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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPB Minutes 2002-02-05TOWN OF ITHACA PLANNING BOARD TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2002 The Town of Ithaca Planning Board met in regular session on Tuesday, February 5, 2002, in Town Hall, 215 North Tioga, Ithaca, New York, at 7:30 p.m. PRESENT: Fred Wilcox, Chairperson; Eva Hoffmann, Board Member; George Conneman, Board Member; Tracy Mitrano, Board Member (arrived @ 7:38 p.m.); Larry Thayer, Board Member; Rod Howe, Board Member; Jonathan Kanter, Director of Planning; John Barney, Attorney for the Town (arrived @ 7:46 p.m.); Dan Walker, Director of Engineering (arrived @ 8:02 p.m.); Fred Noteboom, Highway Superintendent (excused @ 8:35 p.m.); Susan Ritter, Assistant Director of Planning. EXCUSED: Kevin Talty, Board Member; Mike Smith, Environmental Planner; Christine Balestra- Lehman, Planner. ALSO PRESENT: Tom Greenspun, 320 Washington Street; Bruce Brittain, 135 Warren Road; Mike Koplinka- Loehr, 124 Crest Lane. Chairperson Wilcox declared the meeting duly opened at 7:34 p.m. Chairperson Wilcox read the Fire Exit Regulations to those assembled, as required by the New York State Department of State, Office of Fire Prevention and Control. Chairperson Wilcox - I wish to officially welcome Carrie back as our secretary. Everyone is doing well? Ms. Whitmore - Yes. AGENDA ITEM: PERSONS TO BE HEARD. Chairperson Wilcox opened this segment of the meeting at 7:35 p.m. With no persons present to be heard, Chairperson Wilcox closed this segment of the meeting at 7:36 p.m. AGENDA ITEM: Consideration of Sketch Plan for the proposed four lot subdivision on Bostwick Road, Town of Ithaca Tax Parcel No's. 32. -2 -3.2 and 32. =2 -3.4, Agricultural District. The proposed subdivision will create an approximately ± 7 acre parcel. The parcel will be created by subdividing approximately 2 acres from Tax Parcel No. 32. -2 -3.4 and 4.8 acres from 32.- 2 -3.2. The parcels will then be consolidated to create an approximately ± 7 acre parcel. Barbara Gizewski, R. Greenspun and T. Greenspun, Owners (Tax Parcel 32.- 2 -3.4); Claire and Warren Paley, Owners (Tax Parcel 32.- 2 -3.2); Tom Greenspun, Applicant. Chairperson Wilcox opened this segment of the meeting at 7:36 p.m. Chairperson Wilcox - Good evening Tom, how are you? PLANNING BOARD FEBRUARY 5, 2002 MINUTES APPROVED FEBRUARY 19, 2002 Tom Greenspun, 320 Washington Street - Good. How are you? Chairperson Wilcox - If you want to say something, you are welcome to. I am not sure that it is necessary. Mr. Greenspun - I do not have anything to add. Chairperson Wilcox - I am glad that you are here in case members of the board have any questions. We will remember that Tom was here last September with a proposed subdivision, which he withdrew at this board's urging. There was a recent meeting held between Tom, members of the staff, Susan, Town Attorney, and Jon. I was invited, but could not make it. I am not sure who else was there. After their discussions, this proposed subdivision that you have in front of you dated January 22, 2002 was the result. It insures that the new lot has some frontage on Bostwick Road. In this case, 50 feet. It narrows the frontage of the existing parcel, labeled "a ", from 100 feet to 50 feet. It in essence creates two flag lots. Questions, comments from the board? Board Member Thayer - It is weird, but workable. Chairperson Wilcox - It resolves our major objection. Which I believe was the lack of frontage. Mr. Kanter - That is right. Board Member Hoffmann - Does this follow pretty much the suggestions that we talked about at the last meeting? Does this sketch follow the suggestions that we made at the previous meeting? Ms. Ritter - I am not sure that there were specific suggestions, other than to come back with something more workable. Board Member Hoffmann - I thought that there were some specific suggestions. I am pretty sure that John Barney made some suggestions from the legal point of view. Chairperson Wilcox - Did he say helicopter? Mr. Kanter - From the legal prospective, if John gets here on time he can expand on this, but his main legal concern was the precedent approving a lot without legal road frontage. The board has very seldom done that except for under very unusual circumstances. This certainly meets that concern. Ms. Ritter mentioned in the memo to the board that it would still require two variances for the required frontage and lot width.. Mr. Greenspun - I thought it might be good to add that I spoke with Andrew Frost. He said that he did not think it would be a problem to get the variances. He actually said that one variance would take care of both problems. Mr. Kanter - Kristie Rice was also at the meeting. She is the assistant to Andy. 2 PLANNING BOARD FEBRUARY 5, 2002 MINUTES APPROVED FEBRUARY 19, 2002 Chairperson Wilcox - He obviously cannot speak for the Zoning Board of Appeals, but he can certainly offer his opinion to what he thinks they might do. Mr. Kanter - Certainly, if this board gave the signal to go ahead with this, Tom would have the surveyor draw up a more formal survey of this proposal. Then if this board approves it when it comes back in subject Zoning Board of Appeals approval, and pass on a recommendation that yes these are workable lots. It would certainly have an influence on the Zoning Board of Appeals, too. Chairperson Wilcox - Good evening, Tracy. Board Member Mitrano - How was your holiday? Chairperson Wilcox - I cannot complain. I have one comment. I am worried about ingress and egress to the lot cutting across the property line. I am worried about someone coming in off the road. I am assuming the house is going to be back in the lot. Mr. Greenspun - Actually, at this point, we may or may not build a house. Chairperson Wilcox - I am worried about the path of travel being across this land, which is a different tax parcel. Maybe there is something there. Maybe there is a pond or a forest there. I do not know. I am worried about people not going around and coming in. Mr. Greenspun - It is just field there. What we plan to do, if we do in fact build a house, is follow the driveway along the property line. Chairperson Wilcox - Is there a way to prevent encroachment on this parcel? I would think that human nature is to cut it straight through. I assume there is a reason why you do not take that little piece of land and add towards parcel "b ". Mr. Greenspun - The main reason is just that the piece we cut out is part of the existing parcel, the bigger parcel closer to Bostwick. The reason we did it that way was because if we are taking "b" from what is at this point "a" and "b ", the shape that exists right now is what we followed. Ms. Ritter - The driveway takes a right angle right now, too, doesn't it? Mr. Greenspun - Yes. Ms. Ritter - It is going towards the house. Chairperson Wilcox - The dotted line represents the drive. Mr. Kanter - One thing that Attorney Barney recommended, which is on the sketch plan, is that the parcel "b" going down from the driveway retains a 50 -foot width all the way down. Originally I think 3 PLANNING BOARD FEBRUARY 5, 2002 MINUTES APPROVED FEBRUARY 19, 2002 Tom was thinking of something a little narrower. One, you need to make sure you have enough room to wind around a little if you needed. I also think that John was concerned from a legal perspective to keep that 50 -foot width as far down as possible. Chairperson Wilcox - There is a comment in the memo to the board that there will to be some sort of legal agreement to insure that parcel "a" has access to its house over parcel. "b" driveway. Mr. Greenspun - I have met with Jeff Coleman. He is set to do that as long as we are approved. Chairperson Wilcox - When and if this comes back before this board, the approval will be conditional upon the agreement being satisfactory to the Town Attorney. Anyone else? Board Member Hoffmann - I have one more question. I realize that the sketch you provided us with is not to scale, but on the printout, I see that on the larger parcel there are four long and narrow structures. What are they? Mr. Greenspun - They are abandoned sheds at this point. Board Member Hoffmann - Would the property line go so that they are not included in parcel "b "? Mr. Greenspun - Yes. Chairperson Wilcox - No one jumped up and down and said yes, but I think you can leave with some confidence that if you come back with a proposal that is consistent with this drawing that this board would look upon it very favorably, unless something happens between now and then to change our mind. I have to leave open that possibility. I think it looks pretty good at this point. Mr. Greenspun - Thank you. Chairperson Wilcox closed this segment of the meeting at 7:46 p.m. AGENDA ITEM. Consideration of declaration of intent for the Town of Ithaca Planning Board to assume lead agency status pursuant to the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQR) in order to conduct the environmental review of the proposed Linderman Creek Apartments Phase ll, Mecklenburg Road. Chairperson Wilcox opened this segment of the meeting at 7:48 p.m. Chairperson Wilcox - Mr. Kanter indicated to me the Linderman Creek, specifically Mr. Fennessey, has submitted a Full Environmental Impact Statement. Mr. Kanter - No. A full Environmental Assessment Form along with numerous other application materials, a traffic study, a storm water management studies. Basically the things that the board had ll PLANNING BOARD FEBRUARY 5, 2002 MINUTES APPROVED FEBRUARY 19, 2002 requested during the sketch plan review. This is a formality to notify potential involved agencies that this board would like to take the lead agency status. Chairperson Wilcox - Anyone notice the last sentence of Jon's memo? "Planning staff has already taken the liberty to send out a lead agency currency letter ". Thank you, Jon. We had discussed it on the phone: Mr. Kanter - If you prefer not, it is fine too. Chairperson Wilcox - The actions required are subdivision, which comes before this board, site plan review, which comes before this board, a recommendation from this board and a potential rezoning from the Town Board. Given that, it probably makes sense that we be the lead agency in regard to environmental review. Would some one like to move the resolution? Board Member Hoffmann - I have one question first. I noticed that in the "Whereas" number 1, Confer Drive and Confer Realty are mentioned. I wondered if it should be Conifer or Confer? On the fourth line it says Confer Drive. Mr. Kanter - There is an "i" in there. Board Member Hoffmann - Okay, so an "i" should be added. Then on the third line from the bottom of paragraph one, it says, "Confer Realty" in the middle of the line. It should be Conifer, too? Mr. Kanter - Yes. Board Member Hoffmann - Oh, I just saw another one. The next line under that it says, "Conifer Reality ". Mr. Kanter - It should be "Conifer Realty ". They were just to test you all. Chairperson Wilcox - Board Member Hoffmann won as usual. Chairperson Wilcox - So moved by Rod Howe as modified. Seconded by Larry Thayer. All those in favor please signal by saying, "Aye ". Board - "Aye". Chairperson Wilcox - The motion is passed unanimously. RESOLUTION NO. 2002 -11- Lead Agency Designation, Linderman Creek Apartments - Phase 11, Conifer Drive off Mecklenburg Road, (Tax Parcel No's. 27- 143.12 and 27 -1- 13.16). MOTION made by Rod Howe, seconded by Larry Thayer. 61 PLANNING BOARD FEBRUARY 5, 2002 MINUTES APPROVED FEBRUARY 19, 2002 WHEREAS: 1. The Town of Ithaca Planning Board is considering Subdivision Approval, Site Plan Approval, and a Recommendation to the Town Board on the Rezoning of +1- -15 acres from R -15 Residential District to MR Multiple Residence, for the proposed Linderman Creek Apartments Phase 11 development, located on Conifer Drive just off Mecklenburg Road, Town of Ithaca Tax Parcel Nos. 27 -1 -13.12 and 27- 1- 13.16. Phase 11 consists of 96 apartment units (72 units proposed initially, 24 future units) in twelve buildings on 14 +/- acres of a 43 +/- acre parcel. The proposal also includes a community building, access drives, parking, sidewalks, landscaping, and. a recreation area including a pavilion, basketball court, and play structures. The proposed development would consist of affordable housing units with 36 of the units being handicapped accessible or handicapped adaptable. The applicant is acquiring +143 acres of land for the development (Tax Parcel 274- 13.12) and will be acquiring an additional 2 acres, to be subdivided from Tax Parcel No. 27- 1- 13.16, Approximately 30 acres will remain undeveloped, but will be retained by Conifer Realty for possible future residential expansion. Estate of Anthony Ceracche, Owner; Conifer Realty, LLC, Applicant; John Fennessey, Agent, and 2. The proposed actions, which include site plan and subdivision approval by the Planning Board and rezoning of +1- -15 acres from R45 Residence District to MR Multiple Residence by the Town Board, are Type I actions pursuant to the State Environmental Quality Review Act, 6 NYCRR Part 617, and Town of Ithaca Local Law No. 5 of the Year 1988 Providing for Environmental Review of Actions in the Town of Ithaca. The proposed development is a "nonagricultural use occurring wholly or partially within an agricultural district ", and is therefore a Type I action pursuant to the State Environmental Quality Review Act, 6 NYCRR Part 617, and Town of Ithaca Local Law No. 5 of the Year 1988 Providing for Environmental Review of Actions in the Town of Ithaca. The proposal would also be considered Type I because it exceeds the threshold listed in Local Law No. 5 for new residential construction (construction of over 30 units to be connected to publicly -owned utilities), and 3. A Long Environmental Assessment Form (EAF), Part I, has been prepared and submitted by the applicant for the above- described actions, along with other application materials, NO W, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOL VED: That the Town of Ithaca Planning Board hereby proposes to establish itself as lead agency to coordinate the environmental review of the proposed subdivision and site plan approval and rezoning for the proposed Linderman Creek Apartments, Phase II development, as described above, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That the Town of Ithaca Planning Board hereby requests the concurrence of all involved agencies on this proposed lead agency designation, said concurrence to be received by the Town of Ithaca Planning Department within thirty days from the date of notification of the involved agencies. The vote on the motion resulted as follows: 9 PLANNING BOARD FEBRUARY 5, 2002 MINUTES APPROVED FEBRUARY 19, 2002 AYES: Wilcox, Hoffmann, Conneman, Mitrano, Thayer, Howe. NAYS: None. The motion was declared to be carried unanimously. Board Member Thayer - I thought that the thing had dropped. I see that the "For Sale" sign is still up there. Chairperson Wilcox - When they came in and gave sketch plan, you kind of think that they are ready to get moving. It takes time to go out and get the traffic study done and the environmental assessment form. Mr. Brittain, good evening. Are you expecting some other neighbors? Mr. Brittain - I am not