Town of Hartwick
MINUTES
Of The September 6, 2011: Regular Meeting of
Town of Hartwick Planning Board
Call to order 7 p.m.
Pledge of Allegiance
Attendance:
Board Members: G. Horth; V. Rozella; Sue Bush (absent); T. Schleiser; F. Thering (absent); A. Briggs, A. Thomas
Alternate PB Member(s): Glenn Schilling (present/voting); Margaret Kennedy (absent)
Public: Chris Chandler, Matt Vatovic, Orrin Higgins, Sr., Charlie Contro, Pat Ryan, six others. T. Austin present as staff to the Planning Board.
Minutes of Last Meeting:
A. Thomas made a motion to approve the August 2, 2011 minutes as submitted including a minor change to include "Dreams Park" distinction in the public comment section. V. Rozella, seconded. Vote: (5, 0, 1); Motion carried with G. Schilling abstaining as he was not present at August meeting.
Public Comment:
None.
Regular Agenda
Subdivision: Preliminary 9-Lot Subdivision at Tax Map #130.00-1-3.02; proposing to create 9 lots from existing +/- 43.29 AC parcel.
The Planning Board reviewed the submitted materials. Chris Chandler, applicant/owner's agent, reviewed the application materials including the proposed phasing of the construction. C. Chandler discussed aspects of the application with various members of the Planning Board.
A. Thomas made a motion to determine the outlined proposal to be a Major Subdivision. A Briggs seconded the motion and the vote had the following result (6, 0, 0); motion carried.
G. Horth reviewed the process for reviewing a Major Subdivision for the benefit of the public present. A. Thomas outlined a cursory list of required elements that may be required of the applicant in order to be able to accept a sketch plan and/or subsequent application for a Major Subdivision.
Planning Board submitted the following list of items (enumerated below) from the Town's Subdivision Law to Mr. Chandler stating that the listed items are to be included in the Sketch Plan and/or Preliminary Plat in order to further the suggested Major Subdivision.:
- Section 3.8, subsection(s):
•· (a);
•· (b(4, 8, 10-12));
•· (c( 2, 4));
•· (d (1-4));
•· (e (2));
•· (f);
•· (g); and
- Section 4.2, subsection(s):
•· (a (4));
•· (c);
•· (d);
•· (h); and
- Section 4.7, subsection(s):
•· (a (1-2));
•· (c)
The applicant stated that he would review the list of required elements and be in contact with the Planning Board when the project was ready to proceed.
Public Comment:
The Planning Board and the attending public had a rather open discussion on the following topics concerning the potential subdivision application previously discussed:
- In process driveway installation;
- Run-off concerns;
- Depth of wells (water) and potential impacts to existing wells (water) nearby;
- Increase in traffic to the area;
- the fact that Bice Road is currently seasonal in the area proposed for development;
- impacts to the forested areas of the project parcel;
- subdivision process and development potential for the site
Planning Board Business:
A. Thomas noted that the lights have resumed 24 hour illumination at both the Citizens Bank and Quickway locations where previous Planning Board discussions had concluded that there had been compliance with the Town's request to cease "all night" lighting.
Adjournment:
A. Thomas made a motion to adjourn the meeting. The motion was seconded by V. Rozella, and the vote had the following result (6,0,0); the meeting adjourned at 7:58 PM.
