HomeMy WebLinkAbout2003-11-20TOWN OF DRYDEN PLANNTNG BOARD
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER R 0, 200
1%1 EM B ERS PRE SENT ; Chairperson Barbara CaIdw�� II, Ibm Hatfield, Joe I '.aquatra,
Marty ChristoI'ferso�n and David L'canStein
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ALSO PRESENT: fenny I.Asi — Recording Secretary, Debbie Cross, George
Frantz
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7:40 FM The board reviewed the postcard - or. the informational mee�.ings :[.j or the
Comprehe,ns -1vt� Plan and gave the revisions to De dross to fonvard on to
1- ien.ry. Thtt board then re.vie�ve -d the poi ter lvls_ Gross handed out to the
board that will be posted throughout. the to wli and village :for [he above
inenti one d meetings.
Chair Caldwell announced the 6 mile Creek Watershed Assessment:
meeting will be held can Monday, December I; ?4U at 3;pm al. the
County I°iuman Services Bu11ding. Deb C7ross stated she WIII be atten ding
that meeting and will share notes Mth the Planning Board.
Chair Cal diveII announced she received, as a member af:'the Municipal
Planning Coalition, maps from Crystal Buck at the Tompkins County
Planning Department and read the letter to the board that she received.
Ms_ Buck is requesting any comments by 1 1!21!03, The purpose ofthe
Cc deveIcping a Comprchensive flan vas discussed and per Dav1d
1 tins #ern it is regarding their concern .f:or what might be hap pcniag at the
border tokens and W11al. types of tjjings miuht the adjacent towns need to lac
informed about. Joe stated there is one debate at the national level Over
growth management versus growth control and al. the local level; a local
planning board %vould try control measures. Transportation corridors,
tr ansportation planning and some other broad issues would be considered
that municipal boundaries just don't address. Chair Caldwvll stayed the
county has had the town draft as is has proceslsed_ Clt~orge stated the
county was concerned about ho�v the sewer service areas that are outl1nW
in the TEJ S in the waste water t.rea tin ent plant upgrades and they don`t
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u te match with the county but it leas been rewIv+ Ad and are close enough
for planning purposes. Tom stated one of his comments/concerns was that
as the county planning goes J %or and they incorporate what this board has
alr -ady done to avoid conflicts being created at that le Vcl at this p()i31t as
the board 1S just about finished with the town plan- .Deb Cross and Kate
14ackett have kept in touch to keep #hc county 1nvoIved. Tom f %,eIs that
the Route 13 and the transportation corridor issue overlaps ���ith the issues
this board has idendfied and have not been able to lay out
comprehensively a corridor that you would want to keep development out
Of SO !.hat YOU could in fac13 0 years from now if you needed a new Route
13 design oIsunxe sort, 'fom asked how that would work together. The
Town of Ulysseys was briefly discussed as an example- Dave suggempd
having Lich Gross look at the maps, the comprehensive plan map and
compare them and then contact Crystal to verify the inFcn-mation, Dave
also asked about the conservation reserve program and Deb explained, In
final, [hair Caldwell requested to have Doh Bross look into further and
have her (Deb) and George work togeth er-
George F'rantr. gave the board a DRAFT' Comb rehensive Plan notebook
with the 116l'Iowing changes: 1) page ], section "Foreword` point out
what the document I's for and �rvhat it is not for; 2) page 56 — added map
for possible Varna; 3) page ,'?"1d column half way down — 3 sentences
about .Route 366 (shows what could happen if route 366 were re-
constructed an slow down traffic); 4) map 5 -3?, page 67 e .lack Bush had
the idea that ended the thru street from Ferguson to ]route 13 and gawk an
alternative to include Irish ettlomerit (turn north on Trish Settlement and
continue; not to have a bunch of h . ouses in that area) and ad&d a red
to repress n(. Main Streit; ) conformance with ag and faun Iand — George
spoke to Monica and Deb Teeter and goal is to not be In conflict but rattier
complement it in this plan; C) have the suburban} residential as main
concern — the Garpentcr J.amily has plans to farm both sides o1' Route 13
and are planning on expanding. Geor;;e stated the town does not have to
zone it and suggested that it ne��er be de %jeIoped west of the village down
Route 13. Com suggested having a section that's ag with residential
Pushing on both sides of it and all feel that the balance has been
accomp11shed and balance has been maintained.
Tom asked if someone wantcd to contact the pIann.Ing board rnernhers,
how they would go about that. George stated that inside of the front cover
hi could have the personal information there with names and e- mails-
1Dave iritrnriuc�ed a process (}i revisions from information 1 "i-oin
informational meetings, Ht handed taut a flyer with hamlet
recommendaticins and five concerns on thorn from people he had spoken
tO. The following were the ecmcerns in brief, 1) proposed density is too
high; 2) no one favors having buildings closer to the road av; 3) single
family ownership must be encouraged to keep a balance with rental units;
4) mined commercial residential units should be no more than 2 stories; S)
multiunit apartment complexes should be capped al. no mare than ten to
twenty units. A brkfd Vic ussion folIowe�,d.
Chair Caldwell. requested that a� many of the board members will attend
what they can as far as the meetings go- Henir has confirmed access to
the buildings. Marty requested having George emrnaii the power point to
the hoard. George stated he would burn the plan to a CD and send it out Io
the members of the board- The protocol for the informational meetings
was decided to be the t161lowing: have people state their name and address
and would then have five minutes to speak. Once they have spoken, they
will need to wait until all u-c dime to speak again.
Debbie Gross stated the Following ways would be used to advertise the
informational meetings: mailings, posters, and press releases. Chair
Caldwell will send a letter to the Village Officials and invite them to these
meetings. George stated he would have 25 hard copies and would give
them to Deb to have in the ollice.
The meeting adjourned at 9:15pm.
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