Village of Lansing

 

 

MINUTES of a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Lansing held on Wednesday, May 16, 2001, in the Village Office.

 

Present: Trustees Janet Beebe, Larry Fresinski, Lynn Leopold, Frank Moore; Attorney Randy Marcus; Jodi Dake, Benjamin Curtis, Rick Beckwith and Dennis Reinhart.

 

Deputy Mayor Larry Fresinski called the meeting to order at 12:10 p.m. Ned Hickey, Planning Board Chairman, informed the Board that the Planning Board made revisions to the proposed Commercial Low Traffic District Design Guidelines and Katherine Wolf will present them at the June 4th joint meeting between the Trustees and the Planning Board. The Planning Board is likely to recommend to the Board of Trustees an amendment of the Zoning Law to implement the proposed 25-foot build to line. The two main reasons the Planning Board likes it is that it creates a tunnel effect which tends to slow traffic and makes for a pedestrian friendly Village. Ned feels it will give the Village a great look. Rob Colbert is redeveloping his property on N. Triphammer. If following the recommendation of the guidelines is our intention, we need to get this aspect of Zoning Law changed. Randy is working on this amendment. Ned thinks we should consider having a Village Center.

 

Randy apologized for not making it to last Monday’s meeting but was present to discuss the items we had public hearings on last Monday. Proposed Local Law B is an amendment of the Zoning Law intended to make the existing text of Section 104.11, concerning lots created by zoning district boundaries, more clear as to how to apply district regulations. This is considered an administrative change as far as SEQR is concerned.

 

Resolution #3770- To Accept Proposed Local Law B as Local Law 2, 2001   

                                                      Amendment of Village of Lansing Zoning Law Concerning Lots

                                                      Divided by Zoning District Boundaries

 

Be it enacted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Lansing as follows:

 

SECTION I.                PURPOSE AND INTENT.

 

            The purpose of this Local Law is to restate and clarify the manner in which

the provisions of the Village Zoning Law are to be applied in any case that

a single lot includes area in more than one Zoning District.  The intent of

this Local Law is to replace the text of Zoning Law Section 104.11 with

language that more precisely sets forth the requirements for Zoning Law

compliance in connection with the proposed development of such a lot.

 

SECTION II.   AMENDMENT.

 

            The text of Zoning Law Section 104.11, including its title, is hereby

replaced with the following:

 

104.11 Lots Divided by Zoning District Boundaries

 

In the case of any single lot that includes portions located in more than

one Zoning District, the Zoning District regulations of each Zoning

District, both with regard to use and with regard to area requirements,

shall be applied to any development proposed within each respective portion

of the lot.  In the event, however, that the  proposed development would be

located in part in one  Zoning District and in part in another, such that

the improvements straddle the Zoning District boundary, the more restrictive

regulations of the two (or more) Zoning Districts in which the improvements

will be located shall govern the development of such improvements as a

whole.

 

SECTION III.  EFFECTIVE DATE.

 

            This Local Law shall be effective ten (10) days after publication and

posting as required by law, except that it shall be effective from the date

of its service as against a person served with a copy thereof, certified by

the Village Clerk, and showing the date of its passage and entry in the

Minutes of the Village Board of Trustees.

 

Trustee Lynn Leopold moved that we accept Proposed Local Law B as Local Law 2 of 2001 and Trustee Frank Moore seconded the motion. A vote was taken:

 

Trustee Larry Fresinski - Aye               Trustee Lynn Leopold- Aye

Trustee Frank Moore-Aye                                Trustee Janet Beebe- Aye

 

The second public hearing that was held last Monday was in regard to the municipal subdivision approval of the road requested by the Village east of the Coventry Walk cul-de-sac.. This Kensington property subdivision would provide the Village with 70 feet of road into the Kensington neighborhood. The current map that Randy has needs additional information, then based on the revised map needs to receive a letter of approval by Ben Curtis. This same approval will have to be done with the 28 sections the Village is acquiring for the N. Triphammer Road Project. Randy will raise this point at Monday’s meeting.

