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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1970-07-13 1 f i V Minutes LANSING PLANNING BOARD • July 13 , 1970 : Town Hall Regular Meeting PRESENT : Mr . Peter H . Craig , Chairman ; Miss Louise Barr , Mrs . Viola Miller , Messrs . Sam Baughman , Frederick Edmondson , and Steven Farkas , Jr . ABSENT : Mr . Paul Barron The Chairman called the meeting to order at 8 : 15 p . m . The minutes of the regular meeting of June 8 , 1970 , and of MINUTES the 701 Planning meeting held June 22 , 1970 , were approved as previously distributed . Neither Mrs . Miller for Public Relations , Mr . Edmondson for REPORTS Professional Relations , nor Mr . Baughman for Water and Sewer Districts had any items of interest to report . Craig At the Town Board meeting it was announced that the County WATER AND Sewer Agency is beginning to look with less and less favor SEWER on Lansing ' s possible involvement in the proposed sewer plan . DISTRICT Miller There seems to be a lack of understanding of this matter on • the part of the Town Board , and members of the Planning Board should be attending meetings of the County Sewer Agency . Baughman The engineering studies all showed lines going into Lansing . Craig The cost of the lines into Lansing is a big part of the over - all problem . Miller Is there any chance of having Harris Dates attend a meeting of the Planning Board , and talking to him ? Craig Feels that there is a very good possibility of this , and that Mr . Dates could be asked to attend the next meeting . There will be a meeting of the County Sewer Agency on July 16th at 3 : 30 p . m . in the Council Chambers on the third floor of the Court House . Edmondson Suggested that he would attend that meeting , and stated that as many as possible of the Planning Board members should attend . Barr Had not been able to find out who is building residences in RESIDENTIAL a wooded area near Myers Road . DEVELOPMENT Craig Informed the Board that the builder is Fred Knight , who is • at present working out a solution with the Town Board in the matter of getting water service to the apartments he is building . Minutes , LANSING PLANNING BOARD , July 13 , 1970 , Town Hall , Regular Meeting , page 2 • Edmondson Felt that the meeting of June 22 had gone very well in spite PUBLIC o f the fact that very few Lansing resident developers had RELATIONS attended it . Miller By September the Planning Board will have to give some real consideration to public relations and have something very interesting to present . Craig About ten days ago he had called the Town Supervisor and ex - SUBDIVISION pressed concern about the lack of Town Board action on the REGULATIONS regulations . An executive session of the Town Board had been held on June 26 for consideration of the Subdivision Regula - tions . The Town Board members had apparently decided that they did not like the regulations as presented , had roughed out a substitute set , and given them to Counsel Robert Williamson to write up . Mrs . Miller had talked with Mr . Williamson , who told her that the Town Board had made radical and drastic changes in the regulations as drafted by the Planning Board . He had not had the time , however , to type in what the Town Board had suggested as changes . His comment was that there would not be much left for the Planning Board to go over , and that so far as he could see the Town Board wanted to ordinances o ver which they would not have complete jurisdiction . Mr . Williamson knows that Groton has passed their subdivision regulations , and asked for a copy so that he could present • them to the Lansing Town Board in order to let them know what they are up against . Edmondson Suggested that the Planning Board should stand by until the ✓ evised document comes out of Mr . Williamson ' s office , and then get a copy of it . Craig Has already told Mr . Howell that the regulations cannot be handled by the method being suggested by the Town Board . Miller Mr . Howell said at the Town Board meeting that its members re - alize the necessity of some kind of control , but they do not know how to get it . Craig Had presented the Town Board with the following resolution at its meeting of July 10 , 1970 : WHEREAS , The Town Planning Board of the Town of Lansing has transmitted to this Board a copy of its resolution dated , adopting Land Subdivision Regulations for the Town and containing a copy of such regulations , and WHEREAS , it is desirable that said Planning Board be provided with regulations for its use in carrying out • subdivision control in this Town , Minutes , LANSING PLANNING BOARD , July 13 , 1970 , Town Hall , Regular Meeting , page 3 THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED , that : • ( 1 ) pursuant to the authority of the Town Law , this Board does approve such Land Subdivision Regulations for the use of the Planning Board of the Town of Lansing , ( 2 ) a copy of this resolution be transmitted to the Planning Board for its record . The Town Board did not , however , consider the resolution seri - ously . As matters now stant it does not seem as if they will pass the Subdivision Regulations as the Planning Board sub - mitted them . Under present laws , all such regulations must come from outside the political sphere , and so in this case must come through the Planning Board . Edmondson The Planning Board has done everything it can , and should now stand aside and see what happens . Miller The Town Board wishes the Planning Board to see the matter from the Town Board ' s point of view . Baughman Their point of view seems to be that the people who elected them want no part of this sort of thing , and that is why they were elected . The members say they want planning , but no regulations . 41111 He himself would not wish to be in the position of regulating what people do with their own land . Craig Read to the Planning Board a letter that he had sent to the Town Board for their meeting of July 10 , 1970 . Doubts that his remark , that what the Town Board is possibly planning to do with the Subdivision Regulations is illegal , was believed by them . Miller They have stated plainly that they do not wish any advice from " experts . " Craig Feels that the time has come for a decision as to what to do , or what not to do . Miller Had told the Town Board that the Planning Board would consider making changes in the proposed regulations , but until the Planning Board knows what the Town Board does not like about the regulations , it cannot make any changes . Craig We could take the alternative and wait until the material comes from Mr . Williamson ' s office . • Edmondson MOTION to take the alternative of waiting until the material comes from Mr . Williamson ' s office . This MOTION was seconded , and then discussed . Minutes , LANSING PLANNING BOARD , July 13 , 1970 , Town Hall , Regular Meeting , page 4 Craig Read aloud the enabling statute , stating that he feels it • might be well to send a copy of it to the Town Board . He is afraid that if they pass illegal rules and are then informed o f their illegality they will be displeased . Seeing the en - abling statute might get the idea across to them . Edmondson Mr . Williamson should inform them of this . Craig The membership of the Planning Board which approved the previous ✓ egulations was quite different from the present Planning Board membership . This present Planning Board could reapprove the pre - viously -written regulations and pass a current resolution saying that this present Board approves those regulations . This might carry some weight even if the feeling were not unanimous . This o f course would entail going over the regulations one by one and making any possible changes , and then transmitting them with a resolution . The MOTION was then repeated by the Chairman , who also presented the possibility of writing the facts concerning the illegality of the Town Board ' s present procedure in connection with the subdivision regulations , and the idea of the Planning Board ' s ✓ e - reviewing the Subdivision Regulations and then reaccepting them . When put to vote , the MOTION was unanimously approved . • The Chairman will contact Mr . Williamson aggressively in order to get action on this matter . The recent resignation of Mr . Ruzicka made it necessary to TREASURER elect a new Treasurer . The nomination of Miss Barr by Mr . Baughman was seconded , the nominations were declared closed , and the Recording Secretary was instructed to record that a unanimous ballot was cast in favor of Miss Barr as Treasurer . Craig Asked that a Treasurer ' s report be presented at the next Planning Board meeting . Miller Reminded the members that the budget is due in November , and stated that this should be kept in mind as there may be no re - minder of this fact . The meeting was adjourned at 9 : 10 p . m . •