[Announce] Report on Clifton Park Planning Board Meeting

[Lynne Jackson]

Dear All,

As a follow-up to my email of a few days ago, I just wanted to give  
you an update on what happened at last Tuesday's (June 26) Town of  
Clifton Park Planning Board meeting.

DCG Corporation asked for an extension of their site plan approval  
for a "flex-space" light industrial warehouse on Wood Road, on a  
site   which is considered occupied Karner Blue habitat.

There were many items on the agenda ahead of the requested  
extension.  The item just before the requested extension was a  
request to store documents in the basement of a office building.  The  
Planning Board spent at least 20 to 30 minutes carefully weighing all  
of the issues relating to document storage (I mean, the issues raised  
were in some cases just ridiculous and silly).

In contrast, when the Planning Board members were deciding whether to  
give the extension for the site plan for Wood Road, which will  
destroy this Karner Blue site, there WAS NO DISCUSSION!!!

The requested extension issue was heard at 10:08 PM.  The public was  
allowed to speak.  Dave Gibson from Audobon, William Engleman, Linda  
Champaign, Yosef (I did not get his last name - he is the vice-chair  
of the Democratic Party for the county) and I gave impassioned  
speeches about the importance of saving the butterfly.

On the advice of the Town Attorney, NO DISCUSSION was held, and the  
Planning Board approved the extension 6-1.

Now we know the Town Board of Clifton Park is more concerned about  
document storage than survival of an endangered species.

Lynne Jackson