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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1967-12-11 Minutes LANSING PLANNING BOARD December 11 , 1967 : Town Hall • Regular Meeting PRESENT : Mr . James Showacre , Chairman ; Mrs . Viola Miller ; Messrs . Cima , Edmondson , Ettinger Also : Mr . Wallace H . Benjamin , a local real estate dealer in the employ of Strout Realty , who wished to attend the meeting as an observer ABSENT : Thr . Paul Barron :e 4; • The Chairman called the meeting to order at 8 : 15 p .m . Minutes of the meetings of November. 13 and November 27 , 1967 , were presented and voted on separately . MOTIONS to accept by Mr . Ettinger , seconded , and carried . It was the sense of the Board that copies of the minutes of the joint meeting of November 27 should be sent to the membership of the Town Board . Reports by members : MILLER The Planning Council had a meeting last week , and more of the PLANNING surveys were brought in . Immediately following Christmas COUNCIL someone will be working to contact the people who may have been missed according to a list now being compiled . Ninety percent of the surveys have come in and are now being pre - pared for data processing . They are being coded and the information is being key-punched this week . The program is being written by Mr . Seymour Smidt , who will be put in touch with Mr . Niederkorn so that the information can be pulled out in workable form. The next step beyond running totals on the stats is to meet with Mr . Niederkorn and anyone else who would be interested in this project , and Mr . Smidt will also go hack to the various chairmen of studies on the Planning Council and work up studies on such things as population and occupation . The cards will be stored by Mr . Smidt . SHOWACRE The Chairman reminded members again that if there are any FINANCES expenses for which there should be reimbursement , the relevant vouchers should be in the hands of the Town Board by December 19 , which will be the final audit date for vouchers to be paid from the budget for this current year . ETTINGER Suggested that an addressograph machine and plates be pure* EQUIPMENT chansed by the Planning Board , sharing the cost with the United Fund and the Lansing Fire Board , inasmuch as a machine Minutes , LANSING PLANNING BOARD , December 11 , 1967 ; Town Hall , Regular Meeting , page 2 • of this sort is urgently- needed and it does not seem as if the Town Board will be able to purchase one . The individual thirds for such a shared purchase would amount to approximately $ 85 . 00 and the machine could be kept in the Town Hall - an arrangement which would be satisfactory to the Fire Board . The Board directed Mr . Ettinger to investigate the matter further and to report back on it at the January meeting . It was recognized that it is pos » sible , however , that the Town Board may see the need of this and make the purchase themselves . EDMONDSON There is good potential for county planning , and the University 701 PROGRAM is moving very rapidly toward leadership in regional planning . Apparently the Greater Ithaca Regional Planning Board will be abolished . County planning will be to the advantage of the Lansing Town Planning Board , as Lansing will receive its share of the funds which will be allotted to the Regional Planning Council for various studies . The Regional Planning Board draws its leadership from the highest levels , and Lansing will be one part of the large region in which this Regional Planning Board is working . As Lansing goes into 701 , it will be in a position to at least participate , but is not ready for this participa- tion at the present time . SHOWACRE The transmittal letters to be sent in accordance with Mr . Drogin ' s request are at hand . The material still to be gathered from the • Town Clerk will be obtained and the duplicating will be done by Mr . Ettinger on his own office equipment . The Town Board still must supply the resolution indicating that the Town of Lansing will pay one »sixth of the total cost . The Chairman will make a special effort to see that this resolution is passed at the next meeting of the Town Board and that the letter is drafted and sub » sequently signed by Mr . Dates . This will then complete the ap - plication material . ETTINGER The new trailer park on the Cayuga County-Tompkins County line SUBDIVISION is being built by Mr . Robert J . Woods of the Schwann Trailer REGULATIONS Park. Mr . Woods filed a letter and a hand -drawn map with the Town Board , and has received their approval . This material is available for Town Planning Board use . Although Mr . Woods originally indicated that there would be only four trailers , his drawing showed six , with space for additional trailers . Robert Gibbs has put in a new road on the north side of Cayuga Motors . This is a dead-end road which according to current in- formation the Town is not going to offer to take over . It is rumored that Ridley ' s Bindery , Ithaca Imports , and Bill Cooke Cadillac are intending to locate on North Triphammer Road . This road is becoming less and less adequate as more and more firms locate across from each other on it . The situation with respect to cars pulling out of the driveways is alarming even now . • Apparently there is no protection for the residents against Minutes , LANSING PLANNING BOARD , December 11 , 1967 ; Town Hall , Regttrar ;Meeting , page 3 41111 this influx of commercial establishments . The danger to the health , safety , and welfare of the people must be proved to the County in order to force it to do some planning in cone, nection with North Triphammer Road . The Board decided that Mr . Niederkorn should be asked to pre - pare a draft of subdivision regulations and submit a bill there- for which can be paid in advance from the present year ' s budget . The list of names of suggested replacements for Mr . Ley had been REPLACEMENT given to Mr . Dates , but to date the Town Board has done nothing FOR about the matter . It was the sense of the Planning Board that a letter should be written to the Town Board requesting that HERBERT LEY someone be named for the replacement . On MOTION of Mr . Edmondson , seconded and carried , the meeting was adjourned at 9 : 40 p .m. • •