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THE PLANNING BOARD
TOWN OF DANBY
20 W. Miller Rd.
ITHACA, NY 14850
December 17, 1987
Mr. Donald R. Burdick, Supervisor
Town of Danby
1830 Danby Road
Ithaca, NY 14850
Dear Mr. Burdick:
I am writing to convey the Planning Board's action on the request you
submitted to us from the Cayuga Lake Beagle Club located on Michigan Hollow Road.
The Club has asked the National Guard out of Horseheads to do some habitat
renewal work on the Club's Beagle training grounds (about 100 acres which is
fenced in). Normally this course consists of several miles of six foot wide trails
fifty yards apart on which they grow feed for rabbits. Over time succession
growth begins to take over and it becomes necessary to bring in heavy equipment
to clean out the young saplings. This is very costly for the club. They recently
found out that the National Guard does this kind of work for not - for - profit
organizations at very little cost, since it is a means of providing training for the
guardsmen in the use of their equipment. The National Guard requires the Club to
ascertain whether the town board, local contractors or unions might have any
objections to the Guard doing this work.
After discussing this matter with Stan Carpenter of the Beagle Club, the
Planning Board at it's regular meeting on Wednesday, December 16th at 7:30 p.m.
voted to 'recommend to the Town Board that they send a letter to the
Cayuga Lake Beagle Club stating that the Town Board and the Planning
Board have no objections to the proposed work by the National Guard
and further that no permit is required from the Town.' If the Guard
agrees to do the work it would begin in June and take about one week to complete.
If you have questions please contact me.
Sincerely yours,
Donald C. Graham
Chairman