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Home My WebLink About1997-09-08 To Seneca Falls To Auburn TOWN of LANSING `i " Home of Industry, Agriculture and Scenic Beauty " • 3 G Town of Lansing ORDINANCE DEPT. \ Box 186 Lansing, New York 14882 1 1 1i To Ithaca •Y _� =My Town of Lansingq Planninge� nliiiiBoard Me tai fie 09/8/97 7 :30 PN1 Lansing Town Hall - BoardR00% n<" Typesof 'meeting : Agenda topics 7 :30 PM Open Meeting - Approve August Minutes 7 :45 PMSubdivision Application for Nancy Preston, presented-by Linda Hirvonen. This approved 12/13/93 , but never :filed " 8:00 PM Town Hall Commitee presentation 8 :45 PM .Other Business That May Come Before The Board e i, ,. ,. •1 • Town of Lansng 3 Monday , September 8 , 1997 ; 7 : 30pm PLANNING BOARD 4 PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS 5 (*Denotes present) 6 * Larry Sharpsteen, Chair * Jacoba Baker 7 * Viola Miller Brad Griffin 8 Lin Davidson Al White 9 Robert Todd * David Lippert 10 11 * Larry Tvaroha, Town Councilman 12 * George Totman, Zoning and Code Enforcement Officer 13 PUBLIC PRESENT 14 Tom Neiderkorn Planner Consultant 15 Ron Seacord 1437 East Shore Drive 16 Andy LaVigne 1278 Ridge Road 17 Rich John 502 E. Seneca Street 18 Cheryl Nickel 99 East Lake Road 19 Kim Davis 113 Emmons Road 247 Geoff Wright Horvath Drive Louise Bement 49 Myers Road 2 Pat Conlon 23 GENERAL BUSINESS 24 Larry Sharpsteen called the meeting to order at 7 : 32pm. The Board decided to wait until the next 25 meeting to review the August minutes . 26 George Totman informed the Board that Rob Todd had called George today regarding the Kalk 27 subdivision that was passed a few weeks ago. A neighbor across the road from the subdivision called 28 Rob stating the Board had passed a subdivision on Mr. Kalk ' s land without Mr. Kalk' s knowledge. This 29 resident did not think it was right and that he thought we should just throw the subdivision out. Rob 30 wanted George to bring it up at this meeting to be noted in the minutes. Larry stated this is not the first 31 instance where someone did not bother to come to the public hearing, then came after the fact and 32 wanted to change it. There is nothing the Board can do now, but ignore it. 33 Discussion on Woodsedge- The Board updated Larry Tvaroha on the situation of the people opposed to 34 the road connecting Woodsedge to East Shore Drive. Larry Tvaroha stated that it is in the comprehensive 35 plans for a connecting road. Larry Sharpsteen asked George if he had gotten the maps from Cheryl. 36 George stated he called and left a message, but Cheryl had not returned his call . Larry Sharpsteen stated 37 that they want them back. 38 Other Business- George Totman asked if anyone would like to attend the New York Planning 39 Federation meeting in Saratoga Springs which starts Sunday, October 26. George passed out copies of 0 the reservation forms. He recommended they fill them out and return them as soon as possible. 41 Ron Seacord, Industrial Subdivision-Tax Map #37. 1 -2-53.22, Update- Ron stated they are working 42 on the long form. It should be completed soon. They have the plans complete for the road, and that is 43 going out to bid tomorrow. The bids should be back by September 17 and ready for immediate • 2 Town of Lansing Planning Board, Septe ber 8, 1997 1 construction. They should start within one week. Viola Miller asked where the road will gl . Ron stated 2 it will go from Woodsedge Drive south to the middle of that field, then turn right and go d wn to East 3 Shore Drive, north of the power lines. Viola Miller asked how long will Jeff Zerilli be on flag lot? 4 Ron Seacord responded that the road should be finished within 2 months . George Totman tated it is a • 5 flag lot until the road is dedicated, after the road is dedicated it is no longer a flag lot. Ron tated they 6 are closing on the lot on Friday, September 12 , and they intend to break ground for the buil ing next 7 week. Viola Miller asked if the sketch plan is as far as they have gone . George Totman sta ed the 8 formal application has not been made. Ron Seacord stated he has to have the long form co pleted with 9 the formal application. Larry Sharpsteen thanked Ron for keeping the Board informed. 