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Town of Hamburg Planning Board Minutes August 5, 2026 Chair Gronachan and the rest of the Planning Board agreed that it should be sent to the LWRP Committee for a recommendation. Mr. Rogers recommended that the project be tabled until September 2, 2026, and it be scheduled for a public hearing at that time. Town Engineer Camie Jarrell added this is a project that has the most progress as far as engineering is concerned. As the reports and updated drawings have been submitted, the Engineering Department has been doing at least a high-level review and at this point she is satisfied with what has been submitted. The Geotechnical report gave a lot of information as to what the ground is containing. It is appreciated that the Applicant has already identified that they do not have a drainage outlet so they will have a lot of onsite storage to handle the drainage. The project was then tabled to the September 2, 2026, Planning Board meeting and a public hearing was scheduled. Planning Board to discuss the draft Final Environmental Impact Statement submitted by Parker Road Developers, LLC regarding a proposed subdivision to be located on the west side of Parker Road, south of Big Tree Road Attorney Sean Hopkins appeared on behalf of the project along with David Manko. Mr. Rogers explained that before the Planning Board is the FEIS for the Parker Road project. The Planning Department has done a cursory review of the report and has put together a summary of the FEIS. Mr. Rogers provided some items for the Planning Board to consider: • The FEIS was first drafted by the Applicant with the caveat that it must be in the opinion of the Board. The Planning Board can than change answers or ask for additional studies, but it must be in the words of the Planning Board. • From the SEQRA Law, the FEIS at a minimum must have copies of all the substantive comments that were received during the public comment period. • The Lead Agency is responsible for the coordination and the accuracy of the FEIS Mr. Rogers went over his cursory review, and explained that there were some minor spelling errors in the FEIS for the Applicant to correct. Mr. Rogers has some clarifying questions in his review document that included the following: 10