At this Virtual meeting of the Planning Board there is only 1 item for review. The agenda can be found here.

The single agenda item is a "Request to Amend" the Eugene Napierski Minor Subdivision Final Plat (2001) in Association with a Proposed 2-Lot Minor Subdivision at 15 Dutch Hill Terrace. 

A two-lot minor subdivision application was submitted for a property at 15 Dutch Mill Terrace on 2.10 acres in the R20 District. The parcel is located within a previously approved 4-lot subdivision (Napierski Subdivision) that dates back to 2001.

As part of the 2001 Napierski Subdivision the Planning Board imposed a condition of final plat approval that prohibited any further subdivision of lots. Prior to the Planning Board commencing their concept plan review of the proposed 2-lot minor subdivision the Planning Board will need to determine whether they will support or oppose removing the plat note from the 2001 Napierski Subdivision, which prohibits further subdivision of lots.

The applicant for this "Request to Amend" are Anthony and Despina Hazapis, no relation to the Napierskis other than they are looking to purchase property from Michelle Napierski-Prancl and Andrew Prancl who own Lot 15. Eugene Napierski owns Lot 1 and Lot 11 on Dutch Hill Terrace.  Christine Napierski owns Lot 3.

Christine Napierski recently resigned as a GCRG Steering Committee member to seek election to the Guilderland Town Board. Michelle Napierski-Prancl is her sister and Eugene Napierski is her father.

The agenda materials do not specify why this "Request to Amend" is being made and presumably that will be discussed at the Planning Board meeting.

This meeting of the Planning Board has been CANCELLED

At this Virtual meeting of the Planning Board there are 4 items including a Public Hearing and 2 reviews for Special Use Permits. The agenda can be found here.

• PUBLIC HEARING and Possible Action on Final Plat Approval - M.A. Schafer Construction, Inc. - 2863 West Old State Road
  Public hearing for a proposed 3 lot minor subdivision of 7.4 acres +/- of land located in the Single-family Residential (R40) District. Lot 1 would consist of 3. 38 acres and contains an existing single-family residence. Lot 2 would consist of 2.2 acres and is currently undeveloped. Lot 3 would consist of 1.84 acres and is currently undeveloped.
   
• Site Plan Review for a Special Use Permit - Dunkin Donuts Drive-through - 2060 Western Avenue - Westside Donut Ventures, LLC
  The application is a referral from the Zoning Board of Appeals for a site plan review associated with a Special Use Permit to add a drive-through to an existing Dunkin Donuts on 0.48 +/- acres located in the General Business (GB) District.
   
• Site Plan Review for a Special Use Permit - 5MW Ground Mounted Solar Facility - 6580 Dunnsville Road - Helios Energy New York 13, LLC
  Referral from the Zoning Board of Appeals for a site plan review associated with a Special Use Permit to construct a 5MW ground mounted solar facility on 56.7 acres +/- of land located in the Rural Agricultural (RA3) District.
   
• Consideration of Concept Plan Approval and Possible Action on Issuing a SEQR Classification of Action and Negative Declaration - 5 Lot Subdivision - 634 NYS Route 146 - Flocuzzio Construction, Inc.
  The applicant is proposing a five lot subdivision on 19.3 acres +/- of land located in the Rural Agricultural (RA3) District. Four single-family lots will be accessed from Weaver Road and one lot will be accessed from NYS Route 146.

At this Zoom meeting of the Planning Board there are 5 items including 2 Public Hearings. The agenda can be found here.

Of particular interest are 2 projects: a 58 lot subdivision on Old State Road and an update on the Helios Solar project on 56.7 acres on Dunnsville Road.

