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A Work Session of the Clarence Town Board was held on October 10, 2007 at Clarence Town Hall, One Town Place, Clarence, NY.
Supervisor Kathleen Hallock called the meeting to order at 6:00 P.M. Members of the Town Board present were Council members Scott Bylewski, Joseph Weiss Bernard Kolber and Patrick Casilio. Other Town Officials present were Town Attorney Steven Bengart, Director of Community Development James Callahan, Senior Building Inspector David Metzger, Town Engineer Joseph Latona, and Director of Administration and Finance Pam Smith
Director of Community James Callahan
A public hearing is scheduled for 7:45 PM to consider a Local Law amending the Code of the Town of Clarence Chapter 181 Signs. The Planning Board has forward a recommendation to proceed with adoption. Paul McCarthy representing the Chamber of Commerce will not be able to attend the public hearing but voiced the Chambers concern over the grandfathering of the seven year conforming replacement clause and questioned the legality of it. Councilman Casilio was not in favor of the replacement clause as well. He did not feel it was fair to the existing businesses to impose an alleged hidden tax" that in seven years they have to spend thousands of dollars to change their sign; he further questioned the enforcement of it. If a business comes in for a Change in Use" then they should be required to change their sign. Director of Community Development James Callahan stated that any sign that has been granted a variance can not be touched the variance goes with the land. Councilman Weiss stated that he would like to see Main Street cleaned up, we have a town we want to be proud of and he feels that this is the responsibility of the Board. Not everyone will be happy with the changes but you have to start somewhere. The sightliness of the entire thoroughfare has a much more positive effect on business than the cost individually.
Donald Braunscheidel 8249 Wolcott Road
Mike Hoehman 8310 Goodrich Road
Formal agenda items:
The Turf Doctor 8910 Sheridan Drive
Gold Seal Equity 8750 Sheridan Drive
Tom Thielmann 8931 Wehrle Drive
Chris Carollo 8720 Clarence Center Road
There was a discussion regarding the Tree Law. Town Engineer Latona felt there was a huge gap between the writing of the law and the implementation of it. Director of Community Development James Callahan stated that he is working with Planning Board member Gerald Drinkard on this. The concern is with residential development not so much commercial development. The Building Department refers the site plan to Planning Department and Landscape committee. Gerry Drinkard does an on-site review of the property. An effort is made to maintain some of the trees and for the most part, most people are cooperative - we allow up to ten trees without a permit.
Benchmark Development Inc. Shops at Main & Transit 4401 Transit Road Applicant is seeking approval to develop an out-parcel. The previously approved design is being amended to reduce the overall size of the building on the out-parcel. The proposed site is located on the northeast corner of Main Street and Transit Road at existing shopping plaza located on 26+ acres in the Major Arterial Zone. The existing plaza received Development Plan approval in 2005.
Dan Furmanek 8230 County Road
Staybridge Suites Hotel 8005 Sheridan Drive
David Elibol 6225 Kraus Road
Michael & Cheryl Tarbell Zoning issues at 4594 Shisler Road
Work Session items:
Northbrook Meadows Subdivision/Cimato Enterprises
Newhouse Road Subdivision/Cimato Enterprises
Joe Frey Stage and Ransom Road
Dr. Altman 8421 Sheridan Drive
Supervisor Kathleen Hallock
Supervisor Hallock will make a motion to approve a Special Request by the Bicentennial Committee for New Year's Eve fireworks.
Supervisor Hallock will create two positions for Civil Service proposes.
Supervisor Hallock will announce the resignation of James Hartz from Planning and Zoning Department.
There is unspent money in the Conservation Committee budget for the well casing for the pond at Town Hall. Supervisor Hallock has some reservation about spending $2,000 on a well. The Conservation Committee is modeling this well after another well that was dug off Thompson Road that is dry.
Supervisor Hallock received a letter from a resident at 5100 Thompson Road. Town Attorney responded indicating it was not a town issue.
Supervisor Hallock received a letter from the League of Woman Voters regarding the Nature Center.
Erie County Sno-Seekers are seeking support in the amount of $5. For anyone wishing to contribute you receive a $10 coupon for BonTon.
Supervisor Hallock copied the Board on all applications received for the Assessor's position. She asked that everyone review them so interviews can begin next week.
Supervisor Hallock reminded the Board of the scheduled budget meeting for October 11th at 3:30 P.M.
Town Engineer Latona has a transfer of funds from Professional Services to the Sidewalk Account.
Councilman Scott Bylewski
Councilman Bylewski inquired as to the status of background checks for Public Safety Volunteers. Town Attorney Bengart stated that they were sent to the EC Sheriff's Department this afternoon. The safety vests have arrived.
Councilman Bylewski received the Central Fire Alarm Report for September 2007.
Councilman Bylewski and Senior Building Inspector David Metzger met with a representative from Home Land Security at Eastern Hills Mall. They also met with the two police agencies that service the town to talk about various issues.
The TEQR Committee is recommending a Negative Declaration regarding the proposed Kelkenberg Industrial Business Park located at 10060 County Road.
A Public Hearing will be set for November 28, 2007 @ 8:10 PM to consider amendments to Master Plan 2015.
Councilman Bylewski will report on the single-family dwelling statistics for September 2007.
Councilman Joseph Weiss
A public hearing will be scheduled for November 7, 2007 at 7:45 P.M. to consider adoption of a Local Law to be known as Stormwater Management, Erosion and Sediment Control."
A public hearing will be scheduled for November 7, 2007 at 7:50 P.M. to consider adoption of a Local Law to be known as Prohibit illicit Discharges, Activities and Connections to Separate Storm Sewer Systems." Town Engineer Latona stated that these ordinances have to be adopted by the end of the year.
Councilman Weiss met with Highway Superintendent Ted Donner regarding parking at Sunset Park. People are parking on the north side of Wehrle Drive and causing a problem at the gate. Councilman Weiss will make a motion to have No Parking Signs installed on the north side of Wehrle Drive from Harris Hill Road to a point 500 feet east.
Highway Superintendent Ted Donner is requesting a bid date be set for October 23, 2007 at 10:00 A.M. for the sale of surplus town vehicles.
Councilman Weiss has one item to discuss in Executive Session regarding the appointment of an individual.
Councilman Weiss had a conversation with Dominic and Nick Piestrak. Dominic Piestrak is requesting Supervisor Hallock contact Senator Mary Lou Rath to set up a meeting regarding Restore NY grant for sewers.
Dominic Piestrak has indicated that Greenview Landscaping has been dumping leaves and grass on his property off Roll Road. Mr. Piestrak attorney sent a cease and desist letter to Greenview Landscaping. Director of Community Development James Callahan stated that the DEC has been contacted because some of the grass clippings and leaves have fallen into the creek, Greenview can not dump in the floodway.
Councilman Weiss will appoint Margaret Walker to the Conservation Advisory Committee.
William Hoffmeister has resigned as assistant animal control officer regular part-time. Donna Giezycki will be appointed to replace Mr. Hoffmeister effective October 11, 2007.
Councilman Bernard Kolber
The Concert Association is storing their sheet music at a private residence and the homeowner is requesting the music be removed as soon as possible. Councilman Kolber suggested storing the music at the town owned property on Thompson Road. He will meet with John Burns to see if this would be feasible.
Councilman Kolber received a letter from Erie County regarding the stop signs at Thompson and Roll Road. He feels that the intersection of Thompson and Greiner Road is much more dangerous and should have stop signs there as well. Councilman Kolber will send a letter to the County.
Councilman Patrick Casilio
Councilman Casilio gave an update on the radios. In speaking with FM Communications and other radio suppliers, they feel that the type 4 frequency is the way to go especially off a repeater with portable radios you can communicate the entire town.
Councilman Casilio will make an appointment to the Security Department.
Councilman Casilio met with NYSEG and discussed many topics including power outages which they feel they have under control due to repairs made after the October storm. They discussed the lights for Clarence Center and were given mapping material to lay out the street lights to the distances we want them to go. Supervisor Hallock stated that she is hoping to get the economics survey of the four corners area and possibly get some economic development money for lights going 2/10th of a mile east and west, north and south. Supervisor Hallock did not know if the survey results would be back this year but would present this project to the IDA. Councilman further discussed the power outages, power poles and easements in the Harris Hill area at all locations including Nottingham and Main Street. They also discussed the service feeds and the problems we are having with the underground lines.
Councilman Casilio received a letter regarding the possibility of putting recycling bins in our parks to recycle bottles and cans.
Councilman Casilio received a letter from a resident interested in getting street lights on Clearview Drive. Councilman Casilio will respond asking the person to circulate a petition to turn Clearview into a light district.
Councilman Casilio will appoint three people to the Traffic Safety Board; they will work in conjunction with the Planning Board and answer any requests from the Highway Superintendent.
The speed trailer will be shipped October 12, 2007 and will possibly be put into service on Greiner Road. Several complaints have come in regarding people speeding. The speed trailer will be able to give reports on the number of cars traveling on that road and how fast they were going.
Town Attorney Bengart
Town Attorney Bengart has one item to discuss in Executive Session regarding the appointment of a particular person and one Attorney Client item to discuss.
Motion by Supervisor Hallock, seconded by Councilman Bylewski to enter into Executive Session pursuant to § 105(1) F discipline of a particular person, appointment of a corporation, appointment of a particular person, employment history of a corporation, employment of a corporation; § 105(1) H sale of real property and one Attorney Client item. Upon roll call - Ayes: All; Noes: None. Motion carried.
There being no further business, the Work Session adjourned at 7:10 P.M.
Darcy A. Snyder
Motion by Supervisor Hallock, seconded by Councilman Bylewski to adjourn the Executive Session at 7:30 P.M. Upon roll call Ayes: All; Noes: None. Motion carried. No action taken.
Regular meeting of the Town Board of the Town of Clarence was held Wednesday, October 10, 2007 at the Clarence Town Hall, One Town Place, Clarence, New York.
Supervisor Kathleen Hallock called the meeting to order at 7:30 P.M. Pledge to the flag was led by Councilman Scott Bylewski, followed by a prayer given by a representative of Eastern Hills Wesleyan Church.
Members of the Town Board present were Councilmembers Scott Bylewski, Joseph Weiss, Bernard Kolber, Patrick Casilio and Supervisor Hallock. Other Town officials present were Director of Community Development James Callahan, Town Attorney Steven Bengart, Town Engineer Joseph Latona, Building Inspector David Metzger, and Planning Board Chairperson Patricia Powers.
Supervisor Hallock said the minutes of the meeting held September 26, 2007 were not available at this time.
Motion by Supervisor Hallock, seconded by Councilman Weiss to create (2) Security Officer PT positions. On the question, Supervisor Hallock said this is being done for Civil Service purposes and the positions are non-competitive. Upon roll call Ayes: All; Noes: None. Motion carried.
Motion by Supervisor Hallock, seconded by Councilman Bylewski to create the position of Planner. On the question, Supervisor Hallock said this is being done for Civil Service purposes and the position is competitive. Upon roll call Ayes: All; Noes: None. Motion carried.
Supervisor Hallock read a letter of resignation from James Hartz who is resigning from his position of Asst. Director of Community Development as of October 12, 2007. He is taking a position as Director of Community Development in the Town of Tonawanda.
Motion by Supervisor Hallock, seconded by Councilman Weiss to authorize a transfer of $1,280 from A 1440.467 Equipment Maintenance to Project 88, Sidewalks. Upon roll call Ayes: All; Noes: None. Motion carried.
Motion by Supervisor Hallock, seconded by Councilman Kolber to grant a Special Event Request to the Bicentennial Committee to have fireworks at Town Place Park on December 31, 2007. Upon roll call Ayes: All; Noes: None. Motion carried.
Motion by Supervisor Hallock, seconded by Councilman Bylewski to adopt the following resolution:
Motion by Supervisor Hallock, seconded by Councilman Bylewski to set a Public Hearing for November 28, 2007 at 7:45 p.m. to consider the sale of a portion of Town owned property declared as surplus and no longer needed for Town purposes consisting of approximately a 40 x 167 foot piece of vacant land located at 6221 Goodrich Road. On the question, Councilman Kolber asked if we had to put it up for auction or sell directly. Town Attorney Bengart said it does not have to be put up for auction. We do not have to have a public hearing but felt it was proper. Upon roll call Ayes: All; Noes: None. Motion carried.
Supervisor Hallock said Erie County has designated November 1st - 30th as the annual 30-day time period within which a land owner may request predominantly viable agricultural land for inclusion to a certified agricultural district in accordance to Section 303-b of New York State Agriculture & Markets Law. Copies of the application are available in the Supervisor's office. We have been asked to announce this notice through November at Town Board meetings.
Councilman Bylewski received the September 2007 Operations Report from Amherst Central Fire Alarm. Town of Clarence fire companies responded to the following: Miscellaneous Fires 16; EMS Calls 110; Motor Vehicle Accidents 14; and Miscellaneous Calls 44 for a total of 184 alarms.
Councilman Bylewski said the vests for the public safety volunteers have come in as modeled by Councilman Weiss. They have a Town Seal on them.
Motion by Councilman Bylewski, seconded by Councilman Weiss that upon recommendation by the Planning Board and pursuant to Article 8 of the Environmental Conservation Law, a Negative Declaration is issued on the proposed Kelkenberg Industrial Business Park located at 10060 County Road. This Unlisted Action involves the development of a three building industrial business park in the Industrial Business Park Zone. After thorough review of the submitted site plan and complete Environmental Assessment Form by the Planning Board and Town Board, it is determined that the proposed project is consistent with Master Plan 2015 and local land use regulations and will not have a significant impact upon the environment. Upon roll call Ayes: All; Noes: None. Motion carried.
Motion by Councilman Bylewski, seconded by Councilman Weiss to set a Public Hearing for November 28, 2007 at 8:10 P.M. to consider amendments to Master Plan 2015. Upon roll call Ayes: All; Noes: None. Motion carried.
Councilman Bylewski received the Single Family Dwelling Statistics from the Building Department for September 2007. There were 8 permits issued in subdivisions and 2 outside for a year-to-date total of 82 permits issued. By way of comparison, at the end of September 2005 there were 98 permits issued and for the same period of 2006 there were 97 issued. Building is still going on in the Town with the changes in our zoning laws, as well as the marketing conditions out there now.
