a public hearing to consider a local law rezoning a 15.86 acre portion of Town of ^0^ Ithaca Tax Parcel No. 6-24-4-14.2, located at 1290 Trumansburg Road, 48.86 acres total, from Residence District R-15 to Business District "B", and with respect to the proposed rezoning of a 12 acre portion of said tax parcel frcm Residence District R-15 to Multiple Residence District having been presented by the Town Clerk, the Supervisor opened the public hearing. Mrs. Song Kyong stated that she was the owner of the property and an enployee of her husband. She saw the needs for some neighborhood services that would be a benefit for a neighbor or an enployee of that area. We had a plan to live up there so she considered herself a resident of the area up there, too. Since she thought about that she heard frcm her neighbors and friends that they had the same problem and she thought that Bob Leathers vho renovated her husbands office showed his excellent application of his talent so she spoke to Bob. Mr. Leathers will es^lain the plan. Robert Leathers, Architect for the Kyong Project stated that three years ago he took a walk on a piece of land, the piece of land was the Kyong property. The purpose of that walk was to decide in fact vhat were we going to do with a Greek revival house and how we might renovate that into Dr. Kyong's offices. In doing that walk though, we discussed the possibility of their building their own home there and how beautiful the setting would be for them. This project started with their desire to move there as a neighbor. One hour ago, he stated that he took another walk on that same piece of land. He stated that he discovered today that indeed it was every bit as beautiful as it was then. A very rural setting. He went on to say that that may soimd strange within about two miles of a pretty good sized growing ccmraunity like Ithaca but v^en you are up on that piece of land you are very isolated. Frcm the middle of that piece of land the only house you can see is the one down 1:^ the Cornell bams, just south of the Kyong's property. You overlook the substation of NYSEG'S, the cemetery is on the left and in the back is a beautiful lake that extends all the way across. No houses are at all visible except that one house of Cornell's. Mr. Leathers went on to say that this is indeed a beautiful piece of land, it should stay beautiful. What has happened as we talked about putting the Kyong's house there is that we found, indeed, that it was possible maybe to put seme other things there but with a different approach. When we first started talking with the Kyong's about how this might be done it was a little different than the typical developers approach. The kinds of questions they were mm asking were not the typical ones, but what if we do that how can we infact, maintain that rural character. What if, in fact, we put in some services that could make this even more of a neighborhood. What if when we develop that we could irtprove vdiat is already there and that is the jdD we have been assigned. In fact, in developing it not to have less when we are done but to have something that in fact is attractive and will be a good neighbor. Town Board 19 May 9, 1988 Mr. Leathers stated that in ejqjloring vtot might go there, vtet we discovered was that in fact moderate priced long term rental units is scanething that is needed. Neighborhood services, now not supermarkets and department stores and gas stations but in fact small facilities. Something with a deli in it, something that will have a laundromat in it, a florist shop, a barber shop, the kind of searvices that you have are locally oriented, just for the neighborhood, not for the v^ole City, just for the neighborhood. So vdiat evolved vdien we talked about this was in fact the images of ^ a very small developer for commercial uses followed behind that with a multi-family housing. To give you some idea vdiat this would look like, how this might be done, he stated he was going to turn this over to Don Ellis, Project Architect on this particular project to describe to you how we see this pairticular development done. Don Ellis noted that there were at least three or four different kinds of major issues to be addressed here in just putting forward the particulars of the project. He stated that he would like to start with the biggest picture and work down to seme particulars such as traffic counts and the issues of planning. He stated that he thought the big picture could be helped by a map. The map shows the Route 96 alignment. He pointed out the Kyong*s parcel, the hospital coiplex. Mr. Ellis remarked that one of the reasons they were so excited about this project at this location is that they are quite convinced that there is a very good fit in the neighborhood. The nature of the neighborhood in terms of how it is used today shows Candlewyck, multi-residence, and R-15 that's the denser of the two categories. Lakeside Nursing Home, R-30, multi-residence and then this building here. As far as we can see there are multi-residence and institutional, a Business "A" use. On the other side we have an R-15 district, the conetery, a little bit of R-15 with the school house and chapel and then the Kyong ^ parcel v^ich right now contains the house v^ich has been renovated as doctor's offices. Below that we have a good size parcel that is held by NYSEG of vdiich only part has been developed as a substation. There is more land owned by Cornell with a house and bams in a County setting. Below that is the location of the future fire station and then seme R-15. This is the nature of the neighborhood. He stated that he taken photo's in all directions in order to really understand what the neighborhood is like. On the other hand, we also walked along the road and took pictures looking into the site, it's kind of tucked in a bit. It's a very private and very separate kind of space and a lot of this is not visible at all. Mr. Ellis continue, noting that in looking at this back in January when Mrs. Kyong said let's really take a hard look at this, we went out and walked this land and the adjacenties, etc. One of the ideas was that it could be in three parcels and part of reason is a certain kind of buffering and major pairt of the reason is the intention to fit it nicely into the neighborhood so that it will be appropriate and suitable. In that vein, the upper part of the land, the