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QUEENSl3lJRY PLANNING BOARD MEETING
SPECIAL MEETING
JUNE 7TH, 1994
INDEX
Site Plan No. 21-94
Harold & Eleanore Smith
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Site Plan No. 27-93
EXTENSION
Daniel Bell
Janet Huston Bell
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Subdivision No. 2-1994
REQUEST FOR MODIFICATION
Pyramid Company of Glens Falls
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Sit e P I a rf No. 1 7 -- 9 4
Steven Solimanto
4.
THESE ARE NOT OFFICIALLY ADOPTED MINUTES AND ARE SUBJECT TO BOARD
AND STAFF REVISIONS. REVISIONS WILL APPEAR ON THE FOLLOWING MONTHS
MINUTES (IF ANY) AND WILL STATE SUCH APPROVAL OF SAID MINUTES.
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QUEENSBURY PLANNING BOARD MEETING
SPECIAL MEETING
JUNE 7TH, 1994
7:00 P.M.
MEMBERS PRESENT
TIMOTHY BREWER, CHAIRMAN
GEORGE STARK, SECRETARY
ROBERT PALING·
ROGER RUEL
JAMES OBERMAYER
CATHERINE LABOMBARD
CRAIG MACEWAN
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR-JAMES MARTIN
PLANNER-SCOTT HARLICKER
STENOGRAPHER-MARIA GAGLIARDI
NEW BUS INESS:
RESOLUTION OF INTENT OF THE PLANNING BOARD TO BE LEAD AGENCY IN THE
REVIEW OF SITE PLAN NO. 21-94, HAROLD & ELEANORE SMITH.
RESOLUTION OF INTENT OF THE PLANNING BOARD OF THE
TOWN OF QUEENSBURY TO BE LEAD AGENCY IN THE REVIEW OF
SITE PLAN APPLICATION FOR HAROLD & ELEANORE SMITH
RESOLUT ION NO.:
14 of 1994
INTRODUCED BY: RORer Rue!
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY:
CraiR MacEwan
WHEREAS, Harold & Eleanore Smith have submitted an application
for a site plan review in connection with a project known as or
described as an addition to an existinR home in a C.E.A., and
WHEREAS, the Town 0 f Queens bury P I ann i ng Board des i res to
corrunence a coordinated review process as provided under the DEC
Regulations adopted in accordance with the State Environmental
Quality Review Act (SEQRA),
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Town of Queensbury Planning Board hereby
determines that the action proposed by the applicant constitutes a
Type I action under SEQRA, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town of Queensbury Planning Board hereby
indicates its desire to be lead agent for purposes of the SEQRA
review process and hereby authorizes and directs the Executive
Director to notify other involved agencies that:
1) an application has been made by Harold & Eleanore Smith
for a site plan review;
2) a coordinated SEQRA review is desired;
3) a lead agency for purposes of SEQRA review must therefore
be agreed to among the involved agencies within 30 days;
and
4) the Town of Queensbury Planning Board desires to be the
lead agent for purposes of SEQRA review; and
BE IT FURTHER,
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RESOLVED, that when notifying the other involved agencies, the
Executive Director shall also mail a letter of explanation,
together with copies of the EAF with Part I completed by the
project sponsor, or where appropriate, the Draft EIS.
Duly adopted this 7th day of June, 1994, by the following vote:
AYES: Mr. Paling, Mr. MacEwan, Mr. Stark, Mr. Obermayer,
Mrs. LaBombard, Mr. Ruel, Mr. Brewer
NOES: NGNE
MR. STARK-The next order of business is DANIEL BELL, one year
extension of Site Plan No. 27-93. It was originally approved June
14th, 1993.
MR. BREWER-I've just got one question for Jim.
Is that that?
MR. STARK-Chiropractor, next to Mead's Nursery.
MR. BREWER-Okay. All right.
know which one it is. Okay.
MR. RUEL-This one year extension would be from what date?
MR. STARK-From June 14th.
MR. BREWER-Lets make it to the end of the month.
MR. MACEWAN-Why do you want to give hinl an extension?
MR. BREWER-Why do l want to give him an extension? Well, it's an
approved site plan. Why wouldn't you?
MR. MACEWAN'-Well, his plan's up in the air right now. Why grant
him an extension when you don't know that he's even, indeed, going
to do anything?
MR. BREWER-If he's not going to do anything, then we don't have
anything to worry about.
MR. STARK-According to his letter, the doctor that he hired didn't
work out. They parted company. He still plans on hiring another
guy. Maybe he will. Maybe he won't.
MR. MACEWAN-His words, 11
hire.
MR. STARK-Yes, if I hire.
MR. BREWER-Well, if he doesn't, then next year we won't give him
another extension.
MR. OBERMAYER-He's already approved, the project.
MR. BREWER-It was an approved site plan.
MR. STARK-Yes, last June it was.
MR. BREWER-Everything was wprked out. I don't see a problem with
it. Why would you not want to give him an extension?
MR. MACEWAN-I don't see any hardship here, and that's usually what
we give them an extension for, due to a hardship factor.
MR . STARK - Us u a II y , i s n 't i t jus t a ma t t e r 0 fro t e ,
normally just grant an extension? I mean, you know
saying. You come in with a site plan extension.
when
what
you
I'm
MR. MACEWAN-We usually give extensions for a hardship factor of one
kind or ~nother. I don't see a hardship factor here.
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MR. STARK-Have you ever turned an extension down?
MR. MACEWAN-We did one 1 as t year. I wan t to say it was tha t
development up off of Sherman Avenue, upper Sherman Avenue.
MR. RUEL-Craig, his hardship is that his former associate left him.
Therefore, he doesn't need the additional space.
MR. MACEWAN-He doesn't even know if he does need it.
MR. RUEL-He'd like to pursue and find a new associate, and that's
why he wants the extension.
MR. MACEWAN-I'm just voicing my opinion.
MR. STARK-Well, say you don't grant him the extension, and then
October, he comes in, you know, he's got to spend all the money
again, come back in front of us for two, three months again.
MR. OBERMAYER-For what, really, if it's been approved already.
MR. BREWER-Well, if somebody wants to make a motion to approve the
extension.
MOT I ON TO GRANT A ONE YEAR EXTENS ION UNT I L JUNE 30TH. 1995 FOR SITE
PLAN NO. 27-93 JANET HUSTON BELL, Introduced by Roger Ruel who
moved for its adoption, seconded by Catherine LaBombard:
Duly adopted this 7th day of June, 1994, by the following vote:
AYES: Mr. Stark, Mr. Obermayer, Mrs. LaBombard, Mr. Ruel,
Mr. Paling, Mr. Brewer
NOES: Mr. MacEwan
OLD BUSINESS:
SUBDIVISION NO. 2-1994 FINAL STAGE MODIFICATION PYRAMID COMPANY
OF GLENS FALLS OWNER: SAME AS ABOVE ZONE: ESC-25A LOCATION:
AVIATION MALL REQUEST I S FOR A MODIFICATION TO A PREVIOUSLY
APPROVED SUBDIVISION FOR A LOT LINE ADJUSTMENT.
