HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-03-02 Ag Minutes I Town of Lansing
2 AGRICULTURAL COMMITTEE
3 Monday, March 2, 2020 9:00 AM
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5 Present Excused
6 Adam Buck Andra Benson
7 Dave Buck Lin Davidson
8 Bob Hatfield Al Fiorille
9 Larry Moore Jeannine Kirby
10 Ken Patchen
11 John Fleming—Vice Chair
12 Connie Wilcox - Chair
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14 Other Staff
15 C.J. Randall, Planning Director
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17 Other Public
18 Monika Roth Mila Fournier Graham Savio
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20 Announcement: Tompkins County Ag Summit— March 20, 2020, 10 am to 3 pm at Clarion
21 Hotel, 2310 N Triphammer Road, Village of Lansing
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23 - Agricultural Committee, Town Board, Planning Board, and Zoning Board members
24 wishing to attend may request reimbursement from the Town for the $20 cost of
25 attendance, which includes hot lunch. To register, go to
26 www.ccetompkins.org/202OAgSummit
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28 Review of Tompkins County Agricultural District#1 updates were presented by Monika Roth,
29 Mila Fournier, and Graham Savio of Cornell Cooperative Extension
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31 Review of draft Solar& Wind Local Law—update on proposed new NYS large-scale solar
32 permitting regime (Article 23) was presented by C.J. Randall, Director of Planning
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34 There was a big budget bill announcement from the Governor's office on February 20th
35 proposing the following changes to large-scale renewable projects:
36 - Allowing large-scale renewable energy to avoid the permitting process under Article 10
37 of the Public Service Law, in favor of a new, streamlined process under Article 23 of the
38 Economic Development Law;
39 - Reducing the MW threshold of projects that may seek a permit at the State level, as
40 opposed to through local zoning and the State Environmental Quality Review Act
41 (SEQRA) process, from 25 MW to 10 MW;
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42 - Directing the New York State Energy and Research Development Authority (NYSERDA) to
43 develop "build-ready sites" — including site control, interconnection and tax agreements
44 for the construction and operation of renewable energy facilities;
45 - Removing requirements for Notice of Intent to the New York State Department of
46 Agriculture & Markets;
47 - Providing a more uniform real property value assessment methodology for solar and
48 wind projects; and more.
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50 Action: Motion to recommend the 08292019 draft Local Law to Amend The Land Use
51 Ordinance Relating To Solar And Wind Energy Systems—Chair Connie Wilcox
52 On behalf of the Committee, Connie Wilcox presented the Motion. Motion was moved by Adam
53 Buck, John Fleming seconded; the motion carried unanimously by those in attendance:
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55 Adam Buck
56 Dave Buck
57 John Fleming Vice Chair
58 Bob Hatfield
59 Larry Moore
60 Ken Patchen
61 Connie Wilcox - Chair
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63 Adjourned Meeting
64 Meeting adjourned at the call of the Chair Connie Wilcox at 11:00 am.
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66 Access to public documents are available online at:
67 Agricultural Committe Email tolcodes@lansingtown.com
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69 Town Website https://www.lansingtown.com
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