sure. Chairperson Wilcox - Mr. Koplinka -Loehr said that he would be here meeting. If we hold off a couple of minutes, is that an issue? Mr. Brittain - No. It is fine. Chairperson Wilcox - We can skip ahead a little bit then. AGENDA ITEM: APPROVAL OF MINUTES. He has a County Board Chairperson Wilcox - We did not have them. They were handed out this evening. That will be for our next meeting. Let's move to other business. AGENDA ITEM: OTHER BUSINESS. Chairperson Wilcox opened this segment of the meeting at 7:52 p.m. Chairperson Wilcox - After our last meeting, with regard to College Circle Apartments, one of the speakers, called Jonathan after the meeting and wanted me to come and visit her property. I think that it might be appropriate when the applicant comes back to us, it might be worthwhile to view her property and possibly Mr. Yntema's property to look at some of the drainage problems that have been there over time. I agree with Jonathan that it might be best to go do the site visit close to when we are actually going to consider it, rather than now. Mr. Kanter - It is going to be soon. We received the application today. We have not checked through it to make sure it is complete, but it looks pretty large. At this point it is scheduled for the March 5th meeting. So, if you like we could try to set up a site visit for the board. Chairperson Wilcox - We can contact Mr. Yntema and see if he would like us to come on his property. 7 PLANNING BOARD FEBRUARY 5, 2002 MINUTES APPROVED FEBRUARY 19, 2002 Mr. Noteboom - David Herrick called me today. He talked to me about drainage through the area. They are going to have to do a large detention pond. I told him I was looking forward to it. Chairperson Wilcox - As I remember, I think David mentioned something when he was here, that when the project was initially approved it was designed for the 25 -year rain event. I believe it was the standard at the time. Mr. Kanter - I think that is what he said. Chairperson Wilcox - Now, the 100 -year event is the standard. They knew that they had to make some changes as a result of today's standards versus the standards in 1989. Mr. Yntema brought pictures in of past flooding on his property. Ms. Layton lives north of the entrance to College Circle. She expressed some issues with drainage as well. I think it would be a good idea to go and visit the property. If it is going to be on the March 5th agenda... What generally works best for people? The weekend? A weekday? An early evening? It will still be dark so early evening will not work. I can always get out of work. Board Member Thayer - Me, too. Chairperson Wilcox - I am not worried about Board Member Hoffmann. Board Member Hoffmann - There are certain times when I cannot do it either. Board Member Howe - It varies. Board Member Hoffmann - That is my problem, too. I cannot say until I hear which times are suggested. Chairperson Wilcox - If the meeting is Tuesday, then either that Thursday, Friday or Monday before the meeting would be appropriate. Mr. Kanter - Yes, somewhere not too far before the meeting I would think so that you have it fresh on your mind. Chairperson Wilcox - I received a letter from the new Commissioner of Planning in the Tompkins County Planning Department, Mr, Ed Marx, Jonathan I will give you that letter. His letter indicates that he would like to have a few minutes before this board and other Planning Boards in the County to hear about our issues and to share his view of the role of the County Planning Department. He asked that his secretary be contacted with a couple of potential dates and times that we could have him come and address the board. I doubt that anyone has a problem with it. Board Member Mitrano - We would love to have him. PLANNING BOARD FEBRUARY 5, 2002 MINUTES APPROVED FEBRUARY 19, 2002 Chairperson Wilcox - I have a few pointed questions I want to ask. I can play Town Attorney for a while. Mr. Noteboom - Everyone else does. Chairperson Wilcox - I will give that to Jonathan and he can contact his office. Mr. Kanter - We invited him over to the Town Hall a little over a week ago to show him around and talk to him a little bit. He came in and talked with Cathy and Mary for a while. I think he is going to be a good addition. Chairperson Wilcox - I met him in January at a meeting of the Vital Communities Steering Committee. He briefly introduced himself. He is from Oswego County. He is familiar with New York State and its rules, regulations and politics. Did anyone notice the article in the paper about Cornell's new high tech genomics building and where the Board of Trustees decided to put it, which is on lower Alumni? It will displace additional athletic fields. The article went on to talk about other potential locations for these displaced fields. I was talking to Jonathan about it. I misread or misremember the article. Two locations were mentioned. One was off Route 366, precinct 9 area, where you have the old trash dump, the orchards and some of the newer buildings that Cornell is putting up. The other location was the paddock area on Pine Tree Road between Ellis Hollow and Snyder Hill. Something that Jonathan pointed out to me in our discussions on the phone this morning is that these are different athletic fields than the ones that they have proposed across the street. These are intensive use and possibly lighted. Board Member Hoffmann - It is like they are moving the whole athletic part of Cornell over to Pine Tree Road, Chairperson Wilcox - I can tell you what my initial reaction is. This just does not seem like a good idea. Mr. Kanter - We have already been in communication with some of the Cornell higher -ups. We will see what happens. Chairperson Wilcox - Certainly, with the horse barns, intense lit athletic fields seem inappropriate. The precinct 9 area, if done right, it is a large residential area. They are putting non - academic buildings back there. I do not know if I would want them to tear apart the Orchards. I am not sure that Cornell would tear apart the Orchards. It seems closer to the athletic complex. Unfortunately, I think the appropriate area is on campus. When I was a student at Cornell there was lower Alumni fields across from Teagle running all the way to Riley Hall and up to the end of the Agricultural buildings. They have slowly displaced by... Board Member Conneman - In 1903, it was supposed to be protecting those fields forever and ever. D PLANNING BOARD FEBRUARY 5, 2002 MINUTES APPROVED FEBRUARY 19, 2002 Chairperson Wilcox - The soccer field was put in with the track. I remember that there used to be a baseball diamond down there. I practiced down there as a kid playing Babe Ruth. Next to the parking garage there used to be an indoor dirt infield. They are all being displaced. Board Member Conneman - It seems to me that a long time ago they made a mistake. They either have to decide that they are not going to build anything on campus anymore and have a second campus like most University's do. Chairperson Wilcox - Mr. Kanter, do you want to have a brief discussion about the next meeting date? Mr. Kanter - Sure. The next meeting date is scheduled for February 19th. That happens to be the school winter vacation week, as well as the New York State Association of Towns conference. Now do not know whether any of that affects any of the board members, so I asked Fred to check with board members to see if anyone would be out of town. Chairperson Wilcox - We might have a quorum issue. Board Member Mitrano - I will be in town. Board Member Howe - I will be here. Board Member Hoffmann - I would love to be out of town. Board Member Thayer - I am in town. Attorney Barney - I will not be here. I can have someone else come if there is a need. Chairperson Wilcox - The agenda right now. Mr. Kanter - The agenda is not too difficult, but important to keep the meeting pretty much around that time. It would not have to be that day. We have got some fairly simple, straightforward actions. We have Linderman Creek starting off with preliminary discussion of the environmental review because timing wise we cannot take any action on it at that point because of the 30 day requirement for notifying other involved agencies. We will schedule the actual public hearing for the March 5th meeting. It is an important meeting. Chairperson Wilcox - I think we are all set for the meeting. Attorney Barney - I can find a substitute. Chairperson Wilcox - That is all I have on my "Other Business" list. Anyone else? Comments? Chairperson Wilcox closed this segment of the meeting at 8:05 p.m. AGENDA ITEM: Discussion of the Forest Home Traffic Calming Study. 