PLATTSBURGH — College and city officials outlined recommendations to decrease Center City issues that have plagued residents for years.

They vowed the report released Wednesday will not be discarded and forgotten.

Plattsburgh State officials say they are willing to make the necessary changes and even spend money to solve some of the problems.

And Mayor Donald Kasprzak, while stressing the city will not hire new personnel to help with stepped-up enforcement, said he’s dedicated to easing residents’ headaches and improving college-community relations.

“This report meets every expectation I had,” Plattsburgh State President Dr. John Ettling said. “It contains a series of realistic, affordable and practical recommendations to improve the relationship between the City of Plattsburgh and Plattsburgh State University.”

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Some of the 39 recommendations include changes to the city noise ordinance and the definition of family housing, nuisance ordinances to ensure landlords maintain properties, civil penalties resulting from hosting parties and stings, increased enforcement and stricter guidelines for renting college housing.

“This report is not going to sit on a shelf and get dusty,” Kasprzak said.

Plattsburgh residents, largely in the Center City area, have for years complained about problems caused by drunken students who urinate on public property, scream during the middle of the night while stumbling home from downtown, destroy property and even enter residences, sometimes vomiting inside and passing out.

During his campaign, a number of residents complained to Kasprzak about rowdy students. Shortly after he was elected, he met with Ettling to discuss the idea of forming a commission that would present recommendations to help with Center City issues.

The pair created a commission last April, headed by Dr. Edward Miller of Plattsburgh State, and Kasprzak requested a report by mid July.

He and Ettling credited Miller, as well as commission members, with working diligently to come up with the report.

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