HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012-05-29I Minutes
Town of Dryden Conservation Board
3 Tuesday, 29 May 2012
d Dryden Town 111all
5 93 East rMain Street, Dryden, NY 113053
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1. Cull to order (7;37 p.m.) - C. Smith
10 2. Completion of Record of Attendance by Members
11 -- Present: Beck, Munkenbeek, Richmond, Schutt, , Sherman, Smith
12 -- Absent: Bisscn, Prentigq, I1yan
13 -- elc officio: Kwasno ski, NIchoIson
14 -- liaison' Anderson (Planning Board), Sumner (Stipervisor. Town F3oaTd)
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1 . Additirrns to agenda"
17 -- Cformspondence from Bruno Schickel (unsigned and undated), minted to CvEAs, � %?as circulated via
18 e -mail on 2.5 May 2412, to Conservation Board and Town Board rnernbers and duly noted (copy attached)-
19 - Entice nFSpecial Meeting on 5 .tune for all hoards; K�vasnowski explains that this meeting is to discuss
zo nodal development in the villages and Varna near the route 36 1Route 13 intersection (NYSE G),
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22 C Review and approval of minutes from 24 April 2012 Meeting
23 -- Edit on line 19 of minutes; should read `-Craig Schutt expressed interest in,., ".
24 -- Discussion of the 2500' fcct butter for amphibians. wasnowsk1 discusses the conversion 0 f0r6
25 kilometers or � 2500' that an amphibian can travel and the need to protect these areas through the C EA's.
96 -- Smiths d iscusses the need to know the regulations and precedent for 2500' buffer with StatelF=edera1
Wetlands.
28 - -K asnowski states that it's better to identify boundaries and suggest area around a C:EA rather than
29 change the CEA boundaries.
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3! -- Smith entertains a moeion to pats April minides-
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33 -- All approve.
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35 5. Reports and Updates
36 a. Town Board — M. Sumner
37 -- Introduced C 2A'5 1,2,5 last week and scheduled pub 11r! hearings for Town Board Meeting on 21
39 June at 7m35-
19 -- Special Planning Board meeting on 5 June
40 -- Zoning/Subdivision Public InforinatiOn Session on 13 June
41 -- Zoning public hearing on 27 June
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43 b. Town Planning Board - C:- Anderson
44 -- Dryden Farmer's Co rneet1ng, on Wednesday, 6 .tune, at 7:30 p.m. (and first Wednesday
45 each month thereafter)
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47 c, Ad Hoc Agriculture Coin nnittee = N. M unkcnbctk, R. Ryan, Cf- Schutt
48 -- No report
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0 d- Other Town Boards and Comnnissions - Jane Nlicho [so n
51 -- Overview of the Varna Community Development Plan.
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53 6. Old business
W5 a. CEAs - Progress and next steps
56 -- Review of the process and where we are going with the process.
57 -- Munkenbeck suggests that those who cannot attend the special meetings can review revised
58 CEAs at the Planning Department Office or on the Town web site.
59 -- Sumner recommends consistently sending CEAs to the Town Board for review.
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61 b. Need for additional Special Meetings to review and discuss ChAs?
62 -- Kwasnowski reviews the timing in which the board will respond; schedule and progress by the
63 Planning Board.
64 -- Board consensus that not all board members can make it to all the special meetings, and all
65 members agree on the common, collective goal and trust the judgment of the Town Board and
66 Conservation Board to do the best job possible.
67 -- Kwasnowski confirms that all changes were made by J. Bogdan on the spot. Beck suggests that
68 any and all changes can be seen in Dropbox. Sumner noted that the Town Board made some
69 wording changes last month. Copies of revised CEA documentation, as they will be reviewed by
70 the Town Board, are on the Town web site.
71 -- Kwasnowski questioned the timing for adjournment of the last Special Meeting on 16 May;
72 Conservation Board members agreed to continue discussion until a later time in order to finish all
73 of the assigned LEA's at that meeting.
74 -- Special meetings for 12 June at 7:30PM, and regularly scheduled meeting for 26 June,
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76 7. New business
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W8 a. Open Space Planning Process and Procedures - Dan Kwasnowski
. -- Kwasnowski provided an overview of the plan, where the Planning Department is at present, and
80 where the Department and Plan are going; the Open Space Plan (OSP) is derived from the Open
81 Space Inventory and is project oriented. The OSP will work in concert with the local laws that will
82 be adopted. The OSP will be a systematic approach that states what we want to do, how we will do
83 it, and the resources we have to do it. The plan is a strategic -type plan that includes agriculture,
84 conservation, and recreation.
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86 -- Richmond and Prentiss prepared the recreation section in 2011.. with input from community
87 members, and that section provides a background for recreation and a list of needs. There was also
88 discussion of the agriculture section, although there remains a lack of input from the art Itoc
89 Agriculture Committee of the Conservation Board, because that Committee has not met since it
90 was formed in February 2012.
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92 == Kwasnowski: The CFA's provided a critical background for the OSP. The plan itself should be
93 a plan and not the work itself. It should provide a list of plans and other projects and lay out the
94 foundation (strategic approach). This is an action plan where the CEA's will be well
95 accomplished; there is a model wetland law that can be incorporated. `fake the pieces that the
96 Conservation Board feels are important or identified in the conservation analysis and these are the
97 tools that can be used. The Conservation Board will need to evaluate to detennine if there are
98 policies, programs, outreach, etc. required. This will be in the plan and developed as action items.
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100 -- Sumner states two Town Board priorities: 1) town acquisition of land, and 2) land donated to
0o1 town.
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1f6 -- Anderson states that small farms feel the most development pressure, and that there are other
104 mechanisms to help protect them. It's crucial that there is some protection for small farms.
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P07 P 6 b. Charge to Ad Hoc Agriculture Committee for Open Space Plan (see attached)
..,Smith reviewed the ad {roc Agriculture Committee guidelines. The committee is a charge of this
108 board; consensus of the group was that ad hoc committee would have something prepared for the
109 Open Space Plan by the 31 July 2012 (changed front 26 June 2012), for discussion at the August
►►o Conservation Board meeting.
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112 8. Meeting adjourned at 9e30 p.m.
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114 Minutes recorded and submitted by Jane Nicholson.