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    Gorga:

    Would you be so kind as to copy and post communications #71 & #81 from the Stutzman Road residents. I am unable to do so at this time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lee Chowaniec View Post
    Gorga:

    Would you be so kind as to copy and post communications #71 & #81 from the Stutzman Road residents. I am unable to do so at this time.
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    This was also in the communications from the DEC regarding this site

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    Tonight Lancaster’s town board will be considering a resolution (#26) to issue a positive declaration on the applicant’s project located just west of Stutzman Road.

    The Applicant seeks the necessary approvals and/or permits to develop a 24 +/- lot single-family residential subdivision development located on approximately 9.7 +/- acres of land.

    The positive declaration identifies potential significant impacts to ground or surface water quality and quantity, traffic, noise, and may cause a substantial increase in the potential for erosion, flooding, leaching and/or drainage problems.

    If the resolution is approved the applicant will have to prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS). The scoping document is prepared to describe the effects for proposed activities, address the potential adverse, significant impacts identified by the town and to mitigate the impacts to the extent practicable.

    The Town Board shall provide an opportunity for public participation in writing for no less than thirty (30) days after the draft scope is submitted.

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    Individuals interested in this project should visit the town website (https://www.lancasterny.gov/) and read the extensive findings of the resolution (26) – 3-2-2020 pre-file resolutions.

    STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW ACT POSITIVE DECLARATION. Notice of Intent to Prepare a Draft EIS Determination of Significance

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lee Chowaniec View Post
    Tonight Lancaster’s town board will be considering a resolution (#26) to issue a positive declaration on the applicant’s project located just west of Stutzman Road.

    The Applicant seeks the necessary approvals and/or permits to develop a 24 +/- lot single-family residential subdivision development located on approximately 9.7 +/- acres of land.

    The positive declaration identifies potential significant impacts to ground or surface water quality and quantity, traffic, noise, and may cause a substantial increase in the potential for erosion, flooding, leaching and/or drainage problems.

    If the resolution is approved the applicant will have to prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS). The scoping document is prepared to describe the effects for proposed activities, address the potential adverse, significant impacts identified by the town and to mitigate the impacts to the extent practicable.

    The Town Board shall provide an opportunity for public participation in writing for no less than thirty (30) days after the draft scope is submitted.

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    Individuals interested in this project should visit the town website (https://www.lancasterny.gov/) and read the extensive findings of the resolution (26) – 3-2-2020 pre-file resolutions.

    STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW ACT POSITIVE DECLARATION. Notice of Intent to Prepare a Draft EIS Determination of Significance
    By unanimous vote, the Lancaster town board approved this resolution.

    The residents involved in helping bring the potential significant adverse impacts to light are to be commended. I respect their dedication and tenacity in their fight to protect their best interests and quality of life. Kudos to the town as well for doing the right thing.

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    Be wary!

    Excellent Lancaster Sun report on the town’s resolution approval to compel Natale Builders to draft a SEQR to mitigate potential significant impacts associated with the Stutzman Subdivision development of 24 homes on a 9.7-acre parcel.

    The Town Board declares there ‘may be’ impacts that could have a negative effect on the area.

    Supervisor Ruffino says he and most of the board doesn’t like the plan. He declared in the report that the developer is trying to shoehorn a subdivision in an area with little space for it.

    However, Ruffino and the Town Attorney caution that the property is zoned correctly and that if the developer performs the environmental review (SEQR) and mitigates the potential adverse impacts and gets the required state and county permits, there is nothing much the town can do.

    SEQR obligates the applicant to avoid or lessen the impacts cited to the extent practicable before getting the required permits.

    Natale most likely has an option to buy the land from the landowner. So, the best recourse for residents opposing this development is to spend any money they garnered to retain a good environmental attorney who will serve to best protect their interests.

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    When is enough, enough!

    James Ostroff asked that of the town board at Monday evening’s public comment session when referring to Natale Builder’s Stutzman Road 24 home development project.

