NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Pursuant to Article 18-A of NYS General Municipal Law, the Erie County Industrial Development Agency (the “Agency”) will hold a public hearing on June 30, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. at the Town of West Seneca Community Center & Library, located at 1300 Union Road, West Seneca, NY 14224 regarding:

By resolution previously adopted by the Agency on September 25, 2024, the Agency approved of an application (the “Application”) submitted by Upstate Niagara Cooperative, Inc., and/or Individual(s) or Affiliate(s), Subsidiary(ies), or Entity(ies) formed or to be formed on its behalf (the “Company”) and appointed the Company the true and lawful agent of the Agency to undertake a certain project (the “Project”) consisting of: (i) the acquisition by the Agency of a leasehold interest in certain property located on V/L North America Drive, Town of West Seneca, Erie County, New York and all other lands in the Town of West Seneca where, by license or easement or other agreement, the Company or its designees are making improvements that benefit the Project (the “Land”), (ii) the construction on the Land of an approximately 250,000 sq. ft. addition to the existing 222,851 sq. ft. warehouse facility to be utilized for manufacturing as well as storage for finished goods, ingredients and packaging (the “Improvements”), and (iii) the acquisition by the Company in and around the Improvements of certain items of machinery, equipment and other tangible personal property (the “Equipment”; and, together with the Land and the Improvements, the “Original Facility”). 

The Company has submitted an amended application to the Agency amending its Project application (hereinafter, the “Modified Project”) confirming that the Improvements contemplated for the Original Facility have now decreased in size and will now consist of the construction on the Land of an approximately 165,000 square-foot addition to the existing 222,851 sq. ft. warehouse facility to be utilized for manufacturing as well as storage for finished goods, ingredients and packaging (the “Modified Improvements” and with the Equipment and the Land, the “Modified Facility”), and  requesting additional financial assistance for the Modified Project in the form of an increase in the sales and use tax exemption that was previously granted to the Company and mortgage recording tax exemption benefits consistent with the policies of the Agency.

A representative of the Agency will be present at the above-stated time and place to present a copy of the Application and hear and accept written and oral comments from all persons with views in favor of or opposed to the proposed financial assistance. This public hearing is being live-streamed and made accessible on the Agency’s website at www.ecidany.com.  Written comments may be submitted at this public hearing, submitted on the Agency’s website, or delivered to the Agency at 95 Perry Street-Suite 403, Buffalo, NY 14203 until the comment period closes at 4:00 p.m. on July 22, 2025. The project application is available for public inspection at the Agency’s offices Monday through Friday (excluding public holidays) from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.

This public hearing is being conducted in accordance with Subdivision 2 of Section 859-a of the New York General Municipal Law.

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