Planning Board - Regular Meeting

Thursday, March 5, 2026

About this meeting

Government Body
Planning Board
Meeting Type
Planning Board
Location
Rensselaerville, NY
Meeting Date
March 5, 2026

Transcript

16 sections (from 92 segments)

0:00 – 0:33Speaker 1

The 250 is getting us $250. Think it's just to keep an eye on. It'll give them an inch and they take a mile. Wait one sec. I gotta see if they keep I'll look at the code at the bottom of this. If they keep doing it, they'd be very happy. How come they don't wonder why they don't have to do it? Well, you get to make some of these as of right. You get to make minimal modifications.

0:38 – 1:14Speaker 1

I'll see what our code say. Yes. Okay. Yeah. Just do you need four to approve minutes? What did you say? You need a quorum to approve minutes. Okay. Yeah. Because I was absent. The only thing that with the voting stuff, we're a board of seven. So all our votes are based out of seven. So say we had five people here and there's a three to two vote. Oh, really? Good. Huh. And that that's gotten contentious in other places I've done it. Wow.

1:15 – 1:39Speaker 1

Just the things you pick up. That's why that's why I come to the meetings all the time because it's a new person. That's not right. Large crowd usual large crowd. There's a rope.

1:43 – 2:28Speaker 1

People get a little disorderly. I'm an optimist. And I actually just turned my oven on to preheat. You're right. I turned the oven on to preheat before. I'm not kidding. Got a lot of writing on this. My wife is there. Give me more than five minutes. I'll send you. It is extraordinary to me that you come in just with one thing that you're not able to consolidate. Here we are protecting. Yes. Some of the meetings in some of the districts I see once a month.

2:26 – 2:53Speaker 1

This is actually nothing compared to the volunteer fire department. Most of the times you get the call and you can just tell this is not going to be a real problem. It's like the alarm went off. You still drag yourself in the morning and you know by the time you get there you can't knock you have to go system

2:58 – 3:13Speaker 1

meetings a month for us let us know if it's real or not you know that has been an issue in the You were having all kind of issues.

3:22 – 3:43Speaker 1

She said we're good to go. Wait a minute till 7. I guess that's a little slow according to my watch. All right. So, welcome to the town of Rental Rail Planning Board meeting for March 5th, 2026. Before we uh start the meeting, I'd like to do the

3:40 – 4:23Speaker 1

pledge to So, I will call the meeting to order. Uh, we have a short agenda tonight uh to approve the February 5th minutes of 2026 and the public hearing for AS Freriedman subdivision and adjournment. So, you ready to take the final step tonight?

4:21 – 4:57Speaker 1

We're going to miss you very much. You can come back and sit come back and watch the meetings if you want. You say that to all the boys. Um, so has everyone had a chance to review the minutes from the last meeting? Any changes that need to be made? Um, I'll ask for a motion to approve the minutes from February 5th, 2026. So moved. Motion by Robert. Second. Second by Dominic. All in favor? Carol. Um, abstain. Opposed? None. Motion carried.

4:54 – 5:21Speaker 1

Okay. Uh, next thing is our public hearing here. Um, we didn't have anybody come in here, so uh, I'll still read all of the things that we need to do. Um, there's five minute time limit. If they wish to speak during the public hearing, there'll be a warning at the four minute mark. Submit additional comments in writing. We didn't have any written comments either. No.

5:18 – 6:03Speaker 1

Okay. Okay. Good. When speaking, please state your name and address for the record. Only speak during your turn at the standing microphone. No side or group discussions. One turn per person to speak to the board. No d no donation or aggression of times from others. Address comments to the board, not to the applicant or audience. Speak slowly, loudly, and clearly. No foul language or swearing. No insulting, offensive, or threatening remarks or behavior. There'll be no discussion between the public and the applicant of the board. There'll be no response to your questions or comments during the hearing. Um, so I will now accept a motion to open the public hearing at 7:04. Make a motion.

6:01 – 6:43Speaker 1

Motion by Carol. Second. Second by Dorothia. All in favor? I. Motion carried. Opposed? None. Okay. So, now we wait a minute. Yeah. We'll leave it open for a little bit. Maybe if there's anything you want to ask the applicant now. If anything changed. Yeah. Anything changes, you're comfortable. You've got your map copies. And what do I do with them? So, tonight they'll get stamped and we'll sign off on them. Um, you have 62 days. 62 days. So, so what? So, there's two myars and five paper and they all go to you.

6:40 – 7:21Speaker 1

Well, no, you advise you how to proceed, but you have to take a myar and paper and go file it with the county. Okay. You have 62 days from today. Otherwise, you get it from there. Okay. And so, but you have to sign it first and then I we take the signed copy to the county. Okay. So, after the meeting tonight, stick around and Claire will stamp it and I'll for you. Super. Okay. All right. You have any other questions? We actually only heard from one couple, so Yeah. Very positive.

7:17 – 8:00Speaker 1

Okay. Excellent. Very good. Very good. Didn't have time. Okay. So now I'll accept a motion to adjourn the public hearing at 7:05. Just close, not adjourn. I'm sorry. Close. Yeah. Close the the public hearing. So moved. Second. Motion by Robert. Second by Carol. All in favor? Opposed? None. Motion carried. All right. Um that's it. And now you can take final action. Action. Yeah. Now we we'll take final action on your subdivision. So I'll need a motion for final action.

8:01 – 8:44Speaker 1

A motion by Dominic. Second. Second by Carol. All in favor? I oppose. None. Motion carried. I champagne. Great. Thank you. Now I will accept a motion to adjourn the meeting. Motion by Robert. Second. Second by Doria. All in favor? Oppos? None. Motion carried. Get my new might be the record. That was pretty good.

8:39Speaker 1

Pretty amazing. Yeah. Local government. Oh.

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