HomeMy WebLinkAbout1998-11-04-PB Ulysses Planning Board
November 4, 1998
Present : Chair Peter Demjanec, Gregg Hoffmire, Krys Cail, Paula Horrigan, Dave Tyler.
Recording minutes : Deb Austic
The meeting came to order at 7 :40 p . m . The Board reviewed the minutes from
10/21 /98 . The minutes were amended to add the address of the Agway building. Dave
made a motion to approve the minutes as amended, seconded by Krys, passed
unanimously .
The Board discussed SEQR for the comprehensive plan. Dave said Bruce had
spoken to the chief counsel at DEC and was told an EIS was required . The board
discussed when the EIS should be done and whether the long form EAF would be
sufficient for the comprehensive plan. Paula suggested the EIS should be done during the
planning process . Peter reported that Alex also had an example of generic language that
could be included in the document to support the EAF . The Board discussed the
upcoming public hearing on the comprehensive plan and the joint meeting on 11 / 18
between the Plan Committee and Planning Board to go through the long form EAF .
The Board discussed the supporting documentation that would be needed for the
public hearing and appendices . The appendix should include the inventory of existing
conditions from County Planning, the survey results, and glossary . The Board briefly
discussed the comprehensive plan map and whether it would be flexible . There was a
brief discussion of development within the Town, current industries, and potential
industrial zones .
Paula expressed concern for the need to present supporting documents and the
rationale for making planning decisions . Krys called Sue Poelvoorde and was able to set
a comprehensive plan committee meeting for Sunday , 11 /8 , in order to gather supporting
information for the public hearing and plan the agenda.
The Board discussed current projects and deadline for the commercial zoning, and
determined that the comprehensive plan and zoning should take priority . Paula offered to
do some background research on other zoning ordinances for the updated zoning . The
Board decided to work on the other projects as time allowed. The meeting ended at 9 : 05
p .m.