Planning board adopts negative declaration for 400 Westage medical-office amendment

The Town of Fishkill Planning Board adopted EAF Parts 2 and 3 and issued a Notice of Determination of Non-Significance (negative declaration) for the 400 Westage site-development amendment on July 9, 2026, authorizing the chair to sign the documents.

Applicant planner Karen Lobruto (LaBella Associates) and the project team described changes to the existing medical office complex, including an addition, revised circulation, added awnings and a speed bump to improve on-site circulation. Planning staff summarized the EAF findings and recommended a negative declaration for the limited expansion.

Planning staff’s draft finding characterized the project as a small-impact action on most EAF categories and described the proposal as an expansion to a previously developed commercial site. The draft notice included projected traffic figures for the addition and noted temporary construction-phase impacts; staff found no significant adverse impacts requiring an EIS. The board voted to adopt the EAF documents and the negative declaration, and then authorized board counsel to draft a preliminary/conditional approval resolution for consideration at the next meeting.

What this means: Adoption of a negative declaration allows the project to proceed through site development review without preparation of a full environmental impact statement, subject to any conditions the Planning Board attaches later in the approval resolution. Applicant representatives said they will continue to coordinate with the town on remaining permits and details.

Vote: The motions to adopt the EAF Parts 2 and 3 and to adopt the negative declaration carried unanimously.