1966-01-20
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l-ieeting ,of the PlanningBoax:ð,.pft.he Town of Queensbury
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Qµ~~sb\1ry . Public School
Tbursday"",,~nuery 2Q, 1966 at 7:30 F., M.
Presiding:
Present:
Absent:
1.
2.
3.
George ··Kushner
Cushing, Demboski, K.irkpetrick, Norton,
"'Sinnott
Laakso
Minutes of last lØ\et.ing were approved.
C",sh~n9 repoJ:'ted on his talk with Town Attorney
Beswick regarding Section 2 of Griffin's Edgewood
Patk. ilecan legally hold up approval for lack of
the connection to Old Orchard under Town Law. We
can also use a requirement of the Town ÜðW for a
neighborbood park es a wedge.
Reviewed the Traffic and Land use plans and agreed
on the following changes and questions:
8. Traffic loop on Cleverdale should be cut back
to road by grocery and thrll existing road North of
proposed.
b. Plumb Point residenti~l should be 1/2 A not
lA as existing and because of land values.
c. Should have neighborhood shopping at inter-
section of Cleverdale Road,and Route 9L.
d. Multi-family area out.south of A.C.C. as this
is a housing development of single family houses.
Cut back multifamily area on West of Bay Road.
e. Question road N & E of Queensbury School·. This
area can be fed by loca 1 streets.
f. Suggest a loop only N of Residential on Avi~tion
Road. Keep t.his resident.ial for now. This loop would
come from opposite Round Pond Road (1 road only here)
and return to Rout.e 9 about where shown. . This area
should then be commercial 11'1 light of the property
Macy's has and existing uses. The new street from
Route 9 to Country Club Road should follow existing
streets as far as possible.
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g. Question Sherman to Dixon - perhaps use
part of this for local feeders. Should be comm-
ercial~~ight industrial South of Aviation Road.
Question park area south of this as far as use.
City's park area and oueensbury School area should
cover this area of the town.
h. Peel we like large central play area in each
neighborhood as against individual t'treas in each
develqpment.
i. Question road between Dixon and Sherman - per-
haps use this as local.
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j . Area south of Sherman can be serviced by new
street to Northway at Corinth Road Exit. Area South
of Av1~tion Road can be serviced at Aviation Road Exit
and area north of Aviation Road serviced north to
new Interchange by Round Pond Road.
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k. Peel schools should be located l. ... Town
Ball, 2. ÑestGlens Falls.
4. Next meeting, Oueensbury School, Wednesday, Feb-
ruary 2, 1966.
Adjourned
J. Arthur Norton
secretary