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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1997-11-18 - PB Planning Board Regular Meeting, 11 /18/97 3B9 Page 1 Town of Ulysses Planning Board Regular Meeting November 18 , 1997 Present: Chair Dave Tyler, Members Rick Geiger, Greg Hoffmire, Krys Cail, and Peter Demjanec . Also present : Code Enforcement Officer Alex Rachun, Town Counsel Bruce Wilson, Bob Burgdorf, Barbara Fisher. Recording minutes : Clerk Deb Austic Dave called the meeting to order at 7 : 05 p . m. The Board reviewed minutes from the October 30 , 1997 public hearing. The following changes were made : page 3 , paragraph 5 to read " . . . alleged procedural errors which have been corrected. The Town chose not to incur the expense of going to court to have the suit dismissed, even though Dave felt the Town would have been successful in securing a dismissal at this time . . . " ; page 5 , paragraph 1 specify RF radio broadcast engineering which broadcasts at a higher dBm. Rick made a motion to approve the minutes as amended, seconded by Krys, passed unanimously . Dave reviewed the progress of the Frontier application since the public hearing . The Jacksonville Community Association site (site 14) was determined not to be a viable site according to the drive test . The applicant was exploring the possibility of a new site (site 15) to the east of the original Mekeel Road site (site 2) . The exact location was not disclosed to protect landowner' s privacy and because the deal was not finalized. Bruce reviewed the new timeline proposed by Frontier in which the application would be submitted on 11 /26/97, the deadline for a decision from the Planning Board would be extended to the week of 12/ 15/97 , and the deadline for the Town' s response to the pending lawsuit brought by Frontier would also be extended. This would extend the response time for the Town consultant and public input. Bruce expressed concern that the SEQRA review and public hearing for a new site 15 would need to be included in that period. Krys questioned Burgdorf on the drive tests that had been performed in the previous week at site 14 and site 2 . Krys asked for confirmation of the heights the tests were done at. Burgdorf stated site 14 had been done at 195 ft and site 2 was done at different heights . Krys made a motion to adjourn to executive session to discuss the pending litigation with Frontier, seconded by Peter, and passed unanimously . The Board adjourned to executive session at 7 : 40 p .m . The Board returned from executive session at 9 : 10 p. m. Krys made a motion to go back on the record, seconded by Rick, and passed unanimously . Dave suggested that if the applicant wished to pursue site 15 , the application should be in by 11 /26/97 . All applications should be in by noon on the 26 to avoid holiday delay . The Board scheduled a tentative date for a public hearing for 12/ 11 /97 at 7 p.m . at the Fire Hall . If there is no new site, there will be a regular meeting at that time at the Town Hall instead . The deadline for public submittals would be 12/05/97 . In addition, the dates of 11 / 16/97 and 11 / 18/97 at 7 p . m . in the Town Hall were scheduled for deliberation of the application. Bruce asked Burgdorf to call with confirmation of the new site 15 on 11 /21 /97 to ensure enough time for public notification . The Board asked Burgdorf to submit 2 copies of the application directly to Bruce, 1 copy to Tom Aiston, and 3 copies to the Town Hall (one for Susan Brock' s group) . Krys suggested that the applicant should consider 11 /26 as a deadline to submit any missing or inaccurate information from previous applications . Krys requested that copies of the data from the drive tests be sent to Tom Aiston and the Town for public review. Dave said that Burgdorf confirmed 195 ft on Mekeel Road was a firm proposal even though the drive test did not get the results they hoped for. The clerk shared a list of submittals available in the zoning office with the Board. The meeting adjourned at 9 : 35 p .m .