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F Cr ,' Gra -gs PLi- 7cal 114 4, z ..2t1'�'3 S q �. o it 4- a 14 igi 2 1- g ao • TOWN OF LANSING Planning Board Meeting Monday, March 8, 1993; 7:30 p.m. • PLANNING BOARD (* Denotes Members Present) * Lin Davidson * Cheryl Nickel * Grace Haney Larry Sharpsteen Linda Hirvonen * Robert Todd Viola Miller * Al White * George Totman, Zoning and Code Enforcement Officer Larry Tvaroha, Town Councilman PUBLIC PRESENT Clifford Buck 355 Conlon Road, Lansing, New York Carl Drost 34 Dutch Mill Road, Lansing, New York David Gross 34 Dutch Mill Road, Lansing, New York Barry Kasonic 900 Taber Street, Ithaca, New York Amanda Sturgill 2250 North Triphammer Road, Ithaca, New York Vice Chairperson Robert Todd called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. • GENERAL BUSINESS Robert Todd expressed his concern about the proposed development by the Jehovah's Witness. He stated that he is pro-development. Since he makes a living as a farmer, he is concerned that they are growing the same crops that he grows. They do not pay property taxes, and this puts him in a competitive disadvantage growing the same crops. It bothers him that they are putting a $36 million dollar complex on that land, and the town will not be getting any property taxes from them. Review of Minutes from Meeting held February 8, 1993 Al White moved to accept the minutes as presented; Lin Davidson seconded. VOTE: ALL IN FAVOR; MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY Review of Summary from Public Meeting held February 18, 1993 Cheryl Nickel moved to accept the summary as presented, but leave the option open to discuss the summary further at a later date; Lin Davidson seconded. VOTE: ALL IN FAVOR; MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY Review of Minutes from Meeting held February 22, 1993 Al White noted that Tom Neiderkorn was present at this meeting. Al White moved to accept the minutes as corrected; Cheryl Nickel seconded. VOTE: ALL IN FAVOR; MOTION • CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY Town of Lansing Planning Board Page 2 Monday, March 8, 1993 ® FURTHER BUSINESS Cheryl Nickel commented that she met with the new director of the New York Planning Federation who is very interested in the town's project. He recommended that the town apply for the planning grant, which is for a sum of $5,000. This grant is funded by a private foundation. The application deadline for this grant is April 1, 1993. For this grant Cheryl proposes that the Planning Board submit a grant that focuses on: learning negotiating skills as town board and planning board members; learning how to focus community and town people's input in productive ways; and learning the means for getting communities to work as volunteers to work positively and productively in town projects. Cheryl explained that the money would be used, for example, to hire Judy Saul and the Community Dispute Resolution Center to conduct the workshops to train the board members on the above issues. Al White commented that based on several of the public meetings that he has attended, he feels that there is a great deal of educating that needs to be done for the public. Grace Haney responded as to the public meeting held to discuss rezoning of the airport zone. She stated that based on feedback from people in the area that she had spoken to, they attended that meeting to: get information and to question what kind of effect it has. Grace felt that the information she had gained from the Planning Board meetings was that the concern was for safety in the area, then at the public meeting the concern seemed to turn to preventing any further development in that area. She felt that the Town Board and the Planning Board need to get their information straight before they go to the public with information. • George Totman introduced Amanda Sturgill who is a graduate student at Cornell University and is majoring in planning. Ms. Sturgill was just sitting in on the meeting. Cheryl Nickel commented that the Economic Development Committee has already met, and that as part of the education process, she would like to see an expert in the fields of each of the committees come to the meetings and give the members some background. Robert Todd explained that Larry Sharpsteen held the Economic Development Committee meeting, and brought in Tom Neiderkorn to explain the master plan and the present zoning that already exists. Robert Todd stated that he will be calling Tom Neiderkorn to come to the Agriculture Resources Committee meeting and give a background on that topic. FOUR-LOT SUBDIVISION, Clifford Buck, Buck Road, Tax Map #27-1-26.2 Clifford Buck appeared before the Planning Board to request approval of a four-lot subdivision of his property on Buck Road. Al White questioned how many subdivisions Mr. Buck has made in the past three years. George Totman responded that this would be the third division in three years on that particular lot. This subdivision will require no new utilities or roads. Al White moved to accept this proposed subdivision as a preliminary plat and to schedule a public hearing; Grace Haney seconded. VOTE: ALL IN FAVOR; MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY A public hearing was scheduled for April 12, 1993, at 8:00 p.m. • The Planning Board reviewed