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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1994-10-17 Li e 3a• tt • TOWN OF LANSING Planning Board , Monday, October 17, 1994; 7:30 p .m. • k PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS (* Denotes present) * Jackie Baker Cheryl Nickel * Lin Davidson * Larry Sharpsteen, Chairperson * Brad Griffin Robert Todd * Viola Miller * Al White Larry Tvaroha, Town Councilman * George Totman, Zoning and Code Enforcement Officer PUBLIC PRESENT t Tom Niederkorn ` 1 F i GENERAL BUSINESS Comprehensive Plan - Tom Niederkorn distributed to the board members copies of population " studies to give a basis from which to start with projections for future growth. He also distributed copies of the "assumptions" that will be included with the comprehensive plan report to the town and the town board. Tom began to describe the land use and traffic system designations by the various categories. These will appear in the legend of the II comprehensive plan for land use. This comprehensive plan will be for 15 - 20 years. There are four categories of roads (major, secondary, neighborhood, and local service); each one of the roads in the town will have to be given one of the four designations. Some of the roads may have more than one designation. The land use designations are A - J, as follows: agricultural/ rural; low density residential; medium density residential; high density residential; town center; service /commercial; light industry/ research; utility/mining; recreation and history; and conservation and natural resources. To aid in assigning areas to the land use, Tom developed a map he titled "Land Use Precincts." He will be providing each board member with a similar map so that they can individually begin to assign precincts to categories. The board will then meet and discuss their individual categorizations. There are 21 precincts on the map currently, but there is the possibility to increase or decrease the amount. Tom would like to meet again with the board within two weeks to continue the discussion of land use and road designations. Larry Sharpsteen questioned whether the project the board worked on approximately two years ago on allowable uses and the Site Plan Review would be helpful in these discussions. Tom felt that they would be helpful to those that worked on the project. Larry asked Tom to see that the four new members to the board receive a copy of that information for their review. Assumptions - Lin Davidson questioned whether the salt and gravel would last for the next 20 years. He thought that the salt might be there but not economically recoverable, and the quarry will be running out. Brad suggested researching the mining plans that would have been filed for the next five to ten years for those two businesses. He offered to find out what • he could. Larry felt that for the time being it was a safe assumption that the salt and gravel will last. Town of Lansing Planning Board Page 2 Monday, October 17, 1994 Tom asked the board members to think about #8 -- a north /south connecting road from Route 34 somewhere going to the east of the airport and connecting up with Route 366. Lin 40 felt that the possibility of connecting Warren Road with Route 34B via Benson Road would be more important. Town Center - Larry Sharpsteen stated that the Planning Board has been working under the assumption that the south side of the road would be the best location for a new municipal development, including the new town hall. He feels that the Town Board, with some fairly good reasons, would prefer the development to take place on the north side of the road. One of the Town Board's main reasons for the north side is that the people in this community tend to drive everywhere they need to go. Larry disagrees with this assumption. Al White stated that one of the reasons that the Town Board gave for the north side was based on the proposed road from Conlon Road connecting to the municipally-owned industrial development area, and then bring to a four-way stop across from Woodsedge Road. He felt that the industrial development there would be a good use of the land, and therefore, recommends that the town center be located on the south side of the road away from the industrial development. Viola thinks that there is more possibility for future development on the north side of the road. In Viola's opinion, a town center is an area where people can go to shop and take care of professional appointments, regardless of whether or not the town hall is located nearby. Most people don't go to the town hall on a regular basis anyway. Larry asked everyone to write a brief paragraph of positives and negatives for both sides of the road, and their own personal feeling on where the new town hall should be located. He • asked that this information be forwarded to Tom Niederkorn for his compilation, and inclusion in the comprehensive plan. The board will continue this discussion further with Tom at the next meeting. This meeting was adjourned at 9: 10 p. m. Submitted by Michelle Eastman The next meeting is scheduled for Monday, November 7, 1994.