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TOWN OF ULYSSES
WORK SESSION/COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
AUGUST 27, 1996
PRESENT : Supervisor Douglas Austic ; Councilpeople Catherine Stover, Carolyn
Duddleston and Peter Penniman ; absent Robert Weatherby, Councilman; Alex
Rachun, CEO ; Marsha Georgia, Town Clerk.
Supervisor Austic opened the work session at 7: 15 pm. He explained to the public that
® was in attendance that the radio and the newspaper let the public to believe that the
Town Board was going to present a Comprehensive Plan to the Public but in fact that
this is a work session to review and modify the plan previously presented to the Town
Board from the Master Plan Committee. He welcomed any comments from the public.
When the document is completed (hopefully before the first of the year) there will be a
public hearing and a complete copy will be available to the public.
The Board discussed the document and the following changes took place:
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
GOAL
No changes.
OBJECTIVE OK
ACTIONS
1
A. OK
D. Changed to read in the Town of Ulysses and around the Village of Trumansburg.
G. Encourage revitalization of historic business districts in the Village of
Trumansburg and the hamlet of Jacksonville.
E. OK
F. OK
Discussed combing B and D together and removing the first words of promote tourism
and tourist activities. So it would be as follows. Remove d and b would become ;
B. Promote business expansion in the Town of Ulysses and around the Village of
Trumansburg which will increase job opportunities and generate sales tax revenue
without burdening our local infrastructure. Capitalize on area resources (Cayuga Lake,
Taughannock Falls State Park, Finger Lakes Region, and local colleges, wine trails, etc .)
E will change to D , F to E, and G to F.
• AGRICULTURE
GOAL OK
I OBJECTIVE OK
ACTIONS
A. OK
B. OK
C . OK
D. change second word from establishing to encouraging -- discussed further and
decided to move d to the Open Space section of the plan .
E. change first word to encourage and remove stimulate and make it D
COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT
Town of Ulysses
Work Session
8-27-96
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decided to move d to the Open Space section of the plan.
E. change first word to encourage and remove stimulate and make it D
COMMERCIAL. DEVELOPMENT
GOAL OK
OBJECTIVES
1. remove the word commercial and replace with activity •
2 . OK
3. OK
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS BY OBJECTIVE
1. replace commercial with activity
a. OK
b. OK
c. OK
d. remove "work with the Village of Trumansburg to find ways to"
2 . OK
a. OK
b. OK
add c. to read " Investigate availability of water and sewer from other sources. "
3. OK
a. delete "while limiting the size of commercial zones to discourage competition with
major commercial zones established in the village.
b. remove eliminate and replace with " consider eliminating"
c. OK
d. OK
add E. encourage the continuation and expansion of existing business.
add F. Consider establishment of different levels of commercial activity.
INDUSTRIAL consider a different title 11 define industrial
GOAL after atmosphere add and environmental integrity
OBJECTIVES
1. OK
2 . OK (discussed light industry)
3. delete in industrial zones /1 talked about moving all of #3 into economic development
//look into wording for some text regarding Cottage Industries being spun out of HI-
Tech development at Cornell University or universities instead of spelling out. just
Cornell. Again this may want to go into economic development.
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RECOMMENDED ACTIONS BY OBJECTIVE
1./a. OK
1./b. OK
2./a. OK
2 ./b. delete utilizing replace with adjacent to
2 ./c. OK
2 ./d . OK
3. remove the last 3 words - in industrial zones.
Df)--3
Town of Ulysses
Work Session
8-27-96
The next work session was scheduled for September 24th, 1996 at 7: 00 p.m. and the
following parts of the comprehensive plan will be discussed ; Tourism Industry,
Aesthetic Aspects, Housing and Residential Land Uses.
Hearing no further discussion the work session was adjourned at 9am. Supervisor
Austic announced that the Regular Town Board Meeting will be held at the Village Hall
Meeting room due to voting for Primary Day here at the Town Hall.
• Respectfully submitted,
M. L. Georgia
Town Clerk
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