MINUTES
of a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Lansing held on Monday,
March 6, 2000, in the Village Office.
PRESENT:
Mayor Don Hartill; Trustees Lynn Leopold, John Bailey, Larry Fresinski,
Franklin Moore; Planning Board member Steve Halevy; Village Attorney Randy
Marcus.
Mayor
Don Hartill called the meeting to order at 7:38P.M.
Pledge
of Allegiance to the Flag.
The
Mayor opened the public comment period. No public was present.
Motion- To Close Public Comment Period
Trustee John Bailey moved to close the public
comment period.
Trustee Larry Fresinski seconded the motion. A vote
was taken:
Mayor
Donald Hartill - Aye Trustee
John Bailey- Aye
Trustee Lynn Leopold-Aye Trustee Larry
Fresinski-Aye
Trustee Frank Moore-Aye
Dave
Putnam presented an engineer’s report. Route 34 connection surge relief valve
at Burdick Hill Road has been replaced again. Bill Nicholl of GA Industries was
on site February 24th and was at a loss as to why the valve keeps
failing since the installation and use are correct and they have this valve in
use in hundreds of similar places. Bill is going to have the old pilot valve
repaired and shipped back so we have a spare. Bolton Point will continue to
monitor the pilot valve for leakage.
Ward
Hungerford provided a draft resolution concerning the proposed agreement
between the County and Village for the Warren Road signal. The draft was sent
to Attorney Marcus for review. Randy has redrafted the resolution for the
Boards review and approval. Randy stated that the resolution basically says we
are onboard and would like the County to do a resolution also. This is to make
negotiations more formal. The Village will finalize the agreement with Cornell
University; put it out to bid, and then , after accounting for Cornell’s
contribution, divide the costs of design and construction 50/50 with the
County; the Village and the County will split future maintenance costs
50/50.This matter is an exempt action under SEQR (Section 617.5(c)(16)). The
Mayor entertained a motion to adopt the resolution, which Randy had prepared.
Resolution #3642- To
Adopt Resolution Concerning Signalization of Warren Road/Uptown Road/Arrowwood
Drive Intersection as follows:
Trustee Lynn Leopold moved this resolution and Trustee
Larry Fresinski seconded the motion. A vote was taken:
Mayor
Donald Hartill - Aye Trustee
John Bailey- Aye
Trustee Franklin Moore- Aye Trustee Lynn Leopold
–Aye
Trustee Larry Fresinski-Aye
On
Monday February 28th Dennis Reinhart discovered excessive amounts of
water flowing from under the pavement in several places on Beckett Way just
east of Cayuga Heights Road. The ground water was coming from the sewer trench.
Dave & Dennis agreed that installing an under drain to control the water
and removing all the broken and loose pavement should be done as soon as
possible to prevent additional damage. This work was started and completed on
Friday March 3rd. This is a temporary solution. The road needs to be
rebuilt.
The
Mayor asked Dave where we were with the elevated water tank. Dave is currently
writing the specs for removal work. Dave also reported that $75K was in TG
Miller’s proposal for the pit on Highgate Circle. Bolton Point wants to
retrofit this and get it out of confined space.
Steve
Halevy gave a Planning Board report to the board. Steve asked Lynn if she could
meet with the lighting commission on Wed. at 11:30am. Dave stated that TG
Miller’s has a light meter, which they may use. Steve stated that he took
pictures of the work the public works department was doing to try and solve the
water problem in our meeting room. Water was coming up through the floor and a
large area of the carpet was soaking wet.
Public Works has since resolved the problem.
Next
there was an extensive discussion on Environmental Design & Research (EDR).
EDR, the consultant that the Planning Board has been working with, was sent a
letter drafted by Randy. Frank asked if we had a contract with EDR. Randy
stated that originally they sent a standard form, which wasn’t appropriate for
the work EDR is going to do for the Village. We asked them to send a simple
contract. Carol Klepack relayed this request to EDR and we still haven’t
received anything. The Village does not want to pay for the time EDR has
wasted.
Steve
stated that EDR came to the last Planning Board meeting and had some good ideas
but were lacking in some sense. EDR has divided the project up into three zones
(A, B & C). The Planning Board wants EDR to focus on N. Triphammer Road. A
letter was sent to EDR to let them know what the Village thought and to ask for
them to credit us for the wasted time. EDR suggested a 2-½ hour briefing with
the Planning Board to get everything out on the table. The Planning Board would
like TG Miller’s and Larry Fresinski at this briefing. This meeting will take
place once Ned is back after 4/10.
Lynn
thought EDR had some unifying concepts. Frank asked if this would be a good
point to try another consultant. Steve stated that the Planning Board doesn’t
want to walk away. Larry thinks we should go on to the second choice. Frank
asked if there was a time frame for the end product. Steve stated that the only
limit would be this budget year. Triphammer Road is the central question so
this would need to be completed before the Village starts this project. After
the next meeting we will decide if we want to continue forward with EDR.
Next
on the agenda was the presentation of Proposed Local Law D, Fourth Amendment to
Village of Lansing Elderly Persons’ Real Property Tax Exemption Law. This
amendment will bring us up to the same level of exemptions as the Town of
Lansing.
Resolution #3643 - To Set A Public Hearing to
Consider Proposed Local Law D, Fourth Amendment to Village of Lansing Elderly
Persons’ Real Property Tax Exemption Law for Monday March 20, 2000 @ 7:30 at
the Village Office.
