McKownville Improvement Association

Documents Archive of the Association - 1981

scanned from documents preserved and provided by Don Reeb; all document links are to scan image pdf files

1981-82 - McKownville Improvement Association officers list
    
1981-01-12 - letter from K Felsen to McKownville Improvement Association - effects of legal ruling that water district referendum vote was unconstitutional  
1981-01-23 - McKownville Improvement Association announcement of zoning board hearing - request to start florist business at residence 1255 Western Avenue
1981-02-20 - letter from Concerned Citizens against Crossgates to McKownville Improvement Association - request for funds
1981-03 - Concerned Citizens against Crossgates newsletter 
1981-03-02 - letter from Attorney J Shea to NY DEC Commissioner - request for continuation of adjudicatory hearing
1981-04-01 - Schenectady Gazette clip - Town Board opposition to Crossgates plan for widening of Western Avenue
1981-04-04 - Knickerbocker News clip - requests to DEC Commissioner to reopen Crossgates public hearing
1981-04-04 - Schenectady Gazette clip - requests to DEC Commissioner to reopen Crossgates public hearing; lack of economic benefit
1981-04-08 - Knickerbocker News clip - State Supreme Court declines to hear Town of Guilderland appeal of earlier decision on Water District vote
1981-04-12 - letter from D Reeb to NY DEC Commissioner - request for continuation of adjudicatory hearing
1981-04-17 - Knickerbocker News clip - Crossgates lawyers request to DEC Commissioner not to reopen Crossgates public hearing
1981-04-18 - Knickerbocker News clip - report on Town Planning Board agenda; McKown Road (Woodscape) development
1981-04-18 - Knickerbocker News clip - DEC finds Crossgates plan fails to meet air quality standard  [also Schenectady Gazette clip]
1981-04-21 - Knickerbocker News clip - report of Pyramid Crossgates promotional brochure and sponsored bus trips to Holyoke Pyramid mall
1981-04-21 - Times-Union clip - report of Democratic party forum; DEC letter to Town Supervisor on Western Avenue plans [also Schenectady Gazette clip]
1981-04-22 - Knickerbocker News clip - report of Town Supervisor's views on DEC letter and Western Avenue traffic plans
1981-04-24 - Times-Union clip - report of Town Supervisor's views on DEC letter and Western Avenue traffic plans
1981-04-26 - Times-Union clip - traffic consultants (paid by Pyramid) tell Commissioner Flacke air pollution unlikely, and to end public hearing
1981-04-27 - Schenectady Gazette clip - Pyramid lawyer claims no further evidence required and no need for more public hearing
1981-04-28 - Knickerbocker News clip - DEC Commissioner announces Crossgates hearing not to be reopened; Pyramid agents seen in private meeting at DEC
1981-04-28 - Times-Union clip - DEC Commissioner announces Crossgates hearing not to be reopened [also Schenectady Gazette clip]
1981-04-29 - Knickerbocker News clip - Pyramid to make minor changes to road plans and adjust calculations to meet required air quality standards
1981-04-29 - Schenectady Gazette clip - DEC air quality memorandum recommends Crossgates approval; Pyramid agents seen in private meetings at DEC
1981-04-29 - Times-Union clip - groups opposing Crossgates response to closure of DEC hearing
1981-05-04 - Knickerbocker News clip - Town Planning Board to consider final approval for Woodscape development; Macdonald's rezoning
1981-05-14 - Knickerbocker News clip - Pyramid to make "minor" adjustment to calculations to meet required air quality standards [also Times-Union clip]
1981-05-14 - Schenectady Gazette clip - Crossgates traffic plans; air quality computer model unable to match reality
1981-05-14 - Schenectady Gazette, Knickerbocker News clips - T Mayer letter to editors - claim of bias in DEC Commissioner's decisions
1981-05-15 - Knickerbocker News clip - announcement of public hearing on changes for shortening DEC public hearings and permit applications
1981-05-15 - Knickerbocker News clip - evidence submitted to DEC by groups opposing Crossgates
1981-05-18 - Knickerbocker News clip - DEC memo approves Crossgates detention ponds; downstream facilities cannot cope with peak discharges
1981-05-18 - Times-Union clip - DEC memo approves Crossgates detention ponds
1981-05-19 - Knickerbocker News clip - report of public hearing on proposed regulation changes for shortening DEC public hearings and permit applications
