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)

  1. Call to Order
  2. Pledge of Allegiance
  3. Introductions
  4. 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.
  5. Approval of April 2008 Draft Agency Minutes
  6. Executive Director’s Report (Mark Sengenberger)
  7. Recusals
  8. Motion for Executive Session
  9. Motion to Adjourn into Committees

COMMITTEE MEETINGS

9:15 AM – 12:00 PM (Full Meeting Room)

Regulatory Programs Committee

  1. Approval of Draft Committee Minutes of April 9-10, 2008

  2. Deputy Director - Regulatory Programs Report (Mark Sengenberger)

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. Old Business

  6. 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

  1. State Land Activity Report (Richard Weber)

  2. Draft Remsen-Lake Placid Travel Corridor UMP Amendment Vegetation Management Plan. First reading.

  3. 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

  4. New Business

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Full Meeting Room)

Local Government Services Committee

  1. Local Government Services Program Report (Brian Grisi)

  2. 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.

  3. Old Business

  4. New Business

3:00 PM – 4:30 PM (Full Meeting Room)

Enforcement Committee

  1. Approval of Draft Committee Minutes of April 10, 2008
  2. Enforcement Program Report (Paul Van Cott)
  3. 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)

  4. Old Business

  5. New Business

FRIDAY, MAY 9, 2008

9:00 AM – 10:30 AM (Full Meeting Room)

Park Policy and Planning Committee

  1. Approval of Draft Committee Minutes of April 11, 2008

  2. Deputy Director, Planning Report (James Connolly)

  3. 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.

  4. Technical Map Amendments – Proposed Revisions to Delegation
    Memorandum (James Connolly)
    For action.

  5. Old Business

  6. New Business

FULL AGENCY

10:30 AM (Full Meeting Room)

  1. Call to Order

  2. Introduction of Guests

  3. Recusals

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. Old Business

  7. New Business - Large Scale Project EIS Proposal

  8. Public Comment

  9. Local Government Review Board Comment (Fred Monroe)

  10. Member Comment

  11. Motion to Adjourn

 

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