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Press-Republican — Thursday, March 22,1979 5 Group proposes village study on Elizabethtown consolidation Discussing the situation Looking over photographs taken during the recent flooding at a meeting at the town of Black Brook offices Tuesday evening are from left: Thomas Monroe, regional director DEC; Dick Wild, regional supervisor of environmental analysis for DEC; Frank Dwyer, pro- gram coordinator for flood protection section DEC; Russell Wege, engineer for DEC; and seated, Dave Butler, super- visor town of Chesterfield. (PR staff photo by Steve Frazier) By MARGUERITE DROGO Staff Writer ELIZABETHTOWN - Dissolving your village government is a bit more complicated than getting signatures on a petition, as the Citizens for Consolidating Elizabethtown are finding out. The once unofficial band of citizens that joined together two weeks ago to discuss^ the possibilities of dissolving the^illage government have now formed the official committee, Citizens for Con- solidating Elizabethtown. The chairman is Loyde W. Currey. Petitions have been circulating for over a week and they feel that they have more than 'enough signatures to force a referendum on the issue of dissolution. They are now concerned with having the village do a thorough consolidation study. \We realize that there-are* tet^ef things to be considered/* publicity chairwoman Gretna Longware said. \We want to be sure that the village does a thorough study on the mat- ter. \If this can't be done in time for the June ballot, we would like to see the referendum on a special election ballot.\ If the village refuses to hold a special election on the issue, it could not be on the ballot until the next regular election which would be in June, 1980. The committee fears that by that time enthusiasm for the movement would have died. A thorough study on the matter would have to include the savings that would be realized by dissolving APA adopts land recommendations RAY BROOK - Following four months of public hearings and meetings the Adirondack Park Agency has adopted final recom- mendations to Governor Carey for amending the Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan. Originally developed in 1972, the Master Plan classifies 2.3 million acres of state-owned lands within the park according to their natural jresourc£ characteristics, remoteness and capability to withstand use. The plan presently contains five major land classifica-\ tions, including wilderness, primitive, canoe, wild forest and in- tensive use areas. The revisions include proposals to classify approximately 47,000 acres of recent state acquisitions, rectessjfication of approximately 22,000- acres of existing state lands and changes in the Master Plan text itself. Duntley files appeal By MARGUERITE DROGO Staff Writer ELIZABETHTOWN - Since her conviction of burglary and criminal- ly negligent homicide m-luly, 1978, Joyce Duntley-McLean has spent a few weeks in prison, and been released on bail pending appeal. She's been married and widowed, and now ner me si again. According to her attorney, Liv- ingston Hatch, her appeal has been filed with the New York State Ap- pellate Division Court and the Essex County District Attorney, John McDonald, has until May 1 to res- pond. Hatch and the other attorney working on the case, Emilly Nevile, will argue in the appeal that any statements Mrs. McLean made were involuntary. The appeal lists other reasons also: the court erred in not granting a suppression hear- ing on seme of the evidence, the D.A.'s summation was inflamatory, some of the court's instructions were erroneous and inadequate and the verdict was repugnant to the facts. Duntley was charged with murdering Marjorie McLean. Mrs. McLean was the wife of William McLean who Duntley later married. Duntley was also charged with one count of burglary and one count of manslaughter. When the jury returned after three days of deliberation they found her guilty of burglary and not guilty on the other charges. They also came up with the verdict of guilty of criminally negligent homicide. Duntley was sentenced on June 7, 1978 by Judge Charles Garvey to 0- 10 years on the charges of burglary and 0-4 on the charge of criminally negligent homicide. Since September, 1978 she has been free on $25,000 bail pending her appeal. It was during this time that she married William McLean who later died. Her attorneys hope to argue her appeal in the courts this summer or early fall. Major revisions to the Master Plan text specify the contents of unit management plans to guide the ad- ministration of individual units of state land and provide a schedule for their prepration. Also proposed are guidelines and standards for the location of primitive campsites and the construction of new facilities on state lands. ••- . . Two new classifications proposed are a st$te administrative category and a historic area classification. The existing intensive use class- ification is proposed to be subdivid- ed into a day use and a campground category-. Copies of the agency's recommen- dations will be available to the public after April 10 upon request to the Adirondack Park Agency # P.O. Box 99, Ray Brook,-N. Y. 12977. Details of major classifications and reclassif ications follow: ESSEX COUNTY- Town of North Elba: Mt. VanHoevenberg; The recent Shea acquisition will be classified as intensive day use. The TjMf \7»n HfirimyVipirn nrii^ fr%rt>ct area and two sublots of the High Peaks Wilderness will be reclassified to intensive day use. This will allow the development of a cross country ski trail network which will meet international com- petition standards. Also, John Brown's Farm; The northern one-quarter of Great Lot 95 will be reclassified from wild forest to a new historic area classification. Town of Schroon: The Crane Pond Primitive area will be reclassified to wilderness with the exception of a primitive corridor leading to Crane Pond. Existing .access will remain unchanged. . , Town of Crown Point, Fort St. Frederick and Ft. Crown Point will be reclassified to the new historic area category. Town of Elizabethtown, A portion of the Lincoln Pond intensive use area will be reclassified to wild forest to offer additional protection to steep slopes and wetlands. An area suitable for campsite expan- sion will remain classified as inten- sive use. CLINTON COUNTY- Town of Black Brook: A portion of the Taylor Pond intensive use area con- taining steep slopes and wetlands Land suitable for the expansion of the existing campground will be re- tained in the intensive use category. 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The major area of savings would occur in the elimination of govern- ment overhead, * such as the salaries of elected and appointed village officials and the cost of maintaining a village office building. Consolidating services may also mean a savings for the village taxpayers. A study should also include a plan for the town to maintain services that the village is currently pro- viding residents. This is not an ab- solute necessity, but Elwin McNamara of the Bureau of Management Services in the New York State State Department feels it is needed to avoid chaos in transi- tion stage. Zoning laws would be affected by consolidation. In the event of con- solidation, the village zoning laws would be in effect for two years. After that time, the town may or may not choose to extend the zoning laws to include the whole town since part of a municipality cannot be zoned. Another factor to be considered is loss of federal and state aid. Last year the village received $4,800 in federal and state aid. If the village and town consolidate they would lose all of the village's federal aid and state aid would be gradually reduced on a five-year formula. All of these factors must be con- sidered in a study that will be presented at a public hearing on the issue. But as of yet neither the town or the village have begun to move on a plan for consolidation. Who will do the study is also a ma- jor question concerning the Citizens to Consolidate Elizabethtown. Two groups are currently being consulted. The New York State Con- ference of Mayors and Elected Of- ficials, a private instruction and lob- bying organization, was initially contacted by the village. The Bureau of Management Services from the New York State Depart- ment of State was contacted by the citizens committee. Both organizations have express- ed a willingness to come in and aid in any study done by the village or town. 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