MIKE PIAZZOLA
MR. PIAZZOLA-Mike Piazzola. Basically, quickly, the letter points
out, what we did was, when we went for the original subdivision
plan, we put the building on, planning that the building was going
to be built. Unfortunately, the vestibule is being contemplated on
the original plan you approved as the final plan, subdivision.
When Dave went out and field surveyed the building, he came up with
these jogs at the entrances of the building, which means that the
lots that we created didn't encompass the vestibule. The vestibule
were over those lot lines. The parcel that we got the pledge to
Key Bank as collateral has to be the building footprint within a
lot, a singular lot, which is Parcel Number Seven. So what Dave
has done is he's taken the, all the parcels are the same size.
He's just moved the south line of this parcel north, and bumped out
the north line to encompass the front vestibule, and bumped out,
t hat w 0 u I d bet h e we s t I i net 0 en c omp ass the we s t v est i b u Ie. So
what this plan does is it's really an improvement on the one that
we originally approved, because it actually field locates the
building on the site. It's actually been (lost word) tied down.
That's where the building's being built, and it also gives you the
exact dimensions of the exterior of the building. So, it's
actually a refinement of the final subdivision, and also depicts
the vestibules and receiving dock more accurately than what we did
when we went through the subdivision approval process originally.
MR. BREWER-Okay. Any questions from anybody?
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MR. RUEL-I just have one statement. If Planning Staff would ask
for before and after type drawings, it would make it a lot easier
understanding what this gentleman's trying to do, rather than give
us a set~of plans showing the changes, but you'd have to have the
old plans in order to see the difference. If you could ask that
they mark it up in some way, so you could see the before and after.
MR. OBERMAYER-Is this going to be the last revision?
MR. PIAZZOLA-Well, there's one more thing to talk about, now that
we're here. When Dave went to tie down the legal descriptions of
all these parcels for our construction financing purposes, he found
~ 512 square foot parcel that was appropriated to New York State,
at the intersection of the Aviation Mall entrance. So, rattler than
come back next week, I told Dave to bring a plan that depicts this
512 square feet that was conveyed through New York State, and make
that a lot line adjustment as well.
DAVE BAGARDIS
MR. BAGARDIS-They purchased that land from Pyramid in 1991 to put
a traffic signal up.
MR. PIAZZOLA-And when we went to the title company and said, are
there any other changes in the title, or that we need to put on
this revised plan, the title company said, no problem. Two days
ago, Dave was going through all the title reports, and all the
paper work, this 512 square foot parcel came up. We called the
title company and said, why didn't you find this, and they said, it
isn't there, and Dave said, it is there, pull up this deed, and
they found a deed, and that's just another small lot line revision
we' rea ski n g you to ma k e ton i g h t , and wit h the g r ace 0 f Go d ,
that'll be the last.
MR. OBERMAYER-Have we got ten all our fill?
sand? Okay.
Have we gotten the
MR. BREWER-Is there anything else, from anybody?
MR. PIAZZOLA-So Dave's revised the mylar to reflect the vestibules,
and the tie down of the existing and the new J.C. Penney building,
as well as this 512 square foot parcel that was conveyed to New
York State in 1991. Do you have the mylar with you, Dave? Okay.
So, we can ask Tim, in his good graces, to sign it tonight, or we
could come back tomorrow and have him sign it.
MR. BREWER-I'll sign it tonight.
offer a motion?
Okay.
Does somebody want to
MOTION TO APPROVE SUBDIVISION NO. 2- 1994 FINAL STAGE MODIFICATION
FOR THE PYRAMID COMPANY OF GLENS FALLS, Introduced by George Stark
who moved for its adoption, seconded by Craig MacEwan:
For two lot line adjustments.
Duly adop~ed this 7th day of June, 1994, by the following vote:
AYES: Mr. Stark, Mr. Obermayer, Mrs. LaBombard, Mr. Ruel,
Mr. Paling, Mr. MacEwan, Mr. Brewer
NOES: NONE
SITE PLAN NO. 17-94 TYPE: UNLISTED STEVEN SOLIMANTO OWNER:
TORRINGTON CONSTRUCTION ZONE: HC-IA, SR-IA LOCATION: RT. 149,
EAST TO RT. 9L, LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF RT. 149 AND 9L.
PREPARATION OF LAND FOR A FARMER'S MARKET ON A 3 ACRE PORTION OF A
+25 ACRE PARCEL. TABLED TO MAY 26, 1994 TABLED TO JUNE 7, 1994
PAT AND STEVEN SOLIMANTO, PRESENT
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MR. MACEWAN-Okay. Our applicants are here, and they were going to
update the Board on numerous things. Did you bring back your list?
MRS. SOLIMANTO-I went over everything with Scott.
everything.
have
MRS. MACEWAN-Okay. Why don't you fill in the Board as to where you
left off, and what you accomplished.
MRS. SOLIMANTO~Well, I made the parking lot bigger, like you asked.
I got a letter from DOT. I didn't ask for an in and out. I simply
asked for temporary access in, and he also said that I could also
have a permit for 'the in and out on Ridge. The buffer has been
changed on the side of Ridge Road, like you requested. I believe
everything that you asked for is there.
MR. RUEL-You widened your parking area?
MRS. SOLIMANTO-Yes.
MR. RUEL-Sixty feet?
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MRS.SOLIMANTO-Yes.
MR. RUEL-And the water wagon will be situated where?
MRS. SOL IMANTO-Wher ever, is it, Dave?
name.
I can't remember his last
MR. HARLICKER-Hatin.
MRS. SOLIMANTO-Wherever he says it has to go. It has to be so far
away from the septic, 100 feet, or something like that.
MR. RUEL-But near the trailer.
MRS. SOLIMANTO-Yes.
MR. RUEL-- I see, in the wooded ar ea '?
MRS. SOLIMANTO-Yes. Those are existing trees.
picked that location.
That's why we
MR. RUEL-Where the trailer is and where the tank would be is about
10 feet down, isn't it?
MR. HARLICKER-Yes.
It's down in the depression.
MRS. SOLIMANTO-It's, right, but that's going to be, when it's
excavated by Russ O'Connor.
MR. HARLICKER-So you're going to be doing a lot of site work on
that?
MRS. SOLIMANTO-They're going to be pushing that dirt back, so it
fills it in more, and flattens it more.
MR. RUEL-Will the preexisting two way driveway, will that be
surfaced properly?
MRS. SOLIMANTO-Yes, according to DOT. I believe, in his letter, he
put, it will be upgraded.
MR. PALING-Could we see the DOT letter?
MRS. SOLIMANTO-It's not here?
MR. HARLICKER-It should be attached.
It's a memo.
MR. OBERMAYER-It's right there. That's it. Herb Steffens. How do
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you plall~ on identi fying the "in"? I mean, how do you plan on
making sure people don't enter or leave from 149?
MRS. SOLIMANTO-It's going to be posted "In Only", with an arrow.