most conspicuous part, we have no proposal for at all, it's R-15, zoned R-15 now and we expect that along with other R-15 in this region v^ich will most certainly in the future develop as single family residences in the R-15 mode. This will develop seme day in that sort of sense. In the middle there is a strip that we frnm propose as multi-residence and then ccnmercial. There are good site lines, easy access, the hospital light is a good ideal entrance for more than just the hospital. Once you have a strong intersection like there there is a natural place for any other kind of development to happen. These three zones that we would have, assuming the approval of the rezoning request are commercial and multi-family. The multi-family is twelve acres, as we have it drawn. Within that, we are proposing ten separate buildings each OT Town Board 20 May 9, 1988 having six rental units. They are spaced carefully through the site to give thon a lot of rocM, each is faced away frcan the other. We think they fit into the site well. We are proposing a type of construction that does not rise real high but fits into the land and works with the landscaping. There is a new road proposed. There would be a main road coming in from the Hospital entrance curving slightly. Within the multi-family area we have set aside 1.9 acres that we would deed to the Town for park development. This sort of anticipates for the future that other residential ^ developnaent may happen to the south and this could be a focus point. There are several large parcels that are designated R-15. Mr. Ellis went on to say that the larger parcel near the road is made up of several things. It is 15.86 acres v^ere we are requesting you rezone as commercial. This area has quite a few parts, it has a 125' buffer strip v^ich he felt was appropriate to provide buffer between the proposed multi-family and the caranercial. That strip going the vrfiole north and south length of the property. Along the stream we are proposing the development of another buffer. Right now this is pasture, on the other side of the stream by the cemetery it is all wooded and we would like to pull the woodedness across the steam and develop a buffer on that side too. That comprises altogether about three acres. So the two buffers together ccm±)ine into almost four acres. He went on to say that they had various setbacks that they are working with. There is a setback from the Trumansburg Road and there is a setback from the road they are proposing to build. He noted that the road takes \jp quite a bit of space and even branches within the commercial section causing even more road, even more land dedicated to setbacks. We started with almost 16 acres of commercial development and v^en we are all done we end with 5.4 acres after you subtract the buffers about three acres that has to do with the farm as it exists, the farm house, the bam and the tool bam. We don't want to interrupt them, we want them there as a theme and pull them into the other part of the development. The sixteen acres that we propose as commercial, once all the pieces are pulled from it, is really about 5.5 acres that is available for development commercially. Mr. Ellis stated that they were proposing four commercial buildings. The building sitings are worked out to create interesting exterior spaces, to create court yards and a sense of space. It it something like the clustering of bams on the Comell property. We like that rural idea. There is a drive-thm bank and the other four are all imder 6,000 square feet vdiich is a magic number in the bxiilding code. We propose to do them with wood frames because we think that is appropriate and fits with the neighborhood. They can be residential-like as opposed to commercial-like. No flat roofs, these are biu.ldings that take off with the theme of the buildings that exist in the neighborhood and are moderate in size. He stated that he had talked about some of the planning issues and seme of the site issues. There also are the site utility issues. The site is quite well serviced. There is sewer at the Bundy Road vhich will be extended to the new fire station and we get involved and negotiate to extend up to the Kyong property. The water is extended through all the areas we propose to develop. The highway is there, the utility conpany is right next door so it is a site that is quite well served at this point. Traffic is something that i is an issue that we all live with these days. This is a proposal that is perhaps unique among development proposals in one particular way, this is a low density proposal. We are actually proposing a density of construction here that is less than v^at would happen if the R-15 designation was continued and it was developed as R-15. We are proposing only 60 dwelling units in the Zl Town Board 21 May 9, 1988 multiple family area. Under R-15 you can project it several ways but 69 units seems to be a reasonable number that could develop here. We are proposing less than vhat might happen if it should remain R-15. In the ccramercial area, you can't really ccantpare stores to houses but in terms of square footage, we are proposing 20,000 square feet of development and that includes the existing buildings so all together we are proposing to add roughly 16,000 square feet of retail space on a parcel that is sixteen acres in size. It is an exceedingly low density. Within that parcel, if it *** remained R-15 we could have a much larger number of houses, 84 houses could develop in this space. This is a very low density project. Mr. Ellis noted that he had the number mixed up, the first one is 52 houses and 69 in the other one. If the 69 houses were developed, and if they were more or less like other houses in this area, we are talking about 30,000 to 40,000 square feet of development as opposed to our 16,000. It is a very low density kind of thing. The traffic that would be generated from an R-15 development here, just these two parts and disregarding the back portion, would be quite a bit more in the critical places than the traffic that will develop fran \^at we are proposing. The critical place, of course, is the octopus. One of the things about this proposal is that it is really West Hill oriented. One might expect that most people who might live in this multiple residence area would not work on West Hill. There isn't that much employment on West