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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPB Minutes 2017-01-17 TOWN OF ITHACA PLANNING BOARD Shirley A. Raffensperger Board Room, Town Hall 215 North Tioga Street Ithaca, New York, 14850 Tuesday. Januar 172017 AGENDA 7:00 PM. SEQR Determination: lacovelli 2-Lot Subdivision, 341 Coddington Road. 7:00 P.M. PUBLIC HEARING: Consideration of preliminary and final subdivision approval for the proposed 2-lot subdivision located at 341 Coddington Road,Town of Ithaca Tax Parcel No. 53.-1-14.22, Medium Density Residential Zone. 'The proposal involves subdividing the 1.47 +/- acre parcel into a 0.44 +/- acre parcel (Lot IA) and a 1.03 acre parcel (Lot 113). Orlando lacovelli, Owner/Applicant. 3. Nomination and Election of Vice Chairperson for 2017. 4. Persons to be heard 5. Approval of Minutes: December 20, 2016 and January 3, 2017. 6. Other Business 7. Adjournment Susan Ritter Director of Planning 273-1747 NOTE.IF ANY MEMBER OF THE PLANNING BOARD IS UNA131,E TO ATTEND,PLEASE NOTIFY SANDY POLCE AT 273,-1747 or SPOLCE011'ONIXITH ACA.NVAJS. (A quarurn of four(4)members is necessary to conduct Planning Board business.) Accessing Meeting Materials Online Site Plan and Subdivision applications and associated project materials are accessible electronically on the Town's website tinder"Planning Board"on the"Meeting Agendas"page TOWN OF ITHACA PLANNING BOARD NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS Tuesday,January 17,2017 By direction of the Chairperson of the Planning Board,NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held by the Planning Board of the Town of Ithaca on Tuesday,January 17,2017,at 215 North Tioga Street,Ithaca,N.Y.,at the following time and on the following matter: 7:00 P.M. Consideration of preliminary and final subdivision approval for the proposed 2-lot subdivision located at 341 Coddington Road,Town of Ithaca Tax Parcel No.53.4-14.22, Medium Density Residential Zone. The proposal involves subdividing the 1.47+/-acre parcel into a 0.44+/-acre parcel(Lot IA)and a 1.03+/-acre parcel(Lot 1B). Orlando Iacovelli,Owner/Applicant. Said Planning Board will at said time and said place hear all persons in support of such matters or objections thereto. Persons may appear by agent or in person. Individuals with visual impairments, hearing impairments or other special needs, will be provided with assistance as necessary, upon request. Persons desiring assistance must make such a request not less than 48 hours prior to the time of the public hearing. Susan Ritter Director of Planning 273-1747 Dated:Monday,January 9,2017 Publish:Wednesday,January 11,2017 TOWN OF ITHACA AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING AND PUBLICATION 1, Sandra Polce, being duly sworn, depose and say that I am a Senior Typist for the Town of Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York; that the following Notice has been duly posted on the sign board of the Town of Ithaca and that said Notice has been duly published in the local newspaper, The Ithaca Journal. Notice Of Public Hearings to be held bV the Town of Ithaca Planning Board in the Town of Ithaca Town Hall, 215 North Tioga. Street, Ithaca, New York. on Tuesday, January 17, 2017 commencing.at,7:00.,P.M. as,Mr attached. Location of Sign Board used for Posting: Town Clerk Sign Board— 215 North Tioga Street. Date of Posting: January 09, 2017 Date of Publication: January 11, 2017 Sandra Polce, Senior Typist Town of Ithaca STATE OF NEW YORK) SS: COUNTY OF TOMPKINS) Sworn to and subscribed before me this 11"' day of January 21117. Notary Public DE50PAH G"',EILEY Ncm York No, OumlPed h' SChUy' ,r ouny Lx�,,Ires i'V;Uy 17, 20 WEDNESDAY, JANUAR11, 2017 wp"O"wlJN OF ITHACA Pk.AlwdlwdilvG BOARD NOTICE OF Pt BUIC.h'dEFaaWT,VdnIC;"S Tuesday,January 17, 20'17 By 4iraction of the Chairperson of the Planning Board, NOTICE iS HEREBY GIVEN;that ra,Pnkalk., Hearing will her held by the Planning Board of the T"rw+,rw+n of rth,uca a»rt "'Cu esdaay, arjLjary'1 P, 2017, aat `IS North T"fogar Street, 10C,4, N.Y,, at thef0lla Wh-1r9 tir(W and on thug foilo wiling rnnattcr: .:Caf1 P.Mm Ccansilderztion of F.aroliry'nioary and finualll suubcIMMon approval fear the, proposed used 4ot sr.tladivislon located ,a1:'341 