November 18, 2003

Town Board Minutes

A Regular Meeting of the Town Board of the Town of Cortlandt
was conducted on Tuesday, November 18, 2003 in the Vincent F. Nyberg Meeting
Room of the Cortlandt Town Hall, One Heady Street, Cortlandt Manor, NY (10567)
with the following elected officials and appointed staff in attendance:

LINDA D. PUGLISI                                      Supervisor

JOSEPH
D. CERRETO                                Councilmember

FRANCES
X. FARRELL                             Councilmember

ANN
LINDAU                                               Councilmember

JOHN
E. SLOAN                                          Councilmember

Also present: JO-ANN
DYCKMAN                                    Town
Clerk

GLENN
CESTARO                                      Comptroller

THOMAS
WOOD, ESQ.                              Town
Attorney

EDWARD
VERGANO                                 DOTS/Director

KEN
HOCH                                                   DOTS/Asst.
Dir.

KATHLEEN
BURLESON                            DES/Director

COLLEEN
PINCKNEY                                DES/Recreation

BECKY
BELL                                               DES/Recreation

PETER
McMILLAN                                    Purchasing
Dir.

CLAUDIA
VAHEY                                        Human
Res. Dir.

CATHERINE
M. HOFFMAN                     Dep.
Town Clerk/Steno.

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MEETING CALLED to ORDER

Supervisor Puglisi called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m.

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PLEDGE to the FLAG

Councilmember Cerreto led all in attendance in a Pledge to
the Flag.

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SUPERVISOR’S REPORTS on PROJECTS and ISSUES

Two weeks ago was election day and Supervisor Puglisi
thanked the community for their support and vote of confidence for re-electing
her to the position of Cortlandt’s Town Supervisor, which she said is an
honor and a privilege.

She congratulated her colleagues on the Town Board for their
re-election, (Councilmembers Farrell and Cerreto) and, also Town Justice Daniel
McCarthy.

One of the many priorities in the community is service to
our youth.  It’s a family
oriented Town and many services are provided for our young people.  This evening our Youth Center Director,
Colleen Pinckney is present, along with her assistant Becky Bell.  They discussed the recently conducted
annual Red Ribbon Week and the
poster contest held in Town of Cortlandt schools to celebrate a drug free
existence.  Winners were presented
with prizes.

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ROLL CALL

On a roll call attendance taken by Town Clerk Dyckman, all
Town Board members indicated their presence.

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TOWN BOARD REPORTS

Councilmember Lindau displayed a booklet published by the
Hudson Valley Gateway Chamber of Commerce with our Toll House featured on the
cover  The Economic Development
Committee will be featuring some of our local businesses on the local
cablevision station beginning in January, 2004.

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Councilmember Farrell thanked the community for re-electing
him to his position of Town Councilman.
He’s looking very much forward to the next four years and working
hard with his Town Board colleagues on behalf of the residents.

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Councilmember Cerreto expressed his thanks to the Village of
Croton for their Veteran’s Day ceremony and to Chairman Fremont Reif for
conducting an outstanding event.

He also expressed his thanks to Town residents for showing
their trust in him through his re-election.

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APPROVAL of MINUTES

Councilmembers Sloan and Cerreto moved that the minutes of
the Regular Meeting of October 21, 2003 be approved as submitted by Town Clerk
Dyckman, AMENDED to include the
Special Meeting of October 27, 2003.
All voted AYE.

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PUBLIC HEARING

(Full transcripts of all Public Hearings conducted at this
meeting will be found in the Official Public Hearing Minute Book in the Office
of the Town Clerk.)

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

Town Clerk Dyckman presented and read the Notice of Hearing
as had been published in the official Town of Cortlandt newspaper

Supervisor Puglisi called the hearing to order at 7:42 p.m.
and asked Mr. Vergano to make a presentation.  She said the Board would most likely not
vote on this issue tonight, however, the hearing will be closed and residents
will be allowed ten more days to make written comments to the Town Board.

