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Meeting Minutes

October 22, 2020  | 6:00 PM | Webex

Board Members in Attendance: Brett Kreher, Mark Gaston, Scott Bylewski, Bryant Zilke, Dan Castle, Dan Henry, Rachel Chrostowski, Diane Held
Staff in Attendance: Sarah Gatti
Guests: Anthony Mash, Felicia Orem

  1. Consideration of the August 20, 2020 Meeting Minutes

    Motion to approve was made by Mr. Bylewski; seconded by Mr. Zilke. The motion carried.

  2. Consideration of the October 15, 2020 Meeting Minutes

    Motion to approve was made by Mr. Zilke; seconded by Mr. Gaston. The motion carried.

  3. Overview of Process

    Ms. Gatti stated that the AFPB is an advisory board on agricultural issues to the County Legislature. In this capacity, the AFPB provides a recommendation to the County Legislature on agricultural district inclusions under 303b. The Legislature is the body who votes to include or not include parcel additions. The County Legislature’s public hearing is the agricultural district law’s forum to provide public input to the County Legislature on this issue. Each applicant or member of the public will have the opportunity to provide comments at the public hearing on November 12th at 6:00 PM. The public hearing will be virtually. Following the public hearing, the County Legislature will examine all of the information provided, including the public comments provided at the public hearing and will vote on whether to include or not include. The resolution is then sent to the Commissioner of Ag and Markets in Albany, who makes the final determination.

  4. Public Comment (3-5 Minutes per Person)

    Ms. Orem and Mr. Mash spoke in favor of application #20. Ms. Orem would like to raise chickens on the four parcels submitted for enrollment. Three of these parcels are under contract by the applicant and are not yet owned by Mr. Mash/Ms. Orem. The parcel with frontage on First Street is owned by the applicant. Motion to close public comment period was made by Mr. Castle; seconded by Mr. Henry. The motion carried.

  5. Open Enrollment Applications – Discussion

    The following is a brief summary of discussion in each application. A detailed voting record in included on pages 3-5 of this document. Please note that bolded SBL number in the detailed voting record indicate parcels that had been previously enrolled.

    1. Application #1: The Board voted in include this parcel.
    2. Application #2: The Board voted in include this parcel.
    3. Application #3: The Board voted in include this parcel.
    4. Application #4: The Board voted in include this parcel.
    5. Application #5: The Board voted in include this parcel.
    6. Application #6: The Board voted in include this parcel.
    7. Application #7: The Board voted in include this parcel.
    8. Application #8: No action required. Parcel already enrolled.
    9. Application #9: The Board voted in include this parcel.
    10. Application #10: The Board voted in include this parcel.
    11. Application #11: The Board voted in include this parcel.
    12. Application #12: The Board voted in include this parcel.
    13. Application #13: The Board voted in include these parcels. 
    14. Application #14: The Board voted in include this parcel. 
    15. Application #15: The Board voted in include these parcels. 
    16. Application #16: The Board voted in include these parcels. 
    17. Application #17: The Board voted in include this parcel. 
    18. Application #18: The Board voted in include this parcel. 
    19. Application #19: The motion did not pass and the parcel was not included. 
    20. Application #20: The motion did not pass and these parcels were not included. 
    21. Application #21: The Board voted in include this parcel. 
    22. Application #22: The Board voted in include this parcel. 
    23. Application #23: The Board voted in include this parcel.
    24. Application #24: The Board voted in include these parcels. 
    25. Application #25: The motion did not pass and the parcel was not included.
    26. Application #26: The Board voted in include these parcels. 
    27. Application #27: The Board voted in include this parcel.
    28. Application #28: The Board voted in include one of these parcels. Two of the parcels were already enrolled. 
    29. Application #29: The Board voted in include these parcels. 
    30. Application #30: The Board voted in include this parcel. 
    31. Application #31: The Board voted in include this parcel. 
    32. Application #32: The Board voted in include this parcel. 
    33. Application #33: The Board voted in include this parcel. 
    34. Application #34: The Board voted in include this parcel. 

