HomeMy WebLinkAboutTB 2025-027 Acceptance of the Concept and Locations of Public Infrastructure Maplewood IIMEETINGOFTHEITHACATOWNBOARD
March10, 2025
TB Resolution 2025-027: Acceptance of the Concept and Locations of Public Infrastructure to be dedicated to the Townfor theMaplewood II Development
Whereas, the Town of Ithaca Planning Board granted Preliminary Site Plan Approval for the proposed Maplewood Phase II Project on Maple Avenue, located between the Maplewood Graduate
Student Apartment complex and the East Lawn Cemetery. The project, which requires a rezoning from Multiple Residence and High-Density Residential Zones to a Planned Development Zone
(PDZ), involves consolidating four parcels and constructing six (6) five-story apartment buildings, containing 615 units/800 beds in studio, one bedroom, and two-bedroom unit configurations.
The project will also include integrated amenity/service spaces, parking areas, trails and pedestrian facilities, open spaces, stormwater facilities, and other site improvements, Cornell
University, Owner/Applicant; Michele Palmer, Whitham Planning, Design, Landscape Architecture, PLLC, Agent; and
Whereas, the Applicant has proposed dedicating infrastructure (multi-use trail, trail lighting, rectangular rapid flashing beacons (RRFB), sanitary sewer manhole, trail parking and modification
to Maple Ave) to the Town of Ithaca, to serve the parcel and surrounding public, and
Whereas, the Public Works Committee has reviewed the plans for the above improvements and found them generally acceptable, and recommended theaction to the Town Board for discussion
and consideration, and
Whereas, the proposed trail, lighting, and trail parking will require easements, and the applicant has agreed to grant an easement, or similar legal means acceptable to the Attorney
for the Town, to allow for the long-term maintenance and placement of these items on the parcel, and
Whereas, a portion of the proposed trail is located on the parcel to the west which is also owned by the applicant, and they have agreed to grant an easement, or similar legal means
acceptable to the Attorney for the Town, to allow for the long term maintenance and placement of the trail on the parcel, and
Whereas, the proposed trail parking is located on the parcel to the north which is also owned by the applicant, and they have agreed to grant an easement, or similar legal means acceptable
to the Attorney for the Town, to allow for the long term maintenance and placement of the trail parking on the parcel, and be it
Resolved, the Town Board approves and accepts the concept and location of the improvements described above subject to approval from the City of Ithaca for the portion of the proposed
infrastructure that will be located on their parcel, and be it further
Resolved, that all legal agreements be reviewed and approved by the Director of Engineering and the Attorney for the Town prior to requesting dedication of the infrastructure, and be
it further
Resolved, the Town Board will consider acceptance of the infrastructure after satisfactory completion, subject to the approval of the Town Engineer and Highway Superintendent, of the
installation of said infrastructure.
Moved: Rich DePaoloSeconded: Susie Gutenberger
Vote:ayes–Howe, DePaolo, Bleiwas, Levine, Johnson, Gutenberger & Rosen