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Home My WebLink About02-24-20 DRAFT PLANNING BOARD MINUTES APPROVED 1 Town of Lansing 2 PLANNING BOARD MEETING 3 Monday, February 24, 2020 6:30 PM 4 5 Present Excused 6 Jerry Caward, Chair 7 Sandra Dennis Conlon 8 Norman (Lin) Davidson 9 Al Fiorille, Vice-Chair 10 Larry Sharpsteen 11 Dean Shea 12 Deborah Trumbull 13 Thomas Butler, Alternate 14 Dale Baker, Second Alternate 15 16 Other Staff 17 C.J. Randall, Planning Director Sue Munson, Code Clerk Joe Wetmore, Town Board 18 Guy Krogh,Town Attorney Edward LaVigne, Town Supervisor 19 Lynn Day, Code Enforcement Officer 20 21 Public Present (7) that signed in 22 Andrew Sullivan Dan Veaner Dorothy Krizek Mary Krizek Not legible 23 Rocco Lucente Steve Lucente Larry Fabbroni 24 25 Chair Jerry Caward opened the meeting at 6:30 pm. 26 27 Motion to approve the Planning Board minutes for January 27, 2020 28 Motion by: Dean Shea Seconded by: Larry Sharpsteen (Motion Carried) 29 30 Motion to approve the Planning Board minutes for February 10, 2020 31 Motion by: Deborah Trumbull Seconded by: Lin Davidson (Motion Carried) 32 33 Privilege of the Floor 34 No Public comments 35 36 Project: Dormady— Hillcrest Subdivision 37 Applicant: Ed Dormady on behalf of Helen Krizek Dormady (RO) Location: Hillcrest Road/Forest 38 Acres Drive; Tax Parcel No. 44.-1-4.2 Anticipated Board action(s)this month: Classification of 39 Subdivision; SEQRA Declaration of Lead Agency; Recommendation to the Zoning Board of 40 Appeals Project Description: Applicant is requesting to subdivide the existing 25.20-acre parcel Page 1 of 6 APPROVED 41 into two parcels: Parcel A, measuring 6.943 acres and vacant; and Parcel B, 18.140 acres and 42 vacant. The property is located in the Residential Low Density (111) Zoning District. This is an 43 Unlisted Action under the State Environmental Quality Review Act and is subject to 44 environmental review. 45 46 Discussion between the Board and Applicant, Ed Dormady-Subdivision 47 - Applicant is asking the Board to approve a Subdivision on an existing parcel. Parcel A 48 would be approximately 6.9 acres and Parcel B would be approximately 18 acres 49 - The Board is concerned with road frontage. There is 59 feet 7.1-inch access from Forest 50 Acres Drive. Required road Frontage in that Zoning District is 150' unless Parcel A was 51 classified as a Flag Lot. The Board recommends an Area Variance request to the Town 52 Zoning Board of Appeals. Forest Acres Drive is not suitably improved, and Applicant 53 doesn't own the strip between Forest Acres Drive and Parcel A 54 - Applicants plan is to build a single residence on Parcel A 55 - The Board would like to reserve a 60' strip along the northside of Parcels of A thru B to 56 leave and area for a right-of-way to Hillcrest Road, for possible future development of 57 the property 58 - If the ZBA approves an Area Variance, Forest Acres Drive between the parcel and the 59 present centerline would need to be suitably improved to handle emergency access to 60 the proposed single-family home 61 - Applicant's intention is to improve the Forest Acres Drive to the Towns Specifications 62 from Parcel A to Forest Acres Drive, approximately 150 feet 63 - Classification of this subdivision will not be considered Exempt 64 65 RESOLUTION PB 20-01 66 67 STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW RESOLUTION - 68 DECLARATION OF LEAD AGENCY, DORMADY - HILLCREST SUBDIVISION, 69 HILLCREST ROAD/FOREST ACRES DRIVE, TAX PARCEL NO. 44.4-4.2 70 71 WHEREAS, an Application was submitted for Subdivision review by Ed Dormady on 72 behalf of Helen Krizek Dormady, Owner, for the proposed subdivision of the existing 73 25.20-acre parcel into two parcels: Parcel A, measuring 6.943 acres and vacant; and 74 Parcel B, 18.140 acres and vacant, Lansing, New York, also known as Tax Parcel 75 Number 44.4-4.2 in the Residential Low Density (R1) Zoning District; and 76 77 WHEREAS, this is a proposed action reviewed under the Town of Lansing Subdivision 78 Rules and Regulations, for which the completed application was received January 28, 79 2020; and 80 81 WHEREAS, 6 NYCRR § 617 of the State Environmental Quality Review Act ("SEQRA") 82 requires that a Lead Agency be established for conducting environmental review of Page 2 of 6 APPROVED 83 projects in accordance with local and state environmental law and the Lead Agency shall 84 be that local agency which has primary responsibility for approving and funding or 85 carrying out the action; and 