Memorandum                                        

TO:            Farmington Town Board

FROM:      Ron Brand, Director of Planning & Development - Ronald L. Brand

                  Dan Delpriore, Town Code Enforcement Officer - Daniel Delpriore

                  August Gordner, Deputy Town Code Enforcement Officer - August Gordner

DATE:       September 24, 2024

RE:            Report for Town Board Meeting on Tuesday, September 24, 2024.

The following report is for this week’s Town Board Meeting, and it is for the period September 10, 2024, through September 23, 2024.

Town Board Resolutions (7)

1. Resolution authorizing the purchase of drone equipment to be shared with the Building, Highway, and Water & Sewer Departments for mapping needed to meet MS4 requirements at a cost not to exceed $47,567 plus any shipping charges.

2. Resolution authorizing acceptance of a sewer utility easement for property located at 1400 Beaver Creek Road.

3. Resolution authorizing acceptance of a sidewalk easement for property located at 1400 Beaver Creek Road.

4. Resolution authorizing acceptance of a sewer utility easement for property located at 1390 Beaver Creek Road.

5. Resolution authorizing acceptance of a sidewalk easement for property located at 1390 Beaver Creek Road.

6. Resolution authorizing acceptance of a sewer utility easement for property located at 1429 State Route 332.

7. Resolution authorizing acceptance of a sidewalk easement for property located at 1429 State Route 332.

     Town Projects Update

1. FEDERAL HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES PROGRAM (TAP) GRANT AWARD.  Site restoration work continues along the south side of County Road 41 west of Beaver Creek and between the Auburn Trail crossing.  In addition, the bridge abutments for a new pedestrian/bicycle bridge crossing of Beaver Creek, along the south side of County Road 41, have come to a halt awaiting receipt of the anchor bolts for the placement of this bridge early next year.  Once these bolts have arrived they will be installed and pouring of the remaining sections of the bridge abutments will then continue to be poured. Once the construction of these abutments has been completed the contractor intends to bring the concrete sidewalks up to both sides of the bridge. 

Meanwhile, it is estimated that construction of the new pedestrian/bicycle bridge will take approximately another 18 weeks and then it will be transported to the project site and lifted into place.  Depending on winter weather conditions, a decision will be made when the new bridge will be lifted in place.  Stay tuned for this event.    

2. FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (FEMA) FLOOD HAZARD MAPPING UPDATE.

Today, the town received notice of the proposed flood hazard determinations and copies of the notice published in the Federal Register.  On or about September 26, 2024, and October 3, 2024, notices will also be published in the Canandaigua Daily Messenger, Finger Lakes Times and Daily Sentinel. These determinations, when finalized, will become the basis for the floodplain management regulations that the Town must adopt to remain qualified for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).

FEMA will then provide an opportunity to appeal the proposed flood hazard information presented on the preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) and the Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report that has been posted on the FEMA Website:https://www.floodmaps.fema.gov/fhm/BFE_Status/bfe_main.asp or call the FEMA Mapping and Insurance eXchange (FMIX) toll free at 1-877-FEMA Map (1-877-336-2627).

The 90-day appeal period follows the date of the second publishing (tentatively 90 days from October 3, 2024) for any owner or lessee of real property in the Town who believes their property rights will be adversely affected by the mapping.  The burden of an appeal is on the property owner and it must be based upon scientific or technical data before FEMA makes its final flood hazard determination at the end of the 90-day appeal period. 

3. Brickyard Road Water Tank & Transmission.                                                                 

The new Water Tank under construction, is located at the existing Brickyard Road tank site located along Brickyard Road, as the aerial photo below shows.  The existing water tank is pictured in the lower righthand corner of the photo (in blue color).  The concrete slab on grade, the base that supports the numerous tank sections of the new tank, is now complete after 660 yards of concrete material being poured.  The new sections of the water tower continues its upward growth to a height of 170 feet above the base. 

Another component of this project involves the construction of a new 30-inch diameter water transmission line which is now substantially complete.

4. Monarch Manor Incentive Zoning Project, Section 2.

There are occupied portions of seven (7) two-dwelling unit buildings in Section 2.  Additional landscape work continues within Sections 1 and 2.  A new basement is being dug this week for another two-unit structure located along Monarch Drive.  Eventually within Section 2 there will be twenty-four (24) buildings having a total of forty-eight (48) single-family dwelling units. 

