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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1994-01-31 - PB I ' TOWN OF ULYSSES P LANNING BOARD MEETING J ANUARY 31 , 1994 TOWN HALL P RESENT :. CHAIRMAN : DAVID TYLER ; MEMBERS : DAN SMITH , BUDD STOVER , PETER DEMJANEK , GREGG HOFFMIRE , KRYS GAIL , GERRI KEIL ; BLDG . / ZONING OFFICER : ALEX RACHUN ; i SECRETARY : ROXANNE SMITH The meeting came to order at 7 : 45 PM , Alex Rachun distrib - u ted copies of, a letter from Doug Austic to the Trumansburg Village Board . The letter referred to an anticipated water / ® sewer district request from Mr . Bili Auble . Doug is considering forming a committee comprised of himself , Alex Rachun , one Town Planning Board Member , and hopefully a Trumansbu .rg Village B oard Member . Their committee will attempt to ensure that the proper application and information is submitted . Hopefully , this will avoid duplication of time and expense of duplicate plans , studies , etc . This request from Mr . Ruble is for the whole 23 acres . The proposed site for the American Legion ( last Alex heard ) will be off of Seneca Road about 600 feet , on the Auble parcel . It will be about 800 feet deep . Alex said the procedure for a request for a water district in the Town would go as follows : they have to indicate why they want water and sewer and why what they presently have will not suffice . They have to have engineering studies addressing the amount of usage and t he entire buildout , the drainage ( water run off ) as well, as a study on the amount of capacity that the Village has . Roxanne d istributed copies of information that Sam Demas assembled ( 1991 ) o n the basic facts about the Tr. umansburq Water System Capacity . The Members looked at the plans for the Auble parcel . The place - ment of the American Legion will be in the light manufacturing area . The softball field will be in the Residential section . The Legion is looking at 51 to 6 acres . ( It is all nebulous at t his point , Alex has received nothing in writing . ) The Village w ill only entertain a complete buildout of the entire parcel . A water tower , loop , all may come into play said Alex . David asked the Members their feeling on assembling a committee . The Village Board of Trustees have the ultimate voting block . It makes sense to have them present right from the beginning said Alex . David offered the observation that two years ago the Town Board created the B2 . Nothing has happened . Having water and sewer there will mean they have something to market . It is critical . He would strongly support having a water_ / sewer district o n that parcel . Gerri pointed out that the original idea was to h ave a low impact 82 , abutting a Residential area . Having the American Legion up against the Residential area will go against t heir _philosophy . Alex pointed out the positives of greater accessibility for members ( who live in the park ) and the addition o f the ball park for the children . The cost of the water tower could be picked up by the developer . Budd queried what were the chances of getting water from the Village ? The chances are better n ow than they will be in the future . The best chance was when P eter Meskill was on the Board . The Village Board could be against it . If it ever happens it will have annexation attached to it . The Town taxpayer will not reap any benefits ; it ' s the Village taxpayer who will . If the Village could get a large player to aid in up - dating their water district they would only benefit , said Alex . K rys volunteered to be part of the proposed committee with time limitations . Alex said he would like to see this more as a review board that met during the day . They would go over materials submitted by the developer and hopefully very little money would be u sed , just for legal documents drawn up by the Town lawyer and possibly for a second opinion from an engineer . He also said he d oesn ' t want the Town spending a lot of money and then it being an - n exed to the Village . The water and sewer is important for a 82 said David . Is everyone in agreement ? Everyone nodded ; Gerri agreed with the need for a committee . Z 6 TOWN OF ULYSSES 2 P LANNING BOARD MEETING J ANUARY 31 , 1994 TOWN HALL If the request is prioritized Seafuse would have a legiti - mate complaint said Alex . With more capacity up there it may well h elp the situation . It was interesting that the Village Planning B oard didn ' t seem to object to a water district going in there ( Aubie ' s parcel ) said Dan . What ' s also interesting is that the Village never responded to our letter suggesting that the Town Master Plan Committee would welcome their input in this matter . P eter would reinforce those people on the Village Board who are for the water district , said Alex . Tom Niederkorn ' s study will be complete in April and they will come out with some real cost e stimates said Krys . How will the Village vote , asked Budd ? Currently there are two definitely against , one on the fence , and two for . If Rogers doesn ' t run , Barbara Page will . She ' s against the water district said Alex . D an wondered if you could expand the water district at both ends ; and have two water districts . The district is how you pay for it , it doesn ' t have to be contiguous said Krys . A big shining argument for annexation would be the added police protection she added . Both Boards have to agree to annexation said Alex . Dan inquired which was the bigger problem , water o r sewer ? Water is in worse shape said Alex . The sewer plant h as just had a major upgrade . At one point , the Village use to send a Member over to the Town Master Plan Meetings . It would be a good idea to encourage t hat again said David . K rys mentioned that a new fabric store will be coming in to the old Willow Creek . At the next meeting , the Members will address Bl . David brought in an example from Lansing ' s Zoning Ordinance which Roxanne copied and distributed . K rys made a motion to approve the minutes from January 24 , 1994 . Dan seconded . The minutes passed unanimously . The meeting adjourned at 9 : 00 PM .