The 78-acre town-owned property in Rotterdam Junction has been proposed for a town park again. It was announced in the 190th anniversary newspaper that was available at the last TB meeting.
It's long been supported and hoped for by members of the Rotterdam Conservation Advisory Council. Rather than see the property lay dormant and used and abused by a small number of residents, it's our hope that it could be a passive recreational area for many to enjoy. The Rotterdam Parks Commission is also supportive.
Frank DelGallo and Matt Martin have been working hard to get cooperation with SI Group, DEC and Andy Clemente. DEC will provide the technical and legal oversight of the aquifer protection and Andy Clemente's firm will build the park with no cost to the town taxpayers for construction.
We have discussed the long-term stewardship and policing issue with them and they understand very well how this property needs to be managed and not become a neighborhood nuisance. I personally have proposed that the Rotterdam Junction satellite police station be moved to the entrance gate.
The next TB meeting (May 5) will be held in Rotterdam Junction. Please come and bring your concerns, support for this park. This is the time to bring up pros and cons.
I feel the state should reduce the speed limit on 5s from the thruway to the town of princetown to 35 mph to dealwith increased walking and bike traffic
and of course safety near the railroad - as usual
the upfront price appears to be very appealing
most of all it needs a "SONIC" - this is a serious comment
Talking to each other is better than talking about each other
"While Foreign Terrorists were plotting to murder and maim using homemade bombs in Boston, Democrap officials in Washington DC, Albany and here were busy watching ME and other law abiding American Citizens who are gun owners and taxpayers, in an effort to blame the nation's lack of security on US so that they could have a political scapegoat."
Wonderful idea......give them a park with all the bells and whistles!!! And I think the people of the jct would love a sonic to be honest with ya. Once developed, someday it could be just like a jumpnjacks!
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
Ask for anything you want with this town board and you'll get it. Whether it be right or wrong. Just giving them the bleeding heart story of how the 'children cry because they have no place to go and play'. And you can go on to say...'we parents work so hard all day that we would like a place to take our loving children for some family time'. And............'a SONIC would only enhance the family feel at the end of a hard day or on a weekend.' And......'it would promote family togetherness'.
I'm not saying this tic! I'm telling ya, if ya want it, just give them the bleeding heart story! It works every time with these libs!
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
Sonic won't come because they can't make $$$ here.
"While Foreign Terrorists were plotting to murder and maim using homemade bombs in Boston, Democrap officials in Washington DC, Albany and here were busy watching ME and other law abiding American Citizens who are gun owners and taxpayers, in an effort to blame the nation's lack of security on US so that they could have a political scapegoat."
I really dont see FDG, scratch that, Frank Del Gallo(notice the space in the sir name) voting yes to a place that sells a "real fruit Lemon-Berry Fruit Slush" unless the puppeteer approves
Talking to each other is better than talking about each other
ROTTERDAM Pit-to-park idea resurfaces for Junction Commission sees 10-year effort to create park, link other sites BY JUSTIN MASON Gazette Reporter
For more than three decades, town officials have mulled building a park on the former Bonded Concrete gravel pit in Rotterdam Junction. The notion first came up when the Watervliet company offered to donate the 85-acre parcel if they were allowed to mine gravel from the site during the 1980s. When the mining effort failed and the land was donated to the town in the early 1990s, former Supervisor James Constantino envisioned building a public beach on West Pond, hundreds of individual picnic areas, and sports fields. But the effort never went further than a study, which placed a cost of construction at nearly $1 million. More recently, former supervisor Steve Tommasone revisited the plans when the town explored the prospects of building a passive-use park on the property in 2007; that idea never came to fruition. Now Rotterdam's eight-member Parks and Recreation Commission is recommending the town slowly advance a similar passive-use park vision on the property off Route 5S over the next decade. And this time, they've given it a name: Bicentennial Park. The new park would incorporate the former Bonded Concrete property, which would be transformed into the centerpiece of a system that would connect many of Rotterdam Junction's recreation sites. In addition to establishing a boat launch and pavilion on the larger of the two existing ponds, the plan calls for linking the park with the Mohawk-Hudson Bike-Hike trail, about 64 acres of state Canal Corporation land to the north, the Woestina ball fields and the Mabee Farm Historic Site. "We're saying basically let's move forward, but we're giving ourselves a 10-year time period," explained Ron Severson, commission chairman. Severson hopes that most of the labor and materials to shape the former Bonded Concrete parcel will be secured through donations. He's also hoping to explore grant opportunities through the state and federal government. "We want to try to pull together as much as we can with volunteers and community support," he said. ..............>>>>......................>>>>.................http://www.dailygazette.net/De.....r01502&AppName=1
park park park park park.....sewers(run around alot)....park park park park park park....sewers(run around again)....park park park....goose, I mean sewers(get run around again)......
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
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