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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPB Minutes 2019-06-18TOWN OF ITHACA PLANNING BOARD Shirley A. Raffensperger Board Room, Town f1alll 215 Not-th Tioga Street Ithaca., New York 14850 A (i,ENDA, 7:00 P.M. 11.13LIC. HEARING- Coils ide rat ion of recomnlendation to the Town of Ithaca'I'mm Board regarding proposed changes to the Official Map of the Town of Ithaca, 7: 10 P.M. PUBLIC, HEARING Consideration offinal Site Plan Approval for the proposed North Canipus Residential Expansion pro lom The project involves constrUCtiOn of as new student residential coinplex located on file Cornell Unk,er-city camptis netr Pleasant Grove Road and Cradit Farm Drive, Town of Ithaca I ax parcel No. 67a-1-1,1. The project consists of three tic", freshman residential bklildings,, each spanning the City nand Town of Ithaca municipal line. Approxii-nately 177,800+/- square feet of'buildirig at -ea will be located in the T(c)%vn of Ithaca, in the Low Density Residential Zone, The project also includes various outdoor antenities, including niodified recreational fields, open lawnIquad areas, landscaping, bicycle amenities and walkways, along witil modified parking areris, stormwater rnanagement f"'acilities, and new lighting. CorncH University, Owner/Applicant,' Kimberly Michaels,'Trowbridge Woll'Michaels Landscape Architects LLP, Agent, Application i-naterials are available at the following finL Flersoris, to be heard 4, Approval of Minutesa May 7, 2019 and May 21, 2019, Other Business 6. Adjournnient 61mmNm Ehrector of Planning 275-1717 Nam: IFANY MEMBER OFTHE PLANNING BOARD IS UNAHLETO rTEND, PLEASE N017IFY SANDYP0LCf'A'r 273-1747 or SPOLCT'6CFMVN� ['I'll ACAA-N �S. . .. ................. (A quorum of fouMr (4) members is necessary to conduct Planning Board business.) Accessing Meeting Materials Online Site Plan and Subdivision applications and associated project nuiterials are accessible electronically on thvTown's websile under "I'lanning Board" on the "Meeting Agendas" page e1i `roWN OF[THACA PI -AI" NIM5 BOARD . .. .......... . . N('-)I'I('E OF PUBLIC HEARINGS Tues Ina� ,...f18 By direction ofthe Chairperson of the Planning Board, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN thin Public Hearings will he, held by tire Planning Board of the Town of Ithaca on Tuesday, June 18, 2019, at 215 North Tioga Street, Ithaca, N.Y.,at the following fintes and on the following Itu"Itters: 7M P',M, Cori sideriatio n of as recon u-neridat ion to the Town cal. fthaca"Io wn Board regarding proposed changes to the, Official Map ofthe Town ol'Ithaca. 7:10 P,MConsiderati(mi (:)f Final Site Phin Approval for tire proposed North Canipus Residential Expansion proJect. The proJect involves construction of a new, student residential complex located on tire Comell University carnpus near Pleasant Grove Road and, Cradit Farin f)rive, Town (�.4 Ithaca Tax Pareel No, 67,-1-1.'I, The prqject consists of three new freshman residential buildings, each spanning the City and Town of Ithaca nitinicipal line. Approximately 177,8004- scluare feet of buildingarea will he located in theTwXn of Ithaca, to the, 1. ow Density Residential Zone. The project also includes various outdoor amenities, including modified recreational fields, open lawn/quad areas, landscapingZ,, bicycle arrie,- r i i n t es and walkways, akmig with modified parking areas, storrilwater management facilities, and new fighting. Cornell University, 0wner/A ppI Ica tic, Kfinberly Michaels. Trowbridge Wolf' Michaels Landscape Architects I. Agent. Application matedals are available at the It llowing link: ny-s—/n—illJ � -pJ!o�ts /ncw. Said Planning Board will at said time and said place hear all persons in suppoa caval. such niatters or objections thereto. Persons may, appear by agent or tit Person, Individuals with visual impairments, hearing impairments or other special needs, will be providecl with assistance as necessary. upon request. Persons desiring assisuance must make such a request not less than 48 hours prior to the firne of the public hearing, Susan Ritter Director of"Planning 273-1747 Dated: Monday, June 10, 2019 Publish: Wednesday, June 12, 2019 TOWN OF ll"'I-[A('-',A AFFIDAVAT OF'POSTING AND PUBLICATION ..... ....... ---- ......... . . ........ . . ......... . 1, Sandra Polce, being dUly SWOrn, depose and say that I am a Senior Typist for the Town of Ithaca, Tornpkins County, New York; that the, followwing Notice has been duly posied on the SIDI L-1 board of the Town of Ithaca and that said Notice fias, been duly published in the local newspaper, Tlie Itfiaca.lournal. Notice oaf Public A t?Jlii..T-0.wn of Ithaca Pjannirw, Bmird in theTown ofltliaca Towi.,i Hall 15 Northjjo �tr�jq, tt I I"Lie a 2019 c �,,ommeci nng i '' sd at TOO P.M., as ver attached. Location of Sign Board used for Posting: Town Clerk Northl'i Street. Date of` Pontin g: JLIIIC 10, 2019 Date Of PLIbhC,'ItiOn: Jrne1.2,2019 Sandra Polce, Senior "rypist ]'own of Ithaca STA,rE OF NEW YORK) SS: COUNTY or�—romPKINS) Sworn toand subscrihed before me this 12"' day of June 2019, I?