REGULAR MEETING

 

TOWN BOARD AGENDA –  NOVEMBER 18, 2003

 

PLACE:                                                                                                          TIME:

 

TOWN HALL                                                                                                7:30 P.M.

ORDER OF BUSINESS

 

 

MEETING CALLED TO ORDER

 

 

LEDGE TO THE FLAG

 

 

SUPERVISOR’S PROCLAMATIONS & REPORTS

 

“Happy Thanksgiving”

 

ROLL CALL

 

 

TOWN BOARD REPORTS

 

 

APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES

 

Approve the minutes from the Regular Meeting of October 21, 2003.

 

 

PUBLIC HEARINGS

 

1.         Public Hearing to consider the establishment of the Tamarack Sewer District.

 

a) Close Hearing

b) Adopt a Negative Declaration

c) Adopt an Order to Establish

 

2.                  Adopt a Resolution authorizing a Memorandum of Understanding; or Reconvene

           a Public Hearing to consider adopting a Resolution with respect to the

                 regulation of residential rents within the Town of Cortlandt.

 

a)         Close Hearing

b)         Adopt a Resolution

 

 

 

3.         Public Hearing to consider the construction of a Wireless Communication Facility

by Sprint Spectrum L.P. at 477 Albany Post Road.

 

a) Close Hearing

b) Adopt a Negative Declaration

c) Adopt a Resolution

 

 

 

HEARING OF CITIZENS – AGENDA ITEMS ONLY

                                                                                                           

BID REPORTS

 

1.         Receive and File Bids opened on August 29, 2003 with respect to “Water Meters

            and Radio Units”;  and Award contract for same.

 

2.                  Receive and File a Report from the Northern Joint Waterworks with respect to

            the Radio Meter Reading Project.

 

REPORTS

 

For the month of October from the Receiver of Taxes, the Office for the Aging/DES, the Town Justices and the Town Clerk.

 

OLD BUSINESS

Correspondence:

 

Receive and File the following:

 

1.         Letter dated October 15, 2003 from the Hudson River Valley Greenway

            Community Council with respect to the Compact Plan.

 

2.         Reports from DES with respect to the following:

 

a)         Pavement conditions on Floral Road.

b)         Paving needs of Hood Place and Udell Court.

c)         Speeding on Scenic Drive and Furnace Dock Road.

d)         Request for a cul-de-sac on Lent Avenue.

e)         Request for “No Outlet” sign on Valley View Road.

f)          Drainage on Lakeview Avenue West.

g)         Speeding on Sunset Road.

h)         Requests from Dogwood Road

i)          Drainage issues at Quarry Acres.

j)          Issues on Sprout Brook Road.

 

3.         Technology Report from the Purchasing Director and Technology Support Team.

 

4.          Letters objecting to a request to purchase a portion of a  right-of-way located in

             the area of Francis Drive;

 

a)      Donald and Faith Troccoli of 12 East Francis Drive

b)      Charles and Elaine Paulson of 38 Montrose Point Road

c)   Robert and Margaret Millman of 11 East Francis Drive

 

5.                  Report from the Town  Attorney with respect to the Old Van Cortlandtville                  

            Cemetery.       

 
6.                  Letter dated October 7, 2003 from Metro North Railroad in response to a Town Board
           Resolution opposing the elimination of the 7:39 am train from Cortlandt to Grand
           Central Station; and an e-mail from Stephanie Vaughey with respect to same.
 

7.                  Letter from Cortway Apartments Ltd. requesting an exemption from the Town

Moratorium; and deny request of same.

 

 
NEW BUSINESS

Correspondence:

 

Receive and File the following:

 

1.         Letter/Petition from residents of Lent Avenue and Emerson Place with respect to

            repeated problems with disorderly youths; and refer to the State and County

            Police Departments.     

 

2.         Letter from Theresa Jessup with respect to traffic safety on Montrose Station

            Road; and refer to DES and the Traffic Safety Committee.

