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MINUTES of Special Meeting - 7/18/89
Motion by Trustee Camp, seconded by Trustee Pimentel:
RESOLUTION 4069 - APROVE BILL SUBMITTED BY JOHN LITTLE
VOTED to approve the payment to John Little of $4,000 for first progress
billing on Savage Farm Fiscal Impact Study. Unanimously passed.
Trustees Camp, Pimentel, Searle and Wheeler voting yes.
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Next meeting - Wednesday, July 26, 1989 - 7:00 p.m. - Board Room.
Meeting adjourned 8:30 p.m. / 1
Anne Kroht�
MINUTES of Special Meeting - 7/26/89
Minutes of a Special Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Cayuga
Heights held July 26, 1989 at 7:00 p.m. in the Marcham Room of the Village Hall.
PRESENT: Mayor Anderson; Trustees Camp, Fleming, Pimentel, Searle, Weiss,
Wheeler; Treasurer Silber; Attorney Oesterle.
ABSENT: Clerk Krohto
OTHERS: John Little, John Roscoe, John Majeroni, Mr. Donner.
John Little submitted a "Representation Letter" to be signed by the Mayor and
Trustees. It was passed on to Attorney Oesterle for review. Mr. Little explained
that it is a certification by the Board that the facts presented to him are accurate,
and must be received by him before he can submit a final version of the Fiscal
Impact Study.
A draft copy of the Fiscal Impact Study was distributed to the Mayor,
Trustees, Treasurer, and Attorney. The Board and Mr. Little then proceeded with
a review, and changes, additions and comments were made at that time. These
are recorded herein, under the various alternatives.
Alternative 1 - Purchase of all the land. It was pointed out by Mr. Little
that he had used an amortization period of twenty years:based:on -:the assumption
that the land would qualify as a park and not be considered raw land. It was noted
that the exact use of the land had not been discussed, but Attorney Oesterle stated
later in the meeting that any form of recreational use would qualify for park
designation. Mr. Little was instructed to list the analysis for all three costs of
the land assumed by the Voard; that is, $1.6, $2,5, and $3,5 million. This was
modified later in the meeting, and only the
$1.6 and $3.5 million costs were to be included. Treasurer Silber is to supply
a list and amounts of operation costs for the purchased land, to be included in the
analysis. Treasurer Silber also pointed out that the lsot tax revenue needs to be
' added to the analysis. He will supply that amount.
Alternative 2 - Purchase of 35% of the land and development with'65% of 129 lots
of the baseline assumptions. Again, the two purchase cost alternatives ($1.6 and
$3.5 million) were to be added from line "W" onwards. The loss of real tax revenue
for the purchased part of the land was to be added to the impact on revenue. For
the 65% of land to be developed, the real tax revenue will be based on the reassessed
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value of the land that would occur when a subdivision plan is approved. The Board
decided that the increased tax revenue would be assumed to start in year 3 of the
study. This real tax revenue from the underveloped lots will have to be reduced
to zero versus time as houses are put on the lots. Mr. Little will determine the
increase from a study of Shannon Park development. The building rate will be
assumed to be 20 houses per year in alternatives 2, 3 and 4, and not be prorated as
proposed.
Alternative 3 - Purchase of 10% of the land and development with 90% of 129 lots of
the baseline assumptions. All of the changes to alternative 2 will apply to
alternative 3.
Alternative 4 - The baseline assumptions from the tentative Cornell plan. Again
all of the changes to alternative 2 will apply to alternative 4, except that the
lost real tax revenue for the amount of land purchased does not apply.
Trustee Weiss asked questions about the process that had occurred while he was
absent. He questioned the period of the study, effects on road costs after the
10 year period, fiscal impacts on other entities, the wisdom of estimating road
costs before the traffic study, and which year's fiscal numbers were used. The
methods including setting the time period are standardized. The Superintendent
Of Public Works has told the Board that no capital costs on the new roads should
occur until after 15 years if they are installed per Village specifications. Some
of the roads will not be installed for 5 -7 years, thus increasing the time period
further when no additional capital money needs to be spent. The Superintendent of
Public Works has also previously stated that the development will not increase the
recurring costs on the existing roads. The fiscal impacts on County, Town of Ithaca,
and Water commission, and Sewer were determined to be net positive revenue as no
additional costs could be determined for those entities. The impacts were also
considered to "de minimus" for the Village of Lansing and the School district,
based on 12 living units for the former and approximately 100 new students out of
5000 for the latter. It was pointed out that the Attorney was sending a letter to
these two bodies for their confirmation of this determination. Mr. Little was
reminded to include this information of this determination. Mr. Little was reminded
to include this information as footnotes in the study. The Board enacted no changes
to the process based on this discussion.
