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Micron New York Semiconductor Manufacturing LLC (Rail Spur Facility) Public Hearing November 6, 2025 A public hearing of the Onondaga County Industrial Development Agency was called to order by Alexis Rodriguez at 7:54 PM on Thursday, November 6, 2025, at the Clay Town Hall, 4401 State Route 31, Clay, New York 13041, with the following in attendance: ONONDAGA COUNTY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY: Alexis Rodriguez, Public Hearing Officer Robert Petrovich, Executive Director Jeffrey Davis, Esq., Agency Counsel PUBLIC ATTENDEES: Bonita Siegel Peter King John Przepiora Paul Doody Louise Hotaling Laura Uiy Jim Nistico Janet Rathburn Chip Fike Joseph Blidy Anthony Longo Jim Baker Cody Kelly Paul Graves Lucretia Hudzinski Hal Henty Steve Seleway Lancy Rudy Tami Schanbacher Sam DAmico Nicole Capsello Leigh Swanker Elizabeth Bridges Elizabeth Tallman Kirk T Cuates Rob Santucci Deb Sur Becky Knapp Jeremiah Thompson J. Williams Alex Schivner Ryan Russel Daniel P. Gremilliody Jim Wheeler Russ Mitchell Mary Selegar Brian Shomed John McCammy William Snake Brian Bender Tom Land Mark Austin ALEXIS RODRIGUEZ: I will begin the public hearing by reading the Notice of Public Hearing that was published pursuant to the New York General Municipal Law Section 859-a on the proposed project and financial assistance.
Micron New York Semiconductor Manufacturing LLC, a Delaware limited liability company on behalf of itself and/or entities formed or to be formed on its behalf, has submitted an application to the Agency, a copy of which Application is on file at the office of the Agency, which Application requests that the Agency consider undertaking a project for the benefit of the Company, said Project consisting of the following: the acquisition of an interest in all or a
portion of approximately 38 acres of land located west of 8625 Caughdenoy Road (tax map nos. 046.-02-03.2 and 046.-01-19.1) in the Town of Clay, Onondaga County, New York; the remediation of environmental issues, and the construction on the Land of a rail spur and construction material conveyance facility consisting of approximately 7,300 square feet of new building space, together with other ancillary interior and exterior support systems and sitework including but not limited to the following components: rail siding, rail yards and off-loading track and facility, materials conveyance system; office building and trailer, locomotive shed; paved access roads and parking area; paved storage areas; backup stockpile area; stormwater management facilities and areas; lighting, landscaping and signage; and the acquisition and installation therein and thereon of related fixtures, machinery, equipment and other tangible personal property which Project Facility is to be leased and subleased by the Agency to the Company and further subleased by the Company to a third-party tenant; the granting of certain financial assistance with respect to the foregoing, including potential exemptions from certain sales and use taxes and real property taxes and real estate transfer taxes; and the lease or sale of the Project Facility to the Company or such other person as may be designated by the Company and agreed upon by the Agency.
The Company will be the initial owner and/or operator of the Project Facility. The Agency has not made a decision with respect to the undertaking of the Project or the granting of the financial assistance. JEFFREY DAVIS: For those wishing to speak this evening, the comments raised this evening are for the OCIDA public hearing on the Micron application for benefits for the rail spur from the agency. This is not a public hearing or comment period on the State Environmental Quality Review Act, known as SEQRA, or the ongoing environmental impact statement. The comment period for the SEQRA process ended on August 11", 2025. ALEXIS RODRIGUEZ: At this time, I will call individuals by their name to come up to present their public comment. Please state your name and spell it when you come up to the podium. ALEXIS RODRIGUEZ: Louise Hotaling.
