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Dan Veaner
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Friday, 02 December 2005 |
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Lansing's Board of Education hunkered down for another Capital expansion workshop Monday night. The board is pouring through the details of a multi-million dollar plan to expand classrooms, and to improve facilities and security on the Ridge Road campus. This was the fourth of a series of sessions with project planners and architects to carve the project down to a size that voters might be likely to approve in a March referendum. Architects and engineers from King & King were present as well as project planners from C&S Design Build, Inc., the construction manager firm. Also present was Mark Lewis, who will be Lansing's School Superintendent starting in early January.
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Dec
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Dan Veaner
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Friday, 02 December 2005 |
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The other day Star reader Robin Sharpless sent this note and a scan of a gas receipt: "We hear of the cries that the big oil companies have forced prices so high and the common man is suffering. The attached receipt is from a purchase made last week in New Jersey, a State which touches New York. Our prices are still in the mid $2.30's to the 2.40's. I believe the questions should be asked much closer to home as to why we pay so much more then our neighbors in New Jersey. Please note the date and the location. This is news. News which should beg the question WHY!!!" Why indeed! This represents a big difference of at least 50 cents per gallon. The Department of Energy says there are several factors that affect price. The proximity of the supply, disruptions in the supply, local competition, environmental programs and local station operating costs gas station owners incur all affect what you will pay at the pump.
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Dan Veaner
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Friday, 02 December 2005 |
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Still waiting for Village Trustees' preference of a sewer trunk line route through the Village of Lansing to the Cayuga Heights Treatment Plant, the Town's Sewer Committee concentrated on funding options for the multi-million dollar project in their regular meeting Wednesday. Tension seems to be mounting between the Town and Village as the deadline draws near, with both sides trying to second-guess the other. The trunk line must go through the Village to reach the Town, and the choice of which route to use is hotly contested. The Village will communicate its choice to the Town before the end of this year, at which time the final scope of the project can be calculated.
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Dan Veaner
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Friday, 02 December 2005 |
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Both the Town Board and the Board of Education held special meetings Thursday evening (12/01) to take care of a few bits of business. The Town Board met to pass resolutions to start the SEQR process for the proposed Algerine Road water district extension. This is the process of environmental review that determines whether the project will be disruptive to the effected neighborhoods. By law this resolution must be passed no more than 20 days before a public hearing can be scheduled, which is why the special meeting was needed. Next the Board passed a resolution to schedule the public hearing in the regular December 21 meeting. They also passed a resolution that adjusted funds in the budget, and appointing Greg Travis as the chair of the Zoning Board of Appeals, after accepting the resignation of current chair Steve White. A smattering of Algerine and Lansing Station Road residents were present to observe the proceedings.
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Dan Veaner
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Friday, 25 November 2005 |
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The Town sewer was very much on the Village Trustees minds last Monday (11/21) as they consider which route through the Village to recommend to the Town Board. Only one member of the public attended the Trustee meeting. The Trustees must determine it's preferred route for a sewer trunk line that goes through the Village from the Cayuga Heights Treatment Plant near the Route 13 exit on East Shore Drive (Route 34) and the Town. Mayor Hartill said, "We're probing some creative way to get around the problems on Route 34." He suggested a number of ideas for keeping the cost of an Route 34 sewer line under control, but Mr. Putnam explained why they were not feasible. For example, changing the design of a pumping station had some promise, but separating the well from the pump is problematic.
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