Motion by Councilman Weiss, seconded by Councilman Bylewski to set a Bid Date of October 23, 2007 at 10:00 A.M. for the sale of surplus Town vehicles. Vehicles will be available for inspection at the Town of Clarence Highway Department, 6185 Goodrich Road. On the question, Councilman Weiss said this is part of our vehicle replacement program. Upon roll call Ayes: All; Noes: None. Motion carried.
Motion by Councilman Weiss, seconded by Supervisor Hallock to authorize the Highway Department to place No Parking Signs on the north side of Wehrle Drive from Harris Hill Road to a point 500 feet east. On the question, Councilman Weiss said this is on the north side of Wehrle Drive adjacent to Sunset Park. Youth Football has hired a crossing guard to cross people from the south side of Wehrle Drive through a gate that is only open during football. People are parking on the north side and causing more problems. Upon roll call Ayes: All; Noes: None. Motion carried.
Motion by Councilman Weiss, seconded by Councilman Bylewski to set a Public Hearing for November 7, 2007 at 7:45 P.M. to consider adoption of a Local Law to be known as Stormwater Management and Erosion and Sediment Control". A copy of the proposed law will be on file with the Town Clerk. On the question, Councilman Weiss said this is addressing the new regulations coming down on the stormwater. Upon roll call Ayes: All; Noes: None. Motion carried.
Motion by Councilman Weiss, seconded by Councilman Bylewski to set a Public Hearing for November 7, 2007 at 7:50 P.M. to consider adoption of a Local Law to be known as Prohibit Illicit Discharges, Activities and Connections to Separate Storm Sewer Systems". A copy of the proposed law will be on file with the Town Clerk. On the question, Councilman Weiss said this is also in regard to the new regulations coming down on the stormwater. Upon roll call Ayes: All; Noes: None. Motion carried.
Councilman Weiss said the Conservation Committee has been looking into why the pond at the Town Hall has gone down so much. They will be putting in the casing for a well within the next 3 to 4 weeks. They hope to find water to take care of the depth of the water in the pond for the fish. It would allow us to get the fountains back on and provide water for the arboretum.
Motion by Councilman Weiss, seconded by Councilman Bylewski to appoint Mary Walters to the Conservation Advisory Council. She has a Bachelors and a Masters in Geology. Upon roll call Ayes: All; Noes: None. Motion carried.
Councilman Weiss said there is one opening on the Conservation Advisory Council for anyone interested.
Motion by Councilman Weiss, seconded by Councilman Bylewski to appoint Donna Giezycki as Dog Control Officer RPT effective October 11, 2007 at the budgeted rate of pay. Upon roll call Ayes: All; Noes: None. Motion carried.
Supervisor Hallock said Donna Giezycki is filling the position vacated by Bill Hoffmeister, who had to resign due to scheduling and conflicts with his regular job.
Councilman Kolber said we have received notice from Erie County that they are placing a 4-way Stop at Thompson and Roll Roads.
Councilman Kolber said the Clarence Concert Association is looking for library space to store music. We are looking at a few places, but if anyone has a space to offer they should contact him.
Councilman Kolber said he would like to thank Jim Hartz for his years of service and wish him well in his future.
Motion by Councilman Kolber, seconded by Councilman Casilio to adopt the following resolution:
Motion by Councilman Casilio, seconded by Supervisor Hallock to appoint James J. Fiegl as Security Officer PT at the budgeted rate of pay effective as of October 11, 2007, subject to receipt of all required documents. Upon roll call Ayes: All; Noes: None. Motion carried.
Councilman Casilio said he met with representatives from NYSEG regarding the possibility of putting up decorative lighting in the Clarence Center area. They discussed the light poles in Harris Hill that the Town has repaired. Power outages were talked about and they feel that they have them under control. Many lines were repaired. There are backyard lines that all may have not been repaired yet. They discussed the street light contract and all of the lights that are out and they said they would fix them.
Councilman Casilio said the speed trailer that the Town has purchased is due to be shipped October 12th. We hope to get that deployed as soon as possible.
Motion by Councilman Casilio, seconded by Councilman Bylewski to appoint Joseph Nemmer, Kim Silvestro and John Wind to the Traffic Safety Committee effective October 11, 2007 to December 31, 2007. On the question, Councilman Casilio said all of these people are civil engineers and work in related fields to traffic management. Town Attorney Bengart said that this will become an annual appointment after December 31st. Upon roll call Ayes: All; Noes: None. Motion carried.
Town Clerk Nancy Metzger reminded everyone that school taxes are due on Monday.
Susan Wickenheiser spoke in regard to item 18. She purchased the property next to 8720 Clarence Center Road based on the original plan of one house in the rear with a 400 ft. setback. She has concerns with the concept plan recommended by the Planning Board including the site, size and location of the private road and turnaround. She feels it is a huge impact on their property and their investment. She asked that this issue be addressed now before it goes for development approval. There have been different plans submitted. If the plan is under review by engineering, how can the Town Board approve it?
A Public Haring was held to consider a local Law amending the Code of the Town of Clarence, Chapter 181 Signs. James Callahan said a recommendation has been forwarded from the Planning Board. The proposed legislation would include new controls for electronic message centers, prohibit electronic moving signs along the Main Street corridor, Planning Board reviews permanent sign applications, non-conforming signs would be replaced within 7 years, reduce front setbacks among other items.
Jim Morabito, Main-Transit Plaza said he is in agreement that standards have to be made, but asked that parts of the law be looked at again. In regard to illumination, he believes that internally illuminated signs are the least distracting. He gave an example of Amigone Funeral Home on Main Street. It is a beautiful sign, but has large lights that shine on it from the ground. He said it is not practical for everyone to do that given the winter weather. Hanging lights may not be aesthetically pleasing either.
Tony Pacenzia, owner of Tony's Barber Shop said an outside lit sign is a form of light pollution. It takes four times the amount of power to light. The snow sticks to the signs in the winter. It encourages vandalism being right on the ground. The law needs to be looked at again. He has been in business here for a long time and feels this is disrespectful. He would be willing to help work on the law, as he believes Jim and Dan would, to appeal to the businesspeople in the Town. One rule cannot apply to all. He asked if the Town Board would be willing to work with them. He would like to work with the Board as a team.
James Callahan said he was contacted by Paul McCarthy, Executive Director of the Clarence Chamber of Commerce expressing their deep concern with the 7 year non-conforming replacement clause in the law.
Councilman Bylewski said he also has concern with three subsections of the law. First, Section 181-2 M. (4) regarding non-conforming signs, there is the no grandfathering clause.
Councilman Casilio said he has a problem with a 7-year window on a sign replacement. It would be an unfair task to put on our businessmen in Town. We try to keep our budgets in line and it would be unfair to do to them. He believes we need a law to get our signs in order. He agrees with Councilman Bylewski regarding the non-profits.
Supervisor Hallock said all of the comments will be considered. The law was intended to improve things and further enhance the businesses in the Town.
Councilman Bylewski said his concern for non-profits has more to do with time limits rather than locations.
Councilman Kolber said the intent of this law is good, but he is not in agreement with some of the specifics. He would be happy to work with the businessmen who spoke to get the business perspective involved.
Councilman Casilio said we do know that there are several signs in Town. It would be very difficult to police the 7-year window.
Tim Pazda said he just attended a Planning Federation class on sign laws. This issue is going on throughout the State. Anytime you change a law or ordinance, it can be a problem for some people. Some municipalities are instituting a buy back program depending on how bad the Town Board wants to change the specific situation. They have the signs appraised and pay the business owner back. It is being done in some towns across the State.
Councilman Bylewski said he thinks the Planning Board did a great job bringing this forward for discussion, but he believes that there are a few items that need to be addressed at the Town Board level.
With no one else speaking to the subject, motion was made by Supervisor Hallock, seconded by Councilman Kolber to close the Public Hearing. Upon roll call Ayes: All; Noes: None. Motion carried.
A Public Hearing was held to consider the request for a Temporary Conditional Permit for an expanded home occupation at 8249 Wolcott Road. James Callahan said the location is the south side of Wolcott, east of Transit consisting of a residential property on approximately 3.77 acres in the Agricultural Rural Residential Zone. The applicant is proposing to continue a longstanding home occupation.
Speaking to the subject:
James Muck, Wolcott Road said it is ludicrous to put businesses in a residential area. The Town is purchasing greenspace. This would destroy greenspace in an area by allowing a business. It defeats the purpose and ruins the character of their neighborhood. Only a business that is actually conducted in the home should be allowed and not one that has big trucks running in and out. They make a lot of noise. It should remain as a farm and residential area.
Councilman Kolber said the request from the applicant is to get him into compliance. He has been operating out there for a long time. He would like to know how many trucks are going in and out of there and for what purpose. He also wanted to know how many employees are working there.
Councilman Bylewski said if it was to proceed, there would be restrictions under the law he would have to follow including no outside storage, no large scale truck deliveries, restriction on the number of deliveries, etc.
Councilman Weiss said he avoided getting permits. We sent letters with no response and then he does not show up here tonight. He is concerned about giving him a permit.
With no one else speaking to the subject, motion was made by Councilman Bylewski, seconded by Supervisor Hallock to close the Public Hearing. Upon roll call Ayes: All; Noes: None. Motion carried.
Motion by Councilman Kolber, seconded by Councilman Weiss to deny the request for a Temporary Conditional Permit for an expanded home occupation at 8249 Wolcott Road. Upon roll call Ayes: All; Noes: None. Motion carried.
A Public Hearing was held to consider the request for a Temporary Conditional Permit for an automotive repair shop at 8310 Goodrich Road. James Callahan said the location is the west side of Goodrich, north of Sesh Road consisting of an existing home and barn in the Agricultural Flood Zone. The applicant is proposing to clean up the property and move an automotive repair business to this location.
Motion by Supervisor Hallock, seconded by Councilman Bylewski to grant the request by the Bicentennial Committee for a Fireworks Display Permit for December 31, 2007 having received all proper paperwork. Upon roll call Ayes: All; Noes: None. Motion carried.
Supervisor Hallock said the fireworks display is the kick off for the Bicentennial.
The Turf Doctor requests a Building Permit and Architectural Approval for an accessory structure at 8910 Sheridan Drive. James Callahan said the location is the north side of Sheridan, east of Shimerville Road consisting of 1.8 acres in the Commercial Zone.
Gold Seal Equity requests amended Development Plan and Architectural Approval for construction of a 12,000 sq. ft. professional office building at 8750 Sheridan Drive. James Callahan said the location is on the north side of Sheridan between Wenner Road and Shimerville Road consisting of 1+ acre in the Restricted Business Zone.
Tom Thielmann requests Minor Subdivision Approval to create an additional lot at 8931 Wehrle Drive. James Callahan said the location is the south side of Wehrle opposite Shimerville Road consisting of 10+ acres in the Industrial Business Park Zone.
Motion by Councilman Bylewski, seconded by Councilman Weiss to adopt the following resolution:
Chris Carollo requests Concept Approval and a Fill Permit for a two-lot Open Development Area at 8720 Clarence Center Road. James Callahan said the property is on the north side of Clarence Center Road, west of Shimerville consisting of approximately 4.5 acres in the Residential Zone. The Planning Board forwarded recommendation with conditions.
Benchmark Development requests Amended Development Plan Approval for an outparcel change/redesign for the Shops at Main and Transit at 4401 Transit Road. James Callahan said this is an existing plaza in the Major Arterial Zone. The Development Plan for buildout of the plaza was granted in 2005.
Dan Furmanek requests a Town Board Determination on connectivity and public roads for a proposed Open Space Design Subdivision at 8230 County Road. James Callahan said the property is located on the north side of County Road, east of Stahley in the Traditional Neighborhood District. The project is in review by the Planning Board but has been referred to the Town Board for determination of these items.
Jerry Young of Staybridge Suites Hotel requests a Public Hearing to consider a Special Exception Use Permit for a structure over 50,000 sq. ft. in the Major Arterial Zone at 8005 Sheridan Drive. James Callahan said the location is the corner of Transit and Sheridan. The Planning Board recommended Concept approval.
Dave Elibol requests a Public Hearing to consider a Special Exception Use Permit for a secondary living unit at 6225 Kraus Road. James Callahan said the location is on the west side of Kraus, north of Clarence Center Road in the Agricultural Rural Residential Zone. The applicant is proposing an in-law apartment.
Michael and Cheryl Tarbell spoke regarding zoning issues at 4594 Shisler Road. Michael said they sent information regarding the issues to the Board a few weeks ago and they would like to know what is being done.
Motion by Councilman Weiss, seconded by Councilman Bylewski to grant approval for the following: Clubhouse Applications A. Clarence J-C's March 15 & 16, 2008; B. Cub Scout Pack #563 Tiger Den Monthly meetings for 2008; Legion Hall Applications A. Margaret Caito Oct. 14, 2007; B. Clarence Mustangs Oct. 16, 2007; C. Susan Tomassi Oct. 20, 2007; D. Anna Greco Nov. 25, 2007; and E. Charles Lukowski Dec. 21, 2007. Upon roll call Ayes: All; Noes: None. Motion carried.
Motion by Councilman Bylewski, seconded by Supervisor Hallock that after proper audit and review by the Town Board, the following bills of October 4, 2007 are approved for payment: General Fund - $99,637.89; Highway Fund - $64,505.08; Water District - $1,542.36; Drainage District - $2,821.39; Sewer Districts - $309.35; Capital Fund - $23,715.99; and Trust and Agency 203 - $4,693.41 for a total amount of $197,225.47. Upon roll call Ayes: All; Noes: None. Motion carried.
There being no further business, Supervisor Hallock adjourned the meeting at 9:55 P.M. in memory of Cecelia Herberger, mother of the former supervisor and grandmother of our assistant engineer.
Nancy C. Metzger


