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CONSERVATION ADVISORY COUNCIL
September 4, 2024
6:30 In Person
Lansing Town Hall Board Room
MINUTES
1. Call Meeting to Order
Present: Ed Dubovi, John Fleming, Todd Walters, Ruth Groff, Town Supervisor, Siobhan Hull, CCE
Absent: Lisa Scanlon, Brian Boerman
With 3 of 8 CAC committee members in attendance, a quorum was not present, but no business was
scheduled.
2. Presentation on Climate Smart Communities
Jerry Sheng from Cornell Cooperative Extension gave a presentation on the Climate Smart
Communities program. While the Town of Lansing is a registered entity, little or no action has been
taken to “earn” points in the program. A new coordinator will need to be appointed by the Town
Board. The CAC remains the CSC task force under Resolution 19-163. With the help of CCE, a list will
be generated as to actions the Town could take to get credit in the CSC program. Past items that might
qualify need to also be identified, but this would involve staff time which might be in short supply.
Jerry will assist with helping to identify documentation that will be needed to be submitted to the
program to gain credit for an action.
3. Preliminary discussions on Climate Contingency planning
No plans were formulated to investigate the CAC involvement in a climate resiliency planning
effort, but that remains of interest.
4. Draft resolution concerning Norfolk Southern property
No update was available
5 Discussion on the need for 2 new regular members and a student member
6. Departmental and Committee Reports
There were no committee reports