Planning board to review Silo Ridge DEIS additions

AMENIA — Will Thursday be the day the Planning Board approves Silo Ridge’s Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for public viewing?

The country club submitted the DEIS to the board for review on June 28, and a decision was supposed to have been made on whether or not it would be available for public review 30 days later.

However, at the Planning Board meeting on Aug. 9, members told representatives of the country club that the DEIS needed more details, including more information about the architectural work planned for the project.

Planning Board chairman George Fenn said the company will make a presentation at Thursday night’s workshop meeting.

“They will have some new visual displays that will show us with more clarity the visual impacts of the buildings,â€� Fenn said. “Hopefully the next step will be for the board to declare the DEIS ready for public review.  Hopefully it’s not too far off.â€�

In a press release issued by company representative Fred Feiner of Beckerman Public Relations, Feiner stated that the company will share other details requested by the board, including a revised visual analysis for the original proposed plan, additional editorial detail and several finalized habitat study reports.

“The goals of the changes to the DEIS is to make the document more understandable to the public and to incorporate new information,� Feiner wrote in the press release. “Once the DEIS is approved by the Planning Board, a public review process will begin.�

Fenn said the public review process would include a public hearing on the plan and review of public comments.

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