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Beebe Reisman, a guide with Streets of San Francisco Bike Tours, gestures while introducing a bike tour of the city in Hayes Valley on June 27, 2013 in San Francisco, Calif.
Glenda Beekink, left, and Maarten Blonk, a couple visiting from the Netherlands, prepare to leave Alamo Square during a bike tour of the city on June 27, 2013 in San Francisco, Calif. In the background, Steph Dee of Brisbane, Australia takes a sip of water while her mother Carla, at right, looks on.
People enjoy the eastern slope of Alamo Square during a bike tour of the city on June 27, 2013 in San Francisco, Calif.
People take photos, push strollers, and admire the view in Alamo Square on July 9, 2013 in San Francisco, Calif.
People cross Steiner Street on Fulton Street at the corner of Alamo Square on July 2, 2013 in San Francisco, Calif.
Kontstantin Brehm photographs Annika Sauerbaum, (l-r) Melissa Wascheszio and Nicole Ehlenz in front of the Painted Ladies in Alamo Square on July 9, 2013 in San Francisco, Calif. The four Germans were visiting from Holland, where they study together.
A cyclist passes through the "Wiggle" in Lower Haight on June 27, 2013 in San Francisco, Calif.

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‘Euphoria’ Creator Sam Levinson Filmed Secret ‘Malcolm & Marie’ in Quarantine with Zendaya and John David Washington
It was revealed earlier today that Euphoria creator Sam Levinson secretly shot a movie called Malcolm & Marie with stars Zendaya and John David Washington. Practically all productions have been shut down with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, as too many elements don’t adhere to social distancing. But Levinson found a safe way to do so.
While no real synopsis is available yet, the movie is said to have: “some echoes of Netflix’s Marriage Story, while resonating [with] a number of social themes which the world is experiencing right now.”
Apparently approved by WGA, DGA, and SAG-AFTRA guilds, the movie was shot from June 17 to July 2 with a two-week quarantine right after the cast and crew arrived and before they all went home. The necessarily meticulous production was funded by Sam and Ashley Levinson, John David Washington, Zendaya, and producer Kevin Turen. It was all kept to one location at the Caterpillar House in Carmel, California, forbidding anybody to leave or enter the location while filming. It’s unclear just how large the cast and crew was, but it’s been confirmed that they only met up in open spaces where they can appropriately social distance and wear masks. For a better understanding of how they stayed safe, be sure to see Deadline’s list of all the precautions they took.
Keeping it in the family, Malcolm & Marie also borrows the talent of Euphoria cinematographer Marcell Rév and production designer Michael Grasley. This is most likely in part due to Euphoria’s season 2 getting cut short this March. Deadline also reported that right after it was shut down, Zendaya asked Levinson if he could write and shoot a movie during quarantine. He could and he did.
Currently, there is no release date for Malcolm & Marie.
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If you need evidence of how competitive the NASCAR Playoffs are, consider this: Ryan Blaney and the Motorcraft/Quick Lane Racing team came to Charlotte Motor Speedway ninth in the standings, finished the Bank of America 500 a strong eighth in overtime and left the track 11th in the championship chase.
Although Blaney and the Wood Brothers team are in 11th place, they are only five points away from the Round 2 cutoff with two of the team’s best tracks, Talladega and Kansas, next on the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series schedule.
The Motorcraft/Quick Lane team started the race 15th after a so-so qualifying result, and were handicapped when Saturday’s practice session was rained out and hadn’t practiced any race runs on Friday. As a result, Blaney started the race with a loose race car and finished Stage 1 where he started.
“It stinks we couldn’t get any (more) stage points, especially in that first one, but I thought we did a good job of getting better throughout the race,” Blaney said.
The Wood Brothers’ iconic No. 21 started Stage 2 in 14th place, got into the top 10 by lap 121 of 334 scheduled laps and finished Stage 2 in 9th, collecting two vital stage points.
The Motorcraft/Quick Lane pit crew helped Blaney with adjustments throughout the day despite a malfunctioning jack that hampered the team’s pit road efficiency.
“We were a lot better at the end of the race than what we were at the beginning,” Blaney said. “That says a lot about the team and hopefully we can keep it up and run decent the next two weeks. I’m proud of the effort to get better and the hard work, so that’s what we needed. We just need to start better.
“It’s solid,” he continued. “I was just really loose in all day over the bumps and things. That was something we tried to get better at and we got a little better, but we needed a little bit more.”
The eighth-place finish at Charlotte was the team’s 11th top-10 outcome of the 2017 season. It also was Blaney’s best finish at the North Carolina speedway.
Blaney sits in 11th in the standings with 3,039 points, 67 points behind the leader Martin Truex, Jr. and five points from the Round 2 cutoff.
The NASCAR Playoffs continue next Sunday, Oct. 15 with the Alabama 500 at Talladega Superspeedway when the No. 21 will be in its Quick Lane Tire and Auto Center livery. The green flag drops at 2 p.m. and will be televised on NBC.
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3G iPhone “no longer exclusive”
The 3G iPhone may be released to all service providers, rather than under an exclusive deal with just one, according to early reports.
The long-awaited 3G handset may be released under a non-exclusive deal in Italy, with Apple no longer enforcing profit-sharing schemes, claims the Italian newspaper, La Republica.
Until now the iPhone has been sold in all countries via one chosen operator, and a percentage of monthly tariff charges taken by Apple.
Despite this, many carriers competed to land the contract to sell the handsets in Europe, anticipating strong sales which analysts say never arrived.
However, there have been no reports suggesting the move includes countries other than Italy.
There have been previous exceptions to the exclusive deals put in place by Apple. T-Mobile was temporarily ordered by a court to sell unlocked iPhones in Germany, although the company charged £720 for each handset, and the order was later overturned.
Apple was unavailable for comment at the time of writing.

