Whispering Pines Proposed Project/Senior Living District
Project Description: The proposed project involves the construction of 125 single-family homes (town homes or detached), 119 independent living units, 108 memory care units, 144 assisted living units, reconfiguring the existing 18-hole executive golf course into a 9-hole executive golf course that includes a new 2,500 s.f. clubhouse and 1,300 s.f. maintenance building. A total of 496 residential units are proposed and will be developed in up to four (4) phases over an estimated four (4) year period, depending upon market demands. This will be accompanied by the addition of sewer and water infrastructure and roadways, as well as stormwater management features.
Location: The proposed project consists of 8 tax map parcels known as Tax Map Nos. 71.5-1-5.112 (2188 Helderberg), 71.5-1-7.1 (2196 Helderberg), 71.5-1-5.111 (2200 Helderberg), 71.5-1-9 (2204 Helderberg), 71.5-1-8.111 (No Address), 71-5-1-8.112 (2208 Helderberg), 71.5-1-10.21 (2212 Helderberg) and 71.9-2-21.11 (Brown’s Farm) comprising ±90 acres with frontage on Helderberg Avenue and bounded by the NYS Thruway (Interstate 90) located in the Town of Rotterdam.
Whispering Pines Proposed Project/Senior Living District Public Comment Period on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) - April 25, 2018 to May 25, 2018.
A copy of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) is available below.
Written comments on the DEIS from the public are to be submitted to the Town of Rotterdam, Attention: Peter Comenzo, 1100 Sunrise Boulevard, Rotterdam, New York 12306 or via email to publiccomment@rotterdamny.org on or before May 25, 2018.
Hard copies of the DEIS may be viewed during normal business hours at the Rotterdam Town Clerk’s Office or Rotterdam Department of Public Works, 1100 Sunrise Boulevard, Rotterdam, NY 12306. An additional hard copy is available for viewing at the Rotterdam Branch of the Schenectady County Library located at 1100 North Westcott Road, Rotterdam, NY 12306.