10 PLANNING BOARD FEBRUARY 5, 2002 MINUTES APPROVED FEBRUARY 19, 2002 Chairperson Wilcox opened this segment of the meeting at 8:05 p.m. Bruce Brittain, 135 Warren Road - The whole purpose of the traffic calming process is to slow traffic, increase safety. You all have the draft plan in front of you. It is not complete. It is at the conceptual level. The drawings that are in there are examples. The word "final" made the hair stand up on some people's backs. It is not the final plan. We are working on it. The next steps are to get detailed surveys of all the hot spots in Forest Home. There are twenty of those. Then with those, go through at a more detailed level; try to figure out what makes sense. Go back with the progress with the consultants and the community. Then try to include the Town of Ithaca as well. Mike Koplinka- Loehr, 124 Crest Lane - I am a member of the County Board and the Traffic Calming Committee. Bruce mentioned that we would do our best to keep staff members and the town involved as we look at discreet areas of Forest Home. The Ithaca Tompkins Transportation Council with Fernando will be doing modeling of options. We wanted to let you know this is happening and keep you in the loop. Mr. Brittain - We are here to listen and clarify questions. Chairperson Wilcox - There is a lot of discussion about these mountable curbs. I am not familiar with them. I understand the concept, which is to make the radius of the turn such that you have to slow down, but for a longer wheel based vehicle, you need a turning radius for them. Won't the cars just drive on and use the additional turning radius themselves? Mr. Brittain - If the curb is a 2 -inch curb, a 20 -inch tire can roll over that. A 14 -inch tire would feel it. The idea is that it is possible to make a curb so that a car would see one curb and a truck would see another. Chairperson Wilcox - The angle helps prevent cars tires being cut. Mr. Noteboom - It has a friendlier look to it. Mr. Walker - Cliff Street has this kind of curb. They are a different type. There is about a 1 -inch vertical reveal then a sloping portion of the curb up on its sidewall. Board Member Thayer - These would slope all the way to the pavement? Mr. Walker - There are a number of different types. You need to look on maintenance issues and other things on it too. I think that Plantations Road and some of the campus roads they have lower volumes of traffic. Chairperson Wilcox - The curve in front of the church, other than the bridges, is probably the best traffic - calming device in Forest Home. One of the proposals refers to these stop bars. What is a stop bar? Mr. Brittain - It is a stop line. 11 PLANNING BOARD FEBRUARY 5, 2002 MINUTES APPROVED FEBRUARY 19, 2002 Chairperson Wilcox - It is just a white painted... Mr. Brittain - It is a white painted line in front of a stop sign. Mr. Kanter - But without the sign. Mr. Brittain - The thought was you could put those at the approaches to the bridges. Right now, for those who are unfamiliar with the bridges, it is unclear where to stop. Some stop way too close. Others stop so far back that people on the other side cannot see them. There could be stop lines at the bridges. There could be stop lines at the curve. The implication would be that with the stop lines in that the curve is so tight that it is only for vehicle at a time. It would be a lot tighter than it is right now. Two cars could very easily go around it. Chairperson Wilcox - I am not sure who lives on your outside of the curve, but if I am traveling east, as you come around the curve there are some bushes out in front of the house. The trick is to just nudge them with the front corner of the car as you are coming around. Mr. Brittain - Just a little bit because behind it is guide rails. Chairperson Wilcox - My only other comments is, it states upfront and the consultants and I have to agree, that making the bridges one way would be an awful idea. Clearly, those bridges serve as a traffic calming measure. If they were to become one way, the incentive to stop, look and proceed or stop, wait and proceed goes away. Board Member Hoffmann - I have a question about the curbs and the curbs that are cut at an angle to make them less sharp. I remember hearing something about them being either better or worse for bicyclists. Does anyone else remember hearing that? I am wondering which it is. On a bicycle sometimes your pedal can catch on a curb that is not right. It is something to find out and think about on those narrow streets. It would be important not to have something that creates problems for bicyclists. The other thing I wonder about creating safety problems is these raised areas in the middle of the road here and there. Some of them are also wider like the one that is supposed to coincide with the path across from the Plantation Headquarters. Some of them look like they are fairly narrow, but there is a divider in the middle of the street. In general, I wonder whether they might not cause safety problems as well as maintenance problems with snowplows and such. The one in particular that I saw mentioned that I did not see on any drawing was one that was supposed to be place between Crest Lane and Fairview. It is mentioned a couple of times. I was wondering if that was going to be close to that rather steep hill. That would be a safety problem, I would think. If you are coming from the north and you are not aware that it is there for instance and it is slippery or if you are coming from downhill and going up in slippery weather it might create problems, especially if there is a bicyclist there. Mr. Brittain - I think that the thinking was that the islands serve to slow traffic and get their attention. Putting islands there would serve the purpose of getting the attention of the driver. It is also the top of the Town's Forest Home Walk. It would provide a pedestrian refuge. Right now it is not a good place to cross. I do not think there is room to put the island. The consult does know a lot more about this. 12 PLANNING BOARD FEBRUARY 5, 2002 MINUTES APPROVED FEBRUARY 19, 2002 Board Member Hoffmann - The other thing with the islands, even on a straight stretch like on Judd Falls Road, a lot of people do not slow down if they have an obstacle on their side of the road, like a bicyclist. They do not slow down and wait until the coast is clear before they pass a bicyclist. I do not know if you can change that sort of behavior. If there is an island there and they were there at the wrong time that could be serious trouble. Mr. Brittain - Right now, cars coming from campus are going through at 35 MPH. We need a way to slow the cars down