MINUTES
of a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the
PRESENT:
Mayor Donald Hartill; Trustees Larry Fresinski, Janet Beebe, Frank Moore and
Lynn Leopold; Ned Hickey, Planning Board Chairman; Randy Marcus and Bill Troy,
Village Attorney’s.
Mayor
Donald Hartill called the meeting to order at 7:35P.M. He opened the public
comment period. There were no public comments.
Motion-To Close the Public
Comment Period
Trustee Larry Fresinski moved to close the public comment period. Trustee Frank Moore seconded the motion. A vote was taken:
Mayor Donald Hartill-
Aye Trustee Frank Moore-
Aye Trustee
Lynn Leopold- Aye Trustee Larry Fresinski- Aye
Trustee Janet Beebe-Aye
Jeff
Geiger sent a letter to the Board requesting permission to hunt deer with bow
on the Murray Estates again this year. The Village has allowed him to hunt on
the Murray Estates for the last eight years to help to control the deer population.
This year DEC Region 7 has given special permits that can be used during
hunting season to help thin out the doe population. Don explained that this
ordinance is renewed on an annual request. He also explained to the new Board
members the strict requirements that the Mr. Geiger and the hunters must
follow. This is a controlled bow hunt.
Frank asked if there have been any unhappy incidences that have occurred because of this. Don stated that the only unhappy incidence occurred before the Board instituted this policy. Don reemphasized how strict the requirements are.
Mayor
Donald Hartill- Aye Trustee
Lynn Leopold- Aye
Trustee
Larry Fresinski- Aye Trustee
Frank Moore-Aye
Trustee
Janet Beebe-Aye
Tim
Buhl was present to give us an engineer’s opinion of probable costs for putting
the Village of Lansing-N. Triphammer Road utilities underground. This
preliminary report was based on Dryden and Auburn’s similar projects. The total
project cost was $310,182. He feels that this number is conservative. He has
not verified the NYSEG & Verizon labor and material charges but he will do
that before the next Board meeting. Don questioned what fraction of this would
be necessary to just move the utilities. Tim figured it would be ~$75-100,000.
In his experience, the Federal Highway Program has an allowance for relocation
of utilities. Tim has also figured in an extra conduit in the ground for future
use. Some members of the Board were concerned with the aesthetics of the large
transformer boxes. Lynn feels it is less visually jumbled than the wires.
Landscaping can also help to hide the transformer boxes. Tim will have a
finalized report next Board meeting.
Steve
White and George Gesslein of the Lansing Fire Commissioners and Lansing Fire
Chief Dale Oplinger and Tom Dorwood were present to give the board an update on
what is going on in the Village. Dale gave an update on a trial EMS project
between Bangs Ambulance and the Lansing Fire Department. One of the biggest
problems is getting volunteers. The fire department spent several months
analyzing data and came up with a couple of plans. They tried to address the
EMS issue. A short-term plan that has been in effect since July 5th
allows Bangs Ambulance to use Station #5 on Oakcrest Road in the Village. They
are there Mon.-Fri. from 8am-4pm. This enables a quicker response in the
Village. After 3 months, this is working out well. It is on a non-committal
bases and costs nothing. However, in the three month period the ambulance was
not present on only one day. The fire department has trouble getting personnel
during this period of the day so it has been a huge help. One problem is that
it doesn’t pay for Bang’s to have someone stationed up in the Village. Bangs
wants to continue but is worried about the cost. This is a short-term arrangement and in the
future we may need a long-term contractual agreement.
Frank
asked typically for one year, how many calls are there. Dale stated that last
year there were ~750 calls.
-380 for EMS
-120 for Motor Vehicle accidents
-400 fire calls
-512 calls for Bangs Ambulance to
come to Lansing
Approximately
84% of these calls are in the Village and the Town of Lansing to Peruville
Road.
George
Gesslein discussed a plan to expand Oakcrest Rd. Station #5 since this is a major
area for calls. They want to improve the bunking facilities and expand so
additional vehicles may be located there. He estimates that it will cost
approximately $400-500,000 to improve the building and bring it up to code. He
thinks it would be a good idea to relocate the fire department on N. Triphammer
Rd. Right now not a lot of people know that the Oakcrest fire station exists.
He wanted to open up the lines of communication on this and asked for any input
the Village might have. They haven’t got into details yet for the expansion or
relocation but it’s in their plans to do next year.
