HomeMy WebLinkAbout20230032 Crescent & Jefferson Site Plan Presentation 2023 06 16Liberty Saratoga Apartments
a Liberty Development Project
Saratoga Springs Planning Board:
Site Plan (1st meeting)
June 15, 2023
Overall
Site Plan
Work Force housing
“public benefit”
Despite need, no City incentive to do
project
City application and review fees: $72,907
Zoning Amendment: $8267
Site Plan + consultant: $59,340
County Sewer: $5300
How Liberty works
Public Benefit Projects vs Market Rate
PB Workshop
Comments
Topics Discussion during the City Planning Board
06/08/23 workshop:
Bunny Lake Drive Improvements
CDTA Coordination –Currently in progress. CDTA
has indicated it is too early for coordination.
Non-jurisdictional wetlands
Conservation easement language -Ferradino
Firm, PLLC is currently drafting language
UDO Section 11.6.D
Bunny Lake Drive Retaining Wall Visual
Crescent Avenue Sidewalk
Reviewing agency comments:
Complete Streets Advisory Opinion
Open Space Advisory Committee (pending)
Bunny Lake Drive: Existing Conditions
Description Local Street: Neighborhood
2 Lane Minor Street
Local Street:
Neighborhood
2 Lane Street
EXISTING
Bunny Lake Dr.
Minimum ROW
Width 55 ft 66 ft 24-28 ft
Private Road no ROW
Minimum Travel
Lane 10 ft 10 ft 12 ft +/-
Minimum Parking
Lane Width 7 ft 7 ft No parking stalls
Minimum Bike
Lane Width N/A 5 ft No bike lane
Minimum Tree Belt
Width 5’-5”6 ft No sidewalk to create
Tree Belt
Minimum
Sidewalk Width 5’5 ft No sidewalks
* Privately owned by Bmhd Inc. & Saratoga Harness Racing, Inc.
Bunny Lake Drive –Issues with
conforming to city standards
Privately Owned and not under Liberty Control:
Neither the Planning Board nor Liberty can compel
Cost:$550,000-$1.4M
Mature Tree Removal:
Roadway is +/-930 linear ft
Minimum of 6700 sf of mature tree removal (grading will require
additional)
No demonstrated need:
Functions at acceptable levels for traffic volume and projected
increase
Complete Streets
CSAC’s “Wish List”
Sidewalks
Both sides of Bunny Lake –purpose?
Crescent Ave –north side –purpose?
Cash for Crescent Ave Connector -unnecessary
Jefferson to Crescent –Proposed
Crosswalks
Cash for “all legs” Bunny Lake and Crescent
Cash for “all legs” of Jefferson and Crescent
On Jefferson at outlet of walking path –Omitted from plan
Walking Paths –omitted from plan per PB
Lighting
Maintenance
Bunny Lake Dr. Sidewalk/Roadway
Cost
Sidewalks on both sides: $550,000-650,000
Clearing Trees
Fill,grade and subbase
+/-$1900 LF concrete
Place 20 new trees and seedlings
Widen Roadway and Sidewalks -$1.25-1.45M
Above
Demolish existing structures/lighting, mill existing paving
Pave
Relocate Casino signage
New lighting
Easement
for Bunny
Lake Dr.
Parking in setbacks
UDO does not require
parking to be outside
setbacks
CDTA Mass Transit
Discussions
SEQR review for traffic
Property on seasonal route
Ability to become
permanent premature
PILOT for electric car share
Traffic Study
SEQR –no significant impact
2019 Study
Trip Generation: 66/86 and LOS A & B
2023 ITE calculations 74/83
LOS A & B and trip generation under 100 –No
changes
Modifications since 2019
Declining attendance
More units (20), less bedrooms (72)
Non-jurisdictional
wetlands
Impacts:
Minor grading;
Storm pipe and stone at
end of pipe;
Minor tree removal to
support above
NYSDEC Jurisdiction
“To be protected under the Freshwater Wetlands Act, a wetland must be 12.4
acres.” NYSDEC website
Wetland Report (p. 7) “These wetlands are not jurisdictional under NYSDEC law,
however they are currently jurisdictional under ACOE Section 404 of the Clean
Water Act”
ACOE Jurisdiction
JD 08/17/20. “…two wetlands on the site that are identified as Wetlands B and
C…are determined to be excluded from Clean Water Act jurisdiction.” (p,2)
Saratoga Springs UDO –Section 7.1
No principal buildings, accessory structures, or paved surfaces are permitted on
land within 100 linear feet of land and waters identified as Class I and Class II
Freshwater Wetlands by the NYSDEC or within 50 linear feet of federal wetlands.
