[Announce] Save the Pine Bush Action Alert! - Monday, September 17 6:15 PM

[Lynne Jackson]

Dear Save the Pine Bush Landfill Committee Members:

The proposed Residence Inn Hotel project is back!  I hope that many  
of you will come on Monday to show your opposition to the  
construction of a hotel on occupied Karner Blue habitat.  We need to  
show the City that Save the Pine Bush is strong and organized and  
that we will work together to preserve the Pine Bush.

Please come Monday, September 17 at 6:15 PM to show the City you do  
not want a hotel built in the Pine Bush on occupied Karner Blue habitat.

Schedule of Events on Monday, September 17

Press Conference, 6:15 PM - steps of Albany City Hall

Common Council Caucus, 6:30 PM - second floor, Albany City Hall, pack  
the Caucus to show opposition to the hotel

Common Council Meeting,  7:00 PM - Speak at the public comment period  
at the beginning of the meeting

For more information (or see brief summary below):
http://www.savethepinebush.org/Action/Hotel.html

To email or call your common council members:
http://www.savethepinebush.org/Action/CommonCouncil.html

Please, come on Monday to show your support of the Pine Bush and  
opposition to the hotel.  If you can only come for part of the  
evening, please come for the Press Conference and Caucus meeting.   
Lets show the City how many people care about the Pine Bush!

Thank you very much for your support.

Sincerely,
Lynne Jackson
434-1954

Issues:
The proposed Residence Inn hotel is on 3.6 acres of Pine Bush,  
located adjacent to the Karner Blue butterfly hill at Crossgates Mall.

The US Fish and Wildlife Service has determined that this site is  
occupied Karner Blue habitat.

The question before us:
Does the City of Albany want to permit the construction of a hotel on  
occupied habitat of the endangered Karner Blue butterfly?

The solution:
The City of Albany should arrange to trade land at the Harriman  
Office Campus for the 3.6 acres of the proposed Residence Inn site.   
Twice before land in the Pine Bush has been traded for state-owned  
land on the Harriman Office Campus.

A land trade would be the perfect solution: this important Karner  
Blue habitat would be protected and a hotel would be built at the  
Harriman Office Campus, which is desired by the Harriman Office  
Campus plan.

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