ဟံၣ်My WebLinkဘၣ်ဃးဒီး2017-03-22 PAB Final Draft Minutes2 1 PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD 2 Wednesday, March 22, 2017 3 SCOTT HEYMAN CONFERENCE ROOM 4 125 East Court Street, Ithaca NY 14850 5 6 FINAL MEETING MINUTES 7 Members Attending: 8 Name Representation Kathy Schlather P Human Services Rob Steuteville E Built Environment Design Andy Zepp P Land Pres/Public Land Mgmt Dooley Kiefer A Associate Member Others Present Ed Marx P Commissioner of Planning Scott Doyle P Senior Planner Kristin McCarthy P Administrative Assistant Katie Borgella P Deputy Commissioner Joan Jurkowich P Look up title 10 Guests: Angela Crowley 11 12 A quorum was present. 13 14 Call to Order – Chair David Kay called the meeting to order at 9:05 am 15 16 Privilege of the Floor – No speakers 17 18 Agenda Review/Changes & Approval of Minutes (Jan. 25 & Feb. 22 2017) 19 20 There were no changes to the agenda. 21 22 ACTION: Martha Robertson moved, and Darby Kiley seconded, to approve the January and February 23 minutes. The minutes were approved unanimously. 24 25 Possible Amendment to Guidelines for Capital Reserve Fund for Natural, Scenic, and Recreational 26 Resource Protection – Scott Doyle & Ed Marx 27 28 Scott Doyle and Ed Marx shared with the board the revised possible amendment to the Guidelines for Capital 29 Reserve Fund for Natural, Scenic and Recreational Resource Protection, which the Tompkins County 30 Planning & Sustainability Department would like to present to the Legislature’s Planning, Development and 31 Environmental Quality committee for approval. The version distributed at the April meeting incorporated the 32 changes and comments given by PAB members at the March meeting. 33 34 Before the amendment was put before the board for a vote, Scott updated the group on the latest 35 developments and they offered him their feedback and asked questions. 36 37 Name Representation Martha Armstrong P Economic Development Joe Bowes P Housing Sue Cosentini P Business Fernando de Aragón P Transportation John Gutenberger A Education Dave Herrick P Facilities/Infrastructure Rod Howe P Historical/Cultural Resources David Kay P Local Planning (urban) Darby Kiley P Local Planning (non-urban) Gay Nicholson E At-Large Martha Robertson P Planning Committee Monika Roth E Agriculture ACTION: Martha Robertson moved, and Fernando de Aragón seconded, to recommend an amendment to 38 the Guidelines for Capital Reserve Fund for Natural, Scenic, and Recreational Resource Protection. The 39 motion passed unanimously. 40 41 42 Resiliency Plan –Scott Doyle & Angela Crowley 43 44 Scott Doyle and intern Angela Crowley presented their research on municipal resiliency plans. Scott will be 45 applying on behalf of Tompkins County for a grant that New York State is offering to upstate counties to 46 develop community resiliency plans. The rationale behind the funding, which is part of $1 million in 47 planning grants made available through the State’s Environmental Fund Smart Growth Program, is to get 48 ahead of climate change. 49 50 Such programs will take an integrated “smart-growth” approach and include countywide risk assessment of 51 key infrastructure; outreach engagement strategies including a tangible debris management plan; and 52 continuity of operations planning for small businesses and local governments developed in concert with the 53 Chamber of Commerce. 54 55 Scott hoped to get feedback from the board members as it would make the grant application even stronger. 56 Some thoughts and questions posed by the group included: 57 58 Andy Zepp: NYSEG and the other utilities must participate in this process for it to succeed. Angela: New 59 York State wants the key stakeholders (including private sector) involved. 60 61 Dave H: What role will PAB play in implementing this plan? Ed: County would want to run the program by 62 the board members at various stages of the process for feedback because of the multiple perspectives they 63 offer. 64 65 Recommendations Regarding Regulation of Renewable Energy Systems – Joan Jurkowich 66 67 Joan Jurkowich spoke to the group about the County’s recommendations for regulating renewable energy 68 systems. Her talk included a PowerPoint presentation, which she had previously given at a public meeting on 69 March 16th at the Tompkins County Public Library (TCPL). Another public meeting will be held at TCPL on 70 March 29th and one with municipal officials is tentatively scheduled for April 6th. 71 72 The members offered their feedback, and Joan and Ed asked the members to email them with any further 73 thoughts or questions regarding the County’s recommendations. 74 75 Election of Officers – Ed Marx 76 77 The Nominating Committee’s recommendations for chair and vice chair of the PAB, David Kay and David 78 Herrick, respectively, were presented to the board for a vote. 79 80 ACTION: Darby Kiley moved, and Fernando de Aragon seconded, the appointments of David Kay as chair 81 and David Herrick as vice chair. The motion was approved unanimously. 82 83 84 Commissioner’s Report – Ed Marx 85 86 • After carefully assessing and reviewing feedback and comments generated from the meeting last 87 November, the County’s Housing Summit team has developed a series of recommendations for a 88 proposed Housing Solutions team to carry forward. These include completing the County Housing 89 Strategy, considering local anti-discrimination guidelines regarding source of income, developing a 90 package of incentives for housing development at preferred locations, creating an inventory of 91 housing resources and programs for developers and others interested in accessing it, agreeing on 92 success indicators, and extending outreach efforts to build political will. 93 94 • In addition, TCAD will be convening a developer roundtable, and according to Kathy Schlather ,the 95 Ithaca/Tompkins County Continuum of Care Committee is working on establishing minimum 96 standards for housing. 97 98 • Martha Armstrong, Dave Herrick, and Ed Marx met to discuss updating of the County’s municipal 99 sewer and water system inventory. 100 101 • At a meeting of the New York Upstate Chapter of the American Planners Association, municipal 102 planners from Syracuse announced that the city would be completing a comprehensive zoning update 103 for the first time since its zoning laws were established in 1921. 104 105 Member Reports/Announcements 106 107 There were no reports or announcements. 108 109 Adjournment 110 111 Chair David Kay adjourned the meeting at 10:29 am. 112 113 Prepared by Kristin McCarthy, Tompkins County Planning and Sustainability Department 114 Approved by Planning Advisory Board: 4/26/2017 115