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February 5, 2007 Plan Commission Minutes
COOPERSTOWN PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING February 2007 Meeting called to order by Bill Angoli at 7:00 PM on February 5 2007 at town hall. Roll call: Present--Chairman Bill Angoli, Secretary Fred Lemens, Bill Enz, Pam Kouba, Dave Blakeslee Three (3) Citizens in attendance Pledge of Allegiance Approval of Agenda, motion by Pam Kouba second by Bill Enz, carried 5/0 Approval of minutes of January 2, 2007, motion by Bill Enz, second by Dave Blakeslee, carried 5/0 Citizen Input: Tom Kapinos submitted his application for Planning Commission appointment. Accepted by Bill Angoli. Item 1. Clarence Zeman zoning request: To present date no rezoning application has been received by the Town Clerk. Fred Lemens inquired as to the history of the initial zoning ruling. Bill Angoli indicated the request was denied because of issues with the location of the proposed house in the middle of a cultivated field, a neighbors concerns over house location, proposed development would take considerable prime tillable lands out of production, and Mr. Zeman was not willing to modify his request to address the commission’s concerns. Item 2. Planning Commission positions: Applications for appointment to the Commission will be accepted through April 2007. Three (3) positions are open, one (1) three(3) year term presently held by Pam Kouba, and two(2) annual at large positions held by Bill Enz and Fred Lemens. Town Chairman will appoint membership and Town Board will confirm during the first regular board meeting after the Annual meeting. Chairmanship of the Plan Commission will be confirmed by Town Chairman. A Secretary shall be appointed by Plan Committee Chairman. Further discussion on appointments at April meeting. David Blakeslee volunteered for Secretary duties in the event that Fred Lemens would step aside. Item 3. Administrative procedures: Cooperstown zoning brochure 2nd revision was distributed. The Bifold format was changed to a Trifold brochure. Text was reviewed, minor edits with revisions to language was made. 3rd revision changes to be made by Dave Blakeslee for next regular meeting. When format is right the brochure should be submitted to Cty Parks and Planning for review prior to Town Board approval. References to exclusive agricultural zoning in the text of the brochure may need verification as to meaning and application, as related to Farmland Preservation policy. Discussion of these issue were postponed to the March meeting. Rezoning review questionnaire outline revisions prepared by Dave Blakeslee and Fred Lemens was submitted by Fred Lemens. Bill Angoli indicated the document is still evolving and with each use there will be modifications. Bill Angoli also indicated the need for a progressive paper trail which will document all the steps in the process which leads to the final decision. Fred Lemens submitted a list of language modifications in an effort to shorten up the form. Fred also suggested that some of the sub sections be rearranged to provide better flow and continuity in the document. A general discussion with regards to the scoring concept presently in use, may need to be rethought. Bill Angoli indicated he would review the list and attempt to revise the questionnaire. Other Commission Business: Bill Enz informed the commission that County Parks and Planning had held a public meeting on February 5, 2007 AM which he attended with regards to a reapplication for Zoning of the Pelishek property on the corner of Cty R and Pautz Rd. Bill Enz indicated that the County has referred this reapplication back to the Town Board for consideration since the composition of the present Board has changed since the initial application. Discussion Between commission members and citizens in attendance, questioned as to why the Town Board needs to review the reapplication at all, since the County Board denied the initial request. Bill Angoli indicated he thought that if the County Board denied the initial zoning request that any reapplication was without merit, and the applicant should begin the zoning process all over again from square one. Fred Lemens indicated that he thought since the Town Board approved of the initial zoning request, and if nothing in the reapplication request had changed from the initial application, that the decision of the previous Board should prevail. Citizens in attendance indicated that the reapplication should come back to the Town Plan Commission and start all over, to include a new filing with the Town Clerk, review by the Planning Commission and Town board etc. Nancy Weber also in attendance at the Park and Planning Meeting, as an interested party, indicated she thought that Park and Planning said that the reapplication request should be referred back to the Town and start the process all over again. Bill Enz indicated he understood that Park and Planning was referring the issue back to the Town Board only, for a revote, since the present Board added 2 more members. David Blakeslee indicated that if the County Board had already voted to deny a rezone request, that any reapplication should be a mute issue, and In the event that the Town Board would vote on the reapplication request that the vote be for reaffirmation of the initial Town Board’s approval only and not on the reapplication. Bill Enz indicated he would contact Park and Planning to get a written ruling as to why the issue is coming back to the Town and if the reapplication must start from the beginning or go directly before the Town Board. Next Commission meeting -- Monday, March 5th, 2007 7:00 PM Motion to Adjourn by Bill Enz, second by Pam Kouba, carried 5/0 Time 8:40 PM Secretary(Designee) (David Blakeslee)___________Initials_____Date_03/05/07