Town of Yates

Regular Planning Board Meeting

March 1, 2012

Chairman Donald Lamay called the Regular Planning Board Meeting to order at 7:00 pm, at the Town of Yates, 8 S. Main Street, Lyndonville, NY 14098.

Those Present:                     Donald Lamay, Chairman of Planning Board

                                                Ralph Smith, Planning Board Member

                                              Richard Kurz, Planning Board Member

                                              Gary Daum, Planning Board Member

                                              Dawn Metty, Deputy Clerk

Steve Freeman, Town Board Member

                                                Larry Wolfe, Resident

Those Absent:                     Ed Michel, Alt. Planning Board Member

                                                Ed Urbanik, Planning Board Member

MINUTES:

Chairman Donald Lamay entertained a motion to accept the minutes from the January 5, 2012 meeting with a note of correction.

RESOLUTION NO.  2-3/12

RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT THE MEETING MINUTES FROM THE JANUARY 5, 2012 MEETING WITH A NOTE OF CORRECTION AS PRESENTED TO EACH BOARD MEMBER.

RESOLVED, to accept the meeting minutes from January 5, 2012 with a note of correction as presented to each Board Member.

Offered:     Gary Daum

Seconded:  Richard Kurz

Votes:   4 Ayes (Lamay, Smith, Daum, Kurz); 0 Nays

A correction to the January 5^th meeting minutes was made instead of reading Amon Zimmerman and a few other Mennonites; it should read Amon Zimmerman and a few Business Associates

Chairman Donald Lamay mentioned that due to the lack of agenda there was no meeting in February.

Chairman Donald Lamay asked Gary Daum to clarify the local training for this year.  Gary Daum – At the County Planning Board meeting it was discussed that the State is cutting back. Going to have to see what’s out there.

Gary also mentioned a couple more things that were discussed at the County Planning Board Meeting, The first was regarding the McDonalds restaurant in Medina, thoughts are to reconstruct it. Another was remodeling of an existing structure on 342 East Center St., Medina for a future hardware store.

Chairman Donald Lamay briefly mentioned that letters were sent to anyone who was up for reappointment to sign the Oath of Office, if they haven’t already.

Next Steve Freeman handed out a couple of papers, one being a list items for the Planning Board to discuss and the other being an invitation to a public teleconference from IJC International St. Lawrence River Board of Control regarding the regulation of outflows and water levels in the Lake Ontario/St. Lawrence River systems.

A couple of items discussed were:  1. 75 ft. set back from the high water mark – Look at Zoning Book to redefine.  2.  An area variance is only good for one year – Should it be longer?

Chairman Donald Lamay suggested having a work meeting to go over the list to prioritize some of these items.

A Wednesday afternoon was discussed.  Chairman Donald Lamay is going to put together an agenda and get back to the Planning Board.

NO FURTHER BUSINESS

MEETING ADJOURNED AT 8:00 pm.

Motioned by:  Gary Daum

Seconded by:  Ralph Smith

Votes:  4 Ayes (Lamay, Smith, Kurz, Daum), 0 Nays