ZBA Meeting Report

Here is a recap of last Wednesday night's Zoning Board of Appeals meeting. The Poncic matter was discussed among the board members. One member said that he talked to Chairman of the Ulster County Planning Board, and a lawyer for the Association of Towns and both agreed that there must be a public hearing on the issue. No public hearing was set. Instead a vote was called. Here is how the individual members voted.

Issue: Is the harvesting of water for non-potable purposes (the filling of swimming pools etc.) a similar use to water bottling?

Keith Johnson (Chairman) - Yes
Rolf Reiss - No
Steve Settine - Yes
Tom Hickey - Absent
Gary Guglielmetti - Abstain

With one member absent and one member abstaining, the board lacked a quorum (a majority of the board, which in this case is 3 members) to decide the issue. This means that the issue was tabled until the next ZBA meeting on December 17th at 7:30 pm where it will be discussed again.

If you are going to be in the valley that evening it would be great if you could join us to watch the proceedings. This is still not a public hearing and we cannot comment, but it is useful to have as many community members as possible to observe.

Carol Seitz