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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1998-01-21 508 1 Planning Board Minutes • January 21 , 1998 TOWN OF DANBY PLANNING BOARD MINUTES JANUARY 21 , 1998 PRESENT : Chairperson Arch Dotson Planning Board Members : William Farrell , Linda Hansen, Robert Roe, Nancy Weitzel Others Present : Rebecca Lubin - Tompkins County Planning Susan Beeners - Code Enforcement Officer Carol Sczepanski - Secretary Members of the Public : John R. Henderson, Esther Dotson, Naomi Strichartz Chairperson Dotson opened the meeting at 7 : 03 P .M . and read the following statement to the Board : "May I submit a brief statement for the record of the deliberations of this planning board . My first purpose is to express my sense of the honor you have done me in nominating me as your chair. As you know, the office has no formal qualifications , thus making the more affecting your confidence that whatever the requirements may be , I may possess them . No one can suggest that you are unwilling to take a risk. Second, I want to underscore what I think we all recognize, that we have a timely and unusual opportunity to contribute to the development of this town. That opportunity finds one of its practical expressions in a task already well begun, updating and submitting a comprehensive plan for Danby . For all of its importance, however, a comprehensive plan is only one of the instruments through which we must try to achieve the town ' s purposes . I am convinced that the key factor in successful planned development is the willingness of those involved to cooperate and, where essential , to compromise . Only the spirit of collaboration can deal with the actual nature of the interrelated problems . " Community Council Task Force Chairperson Dotson reported that the task force appointed by the Planning Board to locate a site or sites for activities for the Community Council had a very important meeting on Tuesday, January 20, 1998 with Superintendent of Schools Judith Pastel . It was an extremely optimistic and extremely hopeful meeting. There was new discussion of an alternative school for this facility and using in part for environmental issues and some specialized agricultural efforts as well . The suggestion was made of the possibility of acquiring some of the land and using this building for come community functions . . Comprehensive Plan Materials : Chairperson Dotson reminded the Board that they will need to review the following documents : 1 ) Town of Danby 1989 Comprehensive Plan 2) Town of Danby Zoning Ordinance 3 ) Town of Danby Subdivision Regulations 4) The Practical Guide to Comprehensive Planning 5 ) Series of Task Force Reports -- Barbara Blanchard ' s Housing Study , Agricultural Study, Infrastructural Study, Economic Strategy for the Development of Tompkins County , etc . Much of the demographic information , land use information, assessed values and uses is available available and some of it is not up-to-date . Adjustments and adaptations have been made to the data . Preparation and Format for the Comprehensive Plan Chairperson Dotson asked the Board to consider how we are going to do the work involved , what 500 2 Planning Board Minutes January 21 , 1998 will be the division of work and how will we share the resources . Susan provided a series of working notes and draft topical outline for the Board to review. The working notes have been modified from the last meeting and it is a possible format for a plan that is short, concise and includes some public involvement . Susan reported that we are now in the stages 1 and 2 of the Preliminary Scope of Work and asked the Board to consider approval of the draft outline, the working notes and some other material be drafted to transmit to the Town Board for their information and approval in concept . The next step will be assembling basic information. Basic structure must be put together before we can hold a public information meeting . The draft topical outline relates to holding forums to gather information . Comments from the Board : Chairperson Dotson said that if you study the 1989 plan carefully you find in it certain principals and certain issues that are just as relevant today but planning and comprehensive planning has changed . Nancy Weitzel said she would like to have us look at the current comprehensive plan and update the sections that need to be updated. What we seem to be doing in some of these lists is fine but not feasible in Danby. She said she thinks a lot of these plans are aimed at this particular area and are not looking at the whole Danby covers a lot of miles . The focus has been on the hamlet and not the whole Town of Danby and we are not giving fair attention to West Danby, South Danby, and the Coddington Road areas--most of the effort is down the 96B