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Adirondack Park Agency Meeting
May 8-9, 2008

MAY 8-9, 2008
Adirondack Park Agency Headquarters
Ray Brook, New York
APA Meetings Live Online
After 9 am, May 8, you can webcast the APA meeting live.
This will be the first time that citizens across the Adirondack-North Country will be able to watch Park Agency proceedings on line. During the two-day meeting, the APA will debate a new hotel planned for Raquette Lake that's drawn criticism and praise from neighbors. There's also likely to be some progress on plans to expand the Adirondack cell-phone network, with a tower project under review in the town of Schroon.
Brian Mann, Adirondack bureau chief
Preliminary Meeting Agenda:
THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2008
FULL AGENCY
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM (Full Meeting Room)
- Call to Order
- Pledge of Allegiance
- Introductions
- Public Comment
The Agency encourages public comment that will assist us in improving
our practices, procedures and our responsibility to the public.
However, to promote fundamental fairness, and in consideration of the
substantial time available for written comment, the practice of the
Agency is to exclude public comment on matters pending decision until
the conclusion of Agency business. This includes: (1) any permit
which is before the Agency for action at this meeting; (2) any
enforcement case which is before the Agency; (3) any matter for which
an adjudicatory public hearing has been convened. Conduct of the
meeting is always at the discretion of the Chairman or Committee
Chairperson.
- Approval of April 2008 Draft Agency Minutes
- Executive Directors Report (Mark Sengenberger)
- Recusals
- Motion for Executive Session
- Motion to Adjourn into Committees
COMMITTEE MEETINGS
9:15 AM 12:00 PM (Full Meeting Room)
Regulatory Programs Committee
- Approval of Draft Committee Minutes of April 9-10, 2008
- Deputy Director - Regulatory Programs Report (Mark Sengenberger)
- Projects
2007-223 (George Outcalt)
New York RSA No. 2 Cellular Partnership
d/b/a Verizon Wireless
Essex: Schroon (US Route 9)
Rural Use
§§809 and 810, 9 NYCRR 577
60-Day Clock: 4/14/08
90-Day Clock: 5/14/08
84-foot-tall telecommunications tower and
ancillary development
Staff Recommendation: Approve with conditions
2007-147 (Colleen Parker)
Dean H. and Donna B. Pohl
Antlers of Raquette Lake, Inc.
Hamilton: Long Lake
Moderate Intensity Use
§809
60-Day Clock: 5/12/08 (by agreement)
90-Day Clock: 6/3/08
New commercial use and tourist accommodation
(inn/restaurant)
Staff Recommendation: Approve with conditions
2008-3 (John Quinn)
New York Power Authority
St. Lawrence: Colton
Rural Use, Resource Management and
State Land (Wild Forest)
§814, 9 NYCRR 577 and 578
60-Day Clock: 5/20/08
90-Day Clock: 6/19/08
Public utility (re-alignment of 6.9-mile
portion of previously approved Tri-Lakes
Reliability Project 46.5 kV electric
transmission line)
Staff Recommendation: Approve with conditions
- General Permit 2008G-1 Management of Aquatic Invasive Plants Using Benthic Barriers and Hand Harvesting Techniques
This general permit authorizes NYS DEC, APIPP (Adirondack PRISM),
qualified lake associations, local municipalities, certified lake
managers, and qualified aquatic consultants to manage aquatic
invasive plant species, including Eurasian watermilfoil, curlyleaf
pondweed, water chestnut, yellow floating heart, and European frog-
bit. This general permit only applies to hand harvesting and
benthic barrier use in water depths less than 2 meters. The Agency
has previously determined that hand harvesting and the use of
benthic barriers in water depths greater than 2 meters are non-
jurisdictional activities.
Staff Recommendation: Approve with conditions
- Old Business
- New Business
$ Staff presentation on the new GIS data for all telecommunications
projects authorized by Agency permits (Mark Sengenberger/
Ariel Diggory) For Board information.
1:00 PM 2:00 PM (Full Meeting Room)
State Land Committee
- State Land Activity Report (Richard Weber)
- Draft Remsen-Lake Placid Travel Corridor UMP Amendment Vegetation Management Plan. First reading.
- Old Business
Snowmobile Plan issues:
Character of a foot trail
Use of tracked groomers
Definition of "administrative personnel"
Other SLMP issues:
Roadside primitive tent site design criteria
Carrying capacity assessment
Group camping and campsite management
Park-wide fire tower assessment
- New Business
2:00 PM 3:00 PM (Full Meeting Room)
Local Government Services Committee
- Local Government Services Program Report (Brian Grisi)
- Presentation on City of Saratoga Springs Conservation Subdivision
and Clustering Zoning Provisions
Brad Birge, City of Saratoga Springs Planning Department, will
discuss the City's Conservation Subdivision Zoning Ordinance and
the benefits provided to the community while saving costs for the
developer.
- Old Business
- New Business
3:00 PM 4:30 PM (Full Meeting Room)
Enforcement Committee
- Approval of Draft Committee Minutes of April 10, 2008
- Enforcement Program Report (Paul Van Cott)
- Enforcement Cases (Paul Van Cott)
E2006-174
Daniel Kerr
St. Lawrence: Fine
(alleged wetland violation)
E2006-192
Eugene and Patricia Frost
Washington: Putnam
(alleged permit violation)
E2005-011
Sawyer Mining Pit
Essex: Ticonderoga
(for civil penalty only)
- Old Business
- New Business
FRIDAY, MAY 9, 2008
9:00 AM 10:30 AM (Full Meeting Room)
Park Policy and Planning Committee
- Approval of Draft Committee Minutes of April 11, 2008
- Deputy Director, Planning Report (James Connolly)
- Proposed Memorandum of Understanding Between the Adirondack Park Agency and the Hudson River-Black River Regulating District
(Mark Sengenberger/Barbara Rottier)
The purpose of the MOU is to provide guidance to Agency and
District staff on how to process applications from private
individuals for wetland activities and new land use and development
on lands of the State of New York under the jurisdiction of the
Regulating District. First reading.
- Technical Map Amendments Proposed Revisions to Delegation
Memorandum (James Connolly)
For action.
- Old Business
- New Business
FULL AGENCY
10:30 AM (Full Meeting Room)
- Call to Order
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Introduction of Guests
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Recusals
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Interim Reports
Legal Affairs - Approval of Draft Committee Minutes of April 10, 2008
Interpretive Programs - Approval of Draft Committee Minutes of April 11, 2008
Park Ecology
Economic Affairs
Administration
- Committee Reports
Regulatory Programs -
2007-223, New York RSA No. 2 Cellular Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless
2007-147, Dean H. and Donna B. Pohl, Antlers of Raquette Lake, Inc.
2008-3, New York Power Authority
General Permit 2008G-1, Management of Aquatic Invasive Plants
Using Benthic Barriers and Hand Harvesting Techniques
State Land
Local Government Services
Enforcement
Park Policy and Planning - Technical Map Amendments Proposed Revisions to Delegation Memorandum
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Old Business
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New Business - Large Scale Project EIS Proposal
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Public Comment
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Local Government Review Board Comment (Fred Monroe)
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Member Comment
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Motion to Adjourn
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Archive Meeting Video
You can find archive video of APA's April 8, 10, 11, 2008 meeting on their Live and Archived Media page.
Next Meetings:
JUNE AGENCY MEETING
June 12-13, 2008, Adirondack Park Agency, Ray Brook, New York
JULY AGENCY MEETING
July 10-11, 2008, Adirondack Park Agency, Ray Brook, New York
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