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TOWN OF ULYSSES
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SPECIAL BOARD MEETING `
MARCH 3, 1997
PRESENT: Supervisor Austic; Councilpeople Peter Penniman, Robert Weatherby,
Carolyn Duddleston, and Catherine Stover; Planning Board Chairman David Tyler;
Planning Board Members Greg Hoffmire, Richard Geiger, Gail Zabawsky; Town
Attorney Bruce Wilson; William Sitzman, President Independent Broadcast Consultants,
Inc.
Others present: Citizens of the Town, David Gell, Foley's, D. Reynolds, Thomas Reitz,
• Meredith Kwiatkowski, Attorney Richard Urda.
A draft ordinance had been previously presented from the Town Attorney to the Town
Board and Planning for their review:
The two boards listened to the comments and concerns of the public in attendance and
answered their questions and made note of the changes they would like to see in the
purposed ordinance.
Mr. Sitzman addressed many of the concerns of the residents. .
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The Boards discussed the purposed ordinance at length and made some changes as
follows :
page #1 - under Legislative Intent - 1st paragraph and item 1. -- ad and facilities
page: #2 - under: Antenna take the s off of televisions .
page #3 - under a. after location ad - including geographic coordinates
under b, at the end ad include a; ; appurtenances.
under c, after . Tower type ad - to include engineering drawings from Tower
manufacturer .
under g, change: ten feet to 100 feet .
page #4 - under #2 ad at the end ad - and application fee is paid as set by the Town
Board. .
under #3 cross out at least two times and change to at least once
under #5 put space in maybe
page #5 - under f should read FCC-96 .
under #4 ad after tower owner applicant and/or landowner - cross out in the
future.
page #7 - under #5,2 should read - drafted by the Planning Board and adopted by the
Town Board. . .
• under G first paragraph 3 sentence - should read -It shall be reviewed by a
licensed expert retained by the Town of Ulysses. .
page #9 - under I 1. ad after road construction - and public utility services.
under J first sentence cross out will - so it will read -- that the applicant design
the Tower to have a minimum etc. • .
page #11 under M - ad after applicant and/or owner -- after Tower ad and Antennas --
and after (12) months of cessation of use ad - which can be extended by the Planning
Board for good cause.
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Special Town/Planning Board Meeting
3-3-97
Hearing no other changes Supervisor Austic introduced the purposed " Tower
Ordinance " as changed, moved by Mrs. Duddleston, seconded by Mrs. Stover.
Mr. Austic aye
Mrs. Stover aye
Mrs. Duddleston aye
Mr. Penniman aye
Mr. Weatherby aye
Adopted. •
A Public Hearing was set for March 17th, 1997 at 7: 00 PM. The clerk will publish in
accordance to law, 10 days prior to hearing. Attorney Wilson will request from
Tompkins County Planning, James Hanson a 239-m review. The clerk will notify the
neighboring towns.
Code Enforcement Officer will have to fill out an Environmental Assessment Form.
Supervisor Austic reviewed a resolution received by him addressing recent programming
and show aired on the public access channel in " prime time " . Discussion followed.
Mrs. Duddleston moved, seconded by Mr. Weatherby the following:
RESOLVED, by the Town Board of the Town of Ulysses as follows:
That recent programming produced and aired on the public access channel
in " prime time " hours contained material considered to be sexually explicit
and offensive to many in our community,
That the citizens in the Town of Ulysses desire to have input in
determining community standards for airing such programming in
conjunction with other communities in Tompkins County.
That such standards need to reflect the input of citizens throughout
Tompkins County and the Town of Ulysses respectfully requests an
opportunity for all concerned citizens to meet to jointly determine such
community standards, and
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Town Clerk forward a certified copy of
the foregoing resolution to the following:
-Mayor, City of Ithaca
-Ithaca City Council
-Town Supervisors & Village Mayors (in Tompkins County)
-Ben Curtis, Representative Cable Commission
Mr. Austic aye
Mrs. Stover aye
Mrs. Duddleston aye •
Mr. Penniman aye
Mr. Weatherby aye
Adopted.
Hearing no further discussion Mr. Weatherby moved, seconded by Mrs. Duddleston for
adjournment. Meeting adjourned at 9:40 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Marsha L. Georgia
Ulysses Town Clerk