Mike LaFlair – 2nd Ward Councilor

New Business:

5415 West Genesee Street / Alternative Power Solutions TM # 065.-04-07.2
Amended Site Plan

Camillus is offering up its own version of dining week – a tradition where restaurants offer a multi-course meal at a discounted price to reward loyal customers and attract new diners.

The Camillus version — What’s Cooking in Camilllus? — runs through March 30. The restaurants participating include:

Bailiwick
The Brasserie
Inn Between
Mitsuba
Teriyaki Madness
Cam’s NY Pizzeria
The Wildcat
Mo’s Pit BBQ
Camillus Elks
Extreme Kitchen
Eat More Sweets Bakery
Lakeside Vista Restaurant
The Green Gate Inn
The Camillus-area restaurants are offering $25 meals. The event is being coordinated through the Greater Camillus Chamber of Commerce.

PUBLIC HEARING (S)

1. Consider the 2017 Community Development Block Grant Projects.

2. Consider amending Chapter 30, Zoning §1503- Map Amendments to change the zoning from R2 to R3 on TM#20.-1-01-01.0 (Per Councilor Eric Hammerle)

3. Consider amending Chapter 30, Zoning §1503- Map Amendments to change the zoning from R1 to R3 on TM#021.-03-08.1. (Per Councilor Eric Hammerle)

4. Consider amending Chapter 60-Traffic and Vehicle, §60.31-Maximum Speed Limits, paragraph E to add a new item 6 indicating that Route 321 between its intersections with Route 5 and Flat Rock Road is a roadway on which the speed limit is limited to 45 miles per hour. (Per Councilor Eric Hammerle)

NEW BUSINESS

1. Set the date, time, and place as April 11, 2017 at 7:00 PM at the Camillus Municipal. Building to hold a public hearing to consider amending the Camillus Municipal Code, Chapter 60- Traffic and Vehicles, §60.31–Maximum Speed Limits, paragraph C, to set the speed limit on Winchell Road at 35 miles per hour. (Per Councilor Mike LaFlair)

2. Amend Employee Handbook to add a new title, Employee Residency.

3. Amend Employee Handbook under the title Employee Residency to add the following: The Town does not require its employees who are not public officials to be Town Residents. However, the Town does prefer that all such employees be residents and will take their residency into account when deciding who to hire. (Per Personnel Committee)

4. Approve the placement of Historical Markers for Slave Station, Warners High School, and the Dill Homestead, to be paid for by the Camillus Historical Society.

5. Accept a donation in the amount of $575.00 from the Camillus Historical Society for a park bench located at the Erie Canal Park in memory of Sandy McCarty at no cost to the Town of Camillus.

6. Approve the release of roadway securities in the amount of $63,750.00 for Shaker Heights Subdivision. (Per Barton & Loguidice)

7. Approve Mary Ann Coogan to a four year term as Marriage Officer for the Town of Camillus with an expiration date of April 7, 2021.

8. Set the date, time, and place as April 11, 2017 at the Camillus Municipal Building to hold a public hearing to consider amending the Camillus Municipal Code, Chapter 30, Zoning, §1504 “Exemptions to Zoning Regulations” to restate resolution number three dated January 9, 2007 to create a new subdivision B to read as follows: “Tax Map parcel 046.-06-07.2 is hereby exempt from the lot area and lot width regulations of the R-3 Zoning District as provided for in section 601 (B) of this chapter such that Lot 60 of the Spring Gardens Lot as portrayed in filed Map #3071 may be built upon with a single family dwelling which in all other respects must comply with the regulations of this chapter.” (Per Councilor Joy Flood)

9. Refer Chapter 30, Zoning §1504 “Exemptions to Zoning Regulations” to the Camillus Planning Board and Syracuse Onondaga County Planning Agency.

10. Amend resolution number 34 dated January 10, 2017 to restate: The Town of Camillus establishes a seven hour work day as the standard work day for elected officials and report the following days worked to the New York State and Local Employees’ Retirement system based on the record of activities maintained and submitted by these officials to the Clerk of this body.

The Camiluss Canal Society continues to seek funding and recently was given a CNY Arts grant of $513 for the Camillus Erie Canal Park. The grant will be used toward the cost of the park’s annual Towpath Day event. The annual celebration will be held Saturday August 12th, and offers family entertainment, crafts, food, boat rides on the Erie Canal and exhibits.

