TO9INoF coLoNIE I ttlE "ttoatPLANNING BOARD rr*r*;rifi* ll*lrrt' 1 In thc Matter I -o!- { the !leeting to consider a Public tnEor[ation Inpact o"tttii" invironnental Airport Area Draf,t 6 Sta!enent ' lt * t I r ir I I tl l* r tt I I *l* r r I t t* *l *li t llr HcEor ia I Town HalI I noute 9 lork clltonv i l1e, Neu 9 October 2, 1990 l0 7r00 P.B. PRESIDtNG: t2 Chairnan PETER E' PLI?T' Board---- ro!'n of iranninq 13 ""iiii! l4 PLANNING BOARDI bII LLI AI.I TIERIIAN if CEORGE NOAINSON LO ITOLLIND L1 GEORGE HASSIUILLIAN 18 DOI.IINIC S gEEIIAN 19 'I1.IES O'BRIEN 20 DANIEL CON 5T' Lt ANT S ' uo$;rEl*:3i[^'33ii^lFii'* ""o ^i NOODS LANRY CTLLANDER 23 LARNY PETER FI tTIt PaULtsE F-. litLt.lx^-l Rtto''tli C zfrtlrrEo srroi'tr'^!'D 1 PR OCEE DINGS 2 MR' PLAT! r ne would I ike to to thank everYone f or co[in9. I trould Iike { describe briefly to peoPIe hor the !ornat is f, beinE run ' 5 George Holland has to read tuo LcgaI notices that ec have to 9ct into the I record. After that, Peter conray and his staff give a fron clough, Harbour & As3ociatcs sill briet pres entati on conccrning thc DEIS docunent. Af ter that, the board rill cone bacL L2 up herc. and re'Il cntertai n gucstions f rotr ue 13 anyone and everyone in the aud i€ncc and hopc can ansrer thcI to yout !atisf action ' l5 HR. HOLLAND| "Public Inlorration to eating Notice, Planning Borrd, Torn o! Col'oni.e' is AIbany County, NGiJ tork . Publ ic noticc ls hcr.by givcn that thc Torn of colonie Planning 19 Board tfilI conduct a Public lnfot[ation'l 20 recting on the 2nd of Octobcr 199 0 at 7r00 9,r. Nectonville' at thc Melorial Toun tlall, Route 9' Ner, Yotk, f,or th. purpore oe prasenting thc z3 rport Area Draft Gencric Environlcntal InPact PAaiLt._ E E. wrlLtlar..i CEFarFrsD s|.orltra^-iD RltorrEa I Statenent. All parties of interest rnd citi2cns 2 uill be gi.vcn an opportunity to bc heard uith 3 rcspect to this docunent. Dated SePte!b.t 22, 4 1990, tot{n of colonie Pl.anning Boa!d, Peter E. PIatt, chair!lan. - tni s notice apPGared as a 6 leqal. .dvertisnent in both the cazette and the Ti nes Union on SePtenber 22. I Thi3 one. 'PubIic In!orEational 9 Meati.ng Notic e, town of Colonic Planning Board, :n on the tirport Area Ceneric Environrental I[pact 1t statetrent, The Tot{n of colonie Plannlng Board iril. I conduct a public infor!ational Ieeting on 13 Tuesday, Octobcr ?, L990. at 7 !00 P'n' at MeIoriaI Town tla1I, Route 9, Nerrtonville in thc large hearing roon. The Purgo3e o! this PubI ic to intortrational recting is to praEcnt thc draft l7 cDvlrontcnta I lrpact ! tatcrcnt for the airPort t8 rrca aDd hcar any gucation3 or corrrntr that the ' 19 DubIic nay have r{ith rGJp€ct to this docur'nt Colries of the docuuent are avaiLable !or rcvi cr, at the Toen oC colonie li'brary, the tol,n of 22 Colonic lorrn Cl.erk's ofClce, the TotJn ot Colonia 23 Engine.ring end. Planning Scrvicat DcPartr'nt, P^cLr--e E. Wtt.ult^s cErtr?l Eo s|.oll!r|.-rrD Rlloatlr I the Vitlage of Colonic Town tlalI, and the AIbany County Planning Departnant, For Eurther infor[ation, you 3ay contact thc To!|n of colonie { Enginecring and Planning Serviccs DePartnent at {82-0248.' Thi3 aDDcar.i ." di s Play " advertlrnent in the Saturday, Septcnbct 22, rnd 7 niedne3day, scPtenber 26, editlons o€ the ei nc3 rt I Eig! and the Ej-l-y-g.L3.g!!g in schencctadv' oC ) al.so appear.d in thc S.PteEber 26th cdition 10 the sDotliqht. l1 tlr. ChairEan. R. PLATT: Tith tha-t, r{e sl11 oE clough ' IJ turn the neeting ovcr to Petcr conuay Harbour E l3sociatca. 15 MR. COlf9|AYr lhank you cood t5 cvcning t7 ls Chairran Plrtt indlcatcd, !y l8 nale ir Pctcr Conray stth Clough, tlarbour t to Associatca, an cngtnGaring and Planninq f ir!, 20 here in AlbanY, Ncu Iork ' ,'r Th. 9ur:pose of tonight's public j'3 'tt infor[.tional !ccting to Prcaent thc l!,banY 23 li rport lre a ccncric Envl.ronrcntal IIpac t PArjLti- E E. WTLLIH^x Carrtrr!D Sr|orrr|rYD RlrortEl bo ur r ovGrview) I State0ent. 2 Over the last ten years, the area rjhich is being addres 3 cd in thc aeneric 4 cnvitonnental inpact statcnent has experienced 5 signif icant Prc s s urG for groeth and 6 developnenl. Real iz ing that cffortr had to be 1 nade to cvaluate this grouth and cstablishj'ng a I plan to effectivcly nltigate the itrpactc 9 associated ttith thi3 grouth, a cooperativc t0 cffort batt{cen llbany County, thr Torn of lt Colonie and th. Uillaq€ of colonie sts T2 initiated. 