(- � � 6p . . . ........ Notary Puiil"ic of kfewYbrk in V yl K counly May 'i7w 26�2 Meeting of the Town of Ithaca Planning Board Tuesday, June 18, 2019 Minutes Town Planning Board Members Present: Jon Bosak, Yvonne Fogarty, John Beach, and Cindy Kaufman; Alternate Jennifer Karius Absent: Fred Wilcox, Joseph Haefeli, and Liebe Meier Swain Town Staff Present: Susan Ritter; Director of Planning; Chris Balestra, Planner; Susan Brock, Attorney for the Town; Paulette Rosa, Town Clerk; Dan Thaete, Town Engineer Motion made by John Beach, seconded by Cindy Kaufman to appoint Jon Bosak as acting Chair. Unanimous. Call to Order Mr. Bosak called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. 1. PUBLIC HEARING: Consideration of a recommendation to the Town of Ithaca Town Board regarding proposed changes to the Official Map of the Town of Ithaca. Mr. Bosak opened the public hearing at 7:03 p.m. Mr. Weber, Director of Public Works was present and gave an overview saying that this draft shows the changes since 2012 relative to accepted roads, private roads and road name changes made during the 911 readdressing project. Mr. Weber added that revisions have been submitted from the Town Codes Department will be incorporated. Ms. Fogarty asked who uses this map because she was concerned about the size and legibility of the one in the packet. Mr. Weber responded that this is the Official Map used by the Town of Ithaca Codes Department and is usually printed and displayed in a large poster size. Ms. Brock added that the web version is very easy to enlarge. Ms. Fogarty asked about the Black Diamond Trail and Mr. Weber said that could be added. Ms. Fogarty asked about the proposed road shown from Overlook to Route 79 and it isn't in existence now and she wondered why it is shown. PB 2019-06-18 (approved 9/3) Pg. 1 Mr. Weber responded that it is a planned corridor and was shown in the previous two maps and the Planning Department has recommended it being shown as proposed. Ms. Fogarty stated that she questioned it being there because there are a lot of people who don't want it there and Mr. Bosak thought it would be good for people to see it there since it was an approved proposed road. Ms. Fogarty reiterated that it isn't there now and there are people who oppose it. Ms. Fogarty said there was a tiny Town lane off Perry Rd that looks like it is two steps and she asked what that was. Mr. Weber responded that he believed it was a condition of the Perry Ln approval to have a trail connect into the park that exists in the parcel between Rte. 79 and Bundy Rd. and there have been a lot of proposed plans in that area and that was originally shown in the subdivision approval. He added that we have a lot of similar trails and access points off of Woolf Ln and Dubois Rd that haven't been developed but are still identified. Ms. Fogarty asked why the inlet wasn't shown on the map and Mr. Weber responded that we do not show bodies of water except for the lake. Ms. Fogarty said the areas of the botanic gardens and the golf course would be nice if they were labeled saying that if this is something others want to use it should be a map that is a good resources to people. Mr. Weber responded that we have had similar discussions at the staff level and there are a number of roadway maps that are going to be very different than this map because we only show roads that have been approved through a process so there are a lot of roads you will not find on here because they do not meet the criteria to be on the Official Town Map. This is not for google or map quest or similar; this is truly to identify and meet NYS law. Ms. Ritter added that we do have a Road Jurisdiction and Map which will be updated with the correct information from the Official Map and that will also be on our website and the purpose would be more for public use than the legal technicalities of the Official Map. Mr. Bosak stated that the Official Map of the Town is a legal map that is called out in various regulations and has to be pointed to so it has to exist in a certain way and Ms. Brock added that, for example, to get a building permit, a house has to have frontage on a road shown on this map. Ms. Fogarty asked if all the little roads are on here and Ms. Brock responded that there are some, as Mr. Weber said, that are not shown because they do not meet the standards such as fire truck access