tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post5203810705174785375..comments2024-03-28T07:54:47.319-04:00Comments on The Gossips of Rivertown: Local Law No. 5Carole Osterinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-72441341804146180882018-11-15T16:39:50.723-05:002018-11-15T16:39:50.723-05:00V, the final word whether or not to approve any pl...V, the final word whether or not to approve any plan is always the privilege of the Planning Board. A zoning accommodation won't alter that. Tunheimlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00204285837938988668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-81932250186078931182018-11-15T16:28:34.481-05:002018-11-15T16:28:34.481-05:00DM, if they decide to leave because a thwarted exp...DM, if they decide to leave because a thwarted expansion in Hudson doesn't fit their business model, then what? What would/could become of that corner within the current zoning?<br />TO'Cunheimlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00204285837938988668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-54765220672770831772018-11-15T15:06:15.791-05:002018-11-15T15:06:15.791-05:00If you want to personally witness the impact of an...If you want to personally witness the impact of an "old" vs "new" Stewarts please take a drive up rte 22 and see for yourself what was done in Berlin, NY.<br /><br />It's a blazing whiteout of a scale that never should have been approved.<br /><br />Poor Berlin.Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05548912912359709568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-86326948529201953742018-11-15T12:26:07.884-05:002018-11-15T12:26:07.884-05:00Yes, our altruistic grocer Mr Stewarts, who will m...Yes, our altruistic grocer Mr Stewarts, who will most certainly go under unless we provide an unprecedented special exception. Not to worry, we’ll bend over backwards for his parking lot expansion, hell we’ll let him demolish a few multi-family dwellings and smash a suburban fairview footprint into our city grid, because we appreciate his doritos selection is being shelved too densely. So looking forward to Speedways proposal.. <br /><br />The promises of a great new intersection and city planning document (oh the irony!) are incredibly naive benchmarks to argue from. Stewarts is doing just fine the way they are.David Marstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17805425229362358449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-71555267820906392062018-11-15T12:23:18.515-05:002018-11-15T12:23:18.515-05:00Looking through the Minutes, it was in April or Ju...Looking through the Minutes, it was in April or June.unheimlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00204285837938988668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-14625234848663889742018-11-15T11:30:59.413-05:002018-11-15T11:30:59.413-05:00I recall a letter from Stewart's submitted to ...I recall a letter from Stewart's submitted to the Common Council sometime over the summer saying that the company would consider a proposal which does not increase the number of pumps. <br /><br />We shouldn't neglect that offer, though it's never mentioned anywhere. unheimlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00204285837938988668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-27843999035272755572018-11-15T10:48:09.529-05:002018-11-15T10:48:09.529-05:00try putting that Stewarts in the footprint of the ...try putting that Stewarts in the footprint of the Salvation Army on 3rd St. and watch the cuckoo sing a different tune.michael lesawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13283350595244628737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-23332108116853913642018-11-15T09:35:16.859-05:002018-11-15T09:35:16.859-05:00I question how a bigger footprint for more gas pum...I question how a bigger footprint for more gas pumps and fast food will improve this gateway intersection. I'd also like to know the actual number of properties being included in this "neighborhood" before presuming that it is "already mostly commercial". White Whale Limitedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07600048500466092214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-48845197109184446122018-11-15T09:23:25.531-05:002018-11-15T09:23:25.531-05:00Well said, PM. For those who'd never patronize...Well said, PM. For those who'd never patronize Stewart's (I do), there may be some snobbery involved here. I'd like to see their long-term plan for making Hudson a better place for all.<br /><br />I notice that everyone who criticizes the proposal (Ken Dow too) cites the flimsy, badly-outdated 2002 Comprehensive Plan for support. I'll be disappointed if this proposal and process don't deliver a long-awaited update to the City's central planning document. unheimlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00204285837938988668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-56459321048550241592018-11-14T17:59:41.736-05:002018-11-14T17:59:41.736-05:00I still don't understand the objections to Ste...I still don't understand the objections to Stewarts wanting to upgrade/improve its 40-plus year-old store. And to say that it is suggesting a "sprawling, incongruous, suburban-looking gas station" continues to ignore the fact that a) Stewart has been there for 40+ years and b) the neighborhood is already mostly commercial. The City should be focusing on improving that gateway intersection (already one of the busiest in Hudson -- just ask the many fundraisers who pass the bucket and the boot for donations there) and working with a popular (taxpaying, job-creating) corporate sponsor to make Hudson BETTER! Peter Meyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16077048678660809331noreply@blogger.com