As per the Town’s zoning regulations, the submission of a NND floating zone petition application requires that the applicant appear before the Town Board and Planning Board at a pre- application meeting. The purpose of the first meeting is to:

• solicit preliminary non-binding comments of the Town Board and Planning Board with regard to the consistency of the NND proposal with the criteria set forth in §100-28.B;
• identify any issues that would need to be addressed during the NND review process; and
• review a sketch plan that conveys conceptually the use and site improvements being proposed.

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→ Lyons Testimony on Proposed Zoning

→ Lisa Nagle of Elan Planning and Design’s Testimony

→ Mark Wildonger of Scenic Hudson’s Testimony

→  Regional Ecological Impacts of Massive Proposed Development Detailed in Scenic Hudson Study

→ Clauser Report

→ Chamberlain Traffic Report

→ Lisa Nagle’s Presentation

John Lyons Testimony April 5, 2008

→ George Janes’ Photosimulation Critique of Durst DEIS”

George Janes of the Environmental Simulation Center has studied and critiqued the photosimulations provided in Durst Draft Environmental Impact Statement. The link to the entire document is below followed by Janes’ summary of conclusions.

“The photosimulations presented in the DEIS do not accurately disclose the proposal’s impact on visual resources. They have not been performed according to the accepted standards for photosimulation in the environmental review process. They should NOT be used as evidence as to the project’s impacts on visual resources, as they do not accurately depict the action proposed. Since the Scoping Document called for photosimulations, and since the photosimulations produced do not accurately depict the proposed development’s impact on visual resources, the Lead Agency should require the Applicant to produce additional materials that fully disclose those impacts.”

Peer Review of Chapter 14 “Community Services and Fiscal Impacts”

SUMMARY OF FINDINGS

There are a number of omissions and material errors in Chapter 14 that render it invalid. Camoin Associates finds that Chapter 14 does not meet the requirements of the Carvel DEIS Final Scoping Document because it does not accurately reflect the fiscal impacts of the proposed project. As such, Camoin Associates recommends that the Town of Pine Plains Planning Board, as Lead Agency for the Carvel DEIS:

(a) reject Chapter 14 in its current incomplete form,
(b) require that substantial revisions be made by 1133 Taconic, LLC/Landmark Land
Company, Inc. (“Project Sponsor”),
(c) ensure that such revisions are reviewed by an expert party and that the revisions
are made to the satisfaction of the Lead Agency, and
(d) provide the general public the opportunity to comment on the revised version of
Chapter 14.