Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAbout8.10.2010 Planning Board Minutes Minutes for Village of Cayuga Heights Planning Board Meeting #12 Held on August 10, 2010 The meeting of the Village of Cayuga Heights Planning Board was called to order at 7:05 PM. Board Members Present: Chair Martin Harms, Graham Gillespie, Frederick Cowett, Mark Morris, Henry Richardson, and Alternate Member, Sean Cunningham Board Secretary: Mary Jane Neff Guests: Hannah Wingate, Diana Riesman On a motion by Gillespie, seconded by Cowett the following was unanimously passed: RESOLUTION NO. 41 APPROVING MINUTES OF July 14, 2010 RESOLVE that the minutes of July 14, 2010 meeting are hereby approved. On a motion by Gillespie, seconded by Cowett the following was unanimously passed: RESOLUTION NO. 42 APPROVING MINUTES OF July 16, 2010 RESOLVE that the minutes of July 16, 2010 meeting are hereby approved. PUBLIC COMMENTS Trustee Riesman reported on the Board of Trustees’ July 9, 2010 public hearings and meeting. She reported that there were many pros and cons to the proposed amendment to the fence ordinance. The Trustees’ vote resulted in a 3 to 3 tie, which meant the proposed amendment was defeated. Also, the Board did not vote to extend the fence enforcement moratorium which means that the existing fence ordinance will need to be enforced. The Code Officer has been instructed to enforce the existing fence ordinance as amended. The amendment changing the wording of Section 2 - Residence District of the Village Zoning ordinances did pass and will become effective once it is filed and approved by the Secretary of State. The Trustees did approve funding and a contract with Timothy Miller Associates for consulting services on the Environmental Impact Statement that the Village needs to complete prior to implementing its Deer Management Plan. The Board also approved funding for a traffic study for the construction and marking of a cross walk for Kendal residents at the main entrance to Kendal. The crosswalk that the residents currently use will be maintained. The traffic study will also include the TCAT bus Route 30 to determine if it is a safe route for the residents and school children. . Trustee Riesman thanked the Planning Board members for their efforts on both the temporary fence ordinance amendment and the amendment to change the wording to clarify the number of unrelated occupants in a dwelling. PRESENTATION Hannah Wingate, the Village’s summer intern, made a presentation to the members on her storm water and street inventory. She explained her methodology and process of obtaining the information. She has photographed all of the designated storm water sites and has categorized them as either good, needs improvement, etc. She hopes that the annual inspections will continue and any new storm water sites will be added to the data base that she has started. Also, this summer she has completed a database for Village streets and their current conditions. She will be updating this database with information from Assistant Superintendent Jeffrey Frisbie, who has been keeping a record of the annual street projects and what needs to be done in subsequent years. The Board members thanked her for the presentation and, if she comes back next year, they would like to have a sidewalk inventory and condition of the sidewalks much like the one she has done on the streets COMPREHENSIVE PLAN The Board discussed the preliminary draft of goals and objectives for the Comprehensive Plan prepared by George Frantz. The comments were that this draft was intended to start the discussion and was not intended to be the end product. The members stated that this draft needed further work to make the items specific and relevant to Cayuga Heights and more readable. The members had many good ideas that they would like to see in the goals and objectives. In conclusion to numerous comments, the members agreed to divide the seven sections among themselves and work on modification suggestions for each of the items in their section. Chair Harms requested that they e -mail their results to him and George Frantz, with copies to each other, (suggest by Friday September 3rd) so that the changes can be incorporated into a second draft of goals and objectives for discussion at next month’s Planning Board meeting. The sections were divided as follows: Henry Richardson – Section 1: Quality of Life Mark Morris – Section 2: Community Character Fred Cowett – Section 3: Ecology & Scenic Assets Sean Cunningham – Section 4: Economy Martin Harms – Section 5: Housing Fred Cowett – Section 6: Transportation Graham Gillespie – Section 7: Public Services & Utilities CHARRETTE Chair Harms asked for an update on the charrette planning. He asked if the members still concurred that they can meet the October 20, 2010 deadline. Alt hough the steering committee members have had delays due to vacation and work requirements and fund raising represents a challenge, they agreed that the charrette should continue as planned. Now that they have a better idea of what is needed, Cunningham and Gillespie will talk with the Fire Chief, George Tamborelle, about the use of the Fire Hall training room for the four days needed for the charrette. Board Secretary Neff reported that the organizer of the Community Corners Block Party had contacted her and that she had requested that the Planning Board have a designated area for displaying and explaining the charrette to residents. The help of all board and steering committee members will be vital in completing the tasks outlined in the charrette preparation plan documents distributed by Gillespie at last month’s Planning Board meeting. Gillespie stressed he would need as much help as possible to keep the process moving at a pace that will meet the October 20, 2010 start date for the charrette. On a motion by Morris, seconded by Cowett the following was unanimously passed: RESOLUTION NO. 43 ADJOURNING MEETING RESOLVE, that this meeting was adjourned at 9:20 PM. Respectfully submitted, Mary Jane Neff Planning Board Secretary