Clay, N.Y. — Clay town officials held their first formal hearing Wednesday on the massive semiconductor plant that Micron Technology’s has proposed building at White Pine Commerce Park.
Seventy-eight people attended the hearing at Liverpool High School and 15 of them spoke when the meeting was opened up for public comment.
Several people spoke in favor of the project, which the company says will create up to 9,000 Micron jobs and 41,000 jobs at related supply chain companies over 20 years.
A man who said he was a business owner in the town said the project will raise family income levels in the community.
“I am definitely for this project,” he said. “I feel that this will enhance the town of Clay and the entire Onondaga County community.”
A speaker who said he represented Freight Yard Brewing, a beer hall on Route 31 near the proposed Micron site, said he supported the project because of its likely positive impact on his business.
“We’re really hoping there’s lots of stressed out and thirsty construction workers and engineers,” he said.
Several speakers expressed concerns about the impact of the project on traffic, especially on Route 31, and questioned whether the community had the sewer and water capacity for such a large development. Others expressed frustration that Micron has not yet submitted its site plans with details about building sizes and heights and traffic flow.
“They’re asking for an open book,” said one woman.
The meeting was a joint hearing held by the Clay Town Board and Clay Planning Board on the Onondaga County Industrial Development Agency’s request that 862 acres of the 1,200-acre White Pine Commerce Park at Route 31 and Caughdenoy Road be rezoned from residential to industrial. The other nearly 339 acres of the park are already zoned for industrial use.
The development agency owns the land and plans to sell it to Micron.
Jeff Davis, an attorney who represents the development agency, said the town will have an opportunity…
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