Adirondack Park Agency November Meeting Agenda

11/5/03

3:00 PM

PRELIMINARY AGENDA

NEW YORK STATE ADIRONDACK PARK AGENCY

NOVEMBER 13-14, 2003

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2003

Olympic Arena

Whiteface Room

Lake Placid, NY

FOR FULL AGENCY (9:00 AM - 9:30 AM )

(1) Call to Order

(2) Pledge of Allegiance

(3) Introduction of Guests

(4) Public Comment

(5) Approval of October Draft Minutes

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

(7) Recusals

(8) Motion to Adjourn and Convene in Committees

COMMITTEE MEETING (9:30 AM – 11:30 A M)

Planning/State Land

State Land Committee

(1) Approval of Draft Committee Minutes for October

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

(3) Dix Mountain Wilderness Area Unit Management Plan

(R. Weber/S. Halasz)

For Agency action.

(4) Giant Mountain Wilderness Area Unit Management Plan

(R. Weber/S. Halasz)

For Agency action.

(5) Independence River Wild Forest Unit Management Plan Amendment (R. Weber)

For information.

(6) Old Business

(7) New Business

COMMITTEE MEETING (11:30 AM – 12:00 PM)

Planning/State Land

Park Policy and Planning Committee

(1) Approval of Draft Park Policy and Planning Committee Minutes for August

(2) Planning Division Report (J. Connolly/E. Hood)

(3) Technical Map Amendments

MA2003-10 (DEC Headquarters-Warrensburg)

Warren: Warrensburg

Proposed Map Amendment:

Hamlet to State Land; 21.7± acres

MA2003-11 (Gilman Lake)

Hamilton: Lake Pleasant

Proposed Map Amendments:

Area A: Low Intensity Use to State Land; 16± acres

Area B: Low Intensity Use to State Land; 1± acre

Area C: Resource Management to State Land; 1± acre

MA2003-12 (NYS DOT – Exit 23)

Warren: Lake George

Proposed Map Amendment:

Rural Use to State Land; 8.5± acres

(4) Update on Town of Chester Local Program (J. Connolly)

(5) Old Business

(6) New Business

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

COMMITTEE MEETING (1:00 PM – 2:30 PM)

Local/Economic

Economic Affairs Committee

(1) Approval of Draft Economic Affairs Committee Minutes for September

(2) Special Assistant for Economic Affairs Report (S. Erman)

(3) Presentation on Analyses Performed by the Special Assistant

for Economic Affairs as Part of the Project Review Process

(S. Erman)

Continuation of a series of presentations on various aspects of the project review process. A detailed review by the Special Assistant for Economic Affairs of the four categories of information and analysis for which he has primary responsibility: market research, financial analysis, economic impact analysis, and fiscal impact analysis. Discussion will focus in part on when various types of information are called for in larger and smaller projects under consideration by the Agency.

(4) Bionique Testing Laboratories, Inc.: An Update on an Approved Project in the Harrietstown Business Park

(S. Erman/Daniel Lundin)

Bionique President Daniel Lundin will provide a brief update on the firm’s progress since its relocation to a 9,300-square-foot building in the Adirondack Regional Airport Business Park in Harrietstown.

(5) Old Business

(6) New Business

COMMITTEE MEETING (2:30 PM – 4:00 PM)

Legal/Enforcement

Legal Affairs Committee

(1) Approval of Draft Committee Minutes for October

(2) Counsel’s Report (J. Banta)

(3) Regulatory Revision (J. Banta)

$ Status report

$ Continued discussion of the “floor space” definition

(4) Executive Session - Litigation

(5) Old Business

(6) New Business

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2003

Olympic Arena

Whiteface Room

Lake Placid, NY

COMMITTEE MEETING (9:00 AM – 10:30 AM)

Regulatory Programs

Regulatory Programs Committee

(1) Approval of Draft Committee Minutes for October

(2) Deputy Director - Regulatory Programs Report

(M. Sengenberger)

(3) Discussion Issue (M. Sengenberger/J. Banta)

$ Application of the Overall Intensity Guidelines with respect to Municipal Water Storage Tank and Water Treatment Control Buildings

For discussion and guidance.

[Note: The Legal Affairs Committee is invited to join in the discussion of this issue.]

(4) Discussion Item (M. Sengenberger)

$ New “Preliminary Consultation and Pre-application Conceptual Review” Regulations at Part 572.3

For discussion and guidance.

(5) Old Business

(6) New Business

FOR FULL AGENCY (10:30 AM)

(1) Call to Order

(2) Pledge of Allegiance

(3) Introduction of Guests

(4) Welcome to ORDA Facilities (T. Blazer, CEO and President, ORDA)

(5) Public Comment

(6) Recusals

(7) Meeting Schedule for Calendar Years 2004 and 2005

For review and discussion.

(8) Interim Reports

Administration Committee

Park Ecology Committee

Interpretive Programs Committee

Local Government Services Committee

Enforcement Committee

(9) Committee Reports

State Land Committee

Park Policy and Planning Committee

Economic Affairs Committee

Legal Affairs Committee

Regulatory Programs Committee

(10) Old Business

(11) New Business

(12) Member Comment

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

(14) Public Comment

ADJOURNMENT

DECEMBER AGENCY MEETING – December 11-12, 2003, ORDA facilities, Lake Placid

JANUARY AGENCY MEETING - TBA

ADIRONDACK PARK AGENCY

AGENCY MEMBER COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

Regulatory Programs

James Townsend, Co-Chair

Katherine Roberts, Co-Chair

William Kissel

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