Ed Vergano said the Tamarack Sewer District encompasses
seventy-nine lots.  It involves
Tamarack Drive, Nancy Lane, Cypress Lane, Birchwood Lane, Janet Lane,
Bittersweet     Lane,
Magnolia Lane and Northridge Road.
The work that has been completed to date includes identifying the scope
of the district. There have been a number of public informational
meetings.  The map, plan and
engineer’s report is complete as is the full survey of the district.
Estimated costs have been identified.
There has been a public opinion survey earlier this fall.  There were forty-three votes in favor,
twenty-seven negative votes and nine property owners did not respond.

Improvements largely involve a
gravity sewer system.  There will be
some pump systems on individual lots on the far east side of the project
– (Lots 21, 23, 25, 27.)
There is 9300 linear feet of PVC double iron pipe.  There are some easements that need to be
procured – (Lots 45, 46, 47, 48, 53, 54 and Lot 8 (block 2) on the
western end of the district.

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RE:  Public Hearing on proposed Tamarack
Sewer District, (cont.)

The project cost for entire construction of improvements is
$2,090,000.  Based on a twenty year,
4% bond the average cost per year per parcel would be a little over $l900 per
year – equating to $160.00 per month.  On a thirty year, 5% bond, the average
cost per parcel per year would be $1680 – equating to $140 per month.

Ed Vergano said
other costs involve a County Sewer District tax that initially will be $150 to
$200 per year per parcel.  There
will be a Municipal Sewer District maintenance cost of about roughly $50 per
year per parcel.  Individual lateral
hook-ups will likely average between $2000 and $3000 – a one time
expense.

Advantages of sewer systems versus septic systems are
increased market value and
elimination of maintenance and repair costs associated with the septic
system.  A homeowner will be able to
add bedrooms and use land over septic fields for home expansion.  There are clear environmental
benefits.  There is no cost to
replace the septic system which can range between $10 and $15 Thousand
Dollars.  There is also a possible
tax deduction benefit.

The next step in this process is establishment of the
district by Town Board resolution.
Then there will be development of final design plans.  The County will be petitioned to include
parcels in the County District.
Approval will be obtained from the NY State Comptroller’s
office.  Then - installation of the
sewer system.

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Supervisor Puglisi said
over the summer the Town sent out surveys to residents in this proposed
district.  There have been several
informational meetings over the years. Cortlandt had looked forward to a pledge
from the Westchester County government to assist in offsetting costs of the
district, but that never became a reality.
If residents are interested in the thirty year bond, that obviously
would reduce the monthly and annual payments.  There are possible tax benefits
depending upon everyone’s individual tax status.  In prior sewer districts in the Town,
residents retained one private plumber for all the hook-ups which reduced
costs.  The district cannot legally
hook-up from the house to lines in the street.

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Roshie Newman, 22
Tamarack Drive said residents had paid money to the County for many years
for sewers that we do not have.  She
said now the County says they have no money to assist even though all the other
sewer districts in the Town received County assistance.  Taxes on homes will go up $2,000 for the
bond on top of regular school and Town taxes.  According to White Plains legislators,
County taxes will rise twenty-three percent unless State legislators agree to a
1% sales tax increase.  She asked
that assistance be obtained from State, County and Town governments, so that
people are not forced out of their homes because of sewer taxes.

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Jack Gaffney, 16
Tamarack Drive had the opposite opinion of R. Newman’s.  He said what’s important for
people to look at, in his judgement, is that if there was no charge for this
sewer , if it was collectively paid for, there would be no debate.  He said neighbor should not be pitted
against neighbor on this issue, but it should be decided by the Town for the
benefit of the Town.  Sewers are essential.  Nobody wants to put out $2,000, but that
day and time has passed.  The Town
has been within striking distance of having sewers for the last fifteen or more
years when the Conklin Sewer District was initiated.

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RE:  Public Hearing on proposed Tamarack
Sewer District (cont.)