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"Rahman was no doubt behind illegal and corrupt practices."
Lutfur Rahman has been elected Tower Hamlets Mayor after a five-year ban.
After the five-year ban lapsed, Rahman beat Labour incumbent John Biggs in the second round by 40,804 votes to 33,487.
The result is a blow to Labour in what was otherwise a very successful set of results in London, where it took Wandsworth, Barnet and Westminster from the Tories.
In 2015, Rahman was kicked out of office after a specialist court concluded that he was guilty of vote-rigging, buying votes and religious intimidation.
But the police concluded that there was insufficient evidence to prosecute him.
The Met said it “had not identified sufficient additional evidence or investigative opportunities to enable the Met to request the Crown Prosecution Service to consider the charging of any individual in relation to offences of electoral fraud and malpractice arising from the 2014 mayoral election”.
In February 2022, Lutfur Rahman announced that he was planning a political comeback.
In an election leaflet, he wrote:
“I have never, ever acted dishonestly, but to those who think I didn’t exercise enough oversight over campaigners in the last election, I apologise.”
Rahman was originally a Labour leader of Tower Hamlets council from 2008 to 2010.
In 2010, he ran for mayor independently.
He won re-election in 2014 under a new party called Tower Hamlets First, but was removed from office in April 2015, when he was found guilty in the civil election court, rather than in criminal law.
At the time, election commissioner Richard Mawrey said Rahman had “driven a coach and horses through election law and didn’t care”.
He ordered Rahman to pay £250,000 in costs.
Rahman and his supporters were found to have used religious intimidation through local imams, vote-rigging and wrongly branding his Labour rival a racist to gain power.
At the time, Mawrey said Rahman had sought to play the “race and Islamophobia card” throughout the election.
He added: “He was an evasive witness – Rahman was no doubt behind illegal and corrupt practices.”
Following his victory, Rahman urged people to “judge me on what we will do for you”.
He said: “I want to rebuild Tower Hamlets, I want to invest in our future, and give our people a better future than we had in the last seven years.
“Judge me and my administration on our record, what we’ve delivered in the first term.”
“The only borough in the country to have free home care.
“We delivered the London living wage – the first in London.
“We delivered the university bursary and educational maintenance allowance.
“Our promises going forward are even more progressive. Judge me on what we will do for you.”

