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Executive; Session of Board of Planning and Development
Friday, January 8, 1988, 4: 15 p.m.
PRESENT: Chair Blumenthal; Sampson; Daley; Cookingham
participating via telephone; Meigs.
Cookingham explained that bad road conditions had
prevented him from leaving his, office in Owego in order to be
present at the meeting. Meigs informed the Board that City
Attorney Nash had stated a phone poll of members individually,
would be acceptable if there were no: substantive changes in the
text of the minutes underconsiderationfor approval; if Mr.
Cookingham could participate in. discussion of any revisions. as
they were brought up, his vote should also count.
Blumenthal opened the meeting, which was called: to
take official approval action on minutes of the Dec. 1, - 1987
regular meeting, especially as it concerned the matter of the
proposed Ronsvalle subdivision, 109 S. Titus Ave. These minutes
had been requested by Attorney Nelson Roth, who has initiated an
Article 78 proceeding on Mr. Ronsvalle's behalf, seeking
reversal and annulment of the Board's denial of approval for the
subdivision.
Meigs explained that he had drafted the undated,
double-spaced draft of the proceeding of the Dec. l subdivision
discussion, and circulated it to Board members Dec. 31st, for
their consideration. He had done this in an effort to insure
that the official minutes accurately reflected the discussion
and decision, and particularly the reasons for the decision as
presented verbally by the Board at the Dec. 1 meeting. He had
listened to the tape of the meeting, comparing it with the draft
minutes prepared by the Department Administrative Secretary and
distributed to the Board before the Dec. 22, 1987 regular
meeting.
Mr. Meigs reported that former Board member Cummings,
who could not be present for this meeting, had reviewed his
draft and indicated that she felt it to be accurate.
In discussion, responding to members' questions
regarding thetext of Mr. Meigs ' draft, he stated that the terms
and wording therein were, to the best of his ability to
understand the tape and his recollection of discussion at the
Dec. l meeting, accurate and verbatim, though he had of course
held more or less to the condensed form of minutes reportage
Pl.anning:& Development- Board
summary Minutes .1/8/88. s -
which is standard .practice:
The City Attorney. uv 11 receive the
verbatim transcripts of: all portion of Bo1.ar ':r eetings;,at which
the Ronsval.le subdivision was discussed; these are now in
preparation.
The Board reached consensus that the draft prepared
by Mr. Meigs, with ;minor revisiof.,- accurately reported he
discussion andactiloniz,,iaken at the IDec. 141987 meeting. There
were no changes to:: other agenda- items. . On motion by Mr. Daley,
seconded by Mr. Sampson,_ the minutes o.f the December 1,- 1987
meeting of the Boarddere Approved .as revised lby Mr. Meigs"'
draft, further revised at this Executive Session. Voter 4-0-0.
unanimous.
Jonathan�C. Meigs, Planner
'., seting-.Secretary