HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-06-2021 CAC Minutes I Town of Lansing
2 Conservation Advisory Council Minutes
3 Thursday, May 6, 2021 6:30 PM
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5 Present via Zoom Excused
6 Robyn Bailey Karen Edelstein
7 Andra Benson John Fleming
8 Thomas Butler John Greenly
9 Carrie Koplinka-Loehr
10 Todd Walter
11 David Wolfe
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13 Other Staff via Zoom
14 C.J. Randall, Planning Director Heather Dries, Code Clerk
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16 Public Present
17 Terry Carroll, Cornell Cooperative Extension Rachel Zevin, Cornell Cooperative Extension
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19 Co-Chair Tom Butler opened the meeting at 6:31 pm
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21 Approved the April 1, 2020 CAC meeting minutes as amended.
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23 Public Comments via email to tolcodes@lansingtown.com
24 - No Public Comments by email before or while meeting was live streaming on YouTube
25 at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs2FgU2xFnDVGS8DwXgoJwA
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27 Introduction of Rachel Zevin, Cornell Cooperative Extension
28 - Terry Carroll introduced Rachel Zevin.
29 - Rachel has recently joined the team on the Cornell Cooperative Extension.
30 - Rachel has many skill sets, including building NRI documents.
31 - Feel free to reach out to Rachel for any assistance you may need.The Planning and Code office
32 has her contact information.
33 Scenic Resources Appendix: Discussion of Final Steps
34 - Tom Butler sent a document with the distinctive and noteworthy sites with descriptions and
35 photos (if available).
36 - The document could use better photos and descriptions for some of the sites.
37 - The document is in good shape, but still needs work to be ready for public viewing.
38 - The numbers on the pictures should be verified against the numbers on the map.
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39 - The Council reviewed the document and noted corrections and additions to be made. Carrie will
40 distribute the notes she has taken on the corrections/additions.
41 - The Council would like to set a Public Hearing for the NRI and the Scenic Resources in July or
42 August.
43 - Please email any edits and photos to Tom.
44 Letter Regarding Cornell Orchards
45 - The Director of Planning will forward this letter to Guy Krogh for review.
46 - The Council would like to forward this letter to the Dean of CALs.
47 - The letter will be distributed to the CAC by email. Members should reply stating if they would
48 like their name signed to the letter.
49 Website Liaison
50 - This topic can be discussed at a future meeting due to lack of members present.
51 Work Plan
52 - This topic can be discussed at a future meeting due to lack of members present.
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54 Co-Chair Tom Butler called the meeting to be Adjourned at 8:30 pm.
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56 Minutes taken and executed by Heather Dries.
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