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7/2/08
TO: PLANNING COMMITTEE
HERB ENGMAN
PATRICIA LEARY
PETER STEIN
RICH DEPAOLO
FROM: Jon Kanter, Director of Planning
SUBJECT: NEXT PLANNING COMMITTEE MTG. —THURSDAY., JULY 10TH
This is to confirm that the next meeting of the Planning Committee is scheduled for Thursday,July
10, 2008, at 4:30 p.m. A quorum of the Town of Ithaca Town Board may be present at this
meeting. However, no official Town Board business will be conducted.
The meeting will be held in the Town Hall at 215 North Tioga Street in the Aurora Conference
Room located in the rear of the building. Access is through the rear entrance from the parking lot.
Attached are the following: (1) proposed agenda for the July 10th meeting; (2) approved 2008
Committee meeting schedule; and (3) approved Committee listing of Work Plan Priorities. The
July 10`h meeting will be a "re-organization" meeting to discuss the Committee's future work
program. Please call if you have any questions.
If you cannot attend this meeting, please notify Sandy Polce as soon as possible at 273-1747.
Att.
cc: Town Board Members
Susan H. Brock, Attorney at Law
Dan Walker, Director of Engineering
Karen Billings, Town Clerk
Rod Howe, Planning Board Chair
Barrie Coates Whitmore, Deputy Town Clerk
Sue Ritter
Mike Smith
Chris Balestra
Darby Kiley
Kristie Rice
Steve Williams
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TOWN OF ITHACA PLANNING COMMITTEE
215 North Tioga Street
Ithaca,New York 14850
(607)273-1747
MEETING OF JULY 10, 2008—4:30 P.M.
AGENDA
1. Member Comments/Concerns.
2. Discussion Regarding Committee's Work Program.
3. Other Business.
4. Next Regular Meeting Date&Agenda: Tentatively Thursday, August 14, 2008 at 4:30 p.m.
(Discuss Date in Relation to Summer Vacation Schedules)
Town of Ithaca Planning Department
July 2, 2008
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TOWN OF ITHACA
PLANNING COMMITTEE
APPROVED 2008 MEETING SCHEDULE
The Town of Ithaca Planning Committee will meet at 4:30 p.m. on the second Thursday
of each month in the Aurora Conference Room at Town Hall, 215 North Tioga Street,
Ithaca,NY,unless otherwise noted.
January 31, 2008 (5th Thursday)
February 14,2008 (was re-scheduled to Tues., Feb. 26,2008)
March 13,2008
April 10,2008
May 8, 2008
June 12,2008 (cancelled)
July 10,2008
August 14, 2008
September 11,2008
October 9,2008
November 13, 2008
December 11, 2008
Approved by consensus at January 31,2008 Committee meeting(revised at May 8,2008
meeting).
TOWN OF ITHACA PLANNING COMMI'l FEE
PRELIMINARY LIST OF WORK PLAN PRIORITIES FOR 2008
The following items were discussed by the Committee at the January 31, 2008 meeting as
possible items for the Committee to address in 2008. These are not listed in any particular
priority order. It is also understood that the Committee would address items that are referred by
the Town Board. The Town Board also incorporated the functions of the former Transportation
Committee and Agricultural Land Preservation Advisory Committee into the new Planning
Committee.
1. Proposed South Pointe Assisted Living Community—Possible Planned Development
Zone
2. Proposed Carrowmoor Development—Possible Planned Development Zone
3. Conservation Board's Scenic Resources Committee Report—"Saving Ithaca's Views"
(Recommendations to Town Board Regarding Implementation Strategies)
4. Northeast Consultant Study—Sapsucker Woods Area(Monitor consultant's work)
5. Transportation Issues:
a. Forest Home Traffic Calming Plan
b. Route 96 Corridor Study
6. Pennsylvania/Kendall Avenue Occupancy Issues (Possible Zoning Amendments)
7. Future Town Park Parcel Next to Montessori School, East King Road
8. Cornell T-GEIS (Will need to decide what role the Committee would have in reviewing
and providing input to Planning Board)
9. Affordable Housing Strategies
10. Agricultural Land Preservation Program(Possible easement acquisitions if they come up)
11. Planning-related Grant Applications
Approved by Planning Committee as Preliminary Work Plan Outline at January 31,2008 meeting.