HomeMy WebLinkAbout1997-11-18 - PB Planning Board Regular Meeting, 11 /18/97 3B9
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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 .