Coddingto n° Road,;"raanrvn cyf: tt)aaacaa Taxa Plata.. cel No. 53-1-14.2Z, i`,r'edirrna Density n^aity Ffso,1ldnnUarl sari n. The proposal Involves subdividirl `the 1.47 r+,/- acne parcelinto, .a ay.,vgal,.a.p..acre, parcel (l-rat'd 1 and as 1.03 an✓ acra`pa r.. cel(Lot 1 B). riando,Aacov ffl, +,ivnrvi/ p plica rst, $aid Planning Board will atsaid 'damwan and s aid p fawca hear,allq p etr;alns in saupp ori of such matters noir-objarctions there- to. Persous may appear by agent or 6n,per nen, Imfm°nviurp(A- I nh wvtth visual irripairrywents, h� aaring irripaliunants or other sl,'mcivall mmds, vwa4ll be provided auvltih a.assist pan„ as ne rrss aa- Fy, upon request, Persons aslrinupj iissistance niust make sur:h to request pot, less than 48 h6urw prior to the bene of the public hearing. Susan,Rilttaur Director^a1 Planning 213-1747 Dat6d-, Monday, JanUary 9,2017 1/1112017 Town of Ithaca Planning Board 215 North Tioga Street January 17, 2017 7:00 p.m. PLEASE SIGN-IN Please Print Clearly. Thank You Name Address TOWN OF ITHACA PLANNING BOARD MEETING Tuesday,January 17, 2017 215 N.Tioga Street, Ithaca,NY 14850 Town Planning Board Members Present: Fred Wilcox(Chair), Linda Collins,Joseph Haefeli,John Beach,Yvonne Fogarty, Liebe Meier Swain,Jon Bosak, Melissa Hill Town Staff Present: Susan Ritter, Director of Planning; Chris Balestra, Planner; Susan Brock, Attorney for the Town; Debra DeAugistine, Deputy Town Clerk Call to Order Mr.Wilcox called the meeting to order at 7:02 p.m. AGENDA ITEM SEQR Determination: Iacovelli 2-Lot Subdivision, 341 Coddington Road. Mr. Fabbroni stated that they were before the planning board for this subdivision over a year ago, and the board requested that they find a way to preserve the historic house. Although Mr. Iacovelli wasn't interested in restoring it himself, he looked at it with Historic Ithaca and was willing to wait and see if someone else would be interested in moving and renovating the house. Fortunately, his neighbor Bill Lesser came forward, and the house was moved to another lot on Coddington Road in December. Mr. Iacovelli is proposing splitting the lot in two.There are no variances involved and they're in compliance on both lots. Mr. Iacovelli doesn't know what he wants to do with the lots - one of his sons has moved back to town and there are lots of possibilities related to what he might do with one of the lots. At this point, he just wants to complete the subdivision. He hopes the board is pleased with the way things turned out with the house. PB Resolution No. 2017.004: SEQR, Preliminary and Final Subdivision Approval, Iacovelli Subdivision, 341 Coddington Road, Tax Parcel No. 53.-1.14.22 Moved by Joseph Haefeli; seconded by John Beach WHEREAS: 1. This action is Consideration of Preliminary and Final Subdivision approval for the proposed 24ot subdivision located at 341 Coddington Road,Town of Ithaca Tax Parcel No. 53-444.22,Medium Density Residential Zone. The proposal involves subdividing the 1.47 +/-acre parcel into a 0.44+/ acre parcel(Lot 1A)and a 1.03 +/.acre parcel(Lot 1B). Orlando Iacovelli, Owner/Applicant; 2. This is an Unlisted Action for which the Town of Ithaca Planning Board is acting as lead agency with respect to Subdivision Approval; 3. The Planning Board on January 17, 2017, has reviewed and accepted as adequate a Short Environmental Assessment Form Part 1, submitted by the applicant, and Parts 2 and 3 prepared by the Town Planning staff, a survey map entitled "Subdivision Plat, Division of 341 Coddington Planning Board Minutes 01-17-2017 Page 2 of 9 Road,Town of Ithaca, County of Tompkins, State of New York", prepared by Lawrence P. Fabbroni, LLS, dated 12-29-15 and revised 5.30-16 and 12.6.16, and other application materials; 4. Town planning staff has recommended a negative determination of environmental significance with respect to the proposed Subdivision Approval; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That the Town of Ithaca Planning Board hereby makes a negative determination of environmental significance in accordance with Article 8 of the Environmental Conservation Law and 6 NYCRR Part 617 New York State Environmental Quality Review for the above referenced action as proposed, based on the information in the EAF Part 1 and for the