Trustee Lynn Leopold moved accept this resolution
and Trustee John Bailey seconded the motion. A vote was taken:
Mayor Donald Hartill- Aye Trustee John Bailey- Aye
Trustee Larry Fresinski- Aye Trustee Lynn Leopold-Aye
Trustee Franklin Moore-Aye
Randy has completed the codification editing. It was
suggested that Carol do the keyboarding to add in the new laws. Jodi stated
that she has all the laws that have been passed in the last two years on her
computer, which will make the job a little easier.
Next item on the agenda was to set the rate of compensation and the place to
hold the election.
RESOLUTION # 3644 - Village
of Lansing Elections
Be it RESOLVED, that the annual elections for the
Village of Lansing will be held on Tuesday, April 25, 2000, at the Fire Hall on
Oakcrest Road, between the hours of Noon and 9:00 in the evening on said day.
And the rate of compensation for election workers will be $60.
Trustee Lynn Leopold moved accept this resolution
and Trustee Larry Fresinski seconded the motion. A vote was taken:
Mayor Donald Hartill- Aye Trustee John Bailey- Aye
Trustee Larry Fresinski- Aye Trustee Lynn Leopold-Aye
Trustee Franklin Moore-Aye
Next on the agenda was a discussion on Kensington.
Don spoke with Carol & Bill Klepack last Thursday at the airport regarding
the Kensington situation. Don also wrote a letter saying that we’re proceeding
down the path but it depends on the joint sewer agreement. The Village is
prepared to move forward. Don will speak with Mr. Colbert about taking over the
road to Northwoods apartments and this should help clean up the mess that we
are partially responsible for. The only thing the Mayor worries about is the
precedent it sets. The Mayor assured the Board there would be a clean paper
trail. Don had drafted a letter and asked the Board for their opinion. The
Mayor will soften the first paragraph and send it off.
The Mayor attended the joint meeting with DEC, the
proposed lead agency for sewer, in Cortland. There will be 2 or 3 more meetings
before they can begin with a new memorandum of understanding. DEC will be the
lead agency for the EIS. They should have the scoping session by summer and a
resolution by the end of the year. As far as water goes, the lawyers are near
the end…
The Mayor will do the budget but he divided it up
into sections for each of the Board members to concentrate on.
Frank – Water
Lynn- Planning Board and Greenspace
John- Personnel
Larry- Highway sections 5110.2- 5410
The Mayor would like each trustee to go through
their section and understand each of the line items. Jodi or Don can help to
explain them. At the next meeting we will send aside 1-½ hours for the budget.
At that time each trustee will be given 15 minutes to explain his section of
the budget. At this time the Mayor will also have a proposed budget. The Board
hopes to set a public hearing on the budget for April 3rd and then
pass it on April 17th. Don will give backup information that he has
received to Jodi to pass on to the appropriate trustee. Jodi offered to e-mail
an explanation of the codes to each of the trustees.
Frank asked the Mayor what a BAN was. BAN is a Bond
Anticipation Note. We got a 5-year BAN for the water fund to do 1600 feet of
piping on Warren Road; to take down the water tank and for the tank the Town of
Lansing owns. Since the operations of the water fund are paid for from the
water surcharge, instead of drastically raising the surcharge rate we get a BAN
which appears on the tax bills of those who benefit.
Lynn asked if someone could attend the Cayuga Lake
Water Shed Commission Meetings in March & April. Frank can make the next
meeting on March 22nd.
Time Warner sent a letter back in response to our
asking them for quarterly franchise fee reimbursement. The letter stated that
they will operate under the terms of the original Town of Lansing agreement
that provides for an annual transfer in June. That was ok with the board.
Motion- To Go To Executive Session to Discuss
Financial Matters Relating to the Proposed Property Acquisition
Trustee Larry Fresinski moved to go to executive
session and Trustee Lynn Leopold seconded the motion. A vote was taken:
Mayor Donald Hartill- Aye Trustee John Bailey- Aye
Trustee Larry Fresinski- Aye Trustee Lynn Leopold-Aye
Trustee Franklin Moore-Aye
Motion- To Come out of
Executive Session
Trustee Larry Fresinski moved to come out of
executive session and Trustee Larry Fresinski seconded the motion. A vote was
taken:
Mayor Donald Hartill- Aye Trustee John Bailey- Aye
Trustee Larry Fresinski- Aye Trustee Lynn Leopold-Aye
Trustee Franklin Moore-Aye
Resolution #3645 - To Commence Eminent Domain
Proceedings to Acquire a Portion of the Property at 2310 North Triphammer Road
Trustee John Bailey moved to accept this resolution
and Trustee Larry Fresinski seconded the motion. A vote was taken:
Mayor Donald Hartill- Aye Trustee John Bailey- Aye
Trustee Larry Fresinski- Aye Trustee Lynn Leopold-Aye
Trustee Franklin Moore-Aye
The
Mayor stated that this is a sad day we’ve come to this.
Motion- To Adjourn
Trustee Larry Fresinski moved adjournment. Trustee
Lynn Leopold seconded the motion. A vote was taken:
Mayor Donald Hartill- Aye Trustee John Bailey- Aye
Trustee Larry Fresinski- Aye Trustee Lynn Leopold-Aye
Trustee Franklin Moore-Aye
The
meeting adjourned at 9:52 P.M. Jodi
Dake Village
Clerk