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1989-08-17 SP -, '''"-...., ~/ ''--" " , ---./ ~ NOTICE OF HEARING ON PROPOSED COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to Section 272 (a) of the Town Law of the State of New York, a public hearing will be held by the Planning Board of the Town of Queensbury, Warren County, New York, on Thursday"A\l2USt17.1989 1989, at 7!'~npm (time), at the Queensbury Center, Bay at Haviland Roads, Queensbury, New York, for the purpose of considering the adoption of a proposed Comprehensive Land Use Plan for the Town of Queensbury, said Comprehensive Land Use Plan being on file at the Town Clerk's Office and at the Planning Department Office for review by any interested party and said Comprehensive Plan basically setting forth first: an introduction discussing need and purpose, location and process; secondly: a topic on environmental setting, discussing issues of geology, water resources, air resources, terrestrial and aquatic ecology and; third: a topic on human resources, discussing transportation, land use, community services, demographics , cultural resources and; fourth: a topic on the plan for development, discussing development suitability, land use planned and future developments. All parties interested and citizens will be given an opportunity r-- to be heard in respect to said proposed Comprehensive Land Use Plan. Persons may appear in person or by agent. A copy of the said Plan may be reviewed or obtained from the Planning Department of the Town of Queensbury, located at Bay and Haviland Road, Queensbury, New York. ~ ~ c f9j DATED: Thursday" August 10" 1989 BY ORDER OF THE PLANNING BOARD OF THE TOWN OF QUEENSBURY RICHARD ROBERTS - CHAIRMAN PLANNING BOARD TOWN OF QUEENSBURY IlL -" --" ---' " '~ -../ QUEENSBURY PLANNING BOARD SPECIAL MEETING/PUBLIC HEARING COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN AUGUST 17, 1989 8:05 P.M. MEMBERS PRESENT RICHARD ROBERTS, CHAIRMAN HILDA MANN, SECRETARY VICTOR MACRI KEITH JABLONSKI TOWN ATTORNEY-PAUL DUSEK LEE YORK, SENIOR PLANNER MEMBERS ABSENT FRANK DESANTIS PETER CARTIER JOSEPH DYBAS FRED HOLMAN OF FRED HOLMAN ASSOCIATES PRESENT MR. HOLMAN-Made presentation to the public of the various stages of planning that went into completing the Comprehensive Land Use Plan. PUBLIC HEARING OPENED MR. HOLMAN-Before we start I'd like to take you through a summary of the process that the committee, and the Town went through to come up with the Master Plan. If you all remember back in 1987, we started with a series of public meetings, I think there were seven in all the neighborhoods, basically what we did there is define the issues. The issues were defined through questionnaires that were sent out prior to the initiation of the project, and then we had seven public meetings to define issues. As we went along with the process we 1 abls~ has an AdVi~tOry combmitteef tthhatplwas. estaBblisdhedz a~d WBas CdomBPriSet~f~p I?emcbers o.fttthe ~ usmess com mum y, mem ers 0 e anmng oar; omng oar; eau I IcatIOn ommI ee, and residents at large. Parallel to this as we started to define issues there were two areas ,. of study that we entered into; one was the study of natural resources within the Town. We looked at bedrock soils, slopes, which relates to any engineering characteristics. We looked 19 at water resources within the Town. We looked at air resources, and we looked at unique plant and wild life characteristics within the Town. At the same time we looked at what we call community sources. We looked at existing land use; we looked at community services, water, sewer, fire. We looked at population trends, demographic information. We looked at traffic characteristics, at the time we were doing the project the Town hired a traffic engineer that gave us some information on that. We also looked at scenic resources from the standpoint of map characteristics and historic resources, historic buildings and that sort of thing. The issues that we addressed really. . .ourselves as values we started to find the Town's values. As you can see everything leads to goals, but they lead through these other areas. The project was really issue directed, the Master Plan was issued directed and therefore, was really based on the values of the Town. Once we defined the analysis, the resources in the Town, we established goals based on the issues. At the same time we took natural resources, and defined those natural resources in terms of development capability for the Town. The goals then were translated into policies basically a re-phrasing of the goals to say, this is what we'd like to do, okay if you like to do that the Town should have a policy related to that goal. We took the policies and we took the development capability of the resources and that developed the land use plan which is over here (refers to map). The polices were also defined in terms of strategy. Some of the