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BE INFORMED!
*Approximately 360 acres of land is being purchased by the City of Albany for a landfill.
*The land borders the Coeymans Creek.
*It is considered a wetland.
*The land is approximately 1 mile from the RCS Middle and High School campus.
*It is approximately 1 mile from Pieter B. Coeymans Elementary School.
*The land is appraised at $400/acre and is being purchased by Albany City for $11,000/acre.
*Albany City will use the landfill to generate money for the city through tipping fees.
*Realtors estimate that property values in the RCS area will drop 30-50%.
*In 1998, the Town of Coeymans and citizens of both Albany and RCS filed a lawsuit.
*The lawsuit was won by the Town of Coeymans and the citizens.
*The case summary states that "the NYS Environmental Quality Review (SEQRA) demanded strict compliance, and the city (Albany) had attempted to avoid athe involvement of the Department of Environment Conservation by improperly constituting itself as a lead agency."
*The City of Albany was not to purchase the land until DEC completed their work.
*The city continues to puchase the land for the purpose of locating a landfill there.
*The last option agreement with the owners of the land, indicates that the City of Albany will take title to the land after the last payment in October, 2006.
*A subsequent lawsuit was filed by citizens of RCS to stop the purchase of the land based on the ruling of the first lawsuit.
STAY INFORMED
July 13, 2005
7:00 p.m. at the
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS 95 MAIN STREET, RAVENA
e-mail: scrap004@aol.com
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