etc. Mr. Weber responded there is one off of Dove Dr. that is truly somebody's driveway but it accesses Cornell property and there is a name for it, but that is not a road we are going to show PB 2019-06-18 (approved 9/3) Pg. 2 on the Official Town Map because it is someone's driveway, it doesn't meet road standards and it wasn't approved as part of any development application or approval process and those are some of the criteria to be shown and some of the things that have been discussed during this update process. Mr. Weber added this is the third update in his tenure and the last before that was in 1968. Ms. Fogarty asked about Maplewood and why only Veteran's PI is on there. Mr. Bates responded that this has been discussed and some will be added and Mr. Weber responded that when you look at some of those roads and ask what do they function as, in his opinion, they are circulation roads within a parking lot for the development. Three roads will be shown but a fourth will not. Ms. Fogarty said she would think for fire response you would want to have those roads shown and Mr. Bates reiterated that this is a different purpose map and to not confuse it with 911 response. This map is solely for those purposes called out by law such as road frontage and state and federal money for road repairs and upkeep. Some discussion followed. There was no one wishing to comment and the public hearing was closed at 7:16 p.m. Some discussion followed on format and coloring and other Town maps. Ms. Brock asked about Plantations Rd which she thought was going to change to Botanic or similar given the name change of the entity. Mr. Bates said he received the request but he is waiting on information from Cornell and necessary adjustments by them. PB Resolution 2019-017: Recommendation to Town Board Regarding Proposed Modifications to Official Map Town of Ithaca Planning Board June 18, 2019 Whereas, Section 270 of NYS Town Law authorizes the Town Board to establish an official map of that part of the town outside the limits of any incorporated city or village showing the streets, highways and parks theretofore laid out, and may also show drainage systems; and Whereas, the current Official Map of the Town of Ithaca was last updated in 2012; and Whereas, Section 273 of NYS Town Law authorizes the Town Board to change or add to the official map of the town so as to lay out new streets, highways, drainage systems or parks, and any such change or addition to the Official Map must be referred to the Planning Board for a report thereon; and PB 2019-06-18 (approved 9/3) Pg. 3 Whereas, the Director of Public Works has prepared a draft proposed revised Official Map with a creation date of June 10, 2019; and Whereas, the Town Board discussed the draft revised Official map as described above at its regular meeting on June 10, 2019, and referred the proposed changes to the Official Map to the Planning Board for a report and recommendation; and Whereas, the Town of Ithaca Planning Board reviewed the draft Official Map, dated June 10, 2019, and held a public hearing on the draft Official Map at its meeting on June 18, 2019; now therefore be it Resolved, that the Town of Ithaca Planning Board hereby recommends that the Town Board adopt the proposed revised Official Map with the changes shown on the June 10, 2019 draft. Moved: Yvonne Fogarty Seconded: Jennifer Karius Vote: ayes — Fogarty, Kaufman, Karius, Beach and Bosak 2. PUBLIC HEARING: Consideration of Final Site Plan Approval for the proposed North Campus Residential Expansion project. The project involves construction of a new student residential complex located on the Cornell University campus near Pleasant Grove Road and Cradit Farm Drive, Town of Ithaca Tax Parcel No. 67.-1-1.1. The project consists of three new freshman residential buildings, each spanning the City and Town of Ithaca municipal line. Approximately 177,800+/- square feet of building area will be located in the Town of Ithaca, in the Low Density Residential Zone. The project also includes various outdoor amenities, including modified recreational fields, open lawn/quad areas, landscaping, bicycle amenities and walkways, along with modified parking areas, stormwater management facilities, and new lighting. Cornell University, Owner/Applicant; Kimberly Michaels, Trowbridge Wolf Michaels Landscape Architects LLP, Agent. Application materials are available at the following link: Kimberly Michaels, Trowbridge Wolf Michaels was present and available for questions. Mr. Bosak started by saying the task is to go down the list of conditions this board imposed two months ago at the preliminary stage and we need to see which have been met and which haven't. He suggested going down the list as they originally