MR. RUEL-You've got One Way signs in the parking lot, right?
MRS. SOLIMANTO-Yes.
sign.
That also (lost word) "In/Out" with a big
MR. RUEL-You only have two of them, right? You've got One Way sign
and you've got an "Out" sign, at the curve.
MRS. SOLIMANTO-You know what it is? I didn't want to throw a lot
of things in there to confuse you.
MR. RUEL-You just have to make sure that all these people, because
they're right next to 149, they'll get the idea they can go out
there. They have to go this way.
MRS. SOLIMANTO-Well, on the back of the One Way sign, I wanted to
put "Out", you know, another type of sign posting that they cannot
enter, you know, a double faced sign, no exit.
MR. BREWER-Could I ask
Where this curb cut is
pillars are?
you a ques tion?
on Ridge Road,
I was
is that
out there today.
where the cement
MRS. SOLIMANTO-Pillars are? Yes.
MRS. SOLIMANTO-That, walked out there, from the center, right
across from Johnnie Walker's place. That drops off, it's got to be
six or seven feet from the road. Are you going to fill all that?
MRS. SOL IMANTO-No. There's two dr i veways there. There's one
closer to the intersection, where the pillars are, and then there's
one further down, where the big drop is.
MR. BREWER-Right. When I walked, I walked right where there's
stakes there right now, okay. I presume that was where the parking
was going to be?
MRS. SOLIMANTO-Yes.
MR. BREWER-All right. I walked out and paced it off,
with about, I don't know, 200 feet, and there's
further. Is that where the back line of the property
vendors are going to be?
and I carne up
a stake out
is, where the
MRS. SOLIMANTO-Well, Russ O'Connor put the stakes in.
him.
We went wi th
MR. BREWER-Okay. I just wanted to clarify if that's the back, is
that line where that stake is, this vendor parking area? Because
if it is, it's not 250 feet, I guess is what I'm trying to get at.
MRS. SOLIMANTO-I don't understand what you mean.
MR. BREWER-All right. I walked from here, and
there was a stake back here.
walked back, and
MRS. SOLIMANTO-That's 200 feet back.
MR. BREWER-Right.
vendors are, or is
going to park?
Is that going to be the back line of where the
that the back line of where the vendors are
MRS. SOLIMANTO-That's the back line of where the vendors are, and
then the vendors park behind that.
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MR. BREWER-So you've still got another 50 feet behind that stake?
MRS. SOLIMANTO-Yes.
MR. BREWER-Okay.
and 1 eve lit?
Now my question is, are you going to fill that
MRS. SOLIMANTO-Yes.
MR. BREWER-Because that drops.
MRS. SOLIMANTO-Where there's a slope, Russ is going to come in and
he's going to push the dirt that's on the top, because he said it's
too soft to lay the stone. It would just sink. He's going to push
it back so it levels it out.
MR. PALING-Are you saying you're going to fill it, or just try to
regrade it?
MR. BREWER-There's a six foot drop. I went back there where that
stake is, and I went down below that, another 25, 30 feet, okay,
and you couldn't see the top of my head from 149. So that drop is
approximately.
MRS. SOLIMANTO-You must have gone too far back.
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MR. BREWER-I went to the stake, and then I took another 20 steps.
MRS. SOLIMANTO-Maybe somebody moved the stakes.
MR. BREWER-1'm just trying to clarify, in my head.
MRS. SOLIMANTO-Where the drop is we're not using.
MR. BREWER-So there's going to be nothing back where the drop is?
MRS. SOLIMANTO-The mobile trailer. That's where the trees are, in
that section back there.
MR. BREWER-Well that stake, on this paper, is here, and what I'm
trying to say to you is, that's 10 foot below where this is. Those
trees out here are where that trailer is going to be.
MRS. SOLIMANTO-There is a drop right over in here, a slope. He's
going to push that dirt right back.
MR. BREWER-And fill that six feet?
MRS. SOLIMANTO-There's a lot of dirt there, a lot of dirt. I don't
know if you saw the big mountains of dirt there.
MR. BREWER-Yes, I did. There's piles of them right over here.
MRS. SOLIMANTO-Yes. There's big mountains of dirt.
MR. BREWER-He's going to use that dirt to fill that in?
MRS. SOLIMANTO-Whatever, whatever's necessary.
MR. BREWER-So, that that's somewhat level?
MRS. SOLIMANTO-Yes.
MR. RUEL-Wi II you have a sign?
MRS. SOLIMANTO-Yes.
MR. RUEL-What will the sign say?
MRS. SOLIMANTO-"149 Farm To Market".
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MR. RUEL-Why do you call it a farmers, when it's?
MRS. SOLIMANTO-Farm To Market, because it's going to have a variety
of things, from produce to crafts.
MR. RUEL-It's mostly a flea market.
MRS. SOLIMANTO-A flea market is a different type of thing.
MR. RUEL-The last time, on your plan, you had a list of all the
vendors.
MRS. SOLIMANTO-Yes. You still have that list.
MR. RUEL-I didn't see any vegetables anywhere.
MRS. SOLIMANTO-There was vegetables there. There was produce.
MR. MACEWAN-Two or three.
MR. RUEL--Primarily it's arts and crafts and that type of thing,
right?
MRS. SOLIMANTO-It will have that, yes.
MR. RUEL-Farmers Market is misleading, to me.
MRS. SOLIMANTO-The Washington County, did Washington County just
h a v e, was i tin G r e en w i c h, I don' t k now i f you' rea 11 f am i I i a r wit h
it?
MRS. LABOMBARD-Their crafts thing, last weekend.
MRS. SOL I MANTO- I t
market, or a real,
was a t the, wou I d you
like a craft festival?
consider
that
a
flea
MR. RUEL-Crafts.
BETTY MONAHAN
MRS. MONAHAN-Excuse me, but that is a juried show.
pass criteria to get into that.
You have to
MR. BREWER-Okay.
MR. RUEL-So this is retail sales.
MR. MARTIN-I have a concern about that office is mobile home,
you're saying?
MRS. SOLIMANTO-Mobile office.
MR. MARTIN-Mobil office?
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MRS. SOLIMANTO-Yes.
MR. BREWER-It's going to be a trailer. A construction trailer?
MRS. SOLIMANTO-Yes, aversatile, I believe that's how you pronounce
it.
MR. MARTI N·- I don' t k now i f a s t r u c t u r e use din t hat cap a c i t y, I was
of the understanding you were going to make this a fixed building.
MRS. SOLIMANTO-You asked me if it was on wheels, and I said yes.
MR. MARTIN-l didn't ask you that.
MRS. SOLIMANTO-And I asked if that would be okay, because we had
discussed RV's, using an RV.
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MR. MARTIN-An RV is different than a mobile home, though.
MRS. SOLIMANTO-It's a field office, the same as you have at
Aviation Road.
MR. MARTIN-Yes, but this isn't a construction site. It's not a
field office for a construction site. That's the only capacity in
which those are allowed in the Town. I'd rather see it as a fixed
structure, if we could.
