There are 5 items listed on the Planning Board agenda for this Meeting.  Items 2 and 5 are most important. The agenda packet is 83 pages.

1. Public Hearing/Possible Consideration of Final Plat Approval - 6829 Dunnsville Road
2. Consideration of Preliminary Site Plan Approval - Great Oaks Office Park Planned Unit Development - 100, 200, 300 Great Oaks Boulevard
3. Consideration of Concept Plan Approval - 2819 West Old State Road
   There are wetland considerations for this 4-lot subdivision.
4. Amendment to Special Use Permit No 4661 - Site Plan Review for a Special Use Permit - Christmas Land 3068 Furbeck Rd
5. DECISION ONLY - Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) Preparation and Filing Extension for the Costco and Rapp Road Residential/Western Avenue Mixed Use Over-Development Projects
   
   The Planning Board will discuss extending the date for preparing and filing the FEIS pursuant to New York State code 6 CRR-NY 617.9.a.5.ii.a.
   
   If extended the deadline to prepare and file the FEIS would be extended up to an additional 45 days (August 24, 2020).  The GCRG expects this extension to be granted.

There are 6 projects on the agenda for the Guilderland Planning Board for this meeting.  Be careful when downloading the Planning Board Meeting Agenda and Packet - June 24, 2020 because it is 179 pages long.  The town has returned to combining all documents for all the 6 projects on the agenda into 1 large "agenda packet". 

The first item on the agenda is for a public hearing for a 2-lot subdivision of 745 Route 146, Altamont.  We discussed this project at our last GCRG Steering Committee meeting because there are concerns for wetlands and proximity of the property to historic Knowersville.  See these comments from a neighbor for more information.

There are 2 other projects on this agenda of significant interest as well

1. The consideration for preliminary approval of the Great Oaks Office Park Planned Unit Development (PUD). 
   The applicant is seeking a preliminary approval for a proposed change in zoning of 16.3 +/- acres from a Business Non-Retail Professional (BNRP) District to a Planned Unit Development (PUD) District to allow construction of 120 apartment units in two separate buildings within the Great Oaks Office Park.
2. A site plan review for a Special Use Permit to build a Independent Living Residential Facility by Serafini Builders, Inc. at 2965 West Old State Road.
   This is a referral from the Zoning Board of Appeals for a site plan review of a 12 unit Independent Living  Residential Facility on 1.1 acres in a Business Non-Retail Professional (BNRP) District. The Planning Board will review and discuss possible recommendations to the Zoning Board of Appeals.

There are 7 projects being considered at this meeting of the Guilderland Planning Board and the first 2 have public hearings.  Virtually every project on the agenda has some issue of concern in varying degree from protecting an undisturbed dune in the Pine Bush, wetlands on several properties, and large development sprawl in Western Guilderland off Fuller Station Road and Old State Road.

Please see this page on the GCRG website for short comments for each project on details page for this meeting.  

The town has changed how they are compiling the documents for projects and creating the agenda again.  The agenda document for this meeting consists of cryptic links to other PDF documents for each project.  

The good news is that the town is longer putting all the documents for all of the projects into a single file, but you still can't find documentation for a given project directly on the town's website and each document for a project is in a separate file again when you do find it.  The only place apparently that you can get the links to the project files ais from the meeting agenda pdf.  Hopefully we can get the town to eventually have a dedicated page on the Town's website for each project with all relevant information for that project.

Pursuant to Governor Cuomo’s Executive Order 202.8, which bans large meetings due to the coronavirus (COVID-19), and Executive Order 202.1, which suspends the Open Meetings Law, the meeting will be held electronically via conference call instead of a public meeting open for the public to attend in person.  Members of the public may listen and view the meeting live on Verizon channel 34 and Spectrum channel 1303, on the Town website, and may dial (518) 579-3721 to participate in a conference call.  

Various minor subdivisions are being addressed:

1. Public Hearing for 6030 Nott Road, Guilderland - 3 Lot Minor Subdivision 
   Lot 2 contains a family cemetery for the Veeder family, one of the Town’s founding families. See Town Planner's memo in the Agenda Packet for additional details regarding restoration.
2. Public Hearing for 300 Prout Lane, Guilderland - Staats & Messere 2 Lot Minor Subdivision.
   This land is located within an area recommended for Full Protection in the 2017 Management Plan Update for the Albany Pine Bush Preserve.  See Agenda Packet for additional details regarding restoration.
3. 1785 Western Avenue, Guilderland - Change in Tenancy - Renovation for Tara Kitchen (formerly Paesan's Pizza)
4. 745 Route 146, Altamont - Lands of Donald and Barbara Cropsey - Concept Plan Review for a 2 Lot Minor Subdivision.
5. 2792 West Lydius Street, Guilderland - 3 Lot Minor Subdivision - Consideration of Issuing a SEQR Classification and Scheduling a June 10, 2020 Public Hearing for Lands of McDonald and Cinque