J. Gaffney said
if it is extended to Tamarack area, it can be extended further out Route 202 to
communities that need it equally as much as Tamarack  He said it is not a luxury – it is
an essential item.  While some
people say they don’t have the $2000 necessary for installation there is
an equal obligation to the individual
who does not have the $15,000 to rebuild their septic system.  He said residents need the sewers and he
asked the Town Board to understand that and to abide by the democratic process
which is a referendum to be conducted on something that is almost 2 to 1 in
that community – with an almost ninety percent response, a significant
percentage of potential voters.

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Davis Weinberger, 3
Birchwood Lane said he’s strongly in favor of this smart move which
is long overdue.  There should be
help from other agencies and entities, but if we wait, he suspects it will just
kill the project.  He said
it’s a long term solution which supports the infrastructure and solves
future problems.  Waiting will only
increase costs.

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Janine Freedman, 11
Tamarack Drive said she has a problem with the concept.  There is a problem with the costs that
residents have to take the entire burden upon themselves.

She asked what protection there would be against cost
overruns.  There can’t be an
open ended number on this project.

Supervisor Puglisi said
they were being given the worst case scenario based on earlier experiences.

J. Freedman said
she doesn’t believe there is a strong majority of Tamarack residents who
are in favor of the project.  Many
people are concerned with costs.
She said 53% of residents had responded favorably and she opined that is
not a strong majority of the entire district.  Total tax burdens would be increased by
a large number and she wondered if it’s cost worthy.

Henry Traulsen, 10 Tamarack Drive:
Everybody says there’s no money
for us.  I look over at Yorktown and
I see the County legislature wants to make a study for $500,000.  That could go to our sewer district  They’re going to get $500,000
– we’re going to get nothing.
With the money that we paid for the sewer district we shouldn’t
have to pay for twenty years.

You go after the county.  There’s got to be money there and
that would bring the price down.

Supervisor
Puglisi:  We agree to what
you’re saying.  The County
government has denied this request.
I am only the messenger.

H. Traulsen:  There we should go afterm them
legally.  e have been taking a beating
from the County of Westchester for years with the garbage plant and the whole
nine yards.

T. Wood said he
believes that the $500,000 is from the diversion fund from the New York City
DEP because DEP has a mandate to Yorktown that they have to treat the affluent
differently.  The county is the
custodian of those funds and those funds have to be utilized to divert the flow
of sewage from the New York City watershed area which this area is not in.  So, even though it’s under control
of the County it’s not technically a County fund.

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Public Hearing, (cont.)

Supervisor
Puglisi:  For your information,
we have come out against that diversion.

William Salerno, 12
Northridge Road:  In favor.  It’s for the greater good of the
community and the majority of residents voted for it.  It’s best for environmental
effects and it is necessary.
I’m not happy about bearing the cost.  I’ve lived in the neighborhood for
years and paid the sewer tax without having sewers.  We have to move forward.

Rich Cohen, 6
Tamarack Drive:  I don’t
think there’s anyone in this room who is not in favor of sewers.  I think the biggest problem is
cost.  No one wants to face a
thousand dollars a year more.  Each
time a fact sheet comes out on this project, there is a large jump in
costs.  I disagree that the
population on the block is financially able to bear this burden.  There’s a number of unemployed residents;
there’s senior residents.
There are on income residents and there are people who are financially
burdened already on Tamarack.
Whether this is tax deductible or not, it is still cash out of
pocket.  I think the vote should be
redone because there have been five property sales since the survey was taken.

Ed Vergano:  The reason for the price increase
from the first informational meeting is that we had planned on receiving money
from the County and that never happened.
Also, the scope of the district did change.

Supervisor
Puglisi:  We had a pledge for
that money and then that pledge was taken away.  That was very unfortunate.

Chris Martin, 17
Northridge Road:  As far as the
vote, it’s always going to be some kind of revolving thing.  You have to have a time line of when
you’re going to take the vote.
It would be great if the County and State would help us.  There’s still a 20% margin to the
pro votes and I don’t understand how you could vote any other way.

