General News: Comprehensive Plan Back on Village Agenda
December 04, 2008
The Village Comprehensive Plan, a.k.a the Master Plan, made it onto the agenda of the special meeting of the Cornwall-on-Hudson trustees on Wednesday evening.
Two weeks ago, members of the Village Master Plan Committee peppered the board with questions about why no action has been taken to adopt the plan since it was submitted in July 2007. Committee member Jeffrey Small and others offered to sit down with the board members to explain how they arrived at certain recommendations, especially those about zoning. (see story)
Since then, village mayor Joseph Gross has received a letter from interim village attorney Mark Taylor, spelling out options for the board, including making changes to the committee’s document or asking the committee to make changes itself. Another public hearing on the document is likely, based on attorney Taylor’s description of the process.
Members of the Master Plan committee in the audience on Wednesday had little objection to the trustees’ discussion. Zoning board chairman Horst Hoffman noted that times had changed in the two years since the document was drawn up and some recommendations should be reconsidered, like lot size.
Trustee Rick Gioia thought the delay could end up benefiting the final plan because it would take into account a full economic cycle and perhaps better address issues of green building practices.
Mary Aspin, chair of the village planning board, said she has been researching green building codes that have been adopted by other municipalities.
One area of the environment not agreed up was what to do about engaging in a costly environmental impact study of the plan. Attorney Mark Taylor advised the board that an impact study is required, but trustees balked at spending $20,000 it was estimated to cost.
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