The planning board has approved a site plan for 12 units of independent senior housing on Carman Road and was presented with a proposal for a 36-child daycare facility on Western Avenue.
First presented as a 70-lot subdivision in September 2022, then 66 homes just a couple of months later, BM Guilderland LLC is now looking to build a 42-lot subdivision on 87 acres spanning four properties along Route 146. But the pared-down proposal still has residents raising similar concerns.
Superintendent Marie Wiles said the district needs the traditional buses “no matter what.” Splitting the bus purchases into two propositions, she said, would help ensure getting those traditional buses even if the electric buses aren’t popular.
The district had used some of its federal funds, meant to help with pandemic expenses, to hire an extra nurse since there were added needs with vaccinations. Those federal funds run out next fall.
GUILDERLAND — Two Buffalonians — a man and a woman — were arrested after, police say, they held up a local man who had arranged to meet the woman, whom he’d found on a dating website, at the Hampton Inn.
“How much would we want to spend on this?” asked the board’s president, Catherine Barber, noting the costs were in the neighborhood of $16,000. “That’s a lot to investigate a Facebook post,” said Barber.
To encourage affordable housing and also to protect the town’s water quality and quantify, the draft says, the town board is proposing a six-month moratorium on subdivisions of five or more lots; apartment complexes of 25 or more units; and residential care facilities of 50 or more units.
