ROLL CALL:     Town Clerk

All Present

INVOCATION:   Bible Presbyterian Church

Rev. Kevin Backus

PLEDGE:  Councilman Gary Roesch

PROCLAMATIONS:

1.    Eagle Scout Proclamation

2.    CROP Walk – September 28, 2008

3.    Family Day – September 22, 2008

PUBLIC COMMENTS: - AGENDA ITEMS ONLY

Speakers: None

MINUTES: 

1.    Approve Minutes of Regular Meeting #16, September 2, 2008

Cooke/Argy, Approved 5-0

CONSENT AGENDA:

1.    Meeting Minutes – Zoning Board of Appeals – August 7, 2008

2.    Golden Age Center – Facility Usage – August 2008

3.    Golden Age Center – Vehicle Usage – August 2008

4.    Building Permits Issued – August 2008

5.    Meeting Minutes – Planning Board – August 11, 2008

6.    Meeting Minutes – Long Range Planning Committee – July 23, 2008

7.    Meeting Minutes – Town of Grand Island Safety Committee – July 10, 2008

8.    Time Warner Cable – Switched Digital Video

9.    Department of the Army – Public Release Addendum to the Feasibility Study and Proposed Plan for the Seaway FUSRAP Site

10. Louise M. Slaughter, Congress of the United States – Walk-To-School Program

Crawford/Argy, Approved 5-0

COMMUNICATIONS –TOWN BOARD:

SUPERVISOR McMAHON:

1.    Memorandum of Understanding – STOP-DWI

2.    Authorize Supervisor to Sign Project Amendment – Scenic Woods/Bi-Centennial Park Master Plan – Extension of Project Funding

3.    Authorize Supervisor to Sign – Propagation Validation – Verizon Wireless (SOW)

1.    Roesch/Cooke, Approved 5-0

2.    With amendments made by Town Attorney                       Cooke/Argy, Approved 5-0

3.    Crawford/Roesch, Approved 5-0

COMMUNICATIONS – OTHER TOWN OFFICIALS:

TOWN CLERK – PATRICIA A. FRENTZEL:

1.  Erie County Board of Elections – Polling Location Lease Agreement – Town of Grand Island Properties

1.  Subject to permissive referendum Cooke/Argy, Approved 5-0

HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT – RAYMOND DLUGOKINSKI:

1.    Inventory for Highway Department – Machinery, Tools & Equipment

2.    Request Permission to Send Vehicles to Auction

1.    No Action by Town Board

2.    Crawford/Roesch, Approved 5-0

DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING & WATER RESOURCES – JOHN WHITNEY:

1.    Authorize Supervisor to Sign – Supplemental Agreement No. 2, Bike Trail Connect Project – NYSDOT TEA-21, Transportation Enhancement Program

2.    Authorize Supervisor to Sign - Traffic Signal Inspection and Emergency Service Contract

1.    Argy/Cooke, Approved 5-0

2.    $900.00 first year                  $1,050 second year                                  Crawford/Cooke, Approved 5-0

ZONING OFFICER – JOHN McCARTHY:

1.  Special Use Permit Renewal – Gail Villani, East River Road – Keeping of 1 Agricultural Animal in 2.3 Acres

1. Cooke/Argy, Approved 5-0

CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER – DOUG LEARMAN:

1.  Waiver of Site Plan Requirements – Grand Island Rod & Gun Club, Whitehaven Road

1.  Roesch/Cooke, Approved 5-0

PLANNING BOARD:

1.    C. Luthringer – Request to Abandon Paper Street Adjacent to 2448 First Street

2.    Walgreens, Grand Island Boulevard – Site Plan Approval                          A. Correspondence from Hopkins, Garas & Sorgi  Re: Site Plan Review

3.    American Records Management, Lang Boulevard – Site Plan Approval – Warehouse Expansion

4.    Hugill Storage, Bedell Road – Site Plan Approval (Revised Submission) – Phase VI Building Construction

5.    365 East River Road – Repair Retaining Wall

6.    East River Landings, Phase I (3 Lots) – Final Plat Approval

7.    TOPS Plaza – Outparcel Buildings – Site Plan Approval – Phase 1 – Key Bank Building

A.  Traffic Safety Advisory Board – Request for Copy of Site Plan

8.    Upstate Cellular, Long Road – Site Plan Approval – Cell Tower

1.    Subject to Town Attorney approval Cooke/Roesch, Approved 5-0

2.    Subject to Engineer approval Cooke/Argy, Approved 5-0

3.    Roesch/Cooke, Approved 5-0

4.    Subject to ZBA approval Crawford/Roesch, Approved 5-0

5.    Cooke/Argy, Approved 5-0

6.    No Action by Town Board – Previously approved 9-2-08

7.    Tabled per request of developer                    Crawford/Roesch, Approved 5-0 A. Architect required to submit revised Site Plan to TSAB. Roesch/Cooke, Approved 5-0

8.    Tabled pending action from ZBA and remaining towers that have been applied for.              Cooke/Argy, Approved 5-0

COMMUNICATIONS – GENERAL: 

1.    Niagara Falls Campground LLC – Commercial Recreational Zoning Law

2.    Jay & Patty Meyer, Long Road – Special Use Variance

1.    Referred to Town Board for study and inclusion in Code revisions Crawford/Argy, Approved 5-0

2.    Referred to Zoning Officer for ZBA action                            Cooke/Argy, Approved 5-0

REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE:

Vouchers #91716 – 91827

General       $  85,936.47     

Highway      $    6,656.52

Sewer          $  38,343.47

Water          $  17,964.23

 Garbage      $  94,695.93

 Fire              $231,920.25

  Total          $741,141.87

Cooke/Roesch, Approved 5-0

   PUBLIC COMMENTS:

Speakers: Fran Preve                       Re: Niagara Falls Campground, LLC

FROM THE BOARD:

Roesch: Business First Ranking of Grand Island Schools

Cooke: September 20^th – Beach Sweep – 3449 West River Rd. –  10am-12pm;  School/Town Board Joint Meeting – September 29^th

MEMORIAL ADJOURNMENT:

Craig Gushue

Josephine Paonessa

William Shickluna

Adjourned at 8:37p.m. Cooke/Argy, Approved 5-0