Church of God, Graydon Historical Status on PB Agenda

The has a packed agenda for Tuesday night, featuring several notable and oft-delayed applications.

Due to lengthy meeting earlier in December, the in the village's Master Plan again was held up. Should it meet the approval of the planning board, any proposed changes to Graydon would have to go through the planning board with a courtesy review. The board would not be able to exercise its powers of enforcing code, however.

The big ticket item on the agenda is the , of the West Side church on Godwin Ave. The church has had numerous problems in filing paperwork with the board.

Planning board attorney Gail Price told Church of God Sept. 6 it needed to “pull it together” after finding that numerous aspects of its application for two two-story additions were lacking critical information. Members and residents speculated the addition was not what it appeared and Church of God had bigger, more grandiose plans than presented.

Testimony revealed that the applicants may not have done their due diligence with the application, as architect Hector Munoz-Barris and attorney David Rutherford could not answer what the planning board said were fundamental questions, such as if there was a kitchen at the current site, or even more interestingly, who actually owned the property.

The board will also hear a in which the property owner wants to subdivide the lot and sell it to a developer to build two homes. Neighbors say it could exacerbate existing water retention problems in the area.

The meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Sydney Stoldt Court Room, the fourth floor of Village Hall.