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Snowstorm forces Millerton, Amenia and Pine Plains to reschedule board meetings

Snowstorm forces Millerton, Amenia and Pine Plains to reschedule board meetings
Amenia Town Hall
By Nathan Miller

Correction: The Amenia Planning Board does not have another meeting scheduled prior to the end of the year. It is currently unclear if the board will schedule another meeting to make up for the cancelled meeting on Dec. 10.

A snowstorm that dropped about an inch across northeast Dutchess County forced the cancellation of municipal board meetings in the Village of Millerton, Amenia and Pine Plains on Wednesday, Dec. 10.

Planning Boards for all three municipalities were meant to meet on Wednesday night.

The Village of Millerton's Planning Board was meant to discuss a site plan for Caffeine Academy — a proposed education center for children and young adults with developmental disabilities.

Caffeine Academy founder Alex That purchased Millerton's former Presbyterian church at 58 Main St. in April, with plans to convert it into the second location of his West Babylon, New York-based music and video production learning center.

The site plan hearing has been rescheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 16, at village hall, 5933 N. Elm Ave., starting at 7 p.m.

The Town of Amenia's Planning Board postponed two public hearings due to the snow.

The first on the agenda is a small subdivision proposing to split a single lot with a farm into two parcels on Kent Road.

The second public hearing on the agenda concerned a modification to site plans for two condo buildings in the Silo Ridge luxury housing development.

The board also had several discussion items on the agenda, including a special use permit to convert the former bank in the Freshtown Plaza parking lot into a drive-thru coffee shop.

Board members were also expected to discuss improvements to the septic system at Cumberland Farms on Main Street, as well as continue discussions on the proposed Cascade Creek workforce housing development and the proposed Keane Stud luxury estate subdivision.

Pine Plains Planning Board members were expected to review and approve resolutions for three applications, including the proposed Upstate Pines retail cannabis dispensary that has been the subject of months of public hearings.

That meeting has been rescheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 17, at 7:30 p.m. The Planning Board is expected to approve a solar ground mount at a residential parcel, the proposed cannabis dispensary on Main Street and a six-month extension for site plan approval for hardwood manufacturer The Hudson Company's proposed mill and showroom.

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