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• LANSING PLANNING BOARD
October 11 , 1971 : Town Hall
Regular Meeting
PRESENT : Mr . Peter H . Craig , Chairman ; Mrs . Viola Miller , Miss Louise Barr ;
Messrs . Samuel Baughman , Frederick Edmondson
ABSENT : Mr . Paul Barron
The meeting was called to order by the chairman at 8 : 20 p . m .
Minutes of the regular meeting of September 13 , 1971 , were ap - MINUTES
proved as presented .
Craig Discussed the public information meeting held at the Lansing High PUBLIC
School on September 20 , 1971 , which was attended by 250 Lansing MEETING
residents . The one criticism which has been heard is that there
was too much discussion of the proposed park system . Other res -
idents were , however , particularly interested in that aspect of
the Master Plan . A number of persons who own property along the
lake front are very much disturbed by the possibility of intrusion
of their privacy if that land should become public property .
Craig Had talked to Mr . Ntderkorn as to when the Master Plan would be re - MASTER
• turned from the printer . Mr . Niederkorn would not commit himself , PLAN
but will inform the Planning Board when the material is ready .
Craig Mentioned that the Town will be billed in 1972 for the Planning BUDGET
Consultant ' s fee , which will be in the neighborhood of $ 5 , 200 .
Edmondson It is his opinion that the Town would take over the cost of the
publication of the Zoning Ordinance if enacted by the Town Board .
Craig Outlined the budget for 1972 as follows :
Planner ' s Fee (approx . ) $5 , 200
Publication costs (newspaper )
Zoning Ordinance ( 1 page ) $585
Subdivision Ordinance ( 3 /4 page ) 430
Trailer Ordinance ( 1 / 2 page ) 295 1 , 310
Secretarial and Stenographic ( $ 10 per month ) , 120
Postage 30
Stationery 20
Publication costs ( copy services , preparatory to
public hearings ) 150
Miscellaneous 100
• Total $ 6 , 930
Minutes , LANSING PLANNING BOARD , October 11 , 1971 , Town Hall , Regular Meeting , page 2
• This budget was approved by the members of the Planning Board who
were present ` at the meeting . A handwritten copy was delivered im-
mediately by Mr . Craig to the Town Board , which was holding a
special meeting in another part of the building .
Baughman Inquired whether there will be 701 meetings on the fourth Monday of 701
each month . The chairman and other members of the Planning Board MEETINGS
feel that these meetings are necessary . The next one will there -
fore take place on October 25 , 1971 .
Craig Feels that there should be a Planning Board meeting very shortly MASTER PLAN
after the publication of the Master Plan , and before any public MEETINGS
presentation . Emphasized the fact that these public meetings will
not be " public hearings " in a legal sense , but are only for informa -
tion presentation . There must be at least one public hearing , pre -
ceded by a local newspaper notice of the meeting . A legal public
hearing requires expensive newspaper notice , as well as copies of
the plan available for perusal by the residents . This procedure is
not necessary for mere informational meetings . Only a small notice
in the newspaper , such as that used for announcements of regular
organizational meetings , is necessary .
Miller Suggested that representative people from smaller , area groups
holding neighborhood meetings be invited to attend the informational
meetings . In this way , regional meetings could be used to spread
• the information from district to district .
Craig Asked whether people in the north end of Lansing would be interested
in attending meetings .
Baughman Feels that meetings of the separate interests would be preferable ,
since people from the north end , for example , would be willing to
sit and listen if there were not members of the opposition present - -
except for one or two individuals , perhaps . Suggested that one
meeting of this sort be held in Lansingville and one in North Lansing .
Craig Suggested that it might be well to get the farmer group together and
let them see the map , and really know what is going on .
The meeting was adjourned at 9 : 05 p . m .
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