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224.2007 RESOLUTION SETTING PUBLIC HEARING TO FURTHER CONSIDER ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF THE HILAND PARK PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT FOR PROPERTY OWNED BY THE MICHAEL’S GROUP, LLC RESOLUTION NO.: 224, 2007 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Richard Sanford WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Roger Boor WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 73 of 1987 the Queensbury Town Board established itself as Lead Agency for review of the Hiland Park Planned Unit Development (PUD) under the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA), and WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 95 of 1987, the Town Board designated the PUD as a Type 1 Action and required that a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) be prepared, and WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 104 of 1987 the Town Board accepted the DEIS as th complete and set a public hearing on such DEIS, and on April 28, 1987 a public hearing was duly held to consider the environmental impacts of the PUD, and WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 201 of 1987, the Town Board accepted a Final nd Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) on the PUD and on July 2, 1987 the Town Board issued a Notice of Completion for the FEIS, and th WHEREAS, on July 14, 1987, by Resolution No. 211 of 1987, the Town Board adopted a SEQRA Findings Statement on the PUD, and WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 212 of 1987, the Town Board enacted the Hiland Park Planned Unit Development, and WHEREAS, the Queensbury Planning Board is currently considering a site plan by The Michael’s Group, LLC at the Hiland Park PUD, and th WHEREAS, on April 17, 2007, the Queensbury Planning Board adopted a Resolution requesting the Town Board to reconsider the SEQRA Findings Statement on the PUD due to recent developments regarding stormwater, wetlands and flooding, along with a recommendation for a comprehensive watershed analysis of the Meadowbrook Road Corridor, and WHEREAS, the Town Board has asked the Town Engineer to consider updated wetlands information relevant to the environmental impact of this project before the Planning Board, and rd WHEREAS, at an April 23, 2007 Town Board Workshop Meeting, the Town Board th discussed the possibility of scheduling a public hearing and the reopening of its original July 14, 1987 SEQRA findings for the Hiland Park Planned Unit Development zone, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board shall hold a public hearing on Monday, th June 4, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. at the Queensbury Activities Center, 742 Bay Road, Queensbury to hear all interested parties concerning new information related to stormwater management, pre- development groundwater levels, floodplains and soils and the prior SEQRA approval of the Hiland Park Planned Unit Development, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby indicates its wish to re-open the SEQRA review of this Project and authorizes and directs the Town Clerk and/or Executive Director of Community Development to send a copy of the original Long Environmental Assessment Form Part I and certified copy of this Resolution to any and all communities or agencies that it is necessary to give written notice to in accordance with New York State Town Law including, but not limited to, the Warren County 2 Planning Board, notifying the involved agencies of this reconsideration, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Town Clerk’s Office to provide 10 days notice of the public hearing by publishing the attached Notice of Public Hearing in the Town’s official newspaper and posting the Notice on the Town’s bulletin board, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Community Development Department to provide the Town Clerk’s Office with a list of all property owners located within 500' of the area to be rezoned so that the Town Clerk’s Office may send the Notice of Public Hearing to those property owners, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Clerk’s Office to send the Notice of Public Hearing to the Clerk of the Warren County Board of Supervisors, Warren County Planning Board and other communities or agencies that it is necessary to give written notice to. th Duly adopted this 7 day of May, 2007, by the following vote: AYES: Mr. Stec, Mr. Boor, Mr. Sanford, Mr. Strough NOES: None ABSENT: Mr. Brewer 3