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Home My WebLink About01-27-20 APPROVED PLANNING BOARD MINUTES APPROVED 1 Town of Lansing 2 PLANNING BOARD MEETING 3 Monday, January 27, 2020 6:30 PM 4 5 Present Excused 6 Jerry Caward, Chair Norman (Lin) Davidson 7 Sandra Dennis Conlon 8 Al Fiorille, Vice-Chair 9 Larry Sharpsteen 10 Dean Shea 11 Deborah Trumbull 12 Thomas Butler, Alternate 13 Dale Baker, Second Alternate 14 15 Other Staff 16 C.J. Randall, Planning Director Sue Munson, Code Office Doug Dake, Town Board 17 Lynn Day, Code Enforcement Officer Joe Wetmore, Town Board 18 19 Public Present (1) that signed in 20 Andrew Sullivan 21 22 Chair Jerry Caward opened the meeting at 6:33 pm. 23 24 Chair Jerry Caward enacted Alternate Thomas Butler as a voting member due to excused 25 absence of a voting member. 26 27 Motion to approve the Planning Board minutes for December 16, 2019 meeting as amended 28 Motion by: Dean Shea Seconded by: Sandy Dennis Conlon (Motion Carried with 29 one abstain — Larry Sharpsteen due to his excused absence from the December 161" meeting) 30 31 Privilege of the Floor 32 No Public comments 33 34 awn hoard Liaison Summary Report from January 15, 2020 Town Board Meeting 35 - During Privilege of the Floor— Lin Davidson spoke about frustration with Site Plan 36 Review as doesn't allow for control of Noise including issues with Fireworks. 37 - Added Discussion from the Planning Board: 38 o The Code Department has raised the fee for Fireworks Display Permit to $250.00 39 was $100.00. 40 o Why can't people look into Drone Choreography instead. Pagel of 3 APPROVED 41 - Resolution Reappointing Dean Shea as Town of Lansing Planning Board Member for a 42 Seven Year Term and Reappointing Thomas Butler as a Planning Board First Alternate 43 Member for a One Year Term and Dale Baker as a Planning Board Second Alternate 44 Member for a One Year Term was held until the February 19th Town Board Meeting 45 - Adopted Sixty 2020 Organizational Resolutions 46 o Two of the Sixty Organizational Resolutions were: 47 ■ Establishment of the Project Review Committee 48 ■ Establishment of the Parks, Recreation, and Trails Committee 49 - Approved Resolution for a Temporary Shed Encroachment Agreement for Water tank 50 Lot 38, Horizon Drive, and Authorizing Execution 51 52 Discussion on Land Use Ordinance 53 - The Public doesn't realize there are things the Planning Board is not legally allowed to 54 do during Site Plan Review 55 - Several of the Planning Board Members would like to see some additional language in 56 the Land Use Ordinance to assist the Planning Board during Site Plan Review 57 - Discussed possibly setting a moratorium on Event Centers and similar businesses until 58 we have time to work through some of the issues like noise, traffic, fireworks among 59 other criteria that the Planning Board would like to add to Site Plan Review 60 o Town Board would have to pass the Moratorium 61 o Might be nice to give Planning Board time to work through the Land Use 62 Ordinance 63 o Not sure it is needed as there will be four Event Centers in the Town and The 64 Village of Lansing has two on East Shore Drive and the surrounding area had 65 numerous locations. With so many already in place a savvy business owner 66 would not want to locate their business in Lansing 67 o What happens if a Winery wants to open, most of them have an Event Center 68 - Larry Sharpsteen and Dean Shea will act as a steering committee to review LUO Audit 69 for a month, then bring back their input to the Planning Board. They can have up to 70 three board members without having an open public meeting 71 - The 2nd Monday of the month will be scheduled for working meetings only, and only on 72 an as needed basis for the Planning Board working meetings (public is welcome to 73 observe but no actions or projects will be addressed at the working meetings). Currently 74 scheduled for February 101h, March 91h, April 131h for Land Use Ordinance Review 75 - How much regulation is too much regulation? How many existing regulations in your 76 lifetime have been rescinded?The only one that was remembered was prohibition 77 - Audit Questions 1-4 could be handled as a Statement of Purpose at the beginning of the 78 Ordinance instead of in front of each item within the Ordinance. 79 - How many Zoning Districts are considered efficient? 80 - Codification will help a lot to assist the public and employee in finding all the Local Laws 81 in a user-friendly way 82 - The goal is to step back and say do we have this clause, have we covered this legal 83 question, how does this play into our vision Page 2 of 3 APPROVED 84 - A one-drive link will be set up for the Planning Board Member to access the document 85 to add changes or suggestions during the process 86 - The GIS map will be the go-to map when the Planning Board is making decisions 87 88 Planning Report 89 - Climate Smart/ Cornell Cooperative Extension is looking into the EV Charging Stations 90 for the Town of Lansing 91 - At the next Town Board meeting there will be a Resolution for the LED Conversion for 92 the Lighting Districts. Lighting will be 3,000 Degree Kelvin 93 - A Bid Packet will be out to replace the front doors of the Town Hall. The Town has 94 received a grant for $15,000 to assist in the cost. The doors will be Handicap Accessible 95 - February 3, 2020 at gam the Ag Committee is meeting. Connie is making breakfast. EDF 96 Renewables will give a brief presentation. Ag District discussion will be on the agenda. 97 - Power Plant Futures Committee will be assisting with finding funding to help secure 98 broad band connections. Thursday 13, 2020 at the Town Hall 99 - Capital Planning will be starting March for the Consolidated Funding Association Season. 100 On the Highway wish list is a vacuum truck 101 - Will be working on the Stormwater element of the Town Center to get a sense of the 102 overall development scheme. 103 o Questions were asked about Milton Meadows. When can the Planning Board get 104 an update on tenant occupancy?They would like to know how full the capacity is 105 in complex at this time and how the assisted living portion will affect the Town's 106 tax base. Currently the project buildout is 70% complete 107 108 Adjourned Meeting 109 Meeting adjourned at the call of the Planning Board Chair at 8:08 pm. 110 111 Minutes taken and executed by Sue Munson. 112 113 Access to public documents are available online at: 114 Planning Board Email tolcodes@lansingtown.com 115 116 Town Website https://www.lansingtown.com 117 118 Planning Board agendas, minutes & submittals https://www.lansingtown.com/town-docs Page 3 of 3