Quaker Ridge Update
TOWN OF QUEENSBURY
742 Bay Road, Queensbury, NY. 12804-5902
Quaker Ridge Technology Park
March 20, 2012
The purpose of this letter is to inform the Planning Board of the on-going issues concerning the
proposed subdivision known as Quaker Ridge Technology Park. Please note that lot sizes and
open space have been changed with the most recent submittal.
Nationwide permit and
1. Filling or disturbance of ACOE designated wetlands requires a
certification
; mitigation details must be offered with ACOE approval. Disturbance
DECFresh Water Wetland
within 100 feet of a DEC classified wetland requires a
PermitCommented and awaiting submittal of permits.
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2. Warren County Airport has inquired of the applicant if a Form 7460Notice of Proposed
Addressed with submittal
Construction or Alteration to the FAA has been submitted.
of letter from the FAA dated January 17, 2012. Concerning the FAA submittal
documents, light poles placed at an elevation of 345 have been reviewed according to
the Aeronautical Study. Clarification of the specific location should be forthcoming
as plans depict a road centerline elevation between 342 to the south and 356 to the
north within the flight path. Further, review may need to be based on proposed
building heights (up to 60 feet in the CLI Zone) and not light poles.
3. Staff strongly recommends that any approval for this subdivision be contingent upon an
agreement with not only the county but private property owners (lands of Pennock, Tax
parcel #303.16-1-15) and National Grid for an easement to construct a connection to
Queensbury Avenue. Any connection from this parcel should be planned to line-up with
Please see number
Stone Quarry Road located on the east side of Queensbury Avenue.
4 below.
4. Attached are the actions by the Warren County DPW committee concerning the
Queensbury Avenue access road. While an agreement has been made between the
applicant and the County, no road design has been presented for the board to consider.
Similarly, it appears as though no avigation easement with the County has been offered
Addressed with submittal of letter dated February 17, 2012. However,
or finalized.
the above is an on-going process and should not be considered complete at this point
in time. The Planning Board may wish to ascertain of the applicant the status of
these discussions.
5. Concerning SEQR, the following items should be considered prior to commencing an
environmental review: Traffic, engineering, extension to Queensbury Avenue road
design, archeology, FAA review submittal documents as stated above and segmentation
issues.
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