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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1993-11-25 t. Y• 10 TOWN OF LANSING Planning Board Monday, October 25, 1993; 7:30 p.m. • PLANNING BOARD (* Denotes Members Present) • Lin Davidson * Larry Sharpsteen, Chairperson Linda Hirvonen * Robert Todd * Viola Miller Al White Cheryl Nickel q z * George Totman, Zoning and Code Enforcement Officer * Larry Tvaroha, Town Councilman The meeting was called to order at 7:32 p.m. BOUNDARY CHANGE, Michael Sims, Tax Map # 39-1-20.62 and 39-1-20. 64 George Totman explained that Michael Sims is planning to build a garage but is short by five feet of road frontage according to the zoning ordinance. Mr. Sims does own the adjacent property which has 180 feet of road frontage and is on a .separate deed. In order to make this lot legal with the required amount of road frontage, Mr. Sims is requesting a boundary change. Al White made a motion to approve this boundary change, with a note that the SEQR will not need to be reviewed because there is no change in use; Viola Miller seconded. VOTE: ALL IN FAVOR; MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY ® Candidates for Vacant Position Larry Sharpsteen stated that he has been in contact with all the people nominated to fill the vacant position(s), and they are all interested. Viola Miller wanted to add to the list the name of Brad Griffen as a potential candidate. Larry Sharpsteen stated that he would contact Brad to confirm his interest. As there was no discussion about any of the candidates, Larry Sharpsteen suggested to Larry Tvaroha that he present the list gathered by the Planning Board to the Town Board as potential candidates to fill the currently vacant position and upcoming vacancy. (Brad Griffen was attending another meeting this night. Al White approached him as to his interest to which he responded that he would consider it and get nY back to Al.) Robert Todd introduced Andrea Benson, who is interested in the vacant position on the Planning Board. Larry Sharpsteen explained to Andrea that the second meeting of each month is used for planning, and that the first meeting of each month usually deals with any public hearings or subdivisions. He discussed the time commitment involved from the board members, especially with the Lansing 2010 project. Andrea asked what type of experience the board would be looking for in a candidate. Larry responded that the candidate should have a general interest in helping the community with an unbiased attitude. J e9 i New York State Planning Federation Viola Miller commented that Lansing was among the topics discussed at this meeting. She f also acknowledged that George Totman was the recipient of a distinguished award at this V conference for his outstanding work in planning and his volunteer work. During the meetings Cheryl Nickel was put on the calendar to discuss the Lansing 2010 project. Both George and Viola commented that Cheryl did an excellent job explaining the project, and felt { q Town of Lansing Planning Board Page 2 Monday, October 25, 1993 • it was productive because it got the people thinking about it. Viola stated that she brought back a great deal of information that she will be sharing with the other members. 1114 Review of Minutes from Meeting held October 11, 1993 Page Five, Bylaws - Lin Davidson clarified that the bills should be directed through Sharon Bowman, who would then contact Lin. Lin Davidson made a motion to accept the minutes as corrected; Robert Todd seconded. VOTE: ALL IN FAVOR; MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY Time Frames for Lansing 2010 Larry Sharpsteen stated that the primary business of this meeting is to come up with some suggestions to take back to the individual committees regarding time frames for completion. He feels that the committees are going in enough different directions that two dates should be identified - one for a preliminary report, the second for substantial completion. This would give the committees a firm target to work with. Viola felt that Cheryl has already begun to pull information together from some of the committees. Larry Sharpsteen felt that the Planning Board needs to provide some guidelines for time frames. He suggested that a preliminary outline be requested for January, 1994, with a completion date of March. Larry felt that it is important to give the committees the deadlines before they have another town meeting. He suggested that the next town meeting not be conducted until after the January deadline has been met by all of the committees. Al White • commented on behalf of the Parks and Recreation Committee that they are very close to w having the written recommendations completed. He felt that this is true of most of the other committees as well. Larry Sharpsteen disagreed stating that the Economic Development Committee has pulled back and is taking more time of completing some of their more specific projects, such as mapping and overlays, and Warren Road industrial park Lin Davidson felt that recommendations from the Town Center Committee could be pulled together rather quickly but there are some aspects that still need to be discussed, for example, the size of the town center. The two issues of transportation and sewage might be better handled by the MasterPlan Committee. Larry Sharpsteen stated that the Economic Development Committee with the input they have gotten from the Town Center Committee have cataloged current businesses with projected growth areas of new business. This committee