Hill. Some of thoxi probably would. We might be surprised how many actually work on West Hill, the Biggs Coirplex, the hospital or any of the medically related services here. Seme will not be crossing the octopus, seme will. In addition to being a low density proposal, relative to the land use in seme regard it is a low density proposal relative to the traffic pattern. ^ Mr. Ellis went on to say that an inportant sort of issue relative to the site is vtot is going to happen with Route 96? Let's take a look at vdiat has been proposed and v^at influence or affect that has on vHciat we are proposing here tonight. The proposed alignment, as to how it terminates at the hospital end seons to be a little bit unsettled. There are three different proposals for alignment but they are essentially all the same from the point of view of the Kyong proposal. They all happen across the road. This seems to be the physical edge of the consideration of Route 96 vMch needs to reconnect, obviously, with the existing 96 alignment. It is rather logical that it does that before Hayts Road, all of the proposals show that. The 96 development is away fran vdiere we are. What happens for the commercial is really a good thing, the commercial development will be, in a planning sense, traditional good planning. There is a little short coimute from Town, at the end of vdiich you can stop and run in and pick up a few groceries, drop off laundry, pick up a few things. It's an ideal kind of location for that. The schedule for the project is that within this year we would complete the design and we intend to start construction of two or three of the comimercial facilities, depending upon the market, and then construct three of the ten multi-family units hopefully before the end of this building season. The others would follow in the next year. Robert Leathers then showned slides that were taken \^le driving mm, north on Route 96. He noted that the bam on Kyong's property almost symbolizes that kind of area, a farm, a rural area. It is possible to build buildings, if landscaped properly, that can in fact be good neighbors to everybody else that is there. He went on to say that the multi-family houses that they are talking about are not townhouses. It is not apartment bioildings. It is building that look similar to the ones he showed in the slides. They are buildings, rural in character, that look like a single family units n Town Board 22 May 9, 1988 that have rental units within. That same character of building can beccnie a ccannercial building. We are talking about building buildings that are infact going to be in character very similar to the buildings that are their neighbors, so that we can retain that same rural setting. He noted that the slides that were shewn of the buildings were not literally the building that were going to be built. They are images similar to vtot we may be building. What we will be building will be in fact scmething that will involve the v^ole ccirnnunity. He went on to say that a few days ago, Mrs. Perry v^o lives right down south of this property called us and said she had seme photos of a shopping area off the Keys in Florida. That input, that same type of input would continue for months so that we in fact could find out vdiat you want v^en we build it. So that we could design scmething that was responsive to the ccmmunity, something that bxiilds a neighborhood. We want to design scmething here that is going to work for ever^^iody. We want to build scmething here that will build that neighborhood a place that you can meet, a place you can share. Not scmething that divides the neighborhood, we know how tough that is. He stated that he travels all over the world doing these types of projects and it was his job not to divide neighborhoods but to build neighborhoods. He stated that he agreed, it was a beautiful area and we must keep it beautiful and it is possible to build those neighborhood services v^ch can go in these areas, v^ich has adjacenties of land use, vMch has good access, it is possible to build those there and build those beautifully so that they will be a good neighbor. He went on to say that one hour ago, \^y did he go out on that land again and stand on that land again, because he wanted to convince himself that it was possible and if it wasn't possible he stated that he would tell the people. He went on to say that as he stood there and looked at that big pine tree at the top and the apple tree against the sky, it's a very big responsibility to design scmething like this and it is scmething that we take very very ^ seriously. It is scmething that we want to do for you, that we want to make it good. He stated that he truly believed that in fact West Hill would be better if there was a small deli, a laundry, a barber shop, a florist shop there. He stated that he believed that in fact the neighborhood would be stronger, he believed that in fact it can be done and be done very very nicely. That is v^at he is proposing to do here. ENVIRCMfflSNTAL REVIEW Si:?)ervisor Desch stated that the Town Planner Susan Beeners will conduct the environmental review. He noted that most of the people attending the meeting had been through this before and he appreciated their bearing with the Board but for the Board this is the first time most of the manbers have seen this. Town Planner Susan Beeners noted seme minor typing corrections on the narrative section. She noted that the application was for the rezoning of 28.86 acres, 21 acres remaining R-15, 12 would be multi-family and 15.86 would be Business "B". She went on to say that the applicant is submitting a corrected copy for the record. Ms. Beeners noted that Parts I and II have been ccmpleted, also Part II A and an update to Part II A was ccnpleted for this Board review. She went on to say that on the next page. Part I, page 2, it should be noted that presently there are 0.23 acres of roads, buildings and other paved surfaces. On page 4, #16, she noted that she has had several ccmments that as far as solid waste facilities to be used, that it just should be indicated Tatipkins Coxmty Landfill and the specific location should not be given at this time. On page 5, #C,3 should read 69 dwelling units. The first page in the proposed Multi-family section, you need to make the same amendments that Part II and the update have been ccnpleted for 91 Town Board 23 May 9, 