LOUISE HOTALING: L-O-U-I-S-E H-O-T-A-LI-N-G. My question is, how many -- we're -- we're not informed yet how many tons of aggregate and all that that's going to come through that spur. And it is going to change our water content level right close to Micron within a half mile all of us houses that are right next to it. So, like I said before, we're not going to be able use our sewers. But we have up on Caughdenoy Road which is I believe South of 31, we have a sewer line that comes down. I wonder why they're not coming down and connecting and then in the event we're adding another business with more sewer facilities why we're not connecting just in case we'd like a why that if the one orange port gets overrun, we can run it through the city. And what are we going to do about the noise of running that spur? That's my concern. ALEXIS RODRIGUEZ: Jim Nistico. JIM NISTICO: Jim Nistico, last name spelled N as in Nancy I-S-T-I-C-O. I just want to say I'm in favor of this Railroad Spur as long as the fill is transported safely. It's going to take a lot of
pressure off the roads instead of having dump trucks coming every thirty seconds. You'll be able to transport that on the railroad cars plus the railroad cars can hold much more fill than a dump truck. I have been in on meetings with Gilbane Construction that's handling this first phase here of the site clearing, and it is very impressive as to what they're planning on doing starting in about six weeks here. And yeah, we just need -- we need to make sure that the railroad or the railroad tracks to handle this. And -- but yeah, I'm all for this railroad spur. It's a necessity. It takes the pressure off the roads. Thank you. ALEXIS RODRIGUEZ: Next is Chip Fike. CHIP FIKE: Last name is Fike F-I-K-E, first name is Chip. Been a resident of Town of Clay since 1961. Long time. I'm in favor of everything from Micron, this rail spur line. I've just got a couple of questions. This evening I was coming up Route 31 and I saw C.X.X. rail crews working on the line about maybe a half mile down and then I saw them going off towards Caughdenoy Road. Are they starting out already without authorization? Somebody from the Town of Clay needs to go over there. I don't know if they're redoing the crossing on Route 31 or not. That's got me a little concerning. I don't know what's going on.
CHIP FIKE: The other thing is, I've talked to some people in the neighborhood who work at Wegmans and Cicero and Clay, and they told me that because I've known Danny and Laura Wegman for forever when I used to work for Cavallaro Foods, I used to deliver to all their stores, They're waiting on this project. It's like a coiled spring waiting to go off. If you go down Northern Boulevard to the Caterpillar dealer, there's a Northern Concrete, there's a little acreage behind them. They're staging bulldozers like you won't believe. Like the gentleman said behind us, in six weeks that coil spring's going to go off. And I think we're not ready for it, but we'll get -- we'll get ready later. And like Walmart, Walmart's the same thing. They're waiting, Hobby Lobby, Lowe's, Home Depot. They're all waiting to see what's going to happen. And in six weeks when this project kicks off, we're going to see some incredible stuff like you've never seen before. I've seen -- when I was out at Luke Air Force Base like ten years ago before they brought the F-35 out, the construction out there was just absolutely phenomenally crazy. People didn't like it at first, but then it calmed down and it worked. And now that is one of the most productive United States Air Force bases in the world. I mean, it -- but what Micron's going to do down the street here in about six weeks doesn't compare to what they did out there at Luke Air Force Base. I mean, you've got like over a hundred and fifty-two aircraft out there. And Phoenix, Arizona has benefited from that. I talked to a person out there about two weeks ago when I went out there to see a relative. He said, because Luke Air Force Base is out there, two point six billion dollars in the local economy every single year. Think about that for a minute. Thank you very much.
ALEXIS RODRIGUEZ: Next is Tom Land. TOM LAND: Tom Land T-O-M L-A-N-D. I am for the rail spur for because the Micron project were to continue without the rail spur, I know it would be -- there would be, you know, the traffic would be impossible. The only concern I do have on the rail spur and the traffic, I know I think the plan is like three trips a day. If I'm thinking right, that traffic will cross over the -- the infamous Onondaga Parkway Railway Bridge, which is a hundred and fifty year's old, if I'm not mistaken. So, I'm concerned for C.S.X. to make sure that the bridge is up to snuff for that. But that -- that was one of my concerns with live -- living in Liverpool. Hopefully that bridge will take it. That's just my only thought because it is a hundred and fifty years old. ALEXIS RODRIGUEZ: That's all I have on these sheets. If anybody -- yeah, come up and state your name and spell it and present your comment.
