HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-07-2020 CAC Minutes I Town of Lansing
2 Conservation Advisory Council Minutes
3 Thursday, May 7, 2020 6:30 PM
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5 Present via Zoom Excused
6 Robyn Bailey Andra Benson
7 Thomas Butler John Fleming
8 Carrie Koplinka-Loehr Karen Edelstein
9 John Greenly
10 David Wolfe
11 Todd Walter
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13 Other Staff via Zoom
14 C.J. Randall, Planning Director Sue Munson, Code Clerk
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16 Public Present via Zoom Meetings
17 No Public Present
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19 Co-Chair Tom Butler opened the meeting at 6:36 pm
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21 Public Comments via email to tolcodes@lansingtown.com
22 - No Public Comments by email while meeting was live streaming on youtube at
23 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs2FgU2xFnDyGS8DwXgoJwA
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25 Update on the Natural Resource Inventory
26 - Karen information has been added. Osamu added some of the class's maps.
27 - Carrie, Robyn and Tom have made some online edits. Tom put his initial on some of his
28 edits.
29 - Those present gave C.J. the permission to remove the mark ups and repost a clean
30 version on OneDrive for the CAC members to proceed with final review.
31 - Research how many private conservation easements to add to the map
32 o Include number of parcels, how many acres, and how much of it is in the Ag or
33 Forest areas.
34 - C.J. will check with the CRC Class to add a map.
35 - The whole purpose of creating the Natural Resource Inventory is to get a baseline of all
36 this information so that we can then move into the Open Space Index. Which will not
37 just catalog the existing open spaces but try to plan for future areas to be conserved.
38 - Robyn will work on the style of the document along with map titles and page numbers.
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39 When the NRI is ready we will adopt it. Then move on to the Open Space Index and add
40 the NRI as an Appendix.
41 Would like to send to the Planning Board around May for their June 11t" meeting.
42 The next step would then be to send to the Town Board for them to adopt it (not as a
43 local law).
44 Tom will try work on gathering information that the County may have that we would
45 want to include.
46 Deadline of May 201" for comments from the CAC.
47 C.J. will follow up with Terry Carroll on future maps and getting the style of the maps so
48 in the future we can have all the maps look alike.
49 - The Story Maps will be a fun project to present to the public in some manner.
50 General Discussion
51 - Climate Smart Communities reviewed completed actions.
52 - The Utilities bills for the Town were given to Osamu for a portion of the Climate Smart
53 Communities project. Not sure if Osamu had time to review them or if he passed the
54 paperwork on to Terry Carroll. C.J. will follow up with Terry.
55 - Next meeting agenda we will add discussion of Large-Scale Renewable Energy.
56 - Thursday June 4, 2020 is the next meeting date.
57 Adjourned Meeting
58 Meeting adjourned at the call of the Co-Chair Thomas Butler at 8:11 pm.
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60 Minutes taken and executed by Sue Munson.
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62 Access to public documents are available online at:
63 Conservation Advisory Council Email tolcodes@lansingtown.com
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65 Town Website https://www.lansingtown.com
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