MR. RUEL-Take the wheels off.
MR. MARTIN-Well, something with a foundation.
MR. BREWER-Yes, but if then they do that, Jim, they're leasing it
for a period of three or four months at a time.
MR. MARTIN-I understand, but I don't want to go into a situation
where we've got a mobile home, you know, mobile homes aren't
allowed. The only time you have a field office is if you have a
construction site.
MR. OBERMAYER-Well,
system. You might
really, right?
they' res pend i n g money to ins t a II a s e p ti c
as well make ita structure more permanent
MRS. SOLIMANTO-We're doing this strictly for the bathroom.
Everybody wanted the bathroom, and this is the only way we can cOloe
up with the bathroom, other than renting an RV for $700 a week.
This is why we picked the area that has the trees. It won't be
standing out there, like a sore thumb. Do you know what I mean?
It's set way back.
MR. BREWER-You said you're going t.o have a 500 gallon tank for
water?
MRS. SOLIMANTO-Yes.
MR. ßREWER-Where's the tank going to be?
MRS. SOLIMANTO-It's going to be in back of the field office.
MR. BREWER-Okay. How often is that going to have to be filled?
MRS. SOLIMANTO-We don't know.
MR. SOLIMANTO-It depends on how much it's used. It's only going to
be for the vendors.
MR. BREWER-You must have a projection, as to how much it's going
to?
MR. SOLIMANTO-I don't know how much they'll be
hoping that they won't be using it all that much.
they'll stay where they're supposed to stay.
using it. I'm
I'm hopirig that
MR. BREWER-How is the water truck going to get In there to fill it?
MRS. SOLIMANTO-The parking lot. I mean, we'd be willing to make
modifications next year, but for this year, we're trying to put in
a bathroom, like you would like. We're asking for a temporary
access on 149. We're not asking for a permanent. We don't even
know if we're going to have l.Q vendors. It's very late in the
season, and to rent a field office, and to bring in a water tank,
a water tank's eight dollars a day, just to hold it. Then we're
putting in a septic.
MR. RUEL-If you can't have a field office, as Jim mentioned, where
do we go from there?
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MR. BREWER-They have to put a building on.
MRS. LABOMBARD-But they're not using it as a home. It's being used
as a bathroom. So it's not really a mobile home.
MR. MACEWAN-Why couldn't they have a field office, Jim? What's the
reason?
MR. MARTIN-Well, I think it sterns from the concern over the
appearances of the mobile homes, no matter what capacity they're
used in.
MR. MACEWAN-It's not a mobile home.
MR. MARTIN-I know that.
MR. MACEWAN-There's a difference between the two.
MR. MARTIN-But it has the same effect as being one.
MR. MACEWAN--How do you figure?
MR. MARTIN-Because it's placed on the land, as a mobile home would. .
It's going to be there 24 hours a day, for a period of time.
MR. MACEWAN-Well, how do you handle it for some of these shopping
plazas going up?
MR. MARTIN-They're specifically allowed in that case.
cited case in the Ordinance.
Tha t 's a
MR. MACEWAN-Do they need a variance to put that in then?
MR. MARTIN-Well, for a mobile home, yes. I don't see where that's,
I was of the opinion this was going to be something on a slab, or
a structure on a slab, or something like that.
MR. OBERMAYER-Is this an area that's designated for mobile homes?
MR. MARTIN-No. The only one is on John Hughes' property on 149.
MR. RUEL-Would they require a foundation, if they took the wheels
off of it?
MR. MARTIN-Generally, it involves a type of construction that's
involved in the structure itself. A mobile home is an aluminum
frame and all that, and that's what kicks it out.
MR. MACEWAN-Well, how did it work with Granger, where he had the
two construction trailers located on his property over there, where
he was using them as office space? He did for a long, long time.
MR. RUEL-Yes, but no construction, on Luzerne.
MR. MACEWAN-Nobody caught him.
MR. BREWER-No, on the contrary. He came in for site plan review.
It was approved. That was Light Industrial area, but that was,
maybe mobile homes are allowed there.
MRS. SOLIMANTO-There is a mobile home park not far from this.
MR. OBERMAYER-Yes. There is a mobile home park right in that area.
MRS. SOLIMANTO-Not far, like a quarter of a mile.
MR. RUEL-Why do you need this office?
MRS. SOLIMANTO-For the bathroom.
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MR. RUEL-Okay. How about bathroom facility structures? Are they
allowed?
MR. MARTIN-Not porta-potties.
MR. RUEL-This is not portable.
MR. MARTIN-I'm saying a fixed, framed structure, that's permitted,
but not a mobile home.
MR. OBERMAYER-Why don't they just call it bathrooms. Don't call it
a mobile home.
MR. BREWER-No matter how you look at it.
MR. MARTIN-It's the type of construction.
MRS. SOLIMANTO-I don't want to start building. I want this to be
successful. I'm putting a lot of money into it, hoping and praying
i tis .
MR. RUEL-How about a prefab shed? Would that be allowed?
MR. MARTIN-As long as they've got something that meets the
qualifications of a fixed building, not a mobile home.
MRS. LABOMBARD-You mean those Pennsylvania Dutch sheds?
MR. RUEL-No, from Crossmans or one of those places, a large one, 10
by 20, or something like that.
MR. MARTIN-The definition of a building is something with a roof
and a frame structure.
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MR. OBERMAYER-Well, then is she under any requirement to even have
any bathrooms, then? Why are we?
MR. BREWER-The bathrooms stem from the amount of people that are
going to be there, and we asked what kind of a facility they were
going to have. Then they came up with the idea that they'd put a
trailer in there and with a bathroom in it. That's where it stems
from.
MRS. LABOMBARD-Well, you know, this is just a pilot type of
project, really, and you don't know if it's going to even go. So,
it's like, how long is this lease going to extend to?
MR. BREWER-It doesn't make any difference, Cathy.
MRS. LABOMBARD-Bu t I mean, wha t I'm say i ng is, for nex t year. Then
if this goes, and we realize that it's going to be, maybe we would
let them.
MR. BREWER-I understand what you're saying, but we can't go against
the zoning. If it's not allowed, we can't allow it. We don't have
the authority to allow it.
MR. RUEL-We can't allow something, even if it's temporary.
MRS. LABOMBARD-I understand.
MR. PALING-Well then the other possibility would be to waive the
requirement for a restroom or bathroom facility.
MRS. MONAHAN-Only the Town Board can waive sanitary requirements.
MR. PALING-What is the sanitary requirement?
MR. OBERMAYER-Yes, but who says it was required to begin with?
MR. BREWER-I don't think that there's a requirement for that here.
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I mean, there was a concern that we had, the amount of people that
are going to be there, the amount of time.
MR. PALING-That was our.
MR. OBERMAYER-We asked for that.
MR. PALING-Maybe it's a Town requirement.
I don't know.
MR. BREWER-No, it's not. I don't think so, but I think that there
should be some kind of a facility, whether it's Len and Peg's, or
whatever it is.