1988 this document. On page 2, 11.27 acres of brush land presently and the 0.23 acres should be recognized as still being on the entire site as existing roads, building and surfaces. She stated that she was not sure that that needed to be there and the Board could emit that. At the present time there are no structures in the multi-family area. On page 4 again, it should read just Tcnpkins Coimty Landfill. On page 5, #C3, 52 imits total in praposed multiple residence area. The Town Planner went on to say that the Board had received her review consisting of the Part II check list with the Part IIA review that was presented to the Planning Board attached to that is an appendix "A" prepared by the Town Engineer which has an analysis of the traffic inpact followed by appendix "B" v^ich is the update she did after the last Planning Board public hearing. She asked if the Board wished her to summarize each area? Sipervisor Desch asked if the Board would like to have the Town Planner continue or open the public hearing. Supervisor Desch went on to say that for those of you v^o were not he^ earlier, the plan is, now that we have heard fran the developer, heard a brief suninary on the environmental assessment, we will now open the subject up for questions from the floor. He stated that he hoped to give as many people as possible the opportunity to speak, he stated that he did not want to have a hard fast rule that you could only speak for three minutes but that he also reserved the right if the people are continuing on longer than is appropriate, he would then ask to hear from someone else. He stated that he wanted people to understand that if you have other things that you want to say and have not had the opportvinity that we plan to adjourn this hearing and to continue it on June 13th, at 7:00 P.M., and it will be continued at this location and at that time we will continue the opportunity for the public to speak and also if there is other new information that anyone wishes to bring in, either the developer or the public can file that with us or v^atever. He stated that he would like to avoid as much repetition as possible. If you feel it is important for a statement to be repeated it is alright but he would like to get any new information out first. Deborah Dietrich, 221 DuBois Road stated that she want to ccnmend Mrs. Kyong's vision and Mr. Leather's eloquent expression of that vision but that she had seme questions as to how that vision fits into a Master Ccnprehensive Plan for both South, West and East Hill. How does it fit into other things that we are talking about for West Hill. She stated that she felt we were putting the cart before the horse a bit by giving this approval without planning v^at we want first and then moving on to how those pieces fit in. We tend to go for the first proposed development, we react to the proposals we don't develop then. The second problem that she had was that Route 96 may have seme resolution or at least we know \tot the State may be premising or suggesting within the next two or three months. Now all of a sudden this at this point, v^y not wait a v^le and find out v^at is going on with the State proposal? She stated that she was not sure we will get an answer out of the City. She went on to say that she did have a question and that was if this is a cemmercial development solely for the neighborhood and yet you can only see one house from that caiHuercial development it seons to her that it wouldn't be good business to put a cemmercial imm- development in there. It's a very rural area and if our neighborhood is that iniral, v^o is going to shop there if it isn't people ccming frcm the City? Supervisor Desch remarked that all questions should be addressed to the Board as they will be making the decision. We will put all the questions on the table. Then we will give the developer a chance to respond. There are a lot of questions out there that may Town Board 24 May 9, 1988 require additional work by the developer and perhaps seme additional work by the Board. Also, we would appreciate your coming up to the microphone. It will help is in recording to obtain the correct record. Please give us both your name and address. Doria Higgins, 2 Hillcrest Drive read the following: "Many of us are concerned about the discrepancy between the 20,000 square feet of commercial building shown on the site plan and j presented as the proposal and the 15.86 acres in the rezoning request. At the i^ril 3 Planning Board hearing both Dr. Lesser and Mr. Klein catmented on this discrepancy and I understand it was one of the reasons they both voted against the proposal. Clearly, if that much acreage is rezoned commercial there is no way the Town can prevent future reasonable, law abiding, commercial development on it. And it is specious reasoning to pretend otherwise. Some of you, I think, do not realize how large 15.86 acres is. 15.86 acres is more than doiable the size of the Coanmnity Comers Shopping Center v^ich is about 7.4 acres (as I learned this morning with the help of the tax assessors staff). A shopping center twice the size of the Community Comers Shopping Center is a large one. For you to rezone such a large area v^en the site plan presents only 5 buildings on half an acre doesn't make sense. This discrepancy between the 5 or 6 commercial buildings on 1/2 acre as shown on the drawings and the request of rezoning for 15.86 acres also contaminates many of the answers of the Environmental Assessment forms prepared the Town Planning Department and the developer. I called the Department of Environmental Conservation in Albany this moming and reported to them as accurately as I could the facts in this matter. They said that the environmentals ^ are not valid if the answers are dealing with only a small fraction of the possible environmental inpact involved. To be valid and I acceptable the environmentals will have to address the entire 15.86 acres not just 20,000 square feet. The Kyong plan as so far presented is too vague, too lacking in specifics. There are too many appealing sounding generalities offered by them, similar to the pretty pictures of housing shown by them at the Planning Board meeting as well as tonight — none of vMch had been designed by Leathers. One letter writer to the Journal supported the plan because she believed there would be a restaurant — as you know restaurants