Jeff Thomas was told his proposed Altamont village center development would need multiple variances to gain approval, but he appears to be challenging the parking requirement because, as Thomas sees it, the village’s math is incorrect.
The decision to hold off on construction, at least according to Kevin O’Connor, Albany County’s economic development chief, was in response to the Trump administration’s levying of heavy tariffs on goods manufactured outside the United States.
The approval allows Pyramid to move forward with a specific development project for the site, a process that involves obtaining a special-use permit and undergoing all reviews associated with the permit application.
The village’s board of trustees on May 6 authorized its engineering firm, Barton and Loguidice, to begin applying for grants to help offset the multi-million-dollar cost of running a line from the intersection of routes 146 and 158 to connect Guilderland town water to the village.
With 587 ballots cast, 415 Voorheesville School District voters were in favor of the now-approved spending plan for next year while 172 residents were against it.
On May 7, the board voted, 4 to 1, to allow Jason Southwood to convert the former seasonally-operated Cone Zone at 2028 Western Ave. into a year-round retail dispensary.
The developers of the 72-unit affordable and workforce housing proposal on Mercy Care Lane met with the Guilderland’s Development Planning Committee in December, when no formal application had been submitted to the town.
The known risks associated with using sewer sludge as fertilizer are complicated by Governor Kathy Hochul’s goal of recycling 85 percent of all waste in the state since the use of biosolids is one way being promoted by the state to help reach that objective.
