Kiwanis Club of Sand Lake, NY

President Joseph M. Behson                                                                              Secretary David E. Booker

President-Elect Gerald Tysiak                                                                      Treasurer Robert S. Pasquarelli

Vice President Sarah M. Tripp                                                         Immediate Past Pres Robert R. Loveridge
BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Christopher R. Blais, Roland B. Wagner, Eve M. Ward

Bryce E. Cutler, Deborah McSherry, James E. Rogers

John C. Brownrigg, James M. Colabelli, Margaret R. Weiss

CLUB BULLETIN COMMITTEE

Sandpiper Copy Editor Mikki McSherry           Photographer -  Jim Rogers           Web page Editor David E. Booker

MEETING OF MARCH 31, 2008

PRESIDENT-ELECT Jerry Tysiak presiding

GREETINGS & INVOCATION by Joe Cybulski

GUESTS:  Speaker North Greenbush Town Supervisor Mark Evers, a North Greenbush Kiwanian

     Conor Blais, son of Chris and Nancy W. Davis guest of Gary.

WELCOME BACK, Bruce Perry

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Ø      Community Services (Mikki):  Doors of Hope Friday April 4 at 9 AM Ray Turner, Jim Colabelli & Jim Parslow.  Tuesday April 15 @ 9 AM:  Dick Johnsen, Dave Booker, Bob Pasquarelli and possibly Key Clubs

RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE Tues April 29:  Church of the Covenant, UM, from 1-6 PM.  3 shifts: 1-3, 3-5, 5-6:30 for registrars and canteen workers.

Ø      MEETING LOCATION CHANGE:  Mon April 14^th we will NOT meet at Lakeview, but at the Northeast NY Regional Food Bank in Latham to sort donations following a pizza supper and a brief meeting.  All SLKs should plan to attend!  The regularly scheduled “Invite A Community Guest Night” will be the 3^rd Monday, April 21^st, Key Club Officer Installations.

Ø      HOLCOMB ROAD CEMETERY GSA Project: Saturday April 5 Mikki, Barb & Chris Key Clubbers from both Columbia and APHS and perhaps Chet and Brownrigg.

Ø      D8 CONCERT: Friday at 7 pm at APHS

Ø      JOE CYBULSKI: Patriotic Flight 2008  looking to send every WWII Vet to Washington DC for free to visit the Vet. Memorial in Sept. – need to raise $40,000 for charter flight.  Also need Guardians to accompany needy Vets (1 Guardian for every 3 Vets or 1 Guardian if Vet is in a wheelchair.)  It is a one day even, Guardians would pay their own way $230

Ø      KEY CLUB CONVENTION: Barb Key Club Convention was FANTASTIC  Columbia kids were PSYCHED!!!  There were 10 who attended – enough to participate with 1 Columbia Key Club at every workshop.  Barb usually only sees these kids at their Key Club meetings.  She said it was great to see them in a different light!!!  The Kiwanis money contributed to this event was WELL spent!

Ø      THANK YOU NOTE: Thank-you note from Nancy Davis – Thanking Mikki for being the Kiwanis liaison for the 2012 Bicentennial Committee

PROGRAM

          The town of North Greenbush  (NGB) currently supports the police and fire departments.  One reason for supporting the new development at the intersection of Routes 4 & 43 is to prop up the tax base.  Residents are burdened by the hefty school tax.  NGB wants to minimize additional taxation (for police/fire etc.), development plan should aide in this matter.  It should take approximately 10 years before the new development will achieve its full value to the community., but the retail value (additional taxes) that will go on the books will be incurred immediately. 

   There will be a lot of turn lanes and 4 traffic circles are proposed in order to foster fluid traffic flow.  Proposed stores will be different from those in the Clifton Park, Latham and Albany malls.  Some stores proposed are; Kohls, Old Navy, Friday’s TJ Max, Fashion footwear and other smaller stores.

     The Northeast parcel (currently being developed) will be called Van Rensselaer Square Mall and will piggyback NGB town plans for office space, condos and factories.

     The left hand side (southeast corner, near Stewart’s) will be 7 different paths with bridge and little shops (possible like an outlet center).  On this corner possibly a Lowe’s (idea being battled by EGB) or a Cabella’s outdoor Living Center

    At the current time the Tech Park connector is approximatel a $92 million dollar project.  This NGB development is separate from the connector project but may meld together at some future time.

