ROLL CALL:     Town Clerk

All Present

INVOCATION:   Emmanuel Community Bible Church

Rev. David Rodgers

PLEDGE:  Councilwoman Mary Cooke

PROCLAMATIONS:

1.    Lion’s Club White Cane Days – August 22 -23, 2008

2.    United Way – Day of Caring – August 20, 2008

PUBLIC COMMENTS: - AGENDA ITEMS ONLY

Speakers:  None

PUBLIC HEARINGS:

1.    Block Party – Park Place

2.    Grand Park Vue, Section V – Final Plat Approval

3.    East River Landings, Phase 1 – Final Plat Approval

1.    Cooke/Argy, Approved 5-0

2.    Speakers in Favor:  Al Hopkins                  Speakers in Opposition: Rick Karnath, Joan McGarvey-Webb           Grant Final Plat Approval, subject to approval of TE on wetlands concerns                  Crawford/Roesch, Approved 5-0

3.    Speakers in Favor: Al Hopkins                     Speakers in Opposition: Ron Case                                         See PB notes below

MINUTES: 

1.    Approve Minutes of Workshop Meeting #60, July 30, 2008

2.    Approve Minutes of Workshop Meeting #61, July 31, 2008

3.    Approve Minutes of Workshop Meeting #62, August 4, 2008

4.    Approve Minutes of Regular Meeting #14, August 4, 2008

5.    Approve Minutes of Workshop Meeting #63, August 6, 2008

Argy/Cooke, Approved 5-0

CONSENT AGENDA:

1.    Golden Age Center – Vehicle Usage – July 2008

2.    Golden Age Center – Facility Usage – July 2008

3.    Building Permits Issued – July 2008

4.    Buffalo & Erie County Greenway Fund Standing Committee – Approved Funding of Fisherman’s Landing Project

5.    Meeting Minutes – Zoning Board of Appeals – July 10, 2008

6.    Meeting Minutes – Planning Board – July 14, 2008

Cooke/Roesch, Approved 5-0

COMMUNICATIONS –TOWN BOARD:

SUPERVISOR McMAHON:

1.    Set Public Hearing – Jen Court Block Party

2.    Set Public Hearing – Oakwood Estates – Section 4 – 7 Lots – Final Plat Approval

3.    Set Public Hearing – Local Law Intro #6/2008 – Flood Damage Prevention

4.    Set Public Hearing – Scenic Woods Subdivision – Phase I – Final Plat Approval

5.    Retirement – Wastewater Treatment Plant

1.    Tuesday, September 2, 2008 at 8:00p.m.                        Cooke/Argy, Approved 5-0

2.    Tuesday, September 2, 2008 at 8:00p.m.                        Crawford/Cooke, Approved 5-0

3.    Tuesday, September 2, 2008 at 8:00p.m.                        Roesch/Argy, Approved 5-0

4.    Tuesday, September 2, 2008 at 8:00p.m.                        Crawford/Cooke, Approved 5-0

5.    Referred to Town Board Cooke/Argy, Approved 5-0

COMMUNICATIONS – OTHER TOWN OFFICIALS:

TOWN CLERK – PATRICIA A. FRENTZEL:

1.  Budget Amendment

Cooke/Argy, Approved 5-0

DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING & WATER RESOURCES – JOHN WHITNEY:

1.  Public Improvement Permit – Grand Park Vue-Section V 

Issue PIP                             Crawford/Cooke, Approved 5-0

CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER – DOUGLAS LEARMAN:

1.  Jack & Carol Hugill, Bedell Road – RV at Storage Facility

Extension approved, owner showing evidence of hardship Roesch/Cooke, Approved 5-0

ZONING OFFICER – JOHN McCARTHY:

1.  Tower Permit Renewal – AT&T Mobility, Carl Road

Cooke/Argy, Approved 5-0

PLANNING BOARD:

1.       Invitrogen – 3175 Staley Rd. – Site Plan Approval – Warehouse Expansion

2.       Grand Park Vue – Section V (20 Lots) – Final Plat Approval

3.       Auto-Fix – 2038 Grand Island Blvd. – Site Plan Approval

4.       Scenic Woods Subdivison – Phase I (6 Lots) – Final Plat Approval

5.       Oakwood Estates – Section 4 (7 Lots) – Final Plat Approval

6.       East River Landings – Phase I (4 Lots) – Final Plat Approval

7.       Starline USA, Inc. – 3036 Alt Blvd. – Building Expansion – Site Plan Approval

8.       Erie County Planning Board – Executive Summary of Proposed Local Law

1.    Roesch/Argy, Approved 5-0

2.    Approved – See PH notes

3.    Crawford/Cooke, Approved 5-0

4.    Public Hearing: 9-2-08

5.    Public Hearing: 9-2-08

6.    Tabled, referred to Town Attorney, Engineer, Assessor regarding ownership concern                         Roesch/Argy, Approved 5-0

7.    Cooke/Crawford, Approved 5-0

8.    Referred to Town Board Roesch/Cooke, Approved 5-0

COMMUNICATIONS – GENERAL: 

None

REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE:

Vouchers #91417 - 91548

General       $ 42,882.93   

Highway      $   1,547.73      

Sewer          $ 51,038.53

Water          $  22,261.67

 Capital         $    2,925.00

 Garbage      $  94,695.93

  Total           $215,351.79

Cooke/Roesch, Approved 5-0

   UNFINISHED BUSINESS:

   1.  Approve Town Safety Manual

Remains Tabled

   PUBLIC COMMENTS:

Speakers:  Fran Preve  Re: Niagara Falls Campgrounds, LLC

FROM THE BOARD:

Cooke: Fisherman’s Landing, Business First – Inner Suburbs Ranking

Crawford: Lion’s Club Fundraiser – Friday, August 22^nd

Roesch: Starline Expansion

McMahon:  Finish Summer safely

MEMORIAL ADJOURNMENT:

Homer Groff

Gordon Claffey, Sr.

Nora Butcher

Norma A. (Manchester) Weast

Gayle Williams Wright

Adjourned at 8:50p.m.          Cooke/Argy, Approved 5-0