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Bartek said the city had prepared a full Environmental Assessment Form and that the council earlier identified the project as a Type I action under SEQR and had previously named itself lead agency. \"The resolution in front of you tonight is a resolution for a negative declaration, meaning that the common council has identified that there is no potential significant adverse impact on the environment,\" Bartek said, summarizing the SEQR inputs addressed in the environmental review: air quality, groundwater, traffic, solid waste, soil erosion, vegetation and wildlife, consistency with the comprehensive plan and local waterfront revitalization plan, impacts on historic resources, energy use, and cumulative impacts.

Committee members asked questions about project scale and design. Staff said conceptual renderings show the redevelopment could support about 200 housing units and roughly 30,000 square feet of commercial and nonprofit space organized as a walkable urban neighborhood; staff also noted that the environmental review considered acquisition and redevelopment together to avoid segmentation under SEQR and that future site‑plan submissions would require updated analyses if they materially differed from the maximum envisioned development.

Several committee members spoke in favor of publishing findings and moving forward with the eminent‑domain determinations. Council member Steve (identified in the transcript as a committee member who grew up near the project area) described personal and historical ties to the site and urged redevelopment rather than letting the lots remain vacant. Council member Michelle cautioned the committee to prioritize reparative actions for families displaced by past urban renewal and emphasized centering displaced families and prioritizing their input.

The committee voted to approve the SEQR negative declaration (motion and second on the record) and later voted to adopt and publish the determination and findings under Section 209 of the New York Eminent Domain Procedure Law in connection with the proposed condemnation of the identified parcels. The committee passed both resolutions with affirmative voice votes recorded as \"Aye.\" No roll‑call tallies with individual names were recorded in the committee transcript.

The adopted findings list public use and benefits, reasons for the selected location, environmental and neighborhood impacts, and responses to comments received at a public hearing on Oct. 29, 2024; the committee directed the city to take necessary steps to comply with the Eminent Domain Procedure Law to implement the resolution.

Next steps in the transcript: the plan will proceed through the Common Council and related planning and legal processes; future site plans or materially different proposals would require additional SEQR review and possible revisions to the city’s findings and environmental analysis.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Kingston Community Development Advisory Board 1-6-2025","oneSentenceSummary","The committee recommended a SEQR negative declaration for a redevelopment along Broadway and Garrigan Drive and moved to publish determination and findings under New York's Eminent Domain Procedure Law concerning condemnation of roughly 42 tax parcels (about 3.5 acres); both resolutions passed in committee and will proceed to the Common Council.","taxTitle","Kingston, Ulster County, New York","taxId",68507,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6127011,"Kingston planning staff briefs committee on KHA plan at 206 Flatbush Avenue; committee takes no formal action",452,1485000,1937000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2665145-204480826a9924b463cc2cd4e798736d&start=1485&end=1937","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2665145-204480826a9924b463cc2cd4e798736d/thumbnail_1485000.jpg","/articles/6127011/Kingston/Ulster-County/New-York/Kingston-planning-staff-briefs-committee-on-KHA-plan-at-206-Flatbush-Avenue-committee-takes-no-formal-action","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6127011-64884617464c1385fa746026ef3ccafe/orig.mp4?Expires=1770448200&Signature=iq3Z~jv9GY~2GUBLm8b4gYTtYof3dHJVCpMvtX2P~EK8kjyMnH~J9V03tRGdsNdNdM9qWOk7NltQlRFoEnvHh1yGSbHcrpoLa6X7y9IBxqf-M0DRVSOIHPP1KUDpv5-jP0Wa3obkk~0d5-uRRhU925W3S5OVvoDT-RmbAVOqOZVUlghctHeF2~J2p-q2A7OnIDpn3xaGtIhVeR6CQqKHCCTzMyNeMO70i9rDfxOJwP468hw5cn1V2WF-mFt4xe77BbWgG60a8Ciw7Z~CqyaZb5XxcYgJRA8aTiMyQww8OYfGZdYPEZBf45GOLy3lNsHa9a~m7v-Jzp-DNcRsjWcu9A__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","BARTEK, city planning staff, told the Community Development & Housing Committee at its Jan. 6 meeting that the Kingston Housing Authority plans to demolish 32 existing studio units at 206 Flatbush Avenue and construct a new four-story building with 82 one‑bedroom units.

\"This communication came to the planning board ... Essentially, the planning board is asking you whether you concur with their intention to serve as lead agency\" for SEQR review, Bartek said. He noted the matter had been before the planning board and that some design details had changed since that earlier appearance.

The committee discussed procedural timing under SEQR and whether the committee needed to adopt a resolution to concur as lead agency. A staff member noted the council had a 30‑day window to respond and that, after that period, the planning board can treat the council's nonresponse as a concurrence; committee members agreed the council could also choose to act but that doing nothing was an option. No motion or vote to adopt or decline lead‑agency status was recorded in the committee discussion.

Committee members asked staff for clarifications about project details that differ between the planning submission and recent discussions: whether excavation would occur; whether the project would change parking or traffic patterns; whether Kingston Housing Authority (KHA) would remain an owner or majority owner during and after development; and how tenant rents and subsidy programs would be affected. Bartek and other staff answered that some items could change as the site‑plan and financing details were finalized, and that ownership arrangements sometimes include a period when a private developer and the housing authority are co‑owners and that certain subsidies interact with tenant rents.

Committee members asked about wastewater capacity; staff responded that the Kingston wastewater treatment plant has capacity to handle additional residents associated with the project.

No formal action, motion text, or recorded vote on the lead‑agency question or on approval of the site plan appears in the committee transcript. The committee moved on to other agenda items after asking follow‑up questions and hearing the staff clarifications.

The discussion will move forward as the planning board and KHA refine the application and financing; any future changes to the environmental assessment form or site plan would be addressed in subsequent reviews.

The committee's conversation included commentary about long‑term tenant rents and subsidy structures but recorded no binding direction to staff to adopt or reject SEQR lead‑agency status at this meeting.","City staff described a Kingston Housing Authority plan to demolish 32 studios at 206 Flatbush Avenue and build a new four-story building with 82 one-bedroom units; the planning board asked the council to concur as SEQR lead agency, but the committee did not adopt a resolution and no formal vote was taken.","actionData","errors"]

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Kingston committee approves SEQR negative declaration and adopts eminent‑domain findings for Broadway/Garrigan redevelopment

Kingston planning staff briefs committee on KHA plan at 206 Flatbush Avenue; committee takes no formal action