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Home My WebLink About00-1024SS 00-1024SS.txt SPECIAL SESSION COMMON COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY OF BUFFALO (OCTOBER 24, 2000) MAYOR Hon. Anthony M. Masiello COMPTROLLER Anthony Nanula COMMON COUNCIL PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL James W. Pitts PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE Richard A. Fontana MAJORITY LEADER Rosemarie Lo Tempio COUNCILMEMBERS-AT-LARGE Beverly Gray Charlie A. Fisher III Rosemarie LoTempio DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBERS MARC A. COPPOLA - DELAWARE BARBARA MILLER-WILLIAMS - ELLICOTT KAREN R. ELLINGTON - FILLMORE RICHARD A. FONTANA - LOVEJOY BYRON BROWN - MASTEN DOMINIC BONIFACIO - NIAGARA JOSEPH GOLOMBEK JR. - NORTH MARY M. MARTINO - SOUTH BETTY JEAN GRANT - UNIVERSITY REGULAR COMMITTEES CIVIL SERVICE COMMITTEE: Barbara Miller- Williams, Chairman, Karen R. Ellington, Charley H. Fisher III, Betty Jean Grant, Rosemarie LoTempio CLAIMS COMMITTEE: Betty Jean Grant, Chairman, Marc A. Coppola, Mary M. Martino, Richard Fontana and Barbara Miller-Williams-Members COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE: Beverly Gray, Chairman, Byron Brown, Joseph Golombek Jr., Rosemarie LoTempio, Charley H. Fisher III, and Karen Ellington-Members FINANCE COMMITTEE: Byron Brown, Chairman, Marc A. Coppola, Karen R. Ellington, Charley H. Fisher III, Mary M. Martino, Barbara Miller-Williams-Members. Page 1 00-1024SS.txt LEGISLATION COMMITTEE: Richard A. Fontana, Chairman, Rosemarie LoTempio, Byron Brown, Beverly Gray, Dominic Bonifacio Jr., Joseph Golombek Jr. RULES COMMITTEE: James W. Pitts, Chairman Beverly Gray, Rosemarie LoTempio , Members EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Charley H. Fisher III, Chairman, Dominic Bonifacio Jr., Beverly Gray, Joseph Golombek Jr., Karen R. Ellington, Richard Fontana SPECIAL COMMITTEES TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE: James W. Pitts, Chairman, Beverly Gray, Rosemarie LoTempio, Betty Jean Grant, Barbara Miller-Williams. BUDGET COMMITTEE: Rosemarie LoTempio , Chairman, Byron Brown , Richard Fontana, Mary M. Martino, James W. Pitts ERIE BASIN MARINA LEASE COMMITTEE: James W. Pitts, Chairman, Beverly Gray, Dominic Bonifacio, Jr., Charley H. Fisher III, Joseph Golombek Jr. POLICE REORGANIZATION COMMITTEE: Dominic Bonifacio Jr., Chairman, Karen R. Ellington, Richard Fontana, Barbara Miller-Williams, Mary Martino, Charley Fisher III. CORPORATION PROCEEDINGS COMMON COUNCIL CITY HALL - BUFFALO TUESDAY, (OCTOBER 24, 2000) AT 1:30 P.M. PRESENT - James W. Pitts President of the Council, and and Council Members Bonifacio, Brown, Coppola, Ellington, Fisher, Fontana, Golombek Grant, Gray, LoTempio, Martino, Pitts, and Williams - 13. ABSENT - None. CITY OF BUFFALO COMMON COUNCIL JAMES W. PITTS PRESIDENT OFTHE COMMONCOUNCIL NO. 1 CALL FOR SPECIAL SESSION Pursuant to Section 30 of the Charter of the City of Buffalo, upon the written request of five Councilmembers, dated October 18, 2000, presented to you herewith, I hereby can a Special Meeting of the Common Council, to be held in the Council Chambers, City Hall, Buffalo, New York, on, Page 2 00-1024SS.txt October 24, 2000, at 1: 30 P.M., for the following purposes: 1. To receive and take appropriate action on items pertaining to: Iron Mountain Negative Declaration Yours very truly, James W. Pitts President of the Council October 18, 2000 Hon. James W. Pitts President Common Council 1315 City hall Buffalo, New York Dear Sir: WE, the undersigned, members of the Common Council, hereby request that you call a Special Meeting of the Common Council, pursuant to Section 30 of the Charter of the City of Buffalo, for the following purpose: To receive and take appropriate action on All items pertaining to Iron Mountain Negative Declaration We request that this Special Meeting be held on October 24, 2000 at 1:30 P.M. Richard A. Fontana Mary M. Martino Marc Coppola Dominic Bonafacio Rosemarie LoTempio TO EACH MEMBER OF THE COMMON COUNCIL ROOM 1308 CITY HALL BUFFALO, NEW YORK 14202 851-5431 FAX: 851-4845 YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that, pursuant to Section 30 of the Charter of the City of Buffalo, upon the written request of five Councilmembers, dated October 18, 2000, JAMES W. PITTS, President of the Common Council, has called a Special Meeting of the Common Council, to be held in the Council Chambers, City Hall, Buffalo, New York, on October 24, 2000 at 1:30 PAL for the