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MASTER PLAN COMMITTEE MEETING
FEBRUARY 15 , 1994
TOWN HALL
P RESENT : JOANNE MOLINO , RUTH KAHN , CATHERINE STOVER , DAVID TYLER ,
DAVID LAURIE ; SECRETARY : ROXANNE SMITH .
The meeting came to order at 7 : 45 PM . Catherine Stover brought
to the Members attention the numbers from the School District
S ummary for. the Town of Ulysses ( which Marcia Georgia provided
upon request ) . They are as follows :
• TOTAL ASSESSED ASSESSED EXEMPT TOTAL
PARCELS LAND TOTAL AMOUNT TAXABLE
ITHACA 547 31 , 610 , 600 81 , 078 , 364 6 , 825 , 952 74 , 252 , 412
TRUMANSBURG 1893 46 , 183 , 700 188 , 261 , 982 44 , 944 , 996 143 , 316 , 986
The Members reviewed some DOT information on traffic counts .
They decided that the count was done in the summer . Catherine
mentioned that the bridge on Rt . 96 was closed right a .fte .r. July
4th so that might skew the numbers a little .
Three applicants who applied for the opening on the BZA may
be interested in joining the Master Plan Committee . Russell Carpen -
t er was selected for the opening on the Board . Ken Christianson
will take over Gail Zabawsky ' s position . The three people are
P eter Penniman ( Administrator to Tompkins County Waste ) , Randy
B rown ( who works in banking , construction loans ) and Irene Schickel.
( who was on the the Police Commission for the City of Ithaca ) .
11/ The Members began their work on the outline for the second
part of_ Topic III . ( The first part was Public Utilities . ) It
is as follows :
TOPIC III continued COMMUNITY FACILITIES I
A . PUBLIC FACILITIES
1 . Fire
a . serves areas
b . volunteer problems
c . funding
1 . Department ( Village ) - equipment
2 . Men ( Trumansburg Fire Company )
3 . Current Concerns
d . ambulance
2 . Public Safety - Police
a . Sheriff ' s Department
b . State Police / Park Police
c . Village Police
3 . Schools
a . Public
1 . operating at capacity
2 . effect of state mandates
3 . cost / tax burden
b . Other Educational Facilities
1 . Trumansburg Community Nursery School
2 . Montessori
3 . Conservatory of. Fine Arts
4 . Cayuga Nature Center
5 . Special Children ' s Center
6 . Alpha House
7 . Girl Scouts ( Camp Comstock )
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TOWN OF ULYSSES 2
MASTER PLAN COMMITTEE MEETING
FEBRUARY 15 , 1994
TOWN HALL
TOPIC III continued COMMUNITY FACILITIES
A . PUBLIC FACILITIES continued
4 . Churches
5 . Community Organizations
6 . Parks and Recreation
a . Fairgrounds
b . Taughannock Falls State Park
c . Golf Course
d . Yacht Club
e . Trumansburg Fish and Game Club
f . Jacksonville Civic Association
g . Podunk Cross County Ski area
7 . General Government
a . Existing Town Government
1 . First Class Town
2 . Supervisor and Four Member Town Council
a . Supervisor elected for 4 year term
b . Council elected for 4 year term - elected
alternately , 2 every 2 years
3 . Elected Town Clerk - 4 year term
a . charged with all records
b . charged with collecting all Town and
County Taxes
4 . Elected Town Highway Supervisor. -- 4 year term
a . Charged with building / repair / maintenance
of Town roads , including snow removal
5 . 2 Elected Town Justices - elected alternately
every 2 years
a . Each Justice holds court 1 night each week
b . Court System includes both Town and
Village of Trumansburg
8 . Tax System
a . Real Estate Taxes
1 . Town Taxes
a . Includes highway and Town government costs
b . Includes fire tax
1 . Town contracts with Village for
fire protection
b . County Taxes
1 . Includes costs of county highway / sherrif /
legal and other Government costs
411 The information for the Public Facilities ( items 1 -- 6 ) was
provided by Ruth Kahn . The General Government and Tax System
( items 7 & 8 ) information was provided by Catherine Stover .
Population and Housing will be the Topic for the agenda for
t he next meeting which will be Tuesday , March 1 , 1994 at 7 : 30
PM . Joanne handed out to the Members copies of an example from
t he Town of. Ithaca Comprehensive Plan to help prepare for that
meeting .
The meeting adjourned at 9 : 15 PM .