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TOWN OF ITHACA ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS
MONDAY,II MAY 17, 2004
7 : 00 P. M .
By direction of the Chairman of the Zoning Board of,Appeals NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Public Hearings
will be held by the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Townll, of Ithaca on Monday, May 17, 2004, in Town Hall, 215
North Tioga Street, Tioga Street Entrance, Ithaca, NY, COMMENCING AT 7 :00 P .M ., on the following matters:
APPEAL of Katherine Stettler and David Deitcher, Appellants, David Bravo Cullen, Agent, requesting authorization
from the Zoning Board of Appeals under Article XII , Section 54 of the Town of Ithaca Zoning Ordinance (pre April 1 ,
Granted 2004), to be permitted to alter an existing non-conforming residential building lot located at 227 Renwick Drive, Town
of Ithaca Tax Parcel No. 17-4- 13 , Residence District R- 1' 5 . Said alterations include sunroom additions to the building
which maintains an existing 12 ± foot side yard building setback ( 15 feet required) and reducing the required 25 foot
front yard setback to 20 + feet. Therefore a variance from Article IV, Section 14 may also be requested.
APPEAL of Abe and Laure Stroock, Appellants, requesting an approval from the Zoning Board of Appeals under
Article XII, Section 54 of the Town of Ithaca Zoning Ordinance (pre April 1 , 2004), in order to add additional building
Granted space on a non-conforming building/lot, located at 115 McIntyre Place, Town of Ithaca Tax Parcel No. 66-6-4,
Residence District R- 15 . Said building and lot are non-conforming as the building crosses a property line, with said
parcel being 55 feet wide ( 100 foot width required) and is 11 ,000 + square feet ( 15 ,000 square feet required) .
APPEAL of Jeffrey Hanavan and Katharine Lunde, Appellants, requesting a variance from the requirements of Article
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VIII, Sections 801 and 803 of the revised Town of Ithaca Zoning Ordinance (effective April 1 , 2004), to be permitted
Granted to create an agricultural distillery with accessory agricultural buildings exceeding an aggregate floor area of more than
2,000 square feet on land previously used for agricultural purposes; but zoned for residential use located at 1407.
Mecklenburg Road, Town of Ithaca Tax Parcel No. 28- i ,i- 10 .42; Low Density Residential Zone. An approval from the
Zoning Board under Article XXV, Sections 2500 through 2510 may also be requested, as the preexisting agricultural
use is non-conforming.
APPEAL of Cayuga Medical Center, Appellant, Lawrence Hoffman, HOLT Architects, Agent, requesting a variance .
from the requirements of Article XIII, Section 1303 of'the revised Town of Ithaca Zoning Ordinance (effective. April, t ,
Adjourned 2004); to be permitted to ' construct.a building addition to the Cayuga Medical Center with a structural height of 38 ± .
feet (36 foot limit) located at 101 Harris B . Dates Drive,, Town of Ithaca Tax Parcel No. 24-3 -2 . 1 , Office Park
" Coiniriercial`Zone .
APPEAL of Edward Kratil, Appellant, requesting a vari I nce from the requirements of Article VIII , Sections 806 and
Granted 807 of the revised Town of Ithaca Zoning Ordinance (effective April 1 , 2004), to construct a 1 ,040 + square foot
accessory/garage building with a loft located at 1151 Danby Road, Town of Ithaca Tax Parcel No. 36-2- 18, Low
Density Residential Zone. Said building will exceed the' 15 foot height limit and is proposed to have a side yard
setback of 5 + feet.
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APPEAL of Scott and Susan Hamilton, Appellants, requesting an approval from the Zoning Board of Appeals under
Article XXV, Sections 2500 through 2510 of the revised Town of Ithaca Zoning Ordinance (effective April 1 , 2004),
Granted to replace a non-conforming single-family residence with a new residential building located at 930 Mitchell Street,
Town of Ithaca Tax Parcel No. 62- 1 -2 .2, Community Commercial Zone. Said residence is in a commercial zone.