sooner. Whether or not the recommendation of an island on Judd Falls Road is a workable solution, I do not know. It is at the concept level. Board Member Howe - I would just note that I live in Forest Home on Judd Falls Road. I have participated in a couple of the meetings. I look forward to this process going on. I like the idea of the gateways in particular. For those of you who have walked on Judd Falls Road, it is really difficult. I have two kids. I worry about them walking on Judd Falls Road, especially in the wintertime when we have snow and no one shovels their walks and you are in the road or if there is a rainy day you get wet walking to work because the cars are right there. I look forward to some of the improvements we are hoping for. Board Member Hoffmann - I should add that the fact that I question some of the things does not mean that I do not think this is a good idea to try to do something. I definitely feel that it is. Chairperson Wilcox - Bruce, what do you feel the biggest issue is? Is it Judd Falls Road because it is a straight stretch and people's speed tends to be a little higher than along Forest Home Drive or possibly coming down the hill on Warren Road? I am not sure. Board Member Thayer - You really cannot speed anyplace else very well. Mr. Brittain - I would think that each road has its unique opportunity. Judd Falls Road is straight, wide open. Coming down the hill there is no reason to brake on your way into Forest Home. You can see all the way into the intersection. People tend to go fast there. The Warren Road hill has a walkway that is 6 inches between the bank of the curb and the bank. I had dug it out a few years ago and widened it to 3 feet. The bank has slumped. It was largely community work, but I did a lot of it. Pleasant Grove Road has a large amount of pedestrian and bicycle traffic. Each area has its own little crisis. We would somehow like to address each of them and all of them with a plan that makes sense that looks like a community. Mr. Kanter - Have you had any early concept discussions with Cornell Plantations yet? So many of the proposals would affect their land or facilities. Mr. Brittain - We had a meeting with Cornell Plantations at the concept level. There was general support for the whole project. Then when we get down to specifics, if we put an island on Judd Falls Road right out in front of the Plantations headquarters, they want to know how it will affect them. They just put a pathway there and dedicated it to the Class of 1922. 1 know how it will affect it but they do not want to hear that. The concept of putting in a walk along the 300 block of Forest Home Drive is a great opportunity, they said that they cannot fund it but would donate the land. They want, 13 PLANNING BOARD FEBRUARY 5, 2002 MINUTES APPROVED FEBRUARY 19, 2002 once we start getting detailed sketches, to come back. They want to work with us on the detailed drawings. Mr. Koplinka -Loehr - It is surprising with how much some of their ideas and these ideas overlap. Mr. Noteboom - What about the road work in a historic designated area? Mr. Brittain - We have gotten scenic road designation for Forest Home Drive. Mr. Kanter - Unfortunately, there are not many funds for scenic roads any more. Mr. Brittain - We want to keep that. What it means as far as designation goes; any money that is private money, individual homeowners can do whatever they want with their house. As far as roadwork goes, I would have to find out. I would assume that there was no major restriction. Chairperson Wilcox - I did notice that the cover letter on the report does cc a copy to Scott Whitham. I assume that is because he is the director of Historic Ithaca. Mr. Koplinka -Loehr - Many. of these treatments and methods can be applied across the Town. There is no question about it. Mr. Noteboom - The opportunity exists to help a lot of our neighborhood areas. We are always getting calls about traffic and speed. There are ways to redesign the roads to help that whole problem. There are ways to come up with more better road specs within different types of neighborhoods to help with those problems. We do not necessarily have the answer at this point in time, but hopefully going through this we can develop answers that will help us with some of these things. Chairperson Wilcox - And still get your equipment through in the winter? Mr. Noteboom - It is a concern. They are all concerns. Mr. Koplinka -Loehr - Some of these turn out to be psychological to the driver. You have the same road width, but if you have bushes close to the road, the sight lines change enough that they will slow down. Board Member Conneman - Bruce, at the time that we had the Cornell living units, there was some hope that there would be another entrance to Cornell. That there would be less traffic on Pleasant Grove Road going into Forest Home. Is there any evidence that that has happened? Mr. Noteboom - Yes. There was a gateway committee that met. Mr. Kanter was part of this. We have pretty much finished the work. The only problem is building these new areas. Right now the Thurston Avenue Bridge is going to be done sometime in the near future. That is the first step in the whole process of providing better pedestrian traffic, bicycle traffic and vehicular traffic. They have already worked through this whole thing. 14 . PLANNING BOARD FEBRUARY 5, 2002 MINUTES APPROVED FEBRUARY 19, 2002 Mr. Kanter - They did come to the Planning Board and made a presentation. Mr. Noteboom - Hopefully, over time it will be worked. It will help Forest Home to a degree. It will also help Cornell because there is a more direct route to where people are going. Mr. Brittain - We have not taken traffic counts since the Cradit Farm Road was put in. Board Member Conneman - They have been talking about a new entrance for 30 years. Chairperson Wilcox - Are you on that committee? Board Member Conneman - No. I am always asking what progress they have made. I am always told it is the Mayor of the Village of Cayuga Heights who vetoes it. I do not know if that is true. Mr. Noteboom - There was some problem in that area. We have worked through those problems. Board Member Conneman - It seems to me if you had more people going down a new entrance, Jessup Road or Cradit Farm Road, you would have a different situation in Forest Home. Mr. Walker - I was up in Cayuga Heights a week or two ago. I had not been on Cradit Farm Drive yet. If I am going from Cayuga Heights into campus, I would much rather take that road than going down Forest Home Drive. It is more direct to get to Thurston Avenue. That is not what we want to have happen. Then there is a conflict with pedestrians between the north campus housing area and other areas. Chairperson Wilcox - Including the student union. Mr. Walker - Actually the new community center is on the same side. Helen Newman Hall is on the other side of the road. There is a very well defined crosswalk there with textured pavers. Anyone who takes a walk, if they are heading towards central campus will not go through Forest Home again if they know that road is there. Chairperson Wilcox - Any other comments? Mr. Kanter - I wanted to ask about the current thinking on the one -way configuration, Alternate A, that was analyzed in the consultants study. The consultant obviously recommended against pursuing that for various reasons. I thought that they did a pretty good job of describing all that. I have not heard from Forest Home yet in terms of whether you are accepting that recommendation or whether you are still thinking about pursuing it and how it will fit into the final consultant report. Mr. Brittain - Parts of this plan still have not been discussed as a committee or community. We are in parts waiting until we have better surveys to know which of these are feasible things to pursue. We do have the consultant's recommendation and I would be happy to hear your thoughts on it. So far we have not made any decisions. 