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Town hears updates on Rivertowne lease option, warehouse environmental filing and Arista property status
Summary
Officials said Rivertowne will appear on the next town agenda to discuss a lease option for 10,000 square feet, that a warehouse developer has submitted another draft environmental impact statement now under town-engineer review, and that the Arista/New Torino property faces zoning hurdles with little prospect of immediate change.
Grand Island conservation board members received a slate of project updates at the meeting: Rivertowne will appear on the town agenda to discuss a lease option; a proposed warehouse developer has submitted another draft environmental impact statement under town engineering review; and the Arista (New Torino/Arista) property is unlikely to win a simple removal of its EED/EED-type overlay without a more comprehensive application.
Speakers said Rivertowne will be on the town board agenda to discuss a proposal for the town to lease 10,000 square feet of space. The board also reported that the applicant had submitted a new draft of its environmental impact statement and that the town engineering team was reviewing it; town officials said they would disseminate that submission to advisory boards for comment once the engineers deemed it complete.
Regarding the property behind the Sidway (identified by speakers as owned by New Torino or Arista, with Natali as the proposed developer), officials said the town is unlikely to support simply removing the EED overlay. Speakers advised that a cleaner path for the owner and prospective developer would be to submit an incentive zoning or planned development district (PDD) application rather than piecemeal relief because the proposed plan did not comply with existing zoning.
Board members also mentioned several other project updates in brief: Southpoint/Sun Creek approvals are largely complete and building permits are in place for finishing work; some new drafts remain under review; and speakers touched on solar panels discussed for a parcel behind the school, noting the school district can place panels on district-owned property without town approvals, though grid interconnection (National Grid capacity) can be a constraint.
No formal approvals or vote tallies were recorded for these items in the conservation board discussion; the updates were presented as informational.
