March 04, 2026 Meeting Minutes

Page Status

approved

Date

Mar 4, 2026

Planning Board Members

Present

Robert Bellinger (Planning Board Chair)
Rebecca Harcleroad (Deputy Planning Board Chair)
John Ross
Craig Dombrowski
George Weidler
Jon Hardy
Jeremy Steuhl (Planning Board Secretary)
Andrew Howard (Planning Board Attorney)
Michelle Mormile (Town Engineer)

Absent

Stephen Thibeault

Participants

Mark Fumasoli
Ian Bullis
Andrew Horlock
Jeremy Dillahunt
Charles Robinson
Randy Hinkein
Sloan Schaffer
Jordana Longo

Correspondence

None

Applications

Public Hearing

PB-152: Special Use Permit [Fumbo Realty, LLC]
A Special Use Permit for an ice cream stand and farmers market at 669 CR-2 Elizaville, 201.-1-32.100.

Old Business

PB-186: Special Use Permit [Ian Bullis]
A Special Use Permit application to build a 1650sqft garage/shop/barn, accessory structure type 2 at 1634 Blue Hill Rd, 170.-1-18.121.
PB-174: Special Use Permit [Sunfair Farm LLC]
A Special Use Permit application to host small and medium-sized events at our barn located at 210 Cold Spring Road 150.-1-33.11.

New Business

PB-208: Subdivision [Keil Equipment Co., Inc.]
A Minor Subdivision application to create 2 parcels (Lot 1: 4.95 +/- acres Lot 2: 0.05 +/- acres) off of Maple Lane at 170.-2-18.100.
PB-210: Short-Term Rental Permit [Jeremy and Natasha Dillahunt]
A Short-Term Rental permit application at 464 County Route 19 171.-1-26.2.
PB-218: Site Plan Approval [Kleins Kill Fruit Farm Inc.]
A Site Plan Review application to replace an existing 13,500 sq. ft. fruit packing house with a 22,000 sq. ft. packing facility and a 2,500 sq. ft. accessory farm equipment shop at 469 CR 10 150.-1-57.1.
PB-220: Lot Line Adjustment [Fumbo Realty, LLC]
A Lot Line Adjustment application to merge Tax Parcel 201.00-1-32.200 into Tax Parcel 201.00-1-32.100, consolidating lands located at 669/673/677 County Route 2 and County Route 2 & 19.
PB-221: Site Plan Approval [Charles L. Robinson]
Site Plan Review application for construction of a 2,880 square foot private vehicle storage barn at 665 Columbia County Route 19 (Tax Parcel #201.-1-36).

Minutes

Meeting started with the Pledge of Allegiance at 19:00.
Roll call at 19:01.
Motion to accept minutes from Feb 4, 2026 was made by CD, 2nd by JR.
All in favor. Motion approved.

PB-152: Special Use Permit [Fumbo Realty, LLC]

Motion to open the public hearing for application PB-152 was made by George Weidler, 2nd by Craig Dombrowski. All in favor. Motion approved.
Public hearing opened at 19:02.
Mark Fumasoli presented a Special Use Permit for an ice cream stand and farmers market at 669 CR-2 Elizaville, 201.-1-32.100.
Mark provided mailing receipts.
Robert Bellinger asked about public comments.

PUBLIC COMMENT:

Charles Robinson spoke in favor of the project and that it is an asset to the community.
Robert Bellinger asked if the board had any questions.
Motion to close the pubic hearing was made by George Weidler, 2nd by Craig Dombrowski.
All in favor. Motion approved.
Public hearing closed at 19:04.
Attorney Howard read through the SEAF part 2.
All answers are No or Small Impact.

Motion to accept negative declaration made by John Ross, 2nd by Rebecca Harcleroad.
All in favor, motion approved.
Attorney Howard provided resolution to the board.

Motion to accept the resolution with condition that the CCDOH operating permit is renewed and a copy is provided to the board, was made by George Weidler, 2nd by Craig Dombrowski.

Vote as follows:	AYE	NAY	ABSENT/ABSTAIN

Vote as follows:	AYE	NAY	ABSENT/ABSTAIN
Robert Bellinger
Rebecca Harcleroad
Stephen Thibeault
John Ross
Craig Dombrowski
George Weidler
Jonathan Hardy

All in favor, motion approved.

