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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20200735 Excelsior Avenue Apartmetns Public Comment Zimbra amber.upton@saratoga-springs.org Online Form Submittal: Land Use Board Agenda Public Comment From : noreply@civicplus.com Thu, Sep 09, 2021 04:46 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 Tom Howley Email Address ndjunior73@aol.com Business Name Field not completed. Address 5 Gibson Court City Saratoga Springs State NY Zip Code 12866 Phone Number 5187284879 Project Name Excelsior Avenue Apartments Project Number 20200735 Project Address Excelsior Avenue Comments Good afternoon- I am writing regarding multiple concerns with the proposed Workforce Housing project on Excelsior Avenue. The board has stated a traffic survey was commissioned and the results saw no issue with the new housing and proposed YMCA center. I have lived in the apartments and our new home now for only two years and during the winter the streets are nearly impassable. I am speaking of the public streets; not what Burns or Witt are responsible for. Excelsior Avenue and Or- mandy are narrow/one lane streets during the non-winter months and during winter months people are backed up due to Excelsior being reduced to what amounts to less then one lane. At the last workshop it was brought up to remove the median green areas. I don't see this as a realistic solution to the prob- lem, and also see it as an admission that there is an issue in general that was not properly vetted. The public sidewalks were also not attended to for most of the winter months leading to another safety concern which would only be exacerbated with the increased population of this project. I also am not understanding the overall placement of this project. The new Promenade project on the other side of the city was placed in direct vicinity of another public housing project as well as lower rent apartments. It is located on what was already a street capable of the increased traffic; not a closed loop roadway such as Excelsior Ave. There are also no hotels in direct vicinity to the Promenade project, as the Resi- dence Inn will be located adjacent to the workforce housing. There is also no higher end housing in the direct area of the Promenade. Finally I saw this article regarding the Broad Street Commons workforce housing in Glens Falls. This complex is also not lo- cated near higher end housing and is located on a major thor- oughfare in the city. http�poststar.com/news/local/celebration-at-broad-street- commons-disrupted-by-tenant-with-safety_ complaint/article 36808983-a75b-5d Attach Photo (optional) Field not completed. Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.