MRS. LABOMBARD-Yes,
agree.
MR. OBERMAYER-She can construct a facility.
MR. MACEWAN-The first meeting we decided that that's what we wanted
of the applicant, because of the uncertainty of safety for people
going across the street. Because it was suggested that people go
across the street to Stewarts and use it, and we certainly didn't
want pedestrians going across 149, let alone Route 9, and that's
why we were looking at (lost word).
MR. BREWER-Okay.
speak?
Any more questions, before we let the public
MR. OBERMAYER-Yes, as far as the frontage on 149, what's the
distance from the light to your entrance? Is it 621 feet?
MR. HARLICKER-No, that's the frontaRe.
MR. OBERMAYER-Okay. What is that distance?
don't see a dimension.
Is it 100 feet?
MRS. SOLIMANTO-Did you find it?
MR. OBERMAYER-It's, like, 400 feet?
MRS. SOLIMANTO-Yes.
MR. OBERMAYER-Four hundred feet.
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MR. PALING-It would be 400 feet to the existinR entrance.
MR. BREWER-Okay. Anything else?
MR. PALING-Regardless of what we do with the bathroom facilities,
my major reservation is about traffic, and the problem it's going
to cause, and I think we've got to look at that very carefully, not
only from the standpoint of this one business, but for other
businesses that might apply, and we've got a situation here where
they've got, right now, five businesses in the real immediate area,
another restaurant a little bit down on 149, and I don't know, can
we keep approving new businesses, right in the middle of existing
ones, and adding to the traffic problem? And that's my major
reservation about this, the congestion.
MR. BREWER-Okay.
MR. PALING-And are the DOT, I didn't even know it was a DOT letter.
I thought they'd give us a little bit more detail on what their
reasoning is to allow that kind of a curb cut on a road like that.
MR. BREWER-Okay, George, have you got Pat Crayford's letter?
MR. STARK-Yes.
MR. BREWER-Do you want to read that in?
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MR. STARK-"To: Queensbury Planning Board From: Pat Crayford Re:
Proposed Vendor Market, Rt. 149 Date: June 6, 1994 "I read with
great concern that you are considering an application for a 60
vendor market at the southwest corner of Ridge Road and Rt. 149.
As a planning board, it is your responsibility to approve such site
plans and their uses if they meet requirements for such approval,
i.e., use would be in harmony with the location and character of
the district. Can you honestly approve a glorified flea market on
Rt. 149, a 2-1ane over-used dangerous highway. ... ..a highway used
mainly by tourists who would be puzzled seeing a flea market with
portable sanitary facilities located at the gateway to the
Adirondack Park!! Approval of Wal Mart and K Mart was premature
considering their proximity to fail safe intersections. When is it
going to stop? Queensburyroads cannot sustain new businesses and
you have the power to control this. Please do not compound the
existing public hazard that exists along that entire route, not
only to visitors but to persons residing in the area. In fact
nothing more should be approved on Rt. 149 until the study is
complete and the road widened. My observations are first hand in
that I often traveled the entire length of Rt. 149, recently,
visiting my father in law in a Granville nursing home.
Unfortunately I have to be out of town tomorrow, or I would share
my concerns in person."
MR. HARLICKER-I've just got some brief comments, here.
STAFF INPUT
Notes from Staff, Site Plan No. 17-94, Steven Solimanto, Meeting
Date: June 7,1994 "This project has evolved from what originally
was viewed as a farmers market into what could best be described as
an arts and crafts or flea market. Even though the proposal is
being reviewed as retail sales, there has been some concern raised
regarding proper advertising of this project given the change in
what will be sold on the site. Staff would also like to reiterate
its concern regarding access off of Route 149 and the preference
for access only off of Ridge Road."
MR. HARLICKER-And Tim
grading and the actual
also brought
(lost word).
up
the
concerns
regarding
MR. MACEWAN-Are you suggesting that we re-advertise the meeting?
MR. HARLICKER-It was just a concern that has been brought up. I'm
not advocating one way or the other.
MR. BREWER-How was it advertised?
MR. HARLICKER-It was advertised as a farmers market.
advertised as preparation of land for a farmers market.
I twas
MR. MACEWAN-Is that what the original application asked for?
MR. HARLICKER-Yes.
MRS. SOLIMANTO-The original application?
MR. MACEWAN-Yes, that was submitted to the Town.
MRS. SOLIMANTO-I have it.
MR. BREWER-Description of Project, Preparation of land for multiple
vendors.
MRS. SOLIMANTO-That's what I have on the original application.
MR. BREWER-I've got the original application. There's no date on
this, when it was received.
MR. MARTIN-I stamped the file copy, Tim.
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MR. BREWER-So, if it was advertised for anything other than what it
says on the application, it's not their fault. It's our fault.
Right?
MR. MACEWAN-That's the way 1 would perceive it.
MR. PALING-I would think so, yes.
MR. MARTIN-It's the Board's discretion on that one.
MR. BREWER-I think that I s a dead issue. Okay. Do we want to open
it up to the public? I'm going to ask everybody that speaks if
they would please, if they have any J1ew information, bring that up,
but lets not reiterate what's been hashed over for the Last three
weeks, or month, or whatever it's been. If anybody cares to speak?
PUBLIC HEARING OPEN
ROBERT MARTINDALE
MR. MARTINDALE-Robert Martindale. I live on 149. Are you leasing
the whole 25 acres, or just part? One question. What is the
actual size of the parcel? Is.it 621 by 250? If it is, on the·
drawing that I got last time we were here, they've got 621 by 250,
and then they've got the mobile of f i ce beh i nd the 250. I f my
calculations are right, that's over three acres, and I thought it
was just a three acre parcel. It's 3.56 plus what they need for
their mobile office. If grass is going to be planted in the area
to keep the dust down, how are they going to be able to get grass
grown this late in time, and keep it going so that it'll keep the
dust down? Vendor parking area, how big? All it shows is just a
little X'd off area, here, and if there's going to be 60 vendors,
you need 10,800 square feet, which would be 9 by 20 lots. Is that
park big enough? And if they're going to have motor homes in
there, or trucks with trailers carrying their wares, they're going
to be taking up more than one spot. How many actual vendors are
there? I believe there was 60, but I'm not quite sure. I-low are
the vendQrs going to get their wares to their actual spot? Is
there enough room in between spot's for them to, is everyone going
to drive down through those areas, or are they going to have to
carry it from the parking lot to their actual booth? And, as far
as the entrance to the property, everyone should be entitled to be
able to get onto their property, but seeing that they have a Route
9 access and a 149 access, I don't think they're losing any rights,
because they are not being denied access because of the Ridge Road
entrance. That was it.
MR. BREWER-Okay. Thank you. Anybody else?
