Joint Town/Village Comprehensive Plan Meeting Minutes
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January 2006
Village of
Churchville/Town of
Joint Comprehensive Plan Committee Meeting
The meeting was held at
Present: Pamela
Moore, Town Supervisor, Co-Chair
John Steinmetz, Steinmetz Planning Group, Consultant
Shawn Casey, Trustee,
David Smith, Councilman, Town of
Greg Adams
Co-Chair Pamela Moore called the meeting to order at
Inventory & Analysis
March 2006 Community Profile
March/April 2006 Vision & Goals
April
2006
Land Use
Workshop (DATE
Town Hall
June 2006 Draft Plan
July 2006 Village & Town Board Presentations & Public Hearing
August 2006 SEQRA
September 2006 Village & Town Adoption of Plan
Exercise: SWOT (Strength, Weaknesses, Opportunities & Threats
Key Issue
Brainstorming Results From The Project Kick-Off Meeting
Strengths
2. People are friendly ●●
3. Flour mill is unique ●
4. Landfill (tax benefits, brings business, etc.) ●
5. Open spaces ●
6. Defined village center (European setting) ●
7. Agriculture ●
8. Sidewalks (pet friendly) ●
9. The community as a whole ●
10. Close to airport
11. Ice skating rink
12.
20 minutes to downtown
13. Close to regional attractions (hospital/cultural attractions)
14. Outdoor recreation opportunities and facilities
15. “Free” garbage pickup
16. Low taxes
17. Small but responsive community
18. Population size is small
19. Strong non-profit/community organizations
20. Good volunteer fire department
21. Minimal industrial impacts
22. Library
23. Economy still consists of local businesses (few franchises)
24. Churchville park/golf course
25. Local history
26. Location (accessibility to 490/33A/36 & close to 90)
27.
½ way between
28. Safe (don’t have to lock doors)
29. School system
30. Diverse Architecture
31. “Elbow room” due to smaller population
32. Inexpensive electric
33. Lack of water limits development
Notes:
● Conveys the importance of the issue by indicating the number of votes
given to a particular item by members of the committee.
1. Lack of long-term planning ●
2. Small population can’t support a large number of businesses ●
3. Lack of water in town ●
4. Lack of good jobs ●
5. Landfill (carries a negative stigma)
6. Bi-partisan (not necessarily party lines)
7. Railroad is noisy
8. Lack of diversity in population
9. Lack of affordable housing
10.
No
11. No youth center - no skate park – limited youth activities Poor property maintenance
12. Brownfield(s) in Village center
13. Limited shopping opportunities
14. Limited volunteers (same people all of the time)
15. Bus system inadequate
16. Poor water quality in some places (town/wells)
17. Speeding/traffic control
2. Area around the landfill ●●
3. To maintain agriculture ●
4. Shared services ●
5. To become a model community… to be good stewards of landfill $$$ (“Ski Riga”) ●
6. Grants ●
7. Sensible historic preservation (community identity) ●
8. Brownfield site(s) (known and unknown) ●
9. Mill (Star of the West) ●
10. Law enforcement presence
11. Types of housing senior/affordable
12. Employment
13.
Partnership opportunities with Town/Village/Monroe County/
14. Industrial opportunities
15. Town/Village cooperation
16. To keep youth here
17. To get more people involved as Town/Village grows
THREATS
2. Taxes ●●
3. Landfill ●●
4. Young people leaving ●
5. Health of Black Creek ●
6. Brownfields
7. Cost of fuel
8. Loss of farms/greenspace
9. Government mandates
10. Devolution
11. County budget cuts
12. Business out-migration/ loss of jobs
13. CSX (hazardous waste transport)
14. 490 and the quick access it brings
15. Can school system keep up with growth
16. World condition (terrorism, etc.)
17. Drainage
Supervisor
Town of
Time –
Publicity – Robbie Hess (D&C)
Town Newsletter –
Village Newsletter –
February 2006
JOINT RIGA/CHURCHVILLE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMMITTEE MEETING
FEBRUARY 16, 2006 MINUTES
ATTENDEES:
Scott Cullen, Village Trustee and Co-Chair, Mark Majewski,
Village Planning Board, Doug Steward,
Town, Citizen Representative,
VeronicaPalmer, Town, Citizen Representative, Pamela Moore, Town
Supervisor
and Co-Chair
The Minutes of the February 2, 2006 meeting were accepted as distributed.
