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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 .
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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 .
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