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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1994-07-26 - MP in TOWN OF ULYSSES MASTER PLAN COMMITTEE MEETING TOWN HALL J ULY 26 , 1994 P RESENT : CHAIRWOMAN : SUE POELVOORDE ; MEMBERS : CATHERINE STOVER , RUTH KAHN , JOANNE MOLINO , DAVID TYLER , PETER PENNIMAN , RANDY BROWN ; BUILDING / ZONING OFFICER : ALEX RACI•IUN ; SECRETARY : ROXANNE SMITH The meeting came to order at 7 : 40 PM . THE MINUTES OF JULY 5 , 1994 Alex requested that on the first page , first paragraph , the fifth and sixth sentences be deleted as they were conjecture on his part . On page two , the second paragraph , the second sentence , the word " discrete " be changed to " distinct " . CONTRACT Catherine provided copies of the contract between the Town of U lysses and the County for their services . The cover letter and the signature page were omitted in order to save paper . One item the County will not be covering is economic features . Alex hopes the survey will include a question requesting where people work as he sees that as helpful information . WATER DISTRICT David queried about whether Antic was serious about selling , when he has no water . Alex stated that Ruble was putting together a petition . There will be a joint meeting on the 28th , between the Village , the Town and the people on the south end ( of, the Village ) . K arl Hecht will be coming , and someone else From County= Planning , t o propose what can be done to get a grant together . Discussion on t he north end will also be entertained . Alex said they will probably e nd up doing two individual districts and try to push them through at the same time . The total that can be gotten out of ARC is $ 150 , 000 . Up to $ 450 , 000 can be gotten from Smell Cities . There are other possible monies available . The total could be as much as $ 750 , 000 . The Small Cities grant could pretty well cover the cost of bringing water down t o the south end . There is e good possibility that e matching grant from the State ( to match the ARC grant ) , and the Small. Cities grant could cover the whole route ( without any expenditure ) , said Alex . There will have to be money up front , but hopefully the buisnesses involved will be footing that bill . ECONOMIC TASK FORCE David reported that he had e meeting with Tom Smith ( Village ✓ esident , works for Tompkins County Trust Company ) , Doug Rustic and Tom Bennett . They would like to form an economic task force that would meet once e month . It would be made up of one member of the 0 Village Planning Board , one member of the Town Planning Board ( trys mail ) and Tom Smith . This group would hopefully foster better commun - icetier between the two municipalities as they will be reporting back to their own groups . David also mentioned that Tom Bennett will invite Don Fairchild to be the Village ' s representative on the Town ' s Master .Plan Commit - t ee . 11 ORGANIZATIONAL PROPOSAL . � I Peter suggested that the Master. Flan Committee divide into sub - committees . Those committees could be. : map development , survey fi iI I i �i 1 it TOWN OF ULYSSES 2 MASTER PLAN COMMITTEE MEETING TOWN HALL JULY 26 , 1994 question development , logistics of the mailing and developing the mailing list . The Members agreed . It was decided that they could continue to meet on Tuesdays , and work in their individual groups then . Catherine spoke favorably of Peter ' s introduction to the survey ( his revision of David Tyler ' s example ) . The Members decided to delete the J. ast line " For further information , or if you would like to help the Town of Ulysses Master Plan Committee . . . " as it would be too dif - ficult to bring someone up to speed . RESOURCES Sue brought to the Members attention a design manual for conser - ✓ ation and development . It is a study of the Connecticut River Valley in Massachusetts . This book was listed as a resource in Tony Hiss ' s book that Sue had introduced at an earlier meeting . The book takes the reader through some graphic scenarios of what can happen to what as existing under conventional zoning and what creative zoning son accomplish . She offered the book to every Member to read ( quick read - ing , about 180 pages ) . ills stated that it will help prepare each Member for the task ahead of them . COMMITTEE FORMATION The Committees broke down as follows ; Surrey Questions ; David Tyler , Ruth Kahn , Alex Rochun Mailing : Catherine Stover , Joanne Oolfno , Irene Schickel Maps : Randy Brown , Peter. Penniman and Sue Poslvootde . Some questions that came up would be a Ulysses return address label ( so the survey looks official ) , providing a drop box , providing ✓ eturn envelopes . Peter provided a map that had one color , along with grey shading , as an example of what could be sent . The map committee will decide the eventual size of ft . SCHOOL TAX The Members discussed maintaining 'open space " by providing tax saving incentives to the local farmers . Lowering the school tax would help the farmer ( though the Town has no control over this ) . Catherine pointed out that one carefully worded question on the survey { inferring that the Town residents may have to pay more to keep these " viewshods / o pen spaces " ) could be beneficial . NEXT MEETIN The next meeting will be August 16 , 1994 at 7 : 30 .PM .