86 87 WHEREAS,The Planning Board of the Town of Lansing is believed best suited to 88 review the impacts of this proposed Major Subdivision as (i) the Planning Board is the 89 only body with jurisdiction to issue the final Major Subdivision approval, (ii) the 90 Planning Board is best situate to understand and evaluate the potential unique impacts 91 of such Major Subdivision upon the Town based upon the developmental patterns, 92 topography, and unique natural and non-natural features of the Town of Lansing, 93 including known streams, wetlands, UNAs, agricultural resources of value, and 94 archeosensitive sites within or near the Major Subdivision area, (iii) the Planning Board 95 has the broadest governmental powers for investigating the potential or actual impacts 96 of the Major Subdivision and implementing conditions or mitigating controls, and 97 accordingly (iv) the Planning Board has the greatest capacity for providing the most 98 thorough environmental assessment of the proposed Major Subdivision; and 99 100 WHEREAS, this proposed action is an Unlisted Action for which the Town of Lansing 101 Planning Board is the sole involved agency for the purposes of a State Environmental 102 Quality Review Act ("SEQRA") review; 103 104 NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS: 105 That the Town of Lansing Planning Board does hereby declare itself Lead Agency for the 106 environmental review for the action of Subdivision review for Town of Lansing Tax 107 Parcel Number 44.-1-4.2 for Helen Krizek Dormady, Owners, Ed Dormady, Applicant. 108 109 Dated: February 24, 2020 110 111 Motioned by: Larry Sharpsteen 112 Seconded by: Dean Shea 113 114 VOTE AS FOLLOWS: Sandra Dennis Conlon-Aye 115 Norman L. Davidson- Aye 116 Al Fiorille - Aye 117 Dean Shea-Aye 118 Deborah Trumbull - Aye 119 Larry Sharpsteen - Aye 120 Jerry Caward-Aye 121 122 Received and filed in the Lansing Town Clerk's Office 123 124 125 Motion for the Planning Board Staff to prepare a project memorandum for your 126 consideration at the next meeting to then send to the Zoning Board of Appeals 127 Motioned by: Larry Sharpsteen Seconded by: Deborah Trumbull (Motioned Carried) 128 Page 3 of 6 APPROVED 129 Project: Village Solars—Review of request for Waiver from Planned Development Area (PDA) 130 Local Law 6 of 2017 § 1610 (12)(a) and Town Board Resolution 19-120 131 Applicant: Rocco Lucente on behalf of Village Solars, LLC Location: 40 Village Place, 113 & 117 132 Village Circle; Tax Parcel Nos. 39.-1-51.7 & 39.-1-51.8 Anticipated Board action(s)this month: 133 Recommendation to Town Board Project Description: The Applicant is requesting a waiver 134 from the PDA § 1610 (12)(a) limitation on the number of building permits issued prior to 135 completion of the Community Center (Building F). 136 137 Discussion between the Board and Applicant, Rocco Lucente 138 - Applicant is requesting to have the ability to continue building two buildings at a time. 139 The Community Building was postponed last August due to the possibility of building a 140 larger community building. Even though the Community Building was postponed, 141 construction on other buildings was allowed to proceed. The hope of acquiring the land 142 adjacent to the PDA within the allotted time frame issued by the Town last year was not 143 possible. So now, Applicant is reverting to their original plan to proceed with the smaller 144 community building. In order to avoid laying off contractors it is pertinent to have two 145 buildings constructed in tandem 146 - The Planning Board is fine with two buildings under construction at the same time as 147 long as the Applicant understand that the next Certificate of Occupancy will be for the 148 Community Center, even if building 117 is finished first. In that circumstance building 149 117 would have to stay vacant until the Community Building is completed and received 150 their CO 151 - The Applicant is not looking to apply for building permits for buildings 2 & 22 until after 152 the CO is receive for the Community Center 153 - The Planning Board agreed that the Community Center's CO would have to be received 154 before buildings 2 & 22 could receive building permits as originally agreed upon, but 155 buildings 2 & 22 could receive building permits prior to the CO for Building 117 156 Motion to recommend that the Town Board grant a Waiver to allow the Village Solars 157 Community Center and Building 117 to be built at the same time with the understanding that 158 the Certificate of