polices related to how the town operated, what kinds of future planning you might want to do for instance, the policy related to the preservation of historic structures. You really needed to do additional studies perhaps to get historic districts or buildings on the national register. If you have a problem with traffic and one of the policies is to establish a smooth flow of traffic and looking at the lighting sequence you needed to have a strategy, you need to work with the State, and the County, and local developers to bring it to. .. That's how the project went through the process and result in strategies and land use plan are really the basis of the Master Plan. Before I start with analysis information are there any questions that I can answer at this point? Okay if there aren't lets go on down and we will briefly go through the maps and talk about the kinds of things that we found out. Each one of these maps essentially identified goals we looked at it analyzed it and said all right this is the situation. Along with values of the Town issues raised at meetings and what do you see as goals for that particular issues. We looked at each issue and we said, here are 1 ~' -- ~ -J the goals that we feel that we need to accomplish in the plan for that issues. We established goals and how and the goals were related to those policies, how the policies identified the land use plan and a series of strategies. . . GOALS GROUPED BEDROCKS, SOILS, TOPOGRAPHY: We are talking about encouraging development patterns that have densities which reflect the engineering qualities of slope and soils characteristics. Basically what we're saying, this is good for development; that's not good for development; shouldn't the densities and patterns of the Town reflect that. Again, that reflects some of the densities that you see in that area. It also is reflected in the kind of things that we're recommending for guidelines for the Town. Like limits of grading, limits on cuts and fill. Types of engineering guidelines for the development of the site as well as just the plan for the site. Discourage development of the Town's ridge lines. If you look at the Town of Bolton to see what's happening there above the village where a developer came in developed a ridge line cut. . .for views what happened was it started to cut along there. In the site plan there was nothing that looked funny, but in fact those buildings are actually sliding down the slope so they had to come in and put retaining walls up. Major erosion problems all those types of things occur so we felt that was important to put in this one. Restrict topsoil removal that was an issue that came right from the public meetings. It was in the public meetings and it was in the questionnaire. It's kind of a funny one that I first didn't think about, but as we started to work with it we discovered kinds of things that were happening in the Town. . . topsoil that we put into areas of the Town. So we're recommending things like your subdivision regulations require the developer to stock pile topsoil and you didn't put it back down it's a part of the submission, part of the guidelines. The same that we did with the site plan. WATER RESOURCES: Restore, and protect, and enhance the quality of aquatic resources. Again, you have trout streams you want to be careful that those are protected your dealing with water sources here so you want to make sure that all of that is protect. Minimize threat to life and property from flooding. Concerned about. . .areas. Provide for public access, public and water that's a very strong bond when you think about the issues that came in the meetings we want to make sure those bonds are encourage to occur. Think about that when your developing an open space plan or parks, anyway you can get public access. Insure quality of Glens Falls Reservoir System. We wanted to make sure that their water source was protected, it's in your town, it's their water source we felt we had a responsibility to respond to that. Protect public health from contamination to ground water and aquifer recharge area. Again, we're looking at the densities that are occurring there, we're also recommending the sewers be expanded to those areas. A very delicate kind of issue because it's not only the effluent, but it's also those chemicals that your putting on the soils that's doing this as well. As a matter of fact every runoff as well as ground water going back up to here (refers to map) where we're finding the ground water. It's because of the chemicals and of those types of issues a lot more paving than occurs it's all going off very quickly into your surface water and ground water sources. Protecting water supplies for present and future use. Again, we're concerned not only about the Glens Falls water supply, we're also concerned about what's going to happen 20, 30, 40 years from now will we have to go back and use