HomeMy WebLinkAboutTB 2022-140 Order Setting PH--Ridgecrest Road Water Improvements Project cost increase SHB rl 09-08-22MEETING OF THE ITHACA TOWN BOARD
September 12, 20225:30p.m.
215 N. Tioga St., Ithaca, NY, Tompkins County
TB Resolution 2022–140: Order Setting a Public Hearing Regarding an Increase in the Maximum Amount to be Expended for the Town of IthacaRidgecrest RoadWater Improvements Projectfrom
$1,096,365 to $1,261,700, with the Entire Project Funded by Grants-in-Aid
Present: Rod Howe, Supervisor; Bill Goodman, Rob Rosen, Eric Levine, and Rich DePaolo
Moved: Rod HoweSeconded: Rich DePaolo
Whereas, on March 14,2022 the Ithaca Town Board held a public hearing and subsequently adopted a Public Interest Order authorizing the Ridgecrest Road water improvements project (the
“Improvement”) and the establishment of the Ridgecrest Road Water Improvement Area (“Water Improvement Area”), through TB Resolution 2022-031; and
Whereas, the notice of public hearing stated that the initially determined maximum estimated cost to said Water Improvement Area was $1,096,365, and the adopted Public Interest Order
stated that the maximum amount proposed to be expended by the Town of Ithaca for the Improvement is $1,096,365; and
Whereas, because of anticipated increased material and construction costs in 2022, the Town Engineer has prepared a new estimate of cost in a memo that amends the map, plan and report
for the Improvement by increasing the maximum estimated cost to the Water Improvement Area from$1,096,365 to $1,261,700; and
Whereas, TB Resolution 2022-031 states the method of financing the Improvement would be by the issuance of serial bonds issued by the Town; the Town has now determined that grants-in-aid
are sufficient to fund the entire Improvement; and
Whereas, no other changes are proposed to any aspect of the Improvement or Water Improvement Area; and
Whereas, it is now desired to call a public hearing for the purpose of considering the increase in the maximum amount to be expended by the Town of Ithaca from $1,096,365 to $1,261,700,with
funding for the entire Improvement to come from grants-in-aid, and to hear all persons interested in the subject thereof concerning the same, all in accordance with the provisions of
Section 209-q of the Town Law;
Now, therefore, it is hereby ordered, by the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, as follows:
Section 1.A public hearing shall be held by the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, at the Town Hall, 215 North Tioga Street, in Ithaca, New York, in said Town,
on the 26thday ofSeptember, 2022, at 4:30 o’clock P.M., Prevailing Time, to consider the aforesaid increase in the maximum amount to be expended by the Town of Ithaca on the Improvement,
with funding for the entire Improvement to come from grants-in-aid, 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 publish a Notice of Public Hearing regarding the aforesaid increase in the maximum amount to be expended, with funding for
the entire Improvement to come from grants-in-aid, with such Notice 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 209-q 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; Bill Goodman, aye; Eric Levine, aye; and Rich DePaolo,
aye.
The Order was thereupon declared duly adopted.