Next
on the agenda was the approval of minutes.
Motion-Approval of Minutes for September 24, 2001
Trustee Lynn Leopold moved that the draft meeting notes, as reviewed and revised by the Board, are hereby adopted as the official minutes. Trustee Janet Beebe seconded the motion. A vote was taken:
Mayor Donald Hartill-Aye Trustee Frank Moore-Aye Trustee
Lynn Leopold- Aye Trustee Larry Fresinski- Aye
Trustee Janet Beebe-Aye
Tompkins
County had sent a letter to the Village asking if they would like to move their
Election Day to the same day as the general election to save on expenses. It
was not possible for the Village Election Day to be the same as the general
because the Village districts boundaries were not coterminous with Election
District lines. Now, since the redistricting, the Village is wholly contained
in Lansing 6 & 7. The Board of Election feels that it would be a savings
and our percentage of voters that actually vote would be higher. The Board was
not inclined to change. The two values that they see with the present election
date is that the media focus and press is only on the Village of Lansing and
that the Village has already approved the budget. It’s hard to canvass in
February; March is better weather wise. The other question was if it was even
legally possible given our fiscal year being June1-May 31.The Board felt there
was no real benefit to changing to General election time.
The
Board received a copy of the letter, which Brent Cross sent to Neil McLain regarding
Pembroke Lane. The McLains had requested that their escrow deposit be returned
so our village engineer went out to inspect the road. Brent found that the stop sign at the intersection
with Cayuga Heights Rd. was mounted too low and needed to be moved to meet the
specifications of the NYS Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices. The stone
sign/landscaping need to be relocated outside of the Village Right of way. The
row of mailboxes along Cayuga Heights Rd. interferes with the sight distance
for motorists who intend to turn north out of Pembroke Lane and need to be
moved back 4 feet. Lastly, the Village Subdivision Regulations Appendix D
section 5 requires that the permanent survey monument be set in the boundary of
the ROW. Once these terms are completed, Brent will make a final inspection and
report such to the village Trustees for their consideration in releasing the
security deposit. The Mayor stated that the McLains have been very cooperative
in the past.
Next
on the agenda was Mayor’s comments. Don introduced Bill Troy who will be taking
over for Randy. Don thanked Randy for all his efforts, the Board has enjoyed
working with him and we’ll miss him. Bill Troy is part of the same law firm and
has represented us on court cases. Bill has a background in trial law.
Don
had no updates since last Monday’s meeting. There is a sewer meeting this week.
Wed. morning he will be meeting with Mark Varvayanis on water issues. Don will
also get ahold of the NYSDOT this week to discuss the N. Triphammer Rd.
project.
Ned
asked if there was anything new with regards to the Kensington property. Don
has four people for the committee and is looking for a couple more. Randy
explained that there has been a hold up because they just received dedication
of the road. Don added that sometime before the end of the year he would do a public
recognition. Our engineers are making progress with the road design in front of
Northwood Apartments that would be amendable to the Colbert’s.
There
was some further discussion among the Board regarding fire and EMS service. Don
will write a letter of thanks to Bangs.
Randy
gave an update on N. Triphammer Rd. property acquisitions.
Exxon-has spoken with them, it will get done it just
takes time to get through their
company
Homik- Randy spoke with Homik’s attorney and he will
add to the document that
Homik is not happy with the price and retains he’s right to protest
Thin Ice- Neil Tarallo-Randy hasn’t gotten around to
him
Village Office Campus-Randy expects
it back this week
Randy
stated that he would be attending one more meeting then Bill Troy would be
taking over. He has enjoyed working with the Village and feels he is leaving us
in good hands with Bill Troy. Randy will finish the codification for the
Village.
Lynn
had a copy of the completed the Cayuga Lake Watershed Restoration &
Protection Plan which she will leave in the office if anyone wants to look at
it. The IO will now be based out of Dryden.
Ned
announced that the Tompkins County Planning Department would be at the Planning
Boards October 30th meeting to present a slide show on Vital
Community.
Motion- To Adjourn
Trustee Larry Fresinski moved adjournment. Trustee
Janet Beebe seconded the motion.
Mayor Donald Hartill-Aye Trustee Frank Moore- Aye
Trustee Lynn Leopold-Aye
Trustee Larry Fresinski-
Aye
Trustee Janet Beebe-Aye
The
meeting adjourned at 9:20 P.M.
Jodi
Dake
Village
Clerk