By Ashley M. Casey
Staff Writer
The Baldwinsville board of trustees voted Sept. 1 to create a local law returning the Phillips Street Planned Development District to its original R-1 zoning classification. The village next will examine the Downer Street PDD, the Meigs/Canton Street PDD and the Smokey Hollow PDD.
Village attorney Bob Baldwin explained that while the Phillips Street PDD will revert back to R-1, this will not be the case for the other PDDs. Baldwin said the village is looking to incorporate specific development regulations for these PDDs into its code.
The village board also can place a moratorium on development in a PDD until they decide on the regulations.
Coming up in B’ville
In addition to the upcoming review of the other PDDs, the village of Baldwinsville is looking at the following matters:
• Crosswalks: Village engineer Steve Darcangelo said the department of public works has repainted nine village-owned crosswalks after the New York State Department of Transportation’s recent paving work. The state will repaint crosswalks on state roads, including the crosswalk on East Genesee Street in front of the Baldwinsville Public Library.
Darcangelo said the library crosswalk will be relocated from the middle of the block to the intersection of East Genesee and Virginia streets. There is no curb cut at the crosswalk’s previous location.
• Water districts: The village is still in talks with the town of Lysander to negotiate new intermunicipal agreements for supplying the Rivermist and Emerick Heights water districts. The current lease agreement, which has already been extended once, expires later this month.
Baldwin said Lysander’s town attorney, Tony Rivizzigno, told him that if the Lysander Town Board approves the agreement, it will be subject to permissive referendum. Town and village officials will meet this week to discuss the lease.
• Community forum on opiates: Police Chief Michael Lefancheck said the Baldwinsville Police Department is partnering with the Baldwinsville Central School District to present a community-wide forum on opioid abuse this fall.
The forum will take place Monday, Oct. 17, at Word of Life Assembly of God. The police department also hopes to offer Narcan training in conjunction with this event.
Lefancheck said more details will follow.
