Better outside lighting for DEC offices proposed BY JUSTIN MASON Gazette Reporter
Planning Commission officials have before them a proposal to add more lights to the state Department of Environmental Conservation’s Region 4 offices. The request was prompted after a worker sustained an injury outside the building in January. The level of lighting outside has since been deemed insufficient by the state Office of General Services, said Al Relation Jr., a program manager with the DEC offi ce. “We’ve had complaints and, in fact, grievances from the bargaining units,” he said Tuesday. “We really need to do something for the safety of the of the workers.” Richard Zazycki, a neighboring homeowner, said the proposed 17-foot light poles would affect his , ROTTERDAM mission members Tuesday were too small to decipher, co-chairman Frank Renna said. Commission members indicated the building already seems well lit and instead requested a more legible light diagram from the state to better show the impact on neighboring properties. Relation said the state would be willing to work with nearby residents and the town to develop a consensus that would suit everyone’s needs. WMHT BUILDING In other commission business, Michael Dura, the managing member of Prex Capital Partners LLC and owner of the former WMHT building off Fern Avenue, requested a special use permit to locate multiple businesses in the 29,000-square-foot building. “At this point, we’d estimate that to be 10 to 12 over the next several years, but that’s just an estimate,” he said.
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BIGK75
October 18, 2007, 9:51am
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I just wanted to update this, as part of it didn't make sense to me, so I checked the hardcopy of the Gazette and filled in the missing link, seen here in BOLD.
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Better outside lighting for DEC offices proposed BY JUSTIN MASON Gazette Reporter
Planning Commission officials have before them a proposal to add more lights to the state Department of Environmental Conservation’s Region 4 offices. The request was prompted after a worker sustained an injury outside the building in January. The level of lighting outside has since been deemed insufficient by the state Office of General Services, said Al Relation Jr., a program manager with the DEC offi ce. “We’ve had complaints and, in fact, grievances from the bargaining units,” he said Tuesday. “We really need to do something for the safety of the of the workers.” Richard Zazycki, a neighboring homeowner, said the proposed 17-foot light poles would affect his home on Wallace Street. However, the schematics submitted to commission members Tuesday were too small to decipher, co-chairman Frank Renna said. Commission members indicated the building already seems well lit and instead requested a more legible light diagram from the state to better show the impact on neighboring properties. Relation said the state would be willing to work with nearby residents and the town to develop a consensus that would suit everyone’s needs. WMHT BUILDING In other commission business, Michael Dura, the managing member of Prex Capital Partners LLC and owner of the former WMHT building off Fern Avenue, requested a special use permit to locate multiple businesses in the 29,000-square-foot building. “At this point, we’d estimate that to be 10 to 12 over the next several years, but that’s just an estimate,” he said.
And who knows, maybe the addition of this lighting will help with over at the library (if they attach the lighting to the building and point it towards the library) and save the county some money on the electricity bill there. Probably not, but it's worth the try.
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