  6. Open Enrollment Applications 

  7.  # PARCEL(S) ACRE(S) ADDRESS TOWN APPLICANT DISTRICT MARK GASTON SCOTT BYLEWSI BRETT KREHER BRYANT ZILKE DAN CASTLE DAN HENRY RACHEL CHROSToWSKI DIANE HELD INCLUDE EXCLUDE  
    1 198.00-4-26 48 7613 Behm Road Orchard Park Joseph Van Schoonhoven Southwest #5 M A A A A A S A X    
    2 261.00-3-8.1 89.7 39 Irving Place Colden Robert and Susan Baker Southeast #15 M A A S A A A A X    
    3 237.00-1-23.2 27 2087 New Jerusalem Road Eden Thomas J. Skrzynski Southwest #8 M A A S A A A A X    
    4 288.00-1-21 33.5 4895 Langford Road North Collins (Town) Willis Neifer Southeast #15 M A A A A A S A X    
    5 229.00-2-45 40 8148 Center Street Colden Jeffrey L. Bessey Southeast #15 S A M A A A A A X    
    6 47.06-3-11.1 50.7 6607 Hake Road Akron (Village) Isabelle Robnett Clarence Newstead #14 M A A S A A A A X    
    7 195.00-4-8.21 25 309 Cox Road Hamburg (Town) John P. Kolodczak Southwest #8 M A A S A ABSTAIN A A X    
    8 124.10-3-2.1
    already in - no action    		 0 60 French Road West Seneca Michael H. Weber                        
    9 207.00-4-21.2 13.82 0 Evans Russell Gullo Southwest #8 M A A S A A A A X    
    10 198.00-4-27 20.52 7813 Behm Road Orchard Park Justin and Rebekah Brand Southwest #8 S A A A A A M A X    
    11 285.00-5-5.12 0 11110 Gowanda State Road North Collins (T) Joan Schrader Southwest #8 M A A S A A A A X    
    12 145.00-3-13 61.8 634 Rosedale Road Elma Marc and Betty Brahaney Elma #13 A A A M A A S A X    
    13 228.00-2-5; 228.00-2-6.1; 228.00-2-8 48.12 PO Box 235 Colden Jacqueline M. May Southeast #15 S A A A A A M A X    
    14 124.16-3-1 5.2 62 Lakeside Court West Seneca David A. Ertel Elma #13 S A A M A A A A X    
    15 187.00-2-2.111; 187.00-2-2.22; 187.00-2-2.211 101.88 1271 Sweet Road Aurora Brian Zittel Elma #13 A A A S A A M A X    
    16 245.00-3-8.1; 245.00-3-7.11; 245.00-3-7.12 169.57 9137 Center Road Colden David Smith Southeast #15 M A A A A S A A X    
    17 209.00-3-14-111 65 3830 N. Boston Road Eden Donald O'Donnell Southwest #8 M A A A A A S A X    
    18 5.00-3-13.13 107.75 8235 Tonawanda Creek Road Clarence Jason Klein Clarence Newstead #14 A A A M S A A A X    
    19 116.00-2-44 10.74 3803 Bowen Road Lancaster Pelican Lake Trust Lancaster Alden #16 M A A A S A A A   X  
    20 36.01-4-23; 36.01-4-17; 
    36.01-4-20; 36.01-4-13    		 2.21 2260 First Street Grand Island Anthony Mash Amherst #17 M A S A A A A A   X  
    21 244.00-2-4.1 85 8898 Center Street Colden Douglas Feltz Southeast #15 M A A S A A A A X    
    22 211.04-1-15 1 7314 Boston State Road Boston Kenneth J. Lindstrom Southwest #8 M A A A A A S A X    
    23 355.00-1-7 38.23 10100 Reed Road Concord Leonard J. Stachowiak Southeast #15 M ABSTAIN A S ABSTAIN A A A X  
    24 197.00-4-52.111; 211.02-2-36 47.96 6405 Ward Road Orchard Park 6405 Ward Road LLC Southwest #8 M A A S A A A A X  
    25 23.08-2-22 0.45 2372 Long Road Grand Island Nadine Fraser Amherst #17 M A A S A A A A   X
    26 251.00-2-11; 251.00-2-12 47.7 9560 South Main Street Evans Phillip Siragusa Southwest #8 M A A A A S A A X  
    27 221.00-4-36 52.7 1418 Eden Evans Center Rd Evans Gary Sager Southwest #8 S A A A A Y M A X  
    28 322.00-1-43.2; 322.00-1-14; 322.00-2-9.11
    bolded parcels included already - vote only on first parcel    		 105.49 8422 Middle Road Concord El Scott, LLC Southeast #15 A A A A S A M A X  
    29 119.00-1-23; 119.00-1-17 20.9 12812 Broadway Alden Klas Properties Inc. Lancaster Alden #16 M A A S A A A A X  
    30 269.15-1-3.1 5 10284 Main Street North Collins (Village) Kevin Hayes Southwest #8 M A A A S A A A X  
    31 271.00-4-10 10.4 4003 Langford Road North Collins (T) Donald C. Fox Southwest #8 M A A S A A A A X  
    32 272.00-3-20.1 62.4 4624 Langford Road North Collins (T) Daniel Lewandowski Southwest #9 S A A M A A A A X  
    33 156.00-3-28.11 18 1307 Porterville Road Elma Carol Heckman Elma #13 S A A M A A A A X  
    34 166.00-1-43 112.32 11140 Big Tree Road Wales Pamela S. Lina Wales #12 M A A S A A A A X  

  8. 2021 Meeting Calendar

    Ms. Gatti proposed four quarterly meetings to be held in January, May, August, and October 2021. The Board agreed and Ms. Gatti stated the meetings would be held virtually or in-person, depending on the state of the pandemic. Motion to approve 2021 meeting calendar was made by Ms. Chrostowksi; seconded by Mr. Castle. The motion carried.

  9. New Business

    Ms. Chrostowski noted that no new grant contracts had been approved by NYSDAM and that no 2021 grant applications had been released. Ms. Chrostowski further noted that she would be hosting a farmland protection planning webinar in early December and would share event details as they were determined. Mr. Castle shared that the Office of Agriculture has been allocated $100,000 in the 2021 proposed budget.

  10. Next Meeting

    January 21, 2020 The meeting concluded at 8:00 PM

 

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