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Vitamin D, 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D), also known as the sunshine supplement, is showing a positive connection as an indicator of disease within patients that have deficient levels, but a negative connection on whether it can actually prevent illnesses such as heart disease , cancer or diabetes. In a recent review of past studies ranging from about 500 or so shows that there is a link between better health and higher Vitamin D levels. Much of the data looked at came from previous observational studies that included information on what people have eaten or what kinds of supplements they take.
The new analysis from the “Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology” journal examined over 290 studies of adults ages eighteen and older that actually showed a moderate to even a high risk of various medical conditions when Vitamin D levels were low. Disorders such as infectious diseases, cardiovascular illnesses, various mood disorders and glucose-metabolism disorders seem to have a positive link to the sunshine vitamin deficiency.
In 172 randomized clinical studies, researchers found no indication of disease intervention while taking the supplement. Thus, research shows that both observational and interventional studies are linked to bad health. There were 2805 participants in the interventional study that showed a mean result of 25(OH)D blood concentrations less than the healthy level of 50 nmol/L. Researchers note that the lower 25(OH)D seems to be involved in illnesses with an inflammatory response related to disease. When patients deal with such disease related inflammation, it explains why the Vitamin D levels are lower and why the deficiency is related to so many disorders. More medical trials are still being conducted, so researchers suggest that using a supplement is not recommended.
More data will soon emerge within the current 5 trials that are being conducted. The trials include about 2150 to 20,000 participants that are 50 years or older. Researchers are looking into how 40 to 80 µg/day of Vitamin D supplements may affect various risks of cancer, diabetes, heart disease, fractures, infections and low cognitive ability problems. Results for these trials will not be available until 2017, but it helps researchers in testing out this new hypotheses.
The information that is driving the researchers to conduct these trials for the intervention of non-skeletal disorders is due to the fact that Vitamin D has a low toxicity level, the small amount of positive data from other trials, and a large amount of evidence from observational studies. Supplemental companies, including UV tanning booths, are actually very excited to see such trails in motion. They patiently wait and hope that such studies actually prove that Vitamin D supplementation can intervene many illnesses instead of the other way around, causing an economic boost.
Those who believe that Vitamin D supplementation can help with the intervention of illnesses claim that previous research has failed due to low dosages, testing of participants that are not considered very low in levels, incorrect formulation or a lack of medical follow-ups to name a few excuses.
Researchers advise that it really is in the best interests of patients to find out why those who suffer from various diseases are low in Vitamin D levels in the first place and then find a way to resolve the problems. It really is ill-advised for health practitioners to recommend patients to take such supplements if they fall under a sufficiency guideline of below 75 nmol/L, but sadly to this day it is still happening. Until further information is brought forth, it is wiser to fully understand why the sunshine Vitamin D deficiency may be a strong indicator of many diseases.
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||The story of Shelomo Ben-Yosef. The drawings and embellishments were done by Aryeh Elville.
Shelomo Ben-Yosef (Tabachnik, 1913–1938), first Jew executed by the British in Palestine. Ben-Yosef, who was born in Lutsk, Poland, joined Betar in 1928. In 1937 he reached Palestine as an "illegal" immigrant, and joined the Betar work brigade at Rosh Pinnah. Ben-Yosef and two of his comrades, Shalom Zurabin and Avraham Shein, decided to retaliate for the murder of Jews by Arab terrorists, and on April 21, 1938 tried to attack an Arab bus on the Rosh Pinnah-Safed road. The attack failed and the three were arrested and brought before a military court. Ben-Yosef and Shein were sentenced to death and Zurabin to imprisonment. Shein was reprieved because of his youth. All efforts to save Ben-Yosef from execution were in vain. He went to the gallows at Acre prison on June 29, 1938 singing Betar songs. On the day of his execution, riots broke out in Tel Aviv when demonstrators clashed with the British police. Ben-Yosef was buried at Rosh Pinnah, and after the establishment of the State of Israel a monument was erected in his memory on the Rosh Pinnah-Safed road.

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This paper reports the Gd3+, Dy3+, Tb3+ and Lu3+ doped CaTiO3 based phosphors were synthesized by modified solid-state reaction method and its crystal structure and luminescent properties were investigated. The X-ray diffraction patterns (XRD) showed that the phosphors sintered at 1000 degrees C for 2 h were a pure CaTiO3 phases. The optimization of reaction conditions were carried out by thermal gravimetry and differential thermal analysis methods (DTA/TG). Surface and elemental analyses were performed by using on SEM instrument. The excitation and emission spectras were recorded by photoluminescence spectrophotometer (PL).


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To date, there is only one effective treatment for severe Covid cases: bebtelovimab. According to a recent study conducted by a team from Columbia University and published in pre-publication on the BioRxiv site, this monoclonal antibody developed by the American pharmaceutical company Lilly retains a powerful neutralizing activity against the BA.4 and BA subvariants .5 from Omicron. But if the Lilly laboratory has signed an agreement with the American government providing for the delivery of 600,000 doses for March 31, 2022, with an option of 500,000 additional doses for July 31, 2022, it refuses to market its treatment outside the UNITED STATES.
"A scandal", for epidemiologist Antoine Flahault, director of the Institute of Global Health at the University of Geneva, who denounces the company's decision on Twitter. The pharmaceutical company defends itself by explaining that it "continued to assess the need and the demand for [its] treatment in other markets", underlines Le Temps. What interest does the laboratory have in limiting its market if the demand is present in Europe? “Lilly had launched a first generation of monoclonal antibodies directed against SARS-CoV-2, but this treatment very quickly lost effectiveness against new variants. Is it possible that the company was burned by this experience and does not want to invest as much in this therapeutic field?” asks Alexandra Calmy, infectious disease specialist at the University Hospitals of Geneva (HUG) to the Swiss daily. "It is very difficult for us as physicians not to have a drug that appears to retain efficacy against BA.4 and BA.5."
And for good reason, according to a study by the University of Tokyo, which evaluated the characteristics of the sub-variants, BA.4 and BA.5, the latter would replicate more efficiently in human lung cells than BA.2. In hamsters, the lung lesions would in any case be more severe during an infection. Having an effective treatment for immunocompromised patients and people at high risk of developing serious forms is therefore not a luxury.
On June 14, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) warned of the possibility of an increase in the number of daily cases in Europe in the coming weeks "carried" by BA.4 and BA.5. Both subvariants are already dominant in the United States, in South Africa where they were first spotted, but also in Portugal, which is currently seeing an increase in the number of cases, hospitalizations and deaths linked to the Covid-19. In France, the BA.2 sub-variant remains dominant but it is beginning to be overtaken by the last two, which are gradually taking over in all contaminations.
While they were respectively at 0.8% for BA.4 and 5% for BA.5 in all the contaminations listed in the data of June 2, they have now risen to 3.7% and 24.2% , explains Public Health France in its last weekly update of June 16. At the same time, the number of cases recorded daily in the territory is also increasing. Public Health France thus explains that “the circulation of SARS-CoV-2 has accelerated throughout the metropolitan territory with a strong increase in virological indicators.” A trend of increasing hospital admissions was also observed. The incidence rate thus increased by 53% in one week (between the week of June 30 and June 5 and June 6 to 12) according to health authorities.
If the epidemic therefore seems to spread, epidemiologists, who call for caution, believe however that these new sub-variants will not necessarily cause more deaths. "In South Africa, BA.4/5 were much, much less deadly than all the previous waves", reassured at the start of the week Tulio de Oliveira, director of the CERI (Centre for Epidemic Response


