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SAVE THE RIDGE ! Action
Alert for Gardiner Residents
The
Shawangunk Ridge is being threatened by a proposed 2,600-acre luxury
development on the slopes and ridgetop. 80% of the land is in the Town of
Gardiner. The proposal includes a “gated community” of 350 houses, an 18-hole
championship golf course, pool, lodge, fitness center and more – all for
exclusive residents only, on private roads, in the area from Gertrude’s Nose to
Mud Pond. Over 260 acres of forest would be destroyed adjacent to Minneswaska
State Park. This proposed development would threaten water supplies, wildlife
habitat, the rural economic infrastructure, and the unique viewshed that we
value so much. Unless we all act now – the future we want for our great Shawangunk
Ridge could be gone forever.
Action Needed: What ü Write or ü Attend Town Board Meetings
and Planning Board Meetings (dates on back) The Message: When you write or call, tell them your name and that you are a resident and/or taxpayer of Gardiner, and that:
1. 2. Gardiner should 3. The
Master Plan review process must provide for frequent and regular
public review periods throughout the process in addition to open meetings. 4.
5. The Town Boards should take
every measure to protect the Ridge and it’s contiguous
slopes and hillsides. These lands,
currently unprotected, should be given special status as a Critical
Environmental Area, and be given complete protection from residential,
commercial or industrial development. The new Comprehensive Master Plan and zoning
requirements need to enforce this Tips: You can say something about
yourself and why you care. Understand that town officials are just people like
you, and they have concerns also. You do not have to engage in conversation if
you don’t want to, as long as you get your message across. When writing a
letter, you can send a copy of the same letter to each town official (see back
for who and where to send it). The
Moratorium: Moratoriums are used legally in NY State as a tool to temporarily
give municipalities the time to cautiously review and revise land-use laws. The
NY guidelines state: “A land-use moratorium is a local enactment …while the
community considers and potentially adopts changes to its comprehensive plan
and land use regulations to address new circumstances. The objective of
municipal land use controls is to promote community planning values by properly
regulating land development.” A moratorium will be worded to exempt
hardship cases.
The Ridge
Development Could
Have the Following Effects:
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Spoil Valuable and
Irreplaceable
Viewsheds
Please write letters and/or make phone calls
to:
GARDINER
TOWN BOARD: Mail can be sent to:
Town of Gardiner, P.O. Box 1, Gardiner,
NY 12525
Or email:
Town Clerk, TownClerk@hvc.rr.com Supervisor: JACK HAYES, 255-9675 Council members: MARC
ALEXANDER, 255-7354 PAUL
COLUCCI FRED
FISCHER, 255-3691 BILL
RICHARDS, 255-0804
Gardiner PLANNING BOARD
Please come to
Gardiner Town Board and Planning Board meetings: At the Gardiner Town Hall Town Board
meetings: First and second Tuesday of
the month, 7:30 pm Planning Board meetings: Third Tuesday of the month, 7:30 pm
Meeting
agenda’s can be seen on Gardiner’s web page
For more
information contact: Save the RidgeP.O. Box 326 Wallkill, NY 12589845-895-5577 Distributed by Save the Ridge with
assistance from The Shawangunk Ridge Coalition. (Jan.11,2003) |