It was agreed that this topic should be raised with John Steinmetz at the March 2, 2006 meeting.
The Meeting was adjourned at 8:40 pm by Co-Chair Scott Cullen.
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March 2006
Village of
Churchville/Town of
Joint Comprehensive Plan Committee Meeting
March 2, 2006
6460 Buffalo Road
Present: Pamela Moore, Town Supervisor, Co-Chair
John Steinmetz, Steinmetz Planning Group, Consultant
Veronica Palmer, Representative, Town of
Sue Davis, Secretary
Co-Chair Pamela Moore called the meeting to order at
Community Profile Review
· It is a draft format and a conceptual layout that will be used to market the community.
· The information obtained from the survey results will be incorporated into it also.
· Comment was made that reviewing the Population Growth Chart that it’s interesting that Pittsford is smaller than Churchville. It’s not the size that makes something economically feasible.
· Doug Steward asked if there would be more description of the data. John said yes but that it is best to let people drawn their own conclusions.
· Final Format will be landscaped on legal size paper. This makes it a little more unique, easier to read and more user-friendly. On the negative side it is harder to store.
March 16 – Publicity
April 6 Meeting – Vision and Goals
April 20 Meeting – fine tune Vision and Goals for workshop
April 22 Workshop – possible format:
Introduction by local person/persons – Vision and how we get there – What
Do You Want/Where Do You Want It?
Comments to be filled out by participants
Land use discussion
Break into Groups
Lunch – quick count and order pizza
After lunch, convene back into groups and with help of a facilitator begin to work on land use maps.
Conclusion – have each group present findings
Reconcile information obtained from all the groups
Will be and event that people can come and go from and there are pros and cons as to whether to advertise it this way. A detailed agenda will be available for the committee to review before the workshop. Could advertise a specific agenda but gets lengthy.
John recommends that the committee focus more on what needs to be accomplished rather than a detailed agenda.
· Doug was concerned that people would want to know why the questions they wrote weren’t answered. There would be a statement made that all comments were read and reviewed.
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Village of
Churchville/Town of
Joint Comprehensive Plan Committee Meeting
The meeting was held at
Present: Pamela Moore, Town Supervisor, Co-Chair
Scott Cullen, Village Trustee, Co-Chair
Mark Majewski, Representative,
Veronica Palmer, Representative, Town of
Lyle Warren, Representative,
Sue Davis, Secretary
· Fire Department portable sign – event will be advertised in early April
· Flyers – Flyers will be distributed at Churches, included with Village Utility Billing, included in the Town Newsletter and available at the Library.
· Sue to send out flyers on April 10th to all Village Boards and legislators via email.
· Possibility of stenciling signs – Scott to work on cost and ask Doug Steward about doing this.
· Website – Veronica to use html version and put on website.
· Posters for Town/Village Halls – Veronica to do this.
· Invitations – Pamela Moore to send a letter inviting community groups and community leaders – it will be signed by both her and Scott.
· Businesses – Scott to get flyers out to the businesses.
·
· Suburban News –shrink existing flyer be used in the “Churchville Section”
·
Veronica to update “Publicity Worksheet”
Other Business – Scott will request that a copy of the Charrette Minutes be sent to the Comp Plan Committee.
