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TO: CONSERVATION BOARD MEMBERS
FROM: MICHAEL SMITH, SENIOR PLANNER
DATE: OCTOBER 28, 2015
SUBJECT: UPCOMING CONSERVATION BOARD MEETING – NOVEMBER 5, 2015
This is to confirm that the next meeting of the Conservation Board (CB) is Thursday,
November 5th at 5:30 p.m. The agenda for this meeting is enclosed (see the back of
this memo). The draft minutes from the September 3, 2015 and October 1, 2015
meetings are attached.
At this meeting we will continue the discussion of deer management following the
presentation by Bernd Blossey at the October meeting. The CB will need to consider
what strategies and plans the group would like to pursue to move forward. The CB may
wish to look at the “White Buffalo Inc.” website (http://www.whitebuffaloinc.org/) which
was referenced in the presentation as a potential source of assistance or additional
information. As an example, copy of the approved 2015 Trumansburg Deer
Management Plan and sites map is attached for your information.
We will also spend some time at this meeting looking at the Town’s draft Sign Law. For
the past couple years, the Town’s Codes and Ordinances Committee (COC) has been
working with staff on developing a new sign law to streamline procedures, eliminate
confusing language, and update its provisions. The COC recently forwarded the draft
law to the Town Board, which has started their formal review. As part of that official
review, the Town Board has referred the draft sign law to the Conservation Board for
any comments or recommendations. Attached is a copy of the proposed law. I also
have emailed everyone copies of the proposed law, a bullet summary of the major
changes, a comparison chart, and a copy of the existing Sign Law. If anyone would like
paper copies of the other items, please let me know. Since this is a large document and
contains a significant amount of changes and additions, this discussion may continue
into the December meeting.
Vladimir has volunteered to take minutes at the November meeting.
If you have any questions prior to the meeting or are not able to attend, please contact
me at msmith@town.ithaca.ny.us or 607-273-1747.
TOWN OF ITHACA
215 N. Tioga Street, Ithaca, N.Y. 14850
PLANNING 273-1747 FAX (607) 273-1704
Conservation Board Members and Associates (*)
James Hamilton – Vice-Chair, Eva Hoffmann, Jon Meigs*, Vladimir Micic,
Michael Roberts, M. Elizabeth Sanders, Carrie Simon, Ellie Stewart - Chair
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TOWN OF ITHACA
CONSERVATION BOARD
5:30 p.m., Thursday, November 5, 2015
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Aurora Conference Room
215 N. Tioga Street
Ithaca, New York 14850
(The rear entrance is handicapped accessible)
(607) 273-1747
AGENDA
5:30 pm 1. Persons to be heard
5:35 pm 2. Members concerns
5:45 pm 3. Chair and Coordinator reports
5:55 pm 4. Approval of minutes from 09/03/15 and 10/01/15
6:00 pm 5. Continue discussion of deer management and strategies/plans to move forward
6:30 pm 6. Consideration of a recommendation to the Town of Ithaca Town Board regarding
the proposed Sign Law
7:00 pm 7. Regular reports and updates
Environmental Review Committee (Ellie)
Scenic Resources Committee (Eva)
Communications Committee (Elizabeth)
Tompkins County EMC (Vladimir)
Six Mile Creek Volunteer Monitoring Program (James)
City of Ithaca Natural Areas Commission (Jon)
Cornell Plantations Natural Areas Program (James)
7:20 pm 8. Other Business
7:25 pm 9. Review 2015 Work Goals / Set December Agenda
7:30 pm 10. Adjourn