following purpose: To receive and take appropriate action on 1. All items pertaining to Iron mountain Negative Delcaration Yours very truly, Charles L. Michaux City Clerk Pursuant to Rule 2 of the Rules of Order of the Common Council of the City of Buffalo, each of the following named members of the Common Council, to wit: DOMINIC BONIFACIO MARC COPPOLA CHARLEY FISHER III JOSEPH GOLOMBEK BEVERLY GRAY MARY MARTINO BYRON BROWN KAREN ELLINGTON RICHARD FONTANA Page 3 00-1024SS.txt BETTY JEAN GRANT ROSEMARIE LOTEMPIO BARBARA MILLER-WILLIAMS hereby states that he/she received twenty-four (24) hours' notice of the time and purpose of the Special Meeting of the Common Council duly called to be held on October 24,2000 at 1:30 pm RICHARD A. FONTANA MARY MARTINO MARC COPPOLA DOMINIC BONAFACIO ROSEMARIE LOTEMPIO BARBARA MILLER-WILLIAMS BEVERLY GRAY CHARLEY FISHER III BYRON BROWN BOB BROWN FOR COUNCILMEMBER ELLINGTON BETTY JEAN GRANT On this 18TH day of October 2000, before me, the subscribers, personally appeared To me known to be the same persons described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and they duly and severally acknowledged to me that they executed the same. Gerald Chwalinski Commissioner of Deeds, in and for the City of Buffalo, N.Y. My Commission expires 12/31/00 RECEIVED AND FILES NO. 2 BY: MR. FONTANA IRON MOUNTAIN NEGATIVE DECLARATION Whereas:Iron Mountain Records Management, Inc. ("EMRM") has sought Common Council approval for the purchase of a .59 acre portion of an unimproved paper street known as Old Bailey (the "Parcel"), for use in connection with a proposed 62,000 sq. ft. expansion at 98 Bailey Avenue, adjacent to IMRM's existing records storage facility located at 100 Bailey Avenue, Buffalo, New York. Whereas: In connection with said expansion I]\4RM has sought City-Wide Site Plan approval from the City Planning Board and Common Council including, among other things, a Restricted Use Permit pursuant to the Buffalo Coastal Special Review District requirements; Whereas: The Common Council considered IMRM's application materials, Full Enviromnental Assessment Form, public comments received during public hearings and other relevant documentation in light of the environmental criteria prescribed by the New York State Environmental Quality Review Ac (SEQRA); Whereas: The Common Council previously determined pursuant to Article 8 of the State Environmental. Conservation Law that EVIRM's proposed addition will not result in any significant adverse environmental impacts as set forth in the Negative Declaration of Item No. 78, C.C.P., July 25, 2000; Whereas: The City of Buffalo's regulations supplementing SEQRA at City Code Chapter 168 provide that both the sale Page 4 00-1024SS.txt of a parcel of less than 50 acres and the abandonment of an unimproved paper street are considered to be Type II actions exempt from SEQRA review; Whereas: However, Chapter 168 includes a list of Type I actions for which there is a rebuttable presumption that an Environmental hnpact Statement (EIS) should be required, which Type I list includes, among other things, any action which takes place within a 100 year floodplain and which requires (1) Planning Board approvals; or (2) involves a 50% or greater expansion of a commercial facility; Whereas: HVERM's application for City-Wide Site Plan Approval constitutes a Type I action due to the aforementioned criteria, which fact was inadvertently overlooked when IMRM's project was classified as "unlisted" for purposes of the Council's July 25, 2000 Negative Declaration; Whereas: The Common Council wishes to amend its July 25, 2000 Negative Declaration to reflect that UVERM's action constitutes a Type I action and to clarify the reasons for the Common Council's determination that an EIS for this project need not be prepared under all of the facts and circumstances; Now, Therefore, Be it Resolved: That the Common Council hereby adopts the attached Amended Negative Declaration reflecting that EVIRM's proposed addition constitutes a Type I action and clarifying the Council's determination that the undertaking of this action will not constitute an action posing a significant adverse effect on the environment and that no EIS is necessary in connection with IMRM's proposed warehouse expansion project. AYES - BONAFACIO, COPPOLA, FONTANA, GOLOMBEK, LOTEMPIO, MARTINO, PITTS - 7 NOES - BROWN, ELLINGTON, FISHER, GRANT, GRAY, WILLIAMS - 6 ADOPT NO.3 ADJOURNMENT At 2:25 pm Mrs. LoTempio moved to Adjourn. Seconded by Mr. Bonafacio ADOPT Page 5