PLANNING BOARD MEETING
CANAAN, NY 12029


OCTOBER 20, 2008


The meeting was called to order at 7:03pm. All Board members were present.

Exempt subdivision for Elihu Jerabek, Eric Jerabek, Eleonore Kullman and Edith Valentino for property located at the intersection of Route 295 and Schillings Crossing Road

Elihu Jerabek appeared with new maps. The applicants would like to subdivide out a parcel of 6.234 acres. All paperwork was in order. All of the outstanding items were okay; there was now a pinning letter, the maps had been redrawn and the RA zone was on the map. Pierre questioned whether this was a build able lot or not due to wetlands. Ron said the Board could not look at that aspect but rather had to look at the amount of acreage and the road frontage. If the acreage and frontage was sufficient, it was okay to subdivide.

MOTION TO APPROVE THE SUBDIVISION-Ian Hooper
Second-Pierre Gontier All in Favor

Roll call Chairman Davis-yes
Ian Hooper-yes
Jennifer Mickle-yes
Pierre Gontier-yes adopted
Joe Davis-yes
Michael Belknap-yes

A fee of $50.00 was collected.


Informal appearance by Ed Donahue for a 6 lot subdivision between Bradley Crossing Road and County Route 9

Mr. Donahue presented a map for the Board to review before he has the whole property surveyed. The map as drawn shows the following proposed parcels:
Lot 1-7.25 acres
2-7.43 acres
3-10.91 acres
4-10.78 acres
5-18.35 acres
6-14.14 acres

Lots 1, 2,3 and 4 need to have a ROW to create the needed frontage. Lot 1 also needs the ROW from the road to be added in order to have 350 feet of frontage. Both sides of the ROW from Bradley Crossing Road needs to be added to lot 1. On lot 4, he will need to use the existing 60 foot ROW and add 290 more to create the needed 350 feet. The Board made the following suggestions:
-move the lot line between lot 2 and 3 to create 350 feet of frontage for lot 2(lot 2 will get larger and lot 3 will get smaller)
-move the lot line between lots 3 and 4 for frontage
-extend the ROW further into lot 4 for frontage (to create 290 feet)
-all parcels must have 350 feet of frontage except lot 5 which directly abuts Bradley Crossing Rd.
-verify the location map since it says the Town of Stephentown and should say Canaan and since there is another lot line drawn (depicting lot 5) as a possible boundary line.

Mr. Donahue will redo the maps and contact the Board when he is ready to proceed.

Review of the September 15th minutes

Ron said the Board would review these minutes and send the comments to Dave Everett. Mr. Everett will review them and the Board will review them again at the November meeting to approve them.

MOTION TO TABLE THE MINUTES TO THE NEXT MEETING TO HAVE THE ATTORNEY REVIEW THEM-Pierre Gontier Second-Joe Davis
All in Favor No roll call.


Correspondence
1. Letter dated 10/20/08 from Mariner to the Board re: alternative site. This letter was read into the record.
2. Letter dated 10/20/08 from L. Machiz to the Board re: alternative site and request for D. Maxson to be in attendance for next balloon test. Read into the record.
3. Letter dated 9/11/08 from T. Haas to the Board re: opposition to proposed tower. Read into the record.
4. Letter dated 10/1/08 from the Assessor to the Board re: assessment of portion of Berkshire Farm as relates to the proposed tower.
5. Pictures submitted (via D. Knight) from the Zuckerman property on McNamee Rd of the balloon test.
6. Bill from Whiteman, Osterman & Hanna for legal services thru 8/31.
7. Bill from Ordman, Anthony for engineering services from May 4-October 4th.
8. September ZEO report.
9. Addendum to Erdman, Anthony contract to add the RF Engineer.
10. Picture of flagpole towers submitted by L. Stancliffe.
11. Email from L. Machiz with proper coordinates of the alternative site.
12. Announcement of training classes in Greene County on November 17th.
13. List of Stormwater Management workshops for Fall 2008/Spring 2009.
14. Sept./Oct. issue of Rural Futures.
15. Sept./Oct. issue of Talk of the Towns.
16. Notice of decision for the ZBA in Richmond, Ma re: L. Edelstein.
17. Request for comment on a Special Permit in Richmond, Ma re: J. Balboni.
18. Summer issue of Nuggets & Nibbles.


There was no more business before the Board.


MOTION TO ADJOURN-Michael Belknap Second-Pierre Gontier All in Favor

The meeting was adjourned at 8:55pm.




Respectfully submitted,


Tammy C. Flaherty
Planning Board Clerk


NOTE: These minutes were based on Dave Everett’s review. The items that were italicized were words from Dave Everett. Mr. Everett is the consultant attorney that the Planning Board hired for this cell tower application. The Board approved these minutes even though those words were not said. Those portions of these minutes do not match the wording on the tapes. I spoke to a representative from Association of Towns and was told that no one outside the Board could review any minutes and have input. The Board chose to approve the lawyer’s amendments.

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