[0:01] This guy gets $7,000 to come here. So, we don't want to have to come back a

[0:07] lot. >> Jean,

[0:10] » I think we're going. We're live now, guys. So, we can check to make sure.

[0:20] » You got five minutes and he will be awake.

[0:24] » It's got his eyes open. >> Uhhuh.

[0:38] It looks like >> Yeah, it looks like there's two people.

[0:43] » Yeah, it's only four minutes.

[0:56] trying to figure it out for 10 minutes.

[1:02] » It says

[1:05] » Oh, no. It's It's one minute. It's been >> sudden car had to go up and get it. So

[1:13] he sent me an aerial view of the airport with a yellow line over to where his car

[1:19] was. So that was great. I got it. So I I had to back up Saturday night and park

[1:24] it. So I did. He says, "Just send me the same thing." I said, "I don't know how

[1:27] to do that." >> Send him a pen, too.

[1:30] » Right. I don't know. >> There we are. Thank you.

[1:33] » Well, mine's not mine. >> So, how your sister help you or your

[1:38] daughter help? We have the uh is great, but do you have the uh the

[1:43] resolution for me, please? >> I'm going to go try to print it for you.

[1:46] » Oh, we got it. >> Oh, we got it.

[1:47] » Sam's got it. >> Have young people.

[1:58] » Oh, Mark. No, he told me last year. >> He's on vacation.

[2:04] » I don't know. Maybe 10 copies.

[2:12] [laughter]

[2:19] » I just >> resolution.

[2:24] » You want more than that? >> Yeah.

[2:27] » I don't know if anybody else. >> You got a spare in there.

[2:30] » We're making one more.

[2:32] » Yeah, maybe. I got to keep moving.

[2:42] » Is this the other one?

[2:58] [laughter]

[3:02] » There we go. Everybody's got

[3:10] one.

[3:18] » Yeah. [laughter]

[3:25] [laughter]

[3:34] Is that too

[3:47] facing

[3:52] very

[3:57] » [laughter] >> It's hard for me to

[4:00] » print out folders.

[4:08] » Tim, >> it took us It took us like two months to

[4:10] figure out how to do that. >> He had to find a

[4:15] » bap. Interesting. I've had the same one for 10 years. Last

[4:21] night I was up this morning wouldn't work nothing. I'm like

[4:26] » oh man I had >> Amazon Prime brand new

[4:31] workbook be here tomorrow and then like it is a six hour be able to set it up

[4:36] programs but I'm like this is crushing like I knew this day was going to come.

[4:40] I got a good 10 years out of it. Like I can't

[4:44] we got two girls in the office. I got it. Listen, I'm I'm I can't use my

[4:49] computer right now. >> All right, we will open up the uh

[4:52] September 2nd uh zoning board of appeals meeting. We will start with the pledge

[4:57] of allegiance. Please stand. [laughter]

[5:02] » I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic

[5:07] for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and

[5:13] justice for all.

[5:18] Thank you everybody for coming. Um we are going to be opening up the

[5:24] public hearing here. Uh it is 7:01. Um

[5:31] we're keep it open for 15 minutes in case anybody mosies on in. This is the

[5:36] public hearing for package pavement company uh variance application.

[5:41] And uh we are now open to public comment.

[5:51] » We got all the green cards. >> Yep. We have uh

[5:54] » It's up to you. [laughter] >> Not me. You're the public.

[5:58] » We have receipts of all five that went out and he got two of them back.

[6:05] » Okay. Someone to you too, right? >> Two of them were.

[6:10] » Yes. It was my client. Yes. >> Oh, and I got one back from them.

[6:16] » Yeah. >> So, can I ask the question? As long as

[6:20] I'm the only public here, how much higher are they going to put

[6:25] the one this silo that they're talking about?

[6:29] » Higher than higher than >> the existing one.

[6:32] » This silo will not be higher than the existing structure.

[6:36] » Okay. >> It's actually lower.

[6:39] Will it be wider? What's the circumerence?

[6:42] » Um, so there's uh My name is Dick Schansker.

[6:46] » Hi, I'm Ellie. Everybody just calls me Ellie.

[6:49] » Yeah, I I remember your face from about six years ago when I was here with the

[6:53] others. >> Oh, okay.

[6:55] » Um, so there's there's two silos in conjunction with the packaging that's

[7:00] currently there. >> And this silo will be the same height of

[7:03] the the current ones. All right. >> The packaging plan itself is going to be

[7:07] another is another probably about 17 feet higher than what this silo will be.

[7:13] The um diameter of the silo will match the existing. It's going to nest right

[7:18] in with it. So when it's all done, my guess is that normally

[7:22] » it won't even look like anything's been added to it.

[7:25] » No. Fits right in very nicely right next to it.

[7:31] [laughter] >> You've got a hell of a business there.