15 PLANNING BOARD FEBRUARY 5, 2002 MINUTES APPROVED FEBRUARY 19, 2002 Mr. Koplinka -Loehr - The consultants have reached their conclusions. We are waiting to see the data to make our own decisions. Chairperson Wilcox - I think that the most important thing to be gained tonight is for us to remember once again that there are traffic problems in Forest Home. When we have site plans or subdivisions in front of us, that are approximate to the Forest Home neighborhood, to remember that the problems are there today. They are not going to go away. The report clearly mentions that there are not alternatives around Forest Home to get from the airport to East Hill Plaza. There is no viable way to go around Forest Home, so you go through it. Traffic is there, unfortunately. We need to be mindful of that and do what we can to try not to increase it. We may not agree with you all the time, but it is to remember that it is a problem and we do not want to exacerbate it any more than we have to. Chairperson Wilcox - Thank you for coming. Chairperson Wilcox closed this segment of the meeting at 8:35 p.m. AGENDA ITEM: Discussion of the Proposed Revised Town of Ithaca Zoning Ordinance and Map. Chairperson Wilcox opened this segment of the meeting at 8:35 p.m. Chairperson Wilcox - I will turn this portion of the meeting over to Mr. Kanter. Mr. Kanter - I will turn it right back to the board. I really do not have anything to add. I thought we gave an in -depth presentation about a month ago. One suggestion in my memo is that the board members bring in individual notes and outline your own reactions, assuming you thoroughly read the revised draft. This is really an opportunity for the board to come together. Number one figure out how and when you are going to get those comments to the Codes and Ordinances Committee. Secondly, if there are comments or observations that the board would want to send as a whole that would be good. Otherwise, some of the groups that we have talked to are sending individual member comments separately. I think that Zoning Board of Appeals is going to do it that way. It is up to you where we go. Chairperson Wilcox - Can you give us a brief, thirty- second outline of the proposed schedule? Mr. Kanter - Codes and Ordinances is going to be getting back together on February 26 and hopefully we will be talking about all the comments from boards and committees. Then we will decide whether additional revisions are necessary. Then take it to a couple of public information meetings that will be held sometime in March. From there, seeing what types of initial comments we get. Meanwhile we will be preparing a generic environmental impact statement to describe the possible impacts of the zoning changes. We are just getting into the beginning of that process now. Timing wise, I think we probably figured somewhere around May or so we would be getting into the first stage of public hearings or a public hearing at this board for a recommendation on the zoning changes. Then back to the Town Board sometime during the summer for a public hearing. The timeline at this point is taking us at least to August for the actual enactment of the revisions. It will probably be late September. 16 Chairperson Wilcox - Sometirr recommendation and will hold opportunities before that time to at various community buildings, can give their comments. I think PLANNING BOARD FEBRUARY 5, 2002 MINUTES APPROVED FEBRUARY 19, 2002 ie this spring or early summer, this board will be asked for a a public hearing. Presumably, the public will have had many offer their comments at public sessions that the Town may schedule schools or other places where large gatherings can come. People it is up to each individual person. Mr. Kanter - We have large sized maps here if anyone has questions on specific proposals. John is here to answer any possible legal questions that there might have been. Board Member Mitrano - What is not to like? Board Member Thayer - Really. You guys have worked really hard. Chairperson Wilcox - There are a lot of nice things about it. Since it is the Town Board's prerogative to create the rules under which we operate, we can comment and they will listen to us. Sometimes I am more interested in process. This makes the process a lot better for some applicants. To try to cut down the number of instances where an applicant comes to this . board first, then has to go to the Zoning Board of Appeals as well. They can come before one board, whether it is this board or the Zoning Board of Appeals in many cases. Then have that board review their application and grant them or deny them the application. Board Member Howe My comments are more, maybe they exist and I just missed it, putting together some sort of document that would go out, especially when we are going to start having community meetings about what were the underlining principles the committee used to think about some changes, how does it relate back to the Comprehensive Plan, how does it relate back to the Unique Natural Area Study, is there any .relationship to the County Vital Communities Initiative. I think it would be helpful to lay out some of the assumptions, principles and relay it back to some of these other documents would be helpful. I think I had a sense of what and how you came up with the document you did, but it would be good to spell that out in a cover memo. Does that exist already and I have just missed it? Mr. Kanter - No. It may be a little more complex than a simple memo. That is one of the main reasons we strongly recommended preparation of a generic environmental impact statement. I think you are right in terms of describing it to the public. It certainly will help to have as much of that as understandable as possible. Board Member Howe - If you go back to even the Comprehensive Plan, I know that there is a fairly detailed section in here about where development should happen. Pros and Cons about different neighborhoods. Did you look at that when you thought about some of these different, which I assume you did? I think it would be good to really be concrete about that. Mr. Kanter - Yeah, we do happen to have the Comprehensive Land Usage Map, Open Space Plan Map, which has proposed areas of conservation zones and agricultural zones. These are things that I think after a while the Codes Committee started to take for granted. I think you are absolutely right. We need to sort of translate that into a quick and easy format for the public to understand. 