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1996-07-08 SPECIAL TOWN BOARD MEETING JULY 8,1996 4:30 p.m. MTG.#28 RES. 300-301 TOWN BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT SUPERVISOR FRED CHAMPAGNE COUNCILMAN BETTY MONAHAN COUNCILMAN THEODORE TURNER COUNCILMAN CONNIE GOEDERT COUNCILMAN CAROL PULVER RESOLUTIONS NONE PLANNED DISCUSSIONS 3.01 ROAD REQUEST FROM SUSAN WEBER Discussion held regarding the placement of a sign designating Rocky Shore Road... Board agreed to placement with permission of New York State. 3.02 ROUTE l49/ROUTE 9 DIRECTIONAL SIGN Executive Director Martin presented a proposal to the Board regarding the placement of a direction sign directing traffic north on to I-87...Board agreed to proposal and requested that the Town Supervisor write to DOT regarding this... 3.03 INDIAN RIDGE DISCUSSION Representatives from Indian Ridge spoke to the Board regarding proposed PUD...target date of August 5th for a SEQRA review... 3.4 WOOD PROPERTY REZONING Executive Director Martin-Presented to the Town Board a GIS map of the area in question. Regarding 100' buffer -from my standpoint, this is a strategically located piece of property by virtue of the fact that this intersection study was done, two years ago at the expense of nearly one hundred thousand dollars and if we are going to go through these exercises and just have them turn out to be exercises then we might as well not do them from my point of view. This is a planning study adopted by the transportation council of ways to keep Aviation Road and Route 9 a viable intersection and keep our commercial center viable. There is an opportunity that exists to improve the intersection...noted that we would need the 100' buffer if you want to improve the traffic in that intersection to accommodate this design. Councilman Pulver-Will you also need True Value? Executive Director Martin-Yes. This one improvement results in a 10% reduction in volume at that intersection, that is why the State is willing to fund 80% of it. Weare not looking to take this property from Mr. Wood, if he is willing to participate fine and if he is not we will have to think of something else. If I did not inform you that this plan was out there then I would not be doing my job. Noted that is a commercial piece of property. ..1 did receive word from his attorney that he is willing to consider Plaza Commercial and he is amending his request... Councilman Pulver-Questioned if the Town is willing to purchase fifty feet of the property... Executive Director Martin-Presented the Town Board with an Executive Summary of the plan and also the cost estimate of the improvement...noted the property owners on Birch Road should be offered to be made Plaza Commercial also... RECREATION FEES - DEVELOPMENTS Discussion held regarding the tracking of fees as submitted by developers... DEVELOPMENTS Ouderkerk-Harris rezoning request will be on for the next workshop QUAKER ROAD-HIGHWAY Highway Supt. Paul Naylor-due in July repave the service road area off Quaker Road (Earltown) asked that Mr. Martin keep on top of that... 3.05 RETIREMENT INCENTIVE Town Board will hold discussion in Executive Session 3.06 MMAREPORT Councilman Pulver-Lets do what Connie said and have the State come in and do a study. Councilman Goedert -Office of Fire Prevention and Control...If we go that way it gives us a delay it takes us out of negotiations and we are not ready to go through this and we are getting closer to negotiations and if the Office of Fire Prevention and Control comes back and says this guy is right on board we can go bravo, bravo and if it is totally off the wall then it is totally off the wall. Discussion held regarding Hazmat teams being established in the County...with Marv Lemery...Councilman Monahan-Our companies do not want it...Councilman Goedert-The companies would like to do the extent that they are at, they what DEC to handle the hazardous stuff...Board agreed to have Mr. Lemery at a Workshop session with the Chiefs of the Fire Companies in attendance to discuss Hazmat...Councilman Goedert-This should be tabled until after negotiations. Councilman Monahan-spoke to the Board regarding placing in the study the items that the Companies are already doing... Supervisor Champagne-I would like to put together a long range plan that identifies, number one the equipment, and a needs assessment...I think we need someone whether it is one or two or three of us to sit down with each one of the companies and make it very clear what our expectations are, we want an identified equipment list we want to know when you are looking to come in and ask for more funds to replace, I would like to see a seven to a ten year plan that I can look at in one chart that is all together. I would like that programmed out to see what impact that will have on taxes over the next ten years. 1997 BUDGET PLAN Supervisor Champagne-Meet with Department Heads this Thursday regarding the 1997 Budget... RESOLUTION CALLING FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION RESOLUTION NO. 300.96 INTRODUCED BY: Mrs. Carol Pulver WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mrs. Connie Goedert RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury hereby moves into Executive Session to discuss selection of comptroller and personnel matters. Duly adopted this 8th day of July, 1996 by the following vote: AYES: Mrs. Monahan, Mr. Turner, Mrs. Goedert, Mrs. Pulver, Mr. Champagne NOES: None ABSENT: None RESOLUTION ADJOURNING EXECUTIVE SESSION AND REGULAR SESSION RESOLUTION NO. 301.96 INTRODUCED BY: Mrs. Carol Pulver WHO MOVED FOR IT'S ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mrs. Connie Goedert RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury hereby adjourns its Executive Session and Regular Session. Duly adopted this 8th day of July, 1996 by the following vote: AYES: Mr. Turner, Mrs. Goedert, Mrs. Pulver, Mrs. Monahan, Mr. Champagne NOES: None ABSENT: None Respectfully submitted, Miss Darleen M. Dougher Town Clerk Queensbury