[7:33] I've watched production and the stuff coming in and going they really have I

[7:40] think about market >> they've uh that's the reason for this

[7:45] this new silo is that the sales demand is such that they need more uh materials

[7:51] to bag. So, >> well, with the change now with our

[7:55] government and tariffs and stuff, we might not be able to get some of the

[8:01] things from Canada cheap enough where your place will suffice to build a

[8:08] bigger market. Correct. >> Correct. Yes.

[8:17] [laughter]

[8:38] » [clears throat] >> I'm just taking a quick test of the owl

[8:41] here by talking >> so it focuses on me

[8:46] » when I talk and it's working. So, you're online.

[8:53] » Just want to do our due diligence. We leave it open for 15 minutes. Usually,

[8:57] all we do is a standard in case somebody gets called to train tracks or this and

[9:02] that is cross. >> And we have train tracks.

[9:04] » Do our dot our eyes and cross our tees. Okay.

[9:09] » Can all this package payment? Because when I was growing up, we had a package

[9:14] payment near us when I was just a kid. >> I don't know exactly when it was

[9:19] started. Uh it was actually started by the grandfather of the current uh Darren

[9:25] Dhy who it was his grandfather who actually started package pavement and

[9:29] their main facility is down south a little bit further.

[9:34] » Okay. Yeah. This is Duchess County. Yeah.

[9:37] » Yeah.

[9:45] That's true. It's not concrete anymore, is it?

[9:49] » No.

[9:52] [clears throat] Stormville. >> Stormville. That's where we lived.

[9:56] » Yeah. >> Oh, so you know, you know that place?

[9:59] Yeah. It was right at the end of our road.

[10:01] » Was it? >> If you live near the flea market

[10:04] » to get Yeah. Yeah. [laughter] Near the prison. We were right the ski slope

[10:10] » old hotspots store. >> Yeah, it was really Yeah, big [laughter]

[10:14] it was kind of like Hooterville where you had the post office right in the

[10:17] center of the grocery store. It was kind of the same thing.

[10:22] » So you moved up to the big city of Baltimore.

[10:25] » I've moved up a little bit gradually north north to Albany to Queensberry

[10:31] then I came up here.

[10:35] What a booming industry though back in the day. Concrete up on the up and down

[10:38] Hudson Lake down Cast Hills Hudson all the way down Kipsy

[10:45] » big dwarfs they had >> the other industry.

[10:49] » Yeah. because they had they was the only clay in the area that matched up to the

[10:56] quality of the work that they did. [clears throat]

[10:58] » Yeah, that was [laughter] >> they were the last ones to close down.

[11:04] » There were multiple sub Hudson.

[11:09] » I insisted on having brick homes. Nothing but

[11:22] marshes that went to the Hudson River after the war.

[11:30] Well, it was Hudson River concrete. I'm going to check to see if that horn

[11:35] was someone in the parking lot here. >> Well, if they don't know how to get out

[11:40] of their car. >> The front door is unlocked already.

[11:44] » I believe so. It is.

[11:53] » Hey. >> Yes.

[12:06] » We're in a 15minute waiting period. Denise,

[12:09] » I know.

[12:13] » Were you watching me out? [laughter] No,

[12:15] » we thought you were somebody that got stuck by the train tracks or something.

[12:19] » Nope.

[12:34] » Would you have a copy of the agenda online that you could print out on the

[12:40] printer? another

[12:44] website to >> Thank you.

[12:54] » pretty soon. >> Yes. Yes. Yes. Everybody make sure you

[12:56] do your credits. They're so easy. Those those new ones.

[13:01] Oh my god.

[13:09] There's another one coming out. I think the end of September.

[13:11] » The only go on the website of University

[13:17] they never really drive my schedule. I'll just go there and pick out a couple

[13:20] classes that I find are interesting. Yeah,

[13:29] [clears throat]

[13:40] for the most part

[13:44] local traveling but on the road. >> Maybe you should have said 10 minutes.

[13:50] We've always done 15 in the past. April normally does the report to the board,

[13:54] right? >> Yeah, she does.

[13:57] » That >> I guess I might as well.

[14:01] » Yeah, I mean

[14:16] canled. You >> I heard

[14:19] » involved in a lawsuit. Oh, 15 was always we did 15 when Pat was share. That was

[14:26] seven years ago.

[14:34] » Yeah, that's right.

[14:43] Start. Why is that? >> [clears throat]

[14:49] » They're going to have the u

[14:54] see John those guys are working like >> they're right now gra

[15:00] » crunch time. >> Yep. They're paving

[15:03] Friday and Tuesday. >> What are they doing? They had a massive

[15:08] trench through there. >> Water line fell.

[15:14] It >> wrapped all the way around into the back

[15:15] of the gym. Yeah.

[15:21] » Yep. >> It was

[15:25] my dogs.

[15:32] Have you ever had anyone come rushing in at the last?

