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Comprehensive Plan Update Committee
March 3 , 2008
Approved June 16, 2008
Present : Sue Poelvoorde- Chair, Bob Brown, Rod Hawkes, Roxanne Marino, Sue Ritter,
Elizabeth Thomas, David Tyler, Bob Weatherby, John Wertis, Kimberly Baptiste - Bergmann
Associates
Absent: Heather Filiberto
Ms. Poelvoorde called the meeting to order at 7 : 12 p . m . She noted that this meeting is the
rescheduled February 26 , 2008 , meeting that was canceled due to snow.
Ms . Poelvoorde turned the meeting over to Kimberly Baptiste . Ms. Baptiste handed out a
summary of the February 6, 2008 , public information meeting comments. Comments will be
incorporated into future document development . In summary, comments covered encouraging
cluster development for housing, installing facilities that encourage more transit use and walking
or bicycling including the Black Diamond Trail, school district boundary needs to be revisited,
protect and regulate the lakefront, support protection of agricultural lands for beauty, quality and
value to Town , protect small wetlands , consider who/how people answered the survey.
Ms . Baptiste noted that the existing conditions and survey documents will be provided to the
Town so that they can be posted on the Town' s Web site .
Ms . Baptiste then handed out a draft vision statement and four main policy area statements for
the committee to review and comment on . She reviewed the framework noting how these first
two steps will lead to the development of the action strategies . Ms. Baptiste noted that the vision
statement and policy areas were developed using responses to the survey, including the
comments section, along with the input she received from the committee members since the last
meeting. The four main policy areas include : Community Character, Sustainable Growth and
Development, Regional Identity and Economic Diversity.
The vision statement includes two options — a short and long version. The short version could be
used in an inset box in the document or on the Web site . The longer version would be
incorporated into the text. Committee members reviewed the two documents, discussing some
revisions they felt should be made . All agreed that they would like to consider the statements
further on their own, before settling on a final version that will be shared with the public .
Ms . Baptiste then handed out the Policies, Objectives and Actions booklet for the committee.
She reviewed the structure for developing this set of statements . She went through each policy
area with the respective objectives and action strategies . She asked that each member review the
document, edit and add actions that folks feel are missing. All comments can be e-mailed to Ms.
Baptiste prior to the next meeting. This exercise will be the focus of the meeting.
Ms . Baptiste requested that comments , corrections , additions on the vision statement and four
main policy areas be sent prior to the next meeting as well , as these will be shared at the second
public workshops to steer the Land Use Plan development.
The final agenda item for the evening was a discussion of the project schedule and setting the
future public workshop dates . Ms . Baptiste noted the following schedule to keep the project on
track for a December 2008 closeout .
March : Comp Plan Update Committee develops draft land use plan.
April : Public Workshop — public input on draft land use plan.
May: Comp Plan Committee reviews draft land use plan with public comment, further refine.
June : Public Workshop — share revised draft land use plan and policy objectives and action
strategies .
July- August : Bergmann to develop draft updated Comp Plan
September — October: Draft Plan delivered to Comp Plan Update Committee. Committee shares
the document with Town Board, Planning Board and Zoning Board of Appeals . Draft Plan
released to the public in October with SEQR.
November — December: Final Plan released for public comment, with the goal of Town Board
adoption before the end of the year.
Comprehensive Plan 2
03/03/08
The Committee then discussed scheduling the next public workshop . The Committee agreed that
there should be two meetings — one in the south end of the Town and the other in Trumansburg.
Ms . Baptiste briefly outlined the format for the next workshop . Bergmann will give an
introduction then lead the group in a visual preferences exercise, followed by a breakout session
where groups will work on sketching out the land use plan.
The Committee identified potential dates in April and May. The group decided that the early
April (April 10`h a'nd 12 `h) dates would likely work best based on the previous discussion
regarding the projiect schedule. One meeting will be a night session (6 : 00 p .m. to 9 : 30 p .m.), the
other will be a Saturday morning (9 : 00 a.m. to 12 : 00 noon) . The group agreed that the Racker
Center and one of the Trumansburg schools would be good locations .
Mr. Hawkes volunteered to contact the Racker Center and School to check dates and schedule
the sessions . Ms . Marino volunteered to work on the public notification with Ms . Poelvoorde.
The group agreed that a postcard mailing to each residence would be a good way to get the word
out. While not budgeted, the group has saved some funds with Ms . Peck unable to attend several
meetings to take minutes .
The next meeting was set for March 17th , starting at 6 : 00 p .m. as there will be a lot of materials
to cover for the public workshop .
With no further business, Ms Poelvoorde adjoined the meeting at 9 : 20 p .m.
Respectfully submitted,
Sue Poelvoorde
Chair