17 PLANNING BOARD FEBRUARY 5, 2002 MINUTES APPROVED FEBRUARY 19, 2002 Board Member Thayer - I think they need to know why you are making the change. What was wrong before? Why are you doing it? Board Member Howe - I am looking forward good, but I am interested in those who have response is. I think the only question I had Conservation District. Is there a reason, or th that it cannot be in a Conservation District? to the agricultur more a stake in was is there a at just the way it al community's feedback. I think it is some of theses issues and what their reason why the Plantation is not in a is designated as part of the University Mr. Kanter - I guess you are talking primarily about the Fall Creek area. It does go along Cascadilla Creek. I think largely because it is considered protected land as it is now. Also at this point we were really only looking at specific areas for conservation zones. Primarily on South Hill at this point. There are going to be others, and I am not sure if any of those might affect the Plantations, Fall Creek, Cascadilla Creek areas. The Conservation Board is working on the Coy Glenn Area and trying to come up with some recommended boundaries for that Conservation Zone. I am not sure if the timing on that will coincide with this overall process, but if not, it certainly is one that we can add on as soon as that recommendation is ready. There were a couple of other areas shown in the Comp. Plan and Open Space Plan for Conservation Zoning. Some of them we have looked at. Some of them are such tiny little pieces of things that it almost didn't seem to make sense to pursue them as a separate zone. Types of things like the Plantations just seem to fall into the context of already protected areas. It is a good question. It is something that we probably should think about. Chairperson Wilcox - I think we know what Cornell's reaction would be. Mr. Kanter - I wonder what their reaction to the agricultural zone on East Hill will be. Chairperson Wilcox - There have been discussion that I have not been a part of, but have heard about, where Cornell is resisting any change to the zoning that put any restrictions on them. I cannot say anything more than that because I have not been party to these conversations or discussions, but they do not want anything that restricts them in any way. That is not to say that they are going to be a bad neighbor and so they develop the Plantations. They rather that they have that privilege rather than us forcing it upon them. Board Member Hoffmann - That whole idea of changing some of the residential areas or R -30 areas into agricultural zones in some parts of the Town I am not sure it is such a good idea necessarily any more. I started to think about it a little differently. I have also forgotten some of the reasons from the very beginning that we thought of doing this. I have also missed some of the discussions at the Codes and Ordinances Committee. I am a little worried about some of those areas on East Hill that we are proposing to change into agricultural districts. It is true that they are now being used for agricultural purposes, but if we go according to this new agricultural zone, there is wording in there, it is essentially a warning saying that anyone who lives in that area should be aware that if we change these into agricultural zones, we are going to be permitting farmers to operate agricultural uses as they typically do. It might mean more noise, fumes, smell and various things like that. One would have to accept that. I do not know if necessarily we are doing something to improve things for everybody in the Town or not by doing that. Specifically now that I have been aware of these plans for Cornell to develop ball fields, is it going to be possible for them to do it easier if it is R -30? Do we IN PLANNING BOARD FEBRUARY 5, 2002 MINUTES APPROVED FEBRUARY 19, 2002 have more control over what happens in those areas if it is R -30 or low density residential or if it is zoned agricultural? I think we need to maybe think about that. Mr. Kanter - There is not much difference in those two. Board Member Hoffmann - I would like to hear what your thoughts are about it, Jonathan and John Barney. Mr. Kanter - I have been thinking about the agricultural proposal in the East Hill area too, but more because of our recent conversations at the Codes and Ordinances Committee about the question of the concentrated animal feeding operations. The committee has been talking about it quite a bit and had been thinking about coming up with new regulations that would basically prohibit those operations or make them very difficult to locate in any part of the Town. Based on some follow -up research that John, Mary Russell and some of us did and some recent court cases that have come down. It appears that it would be kind of difficult in the current legal framework to prohibit concentrated animal feeding operations at least within the agricultural district areas. Those areas are designated under the State Ag and Markets law. Those areas are primarily in the West Hill Area. There are some on the South Hill area. That whole area on East Hill is not in an agricultural district. Presumably, we talked about this a little; you could set up some special regulations that would apply to agricultural areas outside of the agricultural districts. Perhaps be able to regulate those. But at the same time, there are also State DEC regulations that are very specific in terms of regulating those kinds of operations. So, it is a question of really does the Town want to adopt our own specific regulations that would really reflect what the State is already doing. We would have to do the enforcement and monitoring of all that, so it becomes kind of a technical question in terms of our own ability to enforce those types of things. It became quite a discussion. I think the committee ended up being kind of split in terms of where we stand at this point. Because of all that, I have sort of been thinking myself about that East Hill area, where we are going agricultural zoning. I am not so sure it is the best idea at this point, even without having talked to Cornell about. Board Member Thayer - That is the Ellis Hollow area you are talking about, Jon? Mr. Kanter - It is off Ellis Hollow Road, Board Member Hoffmann - There is also the area north of that. The East Hill area is much more developed for residential use than the West Hill area is. This is what started making me think it was not such a smart ides to change this after all. Have all of you heard of what these concentrated animal- feeding operations are? Board Member Thayer - I am not sure. Attorney Barney - Remember the 60 Minutes blurb they did on the hog farming down in the Carolina's? That is the kind of thing. It is where you put a lot of animal bodies in a very small area. They probably do not even move. You basically just milk them or feed them, then slaughter them. Then usually there are sewage problems and odor problems and noise to a certain extent. There are some suggested regulations from other states that attempt to regulate those. It either puts them in a particular location or prohibits them all together. It seemed to fly in the face of our Ag and Markets 19 PLANNING BOARD FEBRUARY 5, 2002 MINUTES APPROVED FEBRUARY 19, 2002 laws, which promote farming at least in the agricultural districts. So we decided that it is a bigger area that we better study a little more carefully before we tamper with the Zoning Ordinance. Chairperson Wilcox - This is considered farming. Attorney Barney -It is a farming operations. Ms. Ritter - Farmers consider it industries. Attorney Barney - The definitions do not. Mr. Walker - We have already got a concentrated feeding area. There are three of them on East Hill. There are the swine farms, which is a concentrated feeding area. The furrowing area has a high density of animals in those barns. Cornell has been fairly sensitive to that lately. You do not know how many animals are in there, but I am sure there is a high density in those barns. You have Genex Bull barns. They have actually moved most of the bulls out, but they have brought more back in. That was high density, too. Not quite the same as the feedlot, because their aim there is to keep the bulls weak, but healthy and happy. They are not going to fatten them up, so they are not pushing as much stuff through them as they would. They want to keep them docile, but ready to when they are ready. You have to feel sorry for