Because the applicant (Rapp Road Development, LLC, which is a front company for Pyramid Company that owns the Crossgates Mall) did not post supplemental notice placards according to Guilderland Town Law adopted on Dec 3, 2019, the Guilderland Planning Board was forced to continue the October 14th Virtual Public Hearing to this coming Wednesday, Oct 16th at 7:00pm.
They were seen the day after the public hearing, October 15th, posting the notice which should have, according to the law, been posted all year.
After the Guilderland Planning Board has completed this Virtual Public Hearing they are likely to move to consideration of the site plan for approval to build 222-unit apartment and townhome development with 3,900 square feet of commercial space on the currently wooded lot on Rapp Road, south of Gipp Road.
Please virtually join us at this next meeting of the Rapp Road Working Group where we will review where things stand now with Pyramid's over-development proposals and discuss our next steps. Click here for the Working Group Meeting Agenda and access instructions (pdf).
To join by phone teleconference:
Dial-in number (US): (605) 313-5879 Access code: 116506#
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