JOHN PRZEPIORA: Thank you. My name is John Przepiora J-O-H-N P-R-Z-E-P-I-O-R-A. And as I spoke in regards to the fab project, I believe that Micron does not need a discount in its taxes to build this project that the county probably needs the tax revenue more than a big company like Micron needs that tax revenue. In -- in -- in -- in simple terms, if this goes forward, the -- any sales tax exemption should be tied to the use of materials that — that are incorporated in the rail spur development to be - - to come from sustainable sources including the use of low carbon concrete and low carbon steel, and the use of native landscape plantings in order to reduce the environmental impact of not only in the rails spur project, but on the fab project in — in connection with the rail spur. Until it's shown and disclosed to the public that the county's needs relating to this project are fully funded and the county can respond to the needs of the public, I don't see the — the rationale and giving Micron a -- a tax break. There will be impacts related to Micron that the county is going to have to intercede it. And until we see a -- a plan that shows us how those impacts and how those needs will be paid for, I think that we should hold off on approving any tax revenues for Micron. They don't really need it. They're already paying their shareholders five hundred million dollars a year. Thank you. ALEXIS RODRIGUEZ: If you could just state your name and spell it?
ELIZABETH BRIDGES: My name is Elizabeth Bridges B-R-I-D-G-E-S. My question kind of feeds off of what the gentleman in the gray shirt -- T-shirt was saying. As far as the rail spur, there's only like six mentions of it in the -- in report. And my question is more of a question. How many rail crossings will these trains full materials travel through? And I know there's a study for the traffic patterns and timing and lines. Have they coordinated how that would work, because that's going to have an impact on general traffic? So, I was just curious because I didn't see it in the report. There's not enough information to know whether or not the traffic that's going to be impacted by trains going across rail tracks, like on Wetzel Road, Caughdenoy Road, through Liverpool. That -- that's just my general question. Thank you. ALEXIS RODRIGUEZ: Is there anybody else who would like to comment? LUCRETIA HUDZINSKI: Lucretia Hudzinski.
LUCRETIA HUDZINSKI: L-U-C-R-E-T-I-A H-U-D-Z-I-N-S-K-I. Just during the break, a lot of us were commenting on this railroad. I live quite a ways from the railroad tracks, and I still hear them. What's the impact going to be to the people who are living around there? And is there any way to have less of a noise impact for the people that live directly near this railroad? And my second one was, in the discussion to it, a couple of people have left is we've had several hearings here on several things. But yet, what -- are we going to see any result of the comments and how the impact or what changes were made? Is that going to be anywhere? Because we — I haven't seen anything on some of the other stuff that we've done. ALEXIS RODRIGUEZ: Thank you. Anyone else at this time? CHIP FIKE: Chip Fike. My fiancée lives in East Syracuse, right behind the railroad. I can vouch for what you're saying. When an air horn goes off at one o'clock in the morning and you got to be up at four o'clock in the morning to go to work and it's like right inside your house, how many rail spur lines are they planning to put in? One? And how many tracks are they going to put in there? Thank you.
PETER KING: Good evening. I think you called my name, but I was outside. Peter King, Syracuse resident, Meadowbrook area, for twenty -- including service is twenty-five years. Basically, just an extension of my comment on the other pilot, I don't believe Micron needs a pilot for this — for this activity. But I -- what I do suggest is actually and I don't know if this is appropriate place for this comment, but is something out of the direct Environmental Impact Statement that I thought was a good idea from -- from Micron which is that they have an adaptive management plan for their created wetlands. I think for -- for the rail spur project or anything around Micron building, adaptive management plans means you have -- you have a relationship with community partners about management sites, about who knows what may come up, what, you know, they need -- need to change in what they're doing. There may be, you -- you know, let's just say for example, there's issues with subsidence or — or cariology, you may need to relate to -- to -- to local landowners and municipalities around that. So, adaptive management, thank you. ALEXIS RODRIGUEZ: Anybody else who would like to make a public comment at this time?
ALEXIS RODRIGUEZ: Hearing none, I'll move to close the public hearing. I just wanted to note a copy of the application, including a cost benefit analysis, is available at the office of the Agency and on the Agency's website for review by interested persons. A copy of recording of the hearing will be available on the Agency's website. Written comments are kept on file and available for public viewing at the office of the Agency. There being no further business, the public hearing is closed at 8:13 PM on November 6th, 2025. Thank you. Dated: November 17, 2025 ONONDAGA COUNTY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY By: (arstey Rodney LAK Alexis Rodriguez, Public Hearing Officer