• PUBLIC HEARING/CONSIDERATION OF FINAL PLAT APPROVAL - 4 Lot Minor Subdivision - 2819 West Old State Road - Paul Amedore The applicant is proposing a four lot subdivision of 23.7 +/- acres of land located in the Single-family Residential (R40) District.
• PUBLIC HEARING - 58 Lot Single-family Subdivision - 2745 Old State Road - JTR Realty, LLC The applicant is proposing a 58 lot subdivision of 100 +/- acres of land located in the Single-family Residential (R40) District.
• Consideration of Issuing a SEQR Classification of Action and Negative Declaration - 6630 Fuller Station Road - Lands of Gleason. The applicant is proposing a 3 lot subdivision of 36.6 acres +/- of land located in the Agricultural (A) District.
• Consideration of Issuing a SEQR Classification of Action and Negative Declaration - 126 Arcadia Ave/18 Upper Hillcrest Ave - Feliks and Teresa Minkin The applicant is proposing a 3 lot minor subdivision of 0.35 acres +/- of land located in the Single-family Residential (R20) District.
• Project Update - 5MW Ground Mounted Solar Facility - 6580 Dunnsville Road - Helios Energy New York 13, LLC Referral from the Zoning Board of Appeals for a site plan review associated with a Special Use Permit to construct a 5MW ground mounted solar facility on 56.7 acres +/- of land located in the Rural Agricultural (RA3) District.

At this virtual meeting of the Planning Board, held via Zoom, there are 5 items, 2 of which include a PUBLIC HEARING. The agenda can be found here.

• PUBLIC HEARING - 4 Lot Minor Subdivision - 2819 West Old State Road - Paul Amedore
  The applicant is proposing a four lot subdivision of 23.7 +/- acres of land located in the Single-family Residential (R40) District.
• PUBLIC HEARING - 58 Lot Single-family Subdivision - 2745 Old State Road - JTR Realty, LLC
  The applicant is proposing a 58 lot subdivision of 100 +/- acres of land located in the Single-family Residential (R40) District.
• Concept Plan Review - 3 Lot Minor Subdivision - 312 Trinacria Court/3118 Lone Pine Road - Frank Tralongo
  The applicant is proposing a 3 lot minor subdivision of 4.4 +/- acres of land located in the Single-family Residential (R15) District. The proposed subdivision would create two additional lots that would be accessed from Lone Pine Road via a shared driveway.
• Site Plan Review for a Special Use Permit - A-Metro Self Storage at 4774 Western Turnpike - RJR Units, LLC
  The application is a referral from the Zoning Board of Appeals for a site plan review associated with a Special Use Permit to expand the existing A-Metro Self Storage facility on 10.6 +/- acres located in the Industrial (I) District.
• Site Plan Review for a Special Use Permit - Dunkin Donuts Drive-through - 2060 Western Avenue - Westside Donut Ventures, LLC
  The application is a referral from the Zoning Board of Appeals for a site plan review associated with a Special Use Permit to add a drive-through to an existing Dunkin Donuts on 0.48 +/- acres located in the General Business (GB) District.

The Agenda for this meeting can be found here. There are 5 projects under consideration at this meeting of the Planning Board.  The public is encouraged to call in during the meeting with comments.

• Consideration of Final Plat Approval for a 2 Lot minor Subdivision - 6575 Dunnsville Road - Justin Mullen
  The applicant is proposing a 2 lot minor subdivision of 21.4 +/- acres of land located in the Rural Agricultural (RA3) District. The proposed subdivision would create one additional lot. Lot 1 would consist of 7.1 acres and is undeveloped land. Lot 2 would consist of 14.5 acres of land and contains an existing single-family residence. Lot 1 and Lot 2 would share the existing driveway with a maintenance agreement and easements for ingress/egress and utilities
• Consideration of Issuing a SEQR Negative Declaration for a 58 Lot Single-family Subdivision - 2745 Old State Road - JTR Realty, LLC
  The applicant is requesting approval of a 58 lot subdivision of 100 acres +/- of land located in the Single Family Residential (R40) District.
• Consideration of Concept Plan Approval for a 3 Lot Minor Subdivision - 6630 Fuller Station Road - Lands of Gleason
  The applicant is proposing a 3 lot subdivision of 36.6 acres +/- of land located in the Agricultural (AGR) District.
• Site Plan Review for a Special Use Permit - Contractor Building - S&L Roofing and Sheet Metal, Inc.
  The applicant proposes an additional building of the same size (9,720 sf) in the rear of the existing structure. The proposed building shall not be supplied with potable water or wastewater; the structure shall be utilized for cold storage only. As the structure is proposed only for storage, the number of parking stalls required remains the same. Provisions for banked parking are provided and can be constructed at the discretion of the Planning Board. The applicant wishes to amend an existing Special Use Permit (05-18 approved on 04/04/2018) to include this new structure.
• Consideration of Issuing a SEQR Negative Declaration for a 4 Lot Minor Subdivision - 2819 West Old State Road - Paul Amedore.
  The applicant is proposing a four lot minor subdivision of 23.7 +/- acres of land located in the Single Family Residential (R40) District.

