Greece, N.Y. (WHAM) — The Town of Greece gave the proposed Island Cottage Road senior dwelling advanced the inexperienced gentle Wednesday, leaving some residents frightened their considerations weren’t heard.
“This is the end result. Sad, unhappy day right here,” stated horse farmer Steve DiBattisto, talking once more with 13WHAM on that main advanced. He stated will probably be proper up in opposition to his yard on Island Cottage Road.
“Yeah, we had been stunned there, as a result of we talked concerning the completely different points that we had with the site visitors, and the fireplace division and, , the (protected) wetlands,” DiBattisto stated.
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DiBattisto stated the buildings will tower over his property and the foliage behind his property will likely be taken away.
“It’s going to be an ongoing undertaking,” he stated. “They stated it might take as much as six years. Yes, it is a large undertaking right here, (the buildings will likely be) 4 and three tales excessive.”
Close by are Brendan and Casey Bulson, additionally against this undertaking.
“The combat’s undoubtedly not over,” Brendan stated.
The pair offered their considerations on the atmosphere to the city.
“We nonetheless have the scenario of animals,” Brendan defined. “When the stuff will get torn down, they exit within the street, they get hit. They want to position them too, after we’re shedding increasingly more of our inexperienced areas.”
They declare contaminants are within the soil from previous developments that would get stirred up once more.
“I’m actually involved about them digging with out really figuring out what contamination — or at the very least we do not know — as a result of they are saying they did some exams, however the did not say what they discovered,” Casey stated. “That plume of trichloroethylene is coming, and it floods there frequently. I’m frightened concerning the folks that will likely be dwelling there.”
Town Supervisor Bill Reilich shared an announcement with 13WHAM.
Yesterday, the Town’s Planning Board granted conditional website plan approval for a senior dwelling condo advanced on Island Cottage Road. As the Town of Greece has the very best senior inhabitants in comparison with all different cities in Monroe County, I’m very happy to see further housing alternatives that can enable our beloved senior residents choices comparable to this to get pleasure from continued unbiased dwelling proper right here in our neighborhood.
Looking again, the Bulsons and DiBattisto really feel this determination was already made way back to develop.
“We want we’d have recognized that going ahead,” DiBattisto stated. “We had three three-hour-long conferences on the city about it.”
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