the SEQR and received a negative declaration. Town of Lansing Planning Board Page 3 Monday, March 8, 1993 • Proposed Transonics Expansion, Barry Kasonic Barry Kasonic appeared before the Planning Board to request approval of a 24,000 square foot expansion to the current 9,600 square foot Transonics building. Robert Todd wanted to clarify that since this is a Planned Development Area (PDA) it is required to be brought before the Planning Board. Mr. Kasonic presented several maps of the proposal. Al White moved to accept the proposed changes to the PDA for the expansion; Lin Davidson seconded. VOTE: ALL IN FAVOR; MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY Update Subdivision Road Specifications to Current Approved Specifications George Totman explained that the current subdivision regulations pertaining to road specifications call for a cul-de-sac, which does not match the specifications that were passed by the Highway Department in 1991 , which call for an L turnaround. He explained that he brought this discrepancy to the Town Board suggesting that there be one set of rules regarding road specifications. The Town Board agreed to suggest that they take the specification out of their subdivision rules and change them to reflect Pete Larson's suggestions. Then depending on the lay of the land, the specifications could be changed at that time. George Totman suggested that the subdivision rules read that the specifications would be dependent upon the Town Superintendent and the Town Engineer. George explained that it is appropriate that the Planning Board make a recommendation to 411 the Town Board to change the subdivision regulations. George clarified that this recommendation would be to change the wording in #8 of the town specifications to coincide with the recommendations from the Town Highway Superintendent, and in the subdivision regulations to take out any references as to how the turnarounds should be designed, and state that they should refer to the Town Highway Superintendent for specifications. Robert Todd wondered if there would be a problem by leaving this regulation open ended. George Totman responded that he felt it was a bigger problem leaving the regulation the way it is currently stated. Al White agreed that cul-de-sacs are a problem for snow removal in this type of climate. Al White moved to adopt the recommendations of the Highway Superintendent, and set a public hearing if needed; Cheryl Nickel seconded. VOTE: ALL IN FAVOR; MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY FURTHER BUSINESS Grace Haney questioned, as chairperson of the Publicity/Communications Committee, how information from the Planning Board is going to get funneled to her committee and then on to the public. She suggested that the chairperson of each committee on a monthly basis provide information to her committee so it can distribute that information as the committee see appropriate. She wondered what the Planning Board had in mind when they created these committees, and what they saw happening with the Publicity/Communications Committee. She was looking for some guidelines to go by when she meets with the people who signed up for her committee. • Robert Todd commented that after the public meeting on February 18, 1993, he got the feeling that the public doesn't know what the function is of the Planning Board and the Town Board. The community seemed bothered that there were events happening that they Town of Lansing Planning Board Page 4 Monday, March 8, 1993 had no information on, such as the purchase of the state land and the development of the prison. Grace sees two things that the Publicity/Communications Committee will be doing: (1 ) pulling information off the other committees and reporting to the public; and (2) addressing things that people are in the dark about or only have bits and pieces of information. She felt that the committee needs to be pro-active in getting the information out to the public. George Totman commented that since the February 18 public meeting, the number of people that have come to his office with questions and concerns has increased, and that just by letting the public know that all the information is public has helped some. George added that of all the towns in Tompkins County, Lansing is the only town that sends out a quarterly newsletter. Robert Todd agreed with Grace's recommendation that the chairs of each committee provide some type of report to Grace after their meetings. He also agreed with George Totman that Grace's committee should put a half-page or full page of information into the town newsletter each quarter. Grace also commented that she felt the Planning Board should keep some kind of control over the committees in that it should set deadlines. Cheryl Nickel responded that the tentative deadline for some completion is the beginning of October, before the Planning Federation meets. Cheryl explained that she will be making a presentation to the Planning • Federation as to the progress that has been made. From the committees, Cheryl is expecting to have the comprehensive plan and the direction the town is going. Al White moved to adjourn the meeting; Cheryl Nickel seconded. The meeting was adjourned at 8:56 p.m. The next meeting is scheduled for March 22, 1993, at 7:30 p.m . Submitted by Michelle Eastman •