PEGGY HARRIS NOBLES
MRS. HARRIS NOBLES-Not within 500 feet of the applied applicant for
the flea market, but a resident of Ridge Road, and it may be
reiterating some of the things that have been brought up, but I
thoroughly agree with the letter that this lady wrote, because my
concern is, being a lifetime resident of Ridge Road, and driving it
every day to work, the traffic condl tions that we already have,
that exist on Ridge and 149 every day, at all hours, because I'm a
medical technologist at the hospital and have been on that road
va r i 0 u s h 0 u r s day and n i g h t, and i tis a big con c'e r n 0 f m i n e, a b 0 u t
the exit and entrances, and onto Ridge and 149, to create more
traffic problems, which we already have, and the aesthetic value of
what would be there. I'm not against anyone having craft fairs or
flea markets or anything, because I'm probably one of the biggest
people in the Town of Queensbury that attends them, but I do not
think that that isLhe area for one, and the way that it is being
applied for. I have been to several throughout our nation, and
there can be really nice ones, but with what I'm hearing, and have
heard, I don't think this is what the Town of Queensbury wants, or
the residents of us in the northeast part of the Town want people
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coming into that area of our Town and seeing.
our property on Ridge. People are moving out
and they're concerned, and I've talked to other
Ridge, and they're very concerned.
We try to keep up
in the North Forty,
people living along
MR. BREWER-Thank you.
Is there anyone else who'd care to speak?
JOliN WALKER
MR. WALKER-Tim~ my name is John Walker. I just have a question on
this water wagon. How are we transferring the water from said
water wagon to bathroom fixtures? Are we going to gravity feed it?
Are we going to pump? How is that going to be done? Especially
when we have no electric facilities. That's all I have.
MR. MARTINDALE-I've got one more thing, too. The other thing about
the motor homes in there, there is (lost words) generators because
of the noise. Almost every motor home out there has got a
generator of some sort, a lot of them do. Are they going to be
permitted to use that generator for air conditioning in the motor
home, and for powering it, outside the motor home and inside the
(lost word)?
MR. BREWER-It was stated earlier there was going to be no
generators.
MR. MARTINDALE-Right, but a lot of people use a generator just to
make electricity to do something on the property, where most motor
homes, if they're going to be in there, a lot of them have them.
Are they going to restrict them from using their air conditioners
if it gets hot and they want to go in thei r motor home and turn the
AC on, and they've got to turn the generator on? The other thing
is, as an owner of property on 149, I don't think it's fair to
restrict somebody from doing something on their property, if it's
a permitted use, or something reasonable, just, they have to follow
by certain guidelines that they have to follow by, that's all. So
if it's a commercial zone and, you know, this is a commercial
venture here, I don't want to go ahead and say, gee, I don't want
this going in here, when I've been under site plan review to do
something on illY property. I think it's a little hypocritical for
me to say, don't put it there, but I want my own property to be
used. So I think they should be able to have something there, but
they've just got to follow by all the rules. That's all.
Everybody else has to.
MR. BREWER-Okay.
Is there anybody else?
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MRS. MONAHAN-Betty Monahan, representative of Ward One, in which
this is located. Tim, I have some comments, and I will go right
back to whether or not this was properly advertised, because I went
through the file, ahd I did see the application for various retail
vendors. I was told that, apparently, talking to the Planning
Staff, they were given the impression this was going to be a
farmers market. I am also looking at Warren County Planning Board,
their minutes, or not their minutes, but their communication to
you. The above application for a site plan review to prepare land
for multiple vendors for farm to market operation. The letters
went out to the neighbors. The advertisement went in the paper as
a farmers market. Now I think a lot of people who might have been
concerned over vendors market, were not concerned over farmers
market, and probably did not show up because of that. Okay. I
looked at your minutes and read those. Luckily I got them, I
think, yesterday they were available. You all seemed to have
started with the impression that this was a farmers market, and
during the meeting, the slant seemed to keep changing all the
while. So I think we do have a misleading advertisement and
communication to neighbors, and we have to realize those people
have rights. The rest of the Town of Queensbury have rights about
what goes on in this community, and they have a right to be
proper I y not iced. Okay. I th i nk somebody needs to check the
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Department of Health Regulations regarding public assembly,
relative to sewer and water facilities, and I would remind you that
you are charged, under 179-38 E., for site plan review, to review
Number Six, the adequacy of water supply and sewage disposal
facilities. Are there going to be food vendors there? If they're
are going to be food vendors, that brings il1 some more Department
of Health regulations. Where are people going to wash their hands?
The safety of the roadway. You're going to have an "In" from 149.
I'm coming from Vermont. I drive that road constantly. Sunday I
was up and down that road three or four times. I was up and down
it today several times for the Town. Tractor trailers, if you
Gount them. I wish somebody would do a count, coming east to west
on 149. Now I'm coming from Vermont. I see this flea market
sitting there. I decide to turn in very quickly, on a two lane
road. What do you think the accident ratio is going to be up there
on t hat r 0 ad? You are c h a r g e d wit h pub lie sa f e t y . I wan t to ma k e
sure when you look at this you can do.a right on red from 149 to
Ridge Road, but the visibility will remain with that plan that
you're looking al. From the minutes, this is planned to be open
from Memorial Day to December. If the bathroom facilities that
they're talking about, how is that going to be kept from freezing?
Are they talking about keeping the dust down with chips? How often
are those chips going to be renewed in order for that to be
accomplished? Is there power coming in, and how is it? And has
that traffic pattern been looked at for the adequacy of getting the
fire trucks and the. size equipment we have now in the Town of
Queensbury, and an ambulance in there, if necessary. Those are my
comments.
MR. BREWER-Thank you.
MRS. SOLLMANTO-Excuse me. Before I forget, I'd like to answer one
of those questions she brought up, because I thought it was very
important. At the "In" access on 149, Herb Steffens stressed to me
he did want an In access, especially for a fire truck. Especially
for an ambulance. He said that was imperative.
MRS. MONAHAN-They would turn in Ridge. They come from down below.
MR. SOLIMANTO-There's a lot of concern about safety on 149. Mr.
Steffens did say, they said there truly is concern for safety on
149. If somebody was to ask the speed limit to be lowered, he
would lower it in a minute, consider maybe, 30, if they're so
concerned. Whatever you guys suggest, I will do.
MRS. MONAHAN - I can jus t te 11 you, from exper i ence , and th is
happened many years ago, one of the people that live on that end of
the road, near Fort Ann, was talking to the State Troopers. They
drive that road at such speeds, they don't even start ticketing
them until they're over 60. You can drop the speed limit all you
want, but that's on a piece of paper. You'll have Troopers up
there every day issuing tickets in order to keep that speed limit
down, and if you don't believe it, go up there, watch those tractor
trailer trucks, watch the people and tourists. Dropping the speed
limit isn't going to solve that road. Reconstructing that road's
going to solve the problem.
MR. MARTINDALE-Bob Martindale again. On the Corridor Study, didn't
they have an accident, accident count, as far as what were the
worst sections of the road? Which section was the worst?
MR. HARLICKER-I don't recall, off the top of my head. The highest
rates were at Ridge, Bay, down by Oxbow Hill, were the three high
places. I don't know in which order.
