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Milk-Bone plant seeks city lots for parking, proposes $750,000 developer agreement
Summary
J.M. Smucker-owned Milk-Bone operator asked the Committee on Legislation to enter a designated developer agreement to buy three vacant city lots and spend about $750,000 to expand employee parking and plan dock improvements; the committee voted to send the file without recommendation.
Plant manager Ryan McGinnis told the Committee on Legislation on Tuesday that the Milk-Bone dog-biscuit facility on Urban Street seeks to buy three vacant city-owned parcels to expand employee parking and plan dock improvements.
The request matters because the facility says current on-site parking has reached capacity and additional secured parking and incremental dock doors would improve site safety and delivery efficiency.
Ryan McGinnis, plant manager of the Milk-Bone facility, said the J.M. Smucker brand has produced dog treats in Buffalo since the mid-1950s and that the plant currently owns seven adjacent lots within the CSX viaduct/Urban/Fuzron (transcribed) block except for three city parcels and one privately owned home at 192 Fuzron…
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