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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1967-11-13 Minutes • LANSING PLANNING BOARD November 13 , 1967 : Town Hall Regular Meeting PRESENT : Mr . James Showacre , Chairman ; Mrs . Viola Miller ; Messrs . Alex Cima , Frederick Edmondson , John Ettinger ABSENT : Mr . Paul Barron The meeting was called to order by the Chairman at 8 : 15 p .m . Minutes of the meeting of October 9 , 1967 were presented . MOTION to accept by Mr . Ettinger , seconded , and carried . Reports by members : EDMONDSON Discussed the possibility that County planning will take over , and the effect of this on Lansing ' s planning . • SHOWACRE Had received a telephone call from Mr . Peters stating that PRE -APPLICATION Mr . Drogin would continue to work with this Board . The first week in November he had received a letter from Mr . Drogin MEETING indicating that he had been assigned to the pre - application meeting for the Town of Lansing and asked to have a meeting scheduled soon . He is available to meet with the Planning Board any time after November 15 . Monday , November 27th , was accepted as a satisfactory meeting date . This will be a joint meeting with the Town Board . MILLER Upon finding that the regular Board meeting had been can- TOWN OM? celed , she had telephoned each of the members of the Town Board and obtained their full support and then had presented the plan to them at a special meeting , at which it was ac - cepted . Mr . Seymour Smidt and some of the other men had de - signed the questionnaire , as members of the Planning Council . She had enlisted the help of approximately fifty volunteers to do the surveys in their respective neighborhoods . The re - turns have been satisfactory , and cooperation has been phe - nomenal . She had also discussed with the Town Board the matter of a REPLACEMENT replacement for Mr . Herbert Ley . It was the sense of the Lansing Town Planning Board that the Town Board had had FOR • sufficient time to present a replacement , and that this Board should now submit a list of names of suitable replace - HERBERT LEY Minutes , LANSING PLANNING BOARD , November 13 , 1967 ; Town Hall , Regular Meeting , page 2 ments . The names suggested were as follows : Clarence Benson , • David Hardie , Douglas R . Moseley , James A . Buck , Dr . C . E . DeCamp , Casper L . Fenner . SHOWACRE Vouchers for all bills should be presented at the earliest FINANCES possible date . MILLER Suggested that if future regular meetings are to continue KEY TO to be held in the Town Hall , a key should be provided for the use of the Chairman . TOWN HALL it SHOWACRE Mentioned the equipment necessary for the new Water House , NEW EQUIPMENT and itwas the sense of the Board that the funds for this should be spent from the current budget if possible . ETTINGER A trailer park is being established on the Cayuga County TRAILER PARK Tompkins County line , but in the Town of Lansing . Mr .. Ettinger did not know whether it is a park for camper trailers or for trailer homes . He will find out the name of the owner and request a copy of the park plan . Brought up the matter of a fire house for the south end of FIRE HOUSE Lansing . The thought is to have this located in the Re - search Park area , but nothing definite has been decided . Cornell would be willing to have it located there if that is the ultimate decision of the Fire Board . In that loca- • tion there is adequate land and an available water supply , and the potential for manning the fire house day and night , as well as other advantageous conditions . Had attended the public hearing several weeks ago on this JUNKYARD AND Ordinance . A week and one day remain in which to register the opinion of this Board . The Ordinance as it stands DUMP ORDINANCE would cover only private property , not service stations or junk dealers . The meeting of the Town Board to discuss this will be November 21 , 1967 . SHOWACRE The Board should push for some strong formal subdivision SUBDIVISION regulations . It was the sense of the Board that professional subdivision regulations should be in effect , and that for REGULATIONS this purpose someone must be hired , the payment for this to come out of the current budget . MOTION by Mr . Ettinger , seconded , to ask Mr . Niederkorn to proceed with subdivision regulations within the budget . This was followed by discussion , in which it was decided that Mr . Showacre would contact Mr . Niederkorn as soon as possible to determine that this will actually be within the budget . A roll -call vote was then taken , with the following result : • Mr . Cima Yes Mr . Ettinger Yes Mr . Edmondson Yes Mrs . Miller Yes Mr . Showacre Yes The meeting was adjourned at 10 : 00 p .m.