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Kingston committee approves SEQR negative declaration and adopts eminent‑domain findings for Broadway/Garrigan redevelopment
Summary
The committee recommended a SEQR negative declaration for a redevelopment along Broadway and Garrigan Drive and moved to publish determination and findings under New York's Eminent Domain Procedure Law concerning condemnation of roughly 42 tax parcels (about 3.5 acres); both resolutions passed in committee and will proceed to the Common Council.
BARTEK, city planning staff, presented a redevelopment concept for properties along Broadway and Garrigan Drive and told the committee the Common Council had initiated an eminent‑domain process to acquire and redevelop roughly 42 parcels totaling about 3.5 acres.
Bartek said the city had prepared a full Environmental Assessment Form and that the council earlier identified the project as a Type I action under SEQR and had previously named itself lead agency. "The resolution in front of you tonight is a resolution for a negative declaration, meaning that the common council has identified that there is no potential significant adverse impact on the environment," Bartek said, summarizing the SEQR inputs addressed in the environmental review: air quality, groundwater, traffic,…
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