that. There is some talk in Glens Falls we will not need that water source because they will be required to do something. . . One of the things Pm recommending is a regional system whereby Glens Falls goes and uses your water supply and perhaps you use the sewer system in Glens Falls, that's been talked about and we're recommending you do that because it does solve both of your problems. At the same time we don't know what the future is going to hold and we want to make sure if something happens that water is still good water both surface water and the ground water. AIR RESOURCES: You are in a sensitive area. You're in an area that the State is concerned about. You have limitations on the amount of pollutants that you can put in the air in this town. You can just go ahead and build something without a concerns for the pollutants, what's going in the air because you have reached a level of contamination. In fact, every single chemical and factor that they looked at you've reached your limit. The goal is to maintain and improve air quality. Looking at the kinds of industry that you've encouraged to come into the Town, concerned about woodstoves and fireplaces. There is a State program so the idea is obviously to work with the State on that program to reduce the pollutants from woodstoves and fireplaces. Again, this is a sort of a national problem that is hard to address on a local level, but it's really a question of your cooperation and kind's of activities that you promote. TERRESTRIAL AND AQUATIC ECOLOGY PLANTS AND ANIMALS: Provide and improve on going protection of wetlands. Again, of every single group that we talked to or any way that we approached it the wetlands are our major source of plants and animal species. It's rich and kinds of habitats that you need to support a good base of wildlife. Provide and protect habitats in unique environments. Again, those were identified on the maps. If you want wildlife if you want those kinds of rich plant material, flowers, and what not you have to take steps to preserve those that was a goal that we decided to do. Protect deer wintering areas. Specific species that were identified to protect. Hunting and fishing is still a major source of recreation we have to protect that. Facilitate long range view of natural resource management including 2 "---' ~ '-'- -.~. plant and animal habitats. It needs to be looked at there needs to be a major policy in the Town ~hat says, we want our animal habitats, we want our plant habitats part of the way of life m Queensbury, so that's what that is saying. Looking at the corridors, the stream corridors, looking at the wetlands, identifying the habitats and making sure that when development comes to the Town that they're aware that's a habitat and won't start destroying. Looking at. . .and different types of species that you have and what's required for those habitats either their migratory routes perhaps in the Town with the kinds of environments that are specific to the particular species. LAND USE: Maintain existing heavy industrial areas so we're saying, it's heavy industrial fine. Redefine light industrial zones west and north of Glens Falls. Again, we're trying to look at patterns we want to maintain those. There is housing going in there a lot of things happening we want to maintain those. . . Reevaluate industrial reserve zone. It really does nothing for you it's just sitting there as an industrial reserve zone and you weren't really treating it as an industrial reserve, we couldn't figure out what was going on, here's what's happening let's reevaluate that and maybe start to identify kinds of uses. If it's industrial say it's industrial. Provide buffering in industrial commercial zones. One of the problems with industrial commercial properties is the residential development has. . .it's like having a farm. . .the same thing happens with some commercial and industrial properties, so we're saying we want to buffer those. We want those in there we want jobs in the city, and town. We want to service the town and commercial areas, so let's do it let's try to protect them as well as the residential areas as well. Cluster neighborhood and commercial uses to served residents and reduce traffic. You don't want everyone coming down to shop on Aviation Road. There are things that you buy everyday that you should be able to get without driving all that way and through all kinds of traffic and over the roads different times of the day. We're saying there are some areas that are pretty much identified by existing uses that should be developing as neighborhood commercial areas. These were areas where there was more than one store and starting to develop as a community within the neighborhood so it started to act as a couple of different things. One obviously reduces the traffic there only going here to the corner rather than to A viation Mall, but it also establishes the