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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017-08-10TB 8-10-17 Page 1 of 5 TOWN OF DRYDEN TOWN BOARD MEETING August 10, 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 Superintendent Other Town Staff: Ray Burger, Director of Planning Supv Leifer opened the meeting at 7:08 p.m. RESOLUTION #104 (2017) – APPROVE ABSTRACT #8 Supv Leifer offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption: RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby approves Abstract #8, as audited, general vouchers #511 through #599 (398,601.59) and TA vouchers #16 through #22 ($18,769.17) totaling $417,370.76. 2nd Cl Lamb Roll Call Vote Cl Lavine Yes Cl Cipolla-Dennis Yes Cl Servoss Yes Cl Lamb Yes Supv Leifer Yes A budget modification has been requested by the Planning Department because they’ve had more legal notices to publish than anticipated. RESOLUTION #105 (2017) – APPROVE BUDGET MODIFICATION Supv Leifer offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption: RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby approves the following budget modification: From B8010.434 ZBA Training To B8010.433 Legal Ads $500.00 2nd Cl Cipolla-Dennis Roll Call Vote Cl Lavine Yes Cl Cipolla-Dennis Yes Cl Servoss Yes Cl Lamb Yes Supv Leifer Yes TB 8-10-17 Page 2 of 5 Public Hearings for next week: Rail Trail Easements – there are four including the one from the William George Agency. Sun8 Site Plan Reviews and Special Use Permits for 2150 Dryden Road and the Ellis Tract - R Burger explained there are 16 special use permits and site plans in total that will be treated in the two groupings we’ve been used to. A check list for site plan review was sent to board members last week and he will generate something similar for the special use permit process. He will use the present special use permit standards and add the new ones from the solar law. Those check lists will be available on the town’s website. During this review process the board can attach special conditions to the approvals and he will identify some suggested conditions on the check lists. Discussion/Action Items: Union Retroactive Pay – A resolution is necessary to approve retroactive pay from January 1, 2016, of the recently approved contract. The current wage scale covers 2016 through 2018. RESOLUTION #106 (2017) – AUTHORIZE SPECIAL PAYROLL FOR RETROACTIVE PAY TO UNION EMPLOYEES Supv Leifer offered the following resolution and asked for its adoption: WHEREAS, the Labor Agreement between Teamsters Local 317 and the Town of Dryden has been approved, and WHEREAS, the wage scale in the Labor Agreement covers the years 2016, 2017, and 2018, be it RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes the Bookkeeper to run a special payroll for current Union employees for retroactive pay according to the wage scale for the years 2016 and 2017 year to date. 2nd Cl Lamb Roll Call Vote Cl Lavine Yes Cl Cipolla-Dennis Yes Cl Servoss Yes Cl Lamb Yes Supv Leifer Yes BridgeNY Grant – Supv Leifer reported he has spoken with bond counsel and with TG Miller about the SEQRs for all of the bridges (Red Mill, Malloryville, Freese and George Roads). Because the BridgeNY Grant is a reimbursement grant, NYS DOT recommends having the bonds in place before funds are released from the state. TG Miller is checking to see whether the County is doing the SEQR for Freese Road bridge. It has already been done for Red Mill and Malloryville Road bridges. George Road bridge is a Type 2 action so we can do that one. SEQR was not done for Freese or George Road bridges when they were put on the initial work list. If the design consultant does the SEQR instead the timing of the bill for that work could be a concern. TG Miller has taken this up with the DOT and the County and we should have an answer next week. SEQR and a permissive referendum period is part of the bonding process. There probably won’t be any payments due to the County for Red Mill and Malloryville TB 8-10-17 Page 3 of 5 until after the first of the year. Bonding all four bridges at the same time is less expensive for the town. Supv Leifer said he has asked the County if they would consider lowering the town’s contribution toward Red Mill and Malloryville bridges because we were able to obtain the Bridge NY grant which saves the County millions on the Freese Road and George Road bridge projects. Contracts with the design consultant are currently with the town attorney for review. Yellow Barn Water District Update – R Young reported he is looking into having the person who is the trainer for many water departments in Cortland County review the Yellow Barn water system. There is an area that appears to have low spots and accumula tes brown water. Rural Water has tested well number 4 and this person will do another test. We may need to consider the expense of purifying the existing well or drilling a new one. He will keep the board advised of the progress. R Young said he will be applying for grants to help fund any necessary repairs. Supv Leifer and R Young will update the residents of the district by mail. Lake Road/Dryden Village Water Project Update – Mike Hattery, Dryden Village Trustee, said he had heard that there was a question about SEQR for the project and has forwarded that document to the town. Both boards and their attorneys have reviewed the agreement. M Hattery said the Village has held three meetings this summer with residents of Lake Road and had many one-on-one conversations with those residents, the project engineer and on-site supervisor. About two-thirds of the residents have signed easements and based on conversations with the remainder, he is optimistic that they will have mor e in the near future. The contractor was moved off Lake Road and has been working on the TC3 and Ferguson Road tanks and other line work in the Village. M Hattery said they are optimistic