reasons set forth in the EAF Parts 2 and 3, and, therefore, an Environmental Impact Statement will not be required. Vote Ayes:Wilcox, Collins, Haefeli, Beach, Fogarty, Meier Swain, Bosak AGENDA ITEM Public Hearing: Consideration of preliminary and final subdivision approval for the proposed 2-lot subdivision located at 341 Coddington Road,Town of Ithaca Tax Parcel No. 53--l-14.22, Medium Density Residential Zone. The proposal involves subdividing the 1.47 +/-acre parcel into a 0.44 +/• acre parcel (Lot IA) and a 1.03 +/-acre parcel (Lot 1B). Orlando Iacovelli, Owner/Applicant Mr.Wilcox opened the public hearing at 7:10 p.m. Ms. Brock said the map shows an existing+inch sewer lateral that ends at the proposed property division line. She asked whether he was proposing to extend that onto Lot IB or have that lot tie into the sewer from the main that's on Lot 1 B. Mr. Fabbroni said the existing 4-inch sewer lateral that was extended to the old house would be the new sewer lateral for Lot 1B. That's a fairly new sewer. What's shown as the "proposed" sewer is the sewer to Mr. lacovelli's house; it is intended to serve Lot IA. Ms. Brock said they'll need an easement when the property is conveyed for Lot 1B's sewer lateral to cross Lot IA. You can't give an easement to yourself. Todd Schack, 112 Pineview Terrace, said he's a professor at Ithaca College, and is very well aware of Mr. lacovelli's development properties and the IC student housing problem. He's been privy to seeing that from the inside and knows that the problem lies squarely at the feet of IC's administration. Once a new president is appointed, he's hoping some of the problems will be alleviated. The solution to the college housing problem should not fall upon the residents of South Hill, and they've seen a creep of student housing all the way up the Coddington corridor. The zoning board defeated a proposal to turn 104 Pineview Terrace into student housing. He said that Iacovelli properties are responsible for a large part of the monetizing of this solution to this problem. The boundary of this property runs back to the back side of his property. Planning Board Minutes 01.17-2017 Page 3 of 9 Ms. Pancharoen, owner of 113 Pineview Terrace, said her property also runs back to the back of Mr. Iacovelli's property. She wanted Mr. Schack to speak for her about the problems she's been having because she would have a hard time expressing herself adequately in English. Mr. Schack said the shape and size of Mr. Iacovelli's property is wide at Coddington Road and tapers off as it goes downhill and approaches the back of the property line.The hill is very steep and is bordered on both sides by two creeks.There is a drainage problem causing the neighborhood to see flooding. The only buildable part of the property is right on Coddington. If the property is divided and the two properties developed, he thinks it will become income property, just like has been built at 343 Coddington. If the foundations were to be dug on this subdivision, the drainage issue would be greatly exacerbated. Ms. Pancharoen's property floods several times per year. They've had to have excavators come out. They're still asking the town about deepening the creek right behind her house. When that foods, it floods into his garage as well since he's just several feet down from her property. He thinks the town should look seriously at the environmental impacts of building on this property. Property values are affected when large student projects are built right within 50 paces of one's home. Already,with the one built at 343, they have noise issues with parties. Altogether, this is changing the character of the neighborhood. He suggested that if they were to seek a variance, they would not meet the legal criteria. It's becoming a student housing corridor and is beginning to look like the Kendall Avenue/Pennsylvania Avenue loop, which has completely driven out any families.The loops between Northview, Pineview Terrace, and Juniper are still single family.They've been fighting against student income properties like this and they would like to see it stop. Mr. Wilcox said that the action before the planning board is a subdivision of land.What is not before the board is the building of any structures.We as a