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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2001-03-12 I os, 2 Town of Lansing Plrnmingi3oard. March 12. 2001 1Gregg Travis stated that he saw that there was a map of the commercial center in the document, and asked 6 what will happen if the commercial boundaries in the town are changed. Mr. Kearl replied that he set up the boundary for the commercial center based on where he saw existing businesses. Mr. Kearl explained that the 4 program will fund existing businesses , but will not fund any future businesses . Mr. Kearl stated that he tried 5 to make the area as large as he could because only those who are within the boundaries can apply for the 6 grants. 7 Gregg Travis asked whom else this document was being distributed to for feedback. Rod Kearl replied that 8 he had given them to the Town Council , Town Supervisor, George Totman and individual businesses within 9 the commercial center. Gregg asked if there was a time frame in which he would like the comments 10 received. Mr. Kearl responded that he would like them within a couple weeks. Gregg asked if this had been 11 completed in other towns. Mr. Kearl stated that he read the ones from Dryden, Caroline, and Trumansburg, 12 so many other towns have already done this . 13 Brad Griffin asked what the red shading indicated on the map. Rod Kearl replied that those were the 14 commercial, government, or non-profit properties . Brad Grim stated that red indicates eligibility. Mr. 15 Kearl agreed. They discussed where on the map the junkyard was located. Brad stated that it is an eye sore 16 and that the whole grant could be used to clean up that one property. Mr. K.earl responded that the grant 17 program deals with commercial buildings, and he did not think it would apply to a field of junk, but he could 18 get clarification from the county of that. Mr. Kearl stated that it is a simple application, they just have to 19 attach an estimate on the back and turn it in. 20 Mr. Kearl stated that there needs to be community interaction on this and was wondering if he could possibly 21 do a little presentation (15 — 20 minutes) for any members of the public who attend the next Planning Board 22 meeting. Gregg Travis stated that they would have that on the agenda for the next regular meeting. Mr. 23 . Kearl left copies of the plan for the other members of the board with Robin and she will call to let them know Iabout it. Nancy Loncto suggested the Town Center Committee could send out notices to the property owners . 26 Minutes of January 22 , 2001 - Page 1, Line 40 . . . . Brad Griffin corrected . . . . to emphasize to . . . Lin Davidson 27 moved to accept the minutes as corrected . Gregg Travis seconded. VOTE ALL IN FAVOR. MOTION 28 CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY 29 Minutes of February 12, 2001 — Page 1, tine 19 . . . Brad Griffin corrected . . . . Brad Griffin . . . Line 30 . . . 30 Loncto if she . . . . Line 37 . . . . Bud stated they . . . Page 2, Line 39 . . . Ward Hungerford . . . Line 45 . . . . done any 31 further . . . .Page 3 , Line 8 . . . 1 auld-look-to-them-c-oiflmittee-1e iyth ft . . . Line 44 . . . . that is 32 would . . . Brad Griffin moved to accept the minutes as corrected. Gregg Travis seconded. VOTE ALL IN 33 FAVOR. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY . 34 Officer & Committee Reports 35 Treasurer — Viola Miller will look into the bills for the Planning Board for the next meeting so that she can 36 report and the Board can approve them. 37 Farm Land Protection — Lin Davidson stated that it has been a real rip . Lin stated there was a tremendous 38 amount of looking around to discover the obvious. Lin stated that they are kind of exploring different 39 avenues of leasing an easement as opposed to a permanent development right. Lin stated that the County has 40 hired someone to do a study, and he did not feel there was reason for the committee to knock themselves out 41 to look into this when the County just spent the money to have someone do it for a living, and they could just 42 react to that. 43 Lin Davidson stated that they also had a presentation about where homeowners would have a higher density 44 development in one area and then have 10 or 20 remaining acres or whatever controlled. Lin stated there ® would be a homeowners association for the remaining land. Lin added that he thinks that their cluster 46 housing regulations in the ordinance could cover that pretty well . Nancy Loncto added that it would be like a 47 P. D . A.. 3 Mow afthwrirlg I'katrui et Board. ,March ! t. sect 1 Brad Griffin stated that Matt Shulman asked him about revisiting some provisions of the Comprehensive Plan. Brad told him he would be happy to do that. Brad stated the Malt Shulman also raised the question about whether they needed more flexibility for development_ Brad stated that he responded the same way • 4 about the Planned Development Areas . Brad stated that it has been his view that he never discerned among f his fellow citizens of the town, a sense of urgency with open space , Brad stated