For Immediate Release: January 2, 2007
Contact:
Keith P. McKeever | Public Relations | Adirondack Park Agency
contact@apa.ny.gov | (518) 891-4050
RAY BROOK, NY – Adirondack Club and Resort Legislative Hearing Venue Relocated to Tupper Lake High School.
The Adirondack Park Agency announced today that the Legislative Hearing on the Adirondack Club and Resort project application, previously scheduled for January 10 at the Harrietstown Town Hall, will now take place in the auditorium at the Tupper Lake High School in the Village of Tupper Lake. The Legislative Hearing will begin at 6:30 pm. The High School is located at 25 Chaney Avenue.
The legislative hearing is a public information opportunity and all members of the public are encouraged to attend. During the legislative hearing, the project sponsor’s consultants will first provide a brief overview of the project. Following that presentation, members of the public will have the opportunity to make statements addressing the project. The public will not be allowed to question the consultants nor the Agency Board. Oral statements will be limited to three minutes each and written statements are encouraged. The Agency will accept written comments on the project application until January 19, 2007
Earlier in the day, on Wednesday January 10, 2007 from 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm at the Harrietstown Town Hall in the Village of Saranac Lake, the project sponsor’s consultants will review project details for the Agency's Regulatory Programs Committee.
The technical presentation at the committee meeting will focus on:
• natural resources on the project site • proposed design of the roads, water, sewer, and electric infrastructure • proposed types and locations of private and public buildings • redevelopment plan for the ski center • proposed ownership, organization, and management arrangements of the site when operational • proposed financing arrangements for project infrastructure • economic impacts • proposed phasing of the project • potential impacts on nearby state lands from increased recreational use
The technical presentation on Wednesday afternoon will be open to the public; however, there will be no opportunity for public comment.
The application and supporting project materials are available for public inspection at Agency headquarters. Please direct inquiries and comments to George V. Outcalt, Jr. the assigned Environmental Programs Specialist. Requests to review and/or receive copies of the application materials under the Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) should be directed to Brian M. Ford, the Agency's Records Access Officer.
Written comments should be received by the Agency by Friday, January 19, 2007.
Please send written comments to:
Adiorndack Park Agency Attn George V. Outcalt PO Box 99 Ray Brook, NY 12977
Adirondack Club and Resort Project Application 2005-100
The project site is located in the Town of Tupper Lake, Franklin County. The site, 6,400± acres, includes lands within the former Big Tupper Ski Area (500± acres), the surrounding Oval Wood Dish landholdings (5,900± acres) and the former McDonald's Marina (1± acre). Most of the site is located east of NYS Route 30, except for the marina and two other small parcels that are west of Route 30. The site includes about 1,800± feet of frontage on Simon Pond and 235± feet on Big Tupper Lake at the marina.
The applicant proposes a "planned resort development" with a ski center, marina, shooting school, 60-unit inn, 675 single family and multiple family residential dwelling units and 24 great camp lots. The Village of Tupper Lake municipal water system and two on-site wastewater treatment plants will service the proposed site. The Village of Tupper Lake municipal electric system will provide electric service to the site and the roads servicing the site will become Town roads. Funding for the infrastructure (i.e., water, wastewater, electric and roads) is proposed to be financed by bonds issued through the Franklin County Industrial Development Agency. A payment-in-lieu of taxes (PILOT) agreement with local taxing jurisdictions has been proposed. If approved, this large-scale project would be undertaken in four phases over ten years.