Wetlands B & C do not meet UDO definition of a wetland. No 50 ft buffer (Sec.
13.6) required.
SEQR
Neg Dec:12/20/22. Impacts included in SEQR review.
Conservation easement –
(Intrada Precedent)
City benefits as grantee of the Easement
Passive Recreation
Restrictions:
Restriction on development
No construction that isn’t related to passive
recreation
No cutting of trees
Ability for city to make improvements?
Liaison from board?
Passive Open Space Requirement
UDO Section 15.8.A “Applicability”
“Upon finding that a proper case exists for requiring a park or other recreational
purpose within the City, the Planning Board will require an offering of usable land
for active recreation or passive open space, or fee in lieu of land, for each new
residential unit created through the subdivision or site plan review processes ”
Hemlock Trail, soccer fields, playground, 2400 acre Spa Park
UDO Section 15.8.B “Required Land Area”
“The owner must offer or provide to the City Class A or Class B Type Usable Land,
or combination thereof, equal in size to at least 10% of the subject parcel(s) for use
as recreational land.”
Definition of Class B
“Class B Type usable land refers to land not suitable generally for development
except for passive open space.”
Total Parcel Required Land Area Proposed
30.27 acres 3.03 acres 10% minimum 19.88 acres 66%
Parking Lot Landscaping
UDO Section 11.6.D: “The minimum total landscape area of a
parking lot, including parking lot islands, must be 10% of the
total parking lot area….Parking lot landscape area along a
street, as required in Section 11.5, is excluded from the
calculation of total parking lot area and total parking lot
landscape.”
Total Parking Lot
Area
Parking
Impervious
Cover
Parking
Greenspace Required Provided
3.32 acres 2.80 acres 0.52 acres 10%16%
Bunny Lake Retaining Wall
+/-69 ft of
mature
trees
between
retaining
wall &
Bunny Lake
Drive.
Three
parking
stalls -no
tree line
buffer.
Existing Cell
Tower
Saratoga
Casino
Soccer
Fields
Soccer Field
Tree Buffer
Proposed Sidewalk Connections
Proposed Connection from Jefferson Avenue to Crescent Avenue
Proposed Connection from Bunny Lake Drive to Crescent Avenue
Impacts/Issues
Relocation of existing ditch line
Existing power poles
Impacts: NYSDEC 100 ft buffer, &
NYSDEC/ACOE regulated wetland
Removal of mature trees
Existing 18” culvert discharging
DEC/ACOE wetland under Crescent
Ave
Existing hydrants along north side of
Crescent Ave
Not possible to meet all site
constraints and provide a sidewalk
along the project property within the
current ROW
Crescent Ave is a County Highway
SHPO concerned with increased use of
Hemlock Trail
The 2014 Saratoga Greenbelt Trail plan
studied this and recommends Crescent
Ave Connector on south side.
April 20, 2023:
Tonko funded
$300,000 for
2024 for 1 mile
connector!
Includes
crosswalk to
“provide a
direct
connection to
Casino and
Raceway”
NEWS! Crescent Avenue Connector
Open Space
Advisory Board
Request made
When meet?
PB Inquiries:
1. Unit Count
2. Fire Dept
3. SCPB
4. Other Agency reviews:
a. SCPB
b. SCSD
c. Open Space Advisory
d. ???
5. Asphalt vs. concrete
sidewalks
Liberty Saratoga Apartments
a Liberty Development Project
Saratoga Springs Planning Board:
Site Plan (1st meeting)
June 15, 2023