Adirondack Park Agency May Meeting Agenda

5/5/04

3:00 PM

PRELIMINARY AGENDA

NEW YORK STATE ADIRONDACK PARK AGENCY

MAY 13-14, 2004

THURSDAY, MAY 13, 2004

Adirondack Park Agency Headquarters

Ray Brook, NY

FOR FULL AGENCY (9:00 AM - 9:10 AM ) (Full Meeting Room)

(1) Call to Order

(2) Pledge of Allegiance

(3) Introduction of Guests

(4) Public Comment

(5) Approval of April 2004 Draft Minutes

(6) Executive Director’s Report (D. Fitts)

(7) Recusals

(8) Motion to Adjourn and Convene in Committees

COMMITTEE MEETING (9:10 AM – 10:30 AM)

Regulatory Programs (Full Meeting Room)

Regulatory Programs Committee

(1) Approval of Draft Committee Minutes for April

(2) Deputy Director - Regulatory Programs Report

(H. Kneeshaw)

(3) New Projects

*2004-13 Village of Saranac Lake

(J. Quinn) Essex: St. Armand: Village of Saranac Lake

Hamlet

§806

45-Day Clock: 6/4/04

Greater-than-25% expansion of existing sewage lift station building

Staff Recommendation: Approve with conditions

*2002-18 Michael and Sherry Cicora

(J. Quinn) Hamilton: Hope

Rural Use

§§806 and 809 and 9 NYCRR Parts 575 and 577

45-Day Clock: 5/22/04

After-the-fact permit and variances for construction of single-family dwelling

Staff Recommendation: Approve with conditions

* Agency board decision required.

(4) Old Business

(5) New Business

COMMITTEE MEETING (10:30 AM – 12:00 PM)

Planning/State Land (Full Meeting Room)

State Land Committee

(1) Approval of Draft Committee Minutes for April

(2) Supervisor of Regional Planning Report (R. Weber)

(3) Whiteface Mountain Ski Center Intensive Use Area Unit Management Plan Update (S. Halasz)

For action.

(4) Grasse River Wild Forest Unit Management Plan Amendment

(R. Weber)

For action.

(5) Old Business

(6) New Business

LUNCH (12:00 PM - 1:00 PM) (Blue Room)

COMMITTEE MEETING (1:00 PM – 3:00 PM)

Legal/Enforcement (Full Meeting Room)

Enforcement Committee

(1) Approval of Draft Committee Minutes for April

(2) Enforcement Program Report (P. Van Cott)

(3) New Case

E2003-189 Timothy J. Noonan

(E. Snizek/P. Van Cott) Herkimer: Webb

Moderate Intensity Use

Permit violation and structure

greater than 40 feet in height

(4) Old Business

(5) New Business

Economic Affairs Committee Special Event (3:30 PM – 5:00 PM)

Tour of the Trudeau Institute, Saranac Lake

The Trudeau Institute is an independent, not-for-profit organization which conducts research on the functions of the human immune system and how to strengthen these functions to fight life-threatening infectious diseases. The Institute is an important employer in the Village of Saranac Lake which has occupied its current location on Lower Saranac Lake since the mid-1960s. The Institute’s building was expanded in 1998 pursuant to Agency Permit 98-052 in order to accommodate an expanded research program. The Committee will tour the Institute and view the outcome of the 1998 expansion.

FRIDAY, MAY 14, 2004

Adirondack Park Agency Headquarters

Ray Brook, NY

Official Ribbon Cutting

for Office Renovations

9:00 AM – 9:30 AM

(R. Whaley)

COMMITTEE MEETINGS (9:30 AM – 11:00 AM)

Legal/Enforcement (Adirondack Room)

Legal Affairs Committee

(1) Approval of Draft Committee Minutes for March

(2) Counsel’s Report (J. Banta)

(3) Regulatory Revision (J. Banta/B. Rottier)

$ Land division along road or right-of-way owned in fee

$ Lateral expansion of non-conforming shoreline structures

Staff seeks Agency guidance and authorization to send topics to the TAL for further discussions.

(4) Old Business

(5) New Business

Ecology/Interpretive Programs (Board Room)

Interpretive Programs Committee

(1) Approval of Draft Committee Minutes for December

(2) Facility Managers Report (M. Brennan/R. McCray)

(3) CSP Signs Presentation (C. McCann)

(4) Promotional Video Presentation (A. Flynn)

(5) Old Business

(6) New Business

FOR FULL AGENCY (11:15 AM) (Full Meeting Room)

(1) Call to Order

(2) Pledge of Allegiance

(3) Introduction of Guests

(4) Public Comment

(5) Recusals

(6) Interim Reports

Park Ecology Committee

Park Policy and Planning Committee

Local Government Services Committee

Administration Committee

(7) Committee Reports

Regulatory Programs Committee

State Land Committee

Enforcement Committee

Economic Affairs Committee

Legal Affairs Committee

Interpretive Programs Committee

(8) Old Business

(9) New Business

(10) Member Comment

(11) Local Government Review Board Comment (J. Rota)

(12) Public Comment

ADJOURNMENT

JUNE AGENCY MEETING – June 10, 2004, Adirondack Park Agency,

Ray Brook, New York; June 11, 2004, Tannery Pond Community Center, North Creek, New York (to be followed by dedication of Hudson River Interpretive Exhibits)

JULY AGENCY MEETING – July 8-9, 2004, Adirondack Park Agency,

Ray Brook, New York

ADIRONDACK PARK AGENCY

AGENCY MEMBER COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

Regulatory Programs

James Townsend, Co-Chair

Katherine Roberts, Co-Chair

William Kissel

DOS

Legal/Enforcement