envisions the town center area surrounded by commercial and mixed use. Larry strongly felt that the area needs to be mixed to be usable. Viola stated there is to be a meeting on October 12 with the Lansing Businessmen's Association to bring them up to date on the Lansing 2010 project. Larry Sharpsteen questioned when this meeting was set and how it was advertized because he didn't know about it. Larry Sharpsteen reviewed the current suggestion for time frames is that the committees should have a preliminary draft of their recommendations prepared for submittal to the. Master Plan Committee in January. If they have something ready before then, they should submit it as soon as possible. By March, all the committees should be prepared to submit in • final form their recommendations to the Master Plan Committee. There will be some • meetings between January and March to review the recommendations submitted. Viola disagreed commenting that the deadline is too far away. She suggested making the deadline f Town of Lansing Planning Board Page 3 Monday, October 25, 1993 • sooner, so that the project isn't dragged on too long and people begin to lose interest. Robert Todd felt that the January deadline would work better for the committees. Lin Davidson stated that the Master Plan Committee has already begun working on the final plan. Larry Sharpsteen didn't understand how they could be working on it when they haven't gotten input from all the committees. He feels that the draft plan has to be completed in order to begin looking at zoning. Therefore, he feels that the plan includes zoning. Viola and George disagreed stated that you must finalize the plan then begin to develop zoning. Robert Todd wanted to clarify whether this board is working on a master plan that includes zoning. Viola commented that master plans never include zoning. Viola stated that the current comprehensive plan doesn't include anything about zoning. Larry Sharpsteen commented that the comprehensive plan cannot be implemented without zoning ordinances, and he felt that it was just semantics stating that it doesn't include zoning. Robert Todd commented that if the comprehensive plan should not include zoning, then he felt that the project could be completed by the January date, but to include zoning would take many more months. Al White commented that the Planning Board will need to take a look at all the recommendations and look at what could realistically be accomplished within the next five years, then make recommendations to the Town Board. The zoning will then become a tool to be used to implement the rest of the plan. Larry Tvaroha agreed that the zoning would be a tool. They discussed suggesting another town meeting in February once the committees have the preliminary plans completed in order to review the progress of all the committees and provide feedback. 41 ® Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) Viola suggested inquiring into the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) as to whether the town would be able to provide some input into their planning process. The MPO is made up of the Village of Lansing, Village of Cayuga Heights, Town and City of Ithaca. Larry Sharpsteen questioned whether the Town Board should draft a letter to the MPO. George Totman stated that the town could ask to be able to provide input, but the MPO may not grant that request. Larry Sharpsteen questioned if the recommendations from the MPO must be observed by the Town of Lansing. Viola responded that their recommendations will affect county roads, not town roads. Viola suggested asking them nicely if they would like to work with this project. George Totman agreed that it might be beneficial to invite the MPO to a town meeting to explain what they actually are responsible for. Larry Tvaroha stated that this group seems very willing to cooperate and work with the communities. GIS Maps Lin Davidson passed out copies of the GIS Report from Nassau County. Larry Sharpsteen questioned whether a price has been quoted yet. Lin stated that there is still discussion as to what part the county is going to do and what part Al Lewis is going to do. Larry Sharpsteen stated that neither the Planning Board nor the Town Board have included any significant amount of money in their budgets for the GIS Maps, so it will be at least another year before anything can be done with this project. Larry Tvaroha commented that they should wait to decide until a price has been quoted. Lin Davidson stated that there is a range of between $3,000 and $10,000. Larry Tvaroha stated that the Town Board would review any proposal that was submitted. Town of Lansing Planning Board Page 4 • Monday, October 25, 1993 • Finances Lin Davidson stated that he has given Sharon Bowman authority to pay some bills. Larry Sharpsteen stated that he had spoken with Tom Neiderkorn about his delay in submitting bills. He asked that anyone that is working with subcontractors have them submit their bills as soon as possible, most specifically before the end of the year. • Location of Meetings Larry Tvaroha stated that the first meeting of every month for the Planning Board can be conducted in the Town Hall. The Town Board feels that these meetings are more official and conducive to having people come in and have it be in an official town building. It will also be better for the board to have access to the copier and the maps. This meeting was adjourned at 9:00 p. m. Submitted by Michelle Eastman The next meeting is scheduled for November 8, 1993 . • • a • •