Planning Board packed

Concerned residents call for longer review time

By Laura Fitzgerald
Posted 6/26/19

Concerned residents packed a Town of Montgomery planning board meeting on June 24 to demand a longer review time for documents related to the Medline and Project Sailfish projects.

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Planning Board packed

Concerned residents call for longer review time

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Concerned residents packed a Town of Montgomery planning board meeting on June 24 to demand a longer review time for documents related to the Medline and Project Sailfish projects.


The Town of Montgomery planning board is currently reviewing the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for Project Sailfish and the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for Medline.


Both documents are expected to be completed soon. Residents handed the planning board 86 signed petitions demanding the planning board extend the public comment period for both documents to 90 days instead of the customary 10 days under the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) process.


The DEIS for Project Sailfish was more then 4,400 pages. Residents said 10 days is not a sufficient amount of time for review of what will be large documents.


Medline has proposed a 1.3-million-square-foot warehouse on the east side of NYS Route 416 and north of Interstate I-84, just outside Village of Montgomery limits. Project Sailfish has proposed a 1-million-square-foot warehouse near Interstate-84 (I-84) and the intersections of NYS Route 17K and 747.


Residents have voiced numerous concerns over impacts to quality of life for Medline and Project Sailfish, stating the projects would bring negative traffic, light, noise, pollution and visual impacts.

Montgomery, planning board, Sailfish, Medline