neighborhood center as well so there are a couple of different functions that deal with commercial. Encourage offices on Main and Bay Streets corridors. Bay Street, because it started to develop here, but also it starts to relate to the Town Hall, Town Center, doctor, lawyers, those types of professional offices insurances companies perhaps. There are types of offices where they kind of function to the Town Hall. Coming to the Senior Citizen Center maybe also your doctors here. Also on Main Street, coming into the City, that is starting to develop. Again, related to the hospital starting to develop some offices saying, that's really probably what we want to do it's better than seven taco stands. Encourage that kind of development related to Glens Falls. Now that the intersection to the Northway when you get in there. . .as offices it also is going to mean less in and out traffic, that is a real problem on Main Street offices would reduce the problem as compared to commercial development. Limit highway commercial to each side of the northway. We're saying west of the northway is residential and basically the existing uses that occur there maybe from the south are basically residential and the highway commercial are things that are gas stations, automobile service areas, the kind of things that are in and out those type of activities to the east side of the northway. Locate high density near services. We talked about that with the land use plan where a multifamily and high density development should be on the water and sewer. Encourage farming activities where appropriate. COMMUNITY SERVICE GOALS: Develop regional systems of water and sewer we talked about that. Expand public water and sewer for public health. Again, those were the areas that we identified for the expansion of sewer system and water system. Encourage grading and runoff design which will minimize intensity reduce flooding, erosion, and sedition. If the faster water goes off the site the more the Town is going to. . . there are two ways to do this you can do that and develop a storm water system or you can require developers to handle storm water on site and use the natural drainage systems that you have or minimal additional runoff systems. The way to do that is to really evaluate the grading that goes on a site and the runoff design of that site. If you can handle it on a site because as you develop a site the runoff is going to increase, it's going to runoff faster. We did a study in Schenectady. I was a planner in Schenectady, we did a study one time I looked at the build out area of the area adjacent to the Mohawk and the drainage basin was really a bit larger than the city. Then we did calculations of the runoff and the runoff that would come from the buildings of that area and have some consideration was actually greater than the water in the Mohawk at the same time. You see that permeable runoff is a major issue so you really need to look at that. Again, the grading design is going to have a impact on erosion. The amount of water that is coming off, the speed of water that is it coming off, those issues relate to erosion and sedimentation. You want to look at that. Protect community against hazardous waste. The first thing we did obviously is identify those this was brought up at a couple of public hearings. Where is the hazardous waste, why aren't you telling us where the hazardous waste is. It's public information it's just not listed information. We're saying the area is identified be aware of it at this point this is what you can do, and be aware of it from now on that there is hazardous waste generated. Implement recommendations of the fire emergency facilities type. Again, that was a additional study that was done during the project we are recommending that you implement it. 3 \ ----- ---' .~,- /' ~ POPULATION TRENDS: This came out of all the meetings, control quality and regulate growth. We recommended that if it's there obviously it will be affected. We are recommending changes in land use patterns, and the densities as it relates to the issues in that area. We're also recommending that it parallels to the kind of things that we talked about before. We looked at the drainage, we looked at the runoff, we looked at the way the site is developed. Consider historic resources. . . Provide for affordable housing. We looked at the property values the population trends, the property coming up the northway. I guess the Town has already tried two attempts for senior citizen housing. TRAFFIC GOALS: Improve traffic flow and maintain character. Again, some of those recommendations were made for realignment and deals with improving traffic flow. Maintaining the rural character were recommending the way sites are developed. Some of the roads are very important we're recommending that there might be greater setback. We're also recommending that lots not empty out into the road so you