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TOWN OF DRYDEN
TOWN BOARD MEETING
January 19, 2017
Present: Supervisor Jason Leifer, Cl Daniel Lamb, Cl Linda Lavine,
Cl Deborah Cipolla-Dennis, Cl Kathrin Servoss
Elected Officials: Bambi L. Avery, Town Clerk
Rick Young, Highway/DPW Superintendent
Other Town Staff: Ray Burger, Director of Planning
Susan Brock, Town Attorney
Rick Case, Deputy DPW Superintendent
Supv Leifer opened the meeting at 7:05 p.m. Board members and guests recited the
pledge of allegiance.
TOWN CLERK
RESOLUTION #27 (2017) – APPROVE MINUTES
Supv Leifer offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby approves the meeting minutes of December 8
and December 15, 2016.
2nd Cl Servoss
Roll Call Vote Cl Lavine Yes
Cl Cipolla-Dennis Yes
Cl Servoss Yes
Cl Lamb Yes
Supv Leifer Yes
CITIZENS PRIVILEGE
Jim Skaley, 940 Dryden Road – He understands that funding has been received to re-do
the bridge on Freese Road. Residents are hoping it will remain a one lane bridge, though he's
heard it may have to be two lanes.
He said the town’s website is difficult to navigate and needs to be revamped and the
town should spend some money to get a web designer who will do a good job. He suggeste d
that agendas for advisory boards be posted a week before meetings so that the public
understands what is happening. Recently the Planning Board has had a lot of activities going
on related to Varna and is making decisions on them. Unless the public is aware of these, they
won’t come to a meeting.
Cl Lavine asked that the following email with respect to the Freese Road bridge be made
part of the minutes:
From: David Alan Weinstein [daw5@cornell.edu]
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2017 1:50 PM
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To: Linda Lavine; Deborah Cipolla-Dennis
Subject: Freese Road bridge
Hi Linda and Deborah,
The announcement that Jason has posted on the Dryden Town website indicates that a portion of the
$3.64 million in funds from the NY Bridges program that has just been awarded are to be used “to
replace the Freese Road Bridge”. REPLACE!
As you may remember, the resolution passed by the board last year (attached) states, “Be it resolved by
the Board of the Town of Dryden that the Tompkins County Highway Department should continue to
maintain the Freese Road Bridge over Fall Creek in Varna as a single-lane structure.” Two words are
important in this Resolution – “maintain” and “single-lane”. Replacement of the Freese Road bridge
would directly contradict the spirit and letter of this resolution.
Further, the I can find no record in any of the board’s minutes dating back to June of 2015 where the
board ever discussed applying for funds for the Freese Road bridge. Is it the town’s procedure to apply
for major million dollar grants without discussing these in a public meeting? Maybe I don’t know the
board’s governing regulations. The announcement indicates that this application was endorsed by
“Town Supervisor Jason Leifer and the rest of the Town of Dryden Town Board”.
Obtaining funding that has indicated the funds will be used to replace an existing bridge pushes a policy
decision without any public discussion or input into that decision. That seems like a curious way of
operating, especially when accepting these funds commits the town to a 20% expenditure, $728,000
($565,000 for Freese Road alone).
My hope is that the funds can be used instead to repair the Freese Road Bridge, not to replace it. This is
a very unique historical bridge. The Freese Road Bridge was likely built prior to 1900, given its pinned
connections and narrow deck width characteristic of that period (the official listed date is in error. This
is one of two bridges in the county that feature an extremely rare continuous two-span pin-connected
Pratt Pony truss design, which makes this bridge one of the more important bridges in New York,
according to the National Website “HistoricBridges.Org”.
In addition, there is no extreme urgency in replacing the bridge. Although it has been rates “Deficient”,
its rating has declined only slowly over the past decade (going from 3.9 to 3.6), and it is still nowhere
near what the Red Mill Bridge was rated (2.8) while it was still in use in the years before it was closed.
Thanks for any help you can give. I unfortunately will not be able to attend the meeting tonight because
of a prior commitment, so if this is discussed I hope you can clarify the situation, express my concern,
and take notes so I you might be able to give me more information tomorrow.
David
Announcements: Tompkins County is looking for people for a newly created Energy Task
Force. There is information on the county’s web site. They are taking applications until
January 31.
There will be a forum in Ithaca about the New York Constitutional Convention Vote on
January 23 at 7:00 p.m. at the public library on Green Street.
