HomeMy WebLinkAboutWaterfront Revitalization resolution.pdfRESOLUTION # - ADOPTION OF THE LOCAL WATERFRONT REVITALIZATION
PROGRAM: CAYUGA LAKE WATERFRONT PLAN
WHEREAS, the Village of Cayuga Heights worked with the Towns of Ithaca, Lansing, and
Ulysses, with the Village of Lansing, and with the City of Ithaca to prepare a Local Waterfront
Revitalization Program (LWRP), pursuant to Article 42 of the Executive Law, and
WHEREAS, a Draft Local Waterfront Revitalization Program (dated December 2004), entitled
“Cayuga Lake Waterfront Plan,” was prepared that examines lands and waters along the entire Cayuga
Lake waterfront in Tompkins County, and
WHEREAS, the Local Waterfront Revitalization Program: Cayuga Lake Waterfront Plan
recommends programs, projects, and policies to
Increase public access to the waterfront through trail development and enhancing
waterfront parks;
Control noise from boats and enhance boater safety by strengthening and enforcing
boating regulations;
Protect and improve the water quality of Cayuga Lake; and
WHEREAS, the Town of Lansing Planning Board was the lead agency for the purposes of
conducting the environmental review of the Cayuga Lake Waterfront Plan in accordance with the
requirements of Part 617 of the implementing regulations for Article 8 of the Environmental
Conservation Law, and
WHEREAS, the Town of Lansing Planning Board, on August 22, 2005, adopted a resolution
that made a negative declaration of environmental significance in regard to adoption of the Local
Waterfront Revitalization Program: Cayuga Lake Waterfront Plan, now therefore be it
RESOLVED, That Trustees of the Village of Cayuga Heights hereby adopt the Local
Waterfront Revitalization Program: Cayuga Lake Waterfront Plan.