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Upcoming Meetings About Chain Works District Project

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From the City memo:

On August 5, 2014, the City of Ithaca will hold a Public Information Session regarding an application from UnChained Properties, LLC for a Planned Unit Development (PUD). The Public Information Session will begin at 5:30 PM, in the Cinemapolis movie theatre, 120 E. Green Street, Ithaca. In accordance with the City of Ithaca PUD Application Process, the applicant and project team will present information about the project and will answer questions from the public. The purpose of this memo is to provide information regarding this proposal.

The proposed Chain Works District seeks to redevelop and rehabilitate the +/-800,000 SF former Morse Chain/Emerson Power Transmission facility, located on a 95-acre parcel traversing the City and Town of Ithaca’s municipal boundary. The PUD would allow the site to be developed into a mixed-use district, which includes residential, commercial, office, and manufacturing.

The site’s redevelopment would bridge South Hill and Downtown Ithaca, the Town and the City of Ithaca, by providing multiple intermodal access routes, including a highly-desired trail connection. The project will be completed in multiple phases over a period of several years, with the initial phases of the project involving some demolition in addition to the redevelopment of the existing structures. Using the existing structures ― residential, commercial, studio workspaces, and office development are proposed to be predominantly within the City of Ithaca, while manufacturing will be within both the Town and City of Ithaca. The interior of the existing complex will be retrofitted to meet code requirements for particular uses, while the intent is to rehabilitate the exterior to maintain the existing character to celebrate the complex’s industrial history.

The completed PUD application and supporting documentation can be found here.

A Public Hearing will be held at the August 13, 2014, meeting of the Planning and Economic Development Committee, and the Committee will consider endorsing this proposal at that meeting. Your comments on this proposal are respectfully requested by August 7, 2014. If you have questions or require additional information, please feel free to contact Jennifer Kusznir at jenniferk@cityofithaca.org.

Contamination at 400 Spencer Rd

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In an article published by the Ithaca Voice yesterday evening, it was revealed that there are toxic pollutants at 400-4006 Spencer Rd where the Stone Quarry Apartments are set to be built.  The site does not currently meet the standards for residential occupancy, due to the contamination, and will need to have remediation in order to bring the site up to state environmental standards.

More information can be found in the article here:
Major Toxic Pollutants Found at Stone Quarry Site

The Stone Quarry Apartments project is going before the Planning and Development Board this evening at 6pm (108 E. Green St).  If you are interested in sharing your opinion, please plan on attending this meeting (you will need to arrive prior to 6pm in order to sign up to speak) or e-mail you comments to Charles Pyott at: cpyott@cityofithaca.org and ask for them to the passed along to the PDB.

Update: After the PDB meeting, the Board voted to table to project until next month.

More news articles:

More detailed information about the contamination can be read in the Toxics Targeting Letter to the mayor: Final Construction Approval of the Stone Quarry Apartments Should be Withheld Due to Toxic Concerns

Sidewalk Improvement Plan Open House

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The Department of Public Works will hold separate open houses for each of the five sidewalk improvement districts (SIDs) to present and receive feedback on the draft 2015 sidewalk work plan.

Spencer Road falls into Sidewalk Improvement District #4, which is shared with Elmira Road, southwest Ithaca, the south of the creek neighborhood, and South Hill (map).

Our open house will be:

Monday, July 21, 6:30-8:00pm
Tompkins Community Action, 701 Spencer Road (Conference Room) (map)

Based on these open house meetings, the Department will develop a final proposed work plan and budget to present to the Board of Public Works. Projects that are not included in the 2015 work plan will be considered for 2016.

Questions can be directed to Eric Hathaway, Sidewalk Program Manager, Engineering Division, at: (607) 274-6530 or: sidewalks@cityofithaca.org.

Public Input Sought for Tompkins County Comprehensive Plan

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The Tompkins County Planning Department is hosting a series of public meetings to solicit public input on the update of the Tompkins County Comprehensive Plan. The public meetings will focus on proposed policies to address challenges facing the community including a discussion of conditions that have changed since the plan was adopted in 2004. Participants will be asked to comment on the proposed policies and suggest specific actions the community might take to implement those policies. It is anticipated that a completed draft plan incorporating comments received during this phase of the public input process will be ready for public review in the fall and that a final plan will be presented to the County Legislature for adoption later this year.

Meetings will be held on:

  • June 19 Tompkins County Public Library’s Borg Warner Room 11am-1pm
  • June 19 GIAC 5:30pm-7:30pm
  • June 23 Caroline Elementary School 7pm-9pm
  • June 24 Newfield Town Hall 7pm-9pm
  • June 25 Jacksonville Community Methodist Church, 1869 Trumansburg Rd, Trumansburg, 7pm-9pm
  • June 26 Groton Town Hall, 7pm-9pm

For further information, contact the Tompkins County Planning Department, email compplan@tompkins-co.org or 607-274-5560.

Information on the current comprehensive plan can be found here: http://www.tompkins-co.org/planning/compplan/.

Meeting about Stone Quarry Apartments and City Sidewalk Improvements

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INHS and the City of Ithaca will be hosting a joint meeting on Thursday, June 12th at 7pm at the Oasis Fellowship Church (map: 808 S. Meadow St Ext) to discuss the Stone Quarry Apartments (proposed for 400 Spencer Road) and to update the residents on the city’s plans for sidewalks in the area of Spencer Road.

INHS said that they would be sending out a mailing to the neighborhood about the meeting.  Please be sure to alert any interested neighbors about the meeting, in case the notification does not go out.