Marci Warner, 1
Northridge Road:  It’s an
emotional issue.  If they were given
to us I think everyone would take sewers.
But, because the County can not come up with the money to help us in
this economical time people do not have money.  These last three years have been
horrible, horrible years for people.
People are out of work
There are one family incomes.
If you are going to be in your home for the next 30 years like we are,
you are going to have to pay $60,000 out of pocket for sewers.  That’s a lot of money.  You guys are going to have to come up
with money or go back and postpone this until you can help us put those sewers
in.  As for the vote, nine people
did not vote.  I’d like to see
the list of the 43 people that did.
I’d like to see a new count because I don’t think you have a
two thirds majority.  Those 27
people that said “no” – those are 27 people whose houses
you’re putting in financial risk

Supervisor Puglisi: All
we would legally need is a simple majority that means 51%.  We’d like to have more than that.

M. Warner:  The other thing is that when we
moved into our house six years ago sewers were never as issue as to whether or
not we were going to buy our house.
We pay over $9,000 now in taxes.
You’re going to ask us to pay more than $11,000 in tax.  That’s a lot of tax.  A new septic system really costs about
$8,000.  I had someone come in and
look.  It’s not $10 or
$15,000.  You could replace your
septic system many times over the entire field for $60,000 and write it off.

Lot #42, Tamarack
Drive: I’m in favor of the sewer systems.  I think it’s environmentally
beneficial and the right thing to do.

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Public Hearing, (cont)

Martin O’Boyle,
24 Tamarack Drive: Since you can’t get any money for it, is it
possible that if this does go through we could get some money from that
particular proposal.  The work that
we’re doing is going to enable them to tack on, so is there any way we
could get a grant later?

Supervisor Puglisi: We
wouldn’t give up trying to get money even when if it was
established.  For example, there was
another sewer district not far from this Town Hall that a couple of years into
construction we were able to get even a lower interest rate from what’s
called the New York State Revolving Fund.
I think that was about $200,000 for the total project that we were able
to offset the cost so that those residents had a slight reduction in their
costs.  It’s an ongoing
process.  If County money frees up
in the future we wouldn’t stop trying to get that money.

Councilmember
Farrell: If funding became available in the future for another sewer
district, could some of that money be applied to this one.

M.
O’Boyle:  Exactly.  Or even that no other sewer district be
allowed to happen until we got some type of alleviation of the burden.  Could the Town Board vote to make that a
condition.

T. Wood, Esq.: If
there is a pipeline put into your district and it’s paid for by your
district and we then go and propose the adjacent district be created and
you’re going to connect into that line – under the State formula a
calculation has to be made that that district reimburses your district for a
proportionate cost of the pipe.  So
if a pipe is now in that carries 1,000 gallons a day and the next district is
going to increase that to 2,000 gallons a day, theoretically that district
would have to pay 50% of the cost of that pipe.  So, in that way, the shared facilities
would be reimbursed to your district.
The new district would then reduce your bonded indebtedness.

Supervisor Puglisi: What
Frank is saying is if a sewer district was proposed in the Croton watershed area
of the Town and we were able to get grant moneys from the Department of
Environmental Protection because they have moneys to protect the
watershed.  Your area is not in the
watershed, otherwise we would have gone to the DEP.  If you were to hear in the future that
we’ve got grant moneys from that area of Town, it would not be germane to
your situation.

Margaret Gallagher,
2003 Crompond Road – I was in real estate some time ago and the first
question that was asked was “Is there sewer and water.”  A lot of the houses have a very small
back yard and the fields and dry wells is costly.  I don’t think there’s enough
room in the back yard to do what they want to do.  Who funded the Lafayette Sewer
District?  Who funded the Conklin
East Sewer District.

Supervisor Puglisi: The
financial situation of the people in the Conklin District met the criteria to
receive the federal HUD Community Development Block Grant.  Your neighborhood does not.  We’ve attempted that

Councilmember Sloan: There
is partial funding by HUD.

Reuben Urena, 18
Northridge Road said there are three “no” votes on Northridge
Road out of twenty-three houses.  I
am in favor of sewers.

