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Kingston committee names Common Council lead agency, issues negative declaration for Kingston Point Park parking project
Summary
The Laws and Rules Committee voted unanimously to adopt a resolution declaring the Common Council lead agency and issuing a SEQR negative declaration for Phase 2 of Kingston Point Park, which will raise and reconfigure the eastern half of the park's parking area to create 53 elevated spaces and allow the western half to revert to wetland.
The City of Kingston Laws and Rules Committee voted unanimously April 16 to adopt a resolution declaring the Common Council lead agency and issuing a negative declaration on the short environmental assessment form for Kingston Point Park Phase 2, a project to raise and reconfigure the park’s frequently flooded parking area.
The committee’s action clears a key step under the State Environmental Quality Review (SEQR) process by concluding the short-form EAF and finding no significant adverse environmental impact requiring a full environmental impact statement.
Project presenter John said the work will “fix the parking lot that’s subject to flooding at Kingston Point Park,” adding the new parking area will sit “largely in the same area, but somewhat smaller, than the current parking lot and, most importantly, will be elevated.” The…
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