Before the Planning Board Tonight

The agenda for tonight's Planning Board meeting is now available on the City of Hudson website. It includes the continuation of the public hearings on five projects currently before the Planning Board:

• The subdivision proposed for Hudson Avenue
• The new location of Lil' Deb's Oasis at 735 Columbia Street
• The apartment building proposed for Fairview Avenue between Parkwood and Oakwood boulevards--It is expected that at this meeting the applicant will respond to the Planning Board's requests that they reduce the number of units from 30 to 15; provide 26 assigned offstreet parking spaces for tenants, workers in the commercial space, and visitors; create ADA compliant sidewalks and crosswalks at Parkwood and Oakwood and along Fairview Avenue as far as Aldi's.
• The 70-unit apartment project proposed for Mill Street known as Mill Street Lofts--The Planning Board may return to its consideration of the Full Environmental Assessment Form (FEAF). At a special meeting on August 20, the five members of the Planning Board in attendance failed to agree on issuing a negative declaration, which would indicate the project would not have a significant adverse impact on the environment and hence does not require an Environmental Impact Report.
• The subdivision of a large tract of land in North Bay, on either side of North Second Street, ownership of which is being transferred from the Hudson Industrial Development Agency (IDA) to the Columbia Land Conservancy. The subdivision, or lot line adjustment, would carve out a small area on the west side of the street, just beyond the entrance to the dog park, that would become the property of the City of Hudson. There is currently a DPW garage there, and it is the site where the City dumps snow removed from the streets in winter.

New on the agenda for tonight's meeting is a proposal from Return Brewing to renovate the remaining 9,850 square feet of the building where they are located to create a theater, event space, and restaurant. 

The Planning Board meeting starts at 6:30 p.m., and it doesn't seem likely it will be over before the debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump begins at 9:00 p.m. The Planning Board meeting is a hybrid, taking place in person at City Hall and on Zoom. Click here to join the meeting remotely.

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