Adirondack Park Agency Preliminary Agenda July 2005

PRELIMINARY AGENDA

NEW YORK STATE ADIRONDACK PARK AGENCY

JULY 7-8, 2005

THURSDAY, JULY 7, 2005

Adirondack Park Agency Headquarters

Ray Brook, NY

FOR FULL AGENCY (9:00 AM - 9:15 AM) (Full Meeting Room)

(1) Call to Order

(2) Pledge of Allegiance

(3) Moment of Silence in Honor of the Late New York State

Senator Ronald B. Stafford

(4) Introduction of Guests

(5) Public Comment

(6) Approval of June 2005 Draft Minutes

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

(8) Consensus on 2006-2007 Agency Meeting Schedule

(9) Staff Recognition

In recognition of Barbara A. Rottier's 25 years of service to the State of New York.

(10) Agency Resolution 2005-7

In recognition of Clarence Petty's 100^th birthday on August 8^th.

(11) Recusals

(12) Motion to Adjourn and Convene in Committees

COMMITTEE MEETING (9:15 AM – 11:00 AM)

Regulatory Programs (Full Meeting Room)

Regulatory Programs Committee

(1) Approval of Draft Committee Minutes for June 2005

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

(3) New Projects

*2001-243 Nextel Partners, Inc. (IWO/Hajeck)

(G. Outcalt) Washington: Fort Ann (Pilot Knob Road)

Resource Management

§810 and 9 NYCRR Part 578

60-Day Clock: TBD

90-Day Clock: TBD

Major public utility use involving construction of new 114-foot-tall telecommunications tower and related infrastructure, new access road and underground utility lines

Staff Recommendation: None. Board decision on hearing record.

(4) Appeal of Existing Permit Condition

2001-189 Frank and Carolyn Charlton

(M. Sengenberger) Essex: Ticonderoga

Resource Management

§809

Appeal of permit condition #4 restricting

remaining building rights

Staff Recommendation: Deny appeal.

(5) Old Business

(6) New Business

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

Park Policy and Planning Committee

(1) Planning Division Report (E. Hood)

(2) Map Amendment (H. Savarie)

C MA2005-4 (Indian River)

Hamilton: Indian Lake

Area A: State Land (Wild Forest) to Moderate Intensity Use;

10± acres

Area B: Moderate Intensity Use to State Land; 15± acres

Determine approvability

(3) Scenic Byway Projects Status Report (E. Hood)

(4) Old Business

(5) New Business

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

Legal/Enforcement (Full Meeting Room)

Legal Affairs Committee

(1) Approval of Draft Committee Minutes for May 2005

(2) Counsel's Report (J. Banta)

(3) 2003 Regulation Revision Package (J. Banta)

Final action.

(4) Proposals for 2005 Regulatory Revision Package (J. Banta)

Staff seeks Agency guidance and input on next set of regulatory revisions.

(5) Old Business

(6) New Business

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

COMMITTEE MEETING (1:00 PM – 1:30 PM)

Ecology/Interpretive (Full Meeting Room)

Interpretive Programs Committee

(1) Approval of Draft Committee Minutes for March 2005

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

(3) Interpretive Communication (M. Brennan/R. McCray)

An examination of interpretive communication and its role in fostering the stewardship that will allow the Agency to accomplish its mission of protecting the resources of the Adirondack Park.

(4) Old Business

(5) New Business

COMMITTEE MEETINGS (1:30 PM – 4:00 PM)

Planning/State Land (Full Meeting Room)

State Land Committee

(1) Approval of Draft Committee Minutes for June 2005

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

(3) State Land Reclassification (J. Banta)

C R2004-4 R2004-4 ( Long Lake Water District #1)

Hamilton: Long Lake

Wild Forest (Moose River Plains) to State

Administrative (Long Lake Water District #1)

1± acre

For Agency action.

(4) UMP - First Reading

C Wilmington Wild Forest (S. Brown, DEC)

(5) UMP's - Overview of Public Release Final Draft

C St. Regis Canoe (S. Guglielmi, DEC)

(6) Issue Presentations

C Limits of Acceptable Change (C. Dawson, SUNY-ESF/R. Davies, DEC)

C Fire Towers (J. Connolly)

(7) Old Business

(8) New Business

COMMITTEE MEETING (4:00 PM – 5:00 PM)

Legal/Enforcement (Full Meeting Room)

Enforcement Committee

(1) New Case

E2004-252 Spiegel

(P. Van Cott) Essex: North Elba

Moderate Intensity Use

Violation of Agency permit conditions

FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2005

Adirondack Park Agency Headquarters

Ray Brook, NY

SPECIAL PRESENTATION (9:00 AM – 10:15 AM) (Full Meeting Room)

Presentation and Panel Discussion: Night Lighting from an Environmental and Economic Perspective (D. Spada/S. Erman)

The presentation and panel discussion will focus on the visual quality of the night sky, the impact of street lighting and other lighting systems, and control technologies. The potential for a specific economic improvement project, the proposed observatory in Tupper Lake, will be discussed since it is highly dependent on the maintenance of a night sky absent significant light pollution. Speakers will include: Dr. Aileen A. O'Donoghue, Associate Professor of Physics, St. Lawrence University and Board Member of the Adirondack Public Observatory, Inc.; Marc Staves, President and Co-founder of Adirondack Public Observatory, Inc. and a staff person of the Tupper Lake Municipal Power Company; and Dr. Jan Wojcik, Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences and Director, the Reynolds Observatory, Clarkson University.

FOR FULL AGENCY (10:15 AM) (Full Meeting Room)

(1) Call to Order

(2) Pledge of Allegiance

(3) Introduction of Guests

(4) Public Comment

(5) Recusals

(6) Interim Reports

Administration Committee

Local Government Services Committee

Park Ecology Committee

Economic Affairs Committee

(7) Committee Reports

Regulatory Programs Committee

Legal Affairs Committee

Park Policy and Planning Committee

Interpretive Programs Committee

State Land Committee

Enforcement Committee

(8) Old Business

(9) New Business

(10) Member Comment

(11) Local Government Review Board Comment (F. Monroe)

(12) Public Comment

ADJOURNMENT

AUGUST AGENCY MEETING – August 11-12, 2005, Lake Pleasant Central School, Elm Lake Road, Speculator, New York

SEPTEMBER AGENCY MEETING – September 8-9, 2005, Adirondack Park Agency, Ray Brook, New York

ADIRONDACK PARK AGENCY

AGENCY MEMBER COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

Regulatory Programs

James Townsend, Chair

Katherine Roberts, Co-Chair

Lani Ulrich

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