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The town received 3.6 million dollar grant to do work on the Freese Road and George
Road bridges through the Bridge New York program. They are figuring out what role the
county will have in this.
HIGHWAY/DPW DEPARTMENT
Highway Superintendent Rick Young said he has submitted budget mods and an
encumbrance for plow equipment, as well as the §284 Agreement for 2017. There are seven
meters left to install in the Yellow Barn water district.
With respect to parking concerns on Star Stanton Hill Road, he said in the town of
Dryden you can’t park on town roads from November 1 until April 31. Driveways were being
blocked and plows were prevented from getting into the turn around. Cars have been parked
on both sides of the road so the plow can’t get through. It’s dangerous to have to back that
truck up. He’s been responding to complaints, not monitoring the area for vehicles parked
there. But by law they cannot park there. He is looking to work out a solution for next year
and possibly have a parking area.
Supv Leifer added the language “not to exceed funds budgeted for 2017” to the 284
agreement. R Young remarked that the figures are estimates and won’t be firmed up until they
are ready to do the work.
RESOLUTION #28 (2017) – APPROVE §284 AGREEMENT
Supv Leifer offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby approves the 2017 §284 Agreement with the
Highway Superintendent.
2nd Cl Lamb
Roll Call Vote Cl Lavine Yes
Cl Cipolla-Dennis Yes
Cl Servoss Yes
Cl Lamb Yes
Supv Leifer Yes
The agreement was executed by the board and highway superintendent.
R Young said he will keep the board advised of progress on the recent grant award for
bridge work and how the procedure will work. NYS DOT wants to meet with town officials. R
Young said it appears that the County will assist, but the town will be in charge of the project.
Supv Leifer wants to be sure the county will retain ownership of the bridge. The grant
application was based on what the county's plans were for the bridges. Cl Cipolla-Dennis
noted public concern about a two lane bridge on Freese Road and asked if the design had to
come before the board for approval. Supv Leifer said he will find out. R Young said the bridge
has been flagged a couple of times and there is a possibility of it being shut down. Supv Leifer
said there is water main that crosses it that keeps breaking and that needs to be dealt with
also. He said a lot of money will go into Varna in the next couple of years to fix infrastructure.
SEWER/WATER DISTRICT CONSOLIDATION
Dave Herrick gave a presentation on the draft consolidation study TG Miller has
prepared regarding some of the town’s water and sewer districts. When complete it will be sent
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to the State for input on the contents, conclusions and recommendations. The final document
will then be shared at a public information meeting with the community.
The town’s water and sewer systems are aging and in need of significant repair and
upgrades in the near future. The indebtedness on the districts has pretty much expired.
Consolidation of the districts would not mean a merger of governmental departments and staff
of redundant services, but is the opportunity to consolidate different benefit districts into one
homogeneous district that can have some equality in how costs for upcoming repairs and
maintenance can be spread among the benefitted users. The financial savings really come
from cost avoidance in the future. There would be one district to plan for, maintain, oversee
and administer. Other benefits of consolidation could be to establish equitable benefit
formulas for sharing the expense of repairs and improvements in the future. Currently the
districts have different benefit formulas. They were appropriate at time they were created to
help spread the cost of the initial capital improvements, but now make it difficult to share costs
that benefit all the districts.
The study includes an inventory of what is currently in the existing districts. There are
a number of intermunicipal agreements that apply to these districts (several have expired) that
need to be reviewed. Critical assets have been identified that are coming up in the near future
for repair, upgrade or replacement. This is a good time to look at simplifying the benefit
formula. They have looked at and recommend an equivalent dwelling unit method (EDU)
method. It is used in state funding sources. This is also an opportunity to look at how to
make sewer and water rents more uniform.
D Herrick said they would like input and feedback from the board and staff. They will
then finalize the draft that will be used for public comment. The grant deadline is March 31.
Supv Leifer said he can get an extension, but wants to move quickly with this so that
consolidation can be accomplished prior to budget season if possible.
Supv Leifer said he would like to move toward the equivalent dwelling method because
the assessments currently count against the tax cap. To run the district on rates rather than
an assessment on the tax bill makes more sense and some districts are paying more than
others.
