May 13, 1997

MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE TOWN OF ELLICOTT PLANNING BOARD HELD AT THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, 215 SOUTH WORK STREET, = FALCONER, NY 14733 ON APRIL 7, 2010 AT 7:00 P.M.

PRESENT: Chairman Dan Evans, Phyllis Belin, Ron Calanni, Steven Peterson, and Attorney William Wright Jr., Code Enforcement Officer Randy Woodbury and Secretary Valerie Pierce

ABSENT: Gary Swanson, Fred Santucci and Paul Shanahan

Chairman Evans opened the meeting at 7:00 PM.

Motion made by Ronald Calanni, seconded by Phyllis Belin to approve the minutes of the last meeting.<= /o:p>

Chairman Evans opened with a proposal to restrict the number of dogs that an owner m= ay have without a special permit.

Motion made by Dan Evans to Ta= ble until the next meeting seconded by Steve Peterson.

Carried. = Ayes - 4 = &nb= sp; Noes - 0 = &nb= sp; Absent - 3

Chairman Evans opened discussi= on on the expansion of the industrial zone on the property of Elmwood Avenue and Harmon Ave., Falconer NY for SKF expansion.

David Rhinehart from Habiterra, site designer and Bob Nordine, architect and Greg Livingston from SKF were present.

SKF = is looking to expand. The major = part of expansion is heat treatment and research and development, the latter of = which is the main concern for the Town of Ellicott Planning Board.&n= bsp; They propose to move the zoning boundary to the center of Harmon Ave.=

Marjorie Briggs, 7 Harmon Ave: The building is about 78 feet behi= nd Ms. Briggs property line.

Frank Lamarca, 1871 Elmwood Ave: He never sees cars in current parking lot so doesn’t see need for additional one. Concerned about buffer because the= noise level has increased since trees and brush have been removed. He is concerned about the noise le= vels for himself and his neighbors. The compressor runs all night long so he is concerned if there is more noise th= an they already have.

Mr. Rhinehart: The site is being dev= eloped by a developer, not SKF. The development is only going to be on the developer’s property. This is a sketch plan, not a site = plan. People presently located in the Windstream building, the current Jamestown facility and the shipping departments are all going to be located in this a= rea necessitating the expanded parking area.&n= bsp; It is expected to have 50 additional people coming in from the Windstream building and close to 50 from the Jamestown facility and shipping departments.

Pat Fralick, Kennedy NY: Are = the other plants closing? Will th= ere be semi- tractor trailer going down Harmon?   Why can’t the entry of= f of Elmwood used by Marlin Rockwell be used?&n= bsp; How many trucks do you estimate will come in there? Will you have to widen Harmon?

Mr. Rhinehart: All the locations are = leased properties. The Jamestown plant is over 100 yrs old so = this will provide a state of the art building.&= nbsp; The large trucks will use a connecting corridor and will go in Harmo= n, back up in a turn around and back up and load and leave by Harmon. They won’t use the Marlin Ro= ckwell drive because of the inter-connector; the trucks can no longer get through there. Utility corridor runs = right through there. There is no es= timate on the number of trucks using this entrance. There are no plans for SKF or the developer to widen the street other than whatever happens around the perime= ter of the building on the property owned by the developer. The driveway goes in to the resear= ch and development building. This is= car traffic, not truck traffic. T= ruck traffic is further behind the building.&nb= sp;

Don Finch, 1889 E Elmwood Ave, Falconer NY: How much is this goin= g to increase the traffic? It is a= lready sometimes difficult to get out onto Elmwood.

Mr. Rhinehart: There are no traffic studies currently. This will = have to be done for Site Plan. If project goes forward, this will be done.&n= bsp;

Frank: How close to the prope= rty line is that going to be on the one side of Harmon?

Mr. Rhinehart: The parking set back i= s 10 feet from property line.

George Schneider, 1 Harmon Ave. Falconer NY: Questioned how snow removal would be handled.

Mr. Rhinehart: I’m unable to ad= dress snow removal at this time. Th= is issue will be handled by Site Plan Review.= Again, there are no plans to do anything with Harmon Ave. at this time. The Town Board asked the Planning = Board to consider changing the zoning because it impedes the new development. It would be changed from residenti= al to industrial. Zoning only affec= ts permitted uses. Nothing is go= ing to be done on Elmwood Ave. There will be storm water manageme= nt, a detention basin, either a dry pond or low laying area. The pond will be on MRC property.<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> SKF can not handle the additional = 100 people coming in which is why they need an additional parking lot. It is possible that the Research a= nd Development people could enter via the existing parking lot.

Greg Livingston: There have been dozen= s of proposals over two years. The= y have looked at other options. SKF doesn’t build buildings, they work with developers. This solution allowed them to stay= in NYS. This is the best option.=

Ron Calanni: Are they adding any sh= ipping docks?

Mr. Rhinehart: No additional shipping docks.

Atty. Wright: Changing zoning is a d= rastic measure and he does not see any compelling evidence as to why this entrance couldn’t be changed as of this point.

Greg Livingston: This property will be leased for 20 years.   Th= ey want sufficient parking for a development that could amount to $11 million.= There are no signed documents by t= he developer.

Atty. Wright: Suggests that SKF take= a month more time for questions to be answered. Including making the determination= if this building could be built on property already zoned Industrial.

David Rhinehart: If the rezoning isn= 217;t done, we can’t meet set backs and may not be able to meet parking requirements on the land that is proposed to be developed by the developer. If the zoning isn’t modified the R & D building won’t work as designed because the set back becomes 60 feet. A significant amount of property is needed for the retention pond.

Atty. Wright: This Planning Board w= ould not allow this developer or any other developer to satisfy its storm water management plans on property owned by others that didn’t have perpetu= al rights to. =

Motion to Table until May 12th made by Ron Calanni, seconded by Steve Peterson.

Carried.            =          Ayes – 4     &nbs= p;            &= nbsp; Noes – 0     &nbs= p;            &= nbsp; Absent – 3.

Dan Evans opened discussion of Comprehensive Plan for the Town of Ellicott.

Atty Wright: There are only two other involved and they are the only agencies under SEQR that = you are required to seek their approval for lead agency. The Planning Bo= ard is not an involved agency, it’s an interested agency. You don’t have to sign off o= n lead agency.

Dan Evans: Nothing compelling to = change the approval of the Comprehensive Plan.

Atty Wright: asked if Clark Patters= on would send file that the Town could make changes and maintain as needed. Right now, we don’t have any= thing that we can change.

Motion by Steve Peterson and seconded by Ron Calanni to recommend that the Board approve the Comprehensi= ve Plan with grammatical corrections, and upon receipt of the electronic versi= on.

Carried.            =          Ayes – 4     &nbs= p;            &= nbsp; Noes – 0     &nbs= p;            &= nbsp; Absent - 3

Motion to adjourn by Steve Peterson seconded by Phyllis Belin. &= nbsp; 8:56 PM

Carried.        =             &nb= sp;   Ayes – 4        =    Noes – 0   &nbs= p;          Absent – 3

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Valerie Pierce, Secretary=