Brunswick Smart Growth Documents

Several large projects are currently in under consideration by the Town. These are being submitted to the town as Planned Development Districts (PDD's) and will require zoning changes and consideration for impacts to the town's infrastructures and environment.

Wal-Mart Supercenter on Rt. 7	33 acres on Rte.7 and Betts Road. Would include 5-acre store and a 12-pump gas station. Final Scoping Document for Draft Environmental Impact Statement dated June 9, 2005 Wal-Mart has withdrawn their application!!!

Hudson Hills Apartments	215 acres from Rte 7 to North Lake Ave. 77+/- luxury multi-family garden apartment buildings. 1,116 units. Submitted Final Scoping Document ( for Draft Environmental Impact Statement) submitted to Town of Brunswick on January 13, 2005. A Public Hearing with respect to the Hudson Hills Planned Development District was held on August 3, at the Brunswick Community Center and the Board voted to keep the review period open longer due to the large attendance. The modified plan reduced the number of units down to 668. DEIS Public Hearing is closed. Written comments closed on February 14th. FEIS has been accepted. SEQRA Findings Statement dated 8/9/2007

Carriage Hill Estates	217 acres between Rte. 2 and Pinewoods Ave. 19 “estate homes,” 82 “carriage homes,” 7 three-story senior citizen apartment buildings (192 units). The number of senior citizen apartments have been reduced to 178 units and two story structures from changes in the DEIS hearing process. DEIS Public Hearing is closed. Written comments closed on March 8th. The Town Board approved the PDD on September 14th, 2006

Brunswick Meadows	Rte. 142 and Hialeah Dr. 34 buildings. 136 condominium units. PDD application submitted to Town of Brunswick January 13, 2005. Final Scope has been approved by the Town Board.

Highland Creek (Herrington Properties)	McChesney Ave. Ext., along Bonesteel Lane. 35 “traditional homes,” 21 “manor homes,” 130 empty-nester “carriage homes.” Initial presentation made to Brunswick Town Board on Feb 10, 2005. Draft DEIS hearing was closed on 12/29. Written comments closed on January 20th. The Town Board approved the PDD on May 11th, 2006

Duncan Meadows	application and presentation made at the July 13, 2006 Town Board meeting. Located on McChesney Ave. and McChesney Ave. Ext., it would include a total of 231 housing units consisting of 15 condominium buildings (120 units), 39 townhouses (13 buildings), 48 senior apartments and 25 single-family homes on approximately 100 acres. All but condominiums are in Brittonkill School District. Developer: ECM LAND DEVELOPMENT LLC

Sugar Hill Expansion	NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a Public Hearing will be held by the Town Board of the Town of Brunswick on Thursday, December 14, 2006 at 6:00 p.m. at the Brunswick Town Hall, 336 Town Office Road, Troy, New York, to allow public comment on the application submitted by Brunswick Associates of Albany, L.P. for the proposed expansion of the existing Sugar Hill Apartment complex, consisting of 48 additional units located in 4 apartment buildings, 12 units per building, with parking and sewer and water connections to the existing Sugar Hill apartments infrastructure. The application has been submitted pursuant to Section 10 of the Zoning Code of the Town of Brunswick for a Planned Development District (“PDD”). The Public Hearing will allow comment on the PDD application, Full Environmental Assessment Form, and supplementary information. This PDD was Approved on May 10, 2007

Town of Brunswick	Town website and documents

N.Y. State	NY State Links

Federal Government	Federal Government Links

Wal-Mart Supercenter on Rt. 7	33 acres on Rte.7 and Betts Road. Would include 5-acre store and a 12-pump gas station. Draft Scoping Document (for Draft Environmental Impact Statement )submitted to town of Brunswick on March 14, 2005.
Draft Scope	Initial development proposal submitted to Brunswick Town Board 2/28/05
Site Plan
BSG Comment on Scoping Document	Sent to Brunswick Town Board in response to the draft scope (4/7/05)
Sample Letter to Town Board	Comments on Scoping Document submitted to the Brunswick Town Board by 4/14/05
Sample Letter to Town Board	Same as above in Microsoft Word Format (for download only)
Wal-Mart Flier posted in existing store	This is a copy of the flier that Wal-Mart has posted in the existing Rt. 7 store. It's written by Wal-Mart and portrays the new supercenter as wonderful for the area.
Wal-Mart Watch Website	This website is a very comprehensive coverage of Wal-Mart and how they affect the economy and areas where big box stores are built. It's definitely an opposing view to the above flier.
Wal-Mart Footprint Aerial Photograph	Through the magic computer imaging, this is an aerial photo of the property where the proposed supercenter would go with a superimposed footprint of the building and parking lot as described in the project scope.
Final Scoping Document for DEIS	Final Scoping Document for Draft Environmental Impact Statement dated June 9, 2005

