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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1994-04-05 - MP 1 TOWN OF ULYSSES MASTER PLAN COMMITTEE MEETING APRIL 5 , 1994 TOWN HALL PRESENT : CO - CHAIRS : SUE POELVOORDE AND GARY MEYERS ; MEMBERS : JOANNE MOLINO , RUTH KAHN , DAVID TYLER ; BLD . / ZONING OFFICER : ALEX RACHUN ; TOWN SUPERVISOR : DOUG AUSTIC ; SECRETARY : ROXANNE SMITH The meeting came to order. at 7 : 45 PM . The additions / corrections to the minutes of March 8 , 1994 are as follows : page one , first paragraph , last sentence . " He " should be " Citizen ' s Savings " . On the same page , fourth paragraph down , sixth sentence , it should say " It . will be a fight with the County as Jim Hanson may not be able to free up people to do that sort of thing . " The same paragraph , eighth sentence , after CEO , there should be " ( Code Enforcement Officer ) . " On the same page , the last paragraph , item number. one , " a " should be " the " ( Circut Rider ) . On page two , at the top , item number two should say " Alex is meeting with Guy Krogh and Doug Austic on the issue of creating a water district ( through the Town ) . " On page three , the next to last paragraph , " Monica " should be " Monika " in the first sentence . Sue announced that Monika Crispin from Cooperative Extension will be coming on the 26th of April ( 7 : 30 PM , Town Hall ) . She will be add - ressing changes in Agricultural District law , land use planning in agriculture , economic development opportunities . Monika mentioned to Sue that the Town of Ithaca has an Agricultural Plan and that that may be something that the Town of Ulysses may want to consider . Monika will also discuss preservation programs . Ruth queried about the three applications to the Master Plan Committee . Gary stated that he has not been successful in getting through to them , and that he ' ll keep trying . II III Doug reported that he had spoken with Bob Augerstern from the Southern Tier Central Regional Planning Development Association . He said that there is not hope in getting financial assistance ; but that t hey are very willing to give technical assistance . They are a State agency . He also spoke with Marty Luster to find out if there is any funding available through some kind of grant . Marty said there are six times as many requests as there is money . He would put the Town on the top of the list for. fall . Though there is little money for planning ( economic development ) , there is money for water and sewer . A gentleman from Marty ' s office in Ithaca will be getting back to D oug with more information on financial assistance . The Rural Affairs Counsel in Albany will also provide technical assistance . Alex , Sue , and Doug will be meeting with County Planning on April 6 , 1994 . They are very interested in working with the Town . They feel t hey already have a lot of the back up information required . Alex suggested that the evening ' s work be putting together an outline on what the Town has , and what it needs . The County could put together a contract . Hopefully by the next Town Board Meeting they will have something in writing that could be presented to the Members . Alex ® thinks that there should be available money left . Marty Luster is interested in the specifics , so he ' ll know what available sources to look for , said Doug . Sue stated that the outline was based on the Clifton Park Plan . The e xact data , the stuff that takes legwork is what the County should be ✓ esponsible for , said Alex . He would like to get information on : assessment , land use through assessment , exact traffic information , and tourism . David said that the outline is basically a snapshot of what we are now . The projecting ; looking ahead , they don ' t have . This is just one piece of a document , said Sue . What the objectives are for developing the Master Plan is yet another section , she said . We want o ne person to do the narrative ; we want something cohesive , said Gary . '7 TOWN OF ULYSSES 2 MASTER PLAN COMMITTEE MEETING APRIL 5 , 1994 TOWN HALL Alex discussed some items that were not covered on the outline . H e would like the County to over view critical environmental areas . The EMC ( Environmental Management Counsel ) put together, a County wide d ocument categorizing sensitive lands in Ulysses . Also , one person / team doing the narrative is very important ( he agreed with Gary ) . He t hinks it would be a good idea to ask their opinion for logical com- mercial development areas , and higher impact residential . He also mentioned logical water . Doug and Alex recently met with Guy Krogh ( Bill Auble ' s attorney ) . ® They offered suggestions for Bill to look at . They are not sure whether B ill will be petitioning the Town or the Village directly ( for water ) . J im Seafuse would have to apply all over again , mentioned Doug . He also said that the Village has had an engineering study done that shows they have a problem . Guy said that without water and sewer they won ' t h ave a development . David said it makes sense to help them upgrade t heir system . Alex said he suggested to Guy that he go back and talk t o Bill about infrastructure ; about what they may be able to do ( for future bargaining ) . Our Planning Board doesn ' t have a Village representative , said David . Greg Hoftmire might as well be Village , all his property is in the Village said Alex . ( Most of his income generating Property , t hat is . ) Once the County has the figures needed ( in terms of cost ) , a petition will be put together to present to the Town Board . At that meeting , it would be a good idea to have the Master Plan Committee present , to lend support / information , suggested David . Roxanne will notify the Committee ( when Alex lets her know the petition is ready ) . 111 Returning to the outline , Sue questioned whether, anyone wanted to add more information ? David said that the outline is the snapshot ; t hat it will be the second section of the Master Plan . The first section will be a preamble or history . The third section will dis - cuss the Town ' s future . The Members spent some time gathering the documents they ' ve been u sing ( unique natural areas , economic features , commuting patterns [ Mansfield study - migration patterns ] , census , Town survey ) . Alex mentioned that Doug and he attended a session on SEQER at Cooperative Extension . The State basically was dismantling a fairly sizable section of SEQER - which was the environmental impact study . The calls in were the predictable ones from developers who were saying this was too complicated ; that they had to make it easier . They also re - ceived calls from people in favor of using SEQER as a zoning tool , and a growth inhibitor . SEQER is loosing some of its clout . Joanne asked if there was some sort of time frame worked out with t he County ? Alex responded that he hoped they would be ready by June . • It will be far more reasonable in cost as compared with using a firm like Gary ' s , said Alex . The Circut Rider is in place . Joan has e xperience . Accuracy is very important and they ( County ) were successful with the Land Use Maps . Alex plans on being fairly involved in this . illWhen they meet with the Board it is important to have as many visuals as possible to show them what the Town has spent their money on . The Town Board will be meeting on April 12 , 1994 ( Tuesday ) at 7 : 30 PM . They will also be meeting on April 16 , 1994 ( Saturday ) at 9 : 00 AM . Both meetings will take place at the Town Hall . David suggested that the Land Use Maps ought to have some sort o f holder to protect them . The holders are expensive , said Gary . It would be nice to have them flat , instead of being rolled up . The meeting adjourned at 9 : 00 PM .