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Traffic slowdown this week Around Town, posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Oct 9, 2007 at 3:34 pm
Traffic delays are expected on Middlefield and Charleston roads beginning Thursday, Oct. 11, through Sunday, Oct. 14. The City of Palo Alto Public Works Department will resurface roads on Middlefield during the day.
Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, October 9, 2007, 3:19 PM
Posted by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Oct 9, 2007 at 3:34 pm
Is this a ploy to getting us believe that the City is spending money on infrastructure just one month before the election.
I drive and walk Middlefield quite a bit, but didn't think the road was in too bad shape compared to some of the sidestreets and sidewalks around town.
I have seen the no parking signs and will do my best to avoid Middlefield. I feel sorry for those who live on Ross, unfortunately I think a lot of people like me will be using your street instead of 15 min. delays on Middlefield. Sorry.
Posted by reader, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood, on Oct 9, 2007 at 11:02 pm
The north entrance to Cubberley is directly behind the Charleston Center Shopping Center. It is not a through road, but basically just an entrance to parking on the north side of the community center. Also, the resurfacing isn't just along Middlefield and Charleston, but on Colorado, from Alma to the frontage road. The author has some of her facts incorrect. They are also resurfacing High Street south of Whole Foods.....that downtown area is going to be a mess.
Posted by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Oct 10, 2007 at 8:47 am
Sounds like huge areas of the City is going to be a mess. Maybe we should all hibernate for a while as it is going to be rough getting about. And, do I read it correctly that they will be working on Saturday and Sunday? Most city workers don't work weekends (including every other Friday). This must be putting the cost up somewhat.
Posted by Donald, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood, on Oct 10, 2007 at 2:04 pm
The first commenter is incredibly cynical. This is actually an attempt to be efficient and save money. A lot of streets have had parts dug up and patched for utilities projects, etc. Colorado was fixed many months ago, and could have been re-surfaced then. By waiting until a lot of streets are ready and doing them all at once the city saves money over doing them one at a time. This work will likely not be done by Palo Alto employees, but by contractors with oversight from Palo Alto project managers and inspectors.
Posted by Driver, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Oct 13, 2007 at 7:12 pm
Middlefield has been bad today, Saturday. The loose chippings were left for cars to deal with rather than being tidied up. There were so many cones that no one seemed to know what to do. Were they lane markers or were they supposed to be closing down a lane. It was not apparent. The flaggers, where they were did a reasonably good job, but where they were not it was too difficult to find out what we were supposed to do. Are they behind schedule, because nothing seemed to be happening until today.
Posted by Driver, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Oct 15, 2007 at 12:57 pm
Rather than finishing the work as scheduled on Sunday, when there was a lot of work being done, the work is as of lunch time Monday unfinished with the only signs of work a couple of trucks moving cones!
As far as I can see, there are no lane markers which makes it confusing, plenty of loose chippings and dust, and many confused bicyclists, bus drivers and residents, all not knowing what is going on.
For those of us who do have to use Middlefield, caution is my best advice.

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OV7 is a Latin pop group from Mexico that was formed in April 1989 but it was until the early 1990s as OV7 would begin to make their mark. With over 23 years of career and several hits in the Latin American charts, OV7 remains as one of the most successful pop bands in the Latin pop industry .
The group disbanded in 2003. In 2010 they reunited. As of 2012, the remaining members are Mariana Ochoa, Ari Borovoy, Érika Zaba, Lidia Avila and Oscar Schwebel.
The group consist of 5 members Lidia Ávila, born in Puebla, Mexico; Ari Borovoy, born in Mexico City; Erika Zaba, born in Mexico City; Oscar Schwebel, born in Ixtapan de la Sal, Edo. de México; and Mariana Ochoa, born in Mexico City. The group had several other members that lasted less than 1 album with the group.

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FAIRBANKS — It’s almost time to dig out the dip nets.
The first opening of the 2010 Chitina dip net fishery is tentatively scheduled for June 3, though that can change depending how the Copper River red salmon run develops.
According to a preseason schedule released by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, the first Chitina opening will be from 6 a.m. June 3, a Thursday, to midnight on June 6, a Sunday.
“If the fish come through (the Miles Lake sonar counter) as projected, it will open on June 3,” said Glennallen area biologist Mark Somerville. “It depends on what we see at the sonar.”
The preseason schedule is based on projected daily sonar counts at the Miles Lake sonar and is subject to change based on those counts. If counts are below the projected numbers, fishing time might be reduced, and if the counts come in above the projected numbers, fishing time might be increased.
The Department of Fish and Game is hoping to have the sonar counter installed at Miles Lake, which is about 70 miles downstream of Chitina, by the end of next week, according to Glenn Hollowell with Division of Commercial Fisheires in Cordova.
“We snowmachined most of our hardware out there last week, and the crew should be heading out early next week,” he said.
The first opening of the Copper River commercial fishery is scheduled for today from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., which will give fish managers the first inkling of how this year’s run is shaping up.
The department is projecting a Copper River red salmon run of almost 2.2 million fish, which would be the 10th largest red salmon run in the Copper River since 1980.
The forecast for the Copper’s king salmon, however, is not as optimistic. Biologists predict only 49,000 kings will return, which would be the second-smallest king run since 1999 and only slightly higher than last year’s run of approximately 44,000, which resulted in restrictions on kings for commercial, personal-use and sport fishermen.
Last year’s dip net harvest at Chitina was one of the lowest on record. The department issued approximately 8,000 dip net permits and dip-netters caught an estimated 91,000 salmon.
The estimated harvest per permit was 11.5 fish, which was down from the 20-year average of 14 fish per permit but higher than the average of 10.8 in 008.
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For the past few weeks, it’s seemed like clockwork around Sarasota. First, it rains. Then, it floods.
Wet conditions are nothing new in the area, but even those in charge of mitigating the problem are in awe of the amount of flooding that’s taking place in the city and county streets.
“I’ve been here seven years, and I haven’t seen it like this,” Michael DelRossi said.
DelRossi is an engineer in the city’s Public Works department responsible for managing the streets when they’re under water. Molly Williams, the county’s stormwater manager, agreed that the flooding since June was unlike anything she’s seen in several years.
The most significant cause of the flooding is, naturally, the rainfall. It isn’t necessarily just the amount of rain that’s causing water to spill into the streets, though; it’s the consistency.
“With the rainfall happening on such a continuous basis, the ground is saturated,” Williams said. “Some of the rainfall used to infiltrate into the soil. Now, it’s so saturated, it’s not infiltrating nearly as quickly — or at all.”
There are other contributing factors that serve to worsen the constant rain, according to DelRossi. He said the city’s high water table and the flatness of the land makes matters worse. Additionally, the stormwater drainage pipes, which lead into the bay, are under water when the tide is high; this causes water to back up through the drainage system.
Still, DelRossi echoed that this isn’t a problem that will go away until it gets drier.
“You have to wait where you get a couple of days without rain and it saturates into the ground,” DelRossi said. “We don’t get any calls when it hasn’t rained in two weeks.”
DelRossi mentioned another, simpler element that makes matters worse: blocked drains. Palm fronds, pine needles and mulch are among the culprits responsible for clogging the entryways to the drainage system. He said city staff is proactive about looking out for blockages, but called for residents to do their part where they could.
“It would help if people, because sometimes the mulch is coming from their property, if they could look at the storm drains — move aside anything that’s in the storm drain before it rains,” DelRossi said. “Sometimes we just can’t get to it.”
On the county level, one exacerbating element is the age of the stormwater management systems, Williams said.
“Until 1984, there weren’t stormwater regulations that really controlled the stormwater runoff,” Williams said. “Any areas that were built prior to that generally don’t have as well of a defined stormwater-collection system.”
Williams said it wasn’t financially prudent to update the system so that it was better capable of handling the type of rainfall the county has seen recently. The county’s adopted level of service allows for as much as 12 inches of water at the edge of the pavement at some roads before it’s considered a service issue. Although the standards differ from road to road — evacuation routes ideally allow for no water, Williams said — the county is satisfied with maintaining its level of service.
“If we built our systems to handle every single condition and every single rainfall, it’d just cost too much,” Williams said. “We’re looking at using the resources we have to keep the roads and the stormwater system working optimally.”