Cl Cipolla-Dennis asked if changing to the EDU method would negatively affect people
who have lower incomes. D Herrick said there are fund balances currently and with
consolidation they will go into one water or sewer fund and that would be the time that you
would understand what the financial impact would be to all landowners within the
consolidated district. Most customers are single family residences. The EDU method is blind
to the value of the land. Cl Cipolla-Dennis commented that a mansion would then be charged
the same as a 2 bedroom house and that doesn’t seem fair. D Herrick said there would also be
a consumption charge that would reflect a fair share through the water rate.
Merging of fund balances was discussed. Some districts may be a larger fund balance,
and it may be that they have been around longer, but they will likely need the repairs the
soonest. All in the consolidated area will share in repairing the infrastructure that’s the oldest
first. Cl Cipolla-Dennis asked that the chart listing fund balances include an average per
household column and/or something that helps identify the number of households.
The board agreed to schedule a public information meeting in Varna in February.
Out of district users will not be affected by consolidation. The board can choose to do a
proceeding to expand the boundary of the district to include them.
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The town board would like to have a public information meeting in Varna. Supv Leifer
will work on scheduling a meeting there on February 22. Outreach could be done via
advertisement and possibly postcards to property owners. The draft report is online. J Skaley
asked for a summary of the information on poster boards for the meeting. D Herrick said this
is a good opportunity to consider comments by those affected. The board could then determine
that report is complete at its March 16 meeting.
RECREATION DEPARTMENT
Jack Davison reported that numbering the football equipment worked out well and all
but one set of equipment was returned. That person has been contacted. Helmets are being
sent for reconditioning this week or next week. The basketball tournament was a success.
Eight towns (total of 31 teams) came to play.
The lacrosse program for spring will be revamped with the addition of skills and drills
and coordination with Ithaca, Cortland, Whitney Point and Watkins Glen to help keep kids
interested. There are a lot of outdated lacrosse helmets in the inventory that need to be
replaced. One of the coaches is looking for reduced pricing for those.
With respect to the Fit Trail, he’s met with Aaron Newman of Iron Mind on how to move
forward, optimize its use and teach people how to use the equipment, as well incorporating
nutrition to sustain a healthy lifestyle. They are hoping a community based program along
with the additions on the trail will increase fitness in the community as well as get more use
out of the equipment long term. They will work with the DRYC on plans and would like to be
able to include a promotion and program in the spring. They’ve received $3750 from the
Legacy grant and are looking for other grant opportunities. They are also lookin g for
sponsorship from local businesses and have created a pamphlet.
Family Rec is an expansion of Sunday pickle ball programming. They’ve added
basketball and volleyball for all ages. In the spring they will be looking for more passive adult
and passive youth recreation programs to add to the spring sports.
The Cayuga Center for Healthy Living and Cooperative Extension were suggested as
possible resources for creating a program encompassing use of the fit trail and education with
respect to sustaining a healthy lifestyle.
PLANNING DEPARTMENT
Ray Burger reported that the ZBA will have a couple of variances this next month. The
Planning Board has three subdivision reviews to consider this month. There are conservation
subdivisions going in on Ellis Hollow Road and on Lake Road by Dryden Lake.
The 1061 Dryden Road planned unit development applicant is coming with a
development plan tomorrow. It will go first to the Planning Board. They have 60 days to make
recommendations to the Town Board. The Town Board will then hold a public hearing.
South Hill Rec Way - Landowners will receive an update letter. The County & NYSEG
are working on a license agreement. When that is done, an intermunicipal agreement between
the four towns and the county will be drafted.
COUNTY BRIEFING
Mike Lane reported that the County Legislature has reorganized and he will serve as
Chair again. Dan Klein is Vice Chair. Martha Robertson continues to chair the Planning,
Development and Environmental Quality Committee.
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The State of New York makes it harder and harder all the time. The Governor’s latest
proposal is to require counties to put together a plan of some kind for consolidation and have it
on the ballot for public vote. If it fails, it automatically goes on the ballot again next year. They
are not sure of all the details yet or what they would put together for that.
TC3 and the Tompkins County Public Library will have new leaders this year. Carl
Haynes retires on August 31 as does Susan Currie.
At the TC3 board meeting tonight they discussed the governor’s proposal for free tuition
at state colleges. It sounds good until the details reveal that the students who will qualify for
that probably already receive substantial PELL and TAP grants. Under the proposal there is no
tuition help for part time students, and in order to qualify a student has to take 15 hours as a
full time student. TC3 classifies a student taking 12 hours as a full time st udent.
