JCIDA’s notice records Convalt Manufacturing’s application for a solar manufacturing project in the Town of Hounsfield, near Watertown, New York. A public hearing was scheduled for 26 May 2022.
Facility and site scope
The application proposed an approximately 300,000-square-foot facility for solar panel manufacturing and solar power generation. It covered all or portions of approximately 88.51 acres near State Route 12F, together with equipment, warehousing, offices, parking, stormwater management and utility improvements.
Assistance under consideration
JCIDA was considering a lease structure and potential sales-tax, mortgage-recording-tax and property-tax assistance, including a payment-in-lieu-of-tax agreement.
Community review
The notice invited oral and written public comments and made the application, including a cost-benefit analysis, available for review. It describes the application and proposed assistance rather than a completed facility.