For Immediate Release: March 7, 2002
Contact:
Victoria Hristovski | Director Public Information | Adirondack Park Agency
contact@apa.ny.gov | (518) 891-4050
RAY BROOK- Two special presentations will be made at this month’s Adirondack Park Agency meeting, held March 14 and 15 at its headquarters in Ray Brook. The first presentation will be made on Thursday, between 11 a.m. and noon during the Park Ecology Committee by Associate Project Analyst Dr. Sean Connin. The discussion highlights the need for new techniques to evaluate and forecast impacts of development on water quality during the project review process. This presentation is a follow-up to Dr. Connin’s presentation in January which discussed recent advances in a phosphorus loading model used by the Agency.
The second presentation and discussion will be on Friday, 9 a.m. and will focus on two important service providers for communities and businesses in the Adirondack Park. Representatives from the Merwin Institute at SUNY Potsdam and the Technical Assistance Center at SUNY Plattsburgh will discuss the resources available to assist economic development planning in the Park. The Merwin Rural Services Institute provides community development research and training and recently received federal funding to establish a tourism data center. The Technical Assistance Center provides business research services and direct technical assistance to communities and businesses in a sixteen-county area.
Another highlight of the this month’s Agency meeting includes the recognition of three staff members who have achieved 25 years of service with the state of New York. Bettijane Forrester, James Hotaling and Mark Sengenberger will all be recognized on Friday at 10:30 a.m. by the Agency for their distinguished years of service.
Agency Board members will review two new projects and two general permit orders this month. One new project application is for a new commercial use (51-room spa resort hotel) in Bolton (Green Island) in Warren County located in Hamlet. The second new project is for the co-location of telecommunication tower antennas to an existing telecommunications tower located in AuSable, Clinton County in an area classified as Low-Intensity Use. The two general permit orders are for: 1- the disposal of uncontaminated wastes from maintenance and construction activities by highway departments, and 2- the management of terrestrial invasive plant species in or within 100 feet of wetlands in the Adirondack Park. Staff has recommended proceeding to public notice with the second general permit order.
The Agency will review and possibly take action on the proposed regulatory definition changes at 3:30 on Thursday during the Legal Affairs Committee. The proposed changes have gone through the public hearing process, (public comment ended February 18) and is before the Agency for review.
The next Adirondack Park Agency meeting will be held on April 11 -12 in Ray Brook. For more information, please contact Victoria Hristovski at (518) 891-4050 ext. 173.