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Project representative urges Planning Board handle site‑plan review and long‑form environmental process
Summary
At the May 30 Tunnelville (Alexandria) board meeting, Andrew presented a draft AIA owner–architect agreement and recommended the Village Planning Board conduct the Type 1 long‑form environmental review; he outlined a tentative design and bidding schedule from June through next winter.
Andrew, a project representative, told the Tunnelville Village Board the project team emailed packet materials including "a draft AIA agreement, which is an owner architect agreement, the standard AIA agreement." He said Part 1 of the long‑form environmental review (which he referred to as "Part 1" of the seeker) is the applicant’s responsibility, while the lead agency will complete Parts 2 and 3, and recommended that the Village Planning Board perform the review to avoid a perceived conflict of interest if the town board acted as lead agency.
Andrew outlined a schedule the project team expects to follow: finalize the application and agreement for the board’s upcoming meeting, submit materials for planning‑board review in June, start design development in July, prepare construction documents in August–September, advertise bids in October, and plan contractor mobilization the following spring after ice‑off. He said the project is classified as a Type 1 action and therefore will require a long‑form environmental review and public review process.
Board members discussed the recommendation to use the planning board for the environmental review and site‑plan process; one board member said that routing the review through the planning board would give the village "a little bit of sort of buy into the process," and another noted the potential for neighboring residents to raise concerns during a public review. No formal vote was taken; S1 closed the discussion and thanked Andrew for the update.
Next steps identified by the board: the project team will finalize the AIA agreement and Part 1 materials and submit them for the June planning‑board agenda so the village can begin the formal review process.