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The Erie Lackawanna Railway company was the the product of the October 17,1960 merger that created the Erie -Lackawanna
Railroad Company, which was created by merging the Erie and Delaware,Lackawanna and Western Railroads together to create a
3031 mile railroad that spanned 6 states as follows: New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania,Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. At the
time of merger, the principal through line passenger routes consisted of the following:

3.Cleveland-Warren-Youngstown( as part of a through line to Pittsburgh, Washington, and Baltimore, in conjunction
with the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie and Baltimore and Ohio Railroads.

Commuter passenger routes in Northern New Jersey and Southeastern New York consisted of the following:

2.Bergen County Line.

3.New Jersey and New York Railroad (Pascack Valley Line)

5.Northern Branch (Northern Railroad of New Jersey)

7.Greenwood Lake Line

3.Sussex Branch-Netcong to Branchville

4.Gladstone Branch-Summit to Gladstone

5.Montclair Branch (now part of the Montclair-Boonton Line of NJ Transit)

The basic Operating Department of the newly merged railroad consisted of the following;

A. EASTERN DISTRICT

1 Buffalo Division (ex DL&W)

2.Buffalo-Rochester Division (ex Erie)

3.Scranton Division (including ex Erie Wyoming Division)

4.New York Division- combining the ex Erie New York Division with the ex DL&W

Morris and Essex Division

B. WESTERN DISTRICT

Unlike the Eastern District, which was mix and match between what had been two railroads, the Western District
was pure Erie and operated as such. Since Hornell,NY was the geographical heart of the railroad, this railroad town was the
most logical place to divide the newly merged railroad along the same lines the Erie had been divided. Topics to be covered
include general operations, freight operations, passenger and commuter operations, public timetable forms issued over the
years, why the Erie Lackawanna failed, and Thoughts from the Caboose.

OVERVIEW OF THE ERIE LACKAWANNA (Profile)

The following profile of the Erie Lackawanna was taken from my 1976 book, Anatomy of The Erie Lackawanna:

Piggyback Ramp Locations: Chicago,IL, Huntington,IL,Lima,Marion,Akron, and Cleveland, Ohio,Buffalo,Elmira,
and Binghamton,NY, Croxton,NJ.

Service Area; 6 States (NJ-PA-NY-OH-IN-IL)

1.New York 25 Counties

2.Pennsylvania: 19 Counties

3.Indiana; 14, counties

4.Ohio: 19 Counties

5.New Jersey; 7 counties

6.Illinois; 1 county

All this encompassed 807 stations served by the Erie Lackawanna Railway, which operated the following equipment:

1. 526 locomotives

2.21,864 freight cars

3.501 passenger cars (mostly used in commuter service)

4.1219 pieces of miscellaneous (company service0 equipment.

5. 2300 piggyback trailers

Cleveland,OH- East 55th Street (Von Willer Yard)

4.Hoboken-Denville-Dover via Morristown

Principal Freight Services: 74,98,99, and 100 families of fast freight trains between

Chicago and the New York area.

MERGED DIESEL MOTIVE POWER FLEET

The following is the merged locomotive fleet of the Erie Lackawanna Railroad as it began operations on October
1000 hp 400-433
1200 hp 434-465
900 hp 466-497
1000 hp 500-532
600 hp 600-689
2250 hp 809-833