The Mayor then gave a report on his data about the population of the Village.
Starting with the 1980 census of 3170 plus 60 new houses, 34 new apartments
and 228 more people in the Cornell Townhouses, and 2.33 people per house and
1.25 people per apartment, the Mayor estimates the present Village population to
be 3580. County planning estimates the population at 3446 based on water
consumption. The Mayor proposed 3500 be used as the present population. Trustee
Pimentsl wished to be on record as supporting that number since he will not
be present at the next meeting, when discussion is resumed. The Mayor proposed
that the occupancy rate be 2.75 people for new houses. Trustee Pimentel also
wished to be on record as supporting this figure. There was some Board discussion
about present and future house buying habits and what is observed in the various
parts of the Village. The exact numbers will be determined at the next meeting.
Mr. Little and Attorney Oesterle stated that it is standard procedure to use the
developers numbers for the increase in population. Mr. Little pointed out that
using these new numbers will cause the fiscal analysis to show a net positive
effect rather than a net negative effect. The Mayor will prepare a full report
for the record of his numbers.
The Board set Monday, July 31, 1989 at 8 p.m, as the next meeting to continue
the discussion on the draft study. Mr. Little asked that the Board be prepared
to list all the changes desired at that time. He asked that the Board pay particular
attention to the list of assumptions used.
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Mr. Little and Mr. Roscoe left the meeting at this time.
Motion by Trustee Camp, seconded by Trustee Pimentel:
RESOLUTION 4070 - APPROVE BILL SUBMITTED BY F & J CO.
VOTED to approve the payment to F & J Co. of $10105.40 for sidewalk construction.
This amounts reflects the withholding of 10% as reserve against satisfactory
performance. Unanimously passed.
Trustees Camp, Fleming, Pimentel, Searle and Weiss voting yes.
A further request to approve in advance the payment to Yaw Associates was delayed,
upon advice of the Treasurer, until the next meeting.
It was noted that the insurance allocations by the Ithaca Agency had been
reviewed this year and changed based on new information about the occupany of
the Village Hall. Trustee Wheeler expressed the opinion that we should get
bids for the insurance next year in an effort to control this cost. Treasurer
Silber is to take the necessary steps to do this by November 31, 1989.
Attorney Oesterle reviewed the prisent status of the case brought against the
Village by Alan Wheeler. After arguing before the Judge on last Friday, the
Village was asked to submit two further affidavits concerning any planned
sewer plant construction activity and Lansing plans for sewerage treatment
needs. The Mayor and Attorney will fulfil these obligations by the two week
deadline given by the Judge.
The insurance endorsements limiting Civil Rights coverage were claimed to be
mandatory in New York State The Mayor is going to contact the City of Ithaca
to determine what actions to take to limit the Village's exposure.
Next meeting - Monday, July 31, 1989 - 8:00 p.m. - Village Hall.
Meeting adjourned 9 :00 p.m.
William Camp acting
for Anne Krohto
MINUTES of Special Meeting - 7/31/89
Minutes of a Special Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Cayuga
Heights held July 31, 1989 at 8:00 p.m. in the Marcham Room of the Village
Hall.
PRESENT: Mayor Anderson; Trustees Camp, Fleming, Weiss, Wheeler; Treasurer
Silber; Attorney Oesterle, Super of Public Works Rogers.
ABSENT: Clerk Krohto.
OTHERS: John Little, John Roscoe, John Majeroni, someone unknown to me.
John Little asked for changes that the Village wished to make to the
assumptions used for the Financial Impact Statement (FIS). Treasurer Silber
asked if the normal growth in new assessment, estimated at 6 new houses per
year, should be added to item d in the FIS. Mr. Little thought that there
would be no significant net impact. After some discussion about the various