[SustainableTompkins] Save Sapsucker Woods: reminder--meeting tomorrow (Wed) night

[Tony Del Plato]

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From: Sapsucker South <savesapsuckerwoods at gmail.com>
Date: Nov 28, 2006 10:36 PM
Subject: Save Sapsucker Woods: reminder--meeting tomorrow (Wed) night
To: savesapsuckerwoods at gmail.com

Greetings, Friends--

  Just a reminder about tomorrow night's meeting downtown: this
meeting will address the relationship and interaction between the Town
Board and Planning Board.
  The meeting is significant for the Briarwood II development proposal
because it may clarify how the Town Board could intervene in the
Planning Board's decision-making process.  (At the bottom of the email
is more information taken from the flier provided by the Town of
Ithaca).

   Another very important meeting will take place the following
Wednesday (December 6), at which the Town of Ithaca will make
presentations and discuss storm water management. (7 pm at Northeast
Elementary School, December 6).  We will soon send you more
information about this critical meeting.
  The meeting about storm water compels us to postpone our Save
Sapsucker Woods meeting until the Wednesday following (December 13).

  Two other notes:
    *A kind reminder to anyone who has agreed to donate money for a
sign but did not do so when the sign was delivered: please contact us
and help our group to become financially solvent!
    * We have begun compiling drainage problems in order to document,
in a map of the area, how extensive they are.  If you have drainage
problems, please email us (savesapsuckerwoods at gmail.com) with your
address and a description.

Hope to see you tomorrow night!

Adrian


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"The Municipal Governing Board's Role in Local Planning and Zoning

A training session for municipal officials and the public interested
in learning more about the role of municipal governing bodies (town
boards, village boards of trustees, city councils) in the local
planning process

DATE: Wednesday, November 29, 2006
TIME: 7:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M.
LOCATION: Tompkins County Public Library, Borg Warner Room (East), 101
East Green Street, Ithaca NY

The program is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be
available. Subjects anticipated to be covered include:

* Importance of the Comprehensive Plan in Setting the Vision and
Direction in a Community's Growth and Development
* The Role of the Governing Board with Regard to Decision-making
Concerning New Development, and the Relationship Between the Governing
Board, Planning Board and Zoning Board of Appeals
* Methods to Promote Effective Communication Among the Boards
* Monitoring and Amending the Zoning Code
* Dedication and Acceptance of the Public Infrastructure (e.g., roads,
parks, storm water management facilities, sewer and water lines, etc.)
in the Development Review Process

There will be ample time for questions and answers both during and
after the presentation."


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