Malta Town Board Weighs Expansion Of Athletic Fields

MALTA— At the monthly Malta Town Board meeting on Monday, February 3 a total of 12 new business items were approved unanimously by 5-0 votes. Among those items were the appointment of a Route 9 South/Route 67 Rezoning Committee, which would be charged with looking at the entire area in a comprehensive way to avoid individual “spot zoning” of parcels in this key gateway area to the GlobalFoundries plant. Appointed to this committee were Bill Smith (who will chair), Shelley Norton, Craig Warner, Councilperson Tara Thomas, Chris Luhn, Joyce Soltis, Harry McDonough and Mike Allen. Councilman John Hartzell made a motion to allocate up to $2,000 for the printing and mailing of a survey of property owners in the affected area, but did not receive a second. Councilperson Peter Klotz noted that he would prefer to see the survey designed first before allocating funds. A late item added to the agenda set a public hearing of the Round Lake Corridor Project Eminent Domain Procedure for March 3 at 6:55 p.m. Supervisor Paul Sausville noted that about 13 parcels will be affected, none of them were over 1/4 acre. This eminent domain is to allow for the construction of two roundabouts on Round Lake Road west of Northway Exit 11. - Arthur Gonick