corridor. Linda Hansen said that she thinks we have touched on some of the other issues in other areas of Town . Bill Farrell said that he thinks we should look at the 1989 Comprehensive Plan and see what needs to be changed and updated to give us a base to start with. We just have a bunch of notes here . Chairperson Dotson said that the notes will require data and presentations that are not there . We have to have a new format because needs have changed . Susan said that it is a narrative and a vision statement . She asked the Board when they would like to do a word by word review of the 1989 Comprehensive Plan ? Nancy said we need to do that now so that we can make additions and corrections or maybe we need additional information in order to bring it up to a more current time . Rebecca Lubin said that in developing this material she has reviewed and used the 1998 plan. She said she thinks it is a good idea to review the 1998 plan and you have been doing that although it has not been focused on . The comprehensive plan should be a living and working document and it is okay to be vague on some of the elements you put into a plan . It must be specific enough to withstand a legal challenge for any decisions that have been made . Susan said that she would agree that we have not reviewed the 1989 Comprehensive Plan line by line but have used it in developing our outlines . We can review it at our next meeting, compare it back to the topical outline, and do some refinement . She would like to transmit this material to the Town Board for their information and for them to consider an agreement with County Planning so that we can assemble some background information for the next meeting . She hopes the Town Board will grant a conceptual approval of the documents and they enter into an agreement with Tompkins County Planning for further comprehensive planning services . Chairperson Dotson said that the big question is who is going to do the work especially the research as we do not have enough time to do the research ourselves and we need professional staff to do this . Rebecca said that most of the work on comprehensive planning is done by professional staff They 3 Planning Board Minutes January 21 , 1998 provide the information that is requested . There is a place for the Board to set directions and to do some of the work themselves . Rebecca explained the maps that could be provided by County Planning for land use to be used for a base and how they would be important in the planning process . Bob Roe asked if we should have a collective view of what kind of community that we actually want and that it would be a good place to start using the whole community . Susan said that the Board could do some of the work involved such as driving around doing some windshield surveys, look at a map, debate an issue, correct something, correct background material that is inaccurate . (Materials from 1990 census) TCAD - Information : County Representative Barbara Blanchard will be attending the February Town Board Meeting to with information of what TCAD is doing and their goals for Tompkins County. Linda Hansen said that we are going over and over issues and then going back to just the basic . We have to do a basic outline for the Town to get additional funding and it must be done very soon . There is a lot of room to put in additional information . Nancy Weitzel said that all we have reviewed is what we talked about before . We are still in the outline . In three months nobody is going to want to take the extra time for project work . We are are hashing over what we should have completed in December. Susan said that she doesn ' t think we can put a date on this . Rebecca said that basically the Board may not have to have many extra sessions for a long period of time as she and Sue will be gathering background information . When we have enough information we will present it to you. She said that putting specific dates on this not wise because it may take longer than expected . We are right on target as we were to have a preliminary list of goals, recommendations, and outlines to the Town Board . It is a good idea to put some target dates in to keep everybody on track and help guide the process . Nancy said that we need to have some sort of a time line saying this is what we want completed by a certain date and we need to shorten this . We have a list of to do ' s but we do not have a time line . We must have a goal deadline . Susan said that the best we have as a time line that outlines the steps . She has essentially asked that the Planning Board consider passing this outline along to the Town Board . The target goal to complete the comprehensive plan is eighteen months to two years is probably realistic depending on how many public hearings you must have . The basic background information could be