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1998-05-11 SPECIAL TOWN BOARD MEETING MAY 11,1998 7:00 P.M. MTG.#21 RES#193-195 BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT SUPERVISOR FRED CHAMPAGNE COUNCILMAN RICHARD MERRILL COUNCILMAN THEODORE TURNER COUNCILMAN DOUGLAS IRISH COUNCILMAN PLINEY TUCKER TOWN COUNSEL MARK SCHACHNER TOWN OFFICIALS Harry Hansen, Director of Parks & Recreation Chris Round, Executive Director of Community Development Supervisor Champagne called meeting to order... DISCUSSIONS 1.1 ADULT USES Chris Round, Executive Director reviewed proposed local law regarding Adult Uses and Adult Entertainment Uses. Noted that the law effectively restricts the subject uses to a limited area of town, only portions of certain light industry zones and more specifically the Glens Falls Watershed, the Carey Industrial Park, the Ciba Geigy site and the Warren County Industrial Park... Town Board held discussion, agreed to move forward and schedule public hearing. 1.2 GENERIC EIS Mr. Round, Executive Director noted that the Planning Department and Miller, Mannix, Pratt have been working on the generic impact statement associated with the stream line review process for light industrial properties... not a lot of time spent because of the change in guard ... reviewed the properties being affected . .. less then 600 acres are vacant, light industrial properties vacant ... Is this the best way to spend our efforts, this will be a good tool if we have some other things in place. Need Town Board input to see what the best way will be to spend our efforts. Spoke about areas that exist with water and sewer. . . trying to get sewer line in the Warren Washington County Industrial Park either tie into the Glens Falls plant or Washington County, sewer plant that is out there now is managed by Washington County..spoke about funding. . . noted Earltown owners have offered free land if we can bring water and sewer in. . .it was suggested to focus into two or three sites such as Earltown and the City site. . . . . . our next step is to identify everything that is out there and then take recommendations to see which ones are marketable. ..suggestion was made to have Executive Director Round and QEDC get together and try and put some of the more desirable and salable identified locations? (board agreed) Executive Director Round suggested that the Board table the generic process and get some other things on line that is the feed back that I want. . . step one: draft a new light industrial section and would go hand in hand with identifying sites and identifying types of industry that you want to attract to make that work together. 1.3 GOAL SETTING 1.4 PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS Discussion held regarding goal setting the same priorities the same direction.. . need a facilitator to make this move in a right direction.. . measurer the services we provide and how do we reduce the cost of the services... government needs to follow the same trend as business... The Town Board has a responsibility at the Department Head level, we have accountability in terms of Department Head productivity but below that I do not see us getting involved with it at all. It may be a peer evaluation maybe the eleven or twelve department heads measure one another along with different board members that get involved with it but there are ways of doing it. Board needs to set goals and direction for department heads to follow. . . Discussion held regarding the use of AMTEK at no cost... HIGHWAY ROAD PAVING DISCUSSION: COUNCILMAN TUCKER-Presented a list of roads that he would like paved in his Ward. Turned over to the Highway Committee. . . 1.5 HUDSON RIVER PARK Discussion held regarding the Hudson River Park project. . . discussion held regarding opening date. . . Commission is working on opening ceremony. . . spoke about fencing the underside of the bridge. . . 1.6 WORK RELATIONSHIP Van Dusen and Steves: Mr. Leon Steves-worked for the town for forty five years.. . will be retiring this year and son will be running the business.. . would like to continue doing work for the Town... Supervisor Champagne noted that he felt that this Board would continue using the services of VanDusen and Steves. Councilman Merrill-questioned how large the firm was-Matt Steves, twelve employees. . . Councilman Merrill-How big of an area do you cover? Mr. Matt Steves-right now I am working at the Canadian Border, and down into East Hartford Connecticut. . . eighty five percent of our work is within a sixty mile radius of Glens Falls. . . Discussion held regarding the GIS system.. . Executive Director Round will be requiring in the future, any new subdivision coming into Town to provide an electronic format that will be compatible with our system so that we can start building a layer at no cost to us. . . RESOLUTION CALLING FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION RESOLUTION NO. 193,98 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Pliney Tucker WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Fred Champagne RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury hereby moves into Executive Session to discuss Coles Woods. Duly adopted this 11th day of May, 1998 by the following vote: AYES: Mr. Merrill, Mr. Turner, Mr. Irish, Mr. Tucker, Mr. Champagne NOES: None ABSENT: None RESOLUTION ADJOURNING EXECUTIVE SESSION RESOLUTION NO. 194, 98 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Douglas Irish WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Richard Merrill RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby adjourns its Executive Session. Duly adopted this 11th day of May 1998 by the following vote: AYES: Mr. Turner, Mr. Irish, Mr. Tucker, Mr. Merrill, Mr. Champagne NOES: None ABSENT: None RESOLUTION ADJOURNING MEETING RESOLUTION NO. 195,98 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Douglas Irish WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Richard Merrill RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury hereby adjourns its Special meeting. Duly adopted this 11th day of May, 1998 by the following vote: AYES: Mr. Irish, Mr. Tucker, Mr. Merrill, Mr. Turner, Mr. Champagne NOES: None ABSENT: None Respectfully submitted, Miss Darleen M. Dougher Town Clerk