appeared and that original list was on each members desk. Ms. Michaels stated that she thought her application materials were self-explanatory and she would be available for questions and she did have a comment on one of the conditions in the resolution she would like to talk about when appropriate. Mr. Bosak started through the "conditions 1. Prior to final site plan approval:": PB 2019-06-18 (approved 9/3) Pg. 4 a. The memo from Ms. Balestra stated that the applicant has scaled back on some landscaping required from the Planning Board. There was some discussion and the applicant said if the Board wanted the three trees back in the plan she felt sure they can agree to that. Ms. Michaels will submit a revised plan showing the trees. b. Met c. Ms. Michaels asked to speak to this condition and similar ones further down regarding "fully" executed MOUS. Ms. Michaels said that the MOUS are pretty much agreed upon by the parties and Cornell has done their part, but each MOU has its own municipal or regulatory board or agency that needs to vote on it; for example, one is going to City Economic and Development Board and then to another Board and then to the County Legislature so it will be months before all of that is resolved. However, the agreement is solid and Cornell has agreed to it and people seem happy enough to move it forward. Ms. Michaels said her concern or hope is to push it to issuance of certificate of occupancy because Cornell is ready to submit the building permit applications as soon as next week following the final site plan approval by the City. Ms. Michaels asked if that condition could be moved further out because they are going to continually bounce up against this in another month and the MOUS will not be fully executed. She asked that they be moved to prior to issuance of a certificate of occupancy, or, alternatively, the city has drafted language because they are also trying to make the timing work. They separated conditions prior to building permit and the added a new category of "after site plan approval" and made it "execution within 6 months of final site plan approval of the MOU" which gave them a more reasonable timeline given the bodies that have to ratify these various MOUS. Mr. Bosak asked what happens when you hit that 6 months and Ms. Michaels said they added `subject to extension by the City Attorney" and she thought it could be the same here or subject to the Town Planner. She felt that keeping them tied to the issuance of a building permit is going to be a likely issuance. Mr. Bosak said he had a couple of procedural questions as beyond the basic question of whether we think it is a good idea. Mr. Bosak said he is not clear how much flexibility we have to change the conditions. Ms. Ritter said this is the timing not the actual conditions. Mr. Bosak said that in terms of timing, we have three categories and they are formed by the thing which will stop you, namely a site plan approval, a building permit and a certificate of occupancy. Ms. Brock said it is not unusual that some of the timing in preliminary approvals gets shifted to later in the process after the approval of the preliminary approval and prior to final. PB 2019-06-18 (approved 9/3) Pg. 5 Mr. Bosak said this does not seem to be attached to any stop mechanism. Ms. Michaels said it could be attached to the certificate of occupancy. Ms. Ritter asked Ms. Michaels when they expect to ask for a building permit for the portion of the building in the Town and Ms. Michaels said we will be asking the City of Ithaca Ms. Ritter restated saying when will you be asking the City for permits for the portions in the Town. Ms. Michaels said the permits will cascade and a foundation permit has already been issued by the City and when we get final site plan approval from the City, the next step will be to hand in the building permit applications for one and two and then earth work and foundations in the Town and that is going to be within a couple of months. Mr. Mosely stated that he complicated portion of this is that the Town of Ithaca is the authority having jurisdiction. If we don't have a legal agreement in place, the City of Ithaca can't legally issue a building permit for the work provided. Ms. Michaels said she is aware of that and that is out of the architects control, the developers' control, the college's control but she is assured by the folks in legal that it is moving forward; it went to the Economic and Development Council and needs to go to one other and then the Town Board needs to pass it. We can't control that. Mr. Mosely said he doesn't disagree with her, but the fact is that we do not have the legal authority to let the City of Ithaca issue on our behalf and unless we are going to issue the