Martha Robertson said that research shows that in cases of consolidation, at least for
a period of time, the costs go up. You may over time realize some savings.
She will be chairing the Planning, Development and Environmental Quality Committee,
serving on the Public Safety Committee and Jail Study Committee. With respect to the jail, the
state has been pushing them to do something about overcrowding and took away their
variance. The variance was extended for another six months while the study continues. There
was a public meeting tonight and the public present argued for more investment in programs
for drug treatment, mental health, housing and such instead of expanding the jail .
On Monday at the Ellis Hollow Community Center at 7:00 p.m. there is a meeting about
the Borger Gas Compressor Station. An expansion of that is planned and the permit was
approved last week. The group sponsoring the meeting, Mothers Out Front, wants to see if
anything can be done about monitoring air quality.
ADVISORY BOARD UPDATES
Planning Board – Cl Cipolla-Dennis reported they held a special meeting Tuesday
devoted to the solar law. They made good progress and Marty Moseley sent out the approved
red line version of that. A section was added for industrial solar. They also sent out a
recommended amendment to the subdivision law to change the 30 day requirement to 21 days
for submitting documents to the Planning Department for being taken up by the Planning
Board. This is a time saver for the applicant.
Conservation Board – Supv Leifer said the Conservation Board has voted Peter Davies
as their Chair for 2017.
RESOLUTION #29 (2017) – APPOINT CONSERVATION BOARD CHAIR – P DAVIES
Supv Leifer offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby appoints Peter Davies to serve as Chair of the
Conservation Board for 2017.
2nd Cl Lamb
Roll Call Vote Cl Lavine Yes
Cl Cipolla- Dennis Yes
Cl Servoss Yes
Cl Lamb Yes
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Supv Leifer Yes
Supv Leifer has prepared a preliminary draft of an amendment to their enabling
legislation to allow for alternates. He is proposing two alternates to be appointed year to year.
The Conservation Board will review this at their next meeting. It can be introduced in
February and voted on in March.
P Davies said the task of the Conservation Board is to pay attention to the natural and
recreational resources of the town. They have been working on a Natural Resources
Conservation Plan. It is now in draft form. There are sections on water, biological,
agricultural, recreational, and view shed (the general visual environment of the town). They
have recently decided they should have a chapter dealing with energy resources. They hope to
finalize this over the next few months. J Skaley's comment is noted and he will do his best to
be sure the agenda is posted on the town website.
In response to a question asking what the goal of the conservation plan is, he said it is
to present a series of recommendations to preserve what they feel is valuable in the natural
and human resources of the town, and present a series of recommendations to be factored into
future decisions by the Town Board and Planning Board. He hopes the recommendations will
be condensed and made available to the residents of the town.
RECREATION AND YOUTH COMMISSION - S Mulinos reported the DRYC held a
planning retreat on January 7. They talked about what they’ve done in the past and what they
want to accomplish in the coming year. For 2017 they decided to keep things simple and
adopted three goals: To facilitate the implementation of the fit trail; to develop
recommendations and criteria for a recreation reserve allocation plan; and develop a
mechanism for sharing information about our recreation resources. They plan to conduct
another youth development needs assessment in the next year or so (per their county funding
mandate).
With respect to the search for leadership of the Recreation Department, the search
committee has met twice and had productive conversations. They have agreed to go with a
recreation coordinator position to give them more flexibility in recruiting. There is no
diminishment of what is expected of the person in this position. They considered all the job
descriptions related to recreation and decided taking the Masters piece out gave them more
flexibility. They are not held to any county list of eligibles. The profile lists the key areas of
accountability and specific skills they want to see in the key areas. The description that goes
outside county civil services will have a more enhanced description.
The committee would like someone in place by April 1. They understand this is an
aggressive timeline and may need to be modified. If they don’t get a good pool of candidates
they’d have to extend the deadline.
Supv Leifer said he would like to see what the final 2016 budget numbers are and we
won't have those until end of March. We budgeted for one full time person in 2017. S Mulinos
would like the board to approve the job profile and other documents she presented. The
committee will discuss the interview framework at their next meeting and use the job profile to
guide that interview process.
The board discussed residency requirements, what “the equivalent” might be when
comparing education and experience of applicants, and some grammatical changes.
