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PB RESOLUTION 2023-032: Final Site Plan Approval
Carrowmoor Large-Scale Solar Energy System
Tax Parcel No. 27.-1-15.2
1358 Mecklenburg Road
Town of Ithaca Planning Board, November 7, 2023
WHEREAS:
1. This action involves consideration of Final Site Plan Approval for the proposed Carrowmoor
large-scale community solar photovoltaic system project, located at 1358 Mecklenburg Road.
The project involves installing a 5MWac single-axis sun tracking solar array system on
approximately 30-acres of land, along with two inverter/transformer equipment pads, solar
energy battery storage, new overhead utility (NYSEG) interconnects and poles, an eight-foot-
tall perimeter fence, stormwater management facilities, access drive, and other site elements.
Rancich Family Limited Partnership, Owner; Nexamp Solar, Applicant; Ryan McCune,
Agent;
2. This is a Type I Action for which the Town of Ithaca Planning Board, acting as lead agency
in coordinating the environmental review with respect to this project, on September 5, 2023,
made a negative determination of environmental significance, after having reviewed and
accepted as adequate a Full Environmental Assessment Form Part 1, submitted by the
applicant, Parts 2 and 3, prepared by Town Planning staff, and other application materials;
3. The Planning Board, at a public hearing held on November 7, 2023, has reviewed, and
accepted as adequate an application narrative titled “Changes Following Preliminary
Approval,” Carrowmoor Solar – Project Narrative - Town of Ithaca,” a set of drawings titled
“Carrowmoor Solar, 1358 Mecklenburg Road, Ithaca, NY,” prepared by LaBella, dated
10/17/2023, including sheets C001, C002, C101, C201-C203, C301-302, C501-504, E601, a
Decommissioning Plan, and other application materials; and
4. Project plans, and related information, were duly delivered to the Tompkins County Planning
and Sustainability Department per New York State General Municipal Law §§239-l et seq.,
and such Department responded in a June 29, 2023, letter from Katherine Borgella,
Tompkins County Commissioner of Planning, pursuant to §§239-l, -m, and -n of the New
York State General Municipal Law, determining that the proposed action will have no
significant county-wide or inter-community impact;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED:
That the Town of Ithaca Planning Board hereby grants Final Site Plan Approval for the proposed
Carrowmoor Solar project, located at 1358 Mecklenburg Road, as described in the materials
listed in Whereas #3 above, subject to the following conditions:
a. Before issuance of a building permit, submission to the Planning Department of a
Jurisdictional Determination letter issued by the Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) that
confirms that the ACOE concurs that the project will not impact any wetlands,
b. Before issuance of a building permit, submission to the Planning Department of a copy of
NYSDOT Highway work permit(s),
c. Before issuance of a building permit, scheduling of a coordination meeting with the
Applicant’s Environmental Monitor, and the Town Engineering, Planning, and Codes
Departments,
d. Before issuance of a building permit, approval of the Decommissioning Plan and Bond
by the Attorney for the Town and the Engineering Department,
e. Before issuance of any Certificates of Compliance, submission of a copy of the final
Medium Voltage approval and signoff from NYSEG, following its final design review of
the project, and
f. Before issuance of a building permit, revision of sheet C504 to specify a 3000K color
temperature for the proposed light pole.
Moved: Bill Arms Seconded: Cindy Kaufman
Vote: ayes – Casper, Wilcox, Bageant, Arms, McGurk, Kaufman, and Cameron