Great Oaks Office Park

GCRG Steering Committee Virtual Meeting

The GCRG Steering Committee meets first and third Mondays every month at 7:00 PM. Due to the global coronavirus pandemic we are meeting virtually.  

At this meeting we will be discussing the following as well as other group business and items of interest:

  • Armed Police Escorts and Special Meetings for the Guilderland Planning Board
  • Paying Town Staff to Prepare Pyramid's Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for proposed Rapp Road and Costco Development
  • Great Oaks Planned Unit Development (PUD)
  • Fuller Station Road Major Subdivision
  • Future of Semi-Virtual Town Meetings 

You can click here to download the full PDF agenda for this meeting as well as instructions on how to join.

Unless stated otherwise, the GCRG Steering Committee meetings are generally open to anyone who desires to join the Steering Committee or anyone who doesn't want to make that commitment but wishes to be involved and help support the group.

If there is something you would like to discuss at the Steering Committee or if you would like to join the GCRG Steering Committee, please let us know through our Contact Us form.

GCRG Steering Committee Virtual Meeting

On the agenda for this meeting of the GCRG Steering committee is:

  • the Great Oaks Planned Unit Development (PUD)
  • the Costco and Rapp Road Residential/Western Avenue Mixed Use Over-Development Projects
  • the Guilderland Town Employee Handbook
  • the Guilderland Comprehensive Police Practices Commission 
  • the Guilderland Moving Forward Plan

Click here to download the agenda and instructions for joining the meeting.

The GCRG Steering Committee meets first and third Mondays every month at 7:00 PM. Due the global coronavirus pandemic we are meeting virtually.  Unless stated otherwise, the GCRG Steering Committee meetings are generally open to anyone who desires to join the Steering Committee or anyone who doesn't want to make that commitment but wishes to be involved and help support the group. If there is something you would like to discuss at the Steering Committee or if you would like to join the GCRG Steering Committee, please let us know through our Contact Us form.

Semi-Virtual Planning Board Meeting

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.

Zoning Board of Appeals - Semi-Virtual Meeting

Because of the COVID-19 crisis, the Zoning Board of Appeals will be meeting semi-virtually to review 7 projects and 3 signs. 

Of particular interest are the sign variance for 2027 Western Ave for the new Chase bank, a special use permit for the 2501 & 2505 Western Ave Self Storage Facility (lot of the former Governor's Motor Inn), a building mounted sign for 300 Great Oaks Blvd (office building in the back of Great Oaks Office Park nearest the highway) and a 1525 Western Ave Multi-Tenant Directory (office building directly across Western Ave. from 5 Guys.)   

The members of Zoning Board of Appeals will be meeting at the Town Hall, but members of the public are restricted to viewing the meeting live on Verizon channel 34 and Spectrum channel 1303, on the Town website. Presumably the public will be able dial (518) 579-3721 to participate in a conference call like past semi-virtual meetings of the Town Board and Planning board, but this is not confirmed. 

Click here to download the agenda packet. Beware it is 125 pages long and we have had trouble downloading and opening it.