PB-220: Lot Line Adjustment [Fumbo Realty, LLC]

Mark Fumasoli presented a Lot Line Adjustment application to merge Tax Parcel 201.00-1-32.200 into Tax Parcel 201.00-1-32.100, consolidating lands located at 669/673/677 County Route 2 and County Route 2 & 19.
Mark has previously applied to the board in 2018 and the board did approve teh application. The applicant didn’t realize that his maps were never turned into and the lot line adjustment was never recorded with the county.
Robert Bellinger if the board had any questions. The board determine to have the existing maps re-stamped.
Motion to accept the map and re-stamp was made by Craig Dombrowski, 2nd by George Weidler.
All in favor, motion approved.

PB-186: Special Use Permit [Ian Bullis]

Ian Bullis returned to present updates for a Special Use Permit application to build a 1650sqft garage/shop/barn, accessory structure type 2 at 1634 Blue Hill Rd, 170.-1-18.121.
Based on a previous meeting Ian was directed by the board to have a survey done. A survey has been provided.
Robert Bellinger asked about the square footage on the application. There’s a field on the application for building/leased square feet and it shows 2400 sqft. It’s 1650 sqft layout, but there is a second floor, which would nearly double it. Regardless, he put his home square footage on that. We updated the application to reflect the proper square footage.
Robert Bellinger asked if the board had any questions. No questions from the board.
Motion to deem the application substantially complete and to schedule public hearing for Apr 1, 2026 was made by Craig Dombrowski, 2nd by John Ross.
All in favor. Motion approved.
Applicant will notify abutting neighbors and return in April for the public hearing.

PB-208: Subdivision [Keil Equipment Co., Inc.]

Andrew Horlock presented a Minor Subdivision application to create 2 parcels (Lot 1: 4.95 +/- acres Lot 2: 0.05 +/- acres) off of Maple Lane at 170.-2-18.100.
Andrew brought paper maps with him and pointed out on the map the plan.
ZBA approved the variance for the substandard lot size of 0.05 acres.
Attorney Howard commented that the ZBA put a condition on the lot, that if it is ever not used for communications tower purposes, the parcel would be turned back over to Keil Equipment.
Easement for access will remain in effect.
Robert Bellinger commented that the Owner’s Consent Form is not signed. Andrew had a copy and provided it to the board.
Robert Bellinger asked for the Ag Statement to be updated to reflect the proper owner name across the street on the map associated to the letter.
Robert Bellinger asked for the applicant to put up “jersey barriers” by the tower. It is close to the road and hasn’t been an issue, but if a vehicle does go the road, it has a good chance of running into the tower.
Motion to schedule public hearing for Apr 1, 2026 was made by Rebecca Harcleroad, 2nd by Craig Dombrowski.
All in favor. Motion approved.
Applicant will notify abutting neighbors and return in April for the public hearing.

PB-210: Short-Term Rental Permit [Jeremy and Natasha Dillahunt]

A Short-Term Rental permit application at 464 County Route 19 171.-1-26.2.
Applicant did not appear.

PB-218: Site Plan Approval [Kleins Kill Fruit Farm Inc.]

Randy Hinkein presented a Site Plan Review application to replace an existing 13,500 sq. ft. fruit packing house with a 22,000 sq. ft. packing facility and a 2,500 sq. ft. accessory farm equipment shop at 469 CR 10 150.-1-57.1.
Discussed the proposal to tear down the current pack house and part of an old barn. They will put in new pack house and small garage.
No drains in the garage. Using existing water and septic.
They do have to move a few utility lines, which they are working on with National Grid.
Michelle Mormile commented on the wetlands on the property. Wants to know if the board wants to wave the requirement for the applicant to go to DEC for jurisdiction. The wetlands are over 100' away from the closest disturbance.
Robert Bellinger asked if the board agreed to waive the requirement. Motion was made by Craig Dombrowski, 2nd by Jon Hardy.
All in favor. Motion approved.
Motion to send to CCPB and schedule public hearing for Apr 1, 2026 was made by George Weidler, 2nd by Craig Dombrowski.
All in favor. Motion approved.
Applicant will notify abutting neighbors and return in April for the public hearing.

