Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutSupervisor Ben Boynton CorrespondenceNerger of the Town of Ithaca into its surrounding areas has been discussed for a long enough period of time to give most of us a chance to draw some conclusion: There has been a great deal of publicity and much talk in generallities about merger. There has been endorsement of everyone concerned regarding cooperation and the need to eliminate duplication and overlapping of services. I personally have lookeo into the operation of our `.Town government and after detailed investigation of lown functions I find that the Town is as free of overlapping functions as possible under any system.. The jobs the Town is doing are being done well and they are being; done economically. There are, of legal necessity, many different special di ,tricts vrithin. the Town but the oilerAtion of these districts would not be eliminated by merger with another government,; only their names might change but the same bookkeeping; functions would remain and the same operating proceedures would have to be -followed to keep the systen in operation. pia.yor Smith has mentioned the fact that the people of the Town, want more services than they now have and he says that he feels they should We them. He implies that services will cost less if they are provided by the City. Let's eYamin both of these ideas. If Kayor Smith is really concerned about having the entire community well served, I am very happy, but if he means that the people of the Town of Ithaca. should join the City and help out the present city residents this is an entirely different matter. If the City is sincere in its desire to help the entire area then its official boards should cooperate readily -2— with the Town in solving its water, sewer, waste disposlll and other service problems to help eliminate waste Find duplication. 1 hone th,vt this will be the olicy of the kaity so tli,,--t tiic entire area can grow to-e t'her. But if the offer of .;ervices is to be only like 'the carrot before the donkey" we will never succeed. ir, cooperation and our o.rea, and by this I mean all of the Lompkins County area, will not i)rosper to the degree that it mis;llrt and should. more cra.refull exai!iination of the im_flica,tions that the 3ity can ez;ve large amounts of money for. the 'gown is revealing. My own feeling or this matter is that the cost of services is going; to be substantially the same whether -the City provides these services or the Town Provides them. i0 _e do -Liagic formula -vhe_•eby we can redLpce costs more and. more by having larger and lar er units of government. One of the things =re can have with larger units of governmeiat is a larger number of highly trained technical people which the —mall units of government can not affmrd — but there people will not reduce the tax load! They will give f,reater service when their special training is used but their place is not to reduce costs. rat airy rate let's not talk cost savings as if they are automatic when one unit of governmeat is merged. with another. Let's now look at the way the people of the ''own can get the additional services they want. _.ny district orarea of the Town which wants any particular addition ial service can do forrs an imT)rovement district. These districts ca.i1„r_4lrnost anything which the people of the area wish to do. "Special Districts" have served the Townspeople well in the a.st — and their have served the City well also for the %City has been -able to sell services to the ou$3-1ting areas at a profit and thus reduce city tac leve,xs. This kind of developeme.zt, side by side, between the City and the Town of Ithaca helps everyone prosPer. If iiayor Smith speeks fcr the various city boards through which he riust operate when he says that lie feels the Townspeople shold have additional services I see no reason why we can not continue t-o grow side by sidie — always keeping foremost in mind the thought -;hat ti4e econoniic good of the entire ,area is the Yaost imi.,ort:.nt consideration. Policies which the city government will soon ma,-e or default will :shape the future of our, entire area. I Nape that the policymakers ivill be able to understand the need for true cooperation.. to the =;iutual benifit of all who live in this little bea.utifal i, rt cf the world.. Ben Boynton Suoe:rvisor, Town. of It aca t �•` NEW YORK STATE COLLEGE Or AGRICULTURE A UNIT OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK CORNELL UNIVERSITY F°TI-IACA, NEW 3'UIiFi DEPART NT Or CON.srRVAT10N ] 63 FERNOw HALL �v :;r, �aba'd idM Ovperview of MaUslat nev Yom atade aonaeslatim Lx%ortmout Goovaom, den Taft Dear M": canLs+al I� �t �r a �qP+�s�I meni of �LOod p aodU%od ps+op4sel, (as vsil as atos �'Da �' �s st wtw at the bead sod of the ia�ove d chptetel. an llnai s � a ataroatwo has not bem Mde, but so I mmiuvbmd it, tbar$ mM be in aajpetwd- =to tbrse foot d#.Yt'osame is tie elovaUM at the surfaao of the mats gaud t2� balm at otlatia times at the yoas. At snob tisxa of iota bm& dlrftr- sntia►1 Wda bMo Vlo strsture try AU be lNSssable or at dLttl@M