permits, which would negate the MOU that we are all trying so hard to get in front of everybody and get passed, that's the complexity. Discussion followed. Ms. Brock asked that each MOU be looked at as it comes up and turned back to c. and asked when the earliest permit for work in the Town would be submitted (2 months) and said Cornell Counsel and the Town Board has approved this MOU and the County meet in July which is a month from now so if they approve it there is no problem. Ms. Michaels said it takes a lot of time to get signatures and such and Ms. Brock thought there should be no issue with the Town and Cornell signing it, so it is just the County. Ms. Michaels again said they would prefer to have the MOU tied to the CO because Cornell has already put the RFP out, hired the consultants, the kickoff meeting is this week and this is beyond our control and if the timing doesn't work out we are all in here again asking for a change and she thought that was unnecessary. PB 2019-06-18 (approved 9/3) Pg. 6 Mr. Bosak said he doesn't mind having that conversation again and he said he is very loath to turn back the gating factor of the building permit and the reason why is because he can very easily imagine a situation where we peg this to a CO and we come down finally to the day when the freshman are supposed to move in and oh dear, that MOU hasn't really been signed yet, and we would be under a great deal of pressure to say, ah, nevermind. Ms. Michaels said theoretically that is possible but she feels that mistrust is misplaced. Mr. Bosak asked Ms. Brock if we keep this the way the staff has recommended and the applicant runs into a bind with it, we can revisit it, correct? Ms. Brock responded that we have a little bit of time to advertise the public hearing so we couldn't call a meeting the next day; we would probably need 10 day lead time. Mr. Bosak said we don't really think there will be a problem and I can see all kinds of possible problems with letting it go. Ms. Brock said if the County Legislature doesn't act on this at their meeting in July, we would gear up and have this revisited. Some discussion followed on using a 3 -month time frame similar to the City's suggestion and the use of a stop work order. Mr. Bates said leaving it as is leaves the onus on the applicant rather than us to do the paperwork and administration of a stop work order. The Board decided to leave this condition as it was stated. d. — TCAT — Mr. Bosak stated that the letter from TCAT says they "intend to" not "will" meet the increased demand. Discussion on the word "proof' and the Board deemed the condition met. e. Condition met f. MOU for inspections — Not met. g. SWPPP —met h. Met i. Lighting — met — Ms. Kaufmann had questions about the light poles and designs focused on the more gothic style and Ms. Michaels said the gothic style are on the exterior ends where it blends back into the neighborhood and the more modern are around the new building which are more modern in style. j. Signage — Discussion focused on the lack of a plan for signs right now. It is common to not have these details at this point and the Board was comfortable with Planning staff evaluating whether they need approval from the Planning Board according to the Sign law. — Condition met k. Retaining walls — Met 1. Approval from the City and Village — Met m. Variances from the Town of Ithaca — Met PB 2019-06-18 (approved 9/3) Pg. 7 The Board turned to the new draft resolution for Final Site Plan Approval. Ms. Karius had questions regarding the SWPPP and the updated plan. She asked about the inspections and meetings before and after the installation of the controls. She stated that there was a memo that asked specific questions of Cornell and it seemed to her that there were some miscalculations regarding turf vs lawn which could be significant. She asked if the revised language in the resolution allowed staff to feel that they were going to have sufficient meetings to implement and check the SWPPP measures. Mr. Thaete responded saying the we did have comments on the turf, they originally designed it as a grass surface and we know from experience that it should be designed as an impervious surface and they made the changes. They also added the water quality component to the turf surfaces which is reflected on the revised drawing so they satisfied our comments regarding the turf. Mr. Thaete then addressed the SWPPP piece saying we are an MS4 and that gives us this oversight component. They satisfy our concerns regarding our water quality pretreatment. We recently signed the MS4 acceptance form and they sent that to the DEC and got their SPEDIES permit and the kickoff meeting happened. Mr. Thaete stated that the kickoff meeting was about 2 �/z