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II/ LANSING PLANNING BOARD
March 11 , 1968 : Town Hall
Regular Meeting
PRESENT : Mr . James Showacre , Chairman ; Mrs . Viola Miller ; Messrs . Paul
Barron , Alex Cima , Frederick Edmondson , John Ettinger
ABSENT : Mr . James M. Wood
The meeting was called to order by the Chairman at 8 : 15 p .m .
Minutes of the meeting of February 12 , 1968 , were presented
and discussed briefly .
MOTION by Mr . Barron , seconded by Mrs . Miller , and carried ,
to approve these minutes .
Miller Reported that the next meeting of the Planning Council will TOWN SURVEY
• be on Monday night , March 18 , at which time some preliminary
reports from study committees may be made . Mr . Ken Gardner
will be at the meeting and will describe something of the
studies which have been made and the type of work done in
Candor in connection with town planning .
With the help of Mrs . Willman and Mrs . Dart , the survey of
Lansing is now finished . Over 90 percent of the residences
in the Town have been covered , and no area has been left
out . The questionnaires were checked for all occupations .
A card index has been compiled from the questionnaires for
help in finding people to do basic studies . This material
will be cross - indexed later on .
Mrs . Miller is to give a speech about Planning , etc . , . on
Wednesday , March 13 , to the Senior Citizens group of the
Town of Lansing .
Ettinger Had written to Mr . Catherwood with reference to finalizing CATHERWOOD
his subdivision plans . Mr . Catherwood ' s reply said that
he hoped this Board would be able to approve his plans in SUBDIVISION
final form at this meeting , although approval had not
been obtained from the Health Department . In his subsequent
letter , Mr . Ettinger informed Mr . Catherwood that he also
needs the approval of the Highway Superintendent . Mr .
• Catherwood ' s reply of March 6 stated that he could not be
ready with his final plat plan for the roads for this meet »
ing , but will have this in time for the Board ' s April meet -
ing .
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Showacre Has had inquiries about the tract of land owned by Vol - LANSING
• brecht on Drake Road behind Colonial Cleaners , the first TRACT
from an Auburn lawyer , and then from a local realtor .
Frank Liguori mentioned that he wondered what reaction the NEW SEWER
Lansing Planning Board would have if Lucente and Kulakosky DISTRICT
were given approval to put in a sewage treatment plant in
the Warren Road -Asbury Road area . Mr . Liguori stated that
this would be for one thousand units . According to Mr .
Edmondson , treatment for one thousand units would require
a seven-acre lagoon .
Cima Discussed his development plan in relation to the problem DEAD -END ROAD
of a temporary dead -end road .
He will attend the Town Board meeting Tuesday night ,
March 12 , as this is a Town matter .
Barron Thinks some Town problems should be worked on forcefully PLANNING BOARD
by the Planning Board . Three of these are the junkyard OBJECTIVES
ordinance , the dump regulations , and the matter of dead -
end roads . Suggested a need for more publicity on these
matters . Mentioned a good article on land use , which he
feels should be read by members of this Board , in the
February American Agriculturist . This can be obtained by
writing to Box 23 , Roberts Hall , Ithaca , New York .
• Miller Stated that there is an article in the March issue of SUBDIVISION
"Better Homes and Gardens " on open- space development . PLANNING
Showacre Referred to a letter he had written Mr . Drogin concerning 701 FUNDS
a possible change in the development of our Master Plan
with the State . As yet Mr . Drogin has not replied . Some
discussion followed concerning the use of studies done by
volunteer workers .
Edmondson The only drawback for their use is that it is possible for
the State to refuse payment to the professional unless they
are sure that the basic data are correct ; and if the pro-
fessional vouches for the correctness of the volunteer
work he must of necessity do a great deal of the work him-
self and check all of it .
Showacre Mr . Drogin said that the more volunteer and local work in-
volved , the better off we are , so far as he is concerned .
The Board then turned to a review of Subdivision Regulations . SUBDIVISION
The Recording Secretary was excused at this point (9 : 30 REGULATIONS
p .m . )
• After an hour ' s discussion of points that did not seem
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workable to most of the Board , it was decided to hold a
• meeting with Mr . Niederkorn on March 25 .
The meeting was adjourned at 10 : 30 p .m .
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