paoop for flab. It Z ate I 1 1 XX P at Bit tLe OVELIMbUiasoate■tlm oQrzwt43► uMer the past pooedum flour vatm bon& a ,fy mmml is %bo Barge Low" moot "Weew e aas —Me, a bWflM Wild pgbdft a" tbmvo tee vb6m mail sl VMM smasaN line M& the local of Cmvqp LM vv# to mu a►le �e varyUdWmd that the 3859 bad bean a sd bq the tamsau�vaR3�as via llmt en tw Est Pl*3d Crrsittaee 910AWses tbs � vill h� es �� to !'erlsir #�► ylritss. i�1+ah ds ast gales P team tea' "M tua iY*~ at oil VoM! fie". &A* be i000 d tart the drop strolftUM (a 4e i+mr to dlodyMm mwff in a lacaliwd rude am ad dolly a lov dap vitb a irtll otlrto a aubs oown w flow. Ia ~ vMda the vow lev" bo mt No am Structure vlU be the same ar !M lent aR . mpW Lme aR ail tt o= abyss of time lsttw- It voWd sam ate ammo a n tcb as eltbsr Wig W paatI I in the EMU tkft 11M U t" !lost or AU Ot the #'iotr at UN bveis vamU be aM�is tr 31ma�m>e fiat paaMoo time the dstailod spaeifloamm" fl r the matte rM yet baad d� VD, tbia wow be the time to baatae the o for t`ieb ie--orpolaed lads the dollo. j mmu be@ sbo the avmftmt mr4a 30* into tbts aitmoun at as swig � t0 i�tae it aw ants--- - a- " edeamt, aed it so►, atiw ,"pie to instu m flab �rrwde V Mar au roc 11094U I N 18ftMd that e aM s M be alMMMt to Mad J. l�0,4;, banuo Metrict tYlLee obroo at Thaluserms moo, sm Yosae MMUor onSW vwtb Berl tag is the man" I No !t tds � M star rese � Wds p0id � �� loboom � to r�- Wti:ml �incv�vly A. Webober Ancemems _ lab � �y BAD cc*, Dre 80now Mb mof- ;)r. �i. Me Lartlraoe, MQe Fhb 0oul dttee, Pon awd Mr. mm 2101MI&M. ch d Tthdom U. S. ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT, BUFFALO CORPS OF ENGINEERS FOOT OF BRIDGE STREET BUFFALO 7, NEW YORK 5MAR 1963 REFER TO: NCSED ,14r. Ben V. Boynton Supervisor, Town of Ithaca 132 Forest Home Drive Ithaca, New York Dear Sir: We have your letter dated 28 February with regard to a change in levee alinement to protect an additional area south of the Knight slaughter house, along Cayuga Inlet at Ithaca. The change can be made if we can show that the additional cost would be less than the additional benefits to be expected.. In order to estimate the cost, we will need a map showing the outside limits of the area which you wish to have protected. It would be useful in estimating benefits if whatever information may be available could be furnished on the location, type of construction and anticipated ground -floor use of proposed structures. We can then arrive at a decision on the economic feasibility of protecting a larger area. Very truly yours, %) - r'�t - - S. B. HITHT Chief, Encixioering Division f _ Ce �V'V T,x. S. B. Hunt , Chief, Engineering Division US Army Egineer District, Buffalo d Corps of Engineers���f.�j Poot of Bridge Street III Buffalo 1, N.Y. Dear r. Thant: This replies to your letter of ",March 5th and thanks for your willingness to cooperate with us. As per your request, I am attaching a photostatic reduction of a map showing the Knight property with the area of our interest cross -hatched. The Planning and Public relations Committee of the Tompkins County Board of Supervisors has been negotiating for some time with a manufacturer who wants to locate a plant here. This is very necessary for the welfare of Tompkins County which has had considerable unemployment in the past few years. Since I am a member of this Committee and also the Supervisor from the Tot^m of Ithaca I am doubly interested in the success of this project. Our needs for land are shown on the map. Parcels ;#-I t $2 and #3 are necessary for the plant site. Parcel 114 can be utilized but it is not urgently needed (marked Marion on map but now owned by Tonight). The manufacturer plans one building of 70,000 square feet of floor space (one story) with ample parking facilities for 250 -- 350 employees. Also, there must be room for large trucks as all finished products are shipped via truck although the raw material will be shipped in via rail- road. The present slaughter house will probably be stripped of inside equipment and the building used for a cafeteria and display area,. It has been estimated that the investment in the area will amount to about 82- to $3 million dollars. Our principal interest in this plant is the employment that it will furnish for our people and the payroll that will go to helping our -already depressed business area. The annual payroll has been estimated to amount to about $1,300,000.00 at the start of operations and will glow to more than ,$1,500,000.00 within a year. All new construction will be steel and concrete to house machinery which will produce card -board containers and other types of packaging. It is requested that this last inform,%tion be kept confidential as the corporation concerned asked us to do this. If any further information is desired please feel free to ask for it. Many thanks for your kind offer to work with us on this matter. Yours sincerely, f 1. I J`6 l l'',2 Por. ert Hor:e :Dri Y e March 25, 1963 Mr. McKee U.2. Army Exig-freer B :,trictp Buf'-'alo Corps of Engineern 1'eot of Bridge Street Buffalo 7, Ncw York Bear ?fir. McKee, In conferring