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Land Preservation Committee Meeting Minutes
Tuesday, January 6, 2004 Special Meeting 7:30 P.M.
This was a Special Meeting of the Land Preservation Committee to Discuss the
Agricultural Structures on Preserved Land Issue.
Present were: Ray Blum, Ray Huntington, John Sepenoski, Eric Keil, Michelle Zaloom and
Craig Arm as well as Melissa Spiro, Bill Edwards and Tom Wickham and Tim Caufield.
Previous minutes: of 12/15/03 and 11/25/03 were provided but not acted upon.
New Members
New members Michelle Zaloom and Craig Arm were introduced and sworn ~n by Town Clerk
Betty Neville.
Agricultural Structures Issue
It was agreed that confusion and lack of specificity concerning allowable structures on preserved
land was constraining preservation and that clarification of the issue was necessary to move
forward with conservation easements.
The vehicle for discussion was rough drafts on:
o Rationale for a Policy
o Policy
o Review Process
o Criteria for discretionary action
o Pertinent NYS Ag and Markets language
The bounds of the discussion were determined to be PRD conservation easements on land in
agricultural production.
The essence of the drafts is to create code establishing policy that would allow some agricultural
structures and a review process as to its location and respect for preservation goals. Such policy
would be guided by a "checklist" and criteria that would help determine the negotiated terms of
the conservation agreement.
The purpose of preservation (i.e., agricultural production) would drive the extent of allowable
structures. Certain lot coverage limits would be basic with location and aesthetic considerations
determined as part of the review process.
Agricultural housing should be on reserved (not preserved part of the) land.
Terms (e.g., primary structural area, permanent structure, high tunnel, etc.) that become
germane to the potential town code and the implementing process shall be defined.
The allowable structures would be considered in the appraisal process but how to make that link
was left for a later time.
The Land Preservation Coordinator was requested to convey the LPC's comments to attorney
Kombrink who is working the issue for the Town Board. The further comments of the LPC are to
be conveyed to the Town Board prior to the Town Board work session of 1/20/04.
Adjourned at 9:20 PM.
Next Regular Meeting is 13 January 2004 at 7:30 PM.
In the absence of the secretary, the minutes were recorded by Ray Huntington.