KIRYAS JOEL – The Village of Kiryas
Joel has approved the final generic environmental impact statement for
the proposed annexation of 507 acres of land in the Town of Monroe to
the village.
The final document, developed by the village board with their consultant
Tim Miller Associates, reviewed and evaluated thousands of comments regarding
the draft generic environmental impact statement.
The final GEIS also considers potential impacts from an alternative petition
filed with the village and town to annex a smaller 164 acre parcel.
Kiryas Joel Government Relations Coordinator Ari Felberman said the village,
as designated lead agency, and Miller Associates, “carefully reviewed
all comments to ensure that all voices were heard in their review of property
owners’ request to be annexed into the Village of Kiryas Joel and
benefit from its services.” He said the comments received from the
public “helped craft the thorough and sufficient document that this
FGEIS is.”
Orange County Government, meanwhile, is conducting its own environmental
studies of the proposed annexation to address countywide regional issues.
See the entire document here: http://www.kj-seqra.com/507Acres/
