Disposition - March 1, 2010

 

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DISPOSITION:

ROLL CALL:     Town Clerk

Excused:  Raymond Billica

INVOCATION:   St. Martin-in-the-Fields Episcopal Church

Rev. Earle King

PLEDGE:  Councilman Gary Roesch

 

PUBLIC COMMENTS: - AGENDA ITEMS ONLY

Speakers:  None

PUBLIC HEARING:

1.  Local Law Intro #2/2010 – Rezone a Portion of Branches of Niagara from CR to R1-A, Part of SBL # 36.00-1-1.11 (aka  Niagara Falls Campground, LLC / Whitehaven Road Campgrounds)

Speakers in Favor:  None       Speakers in Opposition:  None   Referred to Town Board for SEQR    Cooke/Crawford, Approved 4-0

MINUTES: 

1.    Approve Minutes of Workshop Meeting #6, February 1, 2010

2.    Approve Minutes of Regular Meeting #3, February 1, 2010

3.    Approve Minutes of Workshop Meeting #7, February 3, 2010

4.    Approve Minutes of Workshop Meeting #8, February 22, 2010

Roesch/Cooke, Approved 4-0

CONSENT AGENDA:

1.    Meeting Minutes – Commission for the Conservation of the Environment – September 10, 2009 & December 10, 2009 & January 14, 2010

2.    Time Warner Cable – Developments Affecting Time Warner Cable Subscribers in Grand Island

3.    Golden Age Center – Facility Usage – January 2010

4.    Golden Age Center – Vehicle Usage – January 2010

5.    Building Permits Issued – January 2010

6.    Meeting Minutes – Zoning Board of Appeals – January 7, 2010

7.    Meeting Minutes – Grand Island Memorial Library – December 2, 2009

8.    Village Officials Association of Erie County, New York, Town of Alden – Resolution Regarding Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Attack

9.    New York State Department of Environmental Conservation – SEQR Lead Agency Designation – Branches of Niagara Campground and Resort – Rezone Lands from CR to R1-A and Subdivision

10. State of New York, Department of Transportation – Notice of Appropriation

11. Meeting Minutes – Planning Board – January 11, 2010

12. Meeting Minutes – Board of Architectural Review – January 19, 2010

13. County of Erie, Department of Environment and Planning – Final 2010 Annual Action Plan and the Five-Year Consolidated Plan 2010-2014

 

 

 

Cooke/Roesch, Approved 4-0

COMMUNICATIONS –TOWN BOARD:

 

SUPERVISOR McMAHON:

1.    Intermunicipal Agreement between the Town of Grand Island and Erie County

2.    Appointment – Historic Preservation Advisory Board

3.  Appointment – Commission for Conservation of the Environment

1.  Crawford/Cooke, Approved 4-0

2.  Appoint Curtis Nestark for two-year term expiring 12-31-2011.      Cooke/Roesch, Approved 4-0

3.  Appoint Diane Evans for five-year term expiring 12-31-2014.                            Cooke/Crawford, Approved 4-0

 

COMMUNICATIONS – OTHER TOWN OFFICIALS:

 

TOWN ATTORNEY – PETER GODFREY:
1.  Create Lighting District #58 – Ransom Village Section 4E – Set Public Hearing

1.  Set Public Hearing for Monday, March 15, 2010 at 8:00p.m.   Cooke/Roesch, Approved 4-0

HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT – JAMES TOMKINS:

1.    Request Permission to Bid – One New and Unused 2010 10’ All Season Dump Box

2.    Request Permission to Send Vehicles to Auction

1.    Crawford/Cooke, Approved 4-0

2.    Roesch/Cooke, Approved 4-0

 

DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING & WATER RESOURCES – JOHN WHITNEY:

1.    Sanitary Sewer Pump Stations Auxiliary Power Wiring, M-184-09, Change Order #1

2.    Final Plat Approval – Waterford Park Subdivision, Phase 3, 23 Lots – Set Public Hearing

3.    Final Plat Approval – Country Club Cottages Subdivision, Phase 1, 26 Lots – Set Public Hearing

4.    Appoint Senior Engineer Assistant

1.    Crawford/Cooke, Approved 4-0

2.    Set Public Hearing for Monday, March 15, 2010 at 8:00p.m.   Cooke/Roesch, Approved 4-0

3.    Set Public Hearing for Monday, March 15, 2010 at 8:00p.m.   Roesch/Cooke, Approved 4-0

4.    Appoint Kevin Lesika – Sr. Engineer Assistant, Grade 6 -$18.26/hr. – Provisional appt. effective March 22, 2010                          Roesch/Cooke, Approved 4-0

