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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20210062 Stewarts Marion Avenue- Maple Dell PUD Public Comment (18) Zimbra amber.upton@saratoga-springs.org Online Form Submittal: Land Use Board Agenda Public Comment From : noreply@civicplus.com Wed, May 26, 2021 08:51 PM Subject : Online Form Submittal: Land Use Board Agenda Public Comment To : susan barden <susan.barden@saratoga-springs.org>, lisa shields <lisa.shields@saratoga-springs.org>, amber upton <amber.upton©saratoga-springs.org> CAUTION: This email originated outside of the City network. Please contact IT Support if you need assistance determining if it's a threat before opening attachments or clicking any links. Land Use Board Agenda Public Comment SUBMIT COMMENTS REGARDING CITY PROJECTS Thank you for submitting your comments. Your feedback will be forwarded to the City's Planning Department and Land Use Board members. NOTE: Comments submitted later than 12:00 noon on the day before the Land Use Board meeting may not be reviewed prior to their meeting. All comments will be added to the project file in the Planning Department. Land Use Board Planning Board Name Alice A Smith Email Address asmithmex@gmail.com Business Name Field not completed. Address 8 Woodland Ct City Saratoga Springs State NY Zip Code 12866 Phone Number 5185839371 Project Name Saratoga Hospital Morgan Street Campus Project Number 20210083 Project Address Morgan Street, Saratoga springs Comments 1. It is very important that the Planning Board study SEQRA rules carefully. The hospital has described in detail the first building on Morgan Street, but when asked more detail about the other three buildings, Mr Jones was evasive and stated "we don't really know IF or WHEN we will build the rest. We might not even need them". The tendency is to build to the maximum permitted, thus SEQRA law requires that the review should be based on the most intensive uses allowable. The limited sketch Mr Jones presented is considered "segmentation" and goes against SEQRA intent. 2. The word "Hospital Expansion" is misleading. The project consist of a large complex of business offices. It is not a hospi- tal facility. The hospital makes a large profit on outpatient ser- vices, especially from Medicare payments. Based on proximity to the hospital, it can bill Medicare at a much higher rate. They refuse to consider other alternatives. It is bad city planning. There is no infrastructure to support such a massive develop- ment. The streets leading to the area are two-lane busy city streets that cannot take more traffic. It will cause a massive amount of water runoff that will flood the homes in the lower ar- eas. 3. There is a new awareness of climate change, which is also addressed in the SEQRA handbook. The destruction of over 200 trees (100+years old) is irreversible, with yet another green area covered by concrete for the sole purpose of higher profits. 4. Please keep in mind that you represent the interests of the community, not the developers, or the hospital, or the city coun- cil. If this project is approved, the effects will take 2,3 or five years to appear, and unfortunately, the next generation of Saratogians will not enjoy the same beautiful city we have now. Attach Photo (optional) Field not completed. Email not displaying correctly?View it in your browser.