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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTB Packet 2022-08-22Meeting of the Ithaca Town Board August 22, 2022 AGENDA Town of Ithaca Public Meetings - YouTube ZOOM ID 87962750564 Ph. 929 436 2866 1. Cass Park and Youth Bureau — Liz Klohmann 2. Public hearing regarding a proposed "Local law to establish a Community Choice Aggregation (energy) Program in the Town of Ithaca a. SEQR b. Consider approval 3. Consider approval to partner with the City of Ithaca and other Tompkins County municipalities for the Federal Safe Streets and Roads for All Planning Grant opportunity 4. Consider authorization for the Supervisor to sign sewer agreements for the Town of Dryden's Peregrine Hollow and Sewer District No 1 5. Consider approval of and authorization to execute sanitary sewer easements associated with the 509 Coddington Road -Parcel B development 6. Committee Reports a. Budget b. COC c. P&O d. Planning e. Public Works £ Ad Hoc/Other Committees i. Trails, Parks & Preserves 7. Reports from Town Officials 8. Consent Agenda a. Approval of Town Board Minutes b. Town of Ithaca Abstract 9. Review of Correspondence Item 2 MEETING OF THE ITHACA TOWN BOARD August 8, 2022 TB Resolution 2022 — XXX: Adoption "A Local Law to Establish a Community Choice Aure2ation (Energy) Program in the Town of Ithaca" Whereas, the Town has been collaborating with the City of Ithaca, Sustainable Tompkins, and Local Power, a Community Choice Aggregation innovator, to draft legislation to enable a local Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) program, and Whereas, the CCA program is designed to be an innovative, efficient, and affordable way to engage the local population in achieving time -critical local and state goals for decarbonization and equity through the aggregated purchasing of renewable electricity and the development of regional renewable energy projects, and Whereas, the Planning Committee has reviewed and discussed the draft CCA local law at numerous meetings and at its June 16, 2022, meeting, the Committee voted to recommend the legislation to counsel and the Town Board for consideration of adoption, and Whereas, the Town Board set a public hearing for at its meeting on July 11, 2022, and Whereas, this is an Unlisted Action for which the Ithaca Town Board is the Lead Agency in an environmental review with respect to the enactment of this local law and Whereas, the Town Board has made a negative determination of environmental significance at its August 8, 2002, meeting; now therefore, be it Resolved that the Town Board finds it is in the best interest of the Town and its citizens to adopt the proposed local law and hereby adopts Local Law XX of 2022, entitled "A Local Law to Establish a Community Choice Aggregation (Energy) Program in the Town of Ithaca" as submitted. Moved: Seconded: Vote: Item 02 MEETING OF THE ITHACA TOWN BOARD August 22, 2022 TB Resolution 2022 - : SEQR Regarding A Local Law To Establish A Community Choice Aggregation (Energy) Program In The Town Of Ithaca Whereas, this action is the proposed enactment of a local law to establish a Community Choice Aggregation (energy) Program in the Town of Ithaca; and Whereas, this is an Unlisted Action for which the Ithaca Town Board is the Lead Agency in an environmental review with respect to the enactment of said local law; and Whereas, the Town Board, at its meeting held on August 22, 2022, has reviewed, and accepted as adequate the Short Environmental Assessment Form (EAF), Parts 1, 2 and 3, for this action, prepared by the Town Planning staff; now, therefore, be it Resolved, that the Town of Ithaca Town Board hereby makes a negative determination of environmental significance in accordance with Article 8 of the Environmental Conservation Law, 6 NYCRR Part 617 New York State Environmental Quality Review, and Chapter 148 Environmental Quality Review of the Town of Ithaca Code for the above -referenced action as proposed, based on the information in the EAF Part 1 and for the reasons set forth in the EAF Parts 2 and 3, and, therefore, a Draft Environmental Impact Statement will not be required. Moved: Seconded: Vote: Item 3 MEETING OF THE ITHACA TOWN BOARD August 22, 2022 TB Resolution 2022 — : Partnering with the City of Ithaca and Other Tompkins County Municipalities for the Federal Safe Streets and Roads for All Planning Grant Opportunity Whereas, in 2022, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law established the new Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) federal grant program, with up to one billion dollars appropriated in FY22, and with a local match of 20% of the project cost; and Whereas, local municipalities are eligible to apply for funding to create a detailed transportation safety "Action Plan", either individually or in collaboration with other municipalities; and Whereas, the FY22 Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), states that applications with multiple municipalities partnering to create a plan will be more competitive for funding than applications from a single municipality; and