Planning Board Meeting

1 TOWN OF LANSING PLANNING BOARD 2 MEETING March 23, 2026 3 Lansing Town Hall, 29 Auburn Road 4 5 6 Board Members Present: Excused: 7 Dean Shea, Chair Freddy Villano 8 Thomas Butler, Vice-Chair 9 Al Fiorille 10 Sandy Conlon 11 Christine Hass 12 John Licitra 13 Danielle Hautaniemi 14 John Duthie 15 Aimee Caffrey 16 17 Also Present: 18 Kelly Geiger, Planning Clerk 19 Shaun Logue, MRB Senior Planning Associate 20 Joe Wetmore, TB Liaison 21 Judy Drake 22 23 Public Present: 24 Scott Gibson 25 Bill Duthie 26 Frank Towner 27 Jessica Leet 28 James Gensel 29 Duane Phillips 30 31 Chair, Dean Shea opened the meeting at 6:30 pm. 32 33 Action Items: 34 35 Project: Site Plan Review – 8-18 Verizon Lane 36 Applicant: Bill Duthie, owner 37 Location: 8-18 Verizon Lane TPN 30.-1-16.32 38 Project Description: Site Plan Review of proposed expansion of existing United Storage Complex. The project 39 plans to construct a 40’ x 70’ (2,800 SF) cold storage building on a vacant ¼-ac lot just southwest of 18 Verizon 40 Lane and east of 10 Verizon Lane. This project is located in the IR zoning district. 41 SEQR: Unlisted/Uncoordinated Action 42 Anticipated Action: Public Hearing 43 44 45 Summary of Discussion: 46 • John Duthie recused himself 47 • Scott Gibson and John Duthie were present to discuss this project. 48 • Stormwater, Attenuation Basin, As-built map, SOMRA, Ponds, Fire Turn Around, Easement 49 for Fire Hydrants, Water Service, Driveway 50 51 52 Page 1 of 3  53 Project: Minor Subdivision – 8-18 Verizon Lane 54 Applicant: Bill Duthie, owner 55 Location: 8-18 Verizon Lane TPN 30.-1-16.32, 6 Verizon Lane TPN 30.-1-16.31 56 Project Description: Minor Subdivision of the existing 13.21-acre lot “parent parcel” to create Parcel 30.-1- 57 16.32 (9.15 ac) and Parcel 30.-1-16.31 (4.06 ac). Proposed parcels are currently separated by a lease line and 58 have not been formally subdivided at this time. This project is located in the IR zoning district. 59 SEQR: Unlisted/Uncoordinated Action 60 Anticipated Action: Set Public Hearing 61 62 Summary of Discussion: 63 • John Duthie recused himself 64 • Scott Gibson and John Duthie were present to discuss this project 65 • Subdivision, Road Frontage, Easement for Snowplow Turnaround, 66 • The Board scheduled a Public Hearing for April 27, 2026 67 68 69 Project: Minor Subdivision – 40 Newman Rd 70 Applicant: Frank Towner, Owner 71 Location: 40 Newman Rd TPN 7.-1-23.2 72 Project Description: Minor Subdivision of the existing 82.03-acre lot “parent parcel” to create Parcel 1 (2.71 73 ac) and Parcel 2 (2.49 ac). Four lot line adjustments will occur, affecting a further 2.379 acres of the site. This 74 project is located in the AG Zoning District. 75 SEQR: Unlisted/Uncoordinated Action – SEAF Part 2 required 76 Anticipated Action: Sketch Review, Set Public Hearing, SEQR 77 78 Summary of Discussion: 79 • Frank Towner was present to discuss this project. 80 • Subdivision, Consolidation and Building Lot 81 • The Board set a Public Hearing for April 27, 2026 82 83 84 Project: Site Plan Extension– 3-15 Ridge Rd 85 Project: Site Plan Extension - 3-15 Ridge Rd 86 Applicant: Duane Phillips, General Manager 87 Location: 3-15 Ridge Rd TPN 31.-6-14 88 Project Description: Site Plan Extension Request 89 90 Summary of Discussion: 91 • Duane Phillips and James Gensel were present to discuss this project. 92 • Lost Time Due to Delayed DOT Approval, Increased Material Costs, Demo, Grading, Seeding, 93 Erosion Control, Bid Process, Potential Minor Changes, Increased Green Space, Reduced 94 Pavement, Traffic Lights, New Detection System, Length of Extension, Potential Start Date for 95 Building Permit 96 • The board approved a 1-year extension 97 98 99 RESOLUTION PB 26-03 100 101 TOWN OF LANSING PLANNING BOARD RESOLUTION 102 3-15 RIDGE ROAD EXTENSION OF SITE PLAN APPROVAL 103 Page 2 of 3 104 WHEREAS, an application was made by Brian Grose representing Dandy Mini Marts Inc. for Site Plan 105 approval for the construction of a gas station on the 4.08-acre parcel, Lansing, New York, Tax Map # 31.- 106 6-14, located in the Commercial Mixed Use (B1) Zoning District; and 107 108 WHEREAS, on March 27, 2023 Site Plan Approval was granted for three years from the approval date 109 provided under Resolution PB 21-23; and 110 WHEREAS, on Febuary 17, 2026 Duane Phillips, representative of Dandy Mini Marts Inc., made a request 111 to extend Site Plan Approval for three (3) more years, and 112 113 WHEREAS, upon due consideration and deliberation by the Town of Lansing Planning Board, now 114 therefore be it RESOLVED as follows: 115 116 1. Extension of Site Plan Approval for the Dandy Mini Mart project located at 117 TPN 31.-6-14 for one (1) year from date of this resolution. 118 119 Dated: March 23, 2026 120 121 Motion by: Al Fiorille 122 Seconded by: Tom Butler 123 124 VOTE AS FOLLOWS: 125 Tom Butler - Aye 126 Sandy Conlon - Aye 127 John Duthie – Not Voting 128 Al Fiorille - Aye 129 Christine Hass - Aye 130 Danielle Hautaniemi - Aye 131 John Licitra - No 132 Fredric Villano – Absent 133 Dean Shea – Aye 134 Aimee Caffrey – Not Voting 135 136 Other Business: 137 • Joe gave the Town Board Liaison report. 138 • Passed Law to Add an Extra Alternate to the Planning Board, Ethics Disclosure Forms, Status 139 of Town Barn, Repurposing of Old Building, Award for Water down Brickyard Rd, CAC, 140 Zoning Advisory Committee Open House, Demographics Survey 141 142 Adjourn Meeting 143 Meeting adjourned at the call of the Planning Board Chair at 8:07pm. 144 Minutes Taken and Executed by Kelly Geiger 145 146 Access to public documents available online at: 147 Planning Board Email tolcodes@lansingtownny.gov 148 Town Website https://www.lansingtownny.gov Page 3 of 3