 

3.         Letter from Genevieve Lutton with respect to truck traffic on Short Hill Road

           and refer to DES and the Traffic Safety Committee.

 

4.         Letter dated October 31, 2003 from Paul and Marie Taxer with respect to

speeding on Waterbury Parkway; and refer to the State and County Police.

 

5.         Copy of a petition to be circulated from residents of the Town to the New York

            State  DOT with respect to pedestrian safety along RT. 9A in the Springvale    

            area; and adopt a Resolution in support of same.

 

6.         The Draft 2004 Capital Improvement Plan.

 

7.         Letters from the Verplanck Residents’ Association with respect to the following:

 

            a)   The Draft Master Plan

 

b)   Town Park Patrols

 

 

Resolutions:

 

1.                  Confirm the voluntary transfer of Jane Fitzgerald from the Water Division of DOTS to

the Town  Assessors Office effective January 1, 2004.

 

2.         Authorize the Town Attorney to seek a Court Order restraining the City of Peekskill from

requiring Town Sanitation vehicles from having haulers permits.

 

3.         Authorize the following with respect to the Department of Technical Services:

 

a) Award an RFP with respect to engineering services for the proposed Broadway

                Streetscape Project.

 

b) Professional Service Agreement with respect to up-dating the Town’s Tax

                Maps.

 

            c) Award an RFP with respect to the construction of a doorway in a Town Hall

    corridor.

 

d) Award an RFP with respect to preliminary design services for Battery Place Road.

 

e) A letter to be sent to the NYS DOT in support of restricting left turns from Regina

    Avenue onto Rt. 6.

 

 

4.         Direct DES and the Traffic Safety Committee to evaluate the need for stop signs and

speed limit signs in the area of Hill and Dale/Maple Ave. and Hill and Dale/Dimond Ave.

 

5.         Authorize the Settlement of a Tax Certiorari with respect to Union State Bank.

 

6.         Authorize a correction to Resolution No. 254-03 with respect to Zoning Codes.

 

7.         Authorize a two year extension to the collective bargaining agreement between the Town

            of Cortlandt and AFSCME.

 

8.         Authorize the Supervisor and the Town Attorney to continue to coordinate regional   

opposition to the proposed Millennium Pipeline.

 

9.         Authorize a License Agreement with respect to a portion of a paper road located in

            Verplanck.

 

10.       Award an RFP to Applied GIS, Inc. with respect to GIS Consulting Services.

 

11.       Resolution in support of the purchase of land by the Department of Environmental

Protection in the area of Colabaugh Pond Road

 

12.       Authorize an Order and Consent with respect to the dedication of Valley View Road; and

authorize DES to install a “No Outlet” sign on same.

 

13.       Authorize funding with respect to the DARE Program; and authorize the Comptroller to

prepare an RFP with respect to future DARE Services.

 

14.       Schedule the following Public Hearings for December 9, 2003 to be held simultaneously:

 

a) To consider an Agreement for the Mt. Airy/Quaker Bridge Fire Protection District for   

                2004.

 

b) To consider an Agreement for the Furnace Woods Fire Protection District for 2004.

 

 

15.       Authorize the acceptance of a Letter of Credit in the amount of $5,000 with respect to

Annsville Circle Mobile.

 

16.       Authorize the acceptance of various Letters of Credit with respect to the Hollowbrook

Golf Subdivision.

 

17.              Authorize the acceptance of a Letters of Credit  in the amount of $1,000 with respect to

GEIS Toyota.

 

 

ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA

 

 

BUDGET TRANSFERS       Yes                 

 

 

REPORTS FROM VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS

 

 

REPORTS FROM STANDING & SPECIAL COMMITTEES

 

 

SECOND HEARING OF CITIZENS

 

 

ADJOURNMENT

 

 

NEXT TOWN BOARD MEETING

 

 

DATE:            December 9, 2003                 

TIME:            7:30 P.M.       

PLACE:          TOWN HALL

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