Hudson Hills Apartments	215 acres from Rte 7 to North Lake Ave. 77+/- luxury multi-family garden apartment buildings. 1,116 units. Submitted Final Scoping Document ( for Draft Environmental Impact Statement) submitted to Town of Brunswick on January 13, 2005. Number of units reduced to 668 in Draft DEIS hearing process.
Final Scope Document	Final Development proposal submitted to Brunswick Town Board 12/3/04
Sample Letter to Town Board	Comments on Scoping Document
Sample Letter to Town Board	Same as above in Microsoft Word Format (for download only)
Joe Durkin's Letter to the Town Board	Joe really summed up everything in a well written letter to the board.
Transcript of 8/3 Public Hearing	Provided by Town of Brunswick on 1/4/06
Revised Plan by Developer	Revised for the January 17th Public Hearing. The actual DEIS was not revised.
Brittonkill School Enrollment Projections Report	September 2005 report for enrollment projections
BSG Comments on DEIS	Comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement delivered to teh Town Board on February 14th.
Smaller FEIS Plan on Town Website	Information regarding the Smaller Plan of the Hudson Hills Planned Development District & Hudson Hills Apartments Planned Development Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS)
Findings Statement -August 9, 2007	State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) Findings Statement

Carriage Hill Estates	217 acres between Rte. 2 and Pinewoods Ave. 19 “estate homes,” 82 “carriage homes,” 7 three-story senior citizen apartment buildings (192 units). The number of senior citizen apartments have been reduced to 178 units and two story structures from changes in the DEIS hearing process.
Final Scoping Document	Site Development final scoping document submitted to Brunswick Town Board 12/13/04
Draft Environmental Impact Statement (part 1) (part2) (Maps)	Draft Environmental Impact Statement. Public Meeting on December 12th for comments.
Transcript of 12/12/05 Public Hearing	Provided by Town of Brunswick on 1/27/06
Comments on DEIS	Comments for DEIS submitted to Town Board on 3/8/06.
Findings Statement on Town Web Site

Brunswick Meadows	Rte. 142 and Hialeah Dr. 34 buildings. 136 condominium units. PDD application submitted to Town of Brunswick January 13, 2005.
Notice of Intent	State Environmental Quality Review Positive Declaration dated 4/14/05
Draft Scope Public Notice	Public notice of draft scope dated 5/20/2005.
Draft Scope	Draft Scoping Document dated May 10, 2005.
Draft Scope Addendums	Maps attached as addendums to Draft Scoping Document
Comments on Draft Scope	BSG Comments submitted to Brunswick Town Board on June 16, 2005
Town of Brunswick Zoning Ordinance	Town of Brunswick Zoning Ordinance from 1958 including Amendments through 1964

