Village of Lansing

 

 

MINUTES of a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Lansing held on Wednesday, November 14, 2001, in the Village Office.

 

Present: Mayor Donald Hartill; Trustees Janet Beebe, Larry Fresinski, Lynn Leopold, Frank Moore; Clerk/Treasurer, Jodi Dake; Code & Zoning Officer, Benjamin Curtis; Supt. Of Public Works, Dennis Reinhart.

 

Mayor Donald Hartill called the meeting to order at 12:18p.m. Dennis reported that the Village is ready for winter. The snow fence is up and the snowplows are on. Dennis received a phone call from Cornell Roads Program. They have a problem with the heights of our flower boxes on the Village of Lansing signs. They feel if anyone would hit the sign the flower box is at a level where it would go right through the windshield. Dennis commented that the flower boxes were approximately the same height as a mailbox. No one has ever hit one of these signs in the Village and the Board is not inclined to change this.

 

The dip at the end of the bridge on N. Triphammer has been repaired. The State Planning Department also did traffic counts on the bridge this week. Dennis has contacted the traffic signal people to voice his concern with the length of time at the bridge traffic lights. Ned and Larry had both voiced concerns also. Changing one traffic light involves coordinating all five lights in the area. Lastly, Dennis stated that we still don’t have an easement on the Colbert property for the work we did there. He has faxed all the information to Bill Troy so he can help resolve this issue.

 

Ben reported that Best Buy is open. A permit has been issued to do the shell of Borders Book Store. Dick’s also has a permit. The whole situation with Home Depot coming to the mall is very complicated because the anchor stores at Pyramid Mall have certain rights which is why a rezoning proposal will be coming soon. The Tops strip mall doesn’t have a CO but he has heard that a couple of people are bidding on the property, one of which is Hollywood Video.

 

CFCU has opened but doesn’t have drive-thru service yet. The Mayor asked Janet if there have been any problems with CFCU. Janet lives right across the street and sees no problems so far. She was a bit concerned with the bus stopping in the middle of the bank driveway. Dennis will call TCAT and discuss this issue.

 

Kay McLain called Ben regarding some of the issues Brent Cross had which need to be resolved before they could get their deposit back.

 

Jodi gave the board an update on Carol Willard. She had her gallbladder removed a few weeks ago and will not be returning to work until December. There will be no packets delivered on Friday since the trustees have the agenda and everything they need for Monday’s meeting. Janet questioned why we bought coffee for deer removal. If there is a deer killed on our village roads the guys take the deer up to an incinerator at Cornell  and in exchange for this we buy them coffee.

The Mayor and Frank attended a sewer meeting last Thursday. At this meeting the Lansing’s proposed a $2/gallon buy in. The Village would like 150,000 and the town needs 190,000 gallons. The next sewer meeting is December 6th. Don feels that additional funding from the State is not likely. It was asked if we would have a problem if the joint sewer proposal fell apart. If it falls through, the Kline Rd. Bypass could go forward and this line would be defined as Town of Ithaca flow. The repair has been done on the Hanshaw Rd. sewer line but there is still a significant I&I problem. Brent has encouraged Dan Walker to get some information and Brent may be able to get some sewer units for the Village at the next Village of Cayuga Heights Board meeting.

 

Don reported that Exxon Mobil’s contract is the only outstanding N. Triphammer Property left. Mrs. Kim’s issue of who would maintain a shared driveway was resolved. The Village will plow the part of the driveway that is on our property.

 

 

Lynn reported on the Oct. 29th meeting with Don Barber on how to fund an aquifer study. USGS is still willing to match funds with the County. The last watershed strategic session for the IO is tomorrow night.

 

Lynn asked when we were going to have a joint meeting with the Town of Lansing. Don would like to have a join meeting after the first of the year to discuss our common concerns.

 

 

Janet stated that the Recreation Partnership Board has finally adopted their bylaw but is still working on the wording of the municipal agreement. The intermunicipal agreement is something that the Village will have to vote on and approve.

 

Larry stated that he was not happy with quality of the ring road around Pyramid Mall. His first experience with the new road was when he attended the grand opening at Best Buy. Dennis stated that this is only temporary. The road did not pass the proof-rolling test so the whole road is coming out in the spring.

 

Larry reported that the last two years of BZA meetings are now on the Village webpage. Since our newsletter went out there have been a lot of additional people that have added their email address to get information updates on the N. Triphammer Rd. reconstruction project. Don told Larry to be prepared to discuss a communication network here at the Village during general discussion on Monday.

 

Frank has been attending Matt Shulman’s meetings, which are concerned with protecting the farming in Lansing. The Town of Lansing’s law doesn’t support protecting agricultural land. The zoning ordinance allows the agricultural districts to do anything they want.

 

Resolution #3816- Abstracts of Audited Vouchers

 

Be it RESOLVED, that Abstract of Audited Vouchers No. 6 for the General Fund, in the amount of $25,215.89, is hereby approved for payment, and 

 

Be it further RESOLVED, that Abstract of Audited Vouchers No. 6 for the Water Fund, in the amount of  $85,692.28, is hereby approved for payment, and  

 

Be it further RESOLVED, that Abstract of Audited Vouchers No. 6 for the Sewer Fund, in the amount of  $762.95, is hereby approved for payment, and 

 

Be it further RESOLVED, that Abstract of Audited Vouchers No. 6 for the Capital Projects Fund, in the amount of  $58,060.14, is hereby approved for payment

 

Trustee Lynn Leopold moved to approve the vouchers and Trustee Larry Fresinski seconded the motion. A vote was taken:

 

Mayor Donald Hartill - Aye                              Trustee Lynn Leopold- Aye

                        Trustee Frank Moore-Aye                                Trustee Larry Fresinski- Aye

Trustee Janet Beebe-Aye

 

Motion-To Adjourn 

 

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

 

Mayor Donald Hartill - Aye                              Trustee Lynn Leopold- Aye

Trustee Frank Moore-Aye                               Trustee Larry Fresinski- Aye

Trustee Janet Beebe-Aye

 

The meeting adjourned at 1:30pm.

 

                                                                                                            Jodi Dake

                                                                                                Village Clerk/Treasurer