hours long and the Town voiced all or our concerns about what type of inspections we are going to be looking for, the thresholds for when they go from weekly to bi-weekly inspections based on the phasing of the site; the milestones when the Town, Village and City want to see different components of that SWPPP and get phone calls so we can walk the site with contractors. We went through the chain of command with the different contractors also; so we had our preconstruction SWPPP meeting. Mr. Thaete said at this point in time they are good to go and they can start disturbing earth but the first piece is they have to put the erosion controls in the ground and give us a call to do an inspection. After that is done, they can start doing the bulk earthwork. They have their permits, they satisfied our comments and we are just waiting for the phone call to go out and do the initial inspection. After that, the inspections fall on a qualified inspector, which in this case will be Cornell. They will do those inspections and send them to us and we review those inspections and we do periodic inspections and reviews. Ms. Karius asked if the Town was going to do any specific checks on a addressing any significant rainfall events in terms of checking the impact on erosion with these particular practices? Mr. Thaete responded that the requirements are, offhand, after 1" inch of rainfall they are required to do an additional inspection themselves and send that to us. Do we specifically go out after a significant rainfall event; not necessarily. The way this permit process is set up, you are relying on that inspector to do the inspections. We do go out periodically and check. PB 2019-06-18 (approved 9/3) Pg. 8 Ms. Karius asked if the checklist looks ok to him and that you will be getting weekly and then biweekly inspection reports, correct? Mr. Thaete responded that we made a point in the premeeting that they have to adhere to the checklist provided in the SWPPP document. They can change is but is has to have the basic requirements in the SWPPP document. Ms. Karius said the reason she is asking is because of the impaired status of Cayuga Lake and sediment being a main contributor to sedimentary and phosphorus that are causing the HABs and it is our drinking water and she thinks this is just, with the scale of the project, it is going to continue to be a huge impact, a potential impact, on our community and asked if he had any idea on how to measure 104K gallons of extra use per day onto Fall Creek. She said if it were not a 5 I order stream, according to the DEC and she asked if he had any idea about how their project, considering the laws, has respectable handling of erosion and sedimentation, do you have any idea of how their measures compare if it wasn't a 5 I order stream in terms of the volume that's hitting Fall Creek? Mr. Thaete responded that in a general sense, the additional runoff that they are creating is not significant when it comes to other sites he has seen around this community. He added that when you look at the pre and post runoff volumes or rates that are identified with the calculations they did, they have a lot of water quality treatment areas which are actually handling a lot of this first - flush initial peak and they are getting a lot of infiltration. They just don't have the mass stormwater basin that you might be used to seeing in some of these sites. Mr. Thaete said, to answer your question, if it wasn't a 5 I order stream, the only difference we would see here is maybe a larger, or more pockets of actual stormwater detention basins spread throughout the site. Mr. Thaete said he has no governing authority to require them to do that whatsoever. They are meeting the intent of NYS DEC; they are meeting the intent of our laws here in the Town and so that is where we are at. Mr. Bosak said this is a concern of his too, but, it is going to take a much bigger change than anything we can do from here. Ms. Karius said she would think that the institution itself may be interested in measuring the impact itself in measuring the impact on the quality of water and lake health and in anticipation of the TMDL that there would be some initiative from the University to work on this thing together. Mr. Bosak closed the public hearing at 8:15 p.m. Ms. Fogarty asked if it is common that something like Cornell would be doing their own testing and Mr. Thaete responded that he has attended a lot of seminars with DEC where this is discussed and the DEC mention that the original intent was to have a third parry inspector but that is not the way it is written. That specific question has come up but as long as it is a PB 2019-06-18 (approved 9/3) Pg. 9 "qualified inspector" and you have a qualified