planning board do not have the discretion residents wish we had. Right now, these two lots meet all of the dimensional requirements. The subdivision plat is marked with a no-disturbance line roughly between the road and the back end of the property. Recognizing the steepness of the slope, the draft resolution contains language that states there will be no clear cutting, grading, storage materials, or parking, etc, in the back portion of the lot. He also mentioned that he is a former resident of Juniper Drive and is aware of the noise. He acknowledged that it's a tough issue. Ms. Ritter said there's a moratorium in the town on the building of any two-unit houses.The moratorium started in May and ends in February and will probably be extended. The planning committee is looking at how to address the concerns Mr. Schack brought up.There's a feeling that the character of the single-family dwellings in some areas close to the college is changing, and they're endeavoring to address that. Mr. Bosak said he wished more people understood that if they want to raise a point on environmental impacts, they need to bring them up before we vote on environmental impacts. Mr. Schack responded that it's a procedural issue, because that discussion wasn't invited before the vote. Mr. Bosak also pointed out that all the issues raised are town board issues. The planning board has to operate under what's legal zoning. Planning Board Minutes 01.17-2017 Page 4 of 9 Steve Ehrhardt,Juniper Drive, said that his comment was not related to the subdivision. He's concerned about what he heard relating to the limitations of the planning board's influence in these matters. The creep to which his neighbor referred about student housing is something the planning board should have some discretion over because there is a master planning issue in terms of what a medium-density neighborhood is and how we want it to look.The issue he hopes the planning board is sensitive to is that the neighborhood is concerned for a lot of good reasons. One of the things that makes it a bit more scary than it might be otherwise is that the appearance of the properties that are creeping south on Coddington Road is awful. If you walk the short distance from intersection of Hudson and Coddington to Juniper Drive, you'll see that on the east side of the street there's no curb, no sidewalk, no curb lawn, no well-defined place to park a car.The lawns are full of cars.What used to be front yards are now mass parking lots. It's a dangerous place for a bus stop. It's ugly. If it looked more like lower Hudson Street, it might be less scary, because there's a curb, curb lawn, trees, sidewalk, and the cars are parallel parked along the street. Parallel-parked cars along the street help to slow traffic because they give the appearance of a narrow street. The planning board can help fix that. Maybe what comes out of the moratorium is that Coddington Road doesn't look like Tobacco Road. Mr.Wilcox stated that as Mr. Erhart said, the planning board can bring the issues to the town board and then the town board can act in some way by changing the zoning or by changing the criteria we have available to us to render decisions. Mr. Ehrhardt said you can recommend that the streetscape include sidewalks and curbs and trees and that parking should not be allowed in your yard. Right now it appears that 100%of the lawn in front of the houses can be devoted to parking, and not tidy parallel parking. A woman from the audience said "ditto" to what Mr. Ehrhardt said. She stated that she understands that individuals have a responsibility to educate themselves, but a little bit of clarification on the notices would be helpful. It also seems odd to approve the splitting of a lot when you know that ultimately their plan is to build two homes on it for rental.This is an area where potential future development is intended. It isn't just about splitting this one lot. The issue should be reviewed holistically and not just, "It meets all the criteria for the splitting of the lot."The environmental impact of 337 Coddington being split, which she did not receive notification of, has been very problematic. She's had resettling of her house, she's having physical issues of the home, and she's had problems of safety. Someone