Said Zoning Board of Appeals will at said time, 7 :00 p.m., and said place, hear all persons in support of such
matters or objections thereto. Persons may appear by agent or in person. Individuals with visual or hearing
impairments or other special needs, as appropriate, williibe provided with assistance, as necessary, upon request.
Persons desiring assistance must make such a request not less than 48 hours prior to the time of the public hearing.
Andrew S . Frost
Director of Building and Zoning
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Dated: May 6, 2004
Published: May 10; 2004
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Regular Meeting of the Ithaca Town Board 6/7/04
Human Resources Report for May 2004
Personnel Committee : The committee did not meet in May .
Bolton Point at their commission meeting in, approved the new Drug Free
Workplace Policy with a few minor adjustments . The entire staff will be receiving
a new copy to be inserted into their manuals in June .
A manual for the Town Board , appointed board members and temporary staff
was drafted , with the expectations that they will receive a copy in June .
Safety Committee : The committee did not meet in May .
Traininq and Development :
For the Friday Brainteasers Series there were four classes offered in May . I
taught two of the classes , which were "Avoiding Litigation Landmines" and
"Getting Beyond the Conflict . " There were 2 -4 Town employees attending each
of the classes offered in May . 11
I attended a session put on by the local Society for Human Resource
Management on "How to Investigate a Sexual Harassment Complaint. "
Payroll :
Connie Clark is continuing to work with Williamson 1aw, Book on the conversion
from our current payroll program to a windows based program . At this point she
has data entered all the 2004 payrolls . The idea is to have all the glitches
worked out before the end of June . I will continue to_ update you on this process .
Personnel — Civil Service :
John Coakley , Deputy Town Clerk and Marnie Kirchgessner, Recreation and
Youth .Coordinator started May 3`d . Lori Love was able . to continue working for
the Town for an extra week in May, which resulted in a win -win for the Town and
Lori . Lori 's last day worked was May 21 st. ' Lori had her exit interview and will be
continuing with COBRA health insurance for the next month or two .
lI met with Paul Semo , grant person , to go over his exit interview as the grant
project came to a close on May 28th
There were a few meetings held regarding, the restructuring of the receptionist
position that the Board approved of in April . Dani Holford , Senior Typist , Building
and Zoning Department, was interested in '' filling the receptionist position . After
full discussion of the options , the conclusion was to move Dani to the receptionist
desk . We have restructured the duties of the receptionist and secretary for
Building and Zoning to be done by Dani and the rest of the Town Clerk
Department staff . This new restructuring will take effect June 1 , 2004 . This
change from the original plan will allow funding to be available for an increase in
one field staff person for the Building and Zoning Department .
Commercial Insurance (Ithaca Aciency — Selective Insurance Company) :
No new claims to report . The claim involving the accident on Sand Bank Road in
August 2003 is still in litigation , with a reserve of $ 100 , 000 .
Workers' Compensation ( Public Employers Risk Management Assoc — PERMA) :
In May there was one new claim to report . This was a lower back strain that
resulted in 2 days of transitional duty , with no lost time .
Gail Kroll , Administrative Assistant , Highway Department and myself attended
the annual PERMA conference and dinner on May 20 —217 2004 . 1 partook as a
member of a roundtable discussion on safety programs . The Town received a
certificate for receiving a perfect 600 score on the assessment .
The Town received the annual billing from PERMA for our workers '
compensation in the amount of $76 , 105 . The bill was an increase of 11 % over
last year, which is less than PERMA' s average increase of 18% . This increase is
due to an increase in the NYS assessment rate of 1 . 3% , a decrease in the
member discount of 3 . 4% , an increase in the classification rates and an increase
in the gross salaries . The good news is that the Town ' s experience Modifier
decreased from 1 . 00 % to 0 . 91 % . This is a direct relation to the decrease in the
Town ' s claims experience .
Disability Insurance : No claims to report .
Unemployment In There is currently one employee whom was
terminated . in April that is claiming unemployment .. The Town is direct billed for
this expense , therefore money in the salary lines is being set aside to pay this.