ready in April . Naomi Strichartz said that she must report back to the Town Board and asked about the process . It was her understanding that the Planning Board was going to do a comprehensive plan consulting with professionals . Now it sounds more like to me that Rebecca is doing the comprehensive plan and that the Planning Board will be okaying or not okaying what she does . She wants to make sure she has this straight and who is handling this process . Arch Dotson said that he would suggest she change the phrase okaying or not okaying by merit but instead review, evaluate, criticize , make suggestions because that is what our function is . If we were professional planners we might do more . Our function is the responsibility for approving and eventually submitting to the Town Board . Discussion on the proposed cost of the Comprehensive Plan Project and Preliminary Scope of Work 511 4 Planning Board Minutes January 21 , 1998 TOWN OF DANBY PRELIMINARY SCOPE OF WORK DANBY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE JANUARY 21 , 1998 1 . Background Information - Collect and Organize background materials , including statistical data from U . S . Census and other information identified in the Comprehensive Plan outline . 2 . Analysis/Research - Analysis and review of background information collected . Identify issues , opportunities, problems, alternative possibilities, etc . 3 . Plan - Form goals and objectives . Present recommended actions, approaches and tasks (both short-and long-range) . Discuss implementation steps . 4 . Public Information Meetings - ( To be held throughout process . ) Hold information meetings as a method of presenting elements of the Comprehensive Plan to the public in order to receive input. 5 . Coordination meetings with Circuit Rider Planer and Town Code Enforcement Officer 6 . Comprehensive Planning Work Sessions 7 . Printing 8 . Maps - All mapping costs will be based on the production of one black and white presentation map and black and white maps to be included in the Comprehensive Plan document. The detailed cost of the Proposed Comprehensive Plan Project is not available at this time . Rebecca reported that the cost for this project with the scope of work to be done is between $6 , 000 and $ 6 , 500 . There is currently $ 1 , 574 in the budget for 1998 for the comprehensive plan with the remainder to be requested from the Town if a grant from New York State Planning Federation was not awarded for the project. Rebecca reported that the projected cost estimate is based on hours to obtain information for the background information and maps for the comprehensive plan. Hourly estimates include hours for the Circuit Rider and the Code Enforcement Officer for : 1 ) gathering background information and writing the document; 2) analysis and research ; 3 ) preparation and planning for public information meetings ; 4) printing of materials ; 5 ) mapping costs and the production of one ( 1 ) black & white presentation map (other maps if in color will be an additional cost . Rebecca described how the information listed on the Topical Outline and the mapping project could be obtained and the information that can be provided by the County Planning Department. Susan asked the Board if they were ready to transmit any communication or materials as a progress report for the comprehensive planning project to the Town Board . Nancy Weitzel said that she thinks that the plan update should be transmitted to the Town Board for review and maybe make some additions, comments, etc . Rebecca said that the budget projection would be completed next week. 512 5 Planning Board Minutes January 21 , 1998 Susan presented the Planning Board with a resolution granting conceptual approval of the various documents for the Comprehensive Planning Project . A proposed budget was not available and not approved at this time . RESOLUTION NO. 1 OF JANUARY 21 , 1998 - RECOMMENDATION TO TOWN BOARD ON COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING PROJECT By Nancy Weitzel : Seconded by Robert Roe WHEREAS, the Town of Danby Town Board by Resolution No . 16 of 1996 directed the Planning Board to review the 1989 Comprehensive Plan for applicable changes ; and WHEREAS, the Planning Board has held several work sessions to discuss major goals, objectives, and background information needed for a Comprehensive Plan update ; now, therefore, it is RESOLVED , that the Planning Board recommends to the Town Board that it grant conceptual approval to the various documents transmitted with this Resolution ; including " Working Notes - Comprehensive Plan Update " , " Draft Comprehensive Plan Topical Outline " , " Possible Maps for Danby Comprehensive Plan" , and " Preliminary Scope of Work, Danby Comprehensive Plan Update, January 21 , 1998 " , which documents are hereby transmitted as