Southern Ulster Times Oct. 21 2015 | Page 3

3 Southern Ulster Times, Wednesday, October 21, 2015 Profiles of Town of Lloyd candidates Paul Hansut Claire Winslow Lenny Auchmoody Richard Klotz Mike Guerriero Mike Horodyski Joseph Mazetti Dave Plavchak residential project on Toc Drive “looks great and every unit is taken.” He pointed out that the project conforms to the Master Plan philosophy of having development near the hamlet area. He said the Mountainside Woods project was done properly and is a 162 single-family home development, with the first phase of 55 homes and a projected build-out over 20 years. “I think there was a lot of time and effort put in to make sure it was done right,” he said. Hansut voted for the zoning changes for the proposed 428-acre Wine Village project at the end of Blue Point Road, calling it an “economic train” not only for Lloyd, but for the surrounding area. He said the project will start with the light industrial portion, move on to the hotel/conference center and then start with 155 housing units of an eventual 800 units, all over a 20-year period. Hansut said almost every storefront in the hamlet is occupied or is in the process of being rented. He has purchased the dry cleaning business and has joined the Continued from page 1 Halloween and Light up the Hamlet; brought three town budgets in below the tax cap without cutting services and as Chair of the Revolving Loan Fund has allotted $340,000 in low-interest loans for upgrades and equipment for businesses within the hamlet. “It’s a variety of different uses for that money but every one of them has helped keep them in business and functioning,” Hansut said. Hansut said the town has followed all local and state laws concerning notifications and public hearings on recent development projects. He said he is willing to revisit the requirements of the Planned Residential Development zoning designation, especially on setback requirements. He said the controversial Trail View Place Continued on page 4