HomeMy WebLinkAboutGroton Solar 1 North Side GML 239 Letter 08.09.2024 preliminary info COMMISSIONER
Katherine Borgella
DEPUTY COMMISSIONER
M. Megan McDonald
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August 9, 2024
Robin Cargian, Town Clerk
Town of Groton
PO Box 36, 101 Conger Blvd
Groton, NY 13073
Re: Review Pursuant to §239 -l, -m and -n of New York State General Municipal Law
Proposed Action: Special Use Permit for proposed Preliminary Solar Project I (North Side), Tax
Parcel #26.-1-25.22, John Young, Susan Barnett, James and Julie Young,
Owners; NY Groton I, LLC, Applicant.
Dear Mrs. Cargian:
This letter acknowledges your referral of the proposed action identified above for review by the Tompkins County
Department of Planning and Sustainability pursuant to §239 -l, -m and -n of the New York State General Municipal Law.
We have determined the proposed action will have no significant county-wide or inter-community impact.
We do, however, have the following comments on the proposed action:
• We suggest that the Town request that the developer work with the electric utility company to outline the
interconnection plan for this project so that the Town has the opportunity to review and comment on the
construction of the interconnection prior to it becoming final.
• We suggest that the Town request that the developer follow the recommendations of the NYSDAM Guidelines
for Solar Energy Projects – Construction Mitigation for Agricultural Lands (2019) in their proposal as they
consider the impacts to the farmland as well as the impacts of the proposed site grading.
• We suggest that the Town request that the applicant include mature plantings and native pollinator species in the
Operations and Maintenance Section of their proposal.
Thank you for the opportunity to review this project at the preliminary stage, we look forward to reviewing further
iterations of the project.
Sincerely,
Katherine Borgella, AICP
Commissioner of Planning and Sustainability