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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2008-11-13 - CPC Meeting Minutes Town of Ulysses Comprehensive Plan Update Committee November 13, 2008 Approved November 16, 2008 Present: Sue Poelvoorde, Chair; Roxanne Marino; John Wertis ; Rod Hawkes, Sue Ritter Absent: Deirdre Cunningham, Heather Filiberto, Bob Brown, Liz Thomas, David Tyler, Bob Weatherby Sue Poelvoorde called the meeting to order at 7 : 05 P .M . Sue Poelvoorde spoke to Ed Marx, Tompkins County Commissioner of Planning and Public Works, earlier in the day to follow up on the meeting with him on October 30th as a follow up to his review and comments of the preliminary draft plan and the presentation of the N. Y. S . Route 96 Corridor Study on the October 28th . As we were all encouraged after our meeting on the discussion and compromise related to the Krums Corners area, the County Planning office did run the transportation model to evaluate the impact of developing the Office & Technology Mixed-Use area on the Future Land Use Plan on the Route 96 corridor. The model was run using a range of 100-400 additional people working in the area. The output showed that the development did not result in downstream impacts of significance. Ed noted that he shared this information and our discussion with the Route 96 Corridor Technical Committee and they are okay with our planned area. The committee discussed eliminating the large Cluster Residential Area in the southeastern end of Town and how to alter the shape of the Office and Technology Mixed Use Area so as that it does not imply supporting strip development as Ed had noted. Based on the existing development in that area and the intent to "in fill" the area, the committee agreed to leave the shape as is and include text in the description reinforcing that the intent is to have limited driveway cuts, a service road system to support the movement of vehicles between the developments separate from Route 96 and the development of a path/sidewalk system that could in the future be extended to connect to the residential developments recommended for the nodes (the Hospital and Jacksonville) identified in the Route 96 Corridor Study. The Committee feels these changes to the FLUP and text allow for a better fit with the intent of the proposed Rt. 96 corridor study recommendations, and with the current and desired future land uses in the area designated as O&T Mixed Use. Other changes : • Edit Objective 1 .2 Action A; Strengthen wording related to protecting streams through revising the existing regulations in the zoning ordinance. The committee agreed that the Stream Buffer wording on the Future Land Use Plan be removed. The reference to primary creeks, streams and wetlands is too broad . This task really needs specific review, definitions and regulations . • Add to Priority area 1 (Environment and Natural Resources), Objective 1 . 1 Action I Protect and maintain air quality . . . The committee will have Kimberly work with us on coming up with wording that addresses the concerns we identified related to the new outdoor wood burning boilers that are causing issues in moderate to high-density residentially developed area. The committee also discussed the continuing problem of people burning plastics, etc . in outdoor burn barrels, although there is now a State and County law prohibiting the practice and the issue of encouraging residential development in the agricultural area of the Town where the spraying of herbicides, pesticides and fertilizers impacts the health of neighboring residents, The remainder of the meeting was spent discussing the Draft Implementation Schedule provided by Kimberly Baptiste. Rod Hawkes noted that there are thirty eight items, on the list. The committee believes that that number is too high even though some of the action items take little effort or time. We have 107 actions in the 18+ objectives in the draft comprehensive plan. John Wertis suggested that the committee go through the list of action items and decide what is important to us to get started on over the next three years . Comprehensive Plan Committee 2 11 / 13/2008 Rod suggests a different way of organizing the list, coming up with the "low hanging fruit" or items that we really want to initiate after the comprehensive plan is adopted by the Town Board. He also suggested a rational for prioritizing: 1 ) Critical nature of the action being taken in the short term, 2) Ease of implementing the action, 3 ) Cost of implementing the action, and 4) The nature of the action (is it a preliminary step necessary to taking another critical action). ' Also, as we identify the actions we feel should be implemented first, identify those that are zoning code updates and then prioritize them. The group started through the list of action items. Under Policy Area 1 the following actions should be included on the implementation schedule. Policy Area Environment and Natural Resources • Objective 1 . 1 Action B • 1 . 1 Action E (waterfront/lakeshore) • 1 . 1 Action D (waterfront / lakeshore) • 1 . 1 Action H • 1 . 1 Action G • Objective 1 . 2 Action B The committee agreed to continue the meeting on Sunday, November 15 , 2008 , 10 : 30 a.m. to 2 : 30 p.m. focus on the implementation list. The meeting was adjourned at 8 : 540 P.M. Respectfully submitted, Sue A. Poelvoorde Chair