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Brunswick Acres PDD seeks reapproval; National Grid easement and Army Corps/DEC jurisdictional confirmation pending
Summary
The developer for Brunswick Acres asked the planning board July 2 to reapprove a previously authorized PDD; the applicant says most prior conditions have been satisfied but National Grid must sign an easement pending Public Service Commission action (scheduled July 29). The board asked for a joint jurisdictional confirmation from the Army Corps and NY DEC before scheduling a public hearing.
The Brunswick Acres planned development district (PDD) team asked the Brunswick Planning Board on July 2 to restart the approval process for a 25‑lot subdivision after earlier approvals lapsed.
"We are starting the process over again to seek reapproval," said Andy Brick, the applicant's representative. He told the board that many of the prior conditions had been satisfied — water‑district and drainage‑district extensions, some easements — but that National Grid could not sign the needed easement until the New York Public Service Commission acts. Brick said his client is scheduled before the PSC on July 29 to seek that authorization.
Russ Reeves from the building department and the board urged the applicant to file a joint jurisdictional confirmation application with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, to confirm whether wetlands on the site fall under DEC jurisdiction (which carries a 100‑foot buffer) or solely under Army Corps jurisdiction. Reeves said the building department would report back on timing and the board preferred to have the jurisdictional confirmation before scheduling a public hearing to avoid reopening the hearing if new wetland determinations changed the design.
The applicant said the submitted plans match the previously approved layout: 24 building lots and one stormwater lot; no new variances were requested. If jurisdictional confirmation and outstanding engineering checks are complete, the board indicated it would consider scheduling a public hearing at a subsequent meeting.