Eleanor Rose, 20
Tamarack Drive: I agree that we do need a sewer system.  My question to you to consider is where
do your put the next system.  There
is not a lot of land there.  Do you
put more in the back – move it to the front.  You’re talking about money you
have to lay out for the septic – this way it’s spread out.

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Public Hearing, (cont.)

E. Rose, (cont.):  You don’t have to connect until
you’re ready.  You do have to
pay the tax.  You don’t have
to connect, but when this person buys your home, at least it’s in the
area.

Kelly Polao, 4
Northridge Road: I am for this sewer district.  I know it will be a burden on some of
us, but I do believe that it is for the better of the community.  I think that all of us that are for the
sewers should pull together, go down to Westchester County and tell them what
we think and tell them we need their help.
I think we should move forward, let them start with this district and
catch Westchester County and say it’s not fair .  We’ve been paying for a number of
years and we deserve something.
But, let’s go forth.

Nick Christopher, 16
Northridge Road, expressed support for Tamarack Sewer District.

Supervisor Puglisi reiterated
that the Public Hearing will be closed and said there would be ten days given
for receipt of comments to either her office or the Department of Technical
Services.  She said by law the Town
Board can or can not establish sewer districts.  It is just a matter of the costs
involved.  At the December 9, 2003
Town Board meeting there will be a resolution adopted giving the board’s
decision.

The Public Hearing was then closed on motion of
Councilmember Cerreto, seconded by Councilmember Lindau.  All voted AYE.

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Public Hearing to consider adopting a resolution with
respect to the regulation of residential rents within the Town of Cortlandt.

Town Clerk Dyckman
said the first item of business is to consider adopting a resolution authorizing
a Memorandum of Understanding.

Supervisor Puglisi
said that T. Wood, our Town Attorney, has been negotiating on behalf of the
Town, with all parties involved in this issue.  The issue came before the Town Board in
May, 2003 when tenants of Amberlands, in particular, were being faced with a
very large rent hike.  The Town has
been in negotiations with tenants and landlords ever since.

T. Wood, Town
Attorney presented and read a statement.  (Statement placed in full context in
official minutes.)

Michael Garvin, Building 21, Amberlands – asked whether the increase mentioned of  4½ % was annually.

Councilmember Sloan commented
that this is the result of a four or five month negotiation period amongst
several landlord groups, tenant groups and the Town.  He feels this is a good compromise
– a good settlement given the alleged abuses the Town was told five
months ago at the Public Hearing and given the needs of the landlords to have
capital to invest to have capital improvements.  He commended all three parties
concerned, saying this is the way the negotiation process is supposed to work.

He said the Town has opted not to adopt the Emergency Tenant
Protection Act through the understanding that the letter in spirit of the memo
of understanding would be honored and respected.  If that’s not the case, this board
will have no other option than to adopt the ETPA and would do so with no
hesitation.

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Public Hearing, (cont.)

Councilmember Lindau then moved to adopt the following
resolution, seconded by Councilmember Farrell:

RESOLUTION NO. 331-03 – RE:  Authorize a Memorandum of Understanding
with respect to regulating rents at the Amberlands complex.

Discussion:  One of the tenants
thanked the board for all their work and pointed out that even though the rent
increases are now lower, it will still be a hardship for a lot of the
residents.

There was no additional
discussion.  All voted AYE.

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Public Hearing to
consider construction of a wireless communication facility by Sprint Spectrum
L.P. at 477 Albany Post Road.

Town Clerk Dyckman presented and read the notice of hearing
as had been published in the official Town newspaper.

Supervisor Puglisi called the hearing to order at 8:57
p.m.  She said she would take
testimony now and the hearing would be adjourned until December 9th.

David Snyder, Esq. appeared
on behalf of the applicant, Sprint Spectrum LP. and made a presentation for a
90 foot monopole which would fill a gap in service and provide reliable
wireless communications in the Town.
They are also looking at an alternative site on Scenic Drive.

T. Wood said he
had met with representatives of Sprint at the site and he said it is the
board’s direction that the hearing be adjourned tonight so that some
renderings can be submitted to the board prior to the adjourned date of
December 9th.