5. Auburn Meadows Subdivision, Sections 7N, 8N & 8S.

All lots have been issued Certificates of Occupancy within these final sections of the Auburn Meadows Subdivision Project.  Once all stormwater related improvements for these two sections have been accepted, the next step involves closing out these projects.                           

6. Hathaway’s Corners Incentive Zoning Project.  All one-hundred fifty-one (151) townhouse dwelling units located within Phase 1A of the Hathaway’s Corners Project are now complete and occupied.  

Within Phase 2B, located within the southeastern portion of the Hathaway’s Corners Incentive Zoning Project site, will be a total of eleven (11) apartment buildings having a total of 88 apartment units.  All these buildings are now under construction and Certificates of Occupancy (CofOs) issued for five (5) Apartment buildings.  Additional CofOs will be issued once blacktopping is complete for the driveways and parking lots for the remaining five (5) buildings, which is expected to be completed by the end of September.

Within Phase 1B of the project and along the south side of County Road 41, there are five (5) remaining lots for sale.  Within another portion of Phase 1B, is a model home/sales office located along the east side of Osburn Lane.  Along Eddy Gate Way there are seven (7) occupied dwellings, one (1) dwelling unit ready for occupancy and two (2) dwellings under construction. Along Osburn lane there are eight (8) dwelling units under construction and twelve (12) occupied units. There are a total of forty-two (42) single-family lots located in this Phase of the Project. 

A new phase of the Hathaway’s Corners Project, Phase 2A, will have a total of thirty (30) single-family dwellings constructed along the remaining portion of Osburn Lane and a total of twelve (12) single-family dwellings constructed along Cooper Place.  The first house in this section along Osburn Lane is currently under construction and additional dwelling lots have been sold within this phase. Two (2) dwelling units are under construction on Cooper Place. This final residential phase [2A] of this incentive zoning project will have a total of forty-two (42) single-family dwellings. 

Site work also continues within the first portion of Phase 1C, The Villas at Hathaway’s Corners.  This phase will involve a total of sixty-one (61) single-family dwellings located on Villa-style lots fronting along Caleb Court [a private roadway].  Five (5) single-family dwellings have been constructed.  In addition, a model sales office/home is open to the public and fifty-five (55) lots remain available. This portion of the project will operate under a home-owners association where all site amenities (e.g., lawn mowing, landscaping, snow plowing, etc.) are provided for those living within the Villas at Hathaway’s Corners. 

7. RG&E Substation 127 Expansion Project. The expansion project is located along the east side of [961] Hook Road and south of Inter-State Route I-90 [New York State Thruway]. This project includes the addition of impervious area (adding a 186 ft. by 100 ft. expansion to the existing 127 substation yard) and expansion of an existing bioretention facility to provide water quality treatment for this new area.  Finally, closeout action has commenced for this substation project, including the filing of a two-year Performance Bond with the Town Clerk’s Office and the final release of funds from the Letter of Credit for this project.

8. RG&E Substation 168 Expansion Project.  Substation 168 is located along the south side of State Street, adjacent to the Village of Manchester.  Interior work in the control house continues.  Exterior site work, inside the 115kV yard on the east side of the station continues, including installation of steel structures, cable trenches, etc., and weekly SWPPP inspections are on-going and have been provided to the Town.

9. 1816 Quaker Meetinghouse Museum Project.  The Planning Board, at their September 4, 2024, meeting granted Final Site Plan Approval for the first phase of the 1816 Quaker Meetinghouse Museum Project which provides for the rehabilitation of the 1816 Quaker Meetinghouse building, paving of two driveways to Sheldon Road, constructing on-site parking spaces, and installing a stonedust trail associated with opening of this facility that is now listed on the Federal and State Registers of Historic Sites. The BOD has worked many years in obtaining federal and state grants to allow this part of our country’s history to be made available to the public.

10. LeFrois Project, (GLN) State Route 96.  The Town awaits receipt of requested information, including a draft easement document providing access across portions of the property.  The Applicant continues marketing the project, now known as “Ontario Gateway Business Park.”