1981-05-19 - Schenectady Gazette clip - DEC memo approves Crossgates detention ponds; DEC corrected errors made in Pyramid submission
1981-05-20 - Knickerbocker News clip - Town ZBA meeting; florist business in residence at 1255 Western Avenue [also 1981-05-21 KN clip]
1981-05-21 - McKownville Improvement Association annual meeting announcement
1981-05-22 - Knickerbocker News clip - report of McKownville Improvement Association annual meeting; opposition to Crossgates
1981-05-21 - Schenectady Gazette clip - surburban malls predicted to become ghost towns
1981-05-24 - Times-Union clip - Northway Mall has several closed stores including Korvettes, well before vampire effect of Crossgates
1981-06-01 - Knickerbocker News clip - long-serving Guilderland Town Supervisor C Walters to retire
1981-06-01 - Times-Union clip - K Moss to be Republican candidate for Guilderland Town Supervisor
1981-06-04 - Knickerbocker News clip - request to dismiss appeal of NY Supreme Court judgement in McKownville Water District voting case
1981-06-17 - Knickerbocker News clip - Town ZBA meeting to include variance request for conversion of residence 1210 Western Ave to small business
1981-06-19 - Knickerbocker News clip - Town files opposing dismissal of appeal of NY Supreme Court judgement in McKownville Water District voting case
1981-06-24 - Knickerbocker News clip - Industrial Revenue Bonds and the United Bank purchase of 1450 Western Avenue
1981-06-26 - Knickerbocker News clip - denial of DEC permits for Crossgates; but developer allowed to resubmit revised plan [also Sch Gazette clip
1981-06-26 - Knickerbocker News clip - summary of the Crossgates mall, DEC hearings, and opposition to it over past 3 years
1981-06-26 - Times-Union clip - editorial on Crossgates and permitting process
1981-06-29 - Knickerbocker News clip - Pyramid Crossgates applies to Town ZBA for special use permit and parking lot variances
1981-06-30 - Schenectady Gazette clip - editorial on Crossgates and DEC permitting process
1981-06-30 - Times-Union clip - Pyramid Crossgates application to Town ZBA for special use permit and parking lot variances [also Sch Gazette clip
1981-07-01 - McKownville Improvement Association Treasurer's report
1981-07-01 - McKownville Improvement Association meeting and other announcements
1981-07-08 - Concerned Citizens against Crossgates newsletter and ZBA public hearing notice
1981-07-08 - ZBA public hearing notice - special use permit and variance request - Pyramid Crossgates
1981-07-19 - Times Union clip - rearrangement proposal for Schoolhouse Road intersection 
1981-07-20 - statement by D Reeb for ZBA public hearing continuation - Pyramid Crossgates
1981-07-26 - Economic analysis by D Reeb of proposed Pyramid Crossgates mall
1981-07-29 - McKownville Improvement Association announcement for ZBA public hearing continuation - Pyramid Crossgates
1981-07-29 - Concerned Citizens against Crossgates notice and appeal for attendance at ZBA public hearing
1981-08-20 - letter from D Reeb as president of McKownville Improvement Association to Town Zoning Board of Appeals
1981-08-26 - Schenectady Gazette clips and McKownville Improvement Association notice - Town Zoning Board of Appeals Pyramid Crossgates hearings
1981-08-27 - letter from Town Planning/Zoning officer to McKownville Improvement Association - speaking allocation
1981-08-31 - letter from McKownville Improvement Association to Attorney J Shea - request for representation
1981-09-29 - letter from D Reeb to Town Zoning Board of Appeals - statement on lack of validity of economic forecasts by Pyramid Crossgates
1981-09-29 - letter from Attorney J Shea to Town Zoning Board of Appeals - protest at failure to allow questioning of Applicant at ZBA hearings
1981-10-02 - Knickerbocker News clip - candidate for Town Supervisor K Moss opposition to Crossgates
1981-10-25 - McKownville Improvement Association meeting announcement and statement on Crossgates
1981-11-08 - McKownville Improvement Association Treasurer's report
1981-11-25 - letter from Town recreation director to McKownville Improvement Association - skating on McKownville Reservoir
1981-11-27 - McKownville Improvement Association meeting announcement and further information on Crossgates
1981-12-06 - letter from D Reeb to Town Zoning Board of Appeals - objection to decision to close hearing without advance notification

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