A largely-discussed 42-residential unit may be a month away from getting the okay from the Crawford Planning Board. Ridgeview Heights, a housing complex meant for veterans and seniors, has been in talks for months, and now it may be approved as soon as August.

The applicant for the project, Jonah Mandelbaum, owns Warwick Properties, LLC. He has been working with engineer Vincent Pietrzak of Pietrzak & Pfau on this since last year, and with the planning board for several months now. Just last month, they got approval from the Town of Montgomery for a similar project.

The project is a three story building in the Town of Crawford, located adjacent to another senior housing development, Pine Crest Apartments. At a Crawford planning board meeting in March, Piertzak gave a brief rundown of the project.

“The veterans, senior and workforce housing facility is accessed off the driveway leading to the Pine Crest Apartments. It’s 42 units and the three- story building has an elevator in the center corridors, so it’s 100 percent handicap accessible. The driveway is accessed off Boniface Drive [and there are] 61 parking spaces provided,” said Pietrzak.

Throughout this year, there have been multiple public hearings held for this project. Like many other large developments, it has caused a lot of discourse, with issues like an increase in traffic, environmental concerns, Crawford’s future and more arising.

However, Crawford Town Supervisor Charles E. Carnes, along with other board members, showed support throughout the process.

According to Town Attorney Ben Gailey, any environmental concerns were mitigated. This is with reference to Town Engineeer, Scott Quinn.

“My recommendation for tonight, and I spoke to Scott today, he said he had no issues with the mitigation of environmental impacts. We’ve had a lot of public comment on various environmental issues, and Scott reviewed those and he doesn’t think any of those rise to the level of significant impacts. My suggestion is [that] the board direct Scott and me to prepare the resolution of negative declaration and also the site plan approval resolution,” said Gailey.

Basically, these documents will be drafted for the applicant and planning board to review. If all goes well and both documents are approved, they’ll be done with the planning board process in August.