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Dec
02
2005
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by 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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Nov
25
2005
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by 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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Nov
18
2005
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by Dan Veaner
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Friday, 18 November 2005 |
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In Monday's regular School Board meeting, Lansing's Board of Education (BOE) voted unanimously to support moving the District Office to new quarters before the beginning of the 2006 school year. This was in response to Interim Superintendent Tiffany Phillip's plea at last month's meeting to move the district headquarters out of its small, ramshackle house on Ridge Road.
She identified several problems with the current headquarters, including health concerns and lack of adequate work and storage space. She also said that it does not provide a space where confidential meetings can take place and that does not present a positive image for the school district.
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Nov
18
2005
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by Dan Veaner
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Friday, 18 November 2005 |
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Lansing's Board of Education (BOE) held another workshop Monday (11/14) to nail down the details of the upcoming Phase II Capital Project. Representatives from project managers C & S and architects King & King were on hand to report on progress and to answer questions. Mark Lewis, who will begin as Lansing's Superintendent of Schools in January, was also present.
C&S's Joe Delaney began the session with a report on the budget, saying that the architect's estimates are "pretty good numbers." He noted that he is building in a 7.5% escalation factor to allow for rising costs of construction materials, plus a 10% contingency factor. When BOE President Bonita Lindberg asked about the sky rocketing cost of steel, Mr. Delaney noted that steel prices are leveling off, and that in any case there is a 17% cushion in the budget to deal with unknowns.
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Nov
18
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by Dan Veaner
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Friday, 18 November 2005 |
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Another public hearing was conducted Wednesday evening (11/16) to allow residents to express their points of view about the proposed water district extension on Algerine Road and Lansing Station Road. Town Supervisor Stephen Farkas asked residents for new information, but for the most part the nine speakers restated objections or support that was expressed at the last hearing in October. Residents literally took sides, sitting on the left if they support getting water, and on the right side if they opposed it. But both sides seemed to agree that the Town Board was somehow at fault and that it is dragging its heels by holding so many hearings, including another public hearing in December. "We seem to be stretching this out," said Jack MacNamara, who has been the key organizer of the faction that wants public water, "and the more we stretch it out, the more it's going to cost everybody. I don't understand why we have to go through another hearing." Barb Bennett, who is outspoken against the water district said, "There's something seriously wrong with this and the board should be ashamed of the tactics it's using to push the water district through."
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