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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1970-01-26 • 110Minutes LANSING PLANNING BOARD January 26 , 1970 : Town Hall 701 Planning Session , Regular Meeting PRESENT : Mr . James Showacre , Chairman ; Mesdames Louise Barr and Viola Miller ; Messrs . Peter H . Craig , H . B . Ruzicka Also : Miss Nancy Glick ( Ithaca Journal reporter ) , Mrs . Lynn Lichten - stein (Assistant to Tom Niederkorn) ; Mr . Tom Niederkorn (Planning Consultant ) ; Mrs . Louise Dart , Messrs . Alex Cima , George McConkey , James Preston , and other residents of Lansing ABSENT : Messrs . Paul Barron , Frederick Edmondson The meeting was called to order by the Chairman at 8 : 10 p . m . Showacre Introduced to each other the members of the Planning Board and the meeting visitors . Inquired whether any of the Planning Board members wished to JOINT have any record from the previous closed meeting put into the MEETING minutes of this present meeting . The response was negative . OF JANU - • ARY 23 , Niederkorn Felt that the Friday night joint meeting had been very worth - 1970 while , since it is always good to start out with the Town Board and allay any possible suspicions . The meeting had given the Town Board members an opportunitylIto quiz the mem - bers of the Planning Board - - all of which activity will help the Planning Board in the long run . The Basic Studies re - port is first - rate , and something of which the community ought to feel proud . Volunteer labor is a gamble , and does not always produce such excellent results . He had expected to ask the Council to do a good many addi - BASIC tional pieces of work , but the Basic Studies are so ex - STUDIES cellent that for the most part this is not necessary . He is using the maps prepared by Mr . Showacre for various purposes . He had hoped to make a detailed land -use map ; it was started , but the big snow in December had stopped the work . The quantitative land - use study has been completed , and the Tompkins County Airport Study redone . The matters which could be expanded in the Basic Studies re - AREA GROWTH port have to do with population projections and analysis of AND POPULA- past growth . Mr . Niederkorn displayed a chart showing what TION PRO - is happening to Lansing in growth development . Cornell is JECTIONS the principal growth factor , and most of the new development • is being absorbed by Lansing , Dryden , and the Town of Ithaca ; Minutes , LANSING PLANNING BOARD , January 26 , 1970 , Town Hall 701 Planning Session , Regular Meeting , Page 2 • the City of Ithaca is absorbing some , but the Town of Ithaca shows the greatest growth . Lansing is now growing faster than Dryden . Cornell has announced that it will expand , and this is bringing about further growth . It does not appear that this trend will change , as long as there is some place for the people to go . Craig Inquired whether population figures going back as far as 1865 couldbe found . Niederkorn Is not sure these could be obtained , but feels they would not alter the present picture . What will change the picture will be the migration factor . There probably will not be much in - dustrial development in Lansing in terms of additional fam - ilies . Industry park may have some influence . The Bell Station will bring in some construction families and an in - dustrial base . The Ithaca school boundaries have had a great influence on housing situations . Availability and cost of housing are also factors . The most devastating effect on Lansing has been the advent of Route 13 , making this area available to so many more people than was the case previously . The urban renewal going on in the City of Ithaca has made automobile dealers come out to Lansing , and the lack of any possible further development in Ithaca probably made the • Triphammer shopping plaza possible . The development of the Fair Grounds will still further preclude downtown Ithaca de - velopment . In Lansing a new motel will be erected south of the Howard Johnson motel , when the sewer district problem has been solved . Eventually there will be egress and ingress be - tween . Warren Road and the Triphammer shopping plaza . The population projection should show an elemental growth plan for the Town of Lansing . There probably will not be a high population density plan here , because so much of it is already low density . Two plans ar & being studied , one for Bush Lane south , and the other for South Lansing . Lichtenstein Discussed the possible growth of the Tompkins County Airport AREA DE - and its impact on the Town of Lansing . If the runway were VELOPMENT extended it would probably be necessary to relocate Warren Road . There will be pressure to build in this area , but it would be well to maintain low housing density in it . No schools or public assembly places should be located in such an area . A road pattern will be developed to connect all the residential areas , wherever possible ; such a plan would tie areas together , and thus prevent them from becoming land - locked . Key roads would be put in by the Town , but develop .. ers would still have to put in their own subdivision roads . • The soil association map shows severe limitations for septic SOIL CHAR- tank installations in many areas . Information such as this ACTERISTICS Minutes , LANSING . PLANNING BOARD , January 26 , 1970 , Town Hall 701 Planning Session , Regular Meeting , Page 3 • is some of the most important to be gathered . There are tremendous variations in the soil depths . A traffic origin and destination study should be available TRAFFIC for North Triphammer Road . STUDY More research will have to be done on the school system . SCHOOL This will be influenced by the population projections . SYSTEM There may be a consolidation with the Groton School System . Miller Believes that all of the organizations in the Town - - fire - PUBLIC men , school boards , men ' s groups in churches , Lions Club , RELATIONS etc . - - should be asked to send delegates to the public meetings of the Planning Board . These delegates could take information back to the organization members . This would not , of course , preclude Council members , but it would give representation from the various organizations . Asked about a Council meeting to display the Basic Studies book . Mr . Niederkorn felt that this should not be done at a 701 meeting , but at a regular meeting . Craig Feels that people are no longer interested in Basic Studies , but wish to hear about a Master Plan . During the next six • months the Planning Board can present the kind of information in which people are interested . Showacre Delegates could be invited to attend a meeting for presenta - tion of the Basic Studies , informed of how long it will take to formulate a Master Plan , and thereby become oriented . The fact that the work done by the Town Planner will be broader because the Basic Studies were done by the townspeople could be emphasized . Decision on presentationmeetings was tabled , as no definite plan could be formulated . The meeting was adjourned at 10 : 00 p . m . on MOTION of Mr . Craig , seconded by Mrs . Barr , and duly approved . •