Sunflower Landing rezoning
request comes before Brockport officials

Brockport's Fire Chief Christian McCullough wanted it known that the driveway location of the proposed Sunflower Landing subdivision would be the "next accident site" to which his department would be responding.

"We're going to be inundated with accidents there. The sight lines are no good," he said. "Engineers, honestly, don't know what they're talking about. They base their reports on a 40 mile per hour speed limit but no one in that area goes 40."

Police Chief Dan Varrenti agreed, saying that his department has done both covert and overt radar speed checks on the section of East Avenue where the subdivision is planned. "The average speed on that stretch of road is 45 to 48 miles per hour," he said.

Kris Schultz, the civil engineer for the project, had come before the board at its July 18 meeting to make a brief presentation and to request rezoning of the property to accommodate the 174 housing units planned for Sunflower Landing. The subdivision would be open to both senior citizen housing and single family homes.

"There are no age restrictions for Sunflower Landing," Schultz said. "We're looking to build single, double and quad housing to be in line with a young family moving in with their children and being able to have their parents right down the road."

Sunflower Landing would feature walking trails within the subdivision and down to the canal towpath. It would be managed by a homeowner's association, Schultz said.

R. Scott Winner, chairman of the village planning board, said the board approved the concept of the project. "I agree that stretch of road is abused and that the engineers don't understand what we do about that road," he said.

Before McCullough left the meeting he again voiced his disapproval over the location of the driveway entrance.

A public hearing is scheduled for August 15 at 7:30 p.m. to discuss the rezoning.