are not permitted in the zoning being requested by the Kyongs. The Hospital Board decided the plan was too vague to either support or oppose. The Town Planner and others have argued that construction of such a shopping center "would help retain the residential character" of the neighborhood, and that "there would be less pmssure on the ronaining Truman^irrg Road corridor for commercial or high densii^ development" (page 12 of the excerpted Planning Board minutes of April 3). I find it mind boggling that anyone, much less a planner could make such statonents in this day and age. These kinds of developments breed themselves like rabbits. Look at v^t has happened to Cayuga Heights. First came the Ccnmunity Center Shopping Center, then Triphammer Shopping Plaza, the the Small Mall ,mm Shopping Center, then Cayuga Mall Shopping Center, then Pyramid Mall Shopping Center and who know vAiat will be next. And as to "high density development" there is now in that small area Savannah Park J^)artments, Lansing West J^jartments, Gaslight Village i^)artments, Chateau Claire i^jartments, liie Carriage House Pipartrosnts, Uptown Village Apartments, University Park ^^>artments. Village Meadows i^>artments and Covert Bridge Apartments. Please don't insult our intelligence by trying to make us believe that a or, Town Board 25 May 9, 1988 modem shopping center more than twice the size of Camraunity Comers will preserve the low density residential character of our neighborhood. The facts clearly say otherwise. Those of us v^o live here, in this neighborhood, live here because we like it, not because we yeam for Newark, New Jersey. Decisions such as you are being called upon to make tonight are being made daily in countless municipalities in every state of our country, and made mostly by people like yourselves, intelligent, ^ well-meaning, elected officials, but people on the v^ole with little or nor training or e3g)ertise in planning matters — people v^o therefore can be led to mistakenly believe such dated slogans as "you can't stop development," or "the more people the better the tax base," etc. The fact is that you can stop development, and it is beccming not only a moral and aesthetical imperative that you do so, but it is rapidly beccming a survival imperative that you do so - that we do so. The underlying basic planning variables are the number of people for whom you are planning and the resources available to support their life systans. Until those questions are answered most planning today is bandaiding or wishful thinking. But before answering those two difficult questions you owe it to your constituencies to leam the contemporary 20th century truth — you do not have to mindlessly vote for yet more and more development because you have been brainwashed into believing it is inevitable. It is not inevitable. You can stop development — and they are doing so in other places such as Oregon and Maine. You can save our beautiful ccmmtunities. Please do so when there is still beauty to be saved — don't wait until it is a dreadful ugly necessity." James Ainslie, 245 Hayts Road stated that there was just one thing hem that bother him. He heard the timetable of two or three months as far as Route 96. He went on to say that he represented ^ agriculture on the Economic Advisory Board and that they had met , I with John Gutenberger four months ago. He checked again with Frank Liguori and he felt that if you looked into this, the Common Council will not be presented the plans for Route 96 with the environmental impact and the rest of it until 1992 and at that time there will be two elections of the Common Council there will be two mayorality races and at that time if the Cannon Council approves it then Route 96 will start to be built. So you are talking about probably 1995. He stated that his only concern was that on this project or anything else on West Hill that we have a moratorium on any building like this until we have a solid Route 96. John Bowers, 1406 Trumansburg Road stated that he was the nearest neighbor on the west side of the Trumansburg Road. He stated that we have heard many eloquent statements from Mr. Leathers and his associates about the rural nature of our neighborhood and how he would like to preserve it and how wonderful his firm can improve our area. He stated that he welcomed input from the ccmmunity from the residents, frxan the people v^o actually live in this area. The only thing that he didn't do before putting forth his plan was to consult the people \^o live in this area. A group of us vdio live in the area have gone to the trouble to do vhat the planners and developers have not done. We have gone to the people v^o live in the area and asked how they feel about commercial development on Route 96. He stated that he was here to present the Board with a pmm, total of 480 signatures on a petition vdiich opposes any rezoning of the land immediately opposite the hospital from R-15 to Business or to Multiple Residence and it also calls for a moratorium, as has just been suggested, on any zoning changes in this area until the Route 96 problem is solved. He went on to say that there were thirty signatures missing due to circumstances beyond his control, 30 signatures are in the back of somebody truck. Town Board 26 May 9, 1988 Chris Call, 337 DuBois Road, stated that she had lived there for the past seven and one-half years. She went on to say that although her home was the fourth house over the Town of Ithaca line into the Town of Ulysses she lived closer to the parcel proposed for a zoning change than most Town of Ithaca voters and the elected representatives. She considered the area part of her neighborhood and she strongly opposed cotmercial rezoning of this parcel or any parcel between the flood control channel and Jacksonville on the Route 95 corridor. She stated that she was a Town of Ithaca resident when she spent over a year working with realtors to locate land on which to build a hone that she intended to live in the rest of her life. We chose our present neighborhood deliberately for the stability of zoning protection as well as the beauty of the surrounding and the superiority of the soii^ and micro climate for growing things. We believe that future commercial growth in residential speculative housing would be in the Ithaca-Cortland-Syracuse corridor and specifically sought a part of the county