Editorials Lancaster Town and School Boards to meet on Shady Side Lane parking issues By Lee Chowaniec Jun 29, 2008, 10:46 Email this article  Printer friendly page Lancaster Town and School Board members will meet on July 2nd, at 6:30 pm; at the Norman Hayes Lancaster Central School District Administration building on Central Avenue to review and resolve parking issues resulting from high school student overflow parking. What started out as a simple request to have their street signed to restrict parking between the hours of 9 am to 3 pm during high school sessions has developed into a situation where both the town and school board have become involved and are taking positions as who’s responsibility it is to correct the problem. Throughout the past several months Shady Side Lane residents have submitted petitions and appeared before both boards in numbers to complain about students parking on both sides of the streets (making it impossible for emergency vehicles to travel down the street, blocking driveways, trespassing through yards, littering, playing loud music, using profanities and obscene gestures and getting into altercations and fights. Whereas the town’s initial response was to deny signage, declaring the problem was not that bad and would only move elsewhere, Shady Side Lane residents countered that if Pine View, next street west, was also signed the students would be cut off from trespassing through yards to get to school. The town told the residents to approach the school on the problem, that more parking places were needed, that in this world more kids are driving at an earlier age. “The school takes the position that as long as they provide bus transportation, they are not to be held accountable for addressing the problem,” declared one Town Board member. The town has offered to do the work to extend the parking lot provided the school pays for the materials. Many residents believe greenspace should not be sacrificed before the town seriously considers signing both Shady Side and Pine View and the school reviews its parking policy and they ensure enforcement of said policy is being administered to. Supervisor Robert Giza’s statement at one of the meetings bears considering by the school: “I was out there one day (school) and counted 71 empty parking spaces.” Considering that numerous streets surrounding the high school area have received like signage throughout the years, and as the problem has moved onto their street, the residents of Shady Side Lane deserve resolve. Anything less would be arbitrary and capricious. The buck shouldn’t stop there, namely with their street not getting signed, as the town and police have suggested. It was first agreed that two members from each board would meet to consider resolve. Because of resident pressure and the wish of some board members to have it made public, the meeting is open to the public. © Copyright 2008 by Speakupwny.com Top of Page

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