Town of Otsego Planning Board

Minutes – July 1, 2008

REGULAR MEETING

Vice-Chairman Donna Borgstrom called the monthly meeting of the Town of Otsego Planning Board to order at 7:35 PM. Roll call was taken by Planning Board Clerk Bill Deane. Members present were Borgstrom, John Phillips, Joe Galati, and Doug Greene. Zoning Enforcement Officer John Stucin was also present. Members Paul Lord (Chairman), Wes Ciampo, and Steve Purcell were absent, as was Planning Board Attorney Jim Ferrari.

The Board reviewed the minutes of June 3, 2008, mailed to the members. Phillips moved to approve them as written. Galati seconded the motion and it was approved, 4-0. Deane asked whether minutes had been taken at either of the two recent special meetings, the workshop of June 24 or the field trip of June 25. He was told that the meetings were sparsely-attended, they didn’t accomplish much, and no minutes were taken.

Zoning Enforcement Officer Stucin distributed his report (filed) for June-July. It consisted of the meeting agendas for the Planning Board and Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA), a list of nine land use permits issued, and notation of a complaint received on the Hickory Grove Inn. Stucin said that that issue would eventually come before the Planning Board.

Acting Chairman Borgstrom distributed correspondence received since the last meeting, including the Spring 2008 issue of Planning News and the May/June 2008 issue of Talk of the Towns&Topics. The Board moved on to applications.

APPLICATIONS

Jerry Miller – Site plan review, special permitted use, motel units in GB-2 district – 6635 State Highway 28 (#97.00-2-6.22)

Acting Chairman Borgstrom read aloud the minutes of the June 3 meeting relevant to the Jerry Miller application. She also read aloud a notice (filed) from the County Planning Board, giving their decision on the application. They approved it conditionally, requiring proof of application to the Department of Health (DOH). Zoning Enforcement Officer Stucin thought the Town Planning Board should review their decision based on this.

Engineer Hans DeWaal submitted a July 1 letter (filed) from the DOH, acknowledging receipt of Miller’s application for approval. He said he would submit this to the County as well.

After discussion, the consensus of the Board was that there was no action for them to take at this time. Since the Town approved the application contingent on County approval, and the County can’t grant final approval until Miller gets his DOH permit, the Town Planning Board asked Stucin to keep them posted on correspondence related to the application.

Ed Kukenberger – Lot line adjustment – County Highway 26 (#114.00-1-76.00)

No one appeared on behalf of this application.

Richard Brady – Lot line adjustment – Marble Road (#52.08-1-9.00 & -10.01)

Engineer Hans DeWaal submitted a June 3 letter (filed) from applicant Richard Brady, authorizing DeWaal to apply on his behalf. DeWaal also submitted a check for $20 (delivered to the Town Clerk) in payment of the lot line adjustment fee.

DeWaal submitted a plat showing the proposed lot line adjustment, and a draft of the proposed deed language. The Board reviewed the documents.

John Phillips moved to approve the lot line adjustment, contingent on Planning board Attorney Ferrari’s review and approval of the deed language. Doug Greene seconded the motion and it was approved, 4-0. Acting Chairman Borgstrom said she would e-mail Ferrari to advise him the documents were in Brady’s file, awaiting his review and approval.

OTHER BUSINESS

The Board discussed Larry Brookes’s proposed subdivision, questioning whether it represented the 18th or 19th lot from the original parcel.

The Board expressed no interest in continuing the June 24, 2008 workshop discussion at this point.

John Phillips said that Mike Staffin had been inviting individual members to walk the Mark Rathbun property, future site of the new cell tower. Phillips had done so, but learned afterward that Rathbun had not given permission for this.

Bill Deane discussed the August 5, 2008 agenda. The only applicant currently scheduled is Edward Walker, returning to continue his subdivision application.

With no further business, at 8:20, John Phillips moved to adjourn the meeting.

Respectfully submitted,

Bill Deane

Planning Board Clerk