Mike LaFlair – 2nd Ward Councilor

The 2018 Camillus Farmers Market kicks off with the Spring Market Festravaganza on Sunday, May 20 from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The event will feature great food, farm, handmade/artisan craft vendors and a limited number of direct sales companies. The Farmers Market will start June 5 and take place every Tuesday at Town Hall from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Along with the farm fresh local produce and unique, handmade baked goods; you will also find specialty food, wine, jewelry, soap, art wood crafts and more.

“Through our annual Fish fry we were able to raise approximately $7000 for 8 organizations, we would like to thank the community for their support and yet another great year”.

As a result of the numerous complaints some town board members had received throughout the past few years regarding the deer population, the Town of Camillus agreed to work with Wildlife Services and some private property owners to reduce the number of white-tail deer. Properties belonging to the town were surveyed and evaluated for safety of firearms use. During the months of January, February and March, 34 white-tailed deer were removed from Camillus. These deer were processed and as a result, 1,020 pounds of venison were delivered to the food bank as a donation. We did face some challenges during the culling process. One challenge was interference with baiting activities by outside groups. Another challenge was that we had very warm weather on culling nights and the deer did not need to visit baiting stations to eat. The USDA asks that we remind residents that this is a multi-year program. We are already looking for some private properties to expand our culling next year. Those residents whose properties were part of the tick drag will be notified of the results as soon as they are in.

Some of the residents have called with concerns in regards to Air BnB’s. Air BnB’s is a relatively new to our market where Home Owners rent out the entire property, spare rooms or spare beds. We are currently exploring our legal option in how to regulate them. As soon as this is developed we will have a Public Hearing. As the process moves forward I will keep everyone in the loop.

Here is the agenda for Tuesday’s meeting:

PUBLIC HEARING (S)

1. Consider extending the Wellington Lighting District #8.

PUBLIC COMMENT

SUPERVISOR’S ANNOUNCEMENTS

COUNCILOR’S COMMENTS \ COMMITTEE REPORTS

ACCEPT THE MINUTES

OLD BUSINESS

None

NEW BUSINESS

1. Amend resolution #168 of August 15, 2016 to restate: Approve amending Camillus Municipal Code, Chapter 34-Fences, §34.7-Exceptions, the purpose of which is to allow a six foot high fence in the front yard of the property located at 101 Owls Nest Way, TM#: 007.1-06-04.0, said fence to commence at the southeast corner of the covered porch then extend southwesterly no more than 60’, fence will then run 32′ due south (parallel with the property line) and then due west 33′.

2. Authorize the Town Supervisor to sign a contract with M&M Market Management to operate and manage a farmer’s market on the Town’s behalf every Tuesday 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm from June 5 through October 2, 2018 and also manage a “Market Festravaganza” event to be held on May 20, 2018 from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm.

3. Set the date, time, and place as June 26, 2018 at 7:00 P.M. at the Camillus Municipal Building to consider amending the Camillus Municipal Code, Chapter 30, Zoning §1503-Amendments to the Zoning Map, to change the zoning classification from RR to R1 at the property located at TM#23.-02-14.1. (Per Councilor Eric Hammerle)

4. Approve the second payment application to E-Z Paving/Sealcoat LLC for the Park Way Green Infrastructure Improvements Project in the amount of $86,200.00. (Per Barton and Loguidice)

PUBLIC COMMENT

ADJOURNMENT

Many have expressed questions into what is being proposed for development at the former site of the Fairmount Community Church. From the Planning Board Minutes of April 9, 2018. Please note these are conceptual in nature:

Mr. Stephen Calocerinos, of Calocerinos Engineering, representing Rocklyn West and
Mr. Arthur Kanerviko, of Rocklyn West asked to have an informal discussion regarding
the former site of the Fairmount Community Church located at the corner of West
Genesee Street and Whedon Road.

The property involved is contains three parcels. There are two larger parcels totaling
approximately 6 acres which will be developed as part of the proposal. There is a third
parcel in the lower quadrant of the property which contains a single family house which
will not be part of the project and will be maintained and owned by another entity.
The proposal is for two multi-family buildings. The buildings will be three story
buildings, with basement level garages. There will be a total of 84 units. A community
center is planned along with a 9000 square foot commercial building. The commercial
building will house professional businesses such as real estate, an accounting office
and a medical office.

Here is the agenda for Tuesday’s ZBA meeting. Please note item number 1 under Public Hearings is in the 2nd Ward:

PUBLIC HEARING(S)

1. Patricia Barfield TM #: 010.1-03-15.1
3683 Armstrong Road
Syracuse, NY 13209
Area Variance: Accessory Building in Front of Rear of the Principal Building

2. Jonathan Frateschi TM #: 042.-08-15.1
114 Columbus Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13219
Special Use Permit: Home Occupation

3. William & Ann Parfitt TM # 043.-01-52.0
128 Richards Road
Camillus, NY 13031
Area Variance: Legitimize Building Line Encroachment

4. Thomas Kehoskie TM # 041.-01-62.0
100 Mansfield Drive
Camillus, NY 13031
Area Variance: 5 Parking Spaces in Buffer Zone

OLD BUSINESS

Joshua Chagnon TM #: 067.-03-24.0
502 Whedon Road
Syracuse, 13219

Continuation of Area Variance: Allow a Shed Forward of the Principal Building

NEW BUSINESS

VOUCHERS

CORRESPONDENCE

COMMENTS OF THE BOARD

DECISIONS

ADJOURNMENT

At the recent Central NY Recreation and Parks Society Annual Awards Luncheon two individuals from Camillus received recognition for their outstanding work. Sara Young (a Parks & Rec employee) received the ABCD Award. This is given to an individual that goes above and beyond the call of duty by making an outstanding contribution to the field of public parks and recreation. The second was the Distinguished Citizen Award, presented to Mary Flynn from the Friends of Camillus Parks. This award recognizes a citizen who has demonstrated exceptional efforts towards enhancing and supporting parks and recreation in their community. It should also be noted that Mary also received this on a state wide level. I want to commend and thank both Sara and Mary for their great work.

Harbor Freight Tools – At the April 9th Planning Board Meeting, Harbor Freight Tools presented its signage application as they are planning on opening a store adjacent to Aldi’s on Milton Avenue across from the Home Depot Plaza.

Freedom of Espresso – is open in the village of Camillus. The new coffee shop in the former Camillus Cutlery headquarters on West Genesee Street is the fifth Freedom of Espresso in the Syracuse area. Anna Dobbs, the owner of the local coffee chain, threw a customer appreciation party on Sunday. She said the new store will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturdays and 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sundays. Franklin Properties and Thomas Blair redeveloped the former knife factory into apartments. The $9.2 million project will include 7,500 square feet of commercial space. The history of Camillus Cutlery stretches back to 1876. It moved to Camillus in 1902 to make knives in a factory on the banks of Nine Mile Creek. The company employing generations of Camillus residents, at one time supplied knives to the U.S. military.

The Friends of Camillus Park have been doing a great job with making this Park in the 5th Ward a great asset for our community. Currently they are installing Fitness Equipment that should be ready for public use by June 15th if not sooner. The equipment came about from many sources including: a $50,000 grant from NYS, a $23,847 grant from the CNY Community Foundation, a $14,995 grant from the manufacturer (Greenfield’s Corp.), and a $10,000 donation from the Friends of Camillus Park. The Friends of Camillus Park are also still raising the estimate $7,683 necessary to complete the project.