the bulls, though. They take some samples and breed to cows. It takes about five years for them to find out if the Genex stuff really goes through. The bulls are either waiting to be real happy, or become hamburger. Their major operation now is on West Hill, Board Member Hoffmann - It is outside the Town. Mr. Walker - The one production facility is in the Town, but their holding area, where most of the bulls of waiting are, is actually in Enfield. Their philosophy is, because they sell stuff overseas, they are very conscious of security and isolation of their animals. They do not want them in contact with other animals. They have several hundred yards of open space that they do not want to let any other animals into. That is why they are maintaining their priming area. It is one reason they tried to move off East Hill with the operation. The other concentration you have is the Veterinary College because they have some high- density lots over their where they are doing research and medical work. That is actually on Caldwell Hill Road. If you want to see a concentrated feedlot, look at the lot behind Caldwell Hill Road just before you go over the hill, on the left hand side. Basically, there is no vegetation. It is just mud. They let the animals out there and they run back in the barns. So we already have those types of activities occurring. If you restrict that, Cornell is probably going to fight that pretty significantly. Board Member Conneman - It is unlikely that Cornell is going to develop the area on East Hill near East Hill Plaza because they have a facility where they have a lot of concentrated animals out in Hartford. The idea of bringing cattle back to the campus... Mr. Walker - I do not think they are going to bring the dairy operation back to the campus. I am not sure what is going to happen. The way things are going we might not have to worry about agriculture at Cornell because the State cannot support enough research and they are cutting back operations all 20 PLANNING BOARD FEBRUARY 5, 2002 MINUTES APPROVED FEBRUARY 19, 2002 the time. They have almost decimated the Ag Engineering School. They are not doing agricultural engineering anymore, very little anyhow. Board Member Conneman - The East Hill area, it seems to me that that is the place where they are not going to put any animals. Mr. Walker - The Baker Institute could also be considered high density. Board Member Conneman - Dogs are not. Mr. Walker - Well, they have sheep and chickens up there, too. Those are all lumped into the feedlot type definitions. Ms. Ritter - They are talking about really huge operations with wastewater treatment facilities that are for small communities, practically. You practically need a wastewater treatment facility for the number animals. They have some of those up in Seneca County. They have great, big huge pig farms and it is creating an incredible hassle. I do not think we are in the same... Mr. Walker - No. I do not think that we are going to go into a commercial operation like that, but you have to be careful when you start defining it. The density of animals, up there you may have a hundred acre farm with 100,000 pigs on it and you have a 15 to 20 acre lagoon to treat the waste. Here you may have two to three acres of dense and you have a manure pile and you are using that. We are processing the animal waste and stuff on Precinct 7 in spots. Mr. Kanter - Down here at the intersection of Snyder Hill and Pine Roads is the area that houses the barns and horse fields that we are .talking about. The agricultural zoning did originally come as a recommendation from the Comprehensive Plan. Board Member Hoffmann - I just thought with some of the purpose language for the new agricultural zone that it made it more possible for somebody to do something that might be objectionable close to a residential area. We do not have that language in the residential zone, where even though is permitted. Attorney Barney - That is correct. The purpose of the zones is different. One is to provide agriculture and the other is to provide residence. Board Member Hoffmann - That is all that I wanted to bring up now. Chairperson Wilcox - If anyone has any further comments, you are encouraged to send them in. assume, Jonathan that you would take them in care of the Codes and Ordinances Committee, Mr. Kanter - As I mentioned, we were targeting the end of this week for comments, but there is a little leeway there. We definitely want to get them well enough ahead of the February 26th Codes Committee meeting so that we can look through them and send them onto the committee, then talk about them at that meeting. Certainly by February 15th we would like your comments. 41 PLANNING BOARD FEBRUARY 5, 2002 MINUTES APPROVED FEBRUARY 19, 2002 Chairperson Wilcox - We would like to hear about things you like and things you do not like. Mr. Kanter - Individuals could send an e-mail or write up notes or a memo, you could certainly do that. You could call and ask more questions as well. Chairperson Wilcox - I was talking to some in the office about Skaneateles. He was mentioning that they do not have convenience stores. The way that they do it is that they require that an attendant pump gas. I thought it was pretty innovative. Attorney Barney - I think it is the Village of Skaneateles. Mr. Kanter - I think they also have some historic district architectural review there as well. Chairperson Wilcox - That is where the lawyer built his rather, large expensive house that was torn down. It did not comply with zoning. I guess he was a little arrogant and... If there are no other comments, I will close this portion of the meeting. Chairperson Wilcox closed this segment of the meeting at 9:04 p.m. AGENDA ITEM: ADJOURNMENT: Upon MOTION, Chairperson Wilcox declared the February 5, 2002 meeting of Town of Ithaca Planning Board duly adjourned at 9:05 p.m. Respectfully submittedr 7 1 � Carrie Whitmore, Deputy Town Clerk/Deputy Receiver of Taxes 22 TOWN OF ITHACA PLANNING BOARD. 215 North Tioga Street Ithaca, New York 14850 Tuesday, February 5, 2002 AGENDA 7:30 P.M. Persons to be heard (no more than five minutes). 7:35 P.M. Consideration of Sketch Plan for the proposed four lot subdivision on Bostwick Road, Town of Ithaca Tax Parcel No's. 32 -2 -3.2 and 32- 2 -3.4, Agricultural District. The proposed subdivision will create an approximately +/- 7 acre parcel. The parcel will be created by subdividing approximately 2 acres from Tax Parcel No. 32 -2 -3.4 and 4.8 acres from 32- 2 -3.2. The parcels will then be consolidated to create an approximately +/ -7 acre parcel. Barbara Gizewski, R. Greenspun and T. Greenspun, Owners (Tax Parcel 32- 2 -3.4); Claire and Warren Paley, Owners (Tax Parcel 32- 2 -3.2); Tom Greenspun, Applicant. 7:50 P.M. Consideration of declaration of intent for the Town of Ithaca Planning Board to assume lead agency status pursuant to the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQR) in order to conduct the environmental review of the proposed Linderman Creek Apartments Phase II, Mecklenburg Road. 7:55 P.M. Discussion of the Forest Home Traffic Calming Study. 8:15 P.M. Discussion of the Proposed Revised Town of Ithaca Zoning Ordinance and Map. 6. Persons to be heard (continued from beginning of meeting if necessary). 7. Approval of Minutes: January 8, 2002. 8, Other Business. 9, Adjournment, Jonathan Kanter, AICP Director of Planning 273 -1747 NOTE: IF ANY MEMBER OF THE PLANNING BOARD IS UNABLE TO ATTEND, PLEASE NOTIFY MARY BRYANT AT 2734747. (A quorum of four (4) members is necessary to conduct Planning Board business.) 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