Schenectady County
Town of Princetown
PRINCETOWN COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REVIEW COMMITTEE - MINUTES (Final)
APRIL 28, 2008 (rev. 6/30/08)
PRESENT: Joe Jurczynski (Chairman), Karl Barta, Patricia Bishop, Paul Golding, Darla Gullotta (Secretary), Norm Miller, Robert Morin, Robert Myers, Melissa O'Reilly, Gino Santabarbara (ex-officio)
ABSENT: Paul Hasbrouck
ALSO PRESENT:
I. CALL TO ORDER
Chairman Joseph Jurczynski called the Town of Princetown Comprehensive Plan Review Committee meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
II. REVIEW AND APPROVAL
A. Minutes of December 10, 2007 - Motion was made by P. Bishop and seconded by R. Morin to approve and file minutes of December 10, 2007.
ROLL CALL: 6-0-2 (Barta, Golding) MOTION CARRIED
•B. Minutes of February 27, 2008 - Motion was made by P. Golding and seconded by N. Miller to approve and file minutes of February 27, 2008 with indicated changes.
ROLL CALL: 5-0-3 (Barta, Myers, O'Reilly) MOTION CARRIED
•C. Minutes of March 10, 2008 - Motion was made by P. Bishop and seconded by R. Morin to approve and file minutes of March 10, 2008.
ROLL CALL: 6-0-2 (Miller, Myers) MOTION CARRIED
•D. Minutes of March 24, 2008 - Review and approval was tabled until a later meeting.
III. DISCUSSION
The Committee discussed the letter to be sent to residents regarding the survey.
Information will be submitted to The Daily Gazette for inclusion in the Community Notes section
P. Bishop inquired as to the potential of having additional IDs and passwords for residents who misplace their letter. Chairman Jurczynski will check with Atypica on that.
Question whether four (4) IDs and passwords should be included rather than only three. Extra passwords will be made available by calling Town Hall.
It was decided that the Committee would not provide stamped return envelopes in an attempt to increase the percentage of returns. According to N. Stolzenburg, providing a postage-paid envelope does not substantially increase the rate of return.
The Town should have sufficient pre-stamped #10 envelopes in which to mail the surveys.
A motion was made by N. Miller and seconded by R. Morin to approve the attached (Attachment #1) letter to include the date of May 8, 2008.
ROLL CALL: 8-0 MOTION CARRIED
The Committee continued to discuss various sections of the survey. See Attachment #2.
Question # 13 was consolidated to shorten the list to represent types of tools, not all tools
Under Personal Information, "zones" was changed to "areas"
With regard to noise pollution, the following language was suggested "Would you support a noise ordinance?"
Under question #14, it was suggested that the format of the options was changed to place options a-d all on one line.
In question #17, replace "Town Center" with "Hamlet-Type setting."
In question #19, replace "At" with "Near"
Under questions #28, split item K apart to indicate Planning Board and ZBA as separate line items
Various language changes were suggested within question #29
At the end of question #12, add the phrase "...the following resources."
Various language changes were suggested within question #13; a - "protection of above.."; b - eliminate "or real estate transfer tax."
Question as to whether to "...require buffer between new homes and farms or homes and new farms."
The Committee briefly discussed wind power and potential sites within the town.
The Committee proposed asking the question "Do you support installing alternate sources of energy such as windmills, solar energy, etc.?"
IV. NEW BUSINESS
V. ADJOURNMENT
A motion was made by N. Miller and seconded by P. Golding to adjourn the meeting.
ROLL CALL: 8-0 MOTION CARRIED
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:45 p.m.
Respectfully submitted by: _____________________________________ Date: __________
Darla D. Gullotta, Comprehensive Planning Committee Secretary
