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2-14-2007 By JIM AUSTIN Editor The planning board also cancelled a public hearing intended to solicit comment regarding a change in zoning for the railway property from commercial to residential. The board of trustees had asked the planning board for a specific recommendation for either R-2 or R-3 zoning for the property. The hearing was cancelled after Galati submitted a specific proposal for a coordinated development district, said acting planning board chairman Charles Hill. He said they were acting on the advice of special counsel Joseph Catalano, who was hired by the village following village attorney John Lambert's decision to recuse himself from further discussions about the rezoning of the property. Hill said the hearing was no longer applicable and that, in an effort to avoid confusion, the hearing was cancelled. He assured residents and others who came to comment that the process of creating a coordinated development district would require a number of hearings before it was finished. The planning board was also advised by Catalano not to begin discussion and review of Galati's proposal until its next meeting Feb. 26. Ned Walker, of Walker Planning and Design, was retained by Galati to work on the project, and he made a brief presentation of the project, but the board declined to discuss it or answer questions Tuesday. "We respectfully submit that the statements of Purpose, Objectives and Design Guideline provisions outlined under Section V - Coordinated Development District represent the most logical zoning classification for a project such as Linden Grove," he said. |
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