By Rebecca Martin This morning, Mayor Shayne Gallo was live on Kingston Community Radio where he discussed his point-of-view regarding the proposed Niagara Bottling Company project. It begins at 1:36:09. “I don’t have enough, and the majority of Kingston residents and business/water users don’t have enough information to say ‘yay’ or ‘nay’.” Since September, KingstonCitizens.org has … Read more…
To the Woodstock Town Board: Our organization, Save Cooper Lake, gratefully respects and acknowledges the diligence of KingstonCitizens.org and the Woodstock Land Conservancy and is committed to working with them to defeat the audacious and short-sighted water grab being perpetrated on us all by the Town of Ulster, the Niagara Bottling Company of Irvine, CA … Read more…
By Rebecca Martin The Town of Ulster Town Board will meet on Thursday, November 20th at 7:00pm. Scheduled to occur that evening is the Town of Ulster Town Board to give final approval of itself as being “Lead Agency” in the proposed Niagara Bottling Company SEQR process. The public is invited. Public comment on … Read more…
Watch the story above beginning at 16:11. ‘Do we have the surplus water to sell and if we do, is it in our best interest?’
In September, the citizens of Kingston became aware of a proposed diversion of up to 1.75 million gallons per day of their municipal water supply to the Town of Ulster. The proposal to sell this water would support the profit-making interests of Niagara Water Bottling Company, a California company that projects in return 100 or … Read more…
After today’s Water Board meeting, I would advise that the Town of Ulster – or anyone else for that matter – to stop stating that the City of Kingston’s Water Department will benefit from the sale of water to Niagara until there are estimated budgets and science in place to be absolutely sure. Special thanks … Read more…
By Rebecca Martin ACTION: There are only four days left for Kingston to be added as an Involved Agency. Call Mayor Shayne Gallo at 845/334-3902 or email sgallo@kingston-ny.gov to request that a new letter from the Corporation Council be issued to the Town of Ulster requesting the City of Kingston be Involved Agency. Here is … Read more…
By Rebecca Martin The attached letter was written by Town of Woodstock Supervisor Jeremy Wilber who shares solid arguments as to why the DEC should be Lead Agency in SEQR for the proposed Niagara Water Bottling project. In contrast for me, it raises more concerns as to Kingston Corporation Council Andy Zweben’s recent letter also … Read more…
WHAT KINGSTONCITIZENS.ORG BELIEVES: The Niagara Bottling Company’s proposal must be thoroughly evaluated for its environmental and economic impacts on our region. It is premature and irresponsible to agree to sell our water before due diligence is performed.
By Rebecca Martin Although the DEC declined to take Lead Agency of the SEQR for the proposed Niagara Bottling Company project, they do bring many important things to light in their letter. All of which can help us to ultimately assure a fair SEQR process which is our aim.
By Rebecca Martin ACTION: Contact all listed below to alert them that the ACTION in the current Environment Assessment Form (EAF) for SEQR (drafted by Niagara/The Chazen Companies) is too narrow in scope. It does not include the SALE of water from its supply sources in Woodstock to Niagara and is a critical part of the entire … Read more…
By Rebecca Martin The Town of Ulster Planning Board from 10/21/14. Special thanks to Clark Richters of Kingston News for capturing the evening.
By Rebecca Martin Over the past four weeks KingstonCitizens.org, which was created almost a decade ago to help to connect Kingston residents to its local government so to encourage transparency and better communication, has become the hub for information for our entire region regarding the proposed Niagara Bottling Company project. Without a doubt, the project … Read more…
WHAT Kingston Common Council Meeting WHEN Tuesday, November 4th, 2014 7:30pm WHERE Kingston City Hall Council Chambers 420 Broadway Kingston, NY WHY The Kingston Common Council will vote to pass through two important memorializing resolutions. The first in support of the DEC as Lead Agency of the SEQR process for the proposed Niagara Bottling Company. … Read more…
By Rebecca Martin Today, we received a copy of the the ‘Will Serve’ letter (we had heard others and ourselves had been calling it a ‘Will Share’ letter. The proper term is ‘Will Serve’) issued by the Kingston Water Department to Niagara Bottling, LLC on September 15th, 2014. It was done the day before … Read more…