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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1994-03-10 TOWN OF GROTON Planning Board Information Meeting Thursday,( March 10,1 1994 ,E 7 : 30 P . M . PLANNING BOARD PUBLIC PRESENT ( * Denotes Members Present ) Tracy Smith ,I Tompkins County Planning Board George Totman, Chairperson Sheldon Clark Monica Carey George VanSlyke Verl Rankin Cecil Twigg George Totman began the meeting at 7 : 45 p . m . G . TOTMAN : I have asked Tracy Smith to be here tonight , even though the Groton Town Board has not officially approved us making contract with the County,i to get an idea of what we are looking for so she can get feedback to write down goals to rewriting the ordinances and putting it into a workable form so it is more user friendly for our people as well as the Code Enforcement Officer . Tonight , I would like to have Tracy tell us what she thinks or how she may think this might work and set up dates to when we will be meeting to discuss revisions . We are looking at the first Thursday of every month so it will not conflict with our regular Planning Board meeting dates . We would like to include the Code Enforcement Officer and the Chairperson of the ZBA at these meetings to hear feedback on some of the problems they have been experiencing . Most of the ordinances have been there since 1972 . Some ordinances are repetitive . Tracy ' s job is what they call a circuit rider . We contract with the County and they send a circuit rider out to get feedback from the various towns and/or villages . She will be providing us with her guidance and expertise as well as taking notes and using our minutes . This being our first meeting will be to provide Tracy with what we are looking for and to answer any questions that she may have . Tracy,` why don ' t you explain to the Board what you ' re job assignment is and what you plan to accomplish . T . SMITH : Tracy reiterated what G . Totman said about the definition of a circuit rider . As far as input , it ' s basically what you want,` it ' s your call . The first thing we should do is to go through it carefully and try to find the repetitions and confusions that George Totman was talking about . Also get the input from the Zoning Officer . One thing I have done was reading the plan to see what recommendations there are- zoning ,J cluster development and planning developments . As far as new things for the commercial industrial zoning ,+ flag lots ,+ and elderly housing could be added in . That ' s it for now . G . TOTMAN : Any questions #I Sheldon? S . CLARK : Where does this line up with what was prepared with the other two girls from the County Planning Board? G . TOTMAN : Jeannie Barrett turned in her resignation . Joan Jurkowich was hired . Joan helped us with the Comprehensive Plan .