that there was probably good b reason for that, nobody misses the well when the water is thea, Brad added that there is no sense of threat, 7 so it would probably be hard to gear a campaign to get a lot of people interested in that sort of thing . Lin 8 Davidson slated that it has been looked at in Ithaca. Lin added that there really is talk about it, but when it 9 comes to putting money on the line, no one wants to put the money on the table, Lin stated that it makes it 0 all kind of academic , l Trails — Viola Miller stated that she had an agreement with the Village that they could put a trail from Bush 12 Lane, through her property to Janivar give, Viola stated that they were going to come up last fall and they If didn ' t get started . Viola stated that they did take some machinery down there and cut down a few trees and 14 they weren ' t supposed to cut down any trees. Viola stated that she could understand people' s reluctance to It work with the government as they never know when or if they are going to do what they say they are going lb to do. lb heuiuo Ordinance — The Board reviewed the Commercial thllned Use & Commercial Town Center section 18 of Schedule I to see if the extract done by Tom hlicderkorn agreed with what they had in their .notes . lin 19 Davidson asked Nancy Voncto if they could discuss some of the "hold" issues at the Town Center 0 Committee (TCC) meeting the following evening, specifically 418 on Page V-4. Nancy will discuss it with 2 I the TCC and bring any feedback to the next meeting, The Board will look to Tom 1Vieberkorn to recommend 22 the special conditions , Gregg Travis will talk to Tom Niederkoro . 23 Brad Giffin moved to adjourn at 9 : 42 PM. Lin Davidson seconded. OTE ; ALL tM FAVOR , MOTION CARRLED UNANIMOUSLY The next meeting will be on March Pb , 2001 , at 7 ; 30 PM, 26 Submitted by Robin Cornell . 27 28 • 0 , , 1 Town of LII • 3 Monday , March 12 , 2001 7 : 30 PM PLANNING BOARD 4 PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS 5 rDetotcs mi) 6 * Brad Griffin, Chair * Gregg Travis 7 Larry Sharpsteen * Lin Davidson 8 * Viola Miller David Hatfield 9 * Nancy Loncto 10 11 Bud Shattuck, Town Councilman 12 George Totman, Zoning and Code Enforcement Officer 13 Public Present 14 Rod Kearl 15 16 17 GENERAL BUSINESS 1 18 Gregg Travis opened the meeting at 7 : 30 PM. 19 • Strategic Plan, Commercial Center Revitalization Program — Rod Kearl stated that he was a landscape 20 architect and is working on the Lansing Town Center Committee. Rod stated that they became interested in qithe Commercial Revitalization Program of the Tompkins County Planning Department. Mr. Kearl explained that it is a matching Rinds program . Mr. Kearl stated that they were interested in the area around the Town 23 Hall for the Commercial Revitalization Program Mr. Kearl passed out draft copies of the Strategic Plan 24 required by the County as a part of the program. Mr. Kearl stated that he did an initial draft of the plan, and 25 distributed it to the Lansing Town Center Committee, got their responses and incorporated those responses 26 into this draft. Mr. K.earl explained that he was giving a copy of this draft to the Planning Board, Town 27 Board , and also to each of the commercial property owners in the designated area Mr. Kearl stated that he 28 would ask the Planning Board to read through the draft and see if makes sense to them, and reply with any 29 comments or recommendations. Mr. Kearl stated that once the County approves the plan , individuals would 30 be able to apply for the matching funds. 31 Lin Davidson stated that there have been many committees that have looked into this type of thing in the 32 . past. tin asked how much of the past work Mr. Kearl was going to be able to bring into this plan. Mr. Kearl 33 explained that he had read through many of the old committee reports . Mr. Kearl added that he included as 34 much of it as he could. Mr. Kearl said that some of the ideas in the plan were new, but a lot were old . 35 Mr. Kearl stated that one thing to keep in mind was that this was an outline of a strategy of how the Town 36 should proceed . Mr. Kearl stated that it establishes a direction to go in, but the specifics of design guidelines 37 is a whole separate issue. Gregg Travis stated that this document gives specifics only on the implementation 38 items that need to be addressed, is only a strategic plan but will not go into the development plans. Mr. Kearl 39 agreed. 40 Gregg Travis asked who would be submitting the plan to the County . Rod Kearl stated that he would submit 41 it, but it would be for the Town of Lansing. Mr. Kearl stated that it would not legally be a Town planning 1 document. Mr. .Kearl stated that it is strictly for this funding program., and the only people that would be bound by this document would be those individuals that apply for the matching grants . 44 Rod Kearl stated that any ideas onhow the document could be better would be useful to him.. Mr. Kearl 45 asked that after the Planning Board members read through it, if they have any comments or suggestions to 46 please let him know.