shot a bb gun from a rental house into her home, shattering the patio door, and it could have exploded a propane tank nearby. Mr.Wilcox asked whether she had reported the drainage issue to the town. She said she has not because they have a drainage system that was put in many years ago and are seeing more pooling.They don't have water in the garage the way others do. The settling of the home and cracks all appeared shortly after they started doing a lot of excavating [at 337 Coddington] in order to grade the land. Mr. Ritter said that if you own property nearby,you get the agenda in the mail. This gives you a website address. If you go on the town's web site, you'll see the write up and the environmental review.You can always call the town planning staff and we will send it to you. Ms. Pancharoen said she didn't get the letter. Planning Board Minutes 01-17-2017 Page 5 of 9 Mr.Wilcox said the notice letter comes up frequently.There is no requirement that the town send a letter to anyone. The legal requirements have to do with notifying the press, i.e., the publication of the legal notice in the newspaper, and posting the agenda and public hearing notice on our bulletin board.Those residents living within 500 feet of the site receive a courtesy letter from the town to try to make sure they know what's going on the in their neighborhood. Ms. Balestra pointed out that, according to the Affidavit of Service by Mail, a letter did go out to Ms. Pancharoen at 107 Northview Road. Mr. Bosak said the speakers have raised important issues related to what a planning board can do. It's something he's been wrestling with for over seven years. It came as a shock to him to realize that the planning board doesn't do very much planning. We operate within the policies enunciated by the town board, as expressed in zoning and in their adoption of a comprehensive plan. Insofar as something conforms to the zoning and the comprehensive plan, his understanding is there's not a lot the planning board can do about it.The planning in this town happens in the planning committee, which is a committee of the town board. He recommended that someone go to the planning committee, and through them, to the town board if they want to see action take place on this, because, as one of the speakers noted, this is more than just this particular property: it's about the entire area and what the town intends for that area. That's where policy gets made.We explicitly do not make policy. Ms. Ritter added that the comprehensive plan was created by a committee of people, not the planning committee, made up of members of different boards, including one from the planning board.That's where the planning comes from, and then the zoning comes out of that. Mr. Bosak said that one of the problems we're having with this particular area is that during the years it took to put the comprehensive plan together, that section of the plan didn't end up dealing with their area the way they think it should have been dealt with.According to the staff memo, this is perfectly comforming to the comprehensive plan. Ms. Balestra said that the comp plan also talks about different types of housing and specifies different demographics, such as students, and the town board is now dealing with that. Mr. Bosak asked whether, at the point Mr. lacovelli wishes to build something on the lot, it will come back to the planning board for review. Ms. Ritter said that if it's a single-family home, it will not, but that there can be no development of two-family homes. Mr.Wilcox said an application for a building permit for a single-family is an administrative function. Ms. Balestra added that we don't know what could come out of a moratorium. Ms. Ritter said it's likely that there will be a rental registry in the town of Ithaca and that there's the possibility that new accessory dwellings will need to be owner-occupied. It's a legislative determination and the planning board doesn't make legislation. Once legislation is proposed by the planning Planning Board Minutes 01-17-2017 Page 6 of 9 committee,they make a recommendation to the town board.Then the town board would have discussions about it, set a public hearing, and vote. Concerned citizens should address communica- tions to the town