I attended the Camillus Canal Society’s Annual Volunteer Appreciation Dinner last evening. As always I marvel at the passion and commitment the 166 Active Volunteers dedicate to one of our towns’ most prized assets. Over the course of 2016 the volunteers logged an amazing 23,145 hours (those that signed in). If you do the math this is the equivalent of 11 1/2 full-time employees. A conservative estimate would put this cost at $600,000 to the town. I would also like to congratulate 2nd Ward resident and one of the original 1972 volunteers, Paul Bertan, with being selected as one of two Volunteers of the Year. My sincerest congratulations and thanks to Paul, Dr. David and Liz Beebe, all award recipients and all the volunteers on continuing to make Camillus a great place to live, work, play, create and visit.

Agenda for Tuesday’s meeting:

PUBLIC HEARING (S)

1. Consider the 2017 Community Development Block Grant Projects.

2. Consider amending Chapter 30, Zoning §1503- Map Amendments to change the zoning from R2 to R3 on TM#20.-1-01-01.0 (Per Councilor Eric Hammerle)

3. Consider amending Chapter 30, Zoning §1503- Map Amendments to change the zoning from R1 to R3 on TM#021.-03-08.1. (Per Councilor Eric Hammerle)

4. Consider amending Chapter 60-Traffic and Vehicle, §60.31-Maximum Speed Limits, paragraph E to add a new item 6 indicating that Route 321 between its intersections with Route 5 and Flat Rock Road is a roadway on which the speed limit is limited to 45 miles per hour. (Per Councilor Eric Hammerle)

PUBLIC COMMENT

NEW BUSINESS

1. Consider amending the Camillus Municipal Code, Chapter 60- Traffic and Vehicles, §60.31–Maximum Speed Limits, paragraph C, to set the speed limit on Winchell Road at 35 miles per hour. (Per Councilor Mike LaFlair)

2. Amend Employee Handbook to add a new title, Employee Residency.

3. Amend Employee Handbook under the title Employee Residency to add the following: The Town does not require its employees who are not public officials to be Town Residents. However, the Town does prefer that all such employees be residents and will take their residency into account when deciding who to hire. (Per Personnel Committee)

4. Approve the placement of Historical Markers for Slave Station, Warners High School, and the Dill Homestead, to be paid for by the Camillus Historical Society.

5. Accept a donation in the amount of $575.00 from the Camillus Historical Society for a park bench located at the Erie Canal Park in memory of Sandy McCarty at no cost to the Town of Camillus.

6. Approve the release of roadway securities in the amount of $63,750.00 for Shaker Heights Subdivision.

PUBLIC COMMENT

ADJOURNMENT

Here is the agenda for Monday’s meeting:
Public Hearing:
121 Topaz Trail / Gary Gasparini TM # 070.-01-20.0
Gasparini Subdivision

New Business:
250 Township Blvd /Hinsdale Road Group, LLC TM # 017.-05-65.1
Amended Site Plan

Old Business:
Lawrence and Winchell Roads / Arnold Schmidt TM # 010.-05-31.1
Sketch Plan

At a recent meeting, the Camillus Planning Board approved Walmart’s request to build a canopy with a dedicated grocery pickup spot on the west side of its store at 5399 W. Genesee St. The changes will accommodate customers who order their groceries online and then come to the store at a designated time to pick them up. The company did not say when the service will begin in Camillus. Using either the Walmart app or going to the company’s website at Walmart.com/grocery, customers choose from 30,000 items, pay for the order and set a time to pick it up. The minimum order is $30. Trained personal shoppers go through the aisles choosing produce, meat and other groceries to fill the order. The items are kept cool or frozen until the customer arrives. The customer arrives at the store, parks in a designated spot and calls a special phone number. Store associates then come out and load the order into the customer’s car. Same-day pickup is available. Orders placed by 1 a.m. will be available for pickup from 8 a.m. and orders placed by 10 a.m. will be available from 4 p.m. Customers can also schedule grocery pickups up to three weeks in advance.

I am happy to report that the Town of Camillus will be receiving grant funding in the amount of $50,000 from Onondaga County – Community Development Grant fund. The funding will go to enhance and improve the Bicentennial Park Playground, which is located in front of the Town Hall on W. Genesee Street. My sincere thanks to Supervisor Coogan and the Town Board for their assistance on this grant.

PUBLIC HEARING
1. Kathleen Oot Quinn TM#: 066.-01-15.1
203 ½ Broadmoor Dr. Camillus, New York 13031
Variances: to allow a 36ꞌ x 26ꞌ detached garage approximately 120ꞌ in front of the rear line of the house

2. Preventative Medicine Associates TM#: 065.-04-07.2
5415-A W. Genesee St. Camillus, New York 13031
Area Variance: for a variance from the requirements of Section 602(D) of the Code of the Town of Camillus to allow a 94.72 kW solar carport in the front yard