vdiere that was not likely. At the time we moved here she stated that she was actively involved in a plan promoted by the West Hill Civic Association to prevent the rezoning of the old West Hill Elonentary School building to acconmodate its sale to an industrial concein. She stated that she helped to found West Hill Day Care Center, a not for profit agency, after the West Hill Civic Association having determined that day care was a needed service in the neighborhood, and the West Hill Day Care Center is still providing needed neighborhood services across the street frcan the parcel imder consideration. Meanv^ile, the School Board found a use for the building less than a year after it had been proposed to sell it to industry. The needs of the local School District may again be more clear to those attending than to those local officials and School Board members. She went on to say that she attended an Enfield Elementary PTA meeting last week, an emergency meeting, on how to cope with the eleven full class roans of ^ children expected next fall in the ten available class rooms there. I Developnent in the portion of the School District that has Enfield • ! as a home school is currently being actively stimulated by the Town Board's decision to install water and sewer lines along Route 96, Route 89, DuBois Road and the new off shoots of DuBois Road. We are already building faster than the educational systan can acccamtodate and an elementary school building would be an excellent alternative use for this parcel in keeping with the residental zoning of West Hill from the flood control channel to Jacksonville. This needed service would provide more jobs in the neighborhood than the commercial project, as it is described. The roads currently available cannot acccffimodate the increased traffic associated with commercial development. Large scale rental housing projects might also strain available roadways. One wonders in-deed, if this projects impetus does not stem in part from individual efforts to bully through an xmdenocratic solution to the Route 96 issue. That this is the only obvious reason for a clause in the proposal allowing the developer to make roadway irtprovements on public roads seem evident. A Triphammer Road configuration is unacceptable here even if it is privately financed. There is room for commercial development in the West End of Ithaca, in Jacksonville and in Trumansburg. Competition from similar conmercial enterprises at this location would not have a positive effect. Continuing an appropriate development within those municipalities is of benefit to County as a \diole and should be supported if the Town of Ithaca holds the welfare of neighboring municipalities in any regard at all, v^ch it frequently appears ' not to. As for the response of the immediate neighborhood to the rezoning proposal, let's just make that clear, just say no. Terry Moore, 211 Perry City Road, Trumansburg, New York, stated that he was kind of one of the more distant neighbors of this development but that he wanted to ccme and speak and ask a couple fZ Town Board 27 May 9, 1988 of questions because this v^ole corridor frcan the hospital up to Trumansburg is developing veiy rapidly it seems. There have been a niitiber of proposals recently in the Trumansburg area for more cairoercial developnent on Route 96 and the Town line divisions may be not the best divisions from a planning point of view. He stated that his questions involve seme minor technical questions about the developnent and that he share Ms. Dietrich's concern about the lack of a Ccsiprehensive Plan for the Town of Ithaca. First of all, he found it sort of a straw man argument that there could be a total ^ of say 69 units on the commercial area next to Route 96, that's a possibility. Most developnents in this area do not work on quarter acre lots. Most developnents in this area work on acre lots to acre and a half lots. If the land were developed in that way he would expect that the density would be somevtot lower. He went on to say that he guessed the other question, to keep it brief, the other question is what is a neighborhood? Is a neighborhood a collection of houses, of business, of buildings or is a neighborhood a place vdiere people live? To him, a neighborhood is a place v^ere people live and it is caiposed of the people not of the buildings. Buildings produced by an outside developer, scmeone vdio does not live in this neighborhood, can be designed to be in accordance with the physical configuration of the local buildings. But that doesn't mean that the developnent is congruent with the needs and the desires of the neighborhood. Judy Cone, 211 Perry City Road, Trumansburg, New York, in the Town of Ulysses but that she was a neighbor. She felt it was not necessary to create a neighborhood up here. This is proof that we are all neighbors, that is v^y we are all here. She stated that she would just like to say that this development was not asked for. The people in the neighborhood would not have signed these petitions if we wanted it here. She stated that she felt that we have to wait \mtil the Route 96 is developed or a plan is developed ^ before we do any major rezoning. She thought that the people \^o 1 live here bought their property just on trust that the zoning would remain stable. When you go changing the zoning on people they don't know vtet to e3q)ect, we might as well not have zoning. She stated that she also believed that we should keep the ccnmercial development in the towns, in Trumansburg and Jacksonville and the City of Ithaca and keep them viable catmunities, keep thou viable ccnmercial districts and not go centrifuging it out into the country side v^ich is v^at they did in Lansing. Elmer Phillips, 131 Pine Tree Road stated that vtot he had to say was probably going to be very unpopular. Mr. Phillips stated that he had lived in Ithaca since 1928 and that he had heard a lot from jerry ccme lately's. He stated that he had seen a lot of changes from four wheeled electric trolly cars that went up and down the hill on to the present time. When we moved v^ere we did on Pine Tree Road we had a lot v^ch sli^tly exceeds R-15, it's about 20,000 square feet. He went on to say that when you reach his age, 20,000 square feet is all you want to play with or you have somebody else do it. Mr. Phillips remarked that he had been, one way or another, associated