Councilmember Sloan asked
if the same “gap in service” did not exist at the time of the last
Sprint application in Croton Park Colony.

D. Snyder said
the process is, by nature, incremental.

Paul Summer, 24 Watch
Hill Road:  Said ninety feet
equates to nine stories which is very tall and totally out of scale with
anything in the neighborhood.  He
urged the board to consider the alternate site since there is already a large
structure there.

There was no further discussion and the Public Hearing was adjourned
on motion of Councilmembers Farrell and Sloan to December 9, 2003.  All voted AYE.

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HEARING of
CITIZENS, (agenda items only)

None.

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BID REPORTS

Councilmember Sloan moved that the following items be
received and ordered filed and the resolution indicated be adopted as amended.  Councilmember Cerreto seconded the
motion.

Receive and file
bids opened on August 29, 2003 for “Water Meters and Radio Units.”

RESOLUTION NO.
332–03 – RE:  Award
contract for water meters and radio units, as advertised.  AMENDED to read “Award contract
subject to certain conditions, etc.

Discussion:  Supervisor Puglisi said after a
phase of one thousand properties, the project will be re-evaluated.

Councilmember Farrell said he had received the text of the
resolution with the addition just a couple of minutes ago and he asked that the
end of the paragraph beginning with “WHEREAS, the Town Board” be
amended to read “the Supervisor and the Town Board.”

Supervisor Puglisi agreed and all voted AYE to the motion as amended.

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Receive and file a report from the Northern Joint
Waterworks with respect to the radio meter reading project.

There was no additional discussion.  All voted AYE.

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REPORTS

Councilmember Cerreto moved that the following monthly
reports be received and ordered filed seconded by Councilmember Lindau:

October, 2003 – Receiver of Taxes, DES/Office of
Aging, Town Justices, Town Clerk.

There was no discussion.  All voted AYE.

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OLD BUSINESS

Correspondence:

Councilmember Lindau moved that the following documents be
received and ordered filed, as amended, and the resolution adopted, seconded by
Councilmember Farrell:

Letter dated October 15, 2003 from the Hudson River
Valley Greenway Community Council with respect to the Compact Plan.

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Report from DES regarding pavement conditions on Floral
Road, (E. Sandler).

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OLD BUSINESS, (cont.)

Report from DES regarding Hood Place/Udell Court
paving.

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Report from DES re. speeding on Scenic Drive and Furnace
Dock Road.  (R. Milano.)

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Report from DES regarding cul de sac on Lent Street, (W.
Gallagher).

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Report from DES re. request for “no outlet”
sign on Valley View Road, (J. DeVito)

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Report from DES re. drainage on Lakeview Avenue West, (S.
Schwadron.)

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Report from DES re. speeding on Sunset Road, (M.
Marussich)

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Report from DES re. various requests affecting Dogwood
Road.

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Report from DES re. drainage issues at Quarry Acres, (I.
Tomlinson.

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Report from DES re. various issues on Sprout Brook
Road.  (G. Kemp.)

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AMENDED to add:  Report from DES regarding traffic on
Helena Avenue and High Street.

RESOLUTION NO.
333-03 – RE:  Authorize
amending the Vehicle and Traffic Law to install a stop sign at the intersection
of Helena Avenue and High Street.

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Technology report from the Purchasing director and
technology support team.

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Letters objecting to a request to purchase a portion of a
right-of-way located in the area of Francis Drive from the following:

Donald and Faith Troccoli, 12 East Francis Drive.

Charles and Elaine Paulson, 38 Montrose Point Road.

Robert and Margaret Millman, 11 East Francis Drive.

(No
Town Board action will be taken on this preceding request.)

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OLD BUSINESS, (cont.)

Report from the Town Attorney regarding the Old Van
Cortlandtville cemetery.  (W.
Lancaster.)

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Letter dated October 7, 2003 from Metro North railroad in
response to a Town Board resolution opposing elimination of the 7:39 am train
from Cortlandt to Grand Central Station.
Also an e-mail from Stephanie Vaughey with respect to same. (Town Clerk has not been given
a copy of this e-mail.)

