Town of
Hartwick
Otsego County, NY
 Minutes 

October 04, 2011: Regular Meeting

Body:
 

 Town of Hartwick

MINUTES

Of The October 4, 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 (absent), A. Thomas

Alternate PB Member(s):  Glenn Schilling (present/voting); Margaret Kennedy (present/voting)

Public: Josh Cassell, Thomas Swatling.  T. Austin present as staff to the Planning Board.

Minutes of Last Meeting: 

A. Thomas made a motion to approve the September 6, 2011 minutes as submitted.  T. Schleiser, seconded.  Vote:  (5, 0, 1); Motion carried with M. Kennedy abstaining as she was not present at September meeting.

Public Comment:  None.

Regular Agenda

Sketch Plan:  Redneck Barbeque.  4938 ST HWY 28; Tax Map #: 146.00-1-21.37.  Renovate existing building into a restaurant with accessory parking area.

T. Swatling, applicant's agent, presented the project which is essentially a conversion of an existing metal storage building into a 90 seat restaurant, Redneck Barbeque, with 37 accessory parking spaces.  Mr. Swatling outlined the proposed changes to the site and the existing building.  The Board reviewed the submitted materials.

  V. Rozella motioned that Site Plan Review was required for the submitted project. G. Schilling seconded the motion and the vote had the following result (6, 0, 0,); Motion carried. G. Horth stated that more dimensions should be added to the site plan; specifically kitchen dimensions and dimensions of the proposed decks should be submitted.  A. Thomas motioned that the application was complete as submitted. V. Rozella seconded the motion and the vote had the following result (6,0,0); Motion Carried.  V. Rozella moved to set the escrow for the project at 1% of project cost, but money to be submitted at the Board's request upon the determination that third party review was warranted. T. Schleiser seconded the motion and the vote had the following result (6,0,0); Motion carried.  The applicant was instructed to submit additional the additionally requested dimensions to the T. Austin.  T. Austin, will distribute the revised plans to the PB members; if the plans are determined, by consensus of the Board, to be in keeping with the plans reviewed at the 10/4/11 meeting, referrals are to be distributed to the County Planning Board, NYS Department of Health, and the NYS Department of Transportation.  G. Schilling motioned that the Hartwick Planning Board will be the Lead Agency for the proposed Type II action under SEQR.

Public Comment: None.

Planning Board Business:  None.

Adjournment:

G. Schilling made a motion to adjourn the meeting.  The motion was seconded by A. Thomas, and the vote had the following result (6,0,0);  the meeting adjourned at 7:30 PM.