PB-221: Site Plan Approval [Charles L. Robinson]

Charles Robinson present a Site Plan Review application for construction of a 2,880 square foot private vehicle storage barn at 665 Columbia County Route 19 (Tax Parcel #201.-1-36).
Charles Robinson brought up pictures of his property. Described that he is located right next to the post office/ice cream shop in Elizaville.
He wants to build a metal steel barn/building.
Pulled up site plan drawing, showing legacy driveway and new extended road.
Pulled up additional drawing showing setbacks.
Robert Bellinger asked the size of the lot. Per the survey, it’s over 4 acres. The survey is from Dec 1988.
Robert Bellinger asked about number of floors. Only 1. He intends to have 12'w x 12’h doors so he can drive his cars in and out, straight through the barn
Robert Bellinger asked what he intends to use the building for. Mostly storage. He is recently retired and likes to restore historic cars.
John Ross asked if bathrooms or water are part of the project. Charles Robinson said no. He lives right next door, so doesn’t need that.
Attorney Howard commented that we should get an updated survey.
Michelle Mormile said there should be an easement to allow access from the one parcel to the lot he plans to build.
He will talk about this with Bob Ihlenburg to have the survey updated and plan to return for the April meeting.

PB-174: Special Use Permit [Sunfair Farm LLC]

Sloan Schaffer returned to provide updates on a Special Use Permit application to host small and medium-sized events at our barn located at 210 Cold Spring Road 150.-1-33.11.
Submitted a lot line adjustment to merge the lots. He knows it was after the 15 day cutoff, so he understand that the board would not review that yet.
Tonight, he mainly wants to share his updated narrative. He wants to support his farm, and have events where they would charge a fee to people where they would then use that revenue to sustain their farm.
Robert Bellinger commented that he would need to review the updated documents, but since they were just received, they have not done that.
Michelle Mormile commented on an engineer letter to his engineer Pat Prendergast. He said he hasn’t seen this yet.
Sloan commented on some of the updates to his project narrative. Initially when they provided a list of events, it was meant to be a broad variety of events that we might have. We don't have any weddings booked. We don't really want to do weddings, but that's the heaviest of impacts that might have.
Michelle Mormile asked what sort of percentage of the farms produce that he would be putting into these events. He said a majority of all the vegetables, herbs etc will be used.
Michelle Mormile asked about outside vendors, Sloan said possibly, depending on the type of event.
Robert Bellinger said to make sure his narrative is up to date and that he still has to follow the NYS fire codes.
Robert Bellinger commented about the parking contours in the back field. Seems pretty steep in some parts. Sloan said he would have to verify that.
Michelle Mormile said that Pat Prendergast did provide some turnouts on the map. However, turn arounds are still outstanding.
Sloan said they will comply with the pull-offs on the road and all the other fire requirements. The hurdle that is insurmountable is a fire suppression system. A sprinkler system costs a half a million dollars. A quote was provided from Albany Fire.
Jordana Longo commented. They want to merge agriculture with craft and art. Granted, weddings would be an option as well, but that’s not their main focus. Weddings bring in a little more money, but do require a lot more work. If the board put a condition on the permit, that they could only do 8 weddings a year, that’s great, but doubt they would ever do 8 weddings a year at this point.
Discussion about the septic. Sloan said he would provide a septic report if need be. For things like weddings, portable toilets will be used.
Michelle Mormile commented, that when you invite the public to your facility, it becomes a commercial event, whereas, just having a dinner party with friends, that’s completely different.
Robert Bellinger asked how to control head count. Sloan said that their events are invite only. No intention of putting out a sign for things like “U-Pick” or any kind of free for all for people to just show up. We live there and that is too invasive.
John Ross would like more info on the road to make sure it can handle a fire truck and have the ability to turn around. Safety is his most important requirement.
Fire Chief Jahns commented on the project, that a plan needs to be submitted to the town and tell the board what you want to do and to stop trying to hide under agriculture. Discussion escalated and Chairman Bellinger called for order.
Board wants to have the applicant provide detail on the type of events. Rebecca Harcleroad recommended that they put a business plan together and provide to the board. Be specific on the types of events they want to have. ex. Weddings, Farm to Table dinners, pig roasts, workshops etc. Also need to make sure that they meet all fire codes and town building codes.
Sloan and Jordana will work on their plan and will plan to return for the April meeting.

Fred Kelley attended the meeting. He thought his application was on the agenda for tonight for his special use permit request. His application is not complete and still resides with the Building Department. He has open items on his application as well, which he provided a drawing and letter of intent. We are still waiting on the survey/site plan.

There being no further business, a motion to adjourn was made by John Ross, 2nd by Rebecca Harcleroad.
All present voted AYE. Motion passed.
Next scheduled meeting will be held Apr 1, 2026
Meeting closed at 20:42.

Respectfully submitted,

Jeremy Steuhl
Secretary Livingston Planning Board

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