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SPECIAL BOARD MEETING
February 27th , 2003
Present : Supervisor Douglas Austic ; Councilpeople Sue Poelvoorde, Lee Scott and
Robert Weatherby; Councilwoman Carolyn Duddleston absent; Highway Superintendent
James Meeker; Code Enforcement Officer Alex Rachun and Town Clerk Marsha L .
Georgia.
Supervisor Austic opened the meeting at 7 : 00 AM for the purpose of the review of the
"Notice of Intent" for coverage under SPDES general permit for Storm Water Discharge
from Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems .
Ms . Poelvoorde pointed out that in the directions the form is to be done in all upper case
letters and recommended that instead of the questions being marked off with a dot that
they use a check mark.
Review of Notice of Intent resulted in the following changes and/or additions made :
Section A
Use Upper Case Letters
Section B
Use check marks and upper case letters
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Section C
Use check marks and upper case letters
1 . Public Education and Outreach on Storm Water Impacts
Outreach Techniques — no changes
Management Practices to Encourage
Proper lawn and garden care
Pollution prevention for businesses
Proper disposal of household waste
Others : Proper management of household Septic Waste
2 . Public Involvement /Participation
Involvement Techniques — no changes
Participation Activities
Stream, beach, roadway cleanup
Volunteer monitoring
3 . Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination
Detection and Elimination Activities — no changes
Type of Discharge to target
Failing septic systems
Illegal dumping
Recreational sewage
4 . Construction Site Storm Water Runoff Control
Construction Program Requirements - no changes
Program Criteria — no changes
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5 . Post-Construction Stormwater Management
Post-Construction Program Requirements — no changes
Program Criteria — no changes
6 . Pollution Prevention/Good housekeeping for Municipal Operations
Program requirements — no changes
Management Practices
Vehicle maintenance and washing
Road salt storage
Roadway and bridge maintenance
Spill response and prevention
Section D — attachments with the start and end dates .
Section E — include the following :
Town of Ithaca
NYS DOT
NYS Parks & Recreation
TC Health Department
TC Highway Department
Hearing no further discussion of the application Ms . Poelvoorde moved, seconded by Mr.
Scott the following :
WHEREAS , following the 2000 Census , a portion of the Town of Ulysses was
classified as being part of the City of Ithaca Urbanized Area, defined by the US
Census Department as an area having a population of >50, 000 people with a
density of 1 , 000 people/square mile, and
WHEREAS such classification requires that the Town of Ulysses be designated a
regulated MS4 (Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System) and comply with the
Phase II Storm Water Regulations as administered by the New York State
Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), and
WHEREAS the first requirement under these regulations is issuance of a "Notice
of Intent" to New York State Department of Environmental Conservation,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of
Ulysses authorizes Supervisor Austic to sign the Certification on the "Storm
Water Notice of Intent" to be filed by March 5th, 2003 with NYSDEC .
Mr. Austic aye
Ms . Poelvoorde aye
Mrs . Duddleston aye
Mr. Scott aye
Mr. Weatherby aye
Adopted.
Ms . Poelvoorde stated that after the Notice of Intent is filed the Town could challenge
this ; the Town of Caroline is planning to do this because they do not feel that they should
be included in this . Mr. Austic stated that he does not have a problem with the lake area
but he does have a problem with the area around Iradell Road being included .
Ms . Poelvoorde stated that when reviewing the new zoning ordinance we need to be
thinking about this "Storm Water Plan" and maybe having a blanket stream buffer for any
development . At the Association of Towns Training sessions on the Phase II regulation,
consultants talked about subdivision standards in reference to roads, development
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standards and Towns should look at the width required and try to keep roads and
sidewalks as narrow as possible so that it doesn ' t add to volume run off volume . Also for
businesses, instead of paving everything do seeded grass parking areas . In reviewing the
zoning ordinance look at our parking standards to see if we are making them pave more
than they really need to pave .
Hearing no further discussion Mr. Weatherby moved , seconded by Ms . Poelvoorde to
adjourn the meeting. Unanimously approved, meeting adjourned at 8 : 25 AM .
Respectfully submitted,
Marsha L. Georgia
Ulysses Town Clerk
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