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Letter from Cortway Apartments Ltd. requesting an
exemption from the Town moratorium.
Deny request of same.

There was no additional discussion.  All voted AYE.

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NEW BUSINESS

Correspondence:

Councilmember Farrell moved that the following items, as
amended, be received, filed and referred to the appropriate departments;  that the resolutions be adopted.  Councilmember Sloan seconded the motion.

Letter/petition from residents of Lent Avenue and Emerson
Place with respect to repeated problems with disorderly youths.  Refer, also to the State and County
Police Departments.

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Letter from Theresa Jessup with respect to traffic safety
on Montrose Station Road.  Refer,
also to DES and the Traffic Safety Committee.

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

AMENDED to read
-  RESOLUTION NO. 334-03
– RE:  Amend Vehicle and
Traffic Law to prohibit trucks except for local delivery from traveling on Short
Hill Road.

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Letter dated October 31, 2003 from Paul and Marie Taxer
with respect to speeding on Waterbury Parkway.  Refer, also to the State and County
Police.

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Copy of a petition to be circulated from residents of the
Town to the New York State Department of Transportation with respect to
pedestrian safety along Route 9A in the Springvale area.

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NEW BUSINESS, (cont.)

RESOLUTION NO. 335-03 – RE:  Support residents’ request for
increased pedestrian safety along Route 9A.  (State highway.)

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2004 Capital Improvement Plan.  (Draft.)

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Letters from the Verplanck Residents’ Association
regarding the draft Master Plan and Town park patrols.

There was no discussion.  All voted AYE.

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RESOLUTIONS

(All resolutions adopted at this meeting are to be found
in full context affixed to the end of this document.)

Councilmember Sloan moved the following resolutions be
adopted, seconded by Councilmember Cerreto:

RESOLUTION NO. 336-03 – RE:  Confirm the voluntary transfer of Jane
Fitzgerald from DOTS/Water to the Town Assessor’s Office effective
January 1, 2004.

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RESOLUTION NO 337-03 – RE:  Authorize the Town Attorney to seek a
court order restraining the City of Peekskill from requiring Town sanitation
vehicles from having hauler’s permits.

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RESOLUTION NO. 338-03 – RE:  Authorize the DOTS to award a request
for proposal for engineering services for the proposed Broadway Streetscape
project.

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RESOLUTION NO. 339-03 – RE:  Authorize a Professional Service
Agreement to up-date the Town’s tax maps.

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RESOLUTION NO. 340-03 – RE:  Authorize DOTS to award a request for
proposal for construction of a doorway in a Town Hall corridor.

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RESOLUTION NO. 341-03 – RE:  Authorize DOTS to award a request for
proposal for preliminary design services for Battery Place Road.

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RESOLUTIONS, (cont.)

RESOLUTION NO. 342-03 – RE:  Authorize a letter to be sent to the NYS
DOT in support of restricting left turns from Regina Avenue onto Route 6.

There was no discussion.  All voted AYE.

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Councilmembers Cerreto and Lindau moved to adopt the
following resolutions:

RESOLUTION NO. 343-03 – RE:  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 Avenue and Hill and Dale/Dimond Avenue

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RESOLUTION NO. 344-03 – RE:  Authorize the settlement of a tax
certiorari with respect to Union State Bank.

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RESOLUTION NO. 345-03 – RE:  Authorize a correction to Resolution No.
254-03 with respect to zoning codes.

There was no additional discussion.  All voted AYE.

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Councilmember Cerreto and Lindau moved for adoption of the
following resolution:

RESOLUTION NO. 346-03 – RE:  Authorize a two year extension to the
collective bargaining agreement between the Town of Cortlandt and AFSCME.

Discussion:  Supervisor Puglisi said she is
supporting this.  Our employees work
hard and she thinks it’s a good contract.

