Village of Briarcliff Manor, New York
Planning Board Meeting Minutes
Tuesday October 9, 2007
A regular meeting of the Planning Board of the Village of Briarcliff Manor, 1111 Pleasantville Road, Briarcliff Manor, New York 10510, was held in the Village Hall on Tuesday, October 9, 2007 at 8:00pm.
Members Present: Andrew Tung, Chairman
Bill Gorlin, Member
Shelley Lotter, Member
Jay Neveloff, Member
Ed Nolan, Alternate Member
Also Present: Daniel Pozin, Village Attorney
Ingrid Richards, Assistant Village Manager
Sarah Yackel, Planning Consultant
Christine Dennett, Village Clerk
Absent: Jay Teitelbaum, Member
David Turiano, Village Engineer
Call to Order: Chairman Tung called the meeting to order at 8:00pm.
PB-15-2006- PUBLIC HEARING - THE CLEARVIEW SCHOOL, SUBDIVISION APPROVAL:
Upon motion by Member Neveloff, seconded by Member Gorlin, the Board voted unanimously to open the public hearing.
Upon motion by Member Neveloff, seconded by Member Lotter, the Board voted unanimously to adjourn the public hearing to November 13, 2007.
PB-13-2005 PAC WATER CORP- SUBDIVISION: The Planning Board reviewed an application for a conservation subdivision for a 26 acre property located on Cedar Drive East and Long Hill Road East.
Mr. Jim Ryan represented the applicant. He described the revisions to the drawings and stated that there were essentially no changes to the environmental conditions from what had been documented as part of the original application. He stated he had no changes with the exception of some dates.
The Board reviewed a draft approval resolution and made some minor revisions.
Upon motion by Member Gorlin, seconded by Member Neveloff, the Board voted unanimously to approve the application.
PB-11-2007- NEW CINGULAR WIRELESS PCS, LLC (“CINGULAR”)- SPECIAL USE PERMIT REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION - The Board of Trustees directed said application to the Planning Board for a review and recommendation on a special use permit. The Planning Board also considered an amendment to the site plan approval for the property, which is located at the corner of Scarborough Road and Albany Post Road.
Mr. Anthony Gioffre of Cuddy and Feder explained the application. He stated the site complied with all FCC regulations regarding emissions.
Member Gorlin asked the color and texture to be consistent with what existed.
Chairman Tung stated that the Board had previously made a positive recommendation with conditions to the Board of Trustees for a similar application for additional wireless facilities at this location, and that the Board had subsequently waived site plan approval for the wireless facilities based on the same conditions. He further stated this application was also referred to the Board from the Board of Trustees and the application appeared to be in balance with the first application. He stated the Board could make a positive recommendation with the same conditions as the prior application.
Upon motion by Member Neveloff, seconded by Member Lotter, the Board voted unanimously to make a positive recommendation to the Board of Trustees on the Special Permit, conditioned on the Village Engineer’s visual inspection of the installation to confirm that it matched the existing wireless facility installations at this location.
Upon motion by Member Gorlin, seconded by Member Lotter, the Board voted unanimously to waive site plan approval subject to the same conditions.
Draft Comprehensive Plan Discussion: The Planning Board discussed the Draft of the Comprehensive Plan referred to them by the Board of Trustees.
Alternate Member Nolan gave a brief description of the draft Comprehensive Plan.
The Board had general discussion regarding the Plan.
Chairman Tung stated the Board should be involved with the reworking of the Implementation section of the Plan because the Board dealt with it regularly.
Member Neveloff thanked the Committee for their hard work.
Chairman Tung asked Assistant Village Manager Richards to put a letter together compiling the Board’s comments to be given to the Board of Trustees.
VILLAGE ENGINEER’S REPORT
Reported by Assistant Village Manager Richards
§ Village Engineer Turiano wrote a memorandum regarding the Mandatory Tree Planting Plan. He received a quote on providing services and felt a flat fee per review would be appropriate.
§ A freedom of information request was sent to the gas stations within the Village regarding the status of ongoing remediation activities, and the same request would be sent every year.
MINUTES
Upon motion by Member Neveloff, seconded by Member Lotter, the Board voted unanimously to approve the minutes of August and September 2007.
ADJOURNMENT
Upon motion by Member Lotter, seconded by Member Gorlin, the Board voted unanimously to adjourn the meeting at 9:35pm.
Respectfully submitted by,
Christine Dennett
Village Clerk
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