Village of Lansing

MINUTES of a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Lansing held on Monday, December 18, 2000, in the Village Office.

PRESENT: Mayor Donald Hartill(arrived late); Trustees Lynn Leopold, Larry Fresinski, Frank Moore and Janet Beebe; Village Attorney Randy Marcus; Ned Hickey, Planning Board Chairman.

Deputy Mayor Larry Fresinski called the meeting to order at 7:37P.M. He informed the Board that the Mayor was at the Village of Cayuga Heights Board meeting to try and negotiate getting some more sewer units. Frank stated that he went to the last sewer meeting with the Mayor and felt he needed a tutorial on the subject and a jargon guide. Larry then opened the public comment period. There was no public present so he entertained a motion to close the public comment period.

Motion-To Close the Public Comment Period

Mayor Donald Hartill- Absent Trustee Frank Moore- Aye Trustee Lynn Leopold- Aye Trustee Larry Fresinski- Aye

Trustee Janet Beebe- Aye

Dave Putnam then gave the engineer’s report. Dave spoke with the signal supplier and they are shipping the poles for the Warren Rd./Uptown Rd. traffic light. They should be here Friday. Dave wondered if the easement had come back from Integrated yet for the southwest corner of this intersection: he will follow up on that. The Graham Rd. base pole went in yesterday. The mast arm will go on as soon as the concrete reaches full strength.

The Uptown Road pavement is coming up in spots. The County and the Town of Ithaca have also had the same problem. They are looking into the possibility that the problem is with the material supplier. All three municipalities used the same supplier and are having the same problem.

The elevated tank will not get done this calendar year but possibly can be completed in this budget year.

Don had asked Dave and Randy to look into getting an easement to put in a sidewalk in front of the Mobil Station and continue up to Friendly’s. Larry advised Dave to wait until Don got back and ask him if the drawings were what he was looking for.

Next on the agenda was a Greenway Report from Ned Hickey. He had previously distributed recommendations to the Board. Lynn asked what is dangerous about the section of trail in Lansing Trails. Ned stated that when the catch basin was fixed this past fall there were ruts left from the machinery, the trail surface is gone and the landscaping cloth is sticking up. Randy stated that this is the first he has heard of this and if this is the case then Dennis should get out there and post signs. The Village does not want a liability. This area was not a liability until someone brought it to the Village’s attention. Now something must be done. Ned doesn’t think we should close the trail but just post signs to use at your own risk. Lynn wondered if we should have signs that say scheduled for spring construction repair. Ned's goal was to bring this to the Board’s attention so that the trail would get repaired. Frank suggested that a trustee be assigned to work directly with Dennis and the Greenway Committee. Ned feels the Greenway committee should report directly to the Trustees instead of to the Planning Board. The Mayor arrived and Larry gave him a summary of the meeting so far. The Mayor would like to take some time to discuss trail legislation at the next meeting January 15, 2001. The Mayor would like to also develop a noise ordinance. Ned stated that we already have one. We will revisit this in the spring.

Next on the agenda was the approval of minutes.

Mayor Donald Hartill-Aye Trustee Frank Moore-Aye Trustee Lynn Leopold-Aye Trustee Larry Fresinski- Aye

Trustee Janet Beebe- Aye

Don gave the Board a brief summary of the meeting he just attended at the Village of Cayuga Heights. If the Village of Lansing demonstrates that we have completed repair of the I&I problems, the Village of Cayuga Heights will issue us more sewer units. The two main areas of focus are the lines in front of Convenient Care and the section of old line on Hanshaw Road. A 3^rd party has volunteered to take care of the repairs on the Hanshaw Road line, which is located in the Town of Ithaca.

Don and Frank attended the Dec. 13^th sewer meeting. At this meeting they discussed what the proposed draft memorandum really says. The issue of paying a large or small up front cost will be revisited. The group had budgeted $30,000 for a consultant to do the EIS. There was a shock when the consultant came back at a price estimate of $200,000. This will be reconsidered. There is still considerable concern on the cost in the Town of Lansing. The next sewer meeting is January 10^th.

As far as the "good water", the paperwork concerning amendment and expansion of the intermunicipal agreement has now gone from Cornell’s lawyers to the Town of Ithaca’s lawyer, John Barney.

Trustee Lynn Leopold-Aye Trustee Larry Fresinski- Aye

Trustee Janet Beebe-Aye

Trustee Lynn Leopold-Aye Trustee Larry Fresinski- Aye

Trustee Janet Beebe-Aye

The Board came out of executive session at 10:00pm After conclusion of the Board’s discussion of the Village’s acquisition of property in connection with the North Triphammer Road reconstruction, Village Attorney Marcus advised the Board that Attorney Mark Masler, from Ed Hook’s firm was here to act as special counsel to the Village for the further discussion of the Village’s proposed acquisition of property, because Mr. Marcus would have a conflict of interest in doing so, and Mr. Marcus left the Board’s table and took a seat in the audience at that point. The Mayor proposed the following resolution.

Mayor Donald Hartill-Aye Trustee Frank Moore-Aye Trustee Lynn Leopold-Aye Trustee Larry Fresinski-Aye

Trustee Janet Beebe- Aye

Trustee Lynn Leopold-Aye Trustee Larry Fresinski- Aye

Trustee Janet Beebe-Aye

The meeting adjourned at 10:10 P.M.

Jodi Dake

Village Clerk