with planning since mid '40's with originally some surveys then with the Town Planning Board, then with the Regional Planning Board and the he retired and decided he had had enough planning because his chin had been out so much it almost knocked his teeth out. And that unfortunately is the part tmm people have to play when they are on a planning board. He went on to say that it seemed to him for some time that this community is going to grow and no matter whether you say it will not grow or not, it will grow. Mr. Phillips continued, saying that he walked the campxis with the vice president at Cornell, at one time, vdio said isn't this marvelous, 10,000 students is all we will ever have and we will never be more than three stories high. Well, vdiat do they have, 18,000 students, a support crew, professors and others. Town Board 28 May 9, 1988 mach larger tlian that now. Actually in total, much larger than the City of Ithaca v^ch has remained pretty stable for the last sixty years that he has been here. The Town of Ithaca was almost a non-entity at that time, we found more pumps in the front yards of places than anything else with shallow wells. It has grown and grown and grown, and the only reason that it grows is because scmebody needs a house or sanething to live in, otherwise they would stop building. So if you want to say, we can stop it, you can try it but they have also tried it in New England. Read Yankee ^ scraetime and you will discover how they have tried to stop it but it can't be done if there is going to be continuous growth in a connunity of people. He stated that he agreed with the man v^o said that houses are built for people, not just for houses. He stated that he sometimes wonders though when he looks either in the Town or the City vhether people really believe that v^en he looks at it from their front yards. Mr. Phillips remarked that this was a slight regression but he felt that West Hill was bound at sometime to have a small conmercial development v^ether it is large enough even as it is proposed is the question that can only be answered by people v^o go through the acreage and figure out v^at the future might bring and use a clear cut crystal ball as we have not done very often in the past. Mr. Phillips went on to say that he agreed completely with the people v^o say we do need a comprehensive plan and then we would have a picture of idiat was necessary in the commtunity. Mr. Phillips remarked, but don't think you can stop growth because you can't. The only thing you can do is control growth and, therefore, if growth is controlled so that people have a pleasant place in which to live and in vdiioh the commiunity is a pleasant place to live, we can get along with both commercial and with residential together. Charles Asay, 131 Hofdcins Road stated that one of the things that he sees with this project and the one of reasons that he is for it is that he thought by the Kyong's taking the approach that they j have, and made the front part of it a neighborhood store idea and the back part housing the 60 units, he felt that one of the things that he wanted to see if there is going to be growth in this area that it is quality growth and that it stands up to the standard of the growth that he would like to see. He went on to say that with the Kyong's putting both of these factors in place, he thought it was in their best interest to make this quality complex and to make it of the highest standards. Mr. Asay went on to say that he was not one to forecast to see vdiat is going to came in the future but if this is one of the first types of this project ccmdng in, then he wants this one of high standards. Because if there are others to follow and this one is not of a high standard, as it is, then he felt the others ones that do come in can be of a lesser quality. Nancy Kaproth, 465 Sheffield Road stated that she was a Town of Ithaca resident. Ms. Kaproth went on to say, to the Town Board, that she was certain they would hear this evening, much about the problons involving locating the proposed Kyong developnent across from the County Hospital. She stated that she hoped a satisfactory accomEnodation can be arrived at between the close neighbors, the Board and the developers so that in some acceptable form the development can be brought ahead. Ms. Kaproth stated that she was here tonight to tell Board members that there are people in the Town \dio are tired of driving through the Octopus for each and jMt every purchase and v^o would enjoy seeing a small commercial district located in the West Hill area. Town planning is an issue here, some have sited concern that another Elmira Road situation would mushroom or perhaps another Pyramid Mall. She stated that she did not believe that granting this development means variances have to be granted to others. Limits can be set if things are planned. She went on to say, finally how many petition signatures are from Town residents? She felt this was inportant. How many 87, Town Board 29 May 9, 1988 signatures on these petitions are fron otployees who work near by? She stated that she personally had not been approached although she fits both categories. John Weiss, 105 DuBois Road stated that he supposed vhen he first heard about the possible development there he also thought about the inconvenience of going through the Octopus. And the fact that he grew up in a small city neighborhood, a larger density neighborhood, about 100 miles from here and he has lived in Ithaca for nine years until he moved up to a less dense neighborhood up here. So it all sounded pretty good and he didn't see himself as someone was standing against development in a kind of rigid position, he stated that he just didn't like rigid positions in some ways he supposed. But the more he got into it and examined it and went to the Planning Board meeting, etc., a number of doubts came to his mind. A number of arguments against this particular development that were presented at the meeting impressed him and also the number of people who signed the petition also impressed him. Also, some of the things that happened since on the edges also began to raise questions in his mind. The fact that also impressed the minority of the Planning Board was that they were being asked to authorize far more than they had details for as far as rezoning went that seemed to him a little bit to be something