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TOWN OF ULYSSES
MASTER PLAN COMMITTEE MEETING
N OVEMBER 30 , 1993
TOWN HALL
PRESENT : SUE POELVOORDE , RUTH KAHN AND DAVID TYLER ; SECRETARY :
ROXANNE SMITH
The meeting came to order at 7 : 10 PM . Joanne Molino was
sick ; Catherine Stover had another meeting to attend ; Gary
Myers had a deadline at work to meet .
Sue reported that Joanne had received the map from the DEC on
streams . Each stream is coded and they will have to be looked up for
classification numbers . ( The library has that information . ) Sue
and Joanne went up to the USGS ( United States Geological Services )
o ffices at Community Corners . Sue spoke to Bill Kappel and he
suggested that they speak to area drillers about sub - surface water
levels . Sue would like to look at the Town map and be able to get a
general idea on well depths and yield for this area . Bill Kappel
o ffered his services and suggested that they contact Brayton Foster.
in Covert also ( local geologist ) .
David gave his report on the study from Manfield University
t hat covered the labor force , market area , commuting and migration
patterns in nine counties ( six in New York , including Tompkins , three
in Pennslyvania ) . Tompkins pulls a significant number of workers from
o utside its ' borders . The two counties with the heaviest draw are
Tioga and Schuyler . Between 1980 - 1990 , the six county region ( in this
study ) lost 28 , 000 potential workers in the age group 25 - 34 . Tompkins
lost 71 % of its 30 - 34 year olds . The study counted the students .
Tompkins gains in the college age level obviously though . The Tompkins
County population remains stable when generally the surrounding counties
were losing people . There are roughly 11 , 000 who commute into Tompkins
County per day and 3 , 700 who commute out . The net in - flow is 7 , 600
per day ( 2 , 500 from Tioga , 1 , 750 from Cortland and 1 , 642 from Schuyler ) .
( In 1980 the net in - flow was 4 , 100 . )
David then focused on the Ithaca labor market . Ulysses is less
dependent on Ithaca . In the Ulysses township 64 % of the population
work in Ithaca ( about 1 , 500 people ) ; 79 % for Enfield , 79 % for Newfield ,
73 % for Lansing , 77 % for Danby , 75 % for Carolyn ; only Dryden is
lower than Ulysses at 62 % . Ruth wondered about the changes in the
O ctopus and whether that would encourage people to settle to the west
o f it after the work is complete . Trumansburg functions as a complete
community said Ruth . Employment elsewhere is limited said David . If
Cornell has to retrench that ' s going to have a major economic impact
o n this county said David . Ruth asked if there were statistics on the
n umber of retired persons in the Town of Ulysses . The school district
feels we ' re a wealthy community she said .
Taking all this information into account , what do you think our
future planning should be asked David ? Ruth responded that it would
be good to think of ways to employ our young people who are leaving .
Our largest group is 30 - 50 though responded Sue . The kids may be
leaving ( for college , etc . ) but they are returning .
David said that the Master Plan may want to keep things pretty
level ( if there is a down turn in education and with the Octopus opening
u p ) . Bolton Point has an excess capacity of water and they would love
t o provide it providing the public pays for the infrastructure . Water
is the great impetus to development . The Village system needs to be
u pgraded rather than have water come up Route 96 from Jacksonville
w hich would encourage strip development . Do we want to dovetail the
SE section of the Town of. Ulysses with the NW section of the Town of
Ithaca ; encourage Residential there and more business growth closer
t o the Village ? The parking requirement is way out of whack ( parking
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✓ atio to square footage ) . Planning for peak is such a mistake said
Ruth . The Pyramid Mall should not be building for Christmas said
S ue . As a society we should be more tolerant of inconvenience said
Ruth .
111 Sue said that the group is ready to meet as a whole . They ' ve got
t he basic information . The introduction will have the historical
perspective included .
David asked Sue how the inlet trail was progressing . She
stated that it is budgeted into the 1994 - 95 Master. Plan . The adja -
cent property owners ( to the railroad beds ) are very negative . There
is a lot of work that needs to be done . NYSEG is interested in sell -
ing their right of way . The state is looking for money . All the
infrastructure ( providing it ' s in good shape ) will be used . The
park pick - up truck is probably the heaviest vehicle that would go
o ver it . The big thing is the acquisition said Sue .
David said that he thought the group would be more productive
if they met every week for shorter. meetings . Sue agreed that the
commitment needed to be made . We would spend less time re - hashing
e verything said David . Brainstorming has been a good method said Sue .
It would be nice to start the year, all organized said David .
The next meeting will be Monday , December 13 , 1993 , at the
Town Hall at 7 : 30 PM . ( Note changes of day and hour . )