[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Somers 7-12-1990. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A citizens committee, called the "Somers Archaeological
Resources Advisory Committee" (SARAC), hereinafter the "Committee,"
is hereby formed to advise the Town Board and other Somers official
boards and agencies concerning the probable location, extent and type
of archaeological resources existing in the Town of Somers, including
recommendations for identifying and preserving them.
A.
A primary charge of the Committee is to prepare the
criteria to be used by approval authorities and other town boards
and authorities in assessing archaeological resource impact in subdivision
applications, site plans, draft environmental impact statements and
other land use plans and applications coming before the Town of Somers,
from the point of view of identifying, documenting, evaluating and
preserving any significant archaeological resources.
B.
Another primary charge of the Committee is to develop
an archaeological resources map of the Town of Somers which is to
be used by all appropriate approval authorities involved in land use
decisions.
The Committee shall consist of no more than
seven (7) members, at least one (1) of whom shall be a professional
archaeologist or an amateur archaeologist having at least fifteen
(15) years of field experience or commitment to the field of identifying
and preserving the artifacts of our prehistory. Members shall serve
for two (2) years, except initially four (4) members shall be appointed
for two-year terms and three (3) members shall be appointed for one-year
terms.
The Committee shall be empowered to recommend
changes to this chapter to the Town Board after thorough discussion
and review in order to fine-tune the Committee's charter.
The Committee shall draft and adopt its own
bylaws and procedures, which bylaws and procedures shall be subject
to approval by the Town Board before adoption by the Committee, and,
further, the Committee shall draft and adopt the structure and content
of an archaeological resource impact assessment and report.
The Committee shall hold regular meetings, which
meetings shall be advertised and conducted in conformance with the
New York State open meetings laws.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See, for example, Art. 7 of
the Public Officers Law.
[Amended 5-17-2012 by L.L. No. 3-2012]
The Committee shall meet with the Town Board,
the Planning Board and the Open Space Committee (OSC) from time to
time, in order to apprise the Town of the activity of the Committee.
The Committee shall prepare, annually, a report
of its activities and accomplishments and submit the same at a regularly
scheduled meeting of the Town Board.
The Committee shall prepare a budget for Town
Board approval in September of each year, which budget shall list
its forecasted expenses for the upcoming fiscal year.
The Committee shall schedule its meetings on
the official town calendar.