board. Ms. Fogarty said the issues the commenters have brought up have been brought up before.We have talked about it and we know it's a problem and we know it's ugly. We can only act with the authority we've been given. Mr. Ehrhardt thanked the board for the feedback on where they should focus their energies. He asked if there's a liaison between the planning board and town board. Mr. Wilcox asked why he would want one.That would impact the ability of this board to act independently and not be influenced improperly by the elected officials. Mr. Bosak pointed out that state law prohibits a town board member from being on the planning board. Mr. Wilcox closed the public hearing at 7:42 p.m. Mr. Fabbroni said Mr. Iacovelli, other than the home he resides in at 347 Coddington Road, owns no other house above Juniper Drive on that side of the road, as stated by one of the commenters.The stream people seem concerned about runs from south to north along the very back of the property. The two streams that run on either side of the two lots are largely dry streams that only flow when it rains. There's no intention to build anything below the sewer line, so the portion of the lots that borders the two homes at the end of Pineview Terrace will be undisturbed. Mr. Iacovelli is aware of all the other issues. The lacovellis grew up on Kendall Avenue and many live in the neighborhood. Mr. Iacovelli lives right next door to these two lots in a very nice home. Mrs. Raponi, the previous owner of this property,was in grave financial difficulty and left the property unimproved for 20 years before she passed away, and then it just stood there for another five years before the estate gave it up and it was sold at auction. Mr. Haefeli said that there's a whole elaborate process for dealing with stormwater on a lot. If something is not working, the town needs to know about it, because a lot goes into keeping things working and protecting the environment and other people's properties. He appreciates the public showing up and although there's nothing we can do to address the speakers' concerns within the structure of what we're doing tonight,we appreciate the input and feedback. He also said he appreci- ates the effort it took to save the old house. PB Resolution No. 2017.005: Preliminary and Final Subdivision Approval, Iacovelli Subdivision, 341 Coddington Road, Tax Parcel No. 51-1-14.22,Town of Ithaca Planning Board,January 17, 2017 Moved by Linda Collins; seconded by Fred Wilcox WHEREAS: Planning Board Minutes 01-17-2017 Page 7 of 9 1. This action is Consideration of Preliminary and Final Subdivision approval for the proposed 2-lot subdivision located at 341 Coddington Road,Town of Ithaca Tax Parcel No. 53:1-14.22,Medium Density Residential Zone. The proposal involves subdividing the 1.47 +/-acre parcel into a 0.44+/- acre parcel(Lot IA)and a 1.03 +/-acre parcel(Lot 1B). Orlando Iacovelli, Owner/Applicant; 2. This is an Unlisted Action for which the Town of Ithaca Planning Board, acting as lead agency with respect to Subdivision Approval, has on January 17, 2017, made a negative determination of environmental significance, after having reviewed and accepted as adequate a Short Environmental Assessment Form Part 1, submitted by the applicant, and Parts 2 and 3 prepared by the Town Planning staff; 3. The Planning Board, on January 17, 2017, has reviewed and accepted as adequate a survey map entitled "Subdivision Plat, Division of 341 Coddington Road,Town of Ithaca, County of Tompkins, State of New York", prepared by Lawrence P. Fabbroni, LLS, dated 12.29-15 and revised 5-30-16 and 12-6.16, and other application materials; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: 1. That the Town of Ithaca Planning Board hereby waives certain requirements for Preliminary and Final Subdivision Approval, as shown on the Preliminary and Final Subdivision Checklists, hav- ing aving determined from the materials presented that such waiver will result in a significant alteration of neither the purpose of site plan control nor the policies enunciated or implied by the Town Board, and 2. That the Planning Board hereby grants Preliminary and Final Subdivision Approval for the proposed subdivision located at 341 Coddington Road, as shown on the survey map entitled "Subdivision Plat, Division of 341 Coddington Road,Town of Ithaca, County of Tompkins, State of New York", prepared by Lawrence P. Fabbroni, LLS, dated 12.29.15 and revised 5-30-16 and 12-6.16,subject to the following conditions: a. Revision of the final subdivision plat to include a note within the no disturbance area that states "there shall be no clear-cutting,grading, storage of materials,vehicle parking or cutting of any healthy trees greater than 4 inches in diameter at breast height from the "no disturb- ance" line shown on this plat back to the rear property boundaries of Lots IA and 1B, such no disturbance zone encompassing the entire rear portions of the lots"; b. Prior to the issuance of building permits for either lot, submission of proof of filing with the Tompkins County Clerk's office of deed restrictions for Lots lA and 1B that contain language approved by the Attorney for the Town that is substantially similar to the plat note language required by condition 2a; c. Submission for signing by the Chairperson of the Planning Board of an original and three dark lined prints of the revised final subdivision plat, prior to filing with the Tompkins Coun- ty Clerk Office; d. Pursuant to NYS Town Law Section 276(11), filing of the final approved subdivision plat in the Tompkins County Clerk's office within sixty-two days from the date the planning board chair signs the final plat or such approval shall expire; Planning Board Minutes 01.17.2017 Page 8 of 9 e. Submission of a copy of the receipt of filing to the Town of Ithaca Planning Department. f. If one of the lots is conveyed, filing in the Tompkins County Clerk's office of a sewer ease- ment that has been approved by the Attorney for the Town and that allows Lot 1B to access, utilize,and maintain the existing sewer lateral located on Lot 1A, at the time of the recording of the deed for the conveyed lot, and submission to the Planning Department of proof of such filing, within 5 days of the filing; and. g. Such approval shall be conditioned upon the filing of this Planning Board resolution in the Tompkins County Clerk's office, indexed to the two lots, and submission to the Planning Department of proof of such filing, prior to the issuance of a building permit. Vote Ayes:Wilcox, Collins, Haefeli,Beach, Fogarty, Bosak Nays: Meier Swain AGENDA ITEM Nomination and Election of Vice Chairperson for 2017 PB Resolution No. 2017.006:Nomination and Election, Planning Board Vice Chairperson 2017 Moved by Fred Wilcox; seconded by Yvonne Fogarty RESOLVED, that the Town of Ithaca Planning Board does hereby nominate and elect Liebe Meier Swain as Vice Chairperson of the Planning Board for the year 2017. FURTHER RESOLVED, that said election shall be reported to the Town Board. Vote Ayes:Wilcox, Collins, Haefeli, Beach, Fogarty, Bosak, Hill Abstentions: Meier Swain AGENDA ITEM Persons to be heard-No one came forward to address the board. AGENDA ITEM PB Resolution No. 2017-007: Minutes of December 20, 2016 Moved by Fred Wilcox; seconded by Linda Collins RESOLVED, the Planning Board approves the minutes of December 20, 2016, as submitted. Vote Ayes:Wilcox,Collins, Beach, Fogarty,Meier Swain, Bosak Abstentions: Haefeli, Hill Planning Board MinL11-CS 0147.2017 Page 9 of 9 PB Resolution No. 2017-008: Minutes of January 3, 2017 Moved by Fred Wilcox; seconded by Liebe Meier Swain RESOLVED, the Planning Board approves the nii[)LlteS of January 3, 2017, as amended. Vote Ayes: Wilcox, Collins, Haefek, Beach, Fogarty, Meier Swain, Hill Abstentions: Bosak AGENDA ITEM City-town meeting for Chainworks Ms. Balestra said that the City WOLIld like to hold as joint city-town planning])(�)ard meeting to discuss the contents of the Chainw(rrks EIS related to the town.The tentative date is JariLlary 31st. Ms. Brock said our review is on the whole action, not just the portion in the town. Ms. Ritter said that there are so many Comments, they wanted to focus on those the town would be most affected by. They're looking for feedback from the, town regarding the adequacy of the responses on town iSSLIeS. Ms. Balestra will keep the board apprised. Adjournment Upon as motion by Leibe Meier Swain, the meeting adjourned at 8:10f p.m. Respectfully submitted, Debra�De ttgiq�ne, Depmy Tow�fl 1'er-k",--