November 25, 2009 – Planning Board to address Wegmans Project

During the Town Board meeting earlier this month, Councilman Weiss brought a motion forward and the Town Board voted (with Councilman Dicostanzo being the only NO) to clarify Councilman Weiss’ previous motion in July to request that the Planning Board send the Wegmans project to TEQR as is; with the original 100 foot +/- buffer.

Councilman Weiss, “ I believe that the entire application with the full build out deserves a review in all fairness to the citizens, Wegmans, Bella Vista and all people involved in the situation.”

The planning board now has the Master Plan amendment to Segment B north of Roll Road (the Wegmans Project) on its agenda for November 25, 2009 at 6:30 pm.

When the Wegmans project came before the Planning Board the first time, they determined, after a lengthy review, that only a 300 foot buffer would be sufficient enough to not detrimentally affect the surrounding neighborhoods. Bella Vista ignored the Planning Board’s decision and starting lobbying the Town Board again.

Please plan to attend. It is an early meeting and this is the only topic on the agenda. Its imperative that the Town of Clarence residents send a clear message to the Town Board that the MasterPlan is important to them and we aren’t going to stand for a developer who is trying to circumvent that which the Town residents worked so hard to establish when the MasterPlan was being developed.