inspector affixing his stamp to the plans and inspections, that meets the rules. He added that it is a 50/50 split but more and more are doing them inhouse with a qualified inspector. Mr. Bosak asked if there were any more comments or discussion on Final Site Plan Approval and turned to the draft resolution. The resolution was moved and seconded for discussion and changes. Ms. Balestra noted the changes, the substantive change was adding sheet names that were left out and would be added. Mr. Thaete asked for current condition D which will become C: eliminate the first sentence up to "completion" because it will be done this week and will separate the MOU for the water service and billing rates from the actual install. Mr. Thaete asked for changes to the current 2 Q which will be 2 L to read as below. It was noted again that the 3 trees will be added back in and Ms. Michaels will submit a new drawing. Changes were agreed upon by the mover and the seconder. Ms. Kaufmann asked about the pedestrian walkway and bicycle climbing lane saying that she knew it was a Planning Board recommendation that was in the Preliminary approval and she didn't see it. Ms. Brock responded that that was a recommendation made to the Town Board and it is now up to them to decide what to do. This Board is done. PB RESOLUTION 2019-018: Final Site Plan Approval Cornell North Campus Residential Expansion Project Tax Parcel No. 67.4-1.1 Jessup Road, Pleasant Grove Road, Cradit Farm Drive Town of Ithaca Planning Board June 18, 2019 Moved by John Beach, seconded by Yvonne Fogarty WHEREAS: 1. This action is consideration of Final Site Plan Approval for the proposed North Campus Residential Expansion (NCRE) project. The project includes the construction of a new student residential complex located on the Cornell University campus near Pleasant Grove Road and Cradit Farm Drive, Town of Ithaca Tax Parcel No. 67.-1-1.1. The project consists of three new freshman residential buildings, each spanning the City and Town of Ithaca PB 2019-06-18 (approved 9/3) Pg. 10 municipal line. Approximately 177,800+/- square feet of building area will be located in the Town of Ithaca, in the Low Density Residential Zone. The project also includes various outdoor amenities, including modified recreational fields, open lawn/quad areas, landscaping, bicycle amenities and walkways, along with modified parking areas, stormwater management facilities, and new lighting. Cornell University, Owner/Applicant; Kimberly Michaels, Trowbridge Wolf Michaels Landscape Architects LLP, Agent; 2. In its entirety, the NCRE project involves the construction of two residential complexes, one for sophomores and one for freshmen. Buildings in the sophomore village (299,900 s.f. residences plus a 66,300 s.f. dining facility) will be located entirely in the City of Ithaca, while a small portion of the site work is proposed in the Village of Cayuga Heights. Buildings in the freshman village (401,200 s.f. residences) will be partially located in the City of Ithaca and partially located in the Town of Ithaca. The project is a Type I action pursuant to the State Environmental Quality Review Act, 6 NYCRR Part 617, and Chapter 148 of the Town of Ithaca Code regarding Environmental Quality Review; 3. The City of Ithaca Planning and Development Board established itself as lead agency to coordinate the environmental review for the project, as the majority of the NCRE project is located within the City of Ithaca. The Town of Ithaca Planning Board, as an involved agency in the environmental review, submitted comments to the City on October 12, 2018; 4. The City of Ithaca Planning and Development Board issued a negative determination of environmental significance at its meeting on December 20, 2018, in accordance with Article 8 of the Environmental Conservation Law (also known as the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act) for the above -referenced action as proposed; 5. The Town of Ithaca Planning Board granted preliminary site plan approval for the project, with conditions, at its meeting on April 2, 2019; and 6. The Town of Ithaca Planning Board has reviewed a final site plan letter prepared by Trowbridge Wolf Michaels Landscape Architects, dated May 19, 2019, along with bound landscape, architectural and civil drawings titled "Cornell University NCRE, Undergraduate Student Housing, North Campus, Ithaca, NY 14850, Final Site Plan Review — May 19, 2019," and other application materials; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That the Town of Ithaca Planning Board hereby grants Final Site Plan Approval for the Cornell University North Campus Residential Expansion for the portion of the project in the Town of Ithaca, as described in the applicant