10 11 Presentation on the Proposal for the New Town Hall 12 Louise Bement introduced the Town Hall Committee and explained how the committee wa • formed and 13 why. Louise explained the project that was voted down in 1995 would have cost over $ 900 000 in 14 today ' s dollars . The project this committee recommends will cost $675 ,000 . 15 Cheryl Nickel gave a history of Town Center Committee and detailed the size and cost of th - project 16 proposed in 1995 . In the fall of 1995 , a referendum was called for this new Town Hall and ' was 17 defeated . Although a majority of the voters acknowledged a need for a new Town Hall, the objected to 18 the cost and the site . The Town Board Committee asked for a citizen committee to seek wa s to solve 19 ways to solve existing problems and address the need for a new Town Hall . 20 Louise Bement explained the progress of the committee since its' initial meeting in Februa . She stated 21 in studying the Town Hall survey, it was noted that the opposition was in the form of cost, s ' e, and 22 placement of the project. The committee reviewed updated drawings and cost figures for v . ious plans . 23 More ideas as to size, location and impact on tax rates of the various plans were studied . On une 23 , the • 24 committee reached a consensus on a building and siting plan. 25 Pat Conlon discussed siting options considered. Initially, they looked at siting options, Eag . ' s Shur- 26 fine, the Thomas architect building on Triphammer, the Town Hall Annex, and the location of the 27 present Town Hall . The committee felt the new Town Hall should have an architectural pres - nce and be 28 a symbol of the Town, thus, they decided a new building would be constructed. The sites co sidered for 29 the new building were ( 1 )the original site the Town Board presented, (2) south of the current Town Hall 30 directly behind and connected on a north-south axis, (3 ) south of the current Town Hall direc ly behind 31 but not connected, (4) south of the current Town Hall, but set back a little and on an east-we - axis, and 32 (5) south in the same location as 4, but a touch to the east so it would not encumber the ball elds or the 33 school house. After much discussion, the committee chose site #5 . In summary this site pro ides the 34 least development cost, utilizes some existing parking, does not encumber the ball fields, an . is located 35 precisely where several town activities take place. Pat then handed out some computerized p ctures of 36 the proposed project. 37 Kim Davis discussed the design options and Geoff Wright summarized the presentation. 38 Louise Bement asked if the Board had any questions . Viola Miller asked if they had taken inio 39 considerations for any entrances to the new Town Hall other than the one on RT. 34 . Louise : d Pat 40 both responded by stating they had indeed taken that into consideration. There is a possibili to 41 eventually put an driveway through to East Shore Drive . Larry Sharpsteen asked what the e - ct would 42 be on taxes and for how long? The committee answered it would be an increase of $ 8 per ye . for 10 43 years or and increase of $ 5 per year for 15 years . • 44 Viola Miller complimented the Committee on the preparation of the presentation. Viola also uggested 45 to the Committee to focus on the positive, tell the people how much this project will be savin : compared 46 to the old proposal . Also inform that this building is scaled down in size compared to the old one . 3 Town of Lansing Planning Board, September 8, 1997 1 Kim Davis stated they are going to be holding a public meeting in Room 101 at the high school on 2 September 29. Kim stated the committee would appreciate the support of the Planning Board. • 4 Other Business 5 Larry Sharpsteen stated he will be in touch with Tom Neiderkorn this week. If Tom finishes the rewrite 6 of the zoning proposal he will have Tom forward it to George Totman to be distributed to the Planning 7 Board members. 8 Dave Lippert motioned to adjourn at 8 : 55pm. Jacoba Baker seconded. VOTE : ALL IN FAVOR. 9 MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 10 The next meeting is set for Monday, September 22, 1997 . 11 12 Submitted by Robin Cornell. • •