that by the time everything is done within the Village easements will be in place and they will be able to complete the work on Lake Road. With respect to the easements, M Hattery explained that all property owners affected were offered financial compensation based on an appraisal. The Village doubled the figure provided by the appraiser. The board agreed that Supv Leifer should execute the agreement when the originals are delivered. RESOLUTION #107 (2017) – APPROVE WATER LINE INTERMUNICIPAL AGREEMENT WITH VILLAGE OF DRYDEN Supv Leifer offered the following easement and asked for its adoption: RESOLVED, that this Town Board hereby approves the Water Line Agreement with the Village of Dryden to transport water from the village well at Dryden Lake Park to the Village of Dryden line via pipe installed along Lake Road and as outlined in said agreement, and the Supervisor is authorized to execute the same. 2nd Cl Lamb Roll Call Vote Cl Lavine Yes Cl Cipolla-Dennis Yes Cl Servoss Yes Cl Lamb Yes Supv Leifer M Hattery reported that the courts at Montgomery Park are complete. They anticipate a formal opening at Music in the Park on August 19 at 6:00 p.m. or so. They would like to have some representation from the town at that event. Cl Lamb said the board is looking at the agreement between the town and village for use of Montgomery Park. TB 8-10-17 Page 4 of 5 Poet’s Landing Update – Cl Lamb said the town had a number of offers to help and he got in touch with the Red Cross who offered to put families in touch with us as needs developed. The Methodist Church and its Pastor Harold Wheat set up a website called Dryden Strong. They were able to connect families and donors. The owner of the property didn’t seem to play much of a role in solving the housing problem for the families. There was some speculation about how the fire started. There have been mulch fires there in the past. This fire advanced very fast. The official fire report has not yet been received. There was discussion about what building or fire codes might be considered or stricter in the future. Mineah Road Residents’ concerns – Board members have a packet of information submitted by Shirley Lyon. R Burger said the concern is the new 20 new units being built on the road will add another 168 trips per day to the intersection. This was discussed d uring SEQR review. The threshold of 100 peak hour trips was not met. NYS DOT was asked about it, is looking at the same numbers, and isn’t seeing anything of great concern. He said pretty much all the intersections on Route 13 have difficulties putting traffic on the road when there is a constant stream. Some of the residents witnessed a fatal accident there in recent years. The residents would like the town to ask DOT for a formal study. R Burger said they seem to be receptive to a request from the town. Board members agree that Supv Leifer should send a letter to DOT. There was discussion about the safety of Route 13 overall. Restore NY Grants – Supv Leifer will ask our grant writer to look into what possibilities there may be for the town. Proposed Agenda Items for 8/17 Dryden Agriculture Farmland Protection Plan – The Ag Committee reviewed the plan with Cooperative Extension representatives last night. A lot of changes were made and the draft will be sent around again. A final version may be ready by the September meeting. SCLIWC Agreement of Municipal Cooperation – Will be on the agenda for a vote. SCLIWC Rate structure – Will be on the agenda for a vote. Move IDA funds to General Fund – In 2012 the state shut down inactive IDAs operated by Villages and Towns across the state. Dryden’s was one of those. There is about $750 left in the account. There will be a resolution to move that to the A fund next week. Salt Mine – moved to the September agenda. 802 Dryden Road – R Burger reported that facility will need 11,000 gallons per day and there is a request that the Town of Ithaca release that from their Sapsucker tank. The apple orchard station could be upgraded to accommodate that request. There is plenty of capacit y from the apple orchard side. This could be an issue for further development in Varna. Supv Leifer said he has asked TG Miller to get together a list of items and he will discuss it with the Town of Ithaca. There will need to be agreements in place. R Young noted there has also been interest in development Lower Creek Road and Hanshaw Road along Route 13. Cl Lamb reported that he had a good meeting with Alternatives and their lending specialist, Bob Anderson. He has approached the Alternatives Credit Union Board about this TB 8-10-17 Page 5 of 5 project with us. The Credit Union would expect some sort of compensation to administer and service the loan. B Anderson believes that payment could come through an application fee or some part of the interest in the loans, but they aren’t expecting a large payment. They will take it up this month, and hopefully we’ll be able to start the program in October. Cl Lamb has two people willing to serve on the loan committee. Bob Anderson will serve and there should be two town board members. The board briefly discussed other possibilities for people for this committee that would initially review the loan applications and then send them on (or not) to Alternatives for scoring with final approval by the committee or town board. Cl Lamb said he heard from Don Houser of Dominion and he is willing to meet with a small group of people on September 19. The idea is have Stu Berg’s proposal and a small representation by Mothers Out Front. This is about getting our residents’ questi ons answered. At 8:14 p.m. on motion made, seconded and unanimously approved, the board moved into executive session to discuss proposed litigation regarding the Sun8 application. No action was taken and the meeting was adjourned at 8:35 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Bambi L. Avery Town Clerk