The agenda for this meeting of the Planning Board can be found here. There is 1 item on the Agenda, a Public Hearing concerning the apartment comples formerly known as the Rapp Road Apartments. That property and the development project to build apartments on that site has been sold to UG Family LLC.
PUBLIC HEARING: Apex at Crossgates Site Plan Amendment (f/k/a Rapp Road Apartments) for a Previously Approved 222 Unit Multiple-Residence Community - SW Corner Rapp Rd/Gipp Rd - UG Family, LLC
The applicant is proposing to amend the October 28, 2020 approved site plan (formerly known as Rapp Road Apartments) by shifting the two 5-story multiple residence buildings approximately 300 feet to the north and further away from the Westmere Terrace neighborhood. Two of the five 2-story multiple residence buildings will be located on the south side of the project site, a minimum of 150 feet from the property line and Westmere Terrace neighborhood. The applicant has no interest in developing the 90-unit future development site that was analyzed as part of the Environmental Impact Statement and shown on the October 28, 2020 approved site plans, which is why they are shifting the development envelop further to the north. By shifting the 5-story buildings further to the north this will minimize visual impacts from the Westmere Terrace neighborhood. This will also minimize future traffic impacts due to the 90-units not being developed at some point in the future. The existing 200ft wide deed restricted open space area on the north end of the site, existing Karner Blue Hill Preserve and 8.5 acres of full protection area lands adjacent to Rapp Road that will be conveyed to the Pine Bush Preserve will continue to buffer the site from the Rapp Road Historic neighborhood.
Meeting information – This meeting of the Town Planning Board shall be held at the Guilderland Town Hall Board Room, 5209 Western Turnpike Guilderland, NY 12084 and the public is encouraged to attend.
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