Whereas, successful creation of an Action Plan in this grant cycle would make the partnering municipalities eligible to apply for implementation grants in future years of this grant program, either individually or in collaboration again; and Whereas, the City of Ithaca has agreed to be the "Lead Applicant" on this planning grant application, with multiple neighboring municipalities expressing interest in applying as "Joint Applicants", including the following in alphabetical order: • Town of Caroline • Town of Danby • Town of Dryden • Town of Ithaca • Town of Lansing • Village of Cayuga Heights • Village of Lansing Whereas, the role of the City of Ithaca as Lead Applicant will be to complete the online application on behalf of all partnering municipalities for FY22 funding, with an application due date of September 15, 2022; and Whereas, the City of Ithaca is presenting a resolution to its Common Council on September 7th, requesting a budget to fund the study in whole at $750,000, to be eventually reimbursed 80% by the grant, with individual municipalities reimbursing the City of Ithaca for its share of the 20% local match; and Whereas, the distribution share of the 20% local match is based on population size, with the Town of Ithaca's share currently estimated at approximately 20%, given the makeup of anticipated partnering municipalities; now, therefore, be it Item 3 Resolved, that the Town Board hereby agrees to partner with the City of Ithaca and other neighboring municipalities to jointly apply for the SS4A planning grant opportunity to create an Action Plan that uncovers both regional and municipality -specific transportation safety problems, as well as presents detailed regional and municipality -specific solutions; and Resolved, that if the grant is successfully awarded, the Town of Ithaca Town Board agrees to reimburse the City of Ithaca for its share of the 20% local match ($150,000 total local match for a $750,000 total project cost), specifically that the Town of Ithaca will reimburse the City of Ithaca for an amount not to exceed $30,000. NEW TOWN OF ITHACA ; DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING 215 N. Tioga St 14850 607.273.1747 www.town.ithaca.n _......................................................................... Memorandum To: Town of Ithaca Town Board Date: August 16, 2022 Re: Partnering on Federal Safe Streets and Roads for All Planning Grant Opportunity This Spring, the federal government announced a new grant opportunity called Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A). This grant program will provide $1 billion of total funding for municipalities and other eligible groups to apply for either money to create a transportation safety "Action Plan", or to apply for money to implement safety -related transportation projects. Importantly, in order to apply for implementation grant funding, a municipality must first have an Action Plan (or similar) that includes all of the components listed in Table 1 on p. 4 of the Notice of Funding Opportunity, available here: h.tt .:: :. r s ts.:. y/ b/gs s s/ i wns.:: ? . t ra.�. Y:. t r2�.' Ie = 038 Ithaca -Tompkins County Transportation Council (ITCTC) has recently led meetings bringing together our local municipalities to discuss this grant opportunity. As none of the municipalities in Tompkins County have an Action Plan that meets the requirements for applying for implementation funding under this grant, and as all of the local municipalities have transportation safety issues to solve, we have discussed creating a joint application for SS4A planning grant funding. The City of Ithaca has agreed to take the lead by being the "Lead Applicant" in the grant application. Other interested municipalities in Tompkins County would be "Joint Applicants". Being an official "joint applicant" on the planning grant, assuming the grant is awarded and the Action Plan is created, would allow joint applicant municipalities to apply for SS4A implementation grant funding in future years of the grant, either alone or in partnership with other municipalities. As Lead Applicant, the City of Ithaca will request approval from its Common Council to apply for the SS4A grant and to provide the funding for the entire Action Plan (it is currently estimated that the project cost will be approximately $750,000 to create an Action Plan that meets all the requirements for implementation funding, and which would provide analysis and solutions for both the region and for individual municipalities.) The grant would reimburse the City of Ithaca for 80% of the project cost; the local match is 20%. The 20% local match will be split between the City of Ithaca and all joint applicants, including the Towns of Caroline, Danby, Dryden, Lansing, and Villages of Cayuga Heights and Lansing. The distribution for the local match is proposed to be based on population size, resulting in the Town of Ithaca's contribution share being $30,000 (based on pop. Of 16,158 (ACS Census 2019) with total partnering municipalities pop. of 81,030), to be reimbursed to the City of Ithaca upon project completion. The grant