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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012 11 07 minutes planning board.pdfTown of Enfield Planning Board Meeting Minutes - November 7, 2012 Enfield Community Building 1 PRESENT: Virginia Bryant, Ann Chaffee, Dawn George, Stephen Givin, Calvin Rothermich, Marie Vandemark, Dan Walker STAFF: Alan Teeter/Building Code Enforcement Officer Sue Thompson/Planning Board Recording Secretary Meeting called to order at 7:05 p.m. Dawn George made a motion to accept the minutes of the October 3 meeting. Ann Chaffee seconded the motion. Minutes passed unanimously. Virginia Bryant announced that she asked Judy Hyman to help organize the Work Groups for the Comprehensive Plan. She stated that Judy Hyman agreed to help. Judy Hyman reported she sent out emails regarding new Work Groups and items to update in the Comprehensive Plan to Board Members and new Work Group members. A separate list of questions to be answered to update the facts for the Comprehensive Plan was also sent out. This list is attached to the minutes. Virginia Bryant reported an email was sent from Scott Doyle of the Tompkins County Planning Department suggesting references for answering the questions Judy Hyman sent out. Sue Thompson reported she answered most of the questions but felt the other data could be retrieved easier from the Tompkins County data bases available. She offered to share the answers with the group. Virginia Bryant reported a letter was received from Edward Marx, Commissioner of Planning Tompkins County regarding suggestions for changes for the Comprehensive Plan. She sent a copy via e-mail to the committee. Virginia Bryant suggested that the Comprehensive Plan Work Groups meet separately tonight and report back to the Board tonight with the results of the meetings. Each Work Group was asked to choose a chairperson and note taker. Each Work Group will be placed on the Town of Enfield web site listing members, agenda, notes, minutes, and meetings dates. Discussion on the Comprehensive Plan Dan Walker will work on the program for obtaining data needed to update the Comprehensive Plan including the maps. He reported that there was a description of contents of each map that was in the Plan that was left out. This description will now be updated and added into the new Plan. Judy Hyman, Virginia Bryant, and Beth McGee will analyze the Comprehensive Plan Survey results and report back to the Planning Board. Beth McGee reported that there have b een approximately 133 surveys returned. Town of Enfield Planning Board Meeting Minutes - November 7, 2012 Enfield Community Building 2 Reports of the Comprehensive Plan Work Group meetings: Built Environment/Infrastructure (includes Housing, Utilities, Planning, Transportation) From the Planning Board: Steve Givin sgivin@aol.com Dan Walker drwalkerpe@gmail.com Code enforcer: Alan Teeter twnenfieldcode1@yahoo.com From the community: Beth McGee bethmcgee40@gmail.com ? Martha Fischer marthafischer26@gmail.com Steve Givin will be Chairperson. Beth McGee will be note-taker. Next meeting will be December 5, 5:30 pm at the Enfield Community Building. History (preservation) and Town Overview, Demographics (census), Inventory (for example, lists of assets, i.e. cottage industry/business, etc.) From the Planning Board: Sue Thompson sdt1@cornell.edu Liaison from the Town Board: Vera Howe-Straight vstrait18@htva.net From the community: Cindy Estes Smith cge3@cornell.edu Sue Thompson will be Chairperson. Cindy Estes Smith will be note-taker. They will contact Vera Howe-Straight regarding a future meeting. Economic Development, Community Facilities & Programs From the Planning Board: Marie Vandemark icebrookfarm@yahoo.com From the community: Julie Schroeder julesjill@yahoo.com Mimi Mehaffey mimimehaffey@gmail.com Poney Carpenter (poney@xton.com) Beth McGee bethmcgee40@gmail.com Town of Enfield Planning Board Meeting Minutes - November 7, 2012 Enfield Community Building 3 Marie Vandemark will be Chairperson of the Group. Julie Schroeder will be note -taker. Next meeting November 28 or 29th. Agriculture, Land Use, Recreational Assets From the Planning Board: Ann Chaffee arcvet2u@aol.com Calvin Rothermich 272-5930 Dawn George dmg265@cornell.edu From the Town Board: Debbie Teeter dlt22@cornell.edu From the community: Sharon Clarke 571 337 5782, CentralRegion@nofany.org Matt LeRoux mnl28@cornell.edu Art Godin agodin@taitem.com Charlie Elrod c.c.elrod@gmail.com