Final

TOWN OF ROSENDALE

PLANNING BOARD MINUTES

Jan 8, 2009

Vice Chairman Joe Havranek called the meeting to order at 7:35 pm at the Rosendale Community Center, Rosendale, NY.

A moment of silence was conducted in honor of Harriet Mulligan who served the Town of Rosendale for over 50 years in Community Service

ROLL CALL: Chairman, Billy Liggan – Excused

                          Randi Morf – Present

                          Jeanne Walsh – Excused

                          Fred Greitzer – Excused

                          John McEnrue – Present

                          Peter Perry – Present 

                          Joseph Havranek- Present

  Nick Mercurio- Present

  Gary Jacobson – Present   

  Charles Voss, C.T. Male Associates, Planning Board Consultant – Absent

                          Dave Plante, C.T. Male Associates, Planning Board Consultant – Present

Also present      Dave Massimi Code Enforcement Officer

                          Manna Jo Greene –Town Board Representative

Minutes:

The Minutes from Dec 4 2008 meeting were reviewed and accepted as amended

P. Perry made a motion to accept the minutes as amended, R Morf seconded the motion.

Roll Vote: P.Perry – Yes, J. Havranek– Yes, R. Morf – Yes, J.McEnrue- Yes, N Mercurio- Yes,

Motion Carried.

The Minutes from Dec 18, 2008 workshop meeting were reviewed and accepted as amended

J. Havranek made a motion to accept the minutes as amended, J. McEnrue seconded the motion.

Roll Vote: P.Perry – Abstained, J. Havranek– Yes, R. Morf – Abstained, J. McEnrue- Yes,

N Mercurio- Yes, G Jacobson, - Yes

Motion carried

Public Hearing

Peace Minor Subdivision #2008-12

Start: Jan 8, 2009 7:45 pm

Stop Jan 8, 2009 7:53 pm

Subdivision is located on River Rd Ext.  

John P. Smith was there because he received a certified letter and was interested in development in the neighborhood.

No other comments were offered by the Public.

Motion was made by P. Perry and seconded by R. Morf to close the Public Hearing.

Roll Vote: P.Perry – Yes, J. Havranek– Yes, R. Morf – Yes, J. McEnrue- Yes, N Mercurio- Yes, G Jacobson, - Yes

Motion carried

Motion was made by P.Perry to review Part 2 Short EAF, seconded by R. Morf 

Roll Vote: P.Perry – Yes, J. Havranek– Yes, R. Morf – Yes, J. McEnrue- Yes, N Mercurio- Yes, G Jacobson, - Yes

Motion carried

Part 2 EAF read out loud and sign off by J. Havranek and J. McEnrue. Document will become part of official record.

Motion was made by P. Perry to adopt and issue a Negative Declaration #2008-12/ Jan 8, 2009 of Environmental Significance for the proposed Peace Subdivision, seconded by J. McEnrue.

Roll Vote: P.Perry – Yes, J. Havranek– Yes, R. Morf – Yes, J. McEnrue- Yes, N Mercurio- Yes, G Jacobson, - Yes

Motion carried

Motion was made by P. Perry to amend the Negative Declaration #2008-12/ Jan 8, 2009 Resolution to read the correct address of 240 River Rd Ext, seconded by J McEnrue.

Roll Vote: P.Perry – Yes, J. Havranek– Yes, R. Morf – Yes, J. McEnrue- Yes, N Mercurio- Yes, G Jacobson, - Yes

Motion carried

Escrow account has been established in the amount recommended by CT Male

Motion was made by J. Havranek to approve a conditional final approval contingent on a verbal from the County BOH to the Rosendale Building Dept prior to the signing of the final plat.

Seconded by P.Perry

Roll Vote: P.Perry – Yes, J. Havranek– Yes, R. Morf – Yes, J. McEnrue- Yes, N Mercurio- Yes, G Jacobson, - Yes

Motion carried

Ballincurry Major Subdivision- #2008-3

Start: Jan 8, 2008 8:10 pm

Stop:

Comments from the public:

David Mondajar wanted to know the number of proposed houses to be built, and will they be 1 or 2 family dwellings?

Mr. Heenan explained that he is proposing to build 2 each 2 family dwellings and is undecided about the third building.

Joe Havranek explained to the public that all codes have been complied with.

CT Male recommended that the public hearing be kept open for the County Planning Board to review this Site Plan. All required documents will be forwarded to the County for their review.

Commercial lighting is not required for this development.

The following items need to be added to the Site plan, names of adjacent property owners and tax map number, landscaping plan, and any lighting issues.

RMA needs to have the proper Lot numbers on the agreement.

Old Business:

None

New Business:

None

Misc. Business:

Code Enforcement Officer Dave Massimi was asked to attend the meeting to give the Planning Board updates on the following

Aerostar/ Sunoco

The Planning board feels Aerostar should have come back to the board to amend their original site plan and they did not. There are numerous safety and hazardous concerns

The Planning Board needs clarification from the Zoning Board of Appeals whether it is an allowable usage to store tanker trucks in a B2 zone?

A letter will be drafted and sent to the ZBA requesting an interpretation of the Town Code with these concerns.

Motion was made by R. Morf, seconded by J Havranek to refer the Planning Boards concerns to the ZBA for clarification regarding Allowable usage of bulk storage of petroleum products and if they are authorized in a B2 district.

FJN 

Mr Massimi has sent letters to FJN and his reply is material for the lighting issues are on order, landscaping will be done March/April timeframe

Subcarrier-

Numerous emails have been flowing from Subcarrier to the CEO, parts are on order,

 the tower should be in compliance once these parts are installed

RT 32 Corridor Plan

Deadline extended to Feb 11, 2009 for the next Town Board meeting.

Homework

Floating zones

Overlay zones

RT 32 – Main St

Motion was made by J Havranek, seconded by G.Jacobson for CT Male to review RT 32 Corridor Plan and report back to the Planning Board

Roll Vote: P.Perry – Yes, J. Havranek– Yes, R. Morf – Yes, J. McEnrue- Yes, N Mercurio- Yes, G Jacobson, - Yes

Motion carried

Electronic copies of the RT 32 Corridor Plan will be sent to all Planning board members.

Representative from NYS DOT will attend next month’s meeting to give a briefing on

ZRC Priority List

G.Jacobson briefed the Planning board on the status of ZRC

WildRose

Motion was made by J.Havranek to table WildRose Petition till next meeting, seconded by G. Jacobson.

Roll Vote: P.Perry – Yes, J. Havranek– Yes, R. Morf – Yes, J. McEnrue- Yes, N Mercurio- Yes, G Jacobson, - Yes

Motion carried

Motion was made by J. Havranek to provide a financial report for escrow accounts to the Planning board, seconded by G.Jacobson.

Roll Vote: P.Perry – Yes, J. Havranek– Yes, R. Morf – Yes, J. McEnrue- Yes, N Mercurio- Yes, G Jacobson, - Yes

Motion carried

J. Havranek made the motion to adjourn the meeting @ 9:45 p.m.

J. McEnrue seconded the motion.

Roll Vote: P.Perry – Yes, J. Havranek– Yes, R. Morf – Yes, J. McEnrue- Yes, N Mercurio- Yes, G Jacobson, - Yes

Motion carried

Submitted by,

Leslie Treut

Planning Board Clerk©