Final

TOWN OF ROSENDALE

PLANNING BOARD MINUTES

Feb 5, 2009

Chairman Billy Liggan called the meeting to order at 7:43 pm at the Rosendale Community Center, Rosendale, NY.

ROLL CALL: Chairman, Billy Liggan – Present 

                          Randi Morf – Present

                          Jeanne Walsh – Present

                          Fred Greitzer – Excused

                          John McEnrue – Excused

                          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:      Naja Kraus- Environmental Committee

                          Dennis Kaye Economic Development Commission

Minutes:

The Minutes from Jan 08, 2009 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: B Liggan, - Abstained, J Walsh- Abstained, J. Havranek– Yes, R. Morf – Yes,

P Perry - Yes, N Mercurio- Yes,

Motion Carried.

Public Hearing

Ballincurry Site Plan / Special Use Permit  #2008-13

Start: Jan 8, 2009 7:45 pm

Stop: Opened

Application is currently being reviewed by Ulster County Planning Board. Public Hearing will remain open until written comments are received.

Motion was made by J. Havranek to petition the Town Board to adopt the Ulster County Referring Agency Exceptional Agreement seconded by P.Perry.

Roll Vote: B Liggan, - Yes, J Walsh- Yes, J. Havranek– Yes, R. Morf – Yes,

P Perry - Yes, N Mercurio- Yes,

Motion carried

Old Business:

Wild Rose Major Subdivision #2006-

Applicant is requesting a six month Extension of Preliminary Subdivision which was dated Sept 4, 2008, approval will expire on Mar 5, 2009.

Motion was made by R.Morf to grant a six month Extension of the Preliminary Subdivision with a date of September 4, 2009 seconded by J. Havranek

Roll Vote: B Liggan, - Yes, J Walsh- Yes, J. Havranek– Yes, R. Morf – Yes,

P Perry - Yes, N Mercurio- Yes,

Motion carried

ATT Towers - #2008-14 Special Use Permit

Public Hearing is still open

Environmental Committee reviewed application per Town Code and a letter is on file

John Furst, Attorney for ATT, and Mr. Richard Buckley brought the Board up to date on the current status of the tower.

The board’s recommendation is for the Code Enforcement Officer to contact Subcarrier to perform a structural inspection and to establish an escrow account in the amount of $15,000 -$25,000 to conduct the inspection in accordance with Town Code 75-28-14(u) 1.

Motion was made by J. Havranek to recommend the CEO to enforce Town Code 75-28-14(u) 1

and work with CT Male and applicant to establish an escrow account, seconded by J. Walsh.

Roll Vote: B Liggan, - Yes, J Walsh- Yes, J. Havranek– Yes, R. Morf – Yes,

P Perry - Yes, N Mercurio- Yes,

Motion carried

Need to refer to Attorney to see if the Planning Board can move forward with this application prior to the Structural Inspection being completed.

New Business:

None

Misc. Business:

RT 32 Corridor Plan

Dennis Kaye gave a brief description of the Draft Rt 32 Corridor Plan

The Planning Board’s recommendations are as follows:

1. Pg 8 General provisions, C #2 add

Modifications and waivers may also be granted on a case by case basis that is site specific recognizing pre existing conditions and constraints.

2. Use regular numbers instead of roman numbers throughout the document
3. Hazardous Material , chemicals, bulk storage should be addressed

4    Beef up screening for dumpsters

C.T. Male review of the Route 32 Corridor Plan, at the request of the Planning Board on January 8, 2009

The draft Route 32 Corridor Design Guidelines and Standards appears to be very thorough

and complete. It covers a broad array of commercial and industrial design issues and

concepts commonly found in progressive municipal land use codes and ordinances. The

study also utilizes pertinent graphics to clearly illustrate design concepts and is easy to use,

understand and interpret.

 The draft guidelines and standards should be cross referenced with the existing town code

and zoning ordinance to identify potential conflicts and to ensure that any new design

standards and guidelines can be inserted seamlessly into the existing town codes.

A similar set of design standards and guidelines should be developed for the Main Street

corridor as well, but with a particular emphasis on the unique aspects of that defined

business corridor.

Misc. Correspondence:

None

P.Perry made the motion to adjourn the meeting @ 10:00 p.m.

R.Morf seconded the motion.

Roll Vote: B Liggan, - Yes, J Walsh- Yes, J. Havranek– Yes, R. Morf – Yes,

P Perry - Yes, N Mercurio- Yes,

Motion carried

Meeting Adjourned @10:00pm

Submitted by,

Leslie Treut

Planning Board Clerk©