HomeMy WebLinkAbout1968-90 Forest Home Improvement AssociationMay 16, 1968
Forest Home Improvement Association
David Cowan
1^0 Forest Home Drive
Ithaca, New Yoric
Dear Mr. Cowan:
By means of this letter an invitation is being extended
to your civic group to participate in a review and
study of the Town of Ithaca Zoning Ordinance.
It was the suggestion of the Town Board at its May 13th
meeting to have each civic group chairman or president
submit names of two members who would give of their
time and knowledge in reviewing the basic ordinance
and lend suggestions for its betterment and methods
of improvement.
If these names could be submitted to me by next board
meeting (June 10) perhaps it would aid in getting a
committee organized to start work on this review.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Sincerely yours.
Myrtle M. Hewitt
Town Clerk
FHIA Forest Home Improyement Association
MAR 2 I
March 16, 1990
Ms. Shirley Raffensperger
Supervisor, Town of Ithaca
126 E. Seneca St.
Ithaca, NY 14850
Dear Shirley,
I want to thank you and others on the Town staff for meeting with
Bill Goldsmith, Bruce Brittain, Deborah Perotti, and me on March 7
to discuss several items of mutual interest. We were encouraged by
your general concern for neighborhood issues, and we hope to
continue a dialog with you.
Here are a few comments regarding the items we discussed.
1. Change in truck ordinance. We reiterated that we think a change
in the ordinance to Gross Vehicle Weight Rating makes the most
sense from a regulatory standpoint, since GVWR is readily visible
on the door of many trucks. Regarding bus traffic, we would prefer
to minimize the number of through busses, although we recognize
that this is at present a small portion of the heavy vehicle
traffic through Forest Home.
2. Lighting District. Until either you or we hear of complaints
regarding street lighting in Forest Home, we will put the issue of
lighting on the back burner.
3. Walkways. We are keenly interested in improving walkways in
Forest Home by whatever means are available to us, such as the
establishment of a sidewalk district. Sue Beeners mentioned the
existence of regulations pertaining to establishment of benefit
districts, and I would appreciate it if you or she could forward to
me the relevant information so that I can discuss it with our
residents. We understand that no one wants to spend a significant
amount of money on sidewalks before the road plans are firmed up;
however, most of our walkways are unimproved, too rough for
strollers, dilapidated, treacherous, or simply impassible. In some
instances, we would prefer not to wait another five to ten years to
make the improvements.
4. Bypass plans. We are continuing to maintain a dialog with
Cornell, the County, and the Town regarding potential routes and
solutions to the increased traffic we have experienced in recent
years. It is my understanding that we all concluded that some
engineering/cost studies are now in order, since the various route
concepts are relatively few and somewhat established, albeit not
specifically or officially in all cases. We would like to talk
further with you as plans develop and as alternatives receive
greater scrutiny in the coming months.
Raffensperger
March 16, 1990
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Tentatively, we would like to get together again for lunch in mid
to late April, if feasible from your end. I will call in a few
weeks to confirm.
Yours very truly,
Charles H. Trautmann
President
cc: Susan Beeners (Town Planner)
George Frantz (Asst. Town Planner)
Brie Whitney (Acting Town Engineer)
Bill Goldsmith (Vice Pres.)
Deborah Perotti (Secretary)
Bruce Brittain (Traffic Comm.)
132 Forest Home Drive
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August 31 1961
Mr. W, Lambert Brittain
135 Warren Road
Ithaca, New York
Dear Lambert:
The problem of sewage disposal v/ithin ^he hamlet
of Forest Home has become critical in, some areas. Along
Forest Home Drive, between Warren Road and Pleasant Grove
Road, is a section of -pipe which has been bufied for some
years to serve as a storm water drajln. This pipe has, over
the years, become full of sediment
one point. In past years the State
cleaned the culvert, but recently t
no longer will clean it because of
and is now blocked at
Highway Department has
hey have told me that they
the amount of aev/age
which' is now passing through the cujlvert.
The problem of raw sewage| being dumped-into Pall
Greek just below the dam and the od6rs of raw sewage along
Porest Home Drive, I feel should be[considered by the ForestHome Association as a community problem.
It might be well for you yh call together the
neighbors who front on Porest Home anyone else v^ithin
the community v;ho you think might b^ interested in the
problem to discuss the matter priori to having a general
metting. Then after everyone has had a chance to investi
gate their own problems along Porest Home Drive, a general
meeting might be called to discuss "^le sev/age disposal prob
lem in general in Forest Home v;ith a' report on what has
been found in the -^'orest Home Driveiarea#
If 'I can be of any assist^ce in rounding up infor
mation or people for a meeting, plwase let-me knov;.
Very truly yours.
Ben Boynton, Supervisor
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