New parking lot on Pearl Street in Medina almost ready

Village sets 6 p.m. Aug. 24 public hearing to ban overnight parking, trailers from using lot

Photo by Tom Rivers

MEDINA – The Village of Medina Department of Public Works has put millings in a parking lot along Pearl Street. This land was donated to the village. The DPW removed concrete from the site and has put down the millings.

The site by Proctor Place is currently blocked off to vehicles. The Village Board has set a 6 p.m. public hearing on Aug. 24 for a local law that will ban overnight parking and trailers from using the space.

The village was given the 100-by-132 foot vacant lot at 115 Pearl St. It was donated by 415 West Avenue LLC, which is owned by Dr. Syed Shah, a cardiologist.

Dr. Shah initially offered the land for the Medina Fire Department but that lot isn’t a good fit for the fire department. The village instead will use it as a municipal lot.

The lot is between the Hometown Wellness Center at 119 Pearl St. and MDS Consultants at 105 Pearl St. The mural at Hometown Wellness was created in 2020 by Julian Montague, an artist from Buffalo who likes to paint large geometric patterns.

Jason Watts, the DPW superintendent, wants to allow the millings to settle for about a year before doing additional work on the space. By not having overnight parking in the lot, Watts said the DPW can more easily plow the site during the winter.