According to the public hearing notice:
the Planning Board of the Town of Guilderland, as SEQRA Lead Agency, has determined that the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (“DEIS”) for the Type 1 action entitled Rapp Road Residential /Western Avenue Mixed Use Redevelopment Projects is complete and adequate with respect to its scope and content for the purpose of commencing public review and comment, and will conduct a public hearing on May 13, 2020at 6:00 P.M. at the Town of Guilderland Town Hall, 5209 Western Turnpike (Route 20), Guilderland, New York, pursuant to 6 NYCRR 617.9,to obtain public comment regarding the DEIS.
Pursuant to Governor Cuomo’s Executive Order 202.8, which bans large meetings due to coronoavirus (COVID-19), and Executive Order 202.1, which suspends the Open Meetings Law, the meeting will be held electronically via conference call instead of a public meeting open for the public to attend in person. Members of the public may listen and view the meeting live on Verizon channel 34 and Spectrum channel 1303, on the Town website, and may dial (518) 579-3721 to participate in a conference call. Minutes of the meeting will be transcribed and posted on the Town’s website.
Click here see the full public notice, click hear for the Town's webpage for Draft Environmental Impact Statement and click here for meeting agenda that has the guidelines for how the public hearing will be conducted.
Guidelines for the DEIS Public Hearing
- The public hearing will commence at 6:00PM.
- Members of the public wishing to make comments to the Planning Board on the DEIS must dial 518-579-3721.
- To be fair and equitable to all interested parties wishing to speak at the public hearing each caller is encouraged to keep their comments to 3 to 4 minutes.
- To be fair and equitable to all interested parties wishing to speak at the public hearing calls to the Planning Board should be limited to one call per person.
- The Planning Board will stop taking calls at 11:00PM, if the meeting should go that long.