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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1995-03-20 - MP S / TOWN OF ULYSSES JOINT MASTER PLAN / PLANNING BOARD MEETING MARCH 20 , 1995 TOWN HALL PRESENT : CHAIRWOMAN : SUE POELVOORDE ; MEMBERS : RUTH KAHN , BUDD STOVER , JOANNE MOLINO , PETER DEMJANEC ; ZONING OFFICER : ALEX RACHUN ; SECRETARY : ROXANNE SMITH III The meeting came to order at 7 : 45 PM . WATER ISSUE UPDATE Alex reported that the engineering report came in last Thursday . Once the figures are plugged in , and if the annual user fees are low enough ; perhaps the Town and the Business Community will be able to work together to put in a water district . The Town could possibly borrow the money , and the users could pay the Town back . The Town could help by having the highway department put in the piping . It is not entirely dead yet . Budd asked at what point does it have to go to a Town referendum ? Alex responded that it may not have to , if the Town borrows the money . If the Town was creating a water district , and there was a Town wide levy against the taxpayers , then obviously it would have to go before a referendum . It is just for the south end of the Town . The Village granted Mr . Seafuse the go ahead to create a single user water district . The original $ 500 , 000 cost can be brought down to about $ 200 , 000 if the Town does it themselves . ZONING ISSUES Alex stated that there have been some chronic violations in zoning that in the past have not been easy to deal with . Hostile complaints hove been received , it has been mentioned to the Town Board . Doug spoke with the Town Attorney , who indicated that he would prosecute if the Village did not . It looks like it will be taken care of at this level , however . Ruth inquired about the small cabins on Rt . 96 . The gentleman that recently purchased them has been in to see Alex , inquiring about how he can get the water and sewer hookup . He has received several zoning and health violations that need to be addressed . He paid $ 18 , 000 for the property . Alex received 118 complaints about that property last year . The new owner has removed a lot of garbage already . Roxanne mentioned that Gerri had requested that the Members note the continued excavation on Rabbit Run Road . The storage buildings will be going in legally . There are other areas that are commercially zoned , and also may not be appropriate that the Members have talked about in the past . Alex stated that everything you perceive that you don ' t want , is going in ( a double wide , storage units , etc . ) . That was a County sale . • i •1 '/0 TOWN OF ULYSSES 2 JOINT MASTER / PLANNING BOARD MEETING MARCH 20 , 1995 SURVEY The Chairwoman handed out the information compiled for questions one and two ( including all the comments received ) . Questions three , four , eight and nine ( possibly six ) will be done by next week . Sue will get those results to Roxanne so they can be copied for the Members . Sue will be meeting with Tracy , from County Planning next week to finish up on the feedback that she h ad requested on the Master Plan . Joanne did have a little trouble reading some of the handwriting in the comments . She did • put some things in brackets to indicate it was her interpretation . The Chairwoman asked the Members what categories they would like to use on question nine , regarding the length of time the respondents have lived in the Town of Ulysses . The breakdown that they decided on is as follows : 0 - 5 , 6 - 15 , 16 - 35 , 36 plus . P eter indicated that this would cover newcomers , transplants and those who have been here their whole lives . Ruth asked the Members if anyone had caught a discussion on the radio regarding the state of Oregon ? They have something like 273 cities . They have done something like what has been in Europe . A circle was drawn around each city , and all development h ad to fall within that radius . This was done about 20 years ago . When you leave the city , you are in the country . They are now at the point where they have to re - think , as the cities are so built up . It has worked in the past , and is quite nice . They h ave been able to avoid the city to city sprawl . It is an interesting concept . Sue mentioned that Oregon focuses on their watersheds and how they are a region and what impact that has , rather than just on the municipalities ' boundary lines . Sue indicated that people mentioned the area where the bowling lanes and Agway is as a possible place for development , even though it is across the county line . Sue then requested that the Members help with question nine . They each to $ k an area from the survey and broke the responses d own into the four categories . This work session started at 8 : 10 PM . The next meeting will be April 10 , 1995 at 7 : 30 PM . The meeting / work session adjourned at 8 : 50 PM . • I if