with the attorney who is handling the transt:ctions concerniaG the Kn:I ght property at the ycuthern r; cst end of the flood control project, I hind ti-At transfer of aoroperty probably will take place sor:etime early this eurime.r or in the 7t.te spring, and that const-ructidn will begin Jo thL. t the plcrt can be in o;peraticil cc,-ietine :luring 1963. Ore of the problems which must be solved is whethcr or net the plant will be e-tpt:nded to Luke in the present Rni ;lit P c:.ing House crcraticn as part of its €:toraue facilities or build addi t cnal facilities of sts cwn. In Laj"cir,g Frith the company, I have m:1,de sure that they are awa:i e of the drainage problim wkich you brought to my attention and 1 am sure that any deeds which may be prepared will have provision for drainage easements so that all construction sites can be af- orded proper drainage a.ftcr the flood levies have bctc n constructed. lhun'c ycu for your interest in this mattor and help. if we may be of further service to you, please feel free to call at any time. Very truly yours, Ben Boynton Superv-isor B13: be cc: Mr. Edward Abbott HAMILT©N AND HINES ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW 204-206 SAVINGS BANK BUILDING ITHACA, NEW YORK HARRY S. HAMILTON ROBERT J. H1NES I1r. Ben Boynton 1-�2 Forest Home Drive Ithaca, Few York Dear Ben: AREA CODE 601 TELEPHONE: AR 2.2001 AR 2-6161 December 14, 1961 Enclosed is a copy of a letter I am sending to the Village Board requesting that at their next meeting they consider the granting of sewer service to an extended district. I know that the Village has refused extensions into the Town of Lansing but I am in hopes that they will grant service to the new district. In event the zoning is changed, I shall immediately be prepared to present a petition to the Town Board pursuant to the applicable sections of the Town Law requesting; the el -.tension of the sewer district. I can find no method to escape the presentation of a formal map and plan to the State Health Department for approval, so I assume that there may be a time lag before actual construction can be begun. On the other hand, although we wish to co-operate with the Township in any way that we can, I am not sure how far my client would feel that he should go in getting other property owners into an extended sewer district. I am therefore wondering if it would not be possible for you to do two things in this connection. First, use your persuasiveness with the Village of Cayuga Heights trustees to convince them that they ought to extend sewer service into the Township to include an extended district, and, second, to make some contacts yourself or through your office to see what property owners might be interested in joining an extended district south of Hanshaw Load and east of :Marren Road. Your able advice and assistance would be much appreciated. Very truly yours, F-A-11ILTO 1 -�D HI=Tl"S HSH: ge Enc . a y S. Hamilton 1� KIMtLTON At,,D HINES ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW 204-206 SAViNGS BANK SJI'LCING STHACA. NE%Ai YGRK AARRY A. HAMILTGN SOMERT J. H;NER Clerk of the Village of Ca7uga Heights 194 Pleasant drove Road Itha.,a, New York Dear John: AREA CODE 607 TELEPHONE: AR 2.2005 AR 2-6161 December 13, 1961 I represent 5., F. LaSure Const-LLction Corporation which has a contract to p=rchase approxim�,,tely two acres of land from Charles Collins, Sr- east of Warren Road in. the Town of Ithaca and south of the Collins residence south of Hanshaw Roam. The Town of Ithaca supervisor, Ban Baynton., tells me that a:I_thcugh the water district ext<ads east of Warren. Road, and the sewer line itself is .in Warren Road, the sewer district does not extend to `the easterly side of Warren Road. I have a petition before the 'Town Board of the Town of Ithaca to change the area in question from a residence district to a multiple residence district. The Planning Board of the Town of Ithaca meets Thursday, December 14, anu. a public hearing on -the cjL.0 ge in zoning will be held January 4, 1962. am -writing so to -at it may come ,o the atcent_L of w the 'pillage Board at their next meeting that R. P. LaS re Construction Corporation intends to guild eight structures on this parcel each structure to have 2 two bedroom apartments on the first floor, 2 two bedroom apartments on the second floor, and 1 one bedroom apartment in the basement (total 5 apartments) in each building. This will mean than the corporation will wish the Village to permit entrance to the sanitary sewer in Warren Road for 32 two bedroom apartments and s one bedroom apartment, from this property. Clerk of the Village of -2- December 13, 1961 Gayiaga Heights A'il installations on the property will be made at U the expense of my c...-Lent , and it actilally will be a private sawer as f a-r as mainten�:).ce is concerned, unless the Village or the Township desires thzLt it be handled in some other ma--aner. In event you aee(I further iaf Ormv-tiOr- &B to any of the items, please contact, me. Very truly yours, HVIT-LTON AND HINES ` 12 L Lrry Hamilton -//is 9 � ()� c cc ' HSH I ge