INVITATION TO MEET DEVELOPER OF PROPOSED PDD AT FORMER HOFFMAN’S PLAYLAND SITE

MEETING IS ON MAY 2, 6:30 PM AT BEST WESTERN AT 200 WOLF RD.

As you may know, there is a project before the Colonie Planning Board to rezone 606 & 608 Loudon Road, the Hoffman's Playland property, to allow 101 senior apartments and 99 assisted living units, together with 30,000 sq ft of restaurant/retail space. The project narrative states that this property is zone for fast food restaurants and gas stations.

This project appeared before the Planning Board for sketch plan review on January 22. Among issues discussed, were:

Increased traffic due to additional units under the proposed Planned Development District (PDD);
Consistency with existing single family neighborhood to the East;
Potential impact of multi-story structures on nearby development. Due to these and other issues, the Planning Board took no action on the applicant's sketch plan.

SAVE has been advocating, practically since we formed more than 3 years ago, that developers and neighbors of a project would both benefit from discussion prior to an application getting too far along in the process. If issues could be discussed before a project were "set in stone," we think the review could be smoother and the project could be better for everyone. We are advocating that early stage meetings like this one will be incorporated into planning department review procedures. This is the third time SAVE has been invited to help facilitate such a meeting,

We encourage all our members, Loudon Road neighbors, and other concerned citizens to attend the informational meeting hosted by the developer team on THURSDAY MAY 2ND 6:30-8 PM at the "Sure Stay Plus" Best Western, 200 Wolf Rd, Colonie.

Here is the link to the narrative and site plan for this application on SAVE's website.