Planning board grants conditional approval for Ball Farm section and names lead agency for Liberty Fields; site visit set

After the Blaine Town Square scoping session, the Warwick Planning Board voted to grant conditional final approval for Ball Farm Section Two — a 14‑lot cluster subdivision — contingent on the board’s comments (comments 5–31 as revised) and with Department of Health sign‑off. A motion to waive a final public hearing for Ball Farm was approved; the transcript records the motion, a second and that the motion carried, but does not show a roll call or count.

On a separate major application, the board determined Liberty Fields Farm (about 121 acres) to be a SEQR type‑one action. The board circulated a proposed resolution to declare itself lead agency for coordinated SEQR review with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and Orange County agencies. The board agreed to prepare and distribute the FEAF Part 1 and lead‑agency notice to involved agencies.

The board set a public site visit for the Liberty Fields Farm property for Monday, June 8, at 5:00 p.m. to observe the parcel and inform subsequent review. The board also discussed preserving an old Balambach (one‑room) schoolhouse on the Liberty Fields property; the applicant indicated the house’s condition is poor but said he will examine options for preservation.

What happens next: Ball Farm will proceed under the stated conditions and coordinate with the Department of Health; for Liberty Fields the planning board will circulate lead agency notices and continue coordinated SEQR review after the site visit and agency responses. Formal votes and conditions will be memorialized in written resolutions and files.