HomeMy WebLinkAboutMN-CAC-2014-08-11City of Ithaca Conservation Advisory Council Minutes
August 11, 2014
7:30 – 9pm, Third Floor Conference Room, City Hall, 108 East Green Street
Present: Jesse Hill, chair; Tom Shelley, C.J.Randall, Noah Demarest, Matt Yarrow, Maureen Bolton,
Michael Culotta
Absent: George McGonigal,
Meeting was called to order at 7:30
Minutes: The minutes from 4/14/2014, 6/9/2014/ and 7/14/2014 were approved with two spelling errors
corrected.
Stone Quarry Project; Peter Trowbridge and Joe Bowes presented the planned storm water control
measures and what was being done to preserve as much of the existing tree cover as possible. Questions
about the contamination issues and pedestrian access were answered. CAC notes the careful thought that
was given to the property conditions and approves of the design elements.
Site Reviews: There were no new sites that require CAC input at this meeting.
Stormwater Fee Legislation: Discussion centered on how some of the fees collected could be used to
create an outreach and education program for the commercial and private property owners and how CAC
could contribute, possibly partnering with EMC. Common Council has stated that a clear list of actions
that they could enforce would be appreciated, as in changes to Code or examples of stormwater mitigation
that should be required. CAC will work on providing this in the coming weeks. It was noted that a very
clear outline of Best Practices are found in 2010 Stormwater Design Manual and in LEED ND. Yarrow
suggested that after the SWPP requirements are met for a site plan, perhaps there should be a follow-up
inspection in two to five years to evaluate how successful the design was in each particular site, and could
that be carried out by volunteers from CAC, EMC or the Water Resources Council? Culotta stated that a
comprehensive map of the volume of surface water that moves through the City of Ithaca and the routes
that it takes could be an extremely valuable tool for the design of any future development. The question
was posed on how this could be created and funded.
Meeting was adjourned at 9:05