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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20230008 Duplainville Site Plan Public Comment Draper4/25/23, 4:24 PM Zimbra https://m.saratoga-springs.org/h/printmessage?id=12668&tz=America/New_York 1/2 From :noreply@civicplus.com Subject :Online Form Submittal: Land Use Board Agenda Public Comment To :julia destino <julia.destino@saratoga-springs.org>, susan barden <susan.barden@saratoga-springs.org>, susanna combs <susanna.combs@saratoga-springs.org> Zimbra julia.destino@saratoga-springs.org Online Form Submittal: Land Use Board Agenda Public Comment Tue, Apr 25, 2023 04:20 PM 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 Alan Draper Email Address adraper@stlawu.edu Business Name retired Address 74 Adams Rd City Saratoga Springs State New York Zip Code 12866-9008 Phone Number 3152444371 Project Name munter-soleno Project Number 2022017 Project Address 74 Adams Rd 4/25/23, 4:24 PM Zimbra https://m.saratoga-springs.org/h/printmessage?id=12668&tz=America/New_York 2/2 Comments Sometime in the middle of April a sign went up giving public notice regarding a plan to build a plastics factory across from where we live on 74 Adams Road. Just a few days before, on April 15, the New York Times front page reported on a plastics plant in Brunswick, Georgia, that caught fire requiring the evacuation of 15,000 people. Three days before that the New York Times carried an article about a plastics plant that caught fire in Richmond, Indiana, requiring residents there to evacuate. Officials in both instances ordered evacuations because the fires released fine particulates that caused respiratory diseases and contributed to cancer. Schools were closed and shelters had to be set up. In other words, a week before we received notice of a plastics plant being considered for our neighborhood, two communities had to be evacuated due to plants producing plastic, like that being proposed by Munter-Soleno, catching fire. Imagine if this had occurred during the Saratoga racing season or during Travers Week. Do you really think this is in the interest of the people who live here? Is this a chance you want to take? I am quite sure that the planning boards in Brunswick, Georgia and Richmond, Indiana never thought their communities would have to be evacuated when they approved construction of a plastics plant. Is this a risk you want to run? Is the risk, which would be catastrophic, worth the reward of twenty-five new jobs? Solano has already shown its cards. Their plans show no respect for the bucolic nature of the community they want to join. Their plans call for developing the area right up to Adams Street and for invading the Conservation Development District. Would you want a plastic plant adjacent to your house? Attach Photo (optional)Field not completed. Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.