Alco PA1/2 2000/2250ph
1500 hp 901-917
1600 hp 1001-1059

BLW DS44-15 1500 hp
1600 hp 1106-1120

BLW DRS66-15 1500 hp
1750 hp 1260-1265
1500 hp 1266-1284

EMD GP7 psgr. 1500 hp
2400 hp 1850-1861 12
1600 hp 1930-1935
6 units
EMD FT 1350 HP 6501-6502,6511-6512,6521-6522,6531-6532,6541-6542,6601-6602-12 units, ex DL&W, all
in 2 unit sets.
EMD F3 1500 hp 6051-6053,6111-6113,6121-6123,6131-6133,6311-6313,6321-6323,18 units, ex DL&W
EMD F7 1500 hp 6331-6333,6341-6343,6351-6353,6361-6363, 12 units, ex DL&W, all in 3 unit sets.
EMD FT 1350 hp 7001-7004,7011-7014,7021-7024,7031-7034,7041-7044,7051-7054;24 units, ex Erie, all in 4 unit sets.
EMD F3 1500 hp,7061-7064,7071-7074,7081-7084,7091-7094, 16 units, ex Erie, all in 4 unit sets.
EMD F7 1500 hp, 7101-7104,7111-7114,7121-7124-7131-7134,
7141-7144,7151-7154,7161-7164,7171-7174, 7181-7184,7191-7194, 7201-7204,7211-7214, 48 units,ex Erie, all in 4 unit sets.
Alco FA1 1500 hp 7251-7254,7261-7264,7271-7274,7281-7284,7291-7294, 20 units all in four unit sets, ex Erie.
Alco FA2 1600 hp 7351-7354,7361-7364-7371-7374,7381-7284,7391-7394, 20 units, ex Erie, all in 4 unit sets.
EMD F3 Psgr 1500 hp 8001,8002,8004,8011,8012,8014,8021,8022,8024,8031,8032,8034,8041,8042,8044,8051,8052,8054,18
units, all ex Erie, delivered in 3 unit sets. All removed from passenger pool in 1951 shortly after E8s 820-833 arrived. The
ex Lackawanna passenger F3s were also delivered in 3 unit sets. Here are their Erie Lackawanna numbers: 8411,8412,8414 (801abc),8421,8422,8424(802abc),8431,8432,8434
(803abc),8441,8442,8444(804abc), and 8451,8452,8454(805abc), all of which remained in the passenger pool serving as protection
power, hauling commuter trains, and holding down secondary passenger runs until 1963, when they were put into the freight
pool and all passenger service appurtanances were removed.
The following units, delivered in the 10 year period
from 1963/64 to 1972 replaced most of the F units,all
of the Alco PAsand FAs in Erie Lackawanna service:
Alco C424 2400 hp 2401-2415 15 units 1963-64
Alco C425 2500 hp 2451-2462 12 units 1964
GE U25B 2500 hp 2501-2527 27 units, 1964-65
EMD GP35 2500 hp 2551-2586 36 units ,1965-65
EMD SD45 3600 hp 3601-3634 34 units, 1967-68
GE u33C 3300 hp 3301-3315 15 units, 1968
EMD SDP45 3600 hp 3635-3668 34 units, 1969-70
EMD U36C 3600 hp 3316-3328 13 units, 1972
EMD SD45-2 3600 hp 3669-3681 13 units, 1972, last new power received by Erie Lackawanna. The following were delivered
to NJDOT for use on Erie Lackawanna commuter lines: U34CH 3351-3372 1970-71 and 3373-3382, 1973-74 all for use on Erie Lackawanna's
New Jersey diesel commuter lines. All units have since been retired by NJ Transit.
The east-west main line of the Erie Lackawanna was predominantly double track between Hoboken and Chicago, with the Suffern,NY
to Paterson being four tracked due to the heavy commuter traffic. Signal systems used along the main line were a mix of semaphore
and color light signals, with searchlight type signals in some locations. At some interlockings Pennsy type position light
signals could be found, with these being used for telephone train orders. Other main lines, such as the Cleveland-Youngstown
line used search light color light signals exclusively, while the DL&W main line relied on two and three unit color light
signals for governing train operations on that line. Controlling these signals were dispatchers' offices located in Huntington,
Indiana, Marion,Cleveland, and Youngstown, Ohio, Meadville,Pa, Hornell, Buffalo, and Binghamton,NY. Substantial portions of
the main line east of Hornell,NY still had semaphore signals in use, though search light color light signals could be seen
in some locations as well. Conversion to color light signals did not begin until after Conrail hit its stride after the first
two or three years of operation. Some portions of the main line had bidirectional signalling so that trains normally operating
on the westbound main could detour on the eastbound main as needed. This was particularly useful in the event a derailment
blocked one, but not both of the mains. In addition, many agency stations also served as train order offices as well as freight
and passenger agencies. Thus, a station agent often had his hands full making out waybills and bills of lading for freight
shipments, the sale of tickets ot passengers, and keeping the station's books, to which the task of copying train orders and
handing them to the conductors and engineers of trains scheduled to pass by their station at a given time. The station agent
also prepared switch lists of work to be done at his station by the crew of the local train scheduled to work the station
and filling of car orders by shippers in the community. Before this could get done at stations along the way, the trains that
serviced those stations had to be made up and dispatched on their runs.
To make up each train, the road foreman of engines had to assign the power appropriatefor that train, see that the locomotive
was stocked with all the suplies the engine crew was likely to need for their run. Aiding him in the yard were the carmen
who checked over each and every freight car to make sure it was fit to travel and these men also helped fill car orders by
selecting the appropriate car or cars for a given station. The Yardmaster oversaw all activities in the yard he was in charge
of and saw to it that the work got done correctly and trains were made up properly. Once a train was made up, a crew was
called for that train and they were given such details as intended departure time engine numbers, tonnage, number of cars,
information on any speed restricted cars that might be in the train, along with other vital information essential in the safe
operation of the train. Every day, 365 days a year, trains departed and arrived in Erie Lackawanna's major yards at Chicago,Huntington,Marion,
Buffalo,Elmira, Hornell, Croxton, and Binghamton.
On the passenger side of the coin, the make up of a through line passenger train was a little more straight forward; the
typical Erie Lackawanna passenger train was arranged with head end cars directly behind the locomotive, followed by a couple
of coaches, which were in turn, followed by a diner, then a sleeper or two, and another coach or two. Feature cars, such as
a parlor or club car were usually positioned in the middle of a train.
Once the passenger train was made up and ready to go, it was backed into the terminal on its assigned track for the loading
of passengers, baggage, mail and express. Express cars at the head end were generally specially equipped box cars with steam
and signal lines and high speed running gear. Thus, a typical consist for The Phoebe Snow train could run something like this:
E8 diesels 814 and 833, followed by one or two express cars, the baggage car, a railway post offfice car, two or three coaches,
a sleeper, a diner, and the tavern lounge observation car. This train would often run in two or three sections over peak holiday
periods. Only one of them went all the way. One section terminated at Scranton, another terminated at Binghamton.
PASSENGER TIMETABLE FORMS ISSUED to Advertise the Service
The following are the principal timetable forms the Erie Lackawanna is known to have issued for its passenger services,
both through line and commuter:
Form 1. General system through line timetable
Form 2. Local timetable for service between Hoboken and
Binghamton,NY via both Port Jervis and Scranton routes.
Form 7. Main Line/Bergen County Line/Newark Branch suburban folder for service between Hoboken and Suffern,NY.
Form 8. Suburban folder for the Greenwood Lake Line and Caldwell Branch, came to include the Boonton Line and Sussex Branch
Form 9. Covered the Northern Branch until the end of service in 1966.
Form 10. Covered the New Jersey and New York Railroad aka the Pascack Valley Line. Service on the line has since doubled.
Form 10A. Covered the Morris and Essex Division electric lines: Morristown, Gladstone, and Montclair branches.
Form CPW/CWY. Covered through service between Cleveland,Youngstown,Pittsburgh,Washington, and Baltimore. Became Cleveland-Warren-Youngstown
local card after the last through service train on the line made its final run.
Commuter forms 7,8,10 and 10A continued into the Conrail era, keeping the spirit of The Friendly Service Route alive.
PASSENGER OPERATIONS-Binghamton and Hoboken. This section will deal with the operation of through line passenger service
in the area bounded by Binghamton,Scranton,Port Jervis and Hoboken via the two principal routes plus the boonton line. Schedules
from a 1961 Form 2. timetable. Train 17 operated Sunday only while train 15 operated the other six days as per the westbound
schedule that follows:
Stations 15 1 5 17
Hoboken,NJ L 0030 1030 2000 2305
Newark,NJ ---- 1043 2014 ----
Brick Church ---- 1050 2021 ----
Dover A ---- 1129 2101 ----
Dover L ---- 1129 2101 ----
Blairstown ---- 1159 2132 ----
E.Stroudsburg 0227 1222 2154 0101
Cresco ---- 1244 2210 ----
Mt. Pocono ---- 1301 ---- ----
Pocono Summit ---- ---- 2232 ----
Scranton,PA A 0340 1341 2310 0223
Scranton,PA L 0430 1350 2322 0243
Clarks Summit ---- ---- ---- ----
Halstead,PA 0550 ---- ---- ----
Binghamton,NY A 0606 1455 0025 0358
No.15, daily except Saturday
No.17 Saturday only
Nos. 1 and 2 through trains to Buffalo and Chicago.
Table 1.B Binghamton-Hoboken via Scranton Eastbound
Stations 10 6 2
Binghamton,NY L 2300 0415 1345
Scranton,PA A 0010 0520 1448
Scranton,PA L 0035 0530 1458
Pocono Summit ----- ---- 1540
Cresco ----- 0627 1554
E.Stroudsburg,PA 0205 0645 1616
Blairstown,NJ ---- 0645 1638
Dover 0310 0743 1708
Summit ---- 0809 1733
Brick Church ---- 0823 1747
Newark 0400 0832 1758
Hoboken,NJ A 0420 0845 1810
No.10, daily except Sunday
Nos. 2 and 6, through trains from Chicago and Buffalo.
These trains operated via the Morristown Line east of Dover.
Table2A. Hoboken-Scranton-Binghamton Local Service via Boonton LIne
Stations 41 45 43
Hoboken,NJ L 0745 1650 1650
Newark ---- 1704 1704
Brick Church ---- 1711 1711
Summit ---- 1725 1725
Dover ---- 1752 1752
Lyndhurst 0800 ---- ----
Passaic 0817 ---- ----
Paterson 0817 ---- ----
Mountainview 0825 ---- ----
Lincoln Park 0830 ---- ----
Towaco 0834 ---- ----
Boonton 0850 ---- ----
Mountain Lakes0854 ---- ----
Dover 0915 1752 1752
Blairstown,NJ 0953 1824 1824
E.Stroudsburg 1032 1847 1856
Cresco 1051 1908 1913
Mt. Pocono 1105 1921 1930
Pocono Summit 1111 1927 1936
Tobyhanna 1120 1934 1945
Gouldsboro 1129 ---- ----
Moscow 1141 ---- ----
Scranton A 1202 2008 2019
Scranton L ---- 2020 2043
Clarks Summit ---- ---- ----
New Milford ---- 2108 2130
Hallstead ---- ---- ----
Binghamton A ---- 2130 2143
No.45 Sunday Only. Nos 41 abd 43,Daily except Sunday.
PASSENGER TRAIN CONSISTS-Through line passenger trains
No.1. THE PHOEBE SNOW
1 Papers (Sealed) Hoboken-Elmira (for No.1 Chicago) Tues.
1 Express (Sealed) Hoboken-Buffalo(NKP-Chicago) Ex. Mon.
1-4 Mail (Sealed) Hoboken-Buffalo (NKP,NYC) Ex. Mon.
1 Mail (Sealed)*Hoboken-Buffalo Daily
1 RPO(30Foot) Hoboken-Buffalo Ex. Sun.
2 Coaches Hoboken-Buffalo Daily
2 Coaches Hoboken-Elmira (For.No.1 Chicago) Dly.
1 Diner Hoboken-Elmira (For No.1,Chicago) dly.
1 Sleeper Hoboekn-Elmira (For No.1 (Chicago) dly.
1Tavern Lounge Hoboken-Elmira For No.1 to Youngstown,dly
*Car used for baggage on Sundays.
Train No.2 THE PHOEBE SNOW
1-3 Mail (Sealed) Chicago-Elmira (for No.2 toHoboken)as dev.
1-2 Milk Steamburg-Hoboken Ex. Fri.&Sat.
1 Mail (Work) Chicago-Hoboken, Daily
1 Mail-Baggage Chicago-Hoboken Daily
1 RPO (30 ft.) Youngstown-Hoboken ex. Sun.
1 Milk Tank Binghamton-Hoboken (Oxford) ex. Sun.
` Milk P/B Binghamton_Hoboken (Homer) Ex. Sun.
1 Coach Elmira-Binghamton Daily
1 Mail (sealed) Elmira-Binghamton (Off 32)daily
2 coaches Chicago-Elmira for 32-2 to Hoboken,daily
1 diner Chicago-Elmira for 32-2 to Hoboken daily
1 Sleeper Elmira-Hoboken (Off No.2 from Chicago)
1 Tavern-Lounge Elmira-Hoboken (Off No.2 from YOungstown.


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