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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