minimize the number of driveways because that is the major cause of traffic slow down. Develop traffic light sequencing. Again, work with the other agencies and the groups that control the traffic lights. Limits driveways on collector arterial streets. A void strip development. Again, we're talking about in and outs all the time. What we did is try to break up that development so certain types of activities occur not in a near manner but they are broken up as you go along. Recommending establishing guidelines entering onto commercial and off the sites. Provide better access between east and west sides of town. We talked about that and encourage alternative methods of transportation. I think we mentioned the bike trail, the mass transit systems. TAPED TURNED SCENIC SOURCES: Protect and enhance natural beauty. Many times when a developer comes in he is concerned about his view out of his development. The Town should be concerned as much about what is that impact on the visual characteristics of the Town, what does the existing residence see when they look at the development. Maintain rural character of Queensbury Roads. We talked about setbacks, controlling any means of ingress and egress of subdivision, clustering is a way of alleviating that as well. Clustering houses in certain areas is a way to protect the scenic resources. Many times the developer is actually destroying the scenic resources. . we're concerned with maintaining. . .cluster away from the ridge line so we maintain that nice rural character that is so important to us. Enhance beautification of developed areas. The commercial strips basically the commercial areas that your talking about here establishing landscape guidelines keeping those up. Protect sensitive archeological historic sites, be aware of them for one thing their there, and how does site plan response to the fact. Promote greater awareness of Queensbury history and it's resources. There are a number of things that initiated during the planning. A folder which identify most of these resources, walking tours that sort of thing. It's a lot of information that we went through tonight, but I think we got through the majority of it. I tried to go through some of the strategies and the land use plan. COUNCILMAN MARYLIN Potenza-Resolution Regarding Proposed Comprehensive Land Use Plan. I'm only reading this so that you can put this into the record. RESOLUTION REGARDING PROPOSED COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN RESOLUTION NO. 323,Introduced by Betty Monahan who moved for its adoption, seconded by Marilyn Potenza: WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury has been presented with a proposed Comprehensive Land Use Plan for the Town of Queensbury, as developed by Frederick J. Holman Associates and the Warren County Planning Department, Town of Queensbury, Department of Planning, in conjunction with the Queensbury Advisory Committee and Environmental Sub-Committee, and WHEREAS, the Town Board desires that the said Land Use Plan be carefully reviewed and a public hearing be held prior to the adoption of said plan, and WHEREAS, Section 272 (a) of the Town Law of the State of New York vests with the Planning Board of the Town of Queensbury the power to hold such public hearings and adopt said master plan upon compliance with a review pursuant to the State Environmental Quality Review Act, NOW, THEREFORE, BElT RESOL VED, that the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury hereby refers the proposed Comprehensive Land Use Plan to the Planning Board of the Town of Queensbury and requests that the Planning Board hold a public hearing concerning the proposed Land Use Plan as soon as possible, but in no event less than 10 days from the date said notice is published and posted. 4 \. ~' '-.-" ~_/ ~/ ---' Duly adopted this 13th day of June, 1989, by the following vote: A YES: Mrs. Potenze, Mr. Montesi, Mrs. Monahan, Mr. Borgos NOES: None ABSENT:Mr. Kurosaka MR. ROBERTS-Does the Town Board have any feelings about this? COUNCILMAN POTENZA-It would be a request of the Town Board, because this has been going on for quite a long time that perhaps this Board would find it in it's heart to set a date in the not to distant future to bring a vote to this Master Plan so that we can indeed put the work and the effort to rest and go on with the recommendations of the Advisory Committee and the constituents of the Town as well. MR. ROBERTS-This is a rather lengthy and philosophical document a little easier to zero in on the master plan and other things. I'm sure we could all pick apart the few little things that we disagree with in here,but I think you need to look at it in it's entirety knowing there is always work to be done on these matters. NANCY PORPORA-Queensbury. Just as a citizen of the Town I was mainly concerned with the water shed. Everything that has been said in here I agree with and I'm very