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AGENDA

NEW YORK STATE ADIRONDACK PARK AGENCY

JANUARY 8-9, 2004

THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 2004

Olympic Arena

Whiteface Room

Lake Placid, NY

FOR FULL AGENCY (9:00 AM - 10:45 AM)

(1)  Call to Order

(2)  Pledge of Allegiance

(3)  Introduction of Guests

(4)  Public Comment

(5)  Approval of December 2003 Draft Minutes

(6)  Resolution 2004-1

In recognition of the accomplishments of Dr. George Miller

during his tenure as President of Paul Smith’s College.

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

     Report of Agency Activities in 2003

(8)  Recusals

(9)  Motion to Convene in Executive Session (R. Whaley)

(10) Brief Break

(11) Forestry Retrospective:  The January 1998 Ice Storm

     (R. Curran/B. Grisi)

     Staff will open the discussion with a brief photo presentation

of the ice storm, forest damage, salvage operations and regrowth, followed by remarks by panelists on the effects on landowners, forest management and the future, and concluding with a question-and-answer period with Agency Members, Designees and the audience.  The panel is comprised of Tony Woods of Wagner Forest Management, LTD, Potsdam, New York; Larry Denis of LandVest, Tupper Lake, New York; and Herb Boyce of Northwoods Forest Consultants, LLC, Jay, New York. 

(12) Motion to Adjourn and Convene in Committees

COMMITTEE MEETING (10:45 AM – 12:00 PM)

Regulatory Programs

Regulatory Programs Committee

(1)  Approval of Draft Committee Minutes for December

(2)  Deputy Director - Regulatory Programs Report

     (M. Sengenberger)

(3)  New Projects

     2001-76            Richard J. Persek

     (G. Outcalt)       Warren:  Horicon

                        Resource Management

                        §809

                        60-Day Clock:  1/22/04

                        90-Day Clock:  2/21/04

                        11-lot subdivision

                        Staff Recommendation:  Approve with

                        conditions

(4)  Old Business

(5)  New Business

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

COMMITTEE MEETINGS (1:00 PM – 2:15 PM)

Planning/State Land

State Land Committee

(1)  Approval of Draft Committee Minutes for November

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

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

     For action.

(4)  Old Business

(5)  New Business

COMMITTEE MEETING (2:15 PM – 3:30 PM)

Legal/Enforcement

Legal Affairs Committee

(1)  Approval of Draft Committee Minutes for December

(2)  Counsel’s Report (J. Banta)

(3)  Regulatory Revision (J. Banta)

$ Phase 4 definitions for Agency discussion and action

$ Next steps for TAL discussion                    

(4)  Old Business

(5)  New Business

FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 2004

Olympic Arena

Whiteface Room

Lake Placid, NY

COMMITTEE MEETING (9:00 AM – 10:15 AM)

Local/Economic

Economic Affairs Committee

(1)  Approval of Draft Committee Minutes for November

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

(3)  Special Presentation:  Demographic and Economic Change in the Adirondack Region (Merwin Institute/NYS Department of Labor)

     Jim Murphy, Associate Director of the Merwin Rural Services Institute at Potsdam State, will be joined by Kate Brennan, Labor Market Analyst with the NYS Department of Labor, for this presentation on socioeconomic change in the region.  The presentation will rely on decennial data from the U.S. Bureau of the Census as well as annual employment security data collected by the Department of Labor.

(4)  Old Business

(5)  New Business

FOR FULL AGENCY (10:30 AM)

(1)  Call to Order

(2)  Pledge of Allegiance

(3)  Introduction of Guests

(4)  Public Comment

(5)  Recusals

(6)  Interim Reports

     Interpretive Programs Committee

     Administration Committee

     Park Policy and Planning Committee

     Local Government Services Committee

     Park Ecology Committee

     Enforcement Committee

(7)  Committee Reports

     Regulatory Programs Committee

     State Land Committee

Legal Affairs Committee

     Economic Affairs Committee

(8)  Old Business

(9)  New Business

(10) Member Comment

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

(12) Public Comment

ADJOURNMENT

FEBRUARY AGENCY MEETING – February 12-13, 2004, Olympic Center,

Lake Placid, New York

MARCH AGENCY MEETING – March 11-12, 2004, Olympic Center,

Lake Placid, New York

ADIRONDACK PARK AGENCY

AGENCY MEMBER COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

Regulatory Programs

James Townsend, Co-Chair

Katherine Roberts, Co-Chair

William Kissel

DOS

Legal/Enforcement

Cecil Wray, Enforcement Chair

James Townsend, Legal Chair

Frank Mezzano

Deanne Rehm

DED

Planning/State Land

William Kissel, Chair

Katherine Roberts

DEC

DOS

Ecology/Interpretive Programs

Katherine Roberts, Chair

Cecil Wray

James Townsend

DEC

Local/Economic

Frank Mezzano, Economic Chair

Deanne Rehm, Local Chair

William Kissel

DED

DOS

Administration

William Kissel, Chair

James Townsend

Frank Mezzano

Deanne Rehm

Katherine Roberts

DED

*    Agency Chairman Ross Whaley serves as a permanent member of each of the above committees.