762.93
RESOLUTION APPROVING FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT
REGARDING HUDSON POINTE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT
RESOLUTION NO. 762, 93
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Michel Brandt
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. Nick Caimano
WHEREAS, The Michaels Group, on behalf of the Hudson Pointe
Planned Unit Development, previously submitted an application for
site plan approval for a certain Planned Unit Development entitled,
the "Hudson Pointe Planned Unit Development," and
WHEREAS, on December 21, 1992, the Town Board of the Town of
Queensbury assumed lead agency status, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board thereafter reviewed the application,
environmental assessment form, and other documents and information
presented to it and by resolution no. 149, 1993, issued a positive
declaration under SEQRA, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury, subsequent
to the foregoing, engaged in a scoping session, developed a scoping
document, and thereafter upon review and after hearing from staff
and Morse Engineering, P.C., accepted as satisfactory, a Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) which was submitted on behalf
of the Hudson Pointe Planned Unit Development by The Michaels Group
in response to the positive declaration and scoping held by the
said Town Board, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board held a public hearing on the aforesaid
submitted DEIS on September 13, 1993 and entertained comments on
the same, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board notes that the comment period for the
DEIS has expired and that The Michaels Group, on behalf of the
Hudson Pointe Planned Unit Development, has submitted a Final
Environmental Impact Statement,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Town Board for the Town of Queensbury
hereby acknowledges that a Final Environmental Impact Statement
(FEIS) has been submitted in connection with the application of The
Michaels Group, on behalf of the Hudson Pointe Planned Unit
Development, for approval of the Planned Unit Development and
hereby determines that the aforesaid FEIS is complete and adequate,
and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Notice of Completion of the FEIS presented
at this meeting is hereby approved and authorized for use, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that :
1. the Notice of Completion shall be filed as a part of the
papers and documents maintained by the Town Clerk's
Office as part of the application of The Michael's Group
on behalf of the Hudson Pointe Planned Unit Development
for approval of the Planned Unit Development;
2. the Notice of Completion must be sent to the
Commissioner of the Department of Environmental
Conservation, 50 Wolf Road, Albany, New York 12233-001
for publication in the ENB;
3. the Notice of Completion and Final Environmental Impact
Statement must be filed with the Commissioner of the New
York State Department of Environmental Conservation;
4. the Notice of Completion and FEIS must be filed with the
appropriate regional office of the Department;
5. the Notice of Completion and FEIS must be filed with the
Town Supervisor of the Town of Queensbury;
6. the Notice of Completion and FEIS must be filed with The
Michaels Group, on behalf of the Hudson Pointe Planned
Unit Development;
7. the Notice of Completion and FEIS must be filed with all
other involved agencies;
8. one copy of the Notice of Completion and FEIS must be
filed with those persons requesting it and one copy of
the Notice of Completion and FEIS must be filed at all
agencies where the DEIS was previously filed and/or made
available to the public; and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that prior to the Town Board's decision on the
action which has been the subject of the FEIS, it shall afford
agencies and the public a reasonable time period of ten days from
the date of filing of the Notice of Completion and FEIS in which to
consider the FEIS, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby also notes that the lead
agency's filing of written findings and the decision on whether or
not to approve the action which has been the subject of the FEIS
shall be made within 30 days after the filing of the FEIS.
Duly adopted this 20th day of December, 1993, by the following
vote:
AYES: Mr. Tucker, Mrs. Monahan, Mrs. Goetz, Mr. Caimano,
Mr. Brandt
NOES: None
ABSENT: None