Supv Leifer said he doesn't want to post the position until he knows what the end
numbers are 2016. Cl Cipolla-Dennis suggested the position be posted with a salary range
negotiable depending on experience. The committee could move forward with applications and
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not start a final round of interviews until we have a handle on the budget. She suggested
posting the position for at least 30 days. S Mulinos said that was a reasonable way to proceed.
RESOLUTION #30 (2017) – AUTHORIZE RECREATION COORDINATOR JOB PROFILE
Cl Servoss offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby approves the Recreation Coordinator position
description, profile, and posting documents, as amended.
2nd Cl Supv Leifer
Roll Call Vote Cl Lavine Yes
Cl Cipolla-Dennis Yes
Cl Servoss Yes
Cl Lamb Yes
Supv Leifer Yes
The search committee will move forward with discussing recruiting and interviewing
strategy and Supv Leifer will discuss the financial aspects with the bookkeeper. The board
may vote on February 9 about posting the vacancy.
Rail Trail Task Force – Bob Beck noted the request for posting of agendas for
committee meetings and will see that is done. Last night the committee discussed continuing
the effort of gathering signed easements from Ithaca to Dryden. They discussed finding ways to
encourage local folks and business to get involved with construction and actual work and
fundraising, both locally and state wide. They are still waiting to hear on the DOT grant
application that was submitted and are trying to avoid using tax dollars for local match.
Ag Committee – Supv Leifer reported that at the last meeting they reviewed the current
draft of the Ag Protection Plan that is being put together by Coop Extension. There is still a lot
of work to do. The goal is to be done by June. Monika Roth of Cooperative Extension is getting
much more involved. He said we need to start branding Dryden as ag friendly and make us
known for what is produced here.
OLD BUSINESS
None.
NEW BUSINESS
Community Choice Aggregation Group Resolution – Cl Cipolla-Dennis explained
there is a group that have been meeting and discussing a community choice aggregation idea.
They are looking at purchasing electricity for all the residents of Tompkins County. Because it
is a bulk power purchase it would allow them to be strategic in negotiating a good rate as well
as potentially negotiating that a good portion of the power would come from renewable sources.
This resolution legitimizes that committee and makes it a committee of TCCOG. Marie McRae
and Cl Cipolla-Dennis would be assigned to the committee. They are ready to start taking
action and move forward with an RFP for energy suppliers.
RESOLUTION #31 (2017) – SUPPORTING THE EXPLORATION OF COMMUNITY CHOICE
AGGREGATION ANDESTABLISHMENT OF A TCCOG COMMUNITY CHOICE AGGREGATION
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
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Cl Cipolla-Dennis offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
WHEREAS, the Town of Dryden is interested in promoting energy efficiency and local
renewable energy generation, and also in reducing energy costs for its residents; and
WHEREAS, the NY State Public Service Commission, in April 2016, authorized the
development of Community Choice Aggregation programs, that allows participating local
governments to work together through a shared purchasing agreement to procure natural gas
and electric energy supply on behalf of their residents and small businesses; and
WHEREAS, Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) is a means to provide lower, more
stable and predictable energy costs, while also promoting energy efficiency, local renewable
energy development and local job growth; and
WHEREAS, residents and small businesses that are not interested in participating in
CCA energy procurement are able to opt out; and
WHEREAS, the Tompkins County Council of Governments works to identify shared
services and procurement opportunities to provide better service and lower costs to our
residents; now therefore be it
RESOLVED that the Town of Dryden supports the exploration of Community Choice
Aggregation by a TCCOG advisory committee; and further
RESOLVED that a member of the Town Board (currently Deborah Cipolla -Dennis) shall
serve on the CCA Advisory Committee and report on the committee’s progress; and further
RESOLVED that a Town of Dryden resident (currently Marie McRae) be assigned by the Town
Board to be a resident liaison to the CCA Advisory Committee
2nd Supv Leifer
Roll Call Vote Cl Lavine Yes
Cl Cipolla-Dennis Yes
Cl Servoss Yes
Cl Lamb Yes
Supv Leifer Yes
Subdivision Law amendment – Ray Burger explained that this amendment changes
the deadline for a preliminary plat and final plat submittal. As currently written the process
takes five months. This change can shorten it to a 3 month process. The board introduced the
following amendment and set the public hearing for February 16, 2017 at 7:05 p.m.
