HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-29-19 Planning and Development Board Meeting Agenda
PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT BOARD
NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING
A Special Meeting of the PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT BOARD will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, OCTOBER 29, 2019
at 101 Pier Road (City Harbor Site)
AGENDA ITEM Start Time
1 Site Walk 5:30
2. Project Discussion 6:00
A Project City Harbor
Location 101 Pier Road
Applicant Jessica Edger-Hillman
Discussion
Topics:
Effluent Recovery System/Sustainability
Architecture
Views/Visualizations
6-6:30
6:30-7
7-7:30
Project Description: The 11.09-acre project site consists of 8.33 acres of privately-owned land and 2.76 acres of
adjacent City-owned parkland and road. The applicant proposes to redevelop the 8.33-acre project site and make
improvements to 2.76 acres of adjacent City land. The project site consists of (3) privately-owned tax parcels. The
building program will be a total of 316,280 SF consisting of (1) 60,000 SF medical office building, (2) five -story
residential structures with a total of 172,980 GSF and 111 housing units, (1) five-story mixed use building with 77,800
GFA with 45 housing units, 15,743 SF of ground floor commercial (expected to be a restaurant), and (1) 5,500 SF
Community Building to support golf, boating and other recreational activities associated with the adjacent City-
owned Newman Golf Course. Improvements on City property in Phase 1 of the plan include the rebuilding of Pier
Road to include sidewalks, street trees, a fire engine turnaround, and additional and reorganized parking. After
Phase I, the applicant proposes to realign the end of Pier Road, extend it to a new clubhouse and add parking. Site
improvements on private property to include a 1,570-foot publically-accessible promenade along Cascadilla Creek,
including construction of a new seawall and replacement of existing docks, waterfront parks, a paddle park, internal
circulation streets, bus stops, surface parking for 400 cars, and landscaping. This has been determined to be a Type
1 Action under the City of Ithaca Environmental Quality Review Ordinance §176-4(B)(1)(d), (h)(2), (i), (k) and (n) and
the State Environmental Quality Review Act (“SEQRA”) §617.4(b)(6)(iii) and (v).
Project materials are available for download from the City website and are updated regularly:
https://www.cityofithaca.org/DocumentCenter/Index/783
4. Adjournment 7:30
CITY OF ITHACA
108 E. Green St. — Third Floor Ithaca, NY 14850-5690
DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
JoAnn Cornish, Director
Planning & Development – 607-274-6550 Community Development/IURA – 607-274-6565
E-Mail: dgrunder@cityofithaca.org
If you have a disability & would like specific
accommodation to participate,
please contact City Clerk at 274-6570 by 12:00 p.m.,
the day before the meeting.