HomeMy WebLinkAboutTB 2023-114c Endorse Dissolution Plan Glenside Lighting DistrictMEETING OF THE ITHACA TOWN BOARD
July 31, 2023
TB Resolution 2023 - 114: Endorsing this Proposed Dissolution Plan for the Glenside
Lighting District and Setting a Public Hearing on Same
Whereas, in 2021, the Town of Ithaca purchased from NYSEG the eight (8) streetlights in the Glenside Lighting District, and in 2023 the Town upgraded the streetlights to LED lights;
and
Whereas, there are twenty-seven (27) tax parcels located within the Glenside Lighting District in 2023, and future annual costs for the District’s electricity and streetlight maintenance
are estimated to be around Six Hundred Sixty-EightDollars ($668) in current dollars; and
Whereas, because the Town’s bookkeeping burden and administrative expenses for the Glenside Lighting District are disproportionate to the District’s minimal future costs, the Town Board
of the Town of Ithaca (Town Board) is considering dissolution of the Glenside Lighting District and paying for the costs of the Town’s lighting districts, once dissolved, through real
estate taxes raised on a townwide basis pursuant to New York Highway Law §327; and
Whereas, New York General Municipal Law §773(2)(a) provides that the Town Board may commence a dissolution proceeding for the Glenside Lighting District, which is a local government
entity, by endorsing a proposed dissolution plan; now, therefore be it
Resolved, pursuant to General Municipal Law § 774, the Town Board endorses the following proposed dissolution plan for the purpose of commencing dissolution proceedings for the Glenside
Lighting District:
(a) The name of the local government entity to be dissolved is theGlenside Lighting District;
(b) The territorial boundaries of the entity were established when the Town Board adopted its July 10, 1947 resolution and order establishing the entity; the territorial boundaries have
not changed and are described in said resolution and order as follows:
Commencing at the point of intersection of the center line of Floral Avenue with the south line of the City of Ithaca, thence westerly along the south line of the City of Ithaca, 207’,
more or less, to the southwest corner of the City of Ithaca, 1480’ to the north line of the Glenside Subdivision; thence north 81 degrees 30’ west along the said line of the Glenside
Subdivision 1407’, thence south 15 degrees 20’ west to the center line of the Coy Glen Road; to the center line of the Floral Avenue; and, thence across Floral Avenue including all property
abutting on Floral Avenue on the east side to a distance of 100’ (one hundred feet) back from Floral Avenue, from this point northerly to the city line the place of beginning.
The current tax parcel numbers that are within said territorial boundaries are:
30.-1-2
30.-1-4
30.-1-5
30.-1-6
30.-1-7
30.-1-8
30.-1-9
30.-1-10
30.-1-11
30.-1-12
30.-1-13
30.-1-14
30.-2-1
30.-2-2
30.-2-3
30.-2-5
30.-2-6
30.-2-7
30.-2-8
30.-2-9
30.-2-11
30.-2-12
30.-2-14.1
30.2-14.2
30.-2-15.1
30.-2-15.2
30.-2-17
(c) The type and/or class of the entity is a lighting district that the Town Board formed pursuant to Town Law Article 12;
(d) The Town Board estimates that the cost of dissolution of the Glenside Lighting District is One Thousand Dollars ($1,000), which is the cost of associated legal fees and the publication
cost of legal notices;
(e) The Glenside Lighting District has no public employees, so it does not need to provide any plan for the transfer or elimination of public employees;
(f) The Glenside Lighting District’s assets are as follows: Eight (8) streetlights purchased from NYSEG in 2021 for Two Thousand Three Hundred Sixty-Five Dollars ($2,365). The streetlights
were upgraded to LED lights in 2023 for an estimated cost of ThreeThousand Eighty-SevenDollars ($3,087).The fair value thereof in current money of the United States is Five Thousand
Four Hundred Fifty-TwoDollars ($5,452). On December 31, 2022, the Glenside Lighting District had an available fund balance of Two Thousand ThreeHundred Thirty-Two Dollars ($2,332).
The Town assessed property tax ofOne Thousand Seven Hundred Dollars ($1,700) to twenty-seven (27) parcels within the Lighting District in 2023, proportionately allocated based on assessed
value. The estimated expenses for 2023 (including the cost of conversion to LED lights,eight (8) months of streetlight maintenance, and electricity) areThreeThousand Seven Hundred Twenty-EightDollars
($3,728). Any residual funds (estimated to be Three Hundred Four Dollars ($304)) left at 12/31/2023 will be moved to the Town’s General Fund to offset future costs;
(g) The GlensideLighting District does not have any liabilities and indebtedness, bonded or otherwise, except as follows: The Town, on behalf of the District, owes the New York Power
Authority and/or its contractors Five Thousand Seven Hundred Seventy-Three Dollars ($5,773) for LED conversions. This amount has not yet been billed to the Town. The Town anticipates
rebates of Two Thousand Six Hundred Eighty-Six Dollars ($2,686), which results in a net indebtedness of Three Thousand Eighty-Seven Dollars ($3,087);
(h) There are no agreements entered into between the Glenside Lighting District and the Town of Ithaca in order to carry out the dissolution;
(i) following the dissolution of the Glenside Lighting District, the residents of the Glenside Lighting District will continue to be furnished municipal street lighting services by the
Town of Ithaca, which will be paid for by real estate taxes raised on a townwide basis pursuant to New York Highway Law §327;
(j) The entity's assets shall become assets of the Town of Ithaca. The terms for the disposition of the entity's liabilities and indebtedness are as follows: The amount of the entity’s
indebtedness (if any) to New York Power Authority and/or its contractors as of December 31, 2023 as described in subsection g above shall be paid by moving the entity’s fund balance
(which is adequate to pay its indebtedness) to the Town’s General Fund and paying them from the General Fund. There will be no need for the levy and collection of additional taxes and
assessments for the entity’s outstanding liabilities and indebtedness as of December 31, 2023;
(k) There are no local laws, ordinances, rules or regulations of the Glenside Lighting District which shall remain in effect after the effective date of the dissolution;
(l) The effective date of the proposed dissolution is December 31, 2023;
(m) The time and place for a public hearing on the proposed dissolution plan pursuant to New York General Municipal Law § 776 is September 11, 2023 at 5:30 p.m. in the Board Room, Ithaca
Town Hall, 215 N. Tioga Street, Ithaca, NY 14850;
(n) There are no other matters desirable or necessary to carry out the dissolution; and, be it further
Resolved, that the Town Clerk for the Town of Ithaca shall post, publish and display the proposed dissolution plan and provide notice to the public as required by New York General Municipal
Law § 775;and, be it further
Resolved, that the Town Board shall hold a public hearing on the proposed dissolution plan onSeptember 11, 2023 at 5:30 p.m. in the Board Room, Ithaca Town Hall, 215 N. Tioga Street,
Ithaca, NY 14850, and at such time and place all persons interested in the proposed dissolution plan may be heard concerning the same; and, be it further
Resolved, that following the conclusion of the public hearing, the Town Board shall meet to take such other and further action on the part of said Board with relation thereto as may
be authorized and prescribed by law, which may include a resolution approving a final version of the Glenside Lighting District dissolution plan.
Moved: Bill GoodmanSeconded: Rich DePaolo
Vote: Howe, DePaolo, Rosen, Goodman, & Johnson