HomeMy WebLinkAboutTB 2022-028 Set PH for PIO Ridgecrest Water ImprovementMEETING OF THE ITHACA TOWN BOARD
215 N. Tioga St., Ithaca, NY Tompkins County
February 28, 2022 at 4:30 p.m.
TB Resolution 2022 -028: Order Setting a Public Hearing Regarding a Proposed Water Improvement for the Town of Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, pursuant to Article 12-C of the Town
Law, to be known as the Town of Ithaca 2022 Ridgecrest RoadWater ImprovementsProject and establishing the Town of Ithaca Ridgecrest Road Water Improvement Area.
Present: Rod Howe, Supervisor; Rich DePaolo, Eric Levine, Bill Goodman, Pamela Bleiwas, Rob Rosen, Margaret JohnsonMoved: Rod Howe Seconded: Rich DePaolo
Whereas, a map, plan and report, including an estimate of cost, have been duly prepared in such manner and in such detail as has heretofore been determined by the Town Board of the Town
of Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, relating to water improvements, to serve a benefitted area in said Town to be known as Ridgecrest Road Water Improvement Area (the “Area”), whose
boundaries shall consist of the entire area of said Town outside of the Village of Cayuga Heights as more fully shown upon a map on file in the office of the Town Clerk, which map is
available for inspection by any person or persons interested in same during regular office hours at said office; and
Whereas, said map, plan and report, including estimate of cost, were prepared by a competent engineer, duly licensed by the State of New York and have been filed in the office of the
Town Clerk of said Town, where the same are available during regular office hours for examination by any person or persons interested in the subject matter thereof; and
Whereas, the capital improvements proposed in connection with the establishment of Ridgecrest Road Water Improvement Area of the Town of Ithacaconsist of the construction of 8 and 12-inch
water main, booster pump station and original equipment, machinery, apparatus, appurtenances, as well as other incidental improvements and expenses in connection therewith, at a maximum
estimated cost of $1,096,365; and
Whereas, said maximum estimated cost shall be authorized to be financed by the issuance by the Town of Ithaca of its serial bonds with a maximum maturity not in excess of the forty-year
period prescribed by the Local Finance Law; provided, however, grants-in-aid may be received and utilized therefor; and
Whereas, said maximum estimated cost is not greater than onetenth of one per centum of the full valuation of taxable real property in the area of the Town of Ithaca outside of any villages
and therefor an application for the office of the State Comptroller for approval of establishment of said Ridgecrest Road Water Improvement Area will not be required; and
Whereas, it is proposed that the cost of the aforesaid improvements shall be borne by the real property in said Ridgecrest Road Water Improvement Area by assessing, levying upon and
collecting from the several lots and parcels of land within such Ridgecrest Road Water Improvement Area, outside of any villages, which the Town Board shall determine and specify to
be especially benefitted by the improvements, an amount sufficient to pay the principal and interest on serial bonds and bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation of the issuance
of serial bonds, as the same become due and payable; and
Whereas, the aforesaid improvements are expected to be determined by the Town on or prior to the date of the public hearing hereinafter provided to be an Unlisted Action pursuant to
the regulations of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation promulgated pursuant to the State Environmental Quality Review Act, the implementation of which as proposed,will
not result in any significant adverse environmental effect; and
Whereas, it is now desired to call a public hearing for the purpose of considering said map, plan and report, including estimate of cost, and to hear all persons interested in the subject
thereof concerning the same, in accordance with the provisions of Section 209q of the Town Law; now,therefore, be it
Ordered, by the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, as follows:
Section 1.A public meeting of the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, shall be held at the Town Hall on 215 North Tioga Street, in Ithaca, New York, in said
Town, on March 14, 2022, at 5:30 o’clock P.M., Prevailing Time, with a public hearing to be held at the same time and place, to consider the aforesaid map, plan and report, including
estimate of cost, and to hear all persons interested in the subject thereof concerning the same and to take such action thereon as is required by law.
Section 2.The Town Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to cause a copy of this Order to be published once in the official newspaper, and also to post a copy thereof on the Town signboard
maintained by the Town Clerk, not less than ten (10) nor more than twenty (20) days before the day designated for the hearing as aforesaid, all in accordance with the provisions of Section
209q of the Town Law.
Section 3.This Order shall take effect immediately.
The question of the adoption of the foregoing Order was duly put to a vote on roll call, which resulted as follows:Rod Howe, aye; Rich DePaolo, aye; Eric Levine, aye; Bill Goodman, aye;
Pamela Bleiwas, aye; Rob Rosen, aye; Margaret Johnson, aye.
The resolution was thereupon declared duly adopted.