happy with. Basically the plan looks good to me most of the people that I have spoken to about it, my concern is implementing it. I think it's wonderful and I think it's great that all of these people have put all the work into it. I would like to see the Town Board implement it. I was wondering last week when I was here that's what they said, now who makes the decisions? MR. ROBERTS-Well we all do. Apparently the Planning Board actually adopts it which is a little surprise to me. Legally it comes back to the Planning Board to adopt it and, of course, we are on the fore front of implementing it to. NANCY PORPORA-What is your position? MR. ROBERTS-We haven't voted yet. NANCY PORPORA-Can I asked you individually what your position are then? MR. JABLONSKI-I'll do everything I can to try implemented it. I think there has been a lot of hard work, and I think the effort there. .. I agree with you on some of the other issues. Personally you have my support. MR. ROBERTS-I'm willing to support it. We're not actually voting on this here. NANCY PORPORA-I'm just curious. I like to know where everyone stands if you are the people that are going to make the decision. MR. ROBERTS-We will be making the decision to implement it and we will also as I say along with this Planning Staff we will be implementing this. NANCY PORPORA-I guess I'm just a little confused about who is going to okay this or not okay this, and when this is going to be done. MR. ROBERTS-The Planning Board is going to do it and we will tonight set a date I would think probably at one of our meetings next month to bring it to a vote. I think that it's something that we can do tonight. In the meantime, I think we have to be careful to satisfy SEQRA. NANCY PORPORA-How do you feel about it? MRS. MANN-I don't have a particular problem with it. I think it's interesting that most of the Town turns out to be undevelopable according to the mapping which I think is kind of interesting. I read it a while ago, and one of the comments made on the east west corridor which included at the time, I believe it was in here if not it was in our public discussion which included a highway that would go from basically the Round Pond Road to Rush Pond through West Mountain Road somewhere. I am vehemently opposed to. MR. ROBERTS-Not through Rush Pond. MRS. MANN-In the general area. I am personally vehemently opposed to. I don't like to see that at all. I think that Route 149, should be implemented and extended and whatever new entrance on to the Northway put at Route 149, and perhaps south in the area of Dixon Road 5 -- -..../ "-.-- - .-/ -----' or something, but to ¡go through the Country Club Road and that area to another road I am vehemently opposed to. As I said, I think it's interesting that most of the Town is all ready developed we now found out that it should not have been developed. Other than that I don't have a great particular argument. I don't think I'll be around long enough to make waves one way or the other. MR. MACRI-Like any great study the thing is always subject to criticism obviously a lot of work has gone into this thing. The end result of this work will probably be seen sometime in the future. You have to understand that a document like this is only as good as the time and date it's developed. There are items within this thing right now that have changed. Ciba Geigy Industrial area is one. It's something that was addressed it doesn't exist anymore. This was used as a guideline for the Town rezoning. We all see great results from that rezoning and many problems I'm sure those things will be addressed in the future, but us adopting this won't really accomplish anything unless the Town takes it and utilizes it that should also be understood. The Master Plan was done 10 years ago 15 years ago. When I came on this Planning Board I asked about it nobody knew where it was. Administration could change, people attitudes change. NANCY PORPORA-The main thing I'd like to say is the underlying theme to this Master Plan, I was at the Town meeting for my area two years ago was to keep the rural characteristics of Queensbury, and the only way that is going to happen if this plan in this vein is implemented soon before it's to late. I don't know how serious you are about this, but if you are I think. MRS. MANN-I think they've done everything they can to slow down growth. NANCY PORPORA-You can work to maintain the Town, because once it's gone, it's gone. PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED PUBLIC HEARING REOPENED BETTY MONAHAN-Sunnyside. I just want to thank the dedicated volunteer's who spent so many hours on this plan and who I think did listen very carefully to what everyone said in the neighborhood meetings. I say this, both as a citizen of the Town, and as a member of the Town Board. I want to thank our Planning Board, and I want to thank our professionals who worked with them. I