to be worried about. The second thing to be worried about tonight, are that the pictures that we saw of possible buildings, the kind of buildings that we might expect don't seen to be, he stated that he could be wrong, entirely identical to the pictures we were shown as possible buildings at the Planning Board meeting. So we have in fact a series of random pictures that look good that seem to be presented to us a possible• things we might see up there, although this is not developed yet. He went on to say that he also saw and he reacted to the number of problems of getting information, a number of problems in getting oneself heard at the meeting. But then something else that developed on the edges of things also began to bother him, more or less as his own position began to be clarified besides the repetition of arguments by some others and that was as he watched for vhat was going to happen in front of the hospital. He stated there he watched the Town Planner talk about a node. A node in front of this area. We were supposed to releave the pressure from this node by a road that went down from 96 to 79 and then another road that went down from 96 to 89. So he stated v^at he saw developing in fact was a second Octopus there. He stated that it was the notion of a second Octopus that bothered him and he felt this was one of the things that was behind a lot of people not from the Town of Ithaca seeing that their interests are also very much involved in this issue. People all the way from Trumansburg to Ovid to he did not know v^ere might indeed be interested in that kdLnd of development. He stated that was one example and then he felt the final argument was one that was made by a lot of people has to do with the lack of an overall plan. It seemed to him that if we can't get together and plan then we just don't know v^at we have got in the future, especially with the uncertainties of Route 96 and everything else. So lack of a Comprehensive Plan was a kind of a final argument, however, one might see the Lansing node or v^tever happens to the second Octopus or not a second Octopus or \^dlatever it is in front. What the building looks like is a minor thing he felt because he did not think he had very good taste anyway in v^at buildings should look M like. But he felt that he certainly had a pretty good sense of how long you take to get through the Octopus and two of them is a ! little bit more than he would want. Supervisor Desch announced that the Board would hear one more person and then adjourn the hearing until June 13. I i)^ Town Board 30 May 9, 1988 Paul Bradshaw, 956 Snyder Hill Road stated that for years he had to cone downtown to do all his shopping and to go to the bank, etc. And then low and behold, there was a node developed up on East Hill called the East Hill Shopping Plaza. Me, and hundreds of my neighbors now no longer have to come downtown to contribute to the traffic and he stated that he would hope that the Board would approve this project to keep these people here so that they do not have to go downtown also. ^ Supervisor Desch adjourned the public hearing. He asked the people in attendance if they would like the hearing held here again. All agreed. ^ RESOLUTIOW ND. 150 Motion by Supearvisor Desch; seconded by Councilman Bartholf, RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the TOwn of Ithaca hereby adjourn the public hearing to consider the rezoning of a 15.86 acre portion of Town of Ithaca tax Parcel No. 6-24-4-14.2, located at 1290 Trumansburg Road, 48.86 acres total, from Residence District R-15 to Business District "B", and with respect to the proposed rezoning of a 12 acre port.ion of said tax parcel from Residence District R-15 to Multiple Residence District until 7:00 P.M., on June 13, 1988, and FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED, that said meeting will be held at The Mayer School, 1251 Trumansburg Road. (Desch, McPeak, Bartholf, Leary, Bordoni and Cardman voting Aye. Nays - none). _ ADJOURNMENT The meeting was duly adjourned. The Ithaca Journal tion^kois dloimiy, f "' - l>eifig du)y fvorn, deposes ' and ttvj. tivAt be resides ic Itbacs, County- and rtste aforesaid and tbat be is - clerk Itbaca Jouknal a public oew-spaper prioted and publisbed Id Itbics aforesaid, and that a asotioe, af erbicblbe annexed is a tnie tapi. w«s pabliiked is uid mper jXjptll 1 cP </j • -■■ S? ) and that the first publication of said sotioe was on the ..jS9 e«y of QsjSdJ. 19.?.Z....„ -QSaai.4=i...klon>^Sul^-bed ^d rn-ors to before »e. Ibis ^ dsy JEAN FORD Notary Public, State of New York No. 4654410 Qualified in Tompkins Count; Commission expires May 31 Hoiary Public. TOWN OF ITHACA .NOTICE OF PUBUC HEARING 1NOTICE is hereby given that the Town Board or the Town ofIthaca will hold o public hearting, pursuant to Article-2.of the New York State Eminent Domain Procedure Low, to determine the ne^ to ..gcqoireunder the Town's power of eminent domoin ond if such need exists, to determine thelocotion of temporary ondpermanent eosements for osewer moin, proposed to be locoted through the londs ofTox Porcel No. 29-6-24.1, od-]joining West Haven Rood in''the Town .of Ithoco, whichsewer moin would be o publicproject to extend the Towh-wioe sewer. .-J:The hearing will be held .oh AAoy 9, 1988 of 6:30 P.AA., otThe Ahoyer School,-. 1251. Tru-^. monsburg Rood, Ithoco,'New York. 'The purpose of the project is toprovide municipal sewer serv-^ice to properties in the Town of Ithoco on the eost side of West Haven Rood ond to the north of Elm Street, whichproperties were not previouslyserved by the Town sewer sys tem. j The temporary and permonenteosements proposed to be oc-Siired for the construction of e sewer moin will cross the londs of Tax Porcel No. 29-6-24.1, property presently'owned by William L Lower, and will consist of o twentyfoot wide permanent eose- ment and two odditionol temporary easements, eoch fif teen feet wide, on each side of the permanent eosement,which eosements will extendjapproximately one hundredfeet in length ocrcss sold!property. !There ore currently no olter-inote proposed Iccotions for'the project. All persons hoving ion interest in tne project ore jinvited to ottend the heoring ^to give oral or written | stotements ond to submit oth-jer documents concerning theproposed public project. -1Jean H. Swortwood; Town Clerk, April 29. 30, 1988 . iMoy 2, 3, 4, 1988. _ M