a progress report ; and it is further RESOLVED , that the Planning Board recommends to the Town Board that an agreement be approved for comprehensive planning services from the Tompkins County Planning Department, and that appropriate funding for the comprehensive planning project be provided . A roll call vote on the resolution resulted as follows : Farrell Aye Hansen Aye Roe Aye Weitzel Aye Dotson Aye Carrie WORKING NOTES - COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE draft, s . b . , 1 / 14/98 Draft Comprehensive Plan Topical Outline This outline is organized by general topics . It shows Goals, Issues and Preliminary Objectives to be addressed in further work sessions, and Background Research to be conducted and reviewed . This is a working outline to be revised and updated during the comprehensive planning process . Possible Comprehensive Plan Format The Comprehensive Plan update should be concise , short, and easy to read, understandable by all residents. It should contain text and maps, and be supplemented by appendices . The following is a possible format for organizing information in the Topical Outline : 1 . Background Information ( " This is Danby " ) . 2 . Analysis ( " What Danby is and might become " ) Issues, Opportunities , Problems , Alternative Possibilities 3 . Plan ( " A Comprehensive Plan Framework for Danby ' s Future " ) Goals Objectives Recommended Actions, Approaches, and Tasks = long and short-range planning and work program objectives = annual , etc . work plans 4 . Appendix : Background data, references to other documents 513 6 Planning Board Minutes January 21 , 1998 SEQR review of Comp . Plan Working documents including minutes of comp . plan public info . meetings, etc . Future periodic updates of the Comp . Plan PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT Hold public information meetings throughout the process . Hold the first such meeting soon, after some of the background information has been assembled and reviewed . Hold forums on various topics and issues, where representatives from various agencies can share ideas and information with interested residents . Prepare status reports for inclusion in the Danby Community News . Advertise special public information meetings in the Ithaca Journal , Candor Chronicle, and Newfield News, etc . SEE ALSO NYPF PRACTICAL GUIDE P . 12 - 13 TOWN OF DANBY DRAFT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TOPICAL OU TLINE PLANNING BOARD WORK SESSION JANUARY 21 , 1998 AGRICULTURE GOAL : TO ENCOURAGE VIABLE AGRICULTURAL USES IN THE TOWN. Issues and Preliminary Objectives to be Addressed Promote different types of agricultural uses ( including dairy/livestock, field crops, tree farms, forestry, horticulture) . Support the efforts of other agencies which study and promote agricultural uses . Explore the value of and management problems related to, the preservation of agricultural land as open space . Explore land use techniques such as conservation and clustered subdivisions, and conservation easements . Explore ways to allow farmers to get a good return on their land if they decide to take it out of agricultural use, while helping to ensure development patterns that are beneficial to the Town, and while helping to ensure that farmers are not hurt by agricultural preservation efforts . Invite representatives from agencies and community to forum . Background Research Existing and potential agricultural resources . Lands in Agricultural Districts . Acres used for active farming . Areas of Prime and Important agricultural soils (soil quality) . Community attitudes about farming . Trends related to sale of agricultural land for development. Studies showing low cost of agricultural lands related to services . Related regulations and programs : Federal ( 1998 Census of Agriculture, etc . ) State (Ag . and Markets Law, etc . ) 514 7 Planning Board Minutes January 21 , 1998 Tompkins Co . Ag . and Farmland Protection Board (current study) Town Zoning Ordinance , Subdivision Regulations, etc . Land trusts . COMMUNITY FACILITIES/SERVICES GOAL : TO PROVIDE MUNICIPAL FACILITIES AND SERVICES THAT MEET TOWN RESIDENTS ' BASIC NEEDS AND IMPROVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES . Issues and Preliminary Objectives to be Addressed Explore ways that the Town can promote and develop community activities . Continue encouraging search for adequate community space(s) . Continue communications with the Ithaca City School District related to enhanced use of the Danby School . Education planning - explore ways to help ensure locally accessible, high quality education for all Danby residents . Community Communications - Explore ways to improve communication among municipal boards and the public , and to improve coordination between the Town and County, and other agencies . Explore and promote ways to make Danby a safer community . Invite representatives from agencies and community to forum . Background Research Existing community services and facilities (including County services used by Danby) . School Districts - current conditions, planning . Review results of Fall , 1997 Danby Community Needs Survey . Review public safety and police protection, including ways to deter speeding . ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GOAL : TO ENCOURAGE AND ALLOW OF THE TOWN AND MEET THE NEEDS OF OPPORTUNITIES COMPATIBLE WITH THE CHARACTER ITS RESIDENTS . Issues and Preliminary Objectives to be Addressed Explore ways to ensure economic vitality . Examine ways to : improve the appearance and use of existing commercial areas ; support and encourage small business development ; 3 support the creation of a local business organization ; help ensure compatibility of commercial and industrial land uses with surrounding land uses ; enhance tourism opportunities . If needs are established, consider planning and zoning for : community or neighborhood retail or service areas for basic community needs ; a business park, additional light industrial areas , including incubator spaces . Invite people from local business sector and from economic development agencies to forum . 515 8 Planning Board Minutes January 21 , 1998 Background Research Position of Danby in local and regional economy . Service/market areas of local and regional businesses . Labor force characteristics . Needs within the community for retail and service businesses , light industry . Impact of existing or possible commercial/light industrial development outside of or within Town on Danby businesses . Tourism opportunities in Danby and connections to regional tourism efforts . Information from other agencies : Cornell Univ . Office of Economic Opportunities , Center for Local Government Tompkins County Area Development Tompkins County Planning Dept . , Assessment Dept. HISTORIC AND CULTURAL RESOURCES GOAL : TO DOCUMENT, PROMOTE, AND PRESERVE THE TOWN ' S HISTORIC STRUCTURES, SITES, AND CULTURAL FEATURES . Issues and Preliminary Objectives to be Addressed Examine : Danby Historic Resource Survey 1998 (NYSCA Grant) how to integrate results into the Comprehensive Plan ; benefits of historic preservation; how the Town can protect and improve historic and cultural resources ; how to enhance communications with agencies involved in historic preservation ; how to enhance local historic preservation efforts . Invite representatives from agencies and community to forum . Background Research Methods to preserve and enhance historic resources . Work of other agencies and small towns . Danby Historic Resource Survey . HOUSING GOAL : TO PROVIDE A BROAD RANGE OF HOUSING OPTIONS FOR ALL PRESENT AND FUTURE TOWN RESIDENTS , INCLUDING YOUNG PEOPLE, FAMILIES, THE ELDERLY, AND HOUSEHOLDS WHICH EARN LESS THAN THE MEDIAN INCOME . Issues and Preliminary Objectives to be Addressed Encourage quality affordable housing for all Danby residents . Review aesthetic and land resource issues related to housing and subdivision design, and regulations including varying lot sizes and clustering . Explore ways to enhance available housing programs on a local level . Explore local mechanisms to improve housing maintenance, rehabilitation, and safety . Invite representatives from agencies and community to forum . Background Research Housing value . 516 9 Planning Board Minutes January 21 , 1998 Average housing cost (mortgage and rental) . Housing stock (type , tenure , age) . Definition of affordable housing in Danby and area. Resources available , including other agencies . Existing and potential new regulations . Feasibility of senior citizen housing development . NATURAL RESOURCES GOAL : TO ENCOURAGE PLANS IN HE TOWN, SUCH AS PRESERVE NIQUE IMPORTANT AND CRITICAL NATURAL RESOURCES AREAS , STEEP SLOPES , AND WETLANDS ; THESE NATURAL RESOURCES,S THAT PRESERVES AND ENHANC AND HELPS TO MAINTAIN THE TOWN ' S RURAL CHARACTER. Issues and Preliminary Objectives to be Addressed Examine ways to balance preservation/enhancement with progress/development. Promote regulations and programs to protect areas that shouldn't or won't be developed, environmentally sensitive development strategies, and other mechanisms for preservation, including conservation easements . Examine appropriate use of natural resources for recreation . Invite representatives from agencies and community to forum . Background Research Existing and potential regulations and programs that protect natural resources . Soil types , steep slopes, wetlands, flood prone areas , view sheds . Identification of resources that are in danger and in need of additional protection , such as in conservation areas . Development suitability analysis . Assessment information on undeveloped land . PUBLIC UTILITIES/INFRASTRUCTURE GOAL : TO PROMOTE FACILITIES AND SERVICES THAT MEET THE NEEDS OF TOWN RESIDENTS AND THAT PROVIDE ENERGY AND UTILITIES AT A REASONABLE COST. Issues and Preliminary Objectives to be Addressed Protection of water resources . Feasibility of water and sewer . Local control of cell towers and other utilities . Invite representatives from agencies and community to forum . Background Research Identify and map existing public utilities/infrastructure , service areas , capacities (water, sewer, electric, natural gas, etc .) Evaluate private water supplies . Sanitary Code revisions (County/State) . Planning of other agencies and municipalities related to utilities/infrastructure . Relationship of utilities to other land uses . Street lighting - locations , needs . 517 10 Planning Board Minutes January 21 , 1998 Information on cell tower regulations . TRANSPORTATION GOAL : TO PROVIDE A SAFE AND EFFICIENT SYSTEM WHILE MINIMIZING TRAFFIC IMPACTS ON RESIDENTS AND ON THE CHARACTER OF THE TOWN. Issues and Preliminary Objectives to be Addressed Update road functional classification. Encourage adoption of low maintenance road designation . Enhance equitable road maintenance arrangements between various agencies . Explore road safety improvements , including speed limit reduction, signage , and ways to enhance enforcement. Maximize the use of existing roads through clustered subdivision and other land use techniques . Limit number or restrict location of curb cuts on busy roads . Encourage use of public transportation . Invite representatives from agencies and community to forum . Background Research Plans of other agencies , including the Ithaca-Tompkins Co . Transportation Council . Road classification, levels of service . Traffic counts . Accident statistics . Bus routes, ridership - existing, potential . Goals for 1998 + Possible Steps for Comprehensive Plan Completion : 1 . Complete Draft Topical Outline and other materials related to Scope and Format. 2 . Transmit to Town Board for review, including general approval of the work to be conducted . 3 . Assemble background information (initially basic information, with further information assembled during the process) . 4 . Further review goals and issues, transmit updated working outline to Town Board . 5 . Hold public information meeting to share background information, and discuss goals and issues . 6 . Schedule forums on various topics, inviting representatives from various agencies and interested residents . 7 . Further refine Comp . Plan draft, with periodic review by Town Board and public . 8 . Hold further public information meetings . 9 . Finalize draft Comp . Plan, and draft SEQR review of plan. 10 . Hold Planning Board public hearing(s), consider plan revisions as needed . 518 I 1 Possible Maps Comprehensive Plan 11 . Transmit to Town Board . 12 . Town Board holds public hearing(s) , considers plan revisions as needed, and considers SEQR determination and adoption of the Comp . Plan . Following Completion of the Comprehensive Plan Update : Conduct various planning and work activities to accomplish the goals , objectives, and tasks identified in the Plan. These activities would actually be part of the 'ongoing' Comprehensive Plan . Activities could include : specific land use studies and master plans, changes to the Zoning Map and Ordinance and other regulations, commercial area revitalization plans and projects , etc . POSSIBLE MAPS FOR DANBY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN c 1l ( / 20 /98 AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT LANDS AND IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL SOILS - N . Y . S . Agricultural District Lands - Prime Agricultural Soils (Classes I & II) - Other Important Agricultural Soils (Cl . III) (or combine the above soils as 'Prime and Important ag soils) AGRICULTURAL LAND USE - Active agricultural lands (T. C . Assessment) - Vacant productive agricultural lands (T. C . A . ) - Properties that may be subject to agricultural payments/exemptions (T . C . A) - Other agric . lands (these might have to be by air photo or windshield survey, maybe by volunteers) (I have hand plotted the T . C . Assessment info . I think Ed Hughes said Assessment will be getting more accurate ag info . on residual residential . lands with a Sept . '98 deadline) COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND SERVICES - Government buildings - School Districts on same or separate map - State Lands - Churches ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Possible combined land use map such as " Development Pattern " or " General Land Use " - Housing of several density categories - Commercial - Lt. Industrial - Institutional - Dedicated Open Space ( State Lands, other protected lands) Information sources : " Gross Housing Density" ; tax