TOWN OF
MINUTES OF THE CEDAR BLUFF SUBDIVISION SEQR WORKSHOP
November 13,
2017
Chairman
Ian Murray called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
Planning Clerk Linda McCabe called the roll: Chairman Ian Murray present, Laurie Griffen
present, Patrick Hanehan present,
Robert McConnell present, Joseph Lewandowski absent (arrived at 7:19 p.m.),
Brandon Myers present, George Olsen
present, Alternate Christopher Koval - present.
Also present: Town Engineer Ken Martin,
Attorney Justin Grassi, Attorney Libby Coreno, Katie Gehl, Kevin Hastings, and
other interested persons. (Sign In sheet is on file in the Clerk's office)
Chairman
Ian Murray welcomed all present and stated the purpose of this SEQR workshop
meeting is to begin the long form EAF (environmental assessment form) for the
Witt Construction subdivision. This is
for the purpose of the Board; it is not a public hearing. Public hearing was opened at the October
meeting and was left open in order to allow further comment at the next meeting
when the Applicant is present. The
Applicant will not be at the regular meeting this month. Tonight the Board will go through Part II of
SEQR and if necessary, possibly have questions answered by the Applicant.
Chairman
Ian Murray asked all in attendance, aside from the Applicant, to remain
quiet. If anyone gets a bit unruly, he
will ask that person/persons to leave, if it gets too unruly he will have to
shut the meeting down.
Chairman
Ian Murray stated he had a couple of questions on Part I of SEQR and asked the
Board to take out their copies of Part I SEQR and asked Attorney Libby Coreno
to go through Part I with the Board.
Attorney
Libby Coreno went through her responses to the questions she received on
October 30th:
1. Section B - Government Approvals - a. Town Board needs to give approval of
the proposed
Ownership of the open space lands in accordance with Section 400-14
-H.(1)(d). -
Saratoga Town Board needs to be added.
In circumstances
where the Town is not taking ownership of the open space or it
being dedicated to
a third party (such as P.L.A.N.), there is no requirement for
Town Board
approval. We have proposed either a
deeded restriction or an HOA
neither of which
will require such approval.
2. Section B - Government Approvals - g. This is a Rural Residential
Subdivision and
NYSDOH must be added as an approving State Agency
NYSDOH was
notified in the coordinated review process but will be added as an
involved agency
in our revised Part 1.
3. Section D.2.a.viii - Are you sure that there
will be no blasting?
Confirmation of no
blasting.
4. Section D.2.e.ii - Add "and homes and
driveways" to "Point runoff from new
roadway
areas".
This note will be
added to the revised Part 1
5. Section D.2.d.iii - Will the Saratoga County
Sewer District need to be
extended to
include the homes east of Cedar Bluff Road and is the Rural District
2 area within the
sewer district?
Our capacity
letter from SCSD #1 indicates current district area.
6. Section D.2.n.i - Outdoor lighting should
include access and security
lighting.
Comment noted and
it will be added to the revised Part 1.
7. Section E.1.a.b Agricultural - I suggest
that the Planning Board request
that the 32.0
acres of agricultural acreage be designated on the plans.
We would object to
this note only because the open space may or may not be ag
lands.
8. Section E.2.h.iv. Wetlands - Is this 1.8
acres or is it 2.2 acres?
2.2 acres of
wetlands and the revised calculations will be provided in our
revised Part 1.
9. Section E.3.b.i. & ii. - What is the
acreage of highly productive soils and
what was the
source of the soil ratings?
Kevin will provide
that information in the submission with SWPPP and add to the
revised Part
1."
Chairman
Ian Murray stated the Board will go through Part II of SEQR, reading the
question first, get a rough answer, continue with the questions below and then
go back and answer the lead question.
Chairman
Ian Murray began Part II SEQR with the Board.
The Board took turns reading the lengthy document line by line and
answering the questions. SEQR Part II
was completed by the Board. Chairman Ian
Murray asked the Board to begin drafting questions and comments in preparation
for Part III. He asked the Board to
submit their comments to the Clerk. The
Board is taking a hard look at information previously provided and the Board
needs more information before being able to go forward. Once SEQR is complete, the clock starts
ticking. But as SEQR is not complete at
this time, the clock does not begin.
Kevin
Hastings arrived with a draft of the Storm Water Pollution Protection Plan
(SWPPP), which he gave to Town Engineer Ken Martin to review. Chairman Ian Murray asked if Kevin Hastings
could send it to him electronically and was told yes. They will also send a copy to the Clerk, who
will circulate it to the Board members.
Meeting Adjourned
The next regular meeting will be held Wednesday, November 15, 2017 at
Respectfully submitted,
Linda A. McCabe
Planning Clerk