HomeMy WebLinkAboutTB 2022-015 Authorize a Sewer Exemption Cornell Hoy BaseballMEETING OF THE ITHACA TOWN BOARD
January 24, 2022
TB Resolution 2022 - 015: Authorization for the Town Engineer to issue a Sewer Exemption for TMP’s 62.-2-3 & 62.-2-4; New Cornell Baseball Field (previously Hoy Field)
Whereas the Town Engineer received a request for a Sewer Exemption from the owner(s) of TP 62.-2-3 & 62.-2-4; Cornell University,stating the financial difficulty to connect to municipal
sewer due to the nearest sewer main(s) being approximately 2000+/- feet awayand the need for upgrades of the downstream receiving sewer system.Estimated minimum cost: $2 million, and
Whereas the Public Works Committee discussed the request at its January18, 2022 meeting and recommended the exemption be brought to the Town Board for review and authorization, now therefore
be it
Resolved, that pursuant to Town Code Section 214-6, the Town Board hereby finds that the applicant has shown unusual and extreme practical difficulties in connecting its Baseball Field
Project with the public sewers for the reasons detailed in Cornell University’s request to the Town dated January 10, 2022, and be it further
Resolved, that the Town Board authorizes the Town Engineer to issue an exemption from the Town Code Section 214-5 public sewer connection requirement for TP’s 62.-2-3 & 62.-2-4for the
installation of a new, onsite wastewater treatment system associated with new baseball field project to be constructed on the properties, subject to the consent of the Tompkins County
Health Department to this exemption.
Moved:Rich DePaoloSeconded: Rob Rosen
Vote:ayes - Howe, Bleiwas, Johnson, DePaolo, Rosen, and Levine