Letter from applicant assigning new agent ZBA March 2016 Review
Area Variance File No. AV 51-2015
PZ-0021-2015
Burnett Family Trust
11 Andrew Drive
New Information Submitted
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SB 8-2015
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TOWN OF QUEENSBURY 9520 Retriever Road 17Z -00 4/-01°
PLANNING OFFICE
Burke,Virginia 22015
February 8, 2016
Town of Queensbury
Planning& Development
742 Bay Road
Queensbury, New York 12804
Dear Mr.Craig Brown:
We have been working with Ms. Laura Moore of the Town Planning Board regarding my request
to subdivide property owned Tenancy-In-Common with my brother David W. Burnett who died April
16,2013. We were not in attendance at the Zoning Board of Appeals meeting where my request was
being reviewed on January 20, 2016. Our attorney, Mr.Tom Knapp of Stafford,Carr&McNally, P.C.
represented my interests at the meeting. We understand that Mr.Jackoski of the Zoning Board of
Appeals is the point of contact for our action that has been tabled pending receipt and review of
additional information that was not included in our application due to our lack of understanding how
the process works and the fact that we live nearly five hundred miles from your office and being in
Queensbury on weekday when your staff is at work is difficult for us.
We are writing to inform you,the Town Planning Board,and the Town Zoning Board of Appeals
that Mr. Knapp is no longer our attorney effective February 3, 2016.
We are pleased to inform you that we have selected a new attorney to work closely with the
Town of Queensbury and us, and to act as our agent in our absence. We requested that Mr. Knapp
consolidate all records of his work representing our request to subdivide this property and the long
hours he spent working on this action and forward them to us as soon as possible but no later than
February 12, 2016. My brother's children have expressed no desire to keep the property but have yet to
pay any bills for maintenance, repair or the estate's share of school and Town and County Taxes since
2011.
We have not heard from Mr. Knapp after he receive his notice but as you know, having all the
pertinent information available for review by our new attorney is extremely important in order to
prepare for the next Zoning Board of Appeals meeting scheduled for March 2016,and the final Town
Planning Board meeting scheduled for March 22, 2016.
The attorney that we selected to be our agent is Ms. Deborah Slezak of Cioffi,Slezak and
Wildgrube, P.C. Mailing address is 2310 Nott Street East, Niskayuna, New York 12309. Ms.Slezak's
contact information is: 518 377-6700 and her email address is: DSlezak@cswlawfirm.com.
We are pleased to be working with Ms. Slezak and trust that your staff will have a positive
experience also.
Thank you for your continued assistance and understanding as we work through our request.
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Stephen A.and Barbara S. Burnett,Trustees
The Burnett Family Trust
Cc: Ms. Deborah Slezak