Submitted By :
Judith C . Drake , PHR
Human Resources Manager
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TOWN CLERK 273-1721 HIGHWAY (Roads, Parks, Trails, Water &Sewer) 273-1656 ENGINEERING 273-1747
PLANNING 273-1747 ZONING 273- 1783
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To : Cathy Valentino , Supervisor Town Of Ithaca
Sandy Gittelman , Chair Recreation & I"Human Services Committee
Will Burbank , Councilperson
Peter Stein , Councilperson 6'
Carolyn Grigorov, Councilperson
William Lesser, Councilperson
From : Marnie Kirchgessner, Recreation and Youth Coordinator
May 2004
The first week I spent orienting myself to the Towns youth and recreation
history. I did this by reviewing files on the Recreation Partnership ; City of Ithaca' s
facility reports and related materials ; budgeted programs , including those
recommended by the Joint Youth Commission ; reading both the Town ' s Park,
Recreation and Open Space plan as well as the Zoning Revisions recently
adopted . I met with my coworkers and Cathy several times for answers to
questions about the information . I went ou'It to observe programs offered by the
town and recommended by the Joint Youth Commission . I began to consider
elements for a town survey and options for a needs assessment .
The second week I toured the Town recreational infrastructure with Fred
Noteboom and Rich Schoch . Anyone who �Ihas taken this tour can only be
impressed with the care and thoughtfulness on the part of the Town regarding
implementation of the Park, Recreation and Open Space Plan . It was truly
inspirational and informative . I also started) to acquaint myself with programs and
structures currently funded by the Town ,
The last two weeks were a whirlwind of meetings of the various conduits for the
Town 's recreational activities including thejj Joint Youth Commission , the
Recreation Partnership Board , Municipal Officers Association , Recreation and
Human Service Committee . I also participated in several training opportunities . A
questionnaire for assessing Cass Park use was developed . A public meeting to
launch town `s recreational survey on June 28 , 2004 was set .
A proposed questionnaire for Cass Park P1ool utilization was faxed to the mayor.
Approved minutes of the April Recreation ,a
p nd Human Service Committee are
attached .
Recreation and Human Services Committee Minutes
April 28, 2004 3 : OOpm
Attended : Sandy Gittelman , Chair, Will Burbank, Cathy Valentino, Al Carvil and Judy Drake
Special Guest: p
Bill Hawley, Director, Tompkins County Senior Citizens Council , attended the meeting to
introduce to the Council's funding sources the news of their new name . Bill answered questions
for the committee on funding , participation and programs . The official unveiling of the new name
and logo will be May 281h.
Ithaca Invaders :
The committee discussed information provided by Sandy regarding the Ithaca Invaders and
participation in other youth programs provided by Joint Youth Commission (see attached report. )
More information was requested regarding where the money goes towards, i .e. pay for runners to
run with the participants . Cathy was questioning if the Joint Youth Commission reviewed the
program budgets.
There are still questions whether the Ithaca Invaders is the type of program that the Town wants
to sponsor. Should the Town be sponsoring programs that cost money to participate ? If so, at
what level ? What kind of programs should the Town be sponsoring through the Recreation
Partnership or Joint Youth Commission . Don't we want to integrate children of risk with those
who are not considered at risk? Committee felt this would be a key objective for the Recreation
and Youth Coordinator to get a handle on to help committee.
Mission Statement for Recreation and Human Service Committee:
The Committee brainstormed ideas for what the committee's mission should be .
Some of the phrases for the mission were :
Life long learning inclusive community building
Outreaching builds self esteem cross boundary
affordable programs promote recreation and education
Goals of programs : have fun increase self esteem save environment
energizing programs creativity stimulating
For example:
Provided citizens with recreational and educational opportunities in the Town of Ithaca that are
safe , affordable , fun and stimulating in a way that builds a sense of community.
Sandy was to draft a mission statement for the committee to review at the next meeting .
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Next meeting was set for Tuesday, May 26 , 2004 3: 00-4: 30pm With the date and time for future
meetings to be discussed , since Marnie Kirchgessner, Recreation and Youth Coordinator, would
be joining the committee.
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