Minutes of Citizens’ Advisory Committee meeting for Wilmington Local Waterfront Revitalization Program (LWRP):  Full Committee Meeting, Land Use/zoning Subgroup, and Outreach to Seniors’ Lunch Group

I.  Full Committee Meeting:  March 21, 2006 , Wilmington Town Hall

Attendees (Bold= Wilmington resident)

Items

-          The committee discussed and added information to the notes of a highway dept. interview, which will be part of the Inventory document.  New info included:  first year there was not a problem, flow guage was in LP not AS, no public meeting to decide small gates.  Engineer was phoned and doesn’t remember certain is sue s.  Dam gates is sue was discussed.

-          Holly offered use of the placards at Visitors’ Bureau to remind us of 2001 planning findings. 

-          A Zonign group will meet 3/27 at 2:30 to discuss zoning/land use is sue s. 

-          Children have to do community service before graduation from high school; could get them to help in stream channel analysis as Keene did, or work through Youth Center .

-          Maps for inventory were discussed:  we need for final version:  maps of trails, public access areas, biking, fishing, canoeing; also utilities, infrastructure.  See also McMartin book for bushwack trails, Jane has paddling map.

-          Find out what the DEC plan is for the Flume swimming area.  Maintenance is a problem, also safety. 

-          Need littering signs $1000 fine.   Give young people summer jobs to pick up trash?

-          Get Scenic Byways $ for signs, sidewalks, and bike paths. 

II.                   Land Use/zoning sub group:  3/27

Who:  Tom (zoning board), Jeanne, Jim C. (zoning), Dawn (town board), Kara

-          Meeting because there are some small differences between town’s zoning map and APA’s zoning map.   We need to determine if these will affect LWRP or waterfront and how.  See maps in Inventory.

-          Need comprehensive plan updated (1975) and land use code (1988) as well.  Perhaps could apply for funds for a shortened process building on LWRP and 2001 plan, as well as UMP and other recent reports. 

-          Ask APA for ruling on hamlet expansion and other areas that don’t overlap on this combined map. 

o        East side of 86 ( Huntington ’s and back about 100 yards)

o        1 acre ? south of Grossman property now “unclassified”

o        Extension of Village center/hamlet to Hardy/Bilhuber road, has water (no sewer).

-          Target empire zone for development. 

III.  Outreach visit to seniors luncheon at Methodist Church :  4/11

Who:  Kara went to invite participants to 4/24 workshop, talk a little about the waterfront project, and collect memories and interests.

-          Jean Wright remembered when there was a girls’ camp upstream from her property owned by Gary Follos’ mother in law; she would be woken up in the a.m. by the sound of the girls singing as they canoed by.

-          Several people opined that many septic systems are too close to the river and should be moved back.

-          Mary Pelke and Theresa Matteson described their experience over years of watching snapping turtles lay eggs on the beach near the swing set, every summer between June 21 – Sept. 21.  They think perhaps the swing set should be moved.  They showed this event to town employees Greg Winch Jr. and John Langford last year. 

-          Kara followed up a week later with phone calls. 

-          Dawn followed up a week later with another visit to luncheon group. 

Norms adopted by committee

(From the minutes of meeting on 12/03/05.):

For more information on the Wilmington LWRP, please contact:

Jeanne Ashworth , Town Supervisor (946 7179) or Kara Page , ASCI (946 7557)