application due date is September 15, 2022. MEETING OF THE ITHACA TOWN BOARD Monday, August 22, 2022 TB Resolution 2022 — xx: Approval to Partner with the City of Ithaca and Other Tompkins County Municipalities for the Federal Safe Streets and Roads for All Planning Grant Opportunity Whereas, in 2022, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law established the new Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) federal grant program, with up to one billion dollars appropriated in FY22, and with a local match of 20% of the project cost; and Whereas, local municipalities are eligible to apply for funding to create a detailed transportation safety "Action Plan", either individually or in collaboration with other municipalities; and Whereas, the FY22 Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO, available here: ➢ 9bps://www pr r i Gov/wel�/ ands/v�cw-oppo taamty 11E1?.2.ppld 340385), states that applications with multiple municipalities partnering to create a plan will be more competitive for funding than applications from a single municipality; and Whereas, successful creation of an Action Plan in this grant cycle would make the partnering municipalities eligible to apply for implementation grants in future years of this grant program, either individually or in collaboration again; and Whereas, the City of Ithaca has agreed to be the "Lead Applicant" on this planning grant application, with multiple neighboring municipalities expressing interest in applying as "Joint Applicants", including the following in alphabetical order: • Town of Caroline • Town of Danby • Town of Dryden • Town of Ithaca • Town of Lansing • Village of Cayuga Heights • Village of Lansing Whereas, the role of the City of Ithaca as Lead Applicant will be to complete the online application on behalf of all partnering municipalities for FY22 funding, with an application due date of September 15, 2022; and Whereas, the City of Ithaca is presenting a resolution to its Common Council on September 7th, requesting a budget to fund the study in whole at $750,000, to be eventually reimbursed 80% by the grant, with individual municipalities reimbursing the City of Ithaca for its share of the 20% local match; and Whereas, the distribution share of the 20% local match is based on population size, with the Town of Ithaca's share currently estimated at approximately 20%, given the makeup of anticipated partnering municipalities; now, therefore, be it Resolved, that the Town of Ithaca Town Board hereby agrees to partner with the City of Ithaca and other neighboring municipalities to jointly apply for the SS4A planning grant opportunity to create an Action Plan that uncovers both regional and municipality -specific transportation safety problems, as well as presents detailed regional and municipality -specific solutions; and Resolved, that if the grant is successfully awarded, the Town of Ithaca Town Board agrees to reimburse the City of Ithaca for its share of the 20% local match ($150,000 total local match for a $750,000 total project cost), specifically that the Town of Ithaca will reimburse the City of Ithaca for an amount not to exceed $30,000. Item 5 MEETING OF THE ITHACA TOWN BOARD August 22, 2022 TB Resolution 2022 - : Approval of and authorization to execute sanitary sewer easements associated with the 509 Coddington Road -Parcel B development project Whereas, the development of the parcel requires the installation of a sewer lateral beneath Coddington Road for the purpose of constructing a single-family residential home at 509 Coddington Road (Parcel B), previously being a portion of tax parcel number 51.-1-1. The project applicants, Raymond H. Terepka and Nancy B. Stewart, will construct a new sanitary sewer lateral within the right-of-way of Coddington Road to serve the new residence. The lateral extension will occur on properties currently owned by Raymond H. Terepka & Nancy B. Stewart and Cole and Krystina lacovelli, and Whereas, the sewer lateral and associated easements are shown on the drawing titled "Town of Ithaca, 509 Parcel B & 522 Coddington Rd., Proposed Sanitary Easements to Town" sheet V 101, dated 6/15/2022, prepared by Town of Ithaca, and Whereas, the Engineering Department has reviewed the plans for the above improvement that is proposed to be dedicated to the Town, and have found them generally acceptable, and requested the easements be considered for approval by the Town Board, now therefore be it Resolved, that the Ithaca Town Board hereby approves the Permanent Sewer Easement(s) and Right -of Way(s) from Raymond H. Terepka and Nancy B. Stewart, and from Cole & Krystina Iacovelli, and authorizes the Town Supervisor to execute the easements, subject to the following conditions: 1. The approval of the easements are subject to the approval of the Attorney for the Town, and 2. The specific surveyed and/or mapped locations, deeds, and abstracts showing good and marketable title for the proposed improvements and for the easements are submitted in a form acceptable to the Attorney for the Town and the Director of Engineering. Moved: Seconded: Vote: