Saratoga County moves to site permanent Code Blue shelter in Saratoga Springs

Saratoga County supervisors on Feb. 19 heard plans for a permanent Code Blue shelter in Saratoga Springs and approved a block of resolutions that includes declaring the board the lead agency for the project’s environmental review and scheduling a public hearing on the county lease.

The board heard a presentation from Charles Gottlieb, land-use counsel at Whiteman, Osterman & Hannah, who said the county-owned parcel at 96–116 Ballston Ave would host a 25,600-square-foot facility on about 1.3 acres. "The project is a 25,600 square foot code blue shelter on the property," Gottlieb said, adding the shelter is designed for 75 Code Blue beds with the ability to host up to 118 beds under emergency circumstances. He described separate bunk areas, kitchen and dining space, locker-room-style bathrooms and on-site office space, and said the shelter would operate when temperatures fall…