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April 2006
JOINT
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMMITTEE
April 20, 2006
Village of
Churchville/Town of
Joint Comprehensive Plan Committee Meeting
John Steinmetz, Consultant
Veronica Palmer, Representative, Town of
Mark Majewski, Representative,
Douglas Steward, Representative, Town of
Greg Adams, Conservation Board Member, Town of
Amanda Pitcher, Deputy Town Clerk 2, Town of
Land Use Workshop:
 | County made 2 large colorful maps |
| Everyone liked the 2006 Comprehensive Plan Brochure |
| Mr. Steinmetz said the Draft Vision & Policies will not be presented at the workshop and will be finalized at the next meeting |
| Ms. Moore and Mr. Cullen discussed attendance for Saturday – planning on 75 |
| Time to set up, coffee, and chair’s was decided upon by Ms. Moore, Mr. Cullen & Mr. Steward |
| Mr. Steward inquired if the event was advertised in the Suburban News. Ms. Moore stated no because the deadline was missed. Ms. Moore added that she sent over 100 e-mails regarding this event out. |
| It was also mentioned that it was advertised in “The Greens” and flyers were given out in the Village Utility Bills. |
| Mr. Cullen added that he has gotten the word out about the event through the Village Newsletter, flyers, word of mouth, boy scouts and a Pasta Dinner at his church. |
| The question was asked if the Suburban News would be covering the event – Ms. Moore said she did not believe so. |
| The Committee decided they would like something sent into the Suburban News about how the event went. |
| Digital Photos will be taken. |
| Mr. Steinmetz suggested either Ms. Moore or Mr. Cullen do the introduction on Saturday and give a short history of the town and village and then he would do the rest of the speaking. |
| Ms. Palmer picked 16 questions she felt would be appropriate for the survey. |
| Discussion was made as to how the questions would be worded and which ones everyone wanted to use. |
| They agreed on which ones to be used. |
| Mr. Steinmetz said the last 50 minutes of the workshop would be used to share each group’s answers. |
| Ms. Moore asked Ms. Pitcher to make up a sign in sheet that include names and addresses. |
| The workshop will not be taped and there will be no official minutes. |
| Ms.
Moore mentioned her meeting with Maggie Brooks, |
| Discussion was had regarding roads just terminating. |
| Mr. Steinmetz said that “T” roads run into problems for future development. |
| Mr. Steward mentioned that some of the roads are like that because when they were first made by the farmers they were put on the path of least resistance. |
| Mr.
Steinmetz mentioned it is hard to go through |
| All agreed that a motel in the town/village would be very complimentary. |
| Ms. Moore commented that when the surveys were read, it shaped the committees way of thinking and it gave some background on how people felt and why they felt that way. |
| Mr. Steinmetz said the survey could definitely help the Draft Vision. |
Meeting adjourned at 8:28 PM
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May 2006
JOINT
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMMITTEE
May 4, 20056
Joint Comprehensive Plan Committee Meeting
The meeting was held on May 4, 2006 at 7:00 p.m. in the
John Steinmetz, Consultant
Veronica Palmer, Representative, Town of
Mark Majewski, Representative,
Nancy Kohlman,
George
Becker, Planning Chair, Town of
Jennifer
Balonek, Conservation Chair, Town of
Kimberly
Pape, Town Clerk, Town of
Co-Chair Pamela Moore called the meeting to order at 7:03 PM
Approval of Minutes
Map:
| Mr. Steinmetz went over the four maps generated from the Land Use Workshop and asked the committee members to reconcile the best features into one new land use map. |
| Creeks were outlined, buffer zones were added and the committee discussed increasing the buffer area to a more standard 100 feet. |
| Parks were outlined. |
| Community facilities were also outlined on map. |
| Paper
Roads were discussed. (Future roadway improvements to plan for a better
transportation system over time.) Elevating the main corridor traffic on |
| Mr. Steinmetz noted that if you have the prospective roads in you comprehensive plan that could give leverage to have developers put roads where the town would like to see them if and when development might occur. |
| Land Preservation was discussed with regards to where does that fit with roads. |
| Commercial
zoning on |
| Across form the county golf course would be a better place to have residential cluster development. |
Mr. Steinmetz reviewed the agenda for the next meeting:
§ Discuss paper roads. (members are asked to give the idea some thought)
§ Review the revised land use map.
§ The committee will review Visions and Policy.
Meeting adjourned at 9:15 PM
JOINT
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMMITTEE
May 18, 2006
Village of
Churchville/Town of
Joint Comprehensive Plan Committee Meeting
John Steinmetz, Consultant
Lyle Warren, Representative,
Nancy Kohlman,
Michael Kohlman,
Bill McCombs,
George Becker, Representative, Town of
Mark Majewski, Representative,
Shawn Casey, Trustee,
Charles Wood,
Amanda Pitcher, Deputy Town Clerk 2, Town of
Co-Chair Scott Cullen called the meeting to order at 7:36 PM
Scott Cullen made a motion that the minutes of the May 4, 2006 meeting be approved. Motion passed unanimously.
· Ms. Moore asked Ms. Pitcher to give Mr. Becker a copy of minutes from each meeting in his mailbox because he does not have an e-mail address.
