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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1995-06-12 - MP 5? TOWN OF ULYSSES JOINT MASTER PLAN / PLANNING BOARD MEETING JUNE 12 , 1995 TOWN HALL PRESENT : CHAIRWOMAN : SUE POELVOORDE ; MEMBERS : CATHERINE STOVER , RUTH KAHN , JOANNE MOLINO , DAVID TYLER , GREGG HOFFMIRE , PETER DEMJANEC , KRYS CAIL , DAN SMITH , BUDD STOVER ; ZONING / BUILDING OFFICER : ALEX RACHUN ; SECRETARY : ROXANNE SMITH The meeting came to order at 7 : 30 PM . TOMPKINS COUNTY PLANNING BOARD David received a letter from James W . Hanson Jr . , from Tompkins County Planning . It is an invitation to appoint one of the Town of Ulysses Planning Board members to be on a newly restructured Planning Board for Tompkins County . Some of the potential activities are having a newsletter , providing information on grants and planning issues . There will be a co - ordination of training sessions for local government officials . David said he would be unable to represent the Town of Ulysses as he has several other obligations . BREAKFAST CLUB David asked Alex if he was able to attend an earlier meeting ? Alex said he missed the second follow - up session ; he did call and get the tape though . The first meeting was very informative . A Spencer VanEttan group had seen their population base dwindle . They started to meet during the breakfast hour . After six weeks 7 it became the " Breakfast Club " . It was a group of civic leaders , people from local bovernment and business owners trying to figure out what they could do for their community . They came up with some good ideas . GROUP ASSIGNMENTS / OUTLINES Sue asked for everyone to provide Roxanne with their prepared outlines so she could copy them . While she was copying , Ruth asked the Chairwoman how they were to proceed ? Krys suggested a table of contents . Sue said there would be an inventory , a summary of the survey , a ' section covering the goals / objectives for the areas mentioned earlier , and a direction setting chapter for the Town . The inventory is what Tracy covered ( circuit rider ) . It identifies the base information about the Town . It would probably go in the back of the document ( appendix ) . David shared a recent appellate court case here in New York . It let _ a township down state have it for not having affordable • housing provided for ( multi - family Residential ) . Krys stated she has that covered in her outline . Alex says they have only 8 housing starts so far this year . It is dead . We are slower than Dryden , Lansing and Enfield . Real estate values have been • • I ` TOWN OF ULYSSES JOINT MASTER PLAN / PLANNING BOARD MEETING 2 JUNE 12 , 1995 declining by 15 to 20 % . All of a sudden we are not recession proof , stated David . Cornell has been offering early retirement , Ithaca College has been down sizing . The number of homes on the market has doubled since last year , said Joanne . AGRICULTURE OUTLINE Catherine did the outline for Agriculture . If a property owner were to withdraw out of an ag district , they would have to petition to get back in . A district is reviewed every 7 or 8 years . We are in " District Z " . Budd stated that even if you petition it is no guarantee that you ' ll get back in . Joanne asked what is a zoning exempt status ? Krys replied that for agriculture , it means it can be in any zone ( anywhere ) . Alex went on to say that ag buildings can also be exempt from the uniform code . It was suggested that that information should be spelled out in the outline . The Members discussed the importance of language in the document for protection of the farmers . Saying " preventing the enactment of or "minimize " restrictive regulation as an objective , might be appropriate . Dan projected that you will see people moving into this area in the next 10 years who will want restrictions , legislation , rules governing all agriculture acts and moves . They will attempt to enact these changes in the Town . Joanne said in one area that that will be seen is in pesticide use . She can see that point of view . Dan mentioned that the insecticides that they are coming out with now are extremely technical and much safer . There is nothing wrong with having an objective in this Master Plan that says we are trying to maintain no more regulations than we already have on agriculture , said Dan . Taxes are a bigger threat than anything else to agriculture , said David . Alex suggested that you may want to stated that ag land in a commercial district , when developed , should be taxed at a commercial rate . The outline for the subject , Agriculture , is as follows : Subject - AGRICULTURE Goal - To promote the survival of agriculture as a business in the Town of Ulysses . Objective - To help alleviate real estate taxes and minimize restrictive regulations . Recommendations : 1 . Support fire tax levy on agriculture assessed values and / or eliminate fire tax levy on bare agricultural land . 2 . Maintain the designation of the agricultural district of the Town . 3 . Continue the zoning exempt status of farm and farming in that agricultural ( Town ) lands can exist an any zone and ag buildings are exempt from uniform building code . • • TOWN OF ULYSSES • 3 JOINT MASTER PLAN / PLANNING BOARD MEETING JUNE 12 , 1995 COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT David provided an outline for commercial development . Sue suggested setting it up a little differently , and read an example . The Members discussed possible commercial locations on Rt . 89 . One of the Rt . 96 locations was the Paradise Cafe area . Alex said Clock and Decloux are closing down . The Auble location would be a possible area along with Shur - Save , said David . Krys said that it might be a good idea to break commercial into two kinds . One section could be for neighborhood services ( like Jacksonville ) and another could be more for industry . Alex mentioned the earlier meeting and said one thing that was emphasized over and over again was planning boards and committees that work on a government level should help try to ensure / enhance already existing business . Alpine Machine is tottering , we wouldn ' t want to loose them . Find out their needs . Krys reminded the Members that that is what Mike Stamm said . The Town of Groton invites people to come to their area by actively marketing their cost of low energy and their schools , said Alex . Catherine suggested putting together a brochure . 1. SCHOOL DISTRICT LINES Krys mentioned that she talked with John Delaney and the assistant superintendent Gary Lindenbaum , from the Ithaca School District . They would be interested in meeting with one member of the Town of Ulysses Board , and the Planning Board , to discuss their point of view of what the procedures and - implications of changing school lines would be . Krys volunteered to be one representative . The Members thought that Doug would be a good person also . They are willing to meet in July . They requested a formal invitation s tdhen , the fcan • u tifya tdhei t me to th in . ernploaye�r It i a en er issu ram ax n u ge point o view , s i avid i' he invitation should come from Doug ' s office . The next meeting is June 26 , 1995 , at 7 : 30 PM . The meeting adjourned at 9 : 10 PM •