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GLOVERSVILLE The Common Council has unanimously rejected a request by solar developers to rezone portions of the former Pine Brook Golf Club property from residential to commercial to allow construction of a community solar farm at the center of the site. The rejection will not kill the project outright as developers may still apply to the Zoning Board of Appeals for a variance.
The Common Council on Tuesday finally issued a decision on the request by solar developers, Eden Renewables, to rezone from residential to commercial three subdivided parcels from the former Pine Brook Golf Club at 280 S. Main St.
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GLOVERSVILLE The Common Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to set Jan. 1 as the public hearing date for an ordinance change to allow temporary Code Blue homeless shelters to operate in the city’s commercial zones, but not at the former YWCA.
City Attorney Anthony Casale introduced the ordinance change to the council. The change defines a temporary Code Blue homeless shelter as an acceptable use in any area zoned for commercial activity in the city of Gloversville, except in the city’s downtown form-based overlay district. The overlay district includes 33 Bleecker St., where the nonprofit Center of Hope operated a Code Blue shelter at the former YWCA by using a temporary certificate of occupancy between February and mid-April.
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GLOVERSVILLE Members of the Common Council were noncommittal about a proposal from Mayor Vincent DeSantis to pursue possible state grant funds to address the Risedorph Tannery site that if secured would require a 10 percent match from the city.
DeSantis during the Dec. 8 Common Council meeting broached the subject of the former Risedorph tannery site on West Eighth Avenue which has reportedly come up while city officials gathered public input as part of the Local Waterfront Revitalization Program development process.
The same steering committee is working to develop both the city’s grant funded LWRP plan and citywide Brownfields Assessment, which respectively involve water and land use assessments to develop plans for the redevelopment of sites that once complete, open additional grant funding opportunities.
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GLOVERSVILLE Members of the Common Council last week questioned the wisdom and feasibility of a proposal to bring the Firefighter Combat Challenge back to the city in summer 2021 given the uncertainty surrounding the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Downtown Development Specialist James Hannahs of the Fulton County Center for Regional Growth appeared before the Common Council during Tuesday’s remote meeting conducted via Zoom with a proposal to host the national Firefighter Combat Challenge in the city next summer.
The city roughly 20 years ago last hosted the event that sees firefighters from around the country and the globe visit cities throughout the U.S. to compete in a timed challenge based around the physical skills necessary to perform the job.