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MINUTES OF PLANNING BOARD MEETING HELD NOVEMBER 5, 2009 Present: Tom Morris, Chairman, Lisa Firstenberg, Vice Chairman, George Moran, Bonnie Kieffer, Mike Kocan, Lisa Cobb, Attorney and Mary Ann Loncto, Secretary Absent: Don McCormick Others Present: Jay Paggi, John Fenton, George Davis, Jon Urban, Rosemarie Haines, George Sotanski, Ned Griffith, Eva Hernandez, Dinah Klampert, Jeanne DiPolito, Frances DiPolito Meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m. Motion by Ms. Kieffer, seconded by Mr. Moran to approve the minutes of the October meeting as written. Unanimously carried. DISCUSSION WITH JAY PAGGI REGARDING INITIAL PLANNING FOR THE WATER PLANT DESIGN FOR THE VILLAGE OF WAPPINGERS FALLS Mr. Paggi stated that the Village is in the process of redesigning the water treatment facility in the back of Thornton’s Service Station. It has been inactive fully since 2006 – since the Village has been receiving 100% of their water from the City and Town of Poughkeepsie and it has been running at 50% capacity since December 1996 due to water quality problems. Since that time primarily the last four years the Village has done a lot of hydrogeology work up on the site to determine the maximum capacity of the aquifer and what they would need to do to bring it into compliance with current codes and regulations. They have been working very closely with the NYS Department of Health and the Dutchess County Health Department. The site plan was reviewed. The old treatment building was constructed in 1938 by the Village. There were a series of wells in the back that were drilled in the late 1930’s until about 1964 and since the dynamics of the lake has changed during the last couple of decades – the water quality of the wells have started to show problems. The hydro geologists have suggested drilling wells further away from the lake to draw more water from the west. This was done during the last couple of years. The site is now a mix of old recreational facilities and blacktop parking and drive ways that literally go nowhere. Most of what is there will be demolished – a new driveway and roadway will be designed into the site – they will be incorporating the old existing building into the new building – it will actually become a corner into the new building – and they will be keeping the same architectural design. There will also be landscaping on the new road making it look similar to a Village street. Mr. Morris asked about the security around the wells and Mr. Paggi stated around each well will be a 6 ft. diameter chain link fence – around the entire site will be an 8 ft. high chain link fence. The existing building is 2200 sq. ft. and the new building will be 4700 sq. ft. There is space in the building for things that may be required within the next couple of decades – and space that will allow the operators to run the system – it will all be state of the art – with telemeters from the wells to the buildings – from the tanks to the buildings – so that the operators can literally run the system from the computers in the