HomeMy WebLinkAbout2007-10-23 - CPC Town of Ulysses
Comprehensive Plan Committee
October 23 , 2007
Approved 01/10/08
Present : Sue Poelvoorde- Chair, Bob Brown, Heather Filiberto, Rod Hawkes, Dave Kerness,
Sue Ritter, Liz Thomas, John Wertis .
Excused : Dave Tyler, Bob Weatherby.
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Ms . Poelvoorde called the meeting to order at 7 : 09 p . m . She noted that the meeting minutes of
the August 20, 2007 , had not been put together. The item was tabled until a future meeting.
Ms . Poelvoorde noted that the consultant contract is approved and she asked the committee to
recommend some dates in November for the first meeting with the consultants . After discussion,
the committee recommended November 7 , 8 , 14, 15 . Ms . Poelvoorde will put the dates forward
to the consultants to see if they are available .
At previous meetings, the committee had discussed setting up sub-committees to work on
various issues . Ms . Poelvoorde suggested sub-committees to review and summarize the Town-
wide survey results, prepare grant applications to help the Town pay for the Comprehensive Plan
preparation and help the consultants set up the public meetings that will be held as part of the
Comprehensive Plan process.
The following sub -committees were established .
Survey Results — Rod Hawkes, Sue Ritter, Liz Thomas
Grant Applications — Sue Poelvoorde, John Wertis (with assistance of Dick Coogan)
Public Information Meetings — Rod Hawkes, Bob Brown .
With no further committee business, the group invited Monika Roth, Agricultural Extension
Educator, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County to provide the group with
information about the grant opportunity available through the New York State Agriculture and
Markets office.
Ms . Roth explained that the grant will provide funding assistance for local municipalities to
prepare agricultural and farmland protection plans . The planning process will involve identifying
land that should be protected where ag soils are prominent, the areas have open space value,
farming is still viable and are under pressure for conversion to other land uses . The product of
the process will be strategies to preserve, protect and enhance agricultural land uses in the Town.
The maximum funding amount is $25 ,000, with a 25 % match. Of the 25 % match, 20% must be
cash. The remainder can be in-kind . The program is funded through first-come, first-serve .
She encouraged the committee to pursue the grant to support and complement the work to update
the Comprehensive Plan . Ms . Roth noted that she is willing to provide help to the Town through
the 2007-2008 Agriculture District #2 Update to gather information from the agricultural
community.
Ms . Poelvoorde thanked Ms . Roth for taking time to provide information about the grant. She
expects that the Town of Ulysses will be submitting a grant application and looks forward to
working with Ms . Roth to pull the application together.
The meeting was adjoined at 8 : 54 p . m .
Respectfully submitted,
Sue A. Poelvoorde
Chair, Comprehensive Plan Committee
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