11. Auburn Junction Plaza Project (Phase 3A) and Amended Concept Plan.  The         URMC Thompson Health Care facility is now open within the Phase 3A portion of the          project.  No permit has been issued for the interior work within the remaining 10,000      square foot space of the total 19,900 square foot plaza building.  

Phase 3B (a future phase of the Auburn Junction Plaza Project) will involve the design and construction of two (2) standalone commercial type buildings with additional on-site parking to be located on the two outparcels located in front of the Phase 3A building.

12. CountryMax Building Project. The building is almost entirely enclosed, and the interior work is underway for this 68,000 square foot office/warehouse building.  Blacktopping of the site’s access (drives, loading docks and parking areas) is now complete.  The on-site walkways, landscaping along with the site lighting bases and wiring for the on-site driveways and parking area lights have been installed. A new sidewalk has been constructed across a portion of this project’s frontage along the south side of Collett Road.  This sidewalk connects to the extension of the sidewalk along the north side of Collett Road from the FedEx site to a new crosswalk on Collett Road near the driveway to Ultra Fab.  This sidewalk has not been dedicated to the Town and is not open to the public for their use at this time.

13. Farmington Market Center Project. The Town continues to await receipt of the preliminary overall site development drawings for the project.  Once preliminary subdivision plats and site plan drawings, with engineering details for the Planning Board’s review and their approvals have been completed, then the Town Clerk will direct the amendment to the Town’s Official Zoning Map for the involved sites.  Following the Official Zoning Map amendment, final site plan submissions will then be accepted by the Planning Board for their review and approval allowing for building permits to be issued and site improvements to occur.  The first three (3) projects seeking final site plan approvals include a new freestanding Canandaigua National Bank Farmington Branch Office with drive-up tellers, a Tops Fueling Station, and a Mavis Tire Center.

14. Farmbrook Site Plan Applications, Sections 7A & 7B.  The sanitary sewer lines and watermains have been installed for these two sections.  The stormwater main installation is ongoing.  The road base for Alfalfa Crescent is installed and the existing stub reconstructed at Meadowbrook Lane is ongoing.  Gutters are expected to be poured later this week and asphalt is expected to be placed in early October.  This project which ultimately will involve the development of seventy (70) single-family dwellings to be constructed upon lots located within Sections 7A and 7B of the Farmbrook Planned Subdivision Project. 

15. Paddock Landing Project (formerly known as the Power Incentive Zoning Project).  Preliminary Approvals have been granted by the Planning Board for Overall Subdivision Plats and Overall Preliminary Site Plans.  At the August 4, 2024, meeting the Planning Board approved a 90-day extension for the revisions to and the signing of these drawings.  The Town awaits receiving the revised drawings for signatures and the filing with the Town Clerk’s Office.  Once filed, the Town’s Official Zoning Map will be amended to delineate the new IZ Incentive Zoning District boundaries.  Following this action, the applicant intends to submit final subdivision plat and final site plan drawings for Planning Board approvals of the various sections.  Once approvals have been granted by the Planning Board, the final subdivision plat drawings will be filed with the Ontario County Clerk’s Office, a Letter of Credit for site improvements within Phase One will be filed with the Town Clerk’s Office and a Pre-Construction Meeting scheduled with State and Town Officials prior to issuing a Notice to Proceed with site development.

16. Open Space Index Update.  The Town of Farmington Environmental Conservation Board (ECB) continues work on the completion of the update to the Town’s Open Space Index (OSI).  The OSI Update document is required by the State’s General Municipal Law, for maintaining the Board’s status.  GIS mapping updates have also been prepared as part of this process.  The draft document is scheduled for presentation to the Town Board, for its’ review and acceptance later this summer.    

17. Parks & Recreation Master Plan Update.  The next meeting of the Town’s Parks & Recreation Master Plan Update Committee will be held on Monday, October 7^th and may also be viewed on YouTube.  There is a dedicated place on the Town’s Website for reviewing the minutes and the materials discussed to date.  Coming on Monday evening, November 18^th, is a Public Information Meeting on the status of this project.  This meeting will be both in person and on ZOOM.  Contact information will be provided in early November. 

18. Whitestone Incentive Zoning Project.   The Town Board, at their meeting on August 14, 2024, approved with conditions the rezoning of land for development of the Whitestone Incentive Rezoning Project.  Below is the concept plan for the development of these two parcels of land which is under consideration.