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Home My WebLink About2026-02-11 CPSC Final MinutesComprehensive Plan Steering Committee Meeting Minutes Page 1 of 3 February 11, 2026 Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee Zoom Hybrid Meeting Meeting Minutes February 11, 2026 Approved: February 25, 2026 Committee Members Present: Chair Ann DiPetta, Elizabeth Weatherby, Roxanne Marino, Karl Klankowski, Kim Moore, Katelin Olson Committee Members Present on Zoom: Alison Weaver, Karen Meador Committee Members Absent: Diane Cohen, Tai Basilius, Mo Klein Quorum Present Comp Plan Consultant Present: Matt Horn, Jessica Geary Town Staff Present: Lori Asperschlager, Niels Tygesen Members of the Public Present: Kurt Jordan, Rich Goldman, Neil Klohmann, Evan Romer, George Breuhaus, Beth Warner-Breuhaus, Linda Liddle, Scott Sutcliffe, Brock Buffon, Sarah Adams, Rebecca Schneider, Steven Morreale, Carl Mazzocone, Kristy Licari, Nancy Zahler, Sara Abernethy, Caitlin Matthenson Members of the Public Present on Zoom: Shirley, Moore, Krys Cail Proceedings Chair Ann DiPetta called the meeting to order at 5:33 pm at the Town Hall. Approval of Agenda Marino suggested extending the public hearing portion of the agenda. Committee agreed to extend it to 45 minutes and give those who haven’t spoken at previous CPSC meeting the first chance to speak. Motion: Weatherby motioned to approve the agenda; Klankowski seconded. Passed unanimously. APPROVAL OF PAST MINUTES (December 10, 2025, January 14, 2026, and January 28, 2026) December 10, 2025 minutes Motion: Olson approved the past minutes; Klankowski seconded. Passed unanimously. January 14, 2026 minutes Motion: Klankowski approved the past minutes; Olson seconded. Passed unanimously. January 28, 2026 minutes Motion: Olson motioned to table to next meeting to give committee members a chance to review. PUBLIC HEARING (Continued Hearing of the Draft 2025-2045 Comp Plan Scott Sutcliffe (Waterburg resident) property is in conservation easement and is not residential and cannot be developed. Steven Morreale (Waterburg resident) would like to help the committee with a GIS map with spatial layers to understand the landscape better. Had a concern as a BZA committee member, that if individual land owners can request to change their zoning that would be an issue for the BZA. Shirley Brown (Waterburg resident) read a statement (attached) from Dr. Sherene Baugher, President of the New York State Archaeological Association and Professor Emeritus Department of Anthropology and Department of Landscape Architecture Cornell University. Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee Meeting Minutes Page 2 of 3 February 11, 2026 Kurt Jordan spoke in a joint statement with Steve Hawkin and Michelle Seneca residents on Pease Street about Indian Fort Road and provided a written statement (attached). Rebecca Schneider (Waterburg resident) requests careful thought of the local waterfront revitalization that supports eco-tourism in the area. Concerned about rural residential and medium density residential in the plan, and about development on Waterburg Rd along Taughannock Creek. Will send the remaining comments in writing. Kristy Licari (Waterburg resident) spoke about the protected lands included in the proposal and requests more environmental review. Believes the current draft has veered away from the 2009 comprehensive plan regarding the Waterburg Hamlet. Helen McLallen (Route 227 resident) would like to see her property as agricultural character area as it is not strictly residential. Carl Mazzocone (Inn at Taughannock owner) concerned that in the latest draft of the plan his property is now in the lakeshore protection area and worries that might cause issues down the road. His business is on the west side of 89, not on the water. Nancy Zahler (Jacksonville resident and president of Jacksonville Community Association) spoke on behalf of the JCA after they met earlier in the week. Shared written comments (attached). Sarah Adams would like to see agricultural have its own chapter in the plan. Also would like the town to identify where it makes the most sense to have a higher density of housing. Krys Cail supports review of the map alongside GIS. Development is going to stop where there is no public water. Rich Goldman read a statement from Kelley Berliner, Eastern Regional Director of The Archaeological Conservancy (attached). Evan Romer spoke about neighborhood mixed-used and does not support the Waterburg area and Taughannock Creek having that character area. Linda Liddle spoke about rural residential parcels and would like clarification about the intention of that area. Also spoke about a portion of Dubois Rd that is active agriculture but has been put into the conservation character area on the future land use map and thinks it should match the current zoning map indication. George Breuhaus, member of the yacht club, would like an update to the description of the waterfront protection zone to allow for a range of allowed uses. Motion: Klankowski tabled the public hearing until next meeting; Olson seconded. Passed unanimously. FUTURE LAND USE MAP AMENDMENTS, Continued Discussion Klankowski recommended that the Lakeshore Protection and Conservation & Environmental Protection Character areas on FLUM match the 2019 zoning map exactly, including the businesses in those areas. Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee Meeting Minutes Page 3 of 3 February 11, 2026 Weatherby and Moore recommended commercial mixed use for businesses in that area. Consensus reached by the committee to make this change. The committee would like MRB to add language to the plan to provide protection for the types of businesses that are currently in business and encourage certain types of future uses that support hospitality and eco-tourism that have water dependent to the plan. Marino spoke about maps she has of natural landscapes. Olson recommend the use of Development Districts on the FLUM. This helps to recognize long-standing commercial businesses. After discussion a consensus from the committee was reached – Create a Legacy Business Development District. MRB will select a new color for the character area and create language around the area for the plan. This will include anything already in a Development District plus P&S Excavating and the Trumansburg Golf Course. It was thought that since historically Waterburg as a hamlet existed with both residential and business properties it could be possible to have that again if the FLUM supported medium-density residential, however if the residents only want residential properties the committee will support that. After a discussion about Waterburg hamlet a consensus from the committee was reached – Waterburg hamlet will go to low-density residential because of community feedback and no public water in that area. A short discussion about Indian Fort Road and a consensus from the committee was reached - the west side of Indian Fort Road (last two parcels) will go back to agriculture character area on the FLUM. This area is already designated as a Unique Natural Area. Marino asked that the whole of Indian Fort Road change back to agriculture based on the comments of several members of the public. A note about the Land Trust areas – no matter the FLUM designation or zoning (agriculture or otherwise), the state and a SEQR review would never allow development. Olson suggests all areas on the FLUM that are currently medium density residential and has public water stays as medium density residential. Also suggests that Waterburg Road toward Curry Road be switched from medium density residential to low density residential. LATEST COMP PLAN DRAFT Latest plan is online as of February 2. MRB did not open this round of the draft for comments from the public. The committee can share comments with Tygesen and will be passed along to MRB. Next meeting is scheduled on Wednesday, February 25 at 5:30pm. Tygesen will do a quorum call on February 23 to make sure there will be a quorum. Motion: Olson motioned to adjourn; Weatherby seconded. Passed unanimously. Meeting adjourned at 7:40 PM. Respectfully submitted by Lori Asperschlager, Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee Secretary February 25, 2026 From: To: Subject: Date: Carissa Parlato Lori Asperschlager: Niels Tygesen: Elizabeth Weatherby: Ann DiPetta Fw: Comprehensive Plan Wednesday, February 11, 2026 3:29: 16 PM From: Scott Andrew Sutcliffe Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2026 3:24 PM To: Parlato, Carissa Subject: Comprehensive Plan Hi Carissa: I am able to attend the meeting this evening but only for a few minutes. When I attended the last meeting, I was completely unimpressed with the consultants' comments, their responses to my questions, and their clumsy techniques for obtaining info. I commented about errors regarding land use designations and was told I was incorrect. The person brushed me off and I left disappointed. A case in point is my acreage on Waterburg (about 100 acres) which was and still is designated as residential on the maps presented at the last meeting and on the new maps. It was obvious the consultants had not done their homework. Most of my property is protected in perpetuity with a conservation easement thru the FL Land Trust and I'm soon to designate an additional 23 acres. My neighbor is doing the same. It doesn't speak well for the consultants. So, I have little faith in their plan, their current land use maps, or their means of identifying current land use. I can't stay long for the meeting this evening but will share my thoughts in detail in a longer message. In the meantime, please feel free to share this message with others on the committee. Thanks a lot for your consideration. -Scott Scott Sutcliffe Trumansburg, NY t