The Agenda for this meeting can be found here. There are 3 projects under consideration at this meeting of the Planning Board. Of particular interest to the GCRG are the Site Plan Review for an 8MW Ground Mounted Solar Photo-Voltaic System and the request for a variance from a building height of 35 feet to a building height of 45 feet at 2390 Western Avenue:

• Site Plan Review for an 8MW Ground Mounted Solar Photo-Voltaic System - Borrego Solar Systems, Inc. - 6120 Johnston Road Rear (Tax ID #63.00-1-5) Site plan review associated with a Special Use Permit for two (2) large-scale ground mounted, solar photo-voltaic systems totaling 8.84MW on 58.90 acres +/- of land located within the Rural Agricultural (RA3) District. The project will consist of two arrays. System 1 is 5 MW and System 2 is 3 MW. The modules will be mounted on a system of steel posts & racks in arrays of 4x6 and have string inverters located on the racking. The systems will be secured within 7' high chain-link fencing. Equipment pads will be located in the center of the arrays and will consist of transformers, data systems & switch gear. The access driveway will be constructed along the existing gravel access road alignment. The Applicant is requesting the following variances: (1) the installation of solar panels within 100' of a watercourse; (2) the removal of greater than 20,000 square feet of existing trees; and (3) to permit solar panels to be setback 50 feet from the property lines where a 150 feet setback is required for front and side setbacks and 200 feet rear setback. The Zoning Board of Appeals is the lead agency for the variance request.
   
• 2 Lot Minor Subdivision - 6575 Dunnsville Road - Concept Plan Review and Possible Consideration of Issuing a SEQR Classification of Action and Negative Declaration. The applicant is proposing a 2 lot subdivision of 21.6 acres +/- of land located in the Rural Agricultural (RA3) District. Lot 1 would consist of 7.1 acres and is undeveloped land. Lot 2 would consist of 14.5 acres of land and contains an existing single-family residence.
   
• 2390 Western Avenue - Mixed Use Building - Troy Miller The applicant is proposing to convert an existing 10,000 square feet office building located in the Local Business (LB) District to a 20,000 square feet mixed use building consisting of offices and apartments. The existing building is 35 feet in height and the applicant is requesting a variance to increase the building height to 45 feet.

This is an added special of the meeting Guilderland Planning Board that was not on the original calendar for the year. The agenda for this meeting has one item, "DECISION ONLY - Consideration of Adopting the State Environmental Quality Review Findings Statement for the Rapp Road Residential/Western Avenue Mixed Use Redevelopment Projects"

This is the second special planning board meeting to accommodate Pyramid (Crossgates), which is currently is suing the town of Guilderland because they do not want to pay their full share of taxes.

The dedicated page for the Environmental Impact Statement - Rapp Road Residential/Western Avenue Mixed Use Over-development Projects on the town's website says that this meeting will be used for the Guilderland Planning Board to issue their findings statement.

GCRG and Save the Pine Bush will be demonstrating outside of the Town Hall starting at 6:00pm socially distanced and with masks.  See "Stop the Pyramid Scheme" Protest for more details.

This Special Semi-Virtual Planning Board Meeting has one agenda item on it, to Consider Accepting the Final Environmental Impact Statement as Complete for the Rapp Road Residential/Western Avenue Mixed Use Over-development Projects with large scale apartment complexes and a Costco.

The Agenda Packet as of 07/23/20 can be found on this page.

At the November 18th meeting it was stated that this meeting of Guilderland Planning Board would be canceled, but as of 12-20-20 there has been no official posting stating that it has been canceled.