parcel sizes , classification, and ( 1991 ) mapping of structures . Possibly some hand-mapping by volunteers if info . not easily available on computer. " Major Commercial and Light Industrial Uses " could be identified on a copy of that map eg : Angelheart, H & E , Autosalvage , Dobson Motors , Benjamin' s Used Cars , Mike Olsefski' s, Benjamin's One Stop, Danby Market, Common Ground, American Legion For a Countywide or regional perspective, could annotate something like the " Other Land Use Info . " map in " Tomp . Co . Outlook" to look at lt. ind . , other employers, and comm . areas in County that are used by Danby residents . More info . is needed on whether such a map would be included in the County Economic Development Strategy Project which is targeted for Summer, 1998 completion . ammmo 519 HISTORIC AND CULTURAL RESOURCES We could use a reprint/copy of the c . 76 County map that inventoried a portion of the Town, until the NYSCA Historic Resource Survey is completed (Aug . -Dec . 1998) . View sheds : The Historic Resource Inventory Project will probably offer some good documentation of important places . Maybe the View sheds could be part of that, or identified by volunteers , e . g . , HISTORIC , CULTURAL, AND SCENIC RESOURCES HOUSING Partly covered by above " Development Pattern" or " General Land Use " Map on a copy of that map could be shown : " Housing Types " - Single-family residences - Two-family - Multifamily Residences NATURAL RESOURCES Two Maps : LAND RESOURCES - Tompkins Co . Unique Natural Areas - Steep slopes (greater than 15 %) - N . Y . State Lands - Private Conservation Lands and Camps (lands in conservation easements , Biodiversity Preserve , Empire State Speech and Hearing Clinic) WATER RESOURCES - NYS Freshwater Wetlands (are within some of the Unique Natural Areas) - Special Flood Hazard Areas ( 100-yr . floodplain) - NYS DEC Protected Streams - (maybe major drainage divides) - maybe aquifers (SOIL TYPES) Needs further evaluation as to usefulness . Old General Plan had Permeability and Drainage maps . (DEVELOPMENT SUITABILITY) - Lands with severe development constraints (State lands, wetlands, floodplains, steep slopes, private conservation lands and camps , very poorly drained soils) - ? Lands receiving agricultural exemptions? - ? Prime and important agric . soils? PUBLIC UTILITIES/INFRASTRUCTURE - West Danby Water District - Water Mains - Natural Gas transmission and service lines - Communications towers - Street lighting (needs research - may not be easily mappable at Townwide scale) " Public Utilities in County/Region " Supplementary map from T . Co . Outlook showing water and sewer systems in area. Maybe expand to show Candor. TRANSPORTATION ROAD OWNERSHIP HIGHWAY FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION 520 PUBLIC TRANSIT (maybe just on county size map) Depending on kinds of information available , we could do an analysis map eg : " Areas of Concern - Road Systems " - Existing (?and potential) problem areas Roadway Intersection - Average daily vehicle trips and year of count (Criteria to use : accident frequency, slope, visibility/sight distances) ZONING MAP We could just use the existing zoning map, but it would be helpful to have it digitized at some point. There are some technical updates that need to be done to reflect recent zone changes . Discussion : Chairperson Dotson said that he will be contacting board members to determine what areas of the project they would like to contribute to . Rebecca reported to the Board that she was going to start working on the background information for analysis and would have information available for the next meeting. She will also be starting on the land use mapping so that the Board can do field checking . Susan Beeners reported that the New York State Planning Federation Grant that was applied for was not awarded. The amount of the Grant was $ 3 , 150 to be used for an economic analysis , publishing of business directory and public facilities . The Board discussed possibly advertising public information meetings on the comprehensive plan in neighboring areas as many do not receive the Ithaca Journal . Chairperson Dotson said that when we make the presentation to the Town Board that some mambers of the Planning Board there to explain the goals and outline for the plan . Corrections to the December 17, 1998 Planning Board Minutes : Page 4 - (last page) 1st line . Delete the word (she) and insert the word Rebecca Approval of the December 17, 1998 Planning Board Minutes : A motion was made by Nancy Weitzel and seconded by Robert Roe to approve the December 17 , 1998 Planning Board Minutes as corrected . A vote on the motion resulted as follows : Carried Unanimously ADJOURNMENT : On a motion the meeting adjourned at 9 : 05 P . M . daiWy Carol W . Scze n i , Secretary min- 1 -21 . 98