    Ostroff cited the project’s failure to comply with the Comprehensive Plan and adverse significant impacts relating to traffic, traffic safety, wetland disturbance, water pressure issues, greenspace loss, and overall impact to resident quality of life.

    He declared that he was upset with Supervisor Ruffino’s statement in the Lancaster Sun where Ruffino claimed that if Natale mitigated the potential impacts cited in the ‘positive declaration’ resolution the town adopted in a Draft Environmental Impact Statement, and received the necessary permits from the involved government agencies, the town would have no recourse but to approve the project.

    Ostroff declared that: “NYS Municipal Law, Section 34, requires the Lancaster Town Board to follow the Constitutional, Legal and Statutory obligation to protect and secure the health, welfare and safety of the residents of Lancaster.”

    “So, I disagree with your ‘no choice’ but to approve the project,” said Ostroff. “This town is not willing to stand up for itself.” Ostroff declared he would be seeking legal counsel and contacting the Attorney General’s Office on the matter. He added that is was time to take the matter before the courts and have them render a decision.

    Supervisor Ruffino interjected that he was ‘ired’ by Ostroff’s claim that the town did nothing, citing the town’s ordaining a positive declaration, declaring that the Planning and Town Board members are not supportive of the project, but that the DEIS is the formal process to follow.

    Ruffino also declared he was once ‘a victim’ of a similar board decision to decline approval of a project and where he had to reverse his vote else suffer personal liability because the town could have gotten sued.

    Ostroff closed by declaring he once again disagreed with Ruffino. “The town does have a choice, but you are not willing to stand up to the builders. We are going beyond our building capabilities, adversely impacting our infrastructure and environment. When is someone going to say enough is enough.”

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    Bravo, Mr. Ostroff. Fought the same fight numerous times on a personal project and mentoring other coalitions seeking to ‘protect’ their rights and quality of life.

    Keep in mind sir, that the applicant has to mitigate the potential impacts to the extent practicable. Your seeking legal counsel is essential to ensure the applicant’s DEIS is complete and credible.

    As for Supervisor Ruffino’s reference to a past Tim Horton’s project at Transit Road and Michael Anthony, it was a commercial enterprise, zoned accordingly, on a commercial corridor and with no environmental impacts. It was the wrong fight and so arbitrary and capricious that the town’s insurer refused to pick up liability costs should the matter wind up in the courts and the town lost. Apples to oranges!

    To draft an environmental impact study (DEIS) and mitigate the cited potential impacts cost time, effort and money. The town is probably hoping Natale walks away from developing this 24-home subdivision.

    I resided on the south-side of Pleasant View Drive (off Warner Road) for 21 years, am well acquainted with the shortcomings of this project and empathize with your plight. As Supervisor Ruffino stated, the town does not support this project as well. The DEIS is a process that has to be followed.

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    WHEREAS, Natale Builders, Inc. (the “Applicant”) has submitted an application to the Town of Lancaster (the “Town”) to develop a 24 +/- lot single-family residential subdivision of 24 homes (the “Project”) located on approximately 9.7 +/- acres located west of Stutzman Road in the Town (the “Property”).

    WHEREAS, the Town Board has issued a positive declaration of environmental significance and required the Applicant to prepare and submit a draft scope to the Town Board in accordance with 6 N.Y.C.R.R. § 617.8.

    WHEREAS, the Applicant submitted the draft scoping document, which is subject to public review and comment and, at the discretion of the Town Board, a public meeting to discuss the draft scoping document prior to the issuance of the final scoping document; and

    WHEREAS, the public comment period shall be open until the close of business on Friday, June 12, 2020; and

    WHEREAS, the Town Board will hold a public scoping meeting on June 3, 2020 at the regular meeting of the Town of Lancaster Planning Board.

    The comment period on the draft scope document is open and will be held open until June 12, 2020 at the close of business.

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