    The Southwest comer will be called Quackenderry Mall.  The northwest corner is privately owned at this time.

Mark Evers reported that “…the towns of EGB, NGB, WSL, AP and surrounding areas are growing.  Growth puts a burden on the area.  We’ve got to have a vision to deal with the growth.”  We need to “have people that live here, shop here.  It will keep taxes down and be able to provide more services.  We have to grown and plan for the future.”

     Questions form the floor;

Chris Will there be a bookstore? Mark – That’s a frequent request but with so much available online, it’s not likely

John B. Where has research for the project come from? Mark -  Research is/was the responsibility of the developers.  There will be street lights in the area and a greater stretch of the road will be 4 lanes.

Kevin S. Please summarize the opposition viewpoint . Mark  - residents of the Dutch(?) area don’t want this project in their back yard.  Also the NGB Town Board members have flip-flopped on some of their previous stances re: the matter.  Some issues that they voted for are now being reconsidered and some issues that were denied are now being reconsidered.  It’s hard to keep track of  where each Board member stands.

Joe C.  Time frame for opening?   Mark  - Fall and definitely by Christmas

Botsy  Will there be sidewalks? Mark  - internally within the boundaries of the malls –yes.  Project is planning to have walkways between all sectors.

Chet  The light just a short ways up Route 43 make travel difficult in icy weather.  What will be done with that?  Mark - That’s a State issue.

John B.  Where’s the dividing line between NGB & EGB?  Mark - the line was in controversy several years ago.  EGB includes Home Depot, Dunkin Donuts and Green Mountain Coffee and east.  West of that area is NGB

John B.  Asked about the hydralics and water tables – fear that water run-off won’t be contained

 Mark – There are 3 retention ponds.  The recent rainfall has them near capacity.  Engineers looked at them on 3/31 and will review the situation and alter plans if necessary.

Barb  What’s the status of the NW corner? Mark  - It is still privately owned.  Old Tome Warner bldg. is leased by the Town of NGB.  Best Road contains wet lands.  Town hopes that current owners will donate the land to be used for Police station and a park

HAPPY DOLLARS

$       Chris: 1) favorite and only son here tonight; 2) Java Net is now open! And 3) Red Sox in first place.

$       Barb: GREAT Key Club Convention

$       Kevin Sarsfield:   Myrtle Beach Golf Trip with friends – 1^st 3 days the scores were high and the temperatures low – but the 4^th day scores were low and temperatures high.

$       Brownrig: collected $1.00 from Red Sox fans to sweeten the pot of the Kiwanians for Red Sox (fans of the first place teams donated $1.00 each week of the season.)

$       Nancy W. Davis:  $3 one dollar for each person who answered an Historical Question last week.

$       Chet:  Trailer for sale – any one interested?

$       Mark Evers:  Thanks for inviting him to speak and he is a Yankee fan.

$       Jerry:  happy that Pablo is open again!

$       Gary: bought a software program to do his taxes – didn’t work with his computer-bought a new laptop-laptop didn’t work with  his printer-bought a new printer-but no print drive-bought one-downloaded program but no cable-bought one-downloaded software program to get Federal tax forms and waited-waited-waited-nothing-tried next day-got a tax form-tax form-tax form… also needed to buy ink cartridge, paper and other stuff- he can’t wait to do his State taxes

DOOR PRIZE, IOU provided by Ray, was won by Nancy W. Davis.

50/50 for $19 was won by President-Elect Jerry!

MEGA 50/50, down to 19 cards and worth $497.10 still alive and growing Jerry found the Queen of Hearts! 

NEXT WEEK            PROGRAM:  Bob Loveridge – Young Children Priority #ONE

APRIL 7                    GREETER/INVOCATOR/CERTIFICATE:  Mikki McSherry

APRIL 14                  WORK AT NORTHEAST NY REGIONAL FOOD BANK, LATHAM!

APRIL 21                  PROGRAM:  Barb Fioravanti & Chris Blais:  Key Club Installations

                                    INVITE A COMMUNITY GUEST NIGHT (and tell Dudley if you do!)

                                    GREETER/INVOCATOR/CERTIFICATE:  Kelly Stone 

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK:    “Everything you can imagine is real.”                        Pacso

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