TOWN ACCOUNTANT – PAM BARTON:

1.    2009 Year End Budget Transfers and Amendments

2.    Budget Amendment – Reality Cafe

1.    Transfers - $80,635    Amendments - $94,448                         Crawford/Cooke, Approved 4-0                                       

2.     $250 – Donations            Cooke/Roesch, Approved 4-0

ZONING OFFICE:

1.  Special Use Permit Renewal – Glen Wallace, North Colony Road – Bed & Breakfast

1.  Cooke/Crawford, Approved 4-0

 

 

COMMUNICATIONS – GENERAL: 

1.    Local Law Intro #7 of 2009 – Rezoning – Sheridan Transit Rod & Gun Club, 551 Ransom Road, from R1-D to CR

A.      Correspondence – Nell J. Mohn

B.      Correspondence – Larry Playfair

C.      Correspondence – Debbie S. Slater

D.      Correspondence – Wayne and Joanne Riggs

2.    Terry R. Manning, Meadow Lane – Request Exception to Subdivision Regulations – Divide SBL #37.12-1-33

3.    Grand Island Commission for Conservation of the Environment – Opposition to Island Wide SEQR

4.    Upstate Cellular – Long Road, West River/Fix Road, Veteran’s Park – Cell Tower Approvals

A.      Planning Board – Verizon Cell Tower Site Plan – Revised, Veterans Park (Bedell Road) – Sandy Beach Cell Site

B.      Correspondence – RJ & Audra Wynne, Fix Road – West River/Fix Road Cell Tower Site 

 

1.  All correspondence referred to Town Board                 Roesch/Cooke, Approved 4-0

2.  Referred to Planning Board              Roesch/Crawford, Approved 4-0

3.  Referred to Town Board, Engineering, ZBA, Planning Board, Parks/Recreation, Economic Development                   Roesch/Cooke, Approved 4-0

4.  A. Referred to Town Board     Crawford/Cooke, Approved 4-0    B. Referred to Town Board  Roesch/Cooke, Approved 4-0

REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE:

Vouchers #96990 – 97102

General      $36,031.29

Highway     $43,013.21

Sewer        $  9,115.67

Water        $11,397.63

       Total          $99,557.80

Cooke/Roesch, Approved 4-0

   UNFINISHED BUSINESS:

1.    Double-D Construction, Bedell Road – Site Plan Approval/Contractor’s Yard

A.      Doug Learman, Code Enforcement Officer – Contractor’s Yard

B.      Daniel C. Drexelius – Refund of Variance Fee

1.       A. Remains Tabled                       B. Refund of Variance Fee denied.                     Crawford/Cooke, Approved 4-0

   SUSPENSION OF RULES:

   1.  Local Law Intro #3/2010 – Proposed Law Creating Business Investment Exemptions Under New York Real Property Tax Law § 485-b – Set Public Hearing 

1.   A.  Suspend Rules                Roesch/Cooke, Approved 4-0           B.  Set Public Hearing for Monday, March 15, 2010 at 8:00p.m.   Roesch/Cooke, Approved 4-0

   PUBLIC COMMENTS:

Speakers:  None

FROM THE BOARD:

Roesch:  NYS Real Property Tax Law §485-b

Crawford: Carbon Monoxide Law

Cooke:  Corporate Bowl – High School; South Bridge redecking project starts – Sunday, March 14th

MEMORIAL ADJOURNMENT:

Richard Lazarz, Sr.                     Agnes English

Vincent Watson                           Scott Smith

Corwin Bell                                  Maud Good

Harold Smith                               Thorice Welch

Joan Bodkin                                Donald Deitzman               

Audrey Pollock                            Robert Irvin

Michaeline Reining

 

 

Adjourned at 8:28p.m.                          Cooke/Crawford, Approved 4-0