MRS. MONAHAN-Scott, it seems to me one of the areas, and I don't
k now from you r r e p 0 r t, but I i v i n g the r e , is, i n r e c e n t yea r s
anyway, is the dip there by the Golf Course, which isn't too far
from that.
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MR. BREWER-Okay.
MR. MARTINDALE-Oxbow Hi II, because of the trucks, Paul, tractor
trailers are in the winter time going off the road?
PAUL NAYLOR
MR. NAYLOR-Yes.
MR. BREWER-Okay. Is there anybody else that hasn't spoken who
would like to? Wait a minute, lets let her answer the questions,
if she can.
MRS. SOLIMANTO-Gravity fence, for the bathroom. Being that the
mobile office is going to set back a distance, there is so much
land back there, especially if it has to go back 100 feet, and
there's a lot of trees, that even if it is up, it wouldn't be
noticeable.
MR. BREWER-It's just, it's going to have to be higher than the
trailer, then.
MR. MACEWAN-It would be like a mini water tower.
MR. BREWER-So then, how big is a 500 gallon water tank?
MRS. SOLIMANTO-Two hundred and fifty size, an oil tank in your
house, that's 250.
MR. BREWER-The other questions were, lease. I guess that, I don't
know where that's relevant, whether they're going to lease the
whole property or not. What's that got to do with anything?
MR. MARTINDALE- I didn't know if there
saying you had to have under three acres
was something in zoning
or anything like that.
MR. BREWER-Highway Commercial One Acre.
acres.
They're leasing three
MR. MARTINDALE-Okay, but it's more
us i n g ? 0 r doe s n 't t hat ma t t e r ?
asking. It's just a question.
than three acres that they're
I t doe s n 't ma t t e r . I'm jus t
MR. BREWER-Okay. Is there anything else from anybody on the Board?
MR. RUEL-Yes. I highly recommend no access on 149, and I don't
think we're going to get anywhere until we resolve the problem with
the so called mobile office. If that's not resolved, I mean, what
can we do with the application? And I think we sho~ld seriously
consider re-advertising as multiple vendor, in lieu of farmers
market. Those are mY suggestions.
MR. PALING-It might have to be paid for by the Town, but if this is
going to proceed, it should be done.
MR. RUEL-I don't know what the procedure is.
MR . PAL I N G - I don' t t h ink it' s the a p p I i can t ' s
this way, but it could be the Town's fault.
advertised. I agree, but who should pay,
question.
f au It it happened
It should be re-
think, is not a
MR. RUEL-You brought up a good point, about the neighbors.
MRS. MONAHAN-Well, even Warren County Planning Board, when it went
to them.
MR. BREWER--How many neighbors are within 500 feet, that haven't
bee n not i fie d, Bet t y ? I' v ego t to de fen d t h emali t tIe bit, but I
think you're wrong.
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MRS. MONAHAN-Excuse It's not just neighbors. Neighbors we have to
notify by law, but everybody in the Town of Queensbury could have
an interest in this, and I'm talking about just the general public,
also, when they see that in the paper.
MR. BREWER-Yes, but the point I'm trying to, and {'m not trying to
argue that everybody doesn't know, Betty, but the legal ad that
they put in the paper is that big, with print that big, okay.
There was an article in the paper, last week, stating exactly what
this was. We've had three meetings. I mean, how far do we have to
go to let people know Betty?
MRS. MONAHAN--I just think that you've got to do this thing
correctly.
MR. BREWER-I think it has been done correctly.
MRS. MONAHAN--Apparently, when it went to Warren County Planning
Board, look at what this thing says.
MR. BREWER-I read their application, Betty.
MRS. MONAHAN-Their application,
approving was a farm to market.
but what Warren County was'
MR. BREWER-I don't think we've even considered what Warren County
has said" to be honest with you.
MR. MACEWAN- I think, in all fairness, the advertisement, if we have
another applicant who is in front of us for a site plan, and during
the discussion with the applicant, that we see some modifications
that we want to make in the site plan, that we don't make the
applicant go re-advertise allover again.
MRS. MONAI-IAN--Read your minutes and see how that evolved during
those minutes.
MR. BREWER-I agree with you, there.
MRS. LABOMBARD-The very first meeting, I remember I made the point
that, are you going to screen your applicants, and Mrs. Solimanto
said, yes, and I said, well, what happens if you really need the
extra money to, and things are a little tough, and you're not
getting all the vendors in that you want, I said, and you have to
kind of let your values down and bring in some flea market type of
vendors, and I remember your saying, well, we would put those in a
back, or in the center. They wouldn't be on the periphery. In
other words, they wouldn't, she said, we wouldn't put them so that
they'd be seen from the outside, to make the place look junky, or
devalue the farm to market type of crafts concept that we wanted.
I do remember that, and that's why, I know where you're coming
from, but I thought that that first meeting we made that point and
we got that straight. I could be wrong, though.
MR. BREWER-Okay.
Jim, any other conm1ents?
MR. OBERMAYER-I have, my biggest concern is the amount of use that
the area is going to be used for. I mean, we're looking at,
possibly, like, 60 vendors, parking of 60, 70 cars, and I'm not
sure if it's really been thought out, as far as " the impact on the
intersection and 149, and Ridge Road, for the area. Also the
mobile home. It just seems like we keep on getting bits of
information. I just think it needs to be thought out a little bit
more before we go filling tl1is area with a huge amount of traffic
problems, plus vendors with RV's or septic systems. What are the
RV's, where are they going to dump their bathrooms?
MRS. SOLIMANTO-They'll have to take care of their own. I did make
up a list of rules for the RV's. I did bring that in for you. I
did everything that you asked.
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MR. BREWER-A list of the other rules here?
MRS. SOLIMANTO-Yes. Right here.
MR. BREWER-That's for the RV's, isn't it?
MRS. SOLIMANTO-Yes. They all have to park in the back. No one's
allowed to stay on site.
MR. BREWER-And,they are definitely, there's not a question, they're
going to tear down every night?
MRS. SOLIMANTO-Yes.
MR. BREWER-All of them?
MRS. SOLIMANTO-Yes.
MR. BREWER--Okay.
MRS. LABOMBARD-I don't know who brought the concern about, you're
coming from Vermont, it was Betty, and then you decide, yes, look
at that place, and you like, whip around and go in. I can see that
happening. Every time I come from Hewlett's Landing, on the Farm
To Market Road, I always say I'm going to stop at that Garden
Center, right there on the right, next to Stewarts, and every time
I say, I've got to make sure I'm going to stop there on the way
back. They have the neatest stuff, and I never make it. I always
am pas t. the p I ace, and the n I say, s h 0 0 t, but I a I way s t h ink I' m
going to turn after I pass it, and that's what I am afraid. I
think that is a real problem. You say, wow, that looks like a lot
of fun, and then you're like, okay, lets turn around at the
Queensbury Golf Course, and then we'll swing around and come back.
So I can see exactly where you were coming from.
MR. OBERMAYER-Also, when the vendors are breaking down and leaving
the site, they'll be leaving at dusk, which is probably the worst
time.