A LOCAL LAW TO AMEND THE TOWN OF DRYDEN SUBDIVISION LAW TO CHANGE THE
FILING DEADLINE FOR PLATS PRIOR TO PLANNING BOARD REVIEW
Be it enacted by the Town Board of the Town of Dryden as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 701 of the Subdivision Law is amended to change the filing deadline for
preliminary plats from 30 days prior to the meeting to 21 days prior, so that section 701 C. 7.
reads as follows:
“7. Number of copies. Seven (7) copies of the Preliminary Plat and one (1) digital copy
shall be filed at least 21 days prior to the regular meeting of the Planning Board at
which the Preliminary Plat will be reviewed.”
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SECTION 2. Section 701 of the Subdivision Law is amended to change the filing deadline for
final plats from 30 days prior to the meeting to 21 days prior, so that section 701 D. 3. reads as
follows:
“3. Number of copies. Seven (7) copies of the Final Plat and one (1) digital copy shall b e
filed at least 21 days prior to the regular meeting of the Planning Board at which the
Final Plat will be reviewed.”
SECTION 3. Section 901 of the Subdivision Law is amended to change the filing deadline for
preliminary plats from 30 days prior to the meeting to 21 days prior, so that section 901 D. 3.
reads as follows:
“3. Number of copies. Seven (7) copies of the Preliminary Plat and one (1) digital copy
shall be filed at least 21 days prior to the regular meeting of the Planning Board at
which the Preliminary Plat will be reviewed.”
SECTION 4. Section 901 of the Subdivision Law is amended to change the filing deadline for
final plats from 30 days prior to the meeting to 21 days prior, so that section 901 E. 9. reads as
follows:
“9. Number of copies. Seven (7) copies of the Final Plat and one (1) digital copy shall be
filed at least 21 days prior to the regular meeting of the Planning Board at which the
Final Plat will be reviewed.”
SECTION 5. This local law shall take effect upon filing in the office of the Secretary of State.
SECTION 6. The provisions of this local law are severable. If any court of competent
jurisdiction decides that any section, clause, sentence, part or provision of this local law is
illegal, invalid, or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect, impair, or invalidate any of
the remaining sections clauses, sentences, parts, or provisions of the Local Law.
SECTION 7. This local law shall supersede or repeal any prior inconsistent Local Law.
Conservation Board Alternates – Supv Leifer said he plans to introduce a local law
that would allow for alternates on the Conservation Board. This will likely happen at the
February 9 meeting.
Solar Law Revisions – Supv Leifer said the Planning Board met Tuesday and made
some revisions, including adding a section for industrial solar. S Brock has reviewed that and
discussed it with R Burger. She is unclear about the intent of some of the changes and there
are some policy changes the board should discuss. The board reviewed the red-line version.
There was a discussion about the section added for Industrial Scale Solar Energy Systems,
whether that is different than Large Scale Solar Systems and if it that section was necessary. S
Brock said it doesn’t really provide for any a dditional protections. There is no definition of
“commercial.” There could be a density restriction if the board is concerned about that. That
section should refer to 3500 acres, not 3500 megawatts. There are a lot of rules, regulations
and restrictions that make sense in the Large Scale section. Applications would be subject to
site plan review and special use permit review. Cl Cipolla-Dennis explained that by aggregating
the solar farms together it makes it feasible for them to pay the fee to upgrade the electrical
lines. They will use land that is fallow and otherwise not being used and also provide an
upgrade to the electrical lines.
Changes made include:
In Section 1 – changing “geothermal heat pumps” to “heat pump systems.”
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Removing the definitions for Industrial-scale Solar Energy System and Solar Energy
System Owner.
Section 1312 C(4) was removed.
Section 1312 D(2) – The suggested added sentence was removed.
Removing the recently added Section G on Industrial Solar.
Amending the definition of Large-Scale Solar Energy System by revising the last
sentence to read: This system may be ground-mounted or building-mounted.
Section 1312 E(1) – re-lettered to a through d; the words “within 100’ of the road right -
of-way” added to E(1)d.
Section 1312 F (2)d was removed.
Section 1312F (3)g was changed to 20 feet in height.
Section 1312F (3)h was changed to “does not exceed twice the maximum lot coverage…”
Section 1312 (H)2 – the last sentence was removed.
Section 1312 (J)3 – “for reasons other than for repairs or beyond the reasonable control
of the Solary Energy System Owner” was removed.
