The Planning and Development Board’s Project Review Committee on Nov. 14 reviewed Creekside Plaza, a proposed major subdivision at 314–722 South Meadow Street that would reconfigure four existing parcels into six. Applicant Phoebe said the change would simplify tax billing and leasing by giving each outbuilding its own parcel and could enable redevelopment of a vacant former gas-station pad at the site.

"We purchased this property a little over a year ago, and we're interested in taking it from 4 current parcels to 6," the applicant said, explaining the change is intended to ease tenant billing and allow future sales or redevelopment of individual parcels.

Director of Planning and Development Lisa Nicholas told the applicant she found correspondence showing "several accidents, pedestrian car accidents at the intersection at the entrance of that site near the gas station pad" and said the previous owner had been asked to make intersection-safety improvements that were not completed. "I will send you that information so you can have a response to it," Lisa Nicholas told the applicant, and Phoebe acknowledged she had not been previously informed and said she would look into the issue and follow up.

Staff and the board thanked the applicant for clearly listing nonconforming issues and how zoning has addressed them. The committee discussed process: staff characterized this as a major subdivision and said final/bridal approval will not be on the next planning-board agenda; anticipated actions for the upcoming November meeting include declaring lead agency, holding a public hearing, making a SEQR determination and considering preliminary subdivision steps.

Board members asked the applicant to present the subdivision plan and any requested technical updates at the full planning board meeting in December so new board members can see the project from the beginning; staff confirmed they will include explanatory materials and a mailing radius for the public hearing. The applicant said ongoing DOT/county work on South Meadow Street includes sidewalk work and moving the main sign back "between 8 and 10 feet," which may address sight-line concerns.

Next steps: staff will supply the applicant’s project materials and the intersection-accident history before the next meeting so the board can consider the subdivision, public hearing input and SEQR determination.

The committee did not take a formal vote on Creekside Plaza at the Nov. 14 meeting; the project will return with requested materials and public-notice steps.