A polled vote of the board taken by Town Clerk Dyckman
was, as follows:

Councilmember Sloan,                                   No,

Councilmember
Cerreto,                               Aye,

Councilmember
Lindau,                                 Aye,

Supervisor
Puglisi,                                         Aye,

Councilmember
Farrell,                                 Aye.

The motion was declared adopted.

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Councilmembers Cerreto and Lindau moved to adopted the
following resolutions, as amended:

RESOLUTION NO. 347-03 – RE:  Authorize the Supervisor and the Town
Attorney to continue to coordinate regional opposition to the proposed
Millennium Pipeline.

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RESOLUTION NO. 348-03 – RE:  Authorize a license agreement with
respect to a portion of paper road located in Verplanck.

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RESOLUTIONS, (cont.)

RESOLUTION NO. 349-03 – RE:  Award a request for proposal to Applied
GIS, Inc. for GIS consulting services.

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RESOLUTION NO. 350-03 – RE:  Support purchase of land by the
Department of Environmental Protection in the area of Colabaugh Pond Road.

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RESOLUTION NO. 351-03 – RE:  Authorize an Order and Consent with
respect to the dedication of Valley View Road.

AMENDED
to include the following:

RESOLUTION NO. 352-03 – RE:  Authorize the release of subdivision
security and accept road maintenance security.

There was no discussion.  All voted AYE.

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Councilmembers Lindau and Farrell moved that the following
resolution be adopted:

RESOLUTION NO. 353-03 – RE:  Authorize funding for the DARE
program.  Authorize the Comptroller
to prepare a request for proposal with respect to future DARE services.

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RESOLUTION NO. 354-03 – RE:  Schedule a Public Hearing for December
9, 2003 to consider an Agreement for the Mt. Airy/Quaker Bridge Fire Protection
District for 2004.

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RESOLUTION NO. 355-03 – RE:  Schedule a Public Hearing for December
9, 2003 to consider and Agreement for the Furnace Woods Fire Protection
District for 2004.

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RESOLUTION NO. 356-03 – RE:  Authorize acceptance of a Letter of
Credit in the amount of $5,000  for
Annsville Circle Mobile.

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RESOLUTION NO. 357-03, 358-03, 359-03:  Authorize acceptance of various Letters
of Credit for Hollowbrook Golf subdivision.

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RESOLUTION NO. 360-03 – RE:  Authorize acceptance of a Letter of
Credit in the amount of $1,000 for GEIS Toyota.

There was no discussion.  All voted AYE.

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ADDITIONS to the AGENDA

Councilmember Farrell moved to add the following items to
the agenda.  He then moved that the
letter be received and ordered filed, the resolutions be adopted and the
resolution indicated be removed from the agenda.  Councilmember Sloan seconded the motion.

CORRESPONDENCE

A letter from David Steinmetz representing Daniel Muro,
456 Croton Avenue, requesting a License Agreement relating to a stone wall.

RESOLUTION NO. 360a-03 – RE:  Authorize a License Agreement with
Daniel Muro.

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RESOLUTIONS

RESOLUTION NO. 361-03 – RE:  Authorize the
Director of DOTS to enter into a Professional Service Agreement for surveying
services for Shaw Highway and Sunlit Trail.

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RESOLUTION NO. 362-03 – RE:  Authorize appraisal services for
property located in Verplanck.

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REMOVED
FROM AGENDA – Authorize a resolution expressing an intent to
consider a Special Permit for Planned Village Development with respect to the
proposed Jacobs Hill Crossing.

There was no discussion.  All voted AYE.

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BUDGET TRANSFERS

Councilmember Sloan moved that the following resolution be
adopted, seconded by Councilmember Cerreto:

RESOLUTION NO. 362a-03 – RE:  Authorize budget transfers.

Discussion:  Glenn Cestaro, Comptroller explained
the transfers, a copy of which is affixed to the original resolution.

There was no additional discussion.  All voted AYE.

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ADJOURNMENT

The meeting was adjourned at 9:20 p.m. on motion made by
Councilmember Cerreto, seconded by Councilmember Lindau.

Respectfully
submitted,

JO-ANN DYCKMAN,

Town
Clerk

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