S Brock will make the changes, do some word-smithing, and review the document. It
will have to go to the county for review again. The law could be introduced in February and a
public hearing scheduled for March.
It was noted that the moratorium is still in place and would apply to solar installations
in instances where more than an acre or more of soil was disturbed. The moratorium will be
lifted sooner than the end date if that work gets finished.
RESOLUTION #32 (2017) – APPROVE BUDGET MODIFICATIONS AND ENCUMBRANCES
Supv Leifer offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby approves the following encumbrances and
budget modifications for the 2016 fiscal year.
Encumbrances:
The sum of $3,750.00 from A7020.201 – Grant funds from the Legacy Foundation.
The sum of $16,194.62 from DA5130.2 - for snow plow equipment
Budget Modifications:
From Acct To Acct
A1460.401 Records Mngmt Contr A1330.4 Receiver of Taxes Contr $ 127.15
A1420.402 Legal A1450.4 Elections Contractual $ 640.00
3620.404 Public Safety Contr B8010.433 Zoning Legal Ads $ 20.00
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A8745.1 Crispell Dam Pers Serv A1490.111 Public Works Benefit Time $ 4,872.00
DA5140.111 Misc Pers Serv Benefit Time DA5120.1 Bridges Pers Serv $ 3,138.71
DA5140.111 Misc Pers Serv Benefit Time DA5130.1 Machinery Pers Serv $ 2,195.23
DA5140.111 Misc Pers Serv Benefit Time DA5140.1 Mis Pers Serv $ 5,282.78
DA5140.111 Misc Pers Serv Benefit Time DA5142.110 Snow Removal Pers Serv OT $ 6,613.87
DA5140.111 Misc Pers Serv Benefit Time DA5148.1 Other Govs Pers Serv $ 139.88
DA5120.110 Bridges Pers Serv OT DA5142.1 Snow Removal Pers Serv $ 925.71
DA5130.110 Machinery Pers Serv OT DA5142.1 Snow Removal Pers Serv $ 540.90
DA5130.111 Mach Pers Serv Benefit Time DA5142.1 Snow Removal Pers Serv $ 3,984.65
DA5140.111 Misc Pers Serv Benefit Time DA5142.1 Snow Removal Pers Serv $ 2,502.39
DA5120.4 Bridges Contractual DA5142.1 Snow Removal Pers Serv $ 17,908.14
DB5112.1 Road Improvements Pers Serv DB5110.111 St Maintenance Benefit Time $ 14,882.57
DB5112.1 Road Improvements Pers Serv DB5110.110 St Maintenance OT $ 1,735.59
DB5112.1 Road Improvements Pers Serv DB5110.1 St Maintenance Pers Serv $ 27,262.84
DB5110.4 St Maintenance Contractual DB5110.1 St Maintenance Pers Serv $ 33,156.71
2nd Cl Cipolla-Dennis
Roll Call Vote Cl Lavine Yes
Cl Cipolla-Dennis Yes
Cl Servoss Yes
Cl Lamb Yes
Supv Leifer Yes
Supv Leifer asked that board members email him with suggestions for placement of the
county’s bicentennial marker.
The board discussed whether a public hearing was necessary to consider a change in
the site plan for 1401 Dryden Road. They want to move the fence but are not moving kiosk as
they originally thought they were. The fence will now be further from the road.
RESOLUTION #33 (2017) – DETERMINE NO HEARING IS REQUIRED FOR
SITE PLAN CHANGE – 1401 DRYDEN ROAD
Supv Leifer offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption:
RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby determines that the slight shift of the fence
line in the site plan for 1401 Dryden Road does not require a public hearing and revised site
plan review.
2nd Cl Lamb
Roll Call Vote Cl Lavine Yes
Cl Cipolla-Dennis Yes
Cl Servoss Yes
Cl Lamb Yes
Supv Leifer Yes
Bharath Srinivasan expressed concern that the moratorium might not be lifted in time
for them to go through the application process and complete construct ion of their solar projects
on Turkey Hill Road and in Willow Glen by the end of the year. If that is the case there is
considerable additional cost to them. Supv Leifer said the town will do its best to
accommodate them.
TB 1-19-17
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There being no further business, on motion made, seconded, and unanimously carried,
the meeting was adjourned at 11:10 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Bambi L. Avery
Town Clerk