really think that this Master Plan, Land Use Plan has been responsive to the wishes of the citizens of this community and I want to thank all of you for your effort. PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED MR. ROBERTS-Stated it would be his feeling that the SEQRA work that has been already done on the Zoning Ordinance and the rest of it would be adequate to cover this document. MR. DUSEK-Stated that in the first instance, of course, it is up to the Board to make the decision. The critical thing is that fortunately when the Zoning Ordinance was adopted in October of 1988, much of the information that was seen here tonight and talked about tonight is the same information that was available back then. At the time that the Zoning Ordinance was adopted a generic environmental impact statement was drafted and created by the Town Board with, of course, the assistance of the Planning Department primarily Lee York, so that document is in place. Frequently Zoning Ordinance are adopted just after a Master Plan. In this particular case because of time pressure the Zoning Ordinance was put into place first because the Master Plan wasn't quite ready at the time. It was not a serious problem from a legal prospective because the information that was necessary to draft the Master Plan was already in place. The guidelines everything that people were looking towards the future with was available so that the Zoning Ordinance in turn was drafted from that. Essentially the basics if you will, the maps were there used for the Zoning Ordinance now we're kind of finalizing them into a booklet. If the Board feels that the generic impact statement that was used before is sufficient to cover this particular document if there are no new issues basically raised by this document if no serious public comments although let's be aware of the time the Zoning Ordinance was considered, then I think you might be able to use the original generic impact statement as part the SEQRA process here thereby eliminating several steps. One thing I would like to do as part of the reason I said what I just said was because I've been speaking with Lee York, and Fred Holman, I would like to get on the record those facts. MR. DUSEK-Mr. Holman you and I had a brief discussion and I've asked you if the information that is presented here tonight the maps, and the information that was relied upon to create the Master Plan that the Board now has before them is the same information that was available and made up for the Town Board's consideration when the Zoning Ordinance was adopted. Is that the same information? MR. HOLMAN-Yes, all the maps and the information that was used for the preparation of 6 ---- ---'" "'--- ~ the Zoning Ordinance and all the goals and philosophies were used in preparation of the.. MR. DUSEK-Are you personally familiar with this Master Plan document? MR. HOLMAN-Yes. MR. DUSEK-Is there anything in there that you feel is not related and that this information be presented here tonight? MR. HOLMAN-No. The information that I presented tonight was based upon that document. MR. DUSEK-For the record we have the expert consultant basically indicated what I had just indicated to the Board that the documentation is sufficient. In the Board purview if you feel that the generic impact statement is sufficient then go with that. I would recommend that you direct the Planning Department and notify all involved agencies that an action namely the Master Plan is about to take place. The time tables they we have to go through we may be in a position I won't guarantee it, you may in a position to adopt it in your second meeting in September. MRS. MANN-Thinks that you could put on the record that there is no obvious public controversy over this document now that it's become part of the public hearing. MR. MACRI-Asked if it would be necessary for the Board to accept additional public comment? MR. DUSEK-On the generic you may have to. That will not necessitate another public hearing. MOTION TO ACCEPT THE GENERIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT AND UTILIZE THAT INFORMATION IN THIS ACTION OF ADOPTING THE MASTER PLAN IN LIEU OF LACK OF PUBLIC CONTROVERSY,Introduced by Hila Mann who moved for its adoption, seconded by Victor Macri: Duly adopted this 17th day of August, 1989, by the following vote: A YES: Mr. Macri, Mrs. Mann, Mr. Jablonski, Mr. Roberts NOES: None ABSENT:Mr. DeSantis, Mr. Cartier, Mr. Dybas DISCUSSION HELD MR. ROBERTS-Asked about setting a date on this? MR. DUSEK-Thinks you could set a target date, but not a definite date. You could agree that the second meeting in September could be the target date. To direct staff to do what it can to keep that date including notification of other involved agencies. MR. ROBERTS-Asked Lee York if she would do this? MRS. YORK-Yes. On motion the meeting was adjourned. RESPECTFULL Y SUBMITTED, Richard Roberts, Chairman 7