Jeb Mead jeb.mead@gmail.com Art Godin will be note-taker and Coordinator. They will communicate through e-mail. Environment, Natural Resources, Land Use, Aquifer From the Planning Board: Dan Walker drwalkerpe@gmail.com Virginia Bryant marktwain1074@gmail.com From the community: Deena Rambaum daw1@cornell.edu Norm Smith norm.m.smith@gmail.com John Tavares gnhjaea18@aol.com Mary Jo Lovelace maryjol@htva.net Nancy Spero nspero@lightlink.com Virginia Bryant will be Chairperson of the Group. Nancy Spero will be note -taker. Dan Walker will work on up-dating maps. November 19th at 7 pm will be there next meeting. Dan Walker made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Marie Vandemark seconded the motion. Meeting adjourned at 8:25 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Sue Thompson, Recording Secretary Town of Enfield Planning Board Meeting Minutes - November 7, 2012 Enfield Community Building 4 Statistics we need updated from the Enfield Comprehensive Plan of 2001 The following should be based on 2010 (and a section will be added in the “Population” section of the Comp Plan). http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_DP_DPDP 1&prodType=table 1. Is Enfield still 36 square miles? 2. How many people currently live in Enfield? a. How many Caucasians? b. How many blacks? c. How many American Indians? d. How many Asians? e. How many Hispanics or Latino? 3. What is the population growth rate for Enfield from 2000-2010? 4. What is the population growth rate for Tompkins County from 2000-2010? What was the population growth rate due to? (last time it was an increase in mobile homes) 5. How many houses have been built since between 2000-2010? Are there really 16 municipalities in Tompkins County? What are they? 6. What is the definition of low income? 7. What is our percentage of the population that is considered low income? 8. What’s the poverty line 9. What is the percentage of families in Enfield living below the poverty line 10. What is the percentage of families in the Tompkins County living below the poverty line? 11. Can we get stats on the above for all the municipalities in Tompkins County so we can see the comparison with Enfield? 12. What percentage of households in Enfield are families 13. Of the family households, what percentage are married couples? What is the average household size? 14. What is the average family size? 15. What are the age breakouts of Enfield residents? Agriculture 16. What is the number of acres in agricultural use in Enfield? 17. How many of these acres are owned by Enfield residents? 18. How many of these acres are leased by Enfield residents or people from outside Enfield? 19. How many farms exist in Enfield, broken down by type of farm? Town of Enfield Planning Board Meeting Minutes - November 7, 2012 Enfield Community Building 5 Public Utilities, Infrastructure and Transportation 20. Have any of the following changed since 2000: a. Miles of state road 21. Miles of county road 22. Miles of town road 23. Does the Enfield Highway Department continue to be responsible for Town roads and an additional 17 miles of county roads. Housing 24. What are the numbers for the following for 2010: a. How many housing units? b. How many are occupied? c. How many are owner occupied? d. Percentage of rental? e. Density of homes per square mile? f. How many mobile homes in Enfield? 25. Windshield survey: a. When was this last conducted? b. What percentage of total housing stock was observed? c. What are the criteria? d. Who conducted this survey? e. What are the levels and what does each level mean? Economic Development 26. Is there any commercial or non-farm industrial base within Enfield? Land use 27. Number of mobile home parks 28. Number of convenience stores 29. Number of schools 30. Number of day care facilities APPENDICES Town of Enfield Planning Board Meeting Minutes - November 7, 2012 Enfield Community Building 6 31. Can we please get an update of Appendix 1 windshield survey of housing structures results summary? 32. How much acreage has been put into conservation easements since 2001? 33. Can we please get updates of all maps for Enfield that are in the Appendices of the 2001 Comp Plan with the accompanying text for each? (Note that the 2001 Comp Plan does NOT have the accompanying text sheets.) a. Land Use and Land Cover b. Tax Parcels c. Agricultural Districts d. Parks and Preserves e. Unique Natural Areas f. Water and Watersheds g. Wetlands h. Enfield Center