CITY OF RENSSELAER

PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

BUILDING & ZONING

CITY HALL, 62 WASHINGTON STREET

RENSSELAER, NEW YORK 12144-2696

Planning (518)-462-4839

 

City of Rensselaer Planning Commission

Regular Meeting

Monday– May 11th, 2026 – 6:30 PM

 

AGENDA

 

Please note that this meeting will take place in the CITY HALL at 62 Washington Street

 

 

1. Call to Order

2. Quorum Determination

3. Communication

4. Old Business

5. New Business

6. Next Meeting

7. Adjournment

 

                                                                  

Communication:

Tom Hulihan, Director of Planning and Development

• Grant Applications Underway:  NY Plays for Coyne Field

• Grant Applications Submitted: Brownfield Pre-Development Funding; Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) Rock Cut Road; Northern Border Regional Commission (NRBC) Timber for Transit for Hollow Trail Bridge; Community Project Funding: Hollow Trail Access (Tonko); Lead Service Replacement & Water System Upgrades (Gillibrand); Fire House Improvements (Schumer)

• Grant Applications Awarded: Downtown Revitalization Initiative($10M); Technical Assistance to Grow Pro-Housing Communities ($250,000), OSHA Training ($12,605), Farmers Market Resiliency Grant ($50,000); Brownfield Assessment Grant (300,000) & County-Wide Shared Services Initiative Forbes Ave Infrastructure ($1M), NYS Parks ($563,000.00); CRTC Aiken Avenue Study ($54,000)

• Other Updates

 

Old Business:

 

• Draft Minutes – Planning Commission Minutes –April 13th, 202- Meeting-Review/Approval

• 86 Wilson Street – Point Four Associates are seeking a parcel boundary line adjustment (public hearing to occur)

• 338 Broadway Mill Creek Dam Removal – Riverkeeper is seeking Site Plan Review and Special Use Permit for the removal of the existing Kenwood Mill Dam and installation of a rock ramp to restore fish passage in Mill Creek. (public hearing to occur)

 

New Business:

 

• 1211 Broadway – Carfreda Griffen is seeking site plan review for a home occupation baking business.

• 1568 Fifth Street – Patrick Carney is seeking preliminary site plan review and subdivision for two lots each with a dwelling structure sharing a common wall.

• 1600-1620 Fourth Street- Patrick Carney is seeking preliminary site plan and lot line adjustments/subdivision review for eight lost with single family dwellings sharing common walls.

 

Next Meeting:  Monday, June 8th, 2026, @ 6:30 PM, City Hall-1st Floor Conference Room. Applications due May 18th, 2026. Incomplete applications will not be placed on the agenda.