Highland Creek	McChesney Ave. Ext., along Bonesteel Lane. 35 “traditional homes,” 21 “manor homes,” 130 empty-nester “carriage homes.” Initial presentation made to Brunswick Town Board on Feb 10, 2005.
Environmental Assessment Form
Draft Scope Comments	Sent to Brunswick Town Board on July 1, 2005
Draft Environmental Impact Statement (part 1) (part2) (part 3)	Draft Environmental Impact Statement. Public Hearing held on November 28th for comments has been extended until next public hearing on December 29th.
Transcript of 11/28 Public Hearing Transcript of 12/29 Public Hearing	Provided by Town of Brunswick
Brittonkill School Enrollment Projections Report	September 2005 report for enrollment projections
Comments on DEIS	Comments by Dylan Keenan
Highland Creek DEIS Comments by BSG	Comments submitted to the Town Board by the BSG Research Committee
Letter to the Editor at the Troy Record	Letter published by the Troy Record regarding the conflict of interest of our town supervisor and the projects before the board.
Findings statement on Town Web Site
Highland Creek PDD Plans Title Sheet General Notes, Legend, Typical Lot Layout Composite Subdivision Plan Subdivision Plan - Part A Subdivision Plan - Part B Subdivision Plan - Part C Subdivision Plan - Part D Grading Plan - Part A Grading Plan - Part B Grading Plan - Part C Grading Plan - Part D Plan/Profile Bonesteel Lane #1 Plan/Profile Bonesteel Lane #2 Plan/Profile Bonesteel Lane #3 Plan/Profile Bonesteel Lane #4 Plan/Profile Bonesteel Lane #5 Plan/Profile Bonesteel Lane #6 Plan/Profile Brighton Lane Plan/Profile Brandon Terrace Plan/Profile Offsite Improvements #1 Plan/Profile Offsite Improvements #2 Construction Details Highway & Drainage Construction Details Water Supply & Sanitary Sewer Construction Details Low Pressure Sewer System Construction Details Sanitary Sewer Pump Station Construction Details Pump Station Control Building Construction Details Hoosick St. Pump Station Up-Grade Stormwater Construction Details	Public hearing before Planning Board to be held on 12/7 at 7:00pm
Water & Sewer Plans Water - November 2006 Sewer November 2006 Sewer, Appendix E - November 2006
Duncan Meadows	application and presentation made at the July 13, 2006 Town Board meeting. Located on McChesney Ave. and McChesney Ave. Ext., it would include a total of 231 housing units consisting of 15 condominium buildings (120 units), 39 townhouses (13 buildings), 48 senior apartments and 25 single-family homes on approximately 100 acres. All but condominiums are in Brittonkill School District. Developer: ECM LAND DEVELOPMENT LLC

Sugar Hill expansion
PDD Approved on 5/10/2007

Town of Brunswick
Town of Brunswick Master Plan	The Town's Master plan which includes on page 26: "DETER LARGE-SCALE COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL ENTITIES. Brunswick should limit large-scale commercial and/or industrial development. Brunswick should consider using its land use regulations to limit large-scale commercial and industrial development to businesses that do not negatively impact the environment."
Town of Brunswick Zoning Ordinance	Town of Brunswick Zoning Ordinance from 1958 including Amendments through 1964
Answers.com entry for Brunswick, NY	Town of Brunswick geographic and demographic information from 2000 census
Brunswick Strategy for Sustainability	A report written by Becky Chacko and Vanessa Weisenfeld of Harvard University on sustainable development in Brunswick. This is a comprehensive report of what Brunswick needs to do for responsible growth.

N.Y. State
Wetlands Bill FactSheet	Clean Water Protection and Flood Prevention Act - A.2048 (DiNapoli, et al.)/S.2081 (Marcellino, et al.)
SEQR Process Webpage	A guide to the steps in the SEQR process. (State Environmental Quality Review)
Court Ruling on SEQRA	SEQRA required review of whether Wal-Mart Expansion would cause decay of existing commercial areas in Genesee County. 4/2005
Community Preservation Act Factsheet	Community Preservation Act (CPA) - will allow towns to voluntarily plan for that future while providing them with the resources they need to purchase land for walking or biking trails, parks and wilderness. - A.6450 (DiNapoli, et al.)/S.3153 (Marcellino, et al.)
Open Meetings Law	New York State legislation regarding open meetings. This applies to the Town Board. They can pass similar or more restrictive local laws, but they must adhere to the state statute.

Federal Government
EPA - Encouraging Smart Growth	US Environmental Protection Agency - Encouraging Smart Growth at the state and local levels.
Army Corps of Engineers	Click on "How Do I Obtain a Permit?" to get info on jurisdictional determination, forms and documents, public notices, permit decisions, etc... To get on New York District's Public Notice Mailing list go to www.nan.usace.army.mil/business/buslinks/regulat/notices.htm and follow instructions at bottom of page including link to get to the form that must be sent in. You must send in the form to get on the mailing list.
ACOE Mitigation Guidelines	Army Corps of Engineers Mitigation Guidelines
EPA wetlands site	Other information on wetlands from the Environmental Protection Agency