January 31st Town Board Meeting
February 1, 2008
Special Town Board Meeting, January 31, 2008
Present: Gregg Pulver, Rick Butler, Dorean Gardner, George Keeler and Bob Couse
Gregg Pulver began the meeting by reading the notice placed in the paper about it. He then said we have a temporary vacancy on the Planning Board and put an ad in the papers about the vacancy which is to fill in for Brian Coons who is in Afghanistan. It is for a one year term, actually it ends December 31st of this year and if Brian is still deployed we will reappoint the person for as long as needed. Seven people applied and three people were interviewed. All three were excellent candidates who did very well in the interviews. Really the determining factor was that the person chosen has attended many meetings of the board. There was no further discussion and Rick Butler moved to appoint Sarah Jones. The vote was unanimous.
Zoning Review: Bonnie Franson was present and began by introducing herself to the audience. She is the Senior Vice President and Planning Director of Tim Miller and Associates. She reviewed her activities to date: She spent November reviewing the relevant documents relating to the background of the town, its goals and objectives, the Comprehensive Plan and its appendix, the maps that were prepared in support of the Comprehensive Plan. She met with Nan Stolzenburg in December to discuss the history of the Comprehensive Plan and the thoughts behind the zoning law, the density issues, the environmental formula and the districts and went over the changes that occurred in the draft and why they happened. She has also driven almost all the roads in the town (except two) to get a sense of the environment; for example, the agricultural base, the undeveloped land, settlement patterns, etc. She has also reviewed the Carvel proposal as they are developing their own concept for zoning for their property. She has been getting very familiar with the zoning code-the layout, the procedures and the substance. For example, looking to see if all the definitions are there, are they consistent and is the zoning code consistent with the comprehensive plan? Is the density code consistent with the goals? Is the way for example that the agricultural district is set up consistent with the objectives? She will be sending reports to Warren Replansky next week and if he OK’s it will soon be ready to hold an official meeting about my review. She added that Nan had provided her with electronic files about the Comprehensive Plan and the Zoning law to use for existing conditions.
Gregg Pulver asked, “So you expect to have something in Warren’s hand next week, so we are looking for something for a special meeting some time in February?” Bonnie said yes.
Public Comment: Carl Popp asked for clarification about the dates of the Carvel hearings and the snow date for the February 29th hearing. Don Bartles said the first two were at the school but he wasn’t positive whether the first one would be in the auditorium or the cafeteria. He said he wasn’t sure about the snow dates. Jane Waters said the Poughkeepsie Journal had reprinted the wrong snow dates again in their 1/30 editorial. She said the snow date for both the February 29th and the March 6th dates is March 7th and that one would be at the Milan Town Hall regardless of which hearing it is replacing.
Executive Session: Gregg said they were now going to go into executive session to discuss contractual matters and that no action would be taken afterwards.
Respectfully submitted: Jane Waters
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