HomeMy WebLinkAboutTB 2023-120i Endorse Dissolution Plan Coddington Road Lighting DistrictMEETING OF THE ITHACA TOWN BOARD
July 31, 2023
TB Resolution 2023 - 120: Endorsing this Proposed Dissolution Plan for the Coddington RoadLighting District and Setting a Public Hearing on Same
Whereas, in 2021, the Town of Ithaca purchased from NYSEG the twelve (12) streetlights in the Coddington Road Lighting District, and in 2023 the Town upgraded the streetlights to LED
lights; and
Whereas, there are sixty-two (62) tax parcels located within the Coddington Road Lighting District in 2023, and future annual costs for the District’s electricity and streetlight maintenance
are estimated to be around OneThousand Dollars ($1,000) in current dollars; and
Whereas, because the Town’s bookkeeping burden and administrative expenses for the Coddington Road 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 Coddington Road 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 Coddington Road 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 Coddington
Road Lighting District:
(a) The name of the local government entity to be dissolved is theCoddington Road Lighting District;
(b) The territorial boundaries of the entity were established when the Town Board adopted its April 12, 1993 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 intersection of the center lines of Coddington Road and Northview Road West; running thence southwesterly along the center line of Northview Road West 175 feet; running
thence northwesterly on a line parallel with and 175 feet southwesterly from the center line of Coddington Road a distance of approximately 4,700 feet to the boundary line between the
City of Ithaca and the Town of Ithaca, which line is also the northwest line of Town of Ithaca tax parcel No. 41-1-13; running thence northeasterly along said City-Town line to the center
line of Coddington Road; running thence southeasterly along the center line of Coddington Road (excluding the portion of Coddington Road which lies outside the normal 60 foot right of
way along the east side of Coddington Road) a distance of approximately 530 feet to a point; running thence northeasterly a distance of approximately 95 feet in part along the northwest
line of Town of Ithaca tax parcel No. 54-7-49 to a point in the former railroad right of way; running thence southeasterly along the southwesterly line of said former railroad right
of way and along the rear line of tax parcels No. 54-7-49, 48, 47, 46, and 45.2 a distance of approximately 400 feet to a point where the southwesterlyline of said former railroad right
of way is 175 feet from the center line of Coddington Road; running thence on aline parallel with and 175 feet northeasterly of the center line of Coddington Road a total distance of
approximately 3,710 feet to the center line of Northview Road; running thence southwesterly along the center line of Northview Road to the center line of Coddington Road; running thence-southeasterly
along the center line of Coddington Roadapproximately 20 feet to the intersection of said center line with the center line of Northview Road West and the point of beginning.
The current tax parcel numbers that are within said territorial boundaries are:
41.-1-15
41.-1-16
41.-1-19
41.-1-21
41.-1-28
41.-1-29
41.-1-30.2
42.-1-1.1
42.-1-1.2
42.-1-2.3
42.-1-2.4
42.-1-4.1
42.-1-4.2
42.-1-5
42.-1-6
42.-1-7.1
42.-1-7.2
42.-1.8
42.-1-9.5
42.-1-9.8
42.-1-9.12
42.-1-9.41
42.-1-9.42
42.-1-9.43
42.-1-9.44
42.-1-9.141
42.-1-9.142
52.-1-1
52.-1-2
52.-1-3
53.-1-1
53.-1-2
53.-1-3
53.-1-14.1
53.-1-14.221
53.-1-14.222
53.-1-15.1
53.-1-15.2
53.-1-15.3
53.-1-15.4
53.-1-15.5
53.-1-15.6
53.-1-16.1
53.-1-16.2
53.-1-19
53.-1-20
53.-1-21
53.-1-24.1
53.-1-24.2
53.-1-24.3
53.-1-24.4
54.-7-40
54.-7-42
54.-7-43
54.-7-44
54.-7-45.1
54.-7-45.2
54.-7-46
54.-7-47
54.-7-48
54.-7-49
54.-7-50
(c) The type and/or class of the entity is a lighting district that the Town Board formed pursuant to Town Law Article 12-A;
(d) The Town Board estimates that the cost of dissolution of the Coddington Road 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 Coddington Road 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 Coddington Road Lighting District’s assets are as follows: Twelve (12) streetlights purchased from NYSEG in 2021 for Three Thousand FiveHundredForty-Seven dollars ($3,547).
The streetlights were upgraded to LED lights in 2023 for an estimated cost of Four Thousand Six Hundred Thirty-One dollars ($4,631).The fair value thereof in current money of the United
States is Eight Thousand One Hundred Seventy-EightDollars ($8,178). On December 31, 2022, the Coddington Road Lighting District had an available fund balance of Four Thousand Seventeen
Dollars ($4,017)). The Town assessed property tax of Two Thousand EightyDollars ($2,080) to sixty-two (62) parcels within the Lighting District in 2023, proportionately allocated based
on road frontage on Coddington Road. The estimated expenses for 2023 (including the cost of conversion to LED lights,eight (8) months of streetlight maintenance, and electricity) areFive
Thousand Seven Hundred Dollars ($5,700). Any residual funds (estimated to be Three Hundred Ninety-Seven Dollars ($397)) left at 12/31/2023 will be moved to the Town’s General Fund to
offset future costs;
(g) The Coddington RoadLighting 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 Eight Thousand Six Hundred Fifty-Nine Dollars ($8,659) for LED conversions. This amount has not yet been billed to the Town. The Town anticipates
rebates of Four Thousand Twenty-Eight Dollars ($4,028), which results in a net indebtedness of Four Thousand Six Hundred Thirty-One Dollars ($4,631);
(h) There are no agreements entered into between the Coddington Road Lighting District and the Town of Ithaca in order to carry out the dissolution;
(i) following the dissolution of the Coddington Road Lighting District, the residents of the Coddington Road 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 Coddington Road 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; andbe 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; andbe 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; andbe 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 Coddington Road Lighting District dissolution plan.
Moved: Bill GoodmanSeconded:Rich DePaolo
Vote: ayes- Howe, DePaolo, Rosen, Goodman, & Johnson