Occupancy will not be issued for Building 117 until the Certificate of 159 Occupancy is issued for the Community Center. Following the Certificate of Occupancy for the 160 Community Center, the Planning Board recommends the building permits be issued for 161 Buildings 2 & 22 even if prior to the Certificate of Occupancy for Building#117 162 Motioned by: Larry Sharpsteen Seconded by: Deborah Trumbull (Motioned Carried) 163 164 Town Board Liaison Summary Report from February 19, 2020 Town Board Meeting 165 - The Town Board reviewed the Annual Resolutions 166 - Planning Board would like to complement the Town Board for acknowledging members of the 167 public for their volunteer services and going above and beyond Page 4 of 6 APPROVED 168 - Ludlowville bridge is going to be widened,this is controlled by the State. Concerns that traffic 169 speed will be increased due to the wider bridge 170 o What about the possibility of speed humps or bumps,there is a difference 171 o Ask police to ticket drivers that speed through the area 172 Planning Report 173 - Planner has asked the Town Board to put together a working meeting on March 11t"to discuss a 174 few things 175 o One it the almost constant daily change in the State of play of the Utility Scale Solar 176 Projects 177 ■ As of last Friday,the Governor's Office has decided that Article 10 takes too 178 long, so they are going to move this into the economic arm of the State. So,the 179 guess is,that NY Power Authority is going to be somehow taking over this kind 180 of regulatory piece to make "it shovel ready"which is the way it is being pitched 181 ■ It is time to for the Town of Lansing to make a decision to limit the size of large- 182 scale solar projects, if desired 183 o Capital Planning 184 ■ Submitting another application for Myers Park 185 • Parks& Recreation Committee is going to review at next meeting 186 ■ Highway Department looking into a significant upgrade to their building 187 0 Highway Department is looking into purchasing a vacuum truck 188 - Tompkins County Area Development has agreed to be the applicant for the latest Appalachian 189 Regional POWER Grant.The grant will essentially seek to expand a dark fiber broadband trunk 190 line already in Tompkins County into the Town of Lansing which is very exciting to have it 191 available for multiple businesses and the School District and for a possible Data Center. The 192 Grant is due at the end of next month 193 - Climate Smart Communities update: Cornell Cooperative a City and Regional Planning class are 194 working on mapping of the Natural Resource Inventory.They will be presenting at the next CAC 195 meeting on March 5tn 196 - Will be asking the Parks, Recreation and Trails Advisory Committee's to review the Parks Master 197 Plan RFP and give an approval to submit and then go through the process of selecting a firm for 198 that project.Their next meeting is tomorrow afternoon, February 25tn 199 - Recommend updating the Solar Local Law and exclude Wind as County Planning would like to 200 see significant changes to the Town's draft. We are not as interest in large-scale Wind 201 development and may not due to the studies on wind.There is an urgency with Solar because 202 NYSERDA(State Energy Research and Development Authority) is about to put out a notice for 203 the change in renewable energy credits in the next few months which will make it very easy to 204 determine the long-term financing. As most of you have noticed the large firms have already 205 started to become more and more aggressive in seeking out local land deals. Would like to 206 discuss further at the next Planning Board meeting on March 9tn 207 - Proposed Local Law 1 of 2020 Amending LL#3 of 2010 Pertaining to the Planning Board will no 208 longer allow excess training hours to be carried from year-to-year.Training shall be at sessions Page 5 of 6 APPROVED 209 scheduled or approved by the Town Board, which will include a list of pre-approved training 210 agencies and additional trainings that become available maybe approved at the discretion of the 211 Director of Planning 212 Adiourned Meeting 213 Meeting adjourned at the call of the Planning Board Chair at 8:00 pm. 214 215 Minutes taken and executed by Sue Munson. 216 217 Access to public documents are available online at: 218 Planning Board Email tolcodes@lansingtown.com 219 220 Town Website https://www.lansingtown.com 221 222 Planning Board agendas, minutes & submittals https://www.lansingtown.com/town-docs Page 6 of 6