letter, along with the Fire Access Plan approved by Chief Parsons on March 4, 2019, landscape drawings L0.01 - L0.04, L0.05, L1.03, L1.06 -L1.08, L2.03, L2.06 -L2.08, L2.13 & L2.14, L2.19, L2.22 -L2.24, L3.03, L3.06 -L3.08, L4.00, L4.03, L4.06 -L4.08, L5.01 -L5.08; architectural drawings A2.01A & A2.02A, A2.04A, A4.03 -A4.05, A4.31 -A4.35, A4.41 -A4.45, A4.51 -A4.54; civil drawings C001, C121A & B, C122A & B, C221, C222A-D,C223A-C, C224 A & B, C225, C321 -C324, C401, C421A & B, C422A & B, C423A & B, C501 & C502; Sheet E3.00, titled "Overall Site Lighting Plan"; lighting PB 2019-06-18 (approved 9/3) Pg. 11 photometric plans labeled "CU:NCRE Site Primary Walkways" (3 sheets) and "CU NCRE: Parking and Roadways, WSP Lighting" (4 sheets); and Sheet 01, titled "Site 2 Roof Plan," provided that the following conditions are satisfied: 1. Prior to issuance of building_ permits for structures located within the Town of Ithaca: Submission of a fully executed (signed) Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) among the Town of Ithaca, Tompkins County and Cornell University that affirms each entity's desire to realign the intersection of Cradit Farm Drive and Pleasant Grove Road to direct traffic more readily to the Cornell campus, and that contains schedule milestones for Cornell, at its own expense, to: i. Hire consultants to oversee the project ii. Develop preliminary and final project design documents in coordination with involved parties iii. Prepare construction documents iv. Construct project b. Submission of a fully executed (signed) Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City of Ithaca and Town of Ithaca, specifying responsibility for all building permits, certificates of occupancy, certificates of compliance, and all code -related inspections; c. Completion, at Cornell's expense, of the Pleasant Grove Water Interconnect upgrades to the satisfaction of the Town of Ithaca Public Works Department, Bolton Point, and the Tompkins County Health Department (installation of a master meter and Reduced Pressure Zone (RPZ) device); d. Approval by the Town Board of the concept and locations of any applicable water and sanitary sewer mains and related infrastructure to be conveyed to the Town; e. Receipt of coverage under the SPDES General Permit (GP -0-15-002) for demolition and/or earthwork activities (approval must be obtained from the Town of Ithaca, City of Ithaca, Village of Cayuga Heights, and Village of Lansing [staging area] prior to submission of the NYSDEC Notice of Intent (NOI) for permit coverage); f. Receipt of plumbing permits from Bolton Point before the installation of any building foundations; g. Submission to the Town Planning Department of one original, large -size set of the approved final site plan drawings, signed and sealed by the registered land surveyor(s), engineer(s), architect(s) or landscape architect(s) who prepared the site plan materials, and two sets of paper copies; and h. Inclusion of the NCRE project into the campus -wide Stormwater Operations, Maintenance, and Reporting agreement between Cornell University and the Town of Ithaca. PB 2019-06-18 (approved 9/3) Pg. 12 2. Prior to issuance of ANY certificates of occupancy for buildings located in the Town of Ithaca: L Submission, approval by the Town Board, full execution and filing of sanitary sewer and water easements and agreements, satisfactory to the Attorney for the Town and the Town of Ithaca Public Works Department; j. Completion of all stormwater facilities and required utilities, to the satisfaction of the Town of Ithaca Public Works Department and Bolton Point; k. Acceptance by the Town Board of any applicable water and sanitary sewer mains and related infrastructure to be conveyed to the Town; 1. Execution of the Pleasant Grove Water Interconnect agreement between the Town of Ithaca and Cornell University; m. Completion and Operation of the required upgrades to the Jointly Owned (City and Town of Ithaca) Thurston Avenue Sewer Interceptor; and n. Submission to Tompkins County and the Town of Ithaca Planning Department of final construction drawings for the Cradit Farm Drive/Pleasant Grove Road intersection realignment, and submission to the Town of Ithaca Planning Department of proof satisfactory to the Attorney for the Town that Cornell University has approved the realignment project and the expenditure necessary to complete the project. Vote: Ayes — Beach, Fogarty, Karius, Kaufman and Bosak 3. Persons to be heard — No one 4. Approval of minutes — May 7, 2019 Motion made by John Beach, seconded by Jennifer Karius; unanimous. 5. Other business — No meeting July 2, 2019 moved and seconded, unanimous. 6. Adjourn — Meeting was adjourned at 8:33 p.m. PB 2019-06-18 (approved 9/3) Pg. 13