HomeMy WebLinkAboutTB 2023-118g Endorse Dissolution Plan Winners Circle Subdivision Lighting DistrictMEETING OF THE ITHACA TOWN BOARD
July 31, 2023
TB Resolution 2023 - 118: Endorsing this Proposed Dissolution Plan for the Winners Circle SubdivisionLighting District and Setting a Public Hearing on Same
Whereas, in 2021, the Town of Ithaca purchased from NYSEG the three (3) streetlights in the Winners Circle Subdivision Lighting District, and in 2023 the Town upgraded the streetlights
to LED lights; and
Whereas, there are seven (7) tax parcels located within the Winners Circle Subdivision Lighting District in 2023, and future annual costs for the District’s electricity and streetlight
maintenance are estimated to be around Two Hundred Thirty Dollars ($230) in current dollars; and
Whereas, because the Town’s bookkeeping burden and administrative expenses for the Winners Circle Subdivision Lighting District are disproportionate to the District’s minimal future
costs, the Town Boardof the Town of Ithaca (Town Board) is considering dissolution of the Winners Circle Subdivision 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 Boardmay commence a dissolution proceeding for the Winners Circle Subdivision 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 Boardendorses the following proposed dissolution plan for the purpose of commencing dissolution proceedings for the Winners
Circle Subdivision Lighting District:
(a) The name of the local government entity to be dissolved is theWinners Circle Subdivision Lighting District;
(b) The territorial boundaries of the entity were established when the Town Board adopted its June 12, 1989 resolution and order establishing the entity; the territorial boundaries have
not changed and are described in said resolution and order as follows:
ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND situate in the Town of Ithaca, County of Tompkins, State of New York, and being the subdivision known as the “Winners Circle Subdivision” as shown on
the subdivision map entitled “FRANCIS J. PAOLANGELI – DEVELOPER – WINNERS CIRCLE SUBDIVISION, FINAL PLAT, SLATERVILLE ROAD, NYS ROUTE 79, TOWN OF ITHACA, TOMPKINS CO., N.Y.,” dated
February 7, 1989, by T. G. Miller Associates, P.C., Engineers & Surveyors, a copy of which map was filed March 24, 1989 in the Tompkins County Clerk’s Office in Drawer M of Maps, 100
and 101, and being more particularly bounded and described as follows:
BEGINNING at a point in the centerline of the Slaterville Road (New York State Route 79) in said Town, which point is at the most easterly corner of Lot 1 as shown on said subdivision
map; thence South 64 degrees 42 minutes West (all bearings magnetic 1988), passing through iron pipes at 33.4 feet, 228.9 feet, 431.9 feet, and 497.1 feet, a total distance of 512.4
feet to an iron pipe; thence North 35 degrees 33 minutes West, passing through an iron pipe at 191.0 feet, a total distance of 199.7 feet to an iron pipe; thence North 35 degrees 02
minutes West, passing through iron pipes at 238.0 feet and at 290.0 feet, a total distance of 510.0 feet to an iron pipe set in the apparent center of a creek; thence easterlyalong the
centerline of a creek, a chord bearing North 73 degrees 31 minutes East, a chord distance of 361.1 feet, a distance of 363 feet more or less, to a point marked by an iron pipe; thence
South 33 degrees 10 minutes East a distance of 166.0 feet to an iron pipe; thence South 56 degrees 56 minutes West a distance of 41.7 feet to an iron pipe; thence South 34 degrees 24
minutes East, passing through an iron pipe at 24.5 feet , a total distance of 48.5 feet to an iron pipe; thence North 89 degrees 37 minutes East a distance of 5 feet to an iron pipe;
thence South 30 degrees 07 minutes East a distance of 119.7 feet to an iron pipe; thence North 72 degrees 45 minutes East a distance of 8.6 feet to an iron pipe; thence South 34 degrees
03 minutes East a distance of 100.0 feet to an iron pipe; thence North 72 degrees 44 minutes East a distance of 127.0 feet to an iron pipe; thence North 54 degrees 29 minutes
East, passing through an iron pipe at 61.5 feet, a total distance of 94.5 feet to the centerline of Slaterville Road; thence South 34 degrees 01 minutes East along the centerline of
Slaterville Road adistance of 205.8 feet to the point or place of beginning.
The current tax parcel numbers that are within said territorial boundaries are:
58.-1-8.1
58.-1-8.2
58.-1-8.3
58.-1-8.4
58.-1-8.5
58.-1-8.6
58.-1-8.7
(c) The type and/or class of the entity is a lighting district that the Town Boardformed pursuant to Town Law Article 12;
(d) The Town Board estimates that the cost of dissolution of the Winners Circle Subdivision 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 Winners Circle Subdivision 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 Winners Circle Subdivision Lighting District’s assets are as follows: Three (3) streetlights purchased from NYSEG in 2021 for Eight Hundred Eighty-Seven dollars ($887). The
streetlights were upgraded to LED lights in 2023 for an estimated cost of One Thousand One Hundred Fifty-Seven dollars ($1,157).The fair value thereof in current money of the United
States is Two Thousand Forty-FourDollars ($2,044). On December 31, 2022, the Winners Circle Subdivision Lighting District had an available fund balance of One Thousand Five Hundred Thirty-Three
Dollars ($1,533). The Town assessed property tax of Two Hundred Dollars ($200) to seven (7) 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) areOne Thousand Three Hundred Eighty
Dollars ($1,380). Any residual funds (estimated to be Three Hundred Fifty-Three Dollars ($353)) left at 12/31/2023 will be moved to the Town’s General Fund to offset future costs;
(g) The Winners CircleSubdivision Lighting 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 Two Thousand One Hundred Sixty-Four Dollars ($2,164) for LED conversions. This amount has not yet been billed to the Town. The Town
anticipates rebates of One Thousand Seven Dollars ($1,007), which results in a net indebtedness of One Thousand One Hundred Fifty-Seven Dollars ($1,157);
(h) There are no agreements entered into between the Winners Circle Subdivision Lighting District and the Town of Ithaca in order to carry out the dissolution;
(i) following the dissolution of the Winners Circle Subdivision Lighting District, the residents of the Winners Circle Subdivision 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 Winners Circle Subdivision 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 Winners Circle Subdivision Lighting District dissolution plan.
Moved: Bill GoodmanSeconded:Rich DePaolo
Vote: ayes- Howe, DePaolo, Rosen, Goodman, & Johnson