[15:36] » We had people come in a couple minutes after we started, but not

[15:39] » Yeah.

[15:45] I remember one meeting when somebody came in after

[15:48] » the 15 minutes pretty [clears throat]

[15:55] » 15-minute grace period, you know, if that's fair for

[16:18] 26.

[16:23] » Are you guys going to do the curving?

[16:28] » It's already done. >> Monday.

[16:31] » You guys did it. >> Oh, nice.

[16:35] » I have not read anything today. They going to repave the front parking

[16:39] lot there too or No, >> that was on the last run it.

[16:43] » Oh, okay.

[17:07] They black out this morning. >> Were they paving today?

[17:10] » Yeah. >> They stopped because of it rain.

[17:15] » I don't know what they did. >> It didn't rain that hard.

[17:19] » No, it didn't rain. >> Okay.

[17:22] » Speak up. >> We're [clears throat] doing a job on New

[17:25] Street last week and Harry is there sitting in roads and they pave the whole

[17:29] top of New Street. We were working there too. On top it was

[17:32] tight and then it downpour and the steam coming off of that was like it's like uh

[17:39] probably couldn't see maybe six seven feet from you.

[17:42] » That's how it was. >> That was yesterday too. Yesterday

[17:46] afternoon >> you could not even see where you were

[17:50] going and people were getting nasty cuz you got a long line. Then you got to go

[17:55] where has the bridge and the narrowing down. You say, "Oh my god,

[18:02] » oh, it was tough yesterday."

[18:07] I have to go for another MRI.

[18:13] » As long as it's a Zemen's MRI, then you're in good hands.

[18:20] » I have no idea who builds any of this crap.

[18:24] » They make a lot of noise.

[18:28] noise doesn't bother me. See, I had to be rushed to the emergency room on July

[18:36] 24th cuz I fell. >> Okay. Paramedics said, "Everybody's

[18:41] good. Take it." >> No.

[18:44] » And they did an MRI, >> but they didn't go low enough.

[18:48] » So now they think I've got a spot on my spine and we got to check it out. I

[18:53] said, "Why? It's not bothering me. me. >> All right. Does anybody else have any

[19:00] other comments? No. All right. We are going to uh make a

[19:05] motion to close the public hearing. >> So move.

[19:09] » All in favor? >> Second.

[19:11] » All in favor? >> I.

[19:13] » All right. Motion carried. Um so I believe we have a resolution here

[19:23] that we worked on.

[19:27] All right. Um resolution granting height variance for package pavement. Whereas

[19:33] since the whereas since the code of the town of Baltimore does not allow

[19:37] structures in excess of 35 feet in height, package pavement company wishes

[19:42] to erect a silo in excess of the minimum height allowed at their place of

[19:48] business located at 14554 US route 9W bearing parcel ID

[19:56] 1.00-2-3.1 00-2-3.1

[20:01] had their authorized representative president of variance present variance

[20:05] application at the August 5th 2026 zoning board of appeals meeting and

[20:11] whereas after discussing by the members of the of the town of the Baltimore

[20:16] zoning board of appeals at its August 5th 2026 regular monthly meeting it is

[20:23] resolved that this action be granted a negative negative declaration for the

[20:28] purposes of SRA and whereas a general municipal law

[20:34] 239-m

[20:37] referral was submitted to the Green County Planning Board which returned a

[20:42] recommendation of local uh decision

[20:47] commitment and whereas a public hearing have been duly published in the Times

[20:52] Union was held on said application at the Baltimore town hall on September

[20:58] 6th, 2026. >> September 2nd.

[21:01] » September 2nd, 2026. With all persons wishing to be heard given the

[21:06] opportunity to com to comment. Therefore, be it resolved that the

[21:12] application for the height variance is hereby granted with no conditions.

[21:16] » Thank you. >> Thank you.

[21:19] [laughter] Um motion to accept it. Yes. We'll make a motion to accept the

[21:24] resolution as is. >> Second.

[21:27] » All in favor? >> I.

[21:28] » All right. Motion carried. >> Um,

[21:32] » may I have a copy of the resolution just document?

[21:38] » Make a motion to approve the meeting. >> Yes. Everybody get Yes, we don't have

[21:41] them in front of us, but everybody get a chance to read the meetings email. Okay,

[21:44] good. Um, all right. I uh second that motion to approve the August 5th, 2026

[21:50] monthly the monthly meeting minutes. All in favor?

[21:54] » I. >> All right. Um any other business? Any

[21:58] other? >> Okay. I make a motion to close the uh

[22:03] September 2nd, 2026 zoning board of appeals meeting.

[22:07] » Second. >> All in favor? I.

[22:09] » All right. >> You don't need this.

[22:14] Can I ask? >> You can. Thank you so much. Yes, sir.

[22:18] » Thank you, Dick. >> Thank you. Appreciate everyone.

[22:23] No problemmo.

Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting 9-2-2026

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