What's On Deck For May's 2025 Planning Board Meeting: Telephone Building; 45 Beekman Street; Prophecy Theater, The Little White House With Decaying Garage on Main Street That Just Sold Etc.
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Len Warner
Karen Quiana
Kevin Byrne
Donna Francis
J. Randall Williams
David Jensen
Chair John Gunn
May 13, 2025
7:00 PM
Planning Board Agenda
The Planning Board will meet in the Municipal Center Courtroom at 7:00 p.m. A work session will take place at 7:00 p.m. for a training workshop, discussion of agenda items and/or topics of interest to the Planning Board. The regular meeting will begin immediately thereafter, but no later than 7:30p.m.
Approval of April 8, 2025, minutes
Regular Meeting
Continue public hearing and continue review of application for Site Plan Approval, Mixed-Use Commercial and Residential, 291 Main Street, submitted by Telephone Building Beacon, LLC.
ALBB Editorial Note: This is for the proposal to build 2 buildings on either side of the Telephone Building at 291 Main Street. This building was designated historic. There are several issues with this project:
- The design does not match the style of the historic building.
- The proposed building in front almost touches the Telephone Building.
- The proposed beach house in the back blocks the light from the basement and first floor of the building. In the past, this has been an issue with the historically designated Howland Cultural Center.
- Measurements have been off with different aspects of this project, including the parking spaces under the beacon house that are delineated by columns. It is unclear how an architect could propose such a concept that does not work.
- Each member of the Planning Board does not like the details of this project. It is not clear why they have not said no to this project, as it continues on into new months.2. Public hearing for Subdivision Approval and continue public hearing for SEQRA and Site Plan Approval, and continue review of applications for Site Plan and Subdivision Approval, Mixed-Use Commercial and Residential, 45 Beekman Street, High Street, and High Street, submitted by Beekman Arts Center LLC and Bay Ridge Studios LLC.
- ALBB Editorial Note: The public has issues with the visual design of this project, so close to a historic district of Victorian houses.4. Continue review of applications for for Amended Special Use Permit and Amended Site Plan, hotel and restaurant, 1113 Wolcott Avenue, submitted by Prophecy Theater, LLC.
- This project would be in the old Dutchess Reformed Church and had to re-invent itself after Beacon’s City Council, with pushes from some neighbors, restricted its open hours.7. Review of application for Site Plan Approval, Mixed-Use Commercial and Residential, 300 Main Street, submitted by 300 Main LLC.
- ALBB Editorial Note: This is the white house that was the little flower shop with the decaying storage garage behind it. It recently sold, and this is the proposal for the building that would replace it.
Architectural Review
Miscellaneous Business
