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TOVYN OF LANSING PLANNING BOARD
• DWE o June 129 1978
TINE : 7 : 30 P . M .
PRESENT : B/Bernent9 P . Wells , D . Hardie , H . Cogan , J . Burke
ABSENT : V . Miller9 due to a special meeting of the County
Planning Board re : Rte . 96
L . Winter
I . Report on demographic data for Master Plan - B . Bement
A . Contact made with Roland Parks - computer operator ,
President , Fire Co .
B . Fire Co . is compiling a new Lansing directory with the
aid of Mr . Parks computer equipment .
C . Could the computer equipment , given material from the
assessor ' s office , chart trends and prepare other infor -
mation of interest to the present work on the Master Plan ?
D . Mr . Parks felt that with permission to use the infor -
mation at the assessor ' s office and a description of the
information the PB wants , his equipment could prepare
the necessary printouts .
II . Subdivision Rules and Regulations
A . D . Hardie spoke with Town Attorney , R . Williamson , who felt
the County Clerk would not be able to tell if there were
subdivisions .
• B . V . Miller spoke with County Clerk9 L . Grinnell , who said
she could give us the information but that we should get
a ruling on it from County Attorney , R . Williamson .
C . H . Missirian , of the County Planning Depart . , offered to
research the matter and see if the problem could be solved
through the cooperation of other agencies .
III . Maps - Guests : H . Missirian , D . Lewis , County Planning Depart .
A . The CPD is preparing a map of all structures in Tompkins
County , for which our maps will prove most useful .
B . CPD has 2 men working full - time on preparation of Lansing
material .
C . Step I - compilation of acreage data . The CPD feels it
will be helpful to know amount of acreage presently used
for residential , agriculture , commercial , etc .
D . Tax Base information will be compiled , sush as , what
proportion of the tax base supports ag , residential etc . ?
how have these proportions changed or will change ? who
supports the services of the town ? etc . .
E . Data compiled prior to the village formation will be
✓ elatively invalid for this study .
F . CPD will prepare any visual or graphic data the PB feels
n ecessary .
G . The CPD projects that within a month their data should
be all together , with visual aids available by Fall .
H . The CPD will work with the PB to form a meaningful plan
to present to the people of Lansing .
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MAPS , COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT , CONTINUED
I . Mr . Missirian suggested that after the initial data is
compiled and studied , the PB should :
10 determine if there ' s a trend
2 , determine the seriousness of the Town Boards intentions
Jo Dryden and the Billage of Lansing send all their subdivision
applications etc . , to the CPD for review . This service
would also be available to the Town .
K , The PB asked that the CPD make observations , suggestions ,
on what they see as they make their compilations .
Lo Suggestions were made on how the PB might work toward a
more positive working relationship with the Town Board :
1 . ask the TB to write up the duties of the Ordinance
Officer for PB review
20 arrange to have a meeting in the CPD office with
Mro Munson , D , Hardie and members of the CPD
M . MOTION : With thanks to the 2 members of the CPD who reported
on their current work , and with whom the PB arrived at a
working schedule for the Master Plan project , it was moved ,
seconded and carried unanimously to have the County
Planning Department move ahead in the direction they have
expressed , continue with their studies , with a tentative
time schedule as follows :
1 , initial presentation of data in July
2eupdated analysis in August
3 . complete presentation with graphics in September
40 tentative presentation to the Town Board to be
• scheduled shortly thereafter
So moved by H . Cogan , seconded by P , Wells , carried
unanimously by the board .
IV . Ordinance analysis
A . The CPD will analyze our ordinances and present information
and observations at the next regular PB meeting on July 10 , 178
Ba The PB would next like to meet with the Ordinance Officer
and have him give his interpretations of the ordinances and
his duties in relation to them at a specially scheduled
meeting on July 24 , 1978 .
Co The PB will then approach the Town Board in their role as
employer and ask for a run- down on what they expect from
their employee ( Ordm Offol
V . Work Assignments- The recording secretary shall :
A . Compile a folder of all Town Ordinances for :
a , all members of PB
2 . County Planning Department
B . Check all street and road names on maps provided by CPD
Co Forward a copy of PB stationary to H . Cogan for review .
Adjourned : 10 : 00 PoM ,
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