 

Resolution#3771-To Approve the Municipal Subdivision of the Edelman  

     Kensington Property with the Condition of Receipt of Ben’s

     Approval Letter

 

Trustee Lynn Leopold moved that this resolution be accepted and Trustee Janet Beebe seconded the motion. A vote was taken:

 

Trustee Larry Fresinski - Aye               Trustee Lynn Leopold- Aye

Trustee Frank Moore-Aye                                Trustee Janet Beebe- Aye

 

Mayor Hartill wants to meet with Tim & Tom Colbert when he returns in hopes to acquire the Northwoods Driveway as a Village road.

 

Randy gave us an update on N. Triphammer Road Property Acquisitions. He is still waiting on Mobil, Irv Lewis and Village Office Campus contracts.

 

Ben stated that the cable negotiations were moving along. There are two ordinances that the City of Ithaca’s attorney has looked over but Ben asked the Board if he could have Randy look them over also. The Board thought Randy should look the ordinances over.

 

There was a lengthy discussion as to Rick’s concerns with hiring back Greg Spicer as our Part Time Temporary Laborer. The Board will make a decision at Monday nights Board meeting.

 

Janet stated that she was absent for the last Recreation Partnership meeting but heard that Newfield has joined the partnership.

 

Frank and Larry will attend the sewer meeting tomorrow. Ben stated that there not being any sewer units were once again a problem. Janet Jonson has been turning people away because there are no units.

 

While campaigning, Lynn had complaints that the culvert behind 7 Leifs Way needs to be repaired and reseeded. Also the Greenway path was washed out. Lynn also reported that the Planning Board has put together a list of projects. One of them was the sound/video system for the conference room. Lynn has volunteered to work on this with Ben and Steve Halevy. Roger Jagoda has volunteered to be on the Edelman Land Committee but hasn’t heard anything.

 

Lynn asked if the Board could go ahead and vote on the vouchers since she had to leave. Larry proposed a motion to approve the vouchers.

 

Resolution #3772- Abstracts of Audited Vouchers

 

Be it RESOLVED, that Abstract of Audited Vouchers No. 12 for the General Fund, in the amount of $161,244.68, is hereby approved for payment, and 

 

Be it further RESOLVED, that Abstract of Audited Vouchers No. 12 for the Water Fund, in the amount of  $146,780.19, is hereby approved for payment, and 

 

Be it further RESOLVED, that Abstract of Audited Vouchers No. 12 for the Sewer Fund, in the amount of  $7.29, is hereby approved for payment, and 

 

Be it further RESOLVED, that Abstract of Audited Vouchers No. 12 for the Capital Projects Fund, in the amount of  $24,000.00, is hereby approved for payment

 

Trustee Janet Beebe moved that this resolution be adopted and Trustee Larry Fresinski seconded the motion. A vote was taken:

 

 

Trustee Larry Fresinski - Aye               Trustee Lynn Leopold- Aye

                        Trustee Frank Moore-Aye                                Trustee Janet Beebe- Aye

 

Ben stated that the retirement plan is still a very important issue. He wanted to know if we could start a committee of employees and trustees so we could move forward. This will be placed on Monday night’s agenda. Randy and Ben went through McDonald’s file and feel the Village is on strong ground for the reduction of roof lighting referred by the Village. The following is an update on projects in the Village:

 

            -10 Brown Rd.-Pathlight/Autodesk

            -36 Thornwood Dr.-Kionix

            -41 Thornwood Dr.- No preliminary plans yet

            -Sheraton Dr.- CFCU-looking into lighting plan in accordance with federal requirements

            -N. Triphammer Rd.-Little Pisces opened today where the old Village Diner was

-E. Shore Dr.-Dempsey's will open in July in the old Branches Restaurant

            -YMCA is moving along with their addition

 

Dennis informed the Board that the brush pick up and street sweeping were both completed. Road striping will be done this month. The binder is in where we had the water break on Pyramid Dr. and is ready for the traffic signal loop to go back in. Dennis is keeping track of the costs since it is the Ramada’s responsibility. Lynn Leopold has done the planting around the office. Susan Lorbeer has planted the flower boxes on the signs around the Village.

 

Motion-To Adjourn 

 

Trustee Janet Beebe motioned to adjourn and Trustee Frank Moore seconded the motion. A vote was taken:

 

Trustee Larry Fresinski - Aye               Trustee Lynn Leopold- Aye

Trustee Frank Moore-Aye                                Trustee Janet Beebe- Aye

           

The Board adjourned at 1:40pm.

 

 

                                                                                                            Jodi Dake

                                                                                                Village Clerk/Treasurer