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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1994-02-15 - MP TOWN OF ULYSSES MASTER PLAN COMMITTEE MEETING FEBRUARY 15 , 1994 TOWN HALL P RESENT : JOANNE MOLINO , RUTH KAHN , CATHERINE STOVER , DAVID TYLER , DAVID LAURIE ; SECRETARY : ROXANNE SMITH . The meeting came to order at 7 : 45 PM . Catherine Stover brought to the Members attention the numbers from the School District S ummary for. the Town of Ulysses ( which Marcia Georgia provided upon request ) . They are as follows : • TOTAL ASSESSED ASSESSED EXEMPT TOTAL PARCELS LAND TOTAL AMOUNT TAXABLE ITHACA 547 31 , 610 , 600 81 , 078 , 364 6 , 825 , 952 74 , 252 , 412 TRUMANSBURG 1893 46 , 183 , 700 188 , 261 , 982 44 , 944 , 996 143 , 316 , 986 The Members reviewed some DOT information on traffic counts . They decided that the count was done in the summer . Catherine mentioned that the bridge on Rt . 96 was closed right a .fte .r. July 4th so that might skew the numbers a little . Three applicants who applied for the opening on the BZA may be interested in joining the Master Plan Committee . Russell Carpen - t er was selected for the opening on the Board . Ken Christianson will take over Gail Zabawsky ' s position . The three people are P eter Penniman ( Administrator to Tompkins County Waste ) , Randy B rown ( who works in banking , construction loans ) and Irene Schickel. ( who was on the the Police Commission for the City of Ithaca ) . 11/ The Members began their work on the outline for the second part of_ Topic III . ( The first part was Public Utilities . ) It is as follows : TOPIC III continued COMMUNITY FACILITIES I A . PUBLIC FACILITIES 1 . Fire a . serves areas b . volunteer problems c . funding 1 . Department ( Village ) - equipment 2 . Men ( Trumansburg Fire Company ) 3 . Current Concerns d . ambulance 2 . Public Safety - Police a . Sheriff ' s Department b . State Police / Park Police c . Village Police 3 . Schools a . Public 1 . operating at capacity 2 . effect of state mandates 3 . cost / tax burden b . Other Educational Facilities 1 . Trumansburg Community Nursery School 2 . Montessori 3 . Conservatory of. Fine Arts 4 . Cayuga Nature Center 5 . Special Children ' s Center 6 . Alpha House 7 . Girl Scouts ( Camp Comstock ) 4 ' TOWN OF ULYSSES 2 MASTER PLAN COMMITTEE MEETING FEBRUARY 15 , 1994 TOWN HALL TOPIC III continued COMMUNITY FACILITIES A . PUBLIC FACILITIES continued 4 . Churches 5 . Community Organizations 6 . Parks and Recreation a . Fairgrounds b . Taughannock Falls State Park c . Golf Course d . Yacht Club e . Trumansburg Fish and Game Club f . Jacksonville Civic Association g . Podunk Cross County Ski area 7 . General Government a . Existing Town Government 1 . First Class Town 2 . Supervisor and Four Member Town Council a . Supervisor elected for 4 year term b . Council elected for 4 year term - elected alternately , 2 every 2 years 3 . Elected Town Clerk - 4 year term a . charged with all records b . charged with collecting all Town and County Taxes 4 . Elected Town Highway Supervisor. -- 4 year term a . Charged with building / repair / maintenance of Town roads , including snow removal 5 . 2 Elected Town Justices - elected alternately every 2 years a . Each Justice holds court 1 night each week b . Court System includes both Town and Village of Trumansburg 8 . Tax System a . Real Estate Taxes 1 . Town Taxes a . Includes highway and Town government costs b . Includes fire tax 1 . Town contracts with Village for fire protection b . County Taxes 1 . Includes costs of county highway / sherrif / legal and other Government costs 411 The information for the Public Facilities ( items 1 -- 6 ) was provided by Ruth Kahn . The General Government and Tax System ( items 7 & 8 ) information was provided by Catherine Stover . Population and Housing will be the Topic for the agenda for t he next meeting which will be Tuesday , March 1 , 1994 at 7 : 30 PM . Joanne handed out to the Members copies of an example from t he Town of. Ithaca Comprehensive Plan to help prepare for that meeting . The meeting adjourned at 9 : 15 PM .