MRS. SOLIMANTO-It'll be sooner than dusk, before it gets dark.
MR. BREWER-Okay.
I guess a motion is in order.
MOTION TO DENY SITE PLAN NO. 17-94 STEVEN SOL I MANTO , Introduced by
Craig MacEwan who moved for its adoption, seconded by George Stark:
Referencing Section 179-31C, the health, safety and welfare of the
Town and the public and the residents.
Duly adopted this 7th day of June, 1994, by the following vote:
MR. BREWER-I would suggest that if you're going to make that
motion, you would use something in the Ordinance to substantiate
it, specifically, if you would, please.
AYES: Mr. Paling, Mr. MacEwan, Mr. Stark, Mr. Obermayer,
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Mr. Brewer
NOES: Mr. Ruel
ABSTAINED: Mrs. LaBombard
MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS PERSONNEL
SITUATIONS, Introduced by Craig MacEwan who moved for its adoption,
seconded by George Stark:
Duly adopted this 7th day of June, 1994, by the following vote:
AYES: Mr. MacEwan, Mr. Stark, Mr. Obermayer, Mrs. LaBombard,
Mr. Ruel, Mr. Paling, Mr. Brewer
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NOES: NONE
MOTION TO COME OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION, Introduced by Craig
MacEwan who moved for its adoption, seconded by George Stark:
Duly adopted this 7th day of June, 1994, by the following vote:
AYES: Mr. Stark, Mr. Obermayer, Mrs. LaBombard, Mr. Ruel,
Mr. Paling, Mr. MacEwan, Mr. Brcwer
NOES: NONE
MR. MACEWAN-So whal are you asking of us?
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(DISCUSSION REGARDING WAL MART SITE)
MR. MAR TIN - W ell, t hat's Her b S t e f fen sup i n War r" ens bur g .
not Albany.
Tha t ' s
MR. MACEWAN-So, what are you asking of us?
MR. MARTIN-Well, he wants me to write a letter saying that I say
it's acceptable to the Town, that we have two signals that, all
right, and I don't have that authority, obviously. He doesn't
understand how things work. So I'm just going to the Board now,
conceptually. It's going to have to come back for a revision when
we get the act u a I p I an from DOT, but con c e p t u a II y , i s t his
something that you think is an acceptable situatioll there?
MR. BREWER--Over aligning Weeks Road?
MR. MARTIN-Over what we've got up there now approved.
MR. BREWER-Over what we've got there now, but not over the
a I i g nm en t 0 f Wee k s R 0 ad, I don' t t h ink .
MR. MACEWAN--Wha t do YQ.!! fee I?
MR. MARTIN-No, no. Weeks Road would be realigned.
MR. BREWER-But they're just going to get a building permit before
it's aligned?
MR. MARTIN-No. He wants to know if it's acceptable to the Board to
have a realignment of Weeks Road, and then a signal there, and then
a signal in front of the Queen Diner, with this integrated signal,
and they pay for it.
MR. RUEL-Is this an improvement?
MR. MARTI N - I t h ink i tis.
I think it's a big improvement.
MR. RUEL-I think so, too.
MR. MACEWAN-Paul, what's YQ.!J.L feeling on it?
MR. OBERMAYER-That's a tough intersection, right there.
PAUL NAYLOR
MR. NAYLOR-The problem before is Mrs. Monahan kind of used it as a
club, and they got very upset and left the meeting, and they were
against getting Wal Mart involved with the traffic situation out in
front. Everything hinges on the whole ball game, working together.
If the two light system will work, fine. I'm not 100 percent sold
on it. I still think the best way to go is the Weeks Road
realignment, period.
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MR. PALING-It will be realigned anyway.
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MR. NAYLOR-One way or the other, I guarantee you that.
MR. PALING-And then the two light system is right in with the same
development that's there.
MR. NAYLOR-Yes.
MR. PALING-Okay. What does Wal Mart, what do they want to do?
MR. MARTIN-See, right now, he's in a bad position, because he's got
a very good buyer on the line right now, and that's Wal Mart, and
Wal Mart's saying, well, come on, you don't even have permission to
issue a building permit yet. What are you talking about? And he's
trying to remove the impediments to getting the building permit
issued.
MR. MACEWAN-Well, prior to Wal Mart even getting a building permit
issued, they have to corne back to us for a modification to the site
plan for the sewer, don't they?
MR. MARTIN-Right.
MR. MACEWAN-So, I mean, they can't use that leverage for the guy to
sell the property to them for the traffic scenario.
MR. MARTIN-No. They're two separate issues.
MR. MACEWAN-I thought you were saying that the guy who wants to
sell the property to Wal Mart, Wal Mart's saying to him, you're not
even ready to have a building permit issued for this thing until
you get your traffic light situation cleared up.
MR. MARTIN-That's one issue, and then the other one is.
MR. MACEWAN-Well, I got the impression this guy's alluding to you
that's the only.
MR. MARTIN--I said to him, I said, I would by no means say that the
sewer running through Greenway North is a foregone conclusion. I
said, you have no idea of the local character of that neighborhood,
and that is, by no means, a foregone conclusion. You've got to get
the approval of the Highway Superintendent. You've got to get the
approval of the Town Board. You've got to get the approval of the
Planning Board.
MR . STARK - I ' ve see n two I i g h t s, and I' ve see nth em w 0 r k . Wee k s
Road is going to be realigned, period. What's going to go, the
Carwash?
MR. MARTIN-No. The Carwash is going to stay. We can do the
realignment on the north side of the Carwash. It effects nothing
up there. It's vacant property, and quite frankly, I said this on
the phone today, I said, if the Planning Staff knew then what we
know now, you guys would have been building this road and the Town
wouldn't be paying for it. I want permission from the Board to
write this letter, conceptually, agreeing to a two light format, if
they pay for both lights.
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MR. PALl NG-And i t i nc I udes the rea I i gnmen 1.
MR. MARTIN-No, that's a given.
MR. MACEWAN-Let me ask you, how soon has tt¡js letter got to be pu1
out? Why can't you draft it up and let us look at it at our first
meeting?
MR. MARTIN-I have no problem with that.
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MR. MACEWAN-Lets do that.
MR. MARTIN-What I'll do is I'll draft it for your signature. You
get the Board okay.
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MR. BREWER-Was there anything else?
MR. MACEWAN-Yes. I have a question regarding site plan approval.
I mean, our definition, our interpretation of when something is
approved, versus maybe what the applicant's is, how do we enforce
something like that? And I'm talking specifically about Cousin
Hugh's fence on Corinth Road. I'm sure that's not what anybody on
this Board had envisioned. I tell you, it's a travesty.
MR. PALING-What's he done?
MR. BREWER-He put the fence in, but he's got one post down four
foot. The other one's up.
MR. MACEWAN--And his last section of rai Is are nai led to a telephone
pole.
MR. MARTIN-I'll handle it, tomorrow.
On motion meeting was adjourned.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
Timothy Brewer, Chairman
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