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Town of Ulysses Planning Board
March 31 , 1999
Present: Chair Peter Demjanec, Krys Cail , Rick Geiger, Paula Horrigan, and Dave Tyler.
Also present Joan Jerkowitz of Tompkins County Planning and John Barney Jr.
Recording minutes : Deb Austic
Peter called the meeting to order at 7 : 40 p .m . The Board reviewed the minutes of
3/ 17/99 . Dave made a motion to approve, seconded by Krys and passed . Paula and Rick
abstained. Peter reported on the dinner meeting of the Citizens Planning Alliance and said
he felt the smart-growth planning tools discussed would not be useful for Ulysses . The
Board briefly discussed the potential for residential sprawl . Krys reported on the meeting
with the Finger Lakes Land Trust and local farmers .
John Barney Jr. handed out a proposal of the work he could do for Ulysses during
a summer internship . He discussed the possibility of map and ground-level drawings or
computer-manipulated photographs depicting various development scenarios . The Board
discussed John' s potential needs for workspace , computer access, and supervision.
Joan Jerkowitz said county planning would share its information with John as an
agent of the town. Joan suggested it would be beneficial to do the written document and
design elements concurrently. Joan described the assistance she felt county planning
could provide and said they could help with writing the document and zoning process and
with suggestions for incentives to meet design goals . Joan agreed to read the
comprehensive plan and ZORC and write a proposal about what areas of ZORC would
need to be revised to reflect the comprehensive plan. According to Joan, the new circuit
rider would be the person ultimately working with the town and she would be available
after the middle of April .
The Board set meetings for April 14`h and 21S` at 7 : 30 p .m. in the town hall . Joan
said she could attend the 21St and would bring the new circuit rider. The meeting ended at
9 : 00 p .m.
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