13 the target rrea, ehich is on this 14 ovcrhcad exhibit here, i3 general Iy bordered by l5 thc l.loha!.k River, Nca Karncr Roed, thc village 16 and tosn truniciPal boundari.s, Srnd Crc'& Road, lilert[an Lanc, thc llorthsay, and Forts Ferry lt Road, !t sas agrccd by alI the runicigalitias t9 -- bcing tlbany County, th. toen o! Colonie and zo thc village of colonic -- that r cotPrehenrivc zl approach in addrcasing thc Erotdth ln this area 22 through the prcparrtlon ot a draft gGnsric 23 cnvironrcntal irpact !taterent sar thc be!t and P^rjr-ri..E E. wt!.ux^r ('!rrrFr!D sr|oFrrr^.YD FEtox?ti tcloudh, tlarbour r OvarvieH) 6 ! I proper a9proacn, 2 Thc three bencfit3 ol prcparing a 5 draft genaric environD€ntal ilPact staterent are 4 as f olloe! ! It al lour for culu liti v. anrlyris of a nuFcrous projccts bGfore lunicipallties i'ithin 7 dcfincd arca ; I It altous for tha rnalys i s oC undevelopcd grouth; 9 land uithin an araa batcd on rcalonablc l0 and It It also grovides a rechani3! for as3igning LZ capital co3ts for ncedcd ilDrov.nent3 on a ba3i's '| 'r for currcnt and futute projects uithin a defined here I'l arca, especially thc area !fc are di3cuasing r5 tonight. 16 Brlclly, hor, did re gct to sher. 17 rc arc today? IA Ondar the SEQRA procc!r, tha Toun l9 o! Colonie ra3 dcsignrt.d lcral aqrncy October 20 24, 1989. lftcr thrt, r rerica o! scoping -- of ?l 3cssions scrc held one r'ith thc Torn z2 colonie, thc vlllagc o! colonic and Albany 23 county; one eith thr lnvolvsd agencies ruch as P^rju;...E E. wt!.ux^-s C!i?trt!D Sl|orlB^-rD RltoirEn 'I Ne!, lork State DOT, Environnental Conservation; and thr qeneral public. A dralt cEIS |,as then Prepared and accepted by the Planning Board on Septetnber 4, f990. So, c-ssentially, ee. re at 5 this point right nou in thc process ehcre ue are 6 soliciting input fron th. publ ic on thr draf t generic cnvironnen ta I iaPac t s tatcrcnt. I the purpo3e of our pre!entation 9 tonight is to givc a btief overvlct of thc l0 project. As you can !ee, it's a corprehcnsivc tl docuBent. and uc'd like to highlight sorc of the t2 oa jor isruca in the docu[cnt as thcy relatc to 13 i n fras truc ture, traffic and capital I4 inprovenents , tnd, basically, the staff tonight 15 eill, pr.scnt that in an overvlct{ !ornat. lb I rould like to !trcss that uhat L7 nill bc prcs cntcd herc tonight i ndi ca trs tho3. 'tc iIproverentr that uould be nacessary i! groeth l9 sare to continue in thit arca of tha toun' So I 20 would like to strc!r that thir is a draft 2l gcncric envlronncntal i npact t tt tcrcnt. It's 22 not tha cnd of thc proccas. 9le'rc hcrc tonight ?3: to solicit cortentr on thc dralt g.n.rlc i P^a:Lri-E E llit.!|x^x Caratr! ao srforl?n^.so RrrottEi ovFrvi 'Lr) F f el Frrgh Hr"'h^lrt' I ' and that the i I inPact statclent' "nuitonIental conients raised hcrc tonight t''ill be a'ldrcas'd irPect' 3 in a final gcneric cnvironlGntal I statenent. the !oriat for tonight's !ceting' is that each !eib€r o as Chair[an Platt indicated' uill' 7 of staff irho I uill introduce in a ninute gcn'rlc pre3ent their rection o! thc draft 9 environnental ilPact ttatcDent ' Larry IcEt' sill Pr'!ent 10 call,and€r, to !y i[!cdiatc 'lt land u3e and Qnv!ro$t€ntaI issucc' John Frazar uill uill prcsent utilitica ' Pcter Faith 11 presently transPortation and traffic rclated thc i33ucs' Irnd Larry noodr uill PreEcnt and acononlc itrPacts a3rociated iJith the Project rc do h'vc a nulbcr t5 givc a brIG! surrary' Ind l7 of cxhlbits through rlidc PrGtcntatloo and thc brcl' 18 ovc!hcadt as rrcll a! Gxhibits in tq tnd rtth that, I rould llkc to 20 introducc Larry Callander' HR' CTLLANDER! lhank You, by th' eounty' thc z2 Pctcr. Bh.n r. r''cte rctrincd to Gvaluatc 23 vlllage and thc tosn, thcy eskcd u! P^rt.ar.-.rl E. wtLl.lla^i- Ccrrrrr zD Sr|ottr^r.D Rttortti devel opnent o ver a 15-year Period.