· Ms. Pitcher also volunteered to have a few copies of the last meeting at each current meeting for other members or guests that did not receive one.
| Mr. McCombs inquired if this board discusses Wind
towers and if that should be included in the Joint Comprehensive Plan |
| Mr. Steinmetz responded that the Plan should not be
inclusive to a single purpose or goal because then it may not be adopted if
it comes down to just one issue. |
| Ms. Moore suggested that maybe a good short term goal
would be to update the Zoning Codes. |
| Mr. Steinmetz said once you all have a firm stance on
the issue it may be worthwhile to include in the Plan. |
| Mr. Casey stated that the committee could address it
on a general level and that wouldn’t hold things up. |
| Mr. Steinmetz agreed that would be appropriate. |
Draft Vision & Policy Area:
| Mr. Steinmetz asked for general comments on the Draft.
He also asked that if there are more specific comments please give
them to him on hard copy or e-mail. |
| Mr. Steinmetz then turned to the committee for
comments: |
Page 1:
| Ms. Moore stated that should would like to expand on the bullet that says “A spirit of cooperation between public and private entities” to include community organizations. |
| Ms. Moore also commented on the bullet before it which says “Agricultural opportunities to help maintain our rural character”. She stated that the survey also indicated the need for preservation and creation of Open Space. |
| Mr. Steinmetz agreed with Ms. Moore and says he will think about how he can put that in the plan. |
Page 2:
· Mr. Casey stated that he liked phrase C. Mr. Steinmetz asked if it was too bold and Mr. Casey said no.
· Some discussion was had regarding phrases E & G.
· Discussion was had regarding neighborhood design issue vs. road design issue.
· Making traditional roads and making it less convenient to cut through neighborhoods.
· Mr. Casey referred to phrase I “Improve appearance and aesthetic appeal of housing stock and residential properties” he would like to add some reference to encouraging and keeping the historical value.
· Ms. Moore stated that this subject was mentioned and critiqued by many.
· Mr. Steinmetz stated he would play around with the subject of historical preservation.
Page 3:
| Mr. Steinmetz stated that the towns of |
| Ms. Moore discussed right to farming legislation. |
| Mr. Michael Kohlman mentioned phrase F. “Increase the recreational opportunities associated with Black Creek”. Mr. Kohlman was concerned about duck hunters accessing private property and the issue of how hard it is to prosecute them. |
Page 4:
| Ms. Moore suggested adding ‘promote positive environment for agriculture’. |
| Mr. Warren stated he wondered if the community would like to encourage more locally owned and operated businesses verses corporate or commercially owned businesses. Mr. Warren felt that most businesses here are local and that increases the charm of our community. |
| Mr. Cullen stated that it is getting harder and harder for local business to start up but he does like Mr. Warren’s idea. |
| Mr. Kohlman mentioned a concern that this would discourage agriculture. |
|
 Discussion
was had about farming verses say McDonalds coming in. |
| Ms. Moore wanted to know how a municipality gets involved in encouraging or discouraging certain types of businesses. |
| Mr. Steinmetz stated it is hard to zone out say McDonalds if they meet all town does. |
| Mr. Steinmetz stated he will leave this subject open for people’s comments. |
Page 5 & 6:
| No comments |
Page 7:
| Some discussion was had regarding a greenbelt around the Village. |
Page 8:
| None |
The slideshow also showed that this community felt that greenbelt and separation was very desirable. Green space was the preference. This information all reinforced the beginning comments from the original surveys.
| Mr. Steinmetz described what each color on the map stands for. |
| Discussion was had on paper roads, town wide grids and future roads. |
| Ms. Moore expressed a concern about putting in possible roads. |
| Mr. Steinmetz said that the roads are not intended to be proactively built; they would be reactive if someone wanted to develop. |
| Discussion was had regarding one area of the map that had not been designated to anything yet. Some felt that it should be designated ‘highway commercial’. |
| Ms. Moore inquired how many years this plan is intended for. |
| Mr. Steinmetz stated 8 to 15 years but not to exceed 15 years. |
| Some discussion on Empire Zone. |
| Mr. Wood stated that if the Village is going to have a unique